Happy birthday Daniel (Day Lewis)

My top 10 films of Daniel Day-Lewis are:
Oh sorry, Daniel. Could you please speak up? The Lord cannot hear you..

1. There Will Be Blood Daniel Plainview is a liar, a salesman, a bad father, a corrupt businessman, the epitome of all American evil.
2. In the Name of the Father He suffers greatly in this film from the corrupt UK government against Irish Republicans.
3. My Left Foot His first really kick ass character and a breakthrough in indie films.
4. Gangs of New York He sort of portrays this really nasty killer in the Five Points district who throws these anime-like tomahawks.
5. Beautiful Laundrette He's a thug and he plays a homosexual, a rare feat during the 90s.
6. The Boxer: Gotta portray him somehow like Robert De Niro
7. The Unbearable Lightness of Being
8. Lincoln Daniel Day- who? I only saw the Kansas-born President of the United States! 
9. Nine: He's an over the top singer
   
10. The Bounty: He plays against ANTHONY HOPKINS

 I'm finished!

List of games I wanted when the Wii came out

Wanted list:

• Sonic Racers, 
• Zelda: Twilight Princess, 
• FF12, 
• Kingdom Hearts, 
• Otogi,
• Battlefield 2, 
• MarioKart: DoubleDash, 
• StarFox: Assault, 
• LocoRoco, 
• KatamaryDamacy, 
• Ultimate Spiderman (w/ Venom cover), 
• Elebits

Sonic Rider: Got. Didn't complete, but was fun

Zelda: Twilight Princess: Got both versions. Got lost and didn't read walkthorugh

FF12: Got stuck in a dungeon during a sidequest. Can't find my way out.

Kingdom Hearts: Beat. Complain about the gameplay, not the story.

Otogi: What was this game about again?

Battlefield 2: Cool innovation at the time.

Mario Kart: Double Dash: Played it. Still the best Mario Kart ever.

Star Fox: Assault: Beat. It was short, but fun.

Loco Roco: Demoed. Was fun.

Katamary Damacy: Beat. Get owned during multiplayer.

Ultimate Spider-Man with Venom Cover: Regreat not buying.

Elebits: Have. Fun, but the challenges are actually pretty difficult. Time or score.

The best films of Al Pacino

1. Dog Day Afternoon
2. Scarface
3. Glengarry Glenn Ross
4. ... And Justice For All
5. The Humbling
6. Serpico
7. The Godfather Part II
8. Carlito's Way 
9. Donnie Brasco
10. The Godfather Part I
11. People I Know
12. Dick Tracy
13. Insomnia

And I don't know if I'd actually put it as 14, but I know people don't like this choice: Jack and Jill.

That's pretty much how you put Al Pacino in a film. I felt like he had a lot of control with it. Probably did the dance number and choreography himself. He yells at Sandler's characters as if it were any other Pacino film. He's genuinely enjoyable in such a mess of a film.
There's not going to be multiple layers of it of course.
And heck, if you're complaining, screw you! You watched Al Pacino in an Adam Sandler film. What were you expecting?

The best of Satyajit Ray on Hulu Plus

1. Charaluta
2. Devi
3. Three Daughters
4. The Home and the World
5. The Enemy of the People
6. The Stranger
7. Music Room
8. The Holy Man
9. The Big City

Barrett is the original Django Unchained

Everything about Barrett is about Cowboy conventions:

• His origin in a vast land of dry barren sand, before later ending up in a land of dry barren mako reactor city.
• His duel with Dyne
• The chocobo race that saves his and AVALANCHE's life in the prison
• 7th Heaven is a bar, which he shoots up
• His loud rambunctious cowboy-like nature.
• His gun
• Ghost town
• Casino
• The Fall
• The slaughter of Native Americans over land
• Coal
• The past
• Fire

Batman vs Superman vs Star Wars trailers

1977 and 1978 were epic years. The debut of the blockbuster was great with the introduction of George Lucas' Star Wars, Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Richard Donner's Superman. In 2015, we are hit with 2 big trailers on April 16th, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens and Superman vs Batman.
Who won?
The Force Awakens is a bit of a mixed bag. The movie is a bit unclear, and probably very nostalgia driven, which really failed in the Star Trek reboot sequel, Star Trek: Into Darkness. JJ is more of a marketer than a pure auteur. He shows some upgrades over what was at least formerly the Rebel Alliance Rebel Army often referred to as the Rogue Squadron in the Expanded Universe and Imperial Stormtroopers. Han and Chewie are back. We see an Obi-Wan-like Mark Hamill previously. There are rumors of Mara Jade in previous trailers. The Empire is seen as a bit Nazi-like in how they display their flags. A bit more standoffish than previously, taking a risk.
Also, a main character in the stormtrooper may be a good guy stormtrooper or may not be a stormtrooper at all, possibly helping the Rebels. It could be an homage to Episode IV.

