NBA JAM

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I came across something interesting, so interesting in fact it made me want to write about it.

I didn’t know (or rather didn’t realise) that there are no less than 6 versions of the original NBA JAM that were released in 1993; now a comparison between the different versions would be interesting, but what made me want to write something was just how different the opening title music was in most of them.

So, seeing how it’s NHL playoff time i figured it’d be perfect to talk about 90’s fictional basketball.

We’ll start in order of release, pick a winner and a loser.

TRAILER TIME…

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Another day, another dollar, and this thing dropped and (i’ll just spoil it here) it looked so bad i was compelled to write something about it.

The short of it is; this thing looks fucking awful.

Like holy shit, and this isn’t a Seymour Skinner the kids are wrong moment here, the reactions i’ve seen from others aren’t positive ones either.

DUNE Pt. 2

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Hey look, i’m reviewing a movie that came out in the last week and half. Which is a bit of a minor miracle as the last film i reviewed in theatres was Halloween Kills back in 2021. And i’m almost shocked to say that (up until now) was the last time i was actually in a movie theatres since seeing Little Women in March 2019.

So what better way to get back into seeing movies, than seeing the sequel to the last block buster that i missed?

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Trailer Time

It’s my first post of the year, which means it’s trailer time, and since i waited a bit before watching any there’s a few that i recently saw that are worth commenting on.

Not that i’ll actually watch any of these in theatres, as i haven’t seen a movie in a theatre since Halloween Kills, but i like to pretend it’s 2019 sometimes.

The Village

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Another Halloween come and gone, and with it another opportunity to check out a horror movie. I had, and still have a giant pile of them to check out, so naturally i watched one that wasn’t on it. So, browsing through Disney+ i chose one that i hadn’t watched since it came out.

What’s interesting about The Village is that i still vividly remember watching it in the theatres, i remember going there with my mom and sister, i remember the audience reactions, i remembered (quite accurately) certain shots, i remember the monster’s look completely, and i remember loving the movie; while only ever watching it once. In the intervening years (almost 20) i remember the critical scorching this movie has received, and haven’t agreed with it, because of how much i liked.

So, with all that said lets see how a 17 year old me and 36 year old see the same film.

Odds and Ends and Impressions

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In a bid to post something (i’m writing a long form article at the moment, but not ready to post it), i’m going to do one of these impression pieces that i haven’t done in a bit to catch up on some odds and ends opinions that i never got around to posting.

Like the last time, these aren’t reviews per se, but just overall impressions on a number of things from my junk drawer.

Everything Everywhere All at Once

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I’ll file this under a film that people wouldn’t stop recommending, and my inner contrarian wanted nothing to do with it given how loud and constant recommendations are.

But i was curious and caved. I’ll say there are spoilers ahead to be safe.

PREDATOR (1987)

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Here’s one of those classic movies, that everyone, everyone, has talked or written about. In fact its movies like Predator that fed the cottage industry of movie review channels in the 10’s. Which is (and the fact that PREY has spurred me onto a re-watching of the franchise) a great reason why i should talk about it here on Ten Years Too Late.

So let’s get straight into it.

PREY

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Hey hey, long time no write we’ll just get straight to it here.

The Matrix Resurrections

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If i needed any further reminder of how different Covid and age made everything, i was handed another example when The Matrix Resurrections released and i didn’t go and see it in the theatres. In fact i waited, and kind of forgot that it even came out until i saw the Blu-Ray in a Best Buy and remembered that i had been waiting for the movie in some form since i saw Revolutions on the big screen, and definitely since that great trailer for it dropped in the fall of 2021:

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Normally such news would repulse me, but i couldn’t help but be cautiously optimistic as my inner fan took over and prayed that it wouldn’t ruin things.