I thought I would come back here eventually, especially since I'm really happy about the way this blog was going. I was thinking about it recently and decided that I felt ready to begin writing posts again on Awesome Fantasy News, and well, here we are!
Obviously, a lot has happened since my last post over three months ago, not just in my life, but also in the world of gaming, films and nerd culture in general. At first I was gonna split this post into a couple parts, but multi-part posts are complicated to write and I want to keep this simple without going into extreme and unnecessary detail. I'll just be splitting it into two parts with different subjects. So, down below are lots of different things that have happened with me since my departure, mainly in the film and video game area. I'll try to keep it mostly in chronological order but no promises since more ideas of things to write about will probably keep popping into my head while I'm writing/typing. Okay, here we go.
I Got Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam and Xenoblade Chronicles X
Yep, so I got both of those games on December 4th when they came out as early Christmas presents. To be honest though, they weren't as great as I anticipated. I got kind of bored of Paper Jam about halfway through since it's kind of bland and I haven't played it since about a week after its release. Chronicles X, well, I played for about one or two days after I got it and that was pretty much it (actually, I just remembered that I didn't get it on release day, I got it about 4-5 days after because it was out of stock on release day). I just don't really enjoy it much, especially compared to the original Xenoblade Chronicles. I think it's because X is more of an MMORPG-style game, and I don't really like those. Speaking of Paper Mario, they just announced that new game for Wii U, Paper Mario: Colour Splash. I would be way more excited for it since I love the series but I'm just not, since, like all of the other PM fans I know, I think it just looks like Sticker Star, which, well, kinda sucked. Sorry. Might replay some of the first three PM games though. Those are great.
I Watched Star Wars: The Force Awakens
MAJOR SPOILERS IF YOU AIN'T SEEN IT
What is there to say? It was freakin' amazing, definitely my favourite Star Wars film so far. The plot twists were great, and I honestly would never have guessed that Kylo Ren was Han and Leia's son. Speaking of Han though, his death scene was so touching. I cried many tears. Sorry if I spoiled those two major parts of the movie for you, but at the same time I'm not sorry, because a) you really should have seen it by now and b) the blog description and this post do have a spoiler warning. I watched the film three times actually, once on the 19th of December in IMAX 3D with my mum and friend, and second time on December 30th in IMAX 3D with another friend who I haven't mentioned on here before, he's also a massive Star Wars and Marvel fan. We'll call him The Ginger, since, well, he's ginger, which is where a lot of the humour in our friendship stems from. The third time was also with The Ginger, but in 2D since there's not much point watching in IMAX again.
I Played Undertale
Yes, on Christmas Day, I got that game Undertale that you've probably heard a lot of people talking about. It's kind of like a modern tribute to old but classic RPG games like Earthbound and Mother 3, but at the same time it's something completely original in its own way. If you actually haven't seen this game around on the internet, I'm not going to go through it much, just Google it and watch the trailer. Trust me, it's fantastic. It's definitely a very funny game and one of the most replayable games I've ever owned. There are at least 3 ways to play through the game to see different endings, and the characters are fantastic, especially Papyrus and Sans, two skeleton bros who serve as great comic relief and are pretty damn hilarious. Also, Sans is always making puns, much to the annoyance of his brother. Sounds like me with all of my friends. :)
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| Unfortunately, I can't write this caption in Comic Sans. |
I Watched Episode 1 Of The SMBZ Reboot!
Hey, so remember that (absolutely motherheckin' awesome) Mario and Sonic sprite series I mentioned wayyyy back in post #14? Well, the creator Alvin-Earthworm (real name Mark Haynes) rebooted the series, and episode 1 came out on January 8th 2016 (three days earlier for his Patreon donators I believe). My God, I didn't think it was possible, but it's 10 times better than the original episodes 1 and 2 (originally he wanted eps 1 and 2 to be one single episode in the old series, but couldn't because of limitations. He did this time around though!). On Twitter he said that he's aiming for episode 2 to release on April 22nd, which is the 10 year anniversary of the original first episode. It's also three days before my birthday. Mark said he isn't making any promises about April 22nd, but I really hope it comes out then, I genuinely can't wait. It hurts me to have to wait. You can find the first episode on YouTube here.
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| Even the thumbnails are more awesome in this new series. |
I Watched Deadpool! ...On Like My Third Attempt
Yeah... funny story... (well, it really wasn't funny at the time. More like extremely frustrating and kind of depressing) as you may know, Deadpool is not a normal superhero. In fact, he's not even a superhero, he's an anti-hero. The film's trailers all make it clear that he is not supposed to be family-friendly and heroic like the Avengers or Spider-Man (even though his suit looks a bit like the latter's, and admittedly, the first time I saw a Deadpool comic, I'm pretty sure I thought it was Spider-Man). Yes, Deadpool is not a superhero for kids or even tweens, but is a much more violent, vulgar and teen/adult-oriented person. So naturally, as a result of the film's excessive swearing, blood/gore and, ahem, sexy-time-content, the film is rated R in the USA (which is like 17/18 I believe). However, here in the UK, we were lucky enough to get a 15 rating. Now, I'm 15 next month. Let me tell you a little story about what happened to me up until when I finally watched the film.