Superman vs Batman had an interesting take on comics that is highly desired. Post 2008, audiences have been constantly pondering around the world? Who do you trust? Anyone of authority? How much power is too much?
Most powerful man in the world is controversial. Religion and saviors. Challenge of world. Authority. Universe. Objective.
The production design of the city.
The world in darkness.
The monolith that creates Batman.
Warriors in the sky.
What he can do. What he should do.
Joker Joker?
How a fever and rage starts. Powerlessness. Turn good men to . Alfred Jeremy Irons.
Tumblr, conventional Batwing.

Superman vs Batman wins.

Now who wins? Batman or Superman?

Video Game Championship

1961 SpaceWar!
1971 Oregon Trail
 1985 Ghosts'n Goblins
1986 Legend of Zelda
1987 Punch-Out!!!
1988

• Snatcher
• Ninja Gaiden
• Super Mario Bros 3

1990

• Ninja Gaiden II
• Mega Man 3

1991 Ninja Gaiden III

1992 Little Samson

1994 Policenauts

1995 Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together

1996

• Super Mario 64
• Kirby Super Star

 1997 FFT 1998 Xenogears Metal Gear Solid

 1999/2000

1. Shenmue
2. Rez
3. Marvel Vs Capcom 2  

2002 ICO

 2003

1. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
2. Prince of Persia: Sands of Time

 2004

1. Ninja Gaiden
2. Viewtiful Joe/2
3. Katamari Damacy
4. Eye Toy: Play

 2005 Shadow of the Colossus

2006 Gears of War

2008 Coil

 2009 Arkham Asylum

2010

1. Mass Effect 2/
2. Infinite Space

2011 Deus Ex: Human Revolution 2012 Retrograde 2013 Antichamber

Character Hall of Fam

Best Video Game Soundtrack

1978 Space Invaders
1979 Galaxian
1980 Pac-Man
1981 Donkey Kong
1985 Ghosts'n Goblins
1986 Legend of Zelda
1987 Punch-Out!!!
1988 Super Mario Bros 3

1989 Double Dragon II: The Revenge

1990 Mega Man 3

1991 Ninja Gaiden III

1992 Final FantasyV

1993: Sonic CD

1994 Shining Force CD

1995 Street Fighter Alpha

1996 Super Mario 64

 1997 Square FF7

1998 Ocarina of Time

 1999/2000

1. Shenmue
2. Rez
3. Final Fantasy IX 
4. Starcraft
5. Marvel Vs Capcom 2  

2001 Capcom Vs SNK 2    

2002 Kingdom Hearts

 2003 Soulcalibur II

 2004 Katamari Damacy

 2005 Shadow of the Colossus

 2009 Arkham Asylum

2010

1. Infinite Space
2. Dragon Age: Origins

2012 Retro/grade
2014: Transistor

My MTV Generation Awards

1992: Arnold Schwarzenegger
1993: Eddie Murphy
1994: Ralph Fiennes
1995: Brandon Lee
1996: Alicia Silverstone
1997: Wes Craven
1998: James Cameron
1999: Edward Norton
2005: Tom Cruise
2006: Jim Carrey
2007: Orlando Bloom
2008: Will Smith
2009: Heath Ledger
2010: Sam Worthington
2011: Christopher Nolan
2012: Johnny Depp
2013: Jamie Foxx
2014: Leonardo DiCaprio
2015: Robert Downey, Jr.

