Have you ever watched a movie that you used to love as a kid and then realized that it was really bad? What is the biggest disappointment you have had where reality didn’t measure up to your memory?
Wow. You know, before we’re done with this, I think we’ll have every single TV show or movie that we could have possibly seen as children covered.
Personally, my most glaring disappointment was the second Never Ending Story movie. I was really little when it came out, and for a while I was in love with both Never Ending Story movies. I never saw the third one, though I couldn’t have been any older than five or six when it came out. Then, not too long ago, I went back and watched both again. The first one is still pretty cool. But the second? Man was I disappointed.
There’s also this park near me that I loved as a kid, and thought it was absolutely huge and just awesome to run around in and explore. Last year a friend had her graduation party in one of the shelters in the park, so I got a chance to walk around in it again and I was so disappointed at how small the place seemed.
I was pretty darn excited when I got a 9v cord so I could play my snes again, but when I loaded up mario kart, bleh. Cpus use their own items whenever they want, green shells don’t hit anything even if they touch someone (seriously? Luigi can jump over them?) and the tracks aren’t too good.
Old T.v. shows I used to think were unequaled. This was only a few of them though, and even those are better than the trash called Saturday morning cartoons these days.
Me and my friends the other day watched Space Jam. We all remember watching it..what, 10 years ago? And we remembered how awesome it was. Too bad it wasn’t. I died on the inside. And then we played Pokemon Snap….man, I can’t believe how much i played that as a kid…
I think it’s funny to bring up video games, because even though I own a computer that could power a small city AND a PS3, I still think for my video game money it doesn’t get any better than MarioKart 64. Hands down the best video game ever made and here is why: EVERYONE loves it. Never has the question “Hey, you wanna hit up some ‘Kart” been answered with a negative.
Also, as much as I try to deny its existence, there is such a thing as The Sandlot 2. To this day, The Sandlot is my all-time favorite movie and it is always a guaranteed 90 minutes of happiness, but imagine my disappointment when I saw it’s “sequel”. My stomach churns even acknowledging it.
I still have a NES in the main room hooked to a 40 inch TV. I also believe the SNES gets the most attention here (connected to the same TV). In fact, I recently did a 12 hour gaming spree going through Chrono Trigger again.
Just can’t beat those older classics…
And I would love to get a hold of an atari again with River Raid.
Actual disappointments from going back… Wolfenstein 3D.
Rereading the The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe.
The Super Mario Bros. Cartoon series.
The 2nd Aladdin Movie. (I question how I ever liked it…)
Rugrats. Unless the new rugrats are just horrible in comparison. They are disheartening to watch.
I distinctly remember getting an SNES for my 13th birthday, it was one of the ones that came with Legend of Zelda in the box.
We hooked it up right away and I can vividly remember my whole family gathered around the TV watching the intro to Legend of Zelda with mouths agape. We were so amazed at the graphics, we were just completely blown away.
Legend of Zelda for SNES is still frigging awesome to play, but the graphics…they aren’t so amazing anymore. It is sort of bittersweet, looking back at how relatively easy it was to amaze us with 16-bit graphics. Nowadays the graphics can be almost a little too perfect, you know?
I’m right with Mark. Speed Racer… I asked for the first two season on DVD for my last birthday, and I couldn’t wait to get them (This was after not seeing it for years). Then when I did get them, I ran to the TV, threw it in, and within 5 mins, was utterly disappointed. But oh well, now I just keep them as collectors items.
And then I thought they might redeem my disapointment with the upcoming movie. I saw some clips… I have to say, not to exicted. But I’ll give it chance, maybe I’ll like it. I can’t let a good memory die.
For me it would be “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea”. I’ve always been a bit of a techno-geek, and I always thought that the technology used in the show (especially the Flying Sub) was so cool. But after getting the DVDs, I’ve come to realize that most of the technology seen on the show was actually off-the-shelf stuff dressed up to look futuristic. Also, a lot of the Cold War-era plots don’t stand up to close scrutiny, nor does some of the acting. (Although it is interesting to see some now-well-known actors (i.e. a pre-”Star Trek” James Doohan) before they became famous.)
My Goodness, Khalid… Samurai Pizza Cats! That show… Wow. Thanks for reminding me of that, I’d actually let it slip my mind.
Chris, as always, your artistic genius has reminded me of so many fun times, that are tainted with so few bad bits. How in the world are you pulling all the good out, and making fun of it without bringing in the bad?
Attack of the killer Tomatoes.
Creepy Crawlers (The toy and the show)
Beetleborgs (still good actually)
Gargoyles (also still good)
Project G.E.E.K.e.R. ( Fan-tastic)
Cowboys of Moo Mesa
Street Sharks
Freakazoid (Need I even say it?)