The first time I went to watch the film was at the cinema I usually go to, which is one of the only cinemas I know nearby that has IMAX and really good (if expensive) coke and popcorn. Deadpool is only showing in 2D, but there are screenings of it in 2D IMAX, which is what my friend (it was Blog Buddy by the way, see my old posts if you don't know who that is) and I were going to watch. The first time I went was the 13th of February (the day before Valentine's Day) and I went with my friend and his dad. Now, I thought they would let us in considering we're both 15 in the next few months and we were with a responsible adult, but nope, we told them the honest truth that we're still 14. Sounds dumb, but they were probably going to ask for ID if we lied. We weren't allowed in since we're not properly 15 yet So we had to refund the tickets, but since you can't refund food that you've already started eating, we were left to go home with a bag of popcorn and a large coke each. Sad, sad times.
The second time was a few days after, on Wednesday the 17th, we tried again at the same place. This time me and BB went with another friend, who is actually 15 (his birthday is 25th December. Guess on here I can call him Jesus? Joking, joking! I'll just call him... Christmas Guy) and we got him to buy the tickets since he's actually the legal age. But, guess what? They asked for ID. So since we obviously wouldn't be able to use ID, we had to just go home. Again. And the insulting thing is, Christmas Guy couldn't get into the film even though he is actually 15, because he didn't have ID on him.
So anyway, when I got back to school on Monday the 22nd (I had been off school for a week), I was sad to find out that a lot of people in my year had seen it at different cinemas (including those who aren't 15 yet, one of them being one of my friends who actually got in at the cinema I went to and he's 14 (15 this month)). But the thing that destroyed me mentally was that The Ginger, who is 13, had seen the film at a different cinema. Well, that settled it, I was going to keep trying again and again if I had to, until I could see the film, starting with the place where The Ginger went. On the following Friday (the 26th) me and Christmas Guy went to that cinema. And holy crap, it worked. We thought of ideas of what we could do if they asked our age, but nope, no questions asked, they didn't even ask how old we are. We got into the film.
It was great.
And Blog Buddy went to a different cinema the next day and also saw it. So good for him too.
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| ...I have to agree with the poster here. *blushes profoundly* |
I Got Back Into Dragon Ball and Death Note
I'm not sure if I've talked about this before but I've been a big fan of the Death Note and Dragon Ball (Z) animes in the past. I first watched Death Note about two years ago but I got about 25 episodes in when I stopped for some reason (there are only 37 episodes in the series anyway), but I watched the whole series again properly about two months ago. Also, from Summer 2014 to about early 2015 I watched the whole series of Dragon Ball and about 4 out of 9 seasons of Dragon Ball Z. The main reason I stopped was because the website I was using didn't have HD episodes after the first three seasons. However, I think that website has all 9 seasons (291 episodes!) in HD now, so I decided to start watching again just after I finished Death Note, back in January. However, I forgot loads of things that happened, so I started again with Dragon Ball and watched all 153 episodes of that (I know, I'm crazy, but it only took me about a month). I started Dragon Ball Z a couple weeks ago and I'm already on Season 3 but I haven't watched it for about two weeks, since near the end of February when I watched Deadpool. I definitely plan to continue soon though, I'm nearly on episode 100. Oh, and I've also been reading the manga for Dragon Ball and Death Note (see below).
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| Find the Dragon Balls! Look out for them all! |
Other Miscellaneous Stuff
Some other stuff I did: booked tickets for Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice in IMAX 3D for 26/03/16. Rewatched Big Hero 6 on 5/3/16 (I don't know if I've mentioned it but I watched it the first time in like January/February 2015. It's a great animated film). Rewatched the X-Men film series in anticipation for X-Men: Apocalypse (my favourites are probably The Wolverine, Days of Future Past and Deadpool). I got some manga in the past two months: Death Note Volumes 3-6, Dragon Ball Volumes 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8. All of those for like £40, may I add. Forbidden Planet is a wonderful, wonderful store. I'm probably gonna rewatch Man of Steel the day before I see BvS. Last weekend I rewatched Daredevil Season 1 and I am so freakin' hyped for season 2! I would actually say I am as excited for DD Season 2 as I am for BvS and possibly Civil War. Oh, and also, Jessica Jones Season 2 was announced in about January! There's not really any solid release date so far though.
The next post will be more about the future, like the blog itself and how it'll be a little different this time around. It should be up in two days, since this was a long one.
It's good to be back.
Thomas
P.S: There are now as many posts on this blog as there are Pokemon in the original two Pokemon games, Red and Blue. I think so anyway, I'm not a big fan of Pokemon. Except from that time when I binge-watched about 500 episodes of the anime, but that's a story for another time, maybe. Speaking of which though, I think it's the 20th anniversary of Pokemon right around now. Yay!
Edit: Within minutes of uploading this, I got a +1. The mysterious +1 person is still at large. From now on I'll call them Plus, I guess.
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