My MTV Lifetime Achievement Awards

1992: Jason Voorhees
1993: The Three Stooges
1994: Richard Roundtree
1995: Jackie Chan
1996: Godzilla
1997: Chewbacca
1998: Clint Howard
1999: Jim Carrey
2000: Lawrence Fishburne
2001: Ridley Scott
2002: Jeffrey Katzenberg
2003: Eminem
2004: Johnny Depp
2005: Quentin Tarantino
2006: Robert Rodriguez
2007: Paul Dano
2008: Will Smith
2009: Heath Ledger
2010: James Cameron
2011: Christopher Nolan
2012: Daniel Radcliffe
2013: Jamie Foxx
2014: Steve McQueen
2015: J.K. Simmons

My MTV Movie of the Year

1992: T2
1993: A Few Good Men
1994: Menace II Society
1995: The Crow
1996: Seven
1997: Scream
1998: Good Will Hutning
1999: Shakespeare in Love
2000: The Matrix
2001: Gladiator
2002: LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring
2003: Two Towers
2004: Pirates of the Caribbean
2005: Kill Bill Vol 2
2006: Batman Begins
2007: N/A
2008: Transformers
2009: The Dark Knight
2010: Avatar
2011: Inception
2012: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- Part 2
2013: Django Unchained
2014: The Wolf of Wall Street
2015: Guardians of the Galaxy

Steaming Force problem

I love the Sword of Hayja. The music was great. The graphics were great. The FPS was great. There wasn't unnecessary town crawling.
I never had a chance to encounter another Shining Force storyline while playing since the only other SEGA console I ever owned was the Dreamcast.
Steam came along and I had to jump aboard.
Bad decision.

First computer:
Couldn't save at all. The buttons didn't work, because the computer had a low capacity, albeit there was plenty for GENESIS games.

Second computer:
Could save state.
However, I saved state after I saved in the game, which screwed up everything, because the Shining Force storyteller just blinks at you after saving the game, because SEGA didn't bother to change the turn off function for the rom originally in the game.

I either have to:
1) Save only in Save Game (emulator) mode OR
2) Save in game and then press New Game to activate the rest of the game.

And then, according to the Steam forum I hear they're other issues.
Anybody encounter a similar problem or perhaps my very lousy computers just can't run things.
I apologize any miscrepreancies as I'm a poor New Yorker, with multiple part time jobs. I have multiple jobs which probably won't pay for my rent or health insurance if I wasn't living in my parents' house, which PAINS ME a lot more than you guys.
Thank you.
Rant over.

Discuss other things besides the damaged US economy.

The best of the last March 2015 weekend SEGA sale

In ascending order:

1. Sonic the Hedgehog IV
2. Sonic & SEGA All-Star Racing
3. Phantasy Star III
4. Phantasy Star IV 
5. Eternal Champions
6. Phantasy Star II
7. Crazy Taxi
8. Sonic Spinball
9. Alien: Isolation
10. Hell Yeah: Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
11. Comix Zone
12. Sonic the Hedgehog
13. Vectorman 
14. Vectorman 2
15. Golden Axe
16. Valkyria Chronicles
17. Typing of the Dead Overkill
18. Sonic Adventure 2
19. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
20. Streets of Rage
21. Streets of Rage 3
22. Ecco the Dolphin
23. Ristar
24. Space Channel 5 Part 2
25. Jet Set Radio
26. Sonic Adventure
27. Sonic 3D Blast
28. Sonic the Hedgehog 3
29. Sonic Knuckles
30. Streets of Rage 2
31. Nights: Into Dreams
32. Sonic CD

Blockbuster Game of the Year

1971 Oregon Trail
1978 Space Invaders
1979 Galaxian
1980 Pac-Man
1981 Donkey Kong
 1985 Ghosts'n Goblins
1986 Legend of Zelda
1987 Punch-Out!!!
1988 Super Mario Bros 3
1989 Double Dragon II: The Revenge
1990 Mega Man 3
1991 Ninja Gaiden III
1994 The Amazon Trail
1995 Chrono Trigger

1996

• Super Mario 64
• Resident Evil

 1997 FF7

1998 Metal Gear Solid

 1999/2000

1. Grand Theft Auto III
2. Marvel Vs Capcom 2
3. Starcraft
4. Diablo II

2001 Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty    
2002 Kingdom Hearts
2003 Soulcalibur II
2004 Ninja Gaiden
2005

1. God of War
2. Phoenix Wright

2006 Gears of War
2007 God of War II
2009 Arkham Asylum
2010 Mass Effect 2

2012 Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask
2013 The Last of Us
2014: Smash Bros Wii U/3DS
2015: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Arkham Knight