Animaniacs (Goddamn there were some good cartoons back in the day)
Earthworm Jim (The game, however is an abomination)
Rocko’s Modern Life (oh the puns)
VR Troopers
Where’s Waldo
Eye Spy books
Ghost Stories
Knock Knock Jokes ( I can only remember three for some reason )
Goosebumps books
And Old computer games like that one with all the dinosaurs that you had to save, and the one where you had to perform surgery…..and Kings Quest Five.
I remember absolutely loving the original ninja turtles cartoons i was an avid collector of the action figures too, i actually had taped several episodes like six or seven tapes full, so when i was cleaning out my old tv console in my basement that had all my old tapes i popped them in and watched a few. i was laughing at how bad they were it was just sad. I will say though that i found the old Pirates of Dark Water cartoons that i had taped and i still love those and to this day am annoyed that they never finished it. i also remember the x-men cartoon being better then it is now.
yes. i watched Dragonheart one day a few years ago after thinking fondly back on it. the end still brings me to tears, but i can’t help but laugh at how bad the rest of the movie is.
Happy Gilmore. I watched that when I was around eight, and thought it was the best thing. Then I watched again a couple of years later, and thought it was funny, but not that great. Then I watched it again recently, and I thought it was crap.
A friend of mine recorded the entire Gargoyles series for my birthday. I was afraid to watch it a little, because I was afraid it wouldn’t live up to my memories. Surprise, It did, and may have been even better. I never expected fantastic, but I think its way better than some of the crap they show now. I really don’t get the “Hi, its INSANE CARTOON TIME” stuff they show currently. “He’s an Otter in the Arctic, with his best friend a Tapeworm and his girlfriend Used Bubble Gum!” I think they are trying to emulate old Warner Brothers stuff, and failing.. badly. Cartoons anymore are like a look into Gogo’s brain. (a show about a meatball and fast food?? that makes power rangers look realistic)
dinosaur-shaped,chocolate covered biscuits we had here in Switzerland.I remember loving them as a kid,bought a box for nostalgia’s sake a few weeks ago…
They just tasted like cheap chocolate and hard biscuits….Dissapointment of my teatime it was
I remember the old SNES games, and how many memories they bring back when I dig them up again. Sure, they aren’t as cool anymore, but when I play them again, they really bring back those good times.
Nowadays we’re all spoiled on this new technology that some people can’t appreciate the classics.
Even the N64 is also classified as ‘old school’, in my book. But I still play that one too, especially Paper Mario, that game never gets old!
As for big disappointments, I think most of the disappointments I have are from *food* that I used to like as a kid, then try after a long time, and find out that I’m completely disgusted by it. Tell me its not dissapointing when you used to like that nasty pink medicine you’d get at the doctor’s office, then one day, you hate it so much you can barely drink it?
Actually there was this experience I had recently with an old Disney movie, that I used to hate as a kid, then I watched it again and found that I enjoyed it? It was Tarzan. I like that movie a lot now, but back then, I didn’t.
We have this animated movie called “Gobots”, which is in facts some sort of Transformers rip-off…
The movie is in french and for some reason, my brother and i could understand it when we were young and now that we actually know french, the movie got a loooot harder to understand XD
I read this comic first without the word “monkey” and I think I liked it better like that.. kinda like two interpretations, and at least I can relate to both of the meanings. But yeah, sometimes growing up isn’t fun at all.
butterscotch dipped soft ice cream. when i was a kid, I thought it was awesome. I had a butterscotch dip cone this past summer. it was not as delicious as anticipated.
I loved that show, even though I was never clever enough to figure out when it was on, so I’d usually catch only parts of it or random episodes. I’d love to see that show again, or the old Hercules cartoon. Anyone else remember that? HERCULES! this is the song and story! HERCULES! he was an ancient glory! :]
I used to get up sometimes in the wee hours of the morning when I was just 5 or 6 and watch the Munsters and the Beverley Hillbillies
I doubt that any of those would stand up to my memories of them though, with the possible exception of Cadillacs & Dinosaurs (guns, suped up cars, dinosaurs and mutants in a post-apocalyptic wasteland? YES PLEASE)
when i was a kid, it seemed so exciting and amazing.
now i realise how stupid it is:
in some episodes, there are people that are about twice the size as the main characters, that want to attack them. instead of beating the hell out of them, they decide to play a game.
a very boring one at that
I started watching Pokemon again when it came out again on Cartoon Network a long while back and I quickly stopped. I had NO idea how I could stand that show…
And Kaikuro, yