@BruceCM - We’ve probably watched a lot of the same movies then, as those are the genres I also tend to watch when I get to choose. Speaking strictly martial arts action, I grew up on the Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan classics and watched The Warriors on repeat. Got swept up in the late 80s/90s Hollywood phase with JCVD, Steven Segal, and loved Best of the Best. My favorites are some of the wire dancing movies from the 00s: Crouching Tiger, Iron Monkey, and House of Flying Daggers. Also enjoy Tony Jaa as mentioned and Jet Li movies. If I had to pick a favorite experience, I’d go with Kung Fu Hustle and I like all the movies by that group.
Whew, I’m sure I missed a lot of great ones, what are some that you enjoy?
Yeah, Stallone is generally pretty good, although I haven't seen all his stuff, @NintendoByNature.... Well, since nobody else mentioned them, I'll throw in Around Schwarzenegger, Jason Statham & Bruce Willis, @bimmy-lee
I trust you both watched the Red & Expendables films? Then, obviously, there's John Wick series & The Matrix trilogy Better add Liam Neeson with his Taken films, too
I've been on a music spree... I finished my cover of One-Winged Angel, by adding in isolated vocals from the original. I'd say now out of the Kingdom Hearts version, the original, and the one from Advent Children, mine sounds better than the Kingdom Hearts one. It took about four hours in total to make from scratch so I'm very happy with how it turned out.
I’m getting a lot into Final Fantasy arrangements now… I covered Final Fantasy VII’s Main Theme. It was fun but the harmonies were tough to pull off. Eh, it’s nine minutes.
There's a proverb... I don't know if it's a proverb, I dunno... but a saying, that you usually only appreciate something when it's gone. I'm adamant that this can very much be applied to Nintendo. They completely shaped my childhood, taught me values about life, death, friendship and hardship, and made me proud to have been there when they released a game. @Tyranexx… appreciate it for their simply being there!
I wish I could erase my memories of the Zelda games, plus a handful of RPGs, so I could experience them again. The Zelda games for their puzzles and the raw feeling of joy you get when finishing a game, and various RPGs (Persona 4/5, all three Xenoblade games to name a few) for the emotional stories and amazing god-killing endings. I don’t try and 100% games, it feels like overkill. Closest I’ve come is with Death Stranding, Ghost of Tsushima… Breath of the Wild in terms of quantity without proportion, I’m nowhere. I have zero patience to get all the Korok seeds, let alone… what, 453?
Sorry to hear about that long departed headache, now unfortunately you’ll associate the theme music for the Forest Temple… with migraines. Shame of course because the track itself is so good. Last time I felt nauseous was seven years ago when I went on this flying carousel. I felt quite sick and went home quickly. It did NOT feel good, so I feel for you.
Temple themes from Ocarina of Time is a subject I could discuss for ages. All three themes you mentioned are ones I love as well. The Fire Temple is my favourite of the three. The percussion is quite nice, but the Islamic chanting takes the cake for me, any day of the week. It’s so atmospheric, a real shame Nintendo didn’t trust the public to handle this song. The choir makes it consistent with other dungeons but this would have been… maybe a few steps below the Sephiroth Latin Choir. The Sprit Temple theme is second, it has such a haunting vibe, with the seemingly random notes. The Shadow Temple is downright terrifying in the right lighting conditions (dark room at night), and though I always played in a well lit room during the day. The Wind Waker doesn’t have these kinds of background tracks, so maybe that’s a factor for people hating the dungeons.
To your comments on X I have this for you:
Breath of the Wild kinda does have a connection to the timeline, it’s been confirmed that it takes place after all three timelines, when they somehow converge. Nothing concrete from Nintendo themselves after this, but MatPat from Game Theory proposed that Hyrule Warriors would be the game that manages to connect all three timelines, because of multi-dimensional time travel. I think the theory is extremely good, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Nintendo just adopt that as their alibi. Interesting to see the timeline evolve like this but I hope this doesn’t spell the end of Zelda games from the traditional timeline.
I agree wholly on your ideas on Twilight Princess, it felt like the game design choices backfired. Though the fans (or the vocal ones anyhow) were very inconsistent with voicing what they wanted. First they wanted great graphics, and hated Wind Waker. Then they mostly disliked Twilight Princess’ art style, calling it washed out and ugly. I love the game to pieces and I think it was a massive amount of fun. I will always love the Clawshot items, and the Spinner, those two items stood out to me the most as having the most potential for future fun. And Skyward Sword brought the former back.
There’s so many games you haven’t played now, that you actually own. If I was dead I’d be turning in my grave, this is absolutely criminal! But honestly I wouldn’t make it a priority if I were you, with your restricted free time games like that don’t respect your time that well. It’s a fantastic game with some decent combat but there’s so much grinding involved that it really hurts the overall package. I’ll be thinking about getting the soon-to-be-renamed Project Triangle Strategy, if they add an easy mode!
But I’ll have a few more games added to my backlog, I downloaded Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX today. Six games for… thirteen dollars. What a goddamn steal!
@NintendoByNature i may just watch Bloodsport tonight, if I can find a place to stream it. My wife and I usually watch a movie on the weekend and we havent picked one yet. I've seen Timecop before and thought it was pretty good, I think thats the only JCVD movie I've seen (unless we're counting Street Fighter). As far as martial arts go i'm partial to Jackie Chan, although now that I think of it he may be more of a stunt man. You can't go wrong with Police Story or Wheels on Meals (Police Story is prolly a top 10 movie for me).
@bimmy-lee it's weird that I remember that mini game so well because i'm pretty sure I only ever rented the original MK like once or twice. But it's burned into my memory (and fingertips). And The Warriors is such a good movie.
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@Tasuki Mate... I’m so sorry that happened to you. First, I’m glad you and your family and pets were all unhurt by this disaster. But the most important thing to do is to stay calm and not to anything irrational. Grief can be a powerful mention, for all the wrong reasons. So stay calm, and get a read of the situation. Anything you can safely retrieve so do. Take time off here if necessary, maybe getting your own life sorted is a priority?
Take care either way and I hope you can salvage some things.
Heh, Jackie Chan is great, @Losermagnet.... But the stuff he's best known for is almost it's own genre Which do you like, I know he's done loads but I don't remember the names of a lot of his films?
@BruceCM I will for sure. @Losermagnet yea its probably a guy movie so your wife may tune in and out. But I shouldn't speculate on that. My mom loved jcvd movies as well so your wife could be an outlier like my mom was. @Tasuki dude, I'm so very sorry to hear that. Do you know how it happened? Hoping insurance covers the losses although I'll admit I really don't know how all of that works. Ultimately, I'm glad to hear you guys got out safe
@Tasuki oh wow that terrible! I’m really glad to hear everyone is ok, but losing your house is also traumatic. Yes, the best for now would be to attempt to remain calm and focus on your family, you all need each other more than ever.
@Tasuki - That’s horrible dude, I’m glad everyone is safe, but the rest is just awful. I wish the best for you and hope insurance treats you fairly.
@1UP_MARIO - It’s on a short list of movies I started watching and just never stopped. Totally right about the SF reference too, even back in the day we would talk about who was who in the movie and game.
@BruceCM - Yep, I’ve seen most of those, really like the Matrix trilogy. I do tend to stick more to the martial arts action movies though as my interest tends to go down as the gun play goes up, but not always. For pure action movies, I am a bit stuck in the 80s and early 90s preferring big, dumb action flicks like the Rocky, Die Hard, and Terminator franchises along with the first Predator. I do also enjoy the gritty, mid and late 70s Clint Eastwood and Charlie Bronson movies, along with old war and western flicks I used to watch with my dad.
@Losermagnet - Those mini games were epic. I also LOVE beating up the car in SF games. Bloodsport is streaming on prime, as are quite a few of the JCVD movies we’ve mentioned. My wife watched it with me a few years ago, and she loved it. It’s when I fully realized it’s a comedy classic. It’s also awesome as well. Hard to explain, but I think it holds up really well. She still makes references to it from time to time.
@Tasuki I really, REALLY wish everything works in the best way possible for you now!
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In a general sense, @NintendoByNature... But I have known some girls who did like action, horror & so on! Sometimes as well as the more traditional girly films but other times they weren't keen on those, too
Well, John Wick has a good mixture, @bimmy-lee! Especially the 3rd film has some great knife bits, as well
@BruceCM yeah it kind of is its own thing, comedy action thats heavy on stunts. Wheels on Meals, Police Story 1 & 2, Rumble in the Bronx, Super Cop, Miracle. When i was younger it seemed like he was more well known for Rush Hour and Shanghai Noon. It's weird because so many of his movies from the 70s and 80s aren't available in the US. I bought a region free blu ray player and i've been importing some every now-and-then.
@Tasuki Oh man, I'm so sorry. Glad your family and pets are okay. Things may be overwhelming now, but they will be alright again.
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@Tasuki I'm So glade everyone is safe, I also agree with everyone else, as if you think you need to, you should take a break off this site, Right now You should focus getting everything in order, and right now, your the biggest blessing everyone's got.
I hope my comment is helpful and not insensitive, Thats the last thing I want to be right now so tell me if I i'm ok?
Yeah, not sure just what his 1st film that came out in America was but I think that wasn't very successful, @Losermagnet... Then, there was one I don't recall the name of that did a lot better but Rush Hour probably the big break & they are good
@bimmy-lee fighting games and beat em ups were favorites of mine as a kid. I'm not very good at fighting games anymore, but I do indulge in beat em ups still. I end up watching something like Rumble in the Bronx and then I really get an urge to play Streets of Rage.
Thanks for the heads up on Bloodsport btw
@BruceCM I want to say Rumble in the Bronx was the first one that kind of broke into the mainstream in the US, but it was Rush Hour that was the big hit. I may be wrong though.
Edit - Battle Creek Brawl may be the US movie that tanked. It was an early one and not very good imo. American made Jackie Chan movies are usually pretty tame as far as stunts go - I don't think any companies wanted to take the risk of insuring him 😆
@NintendoByNature My wife is usually pretty cool with that stuff. Truth be told she's kind of a badass. She'll fix my car and do the taxes. Im a cartoon character by comparison.
Y'know with movies I think I prefer older movies to most things in the 2000s, generally speaking. I'd pick an old samurai flick over a Marvel movie in a heartbeat.
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@Tyranexx Yeah...those GameCube games are quite expensive now from what I've seen. It's why I would love more rereleases of some sort. Agreed on Wii Sports - me and the other family members used to play bowling on it quite a lot! I like that, tennis, and golf personally. Wii Sports Resort is really good too.
Yeah, the TG-16 came out a few years before I came to earth, lol. Plus it wasn't nearly as popular as the NES, SNES, and Genesis at the time - we of course never had it, either.
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