Pokemon: The First Movie!
Here’s something different. It’s Pokemon: The First Movie!
The film hit U.S. theaters in November of ‘99, and it’s what made me a Pokemon fan. I had some cursory knowledge of the franchise thanks to my Pikachu-obsessed nieces and nephews, but I never paid much attention to it until this movie hit DVD.
See, back in 2000, I purchased a computer. I guess that would’ve been my second bought-by-me computer. In any event, it was my first computer with a DVD drive, and since I was well behind the curve with DVDs, that computer also doubled as my first DVD player.
Naturally, I rushed out to buy my first DVDs. Ended up at a Circuit City with an absolutely terrible selection. After an hour of frustrated browsing, I left two discs.
One was Run Lola Run, which was a pretty great movie, but not necessarily one that anyone needs to see twice. To this day, I don’t think I’ve ever played that DVD.
The second was Pokemon: The First Movie, bought as a lark just so I could see what all the fuss was about.
That silly film turned me into a pretty dedicated Pokemon fan.
Tonight’s survey:
Do you remember the first DVD you ever bought?
What was it, and what were the circumstances?
Share memories, in the comments!
PS: I’m posting this early because I might not be around tonight, and I don’t trust WordPress’s scheduled post feature to actually work.
Lazy Night w/ Tales from the Darkside.
I didn’t have much time to dig for a video tonight, so let’s keep things simple with another episode of Tales from the Darkside:
Here’s The False Prophet, a psychic-themed episode starring Ronee Blakley. (If Blakley’s name isn’t immediately recognizable, that’s Nancy’s mom from A Nightmare on Elm Street. Yes!)
Enjoy. It’s a weird one, but then, every episode of TFTD was weird.
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Popeye Meets Sindbad!
I’ve never been a big Popeye guy, but Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor is so my jam:
Soon after saving enough money for my first VCR ($200, if I recall), I bought some random Popeye tape… probably because it was the only one I could afford with what remained of my savings.
On it was this famous short from 1936, which I ended up watching dozens if not hundreds of times. It was just one of those tapes that I always threw on, and came to enjoy as background noise.
My fascination was mostly because of Sindbad’s island, which was like a cross between Skull Island and a traveling sideshow. Just this mad world where monsters ran rampant.
Enjoy!
Tonight’s survey:
Name a show, movie or video you’ve seen a million times even if you don’t necessarily identify as a “big fan” of it.
Escapism. And Thunderstorms.
Today sucked. Just one of those days when every possible thing goes wrong. I’d go to pour a cup of coffee and end up starting three wars on Mars.
Shit happens and we move on, but it did give me an idea for tonight’s survey:
When life’s full of lemons and you need to escape, what do you do?
Read? Play games? Go for a run? Wash a bag of Combos down with a bottle of wine?
Share your secrets, in the comments!
I’ll tell you one of mine, too:
One of my favorite escapist methods involves looking up horrible doomsday scenarios. I don’t mean the ones that hit too close to home, but stuff like…
What if aliens invaded?
What would happen if Jupiter suddenly exploded?
How long would we survive if Earth was knocked out of its orbit?
Sounds dark, but it soothes me every time.
Speaking of soothing, check out this video:
Nine hours of thunderstorm noises. Now we’re talking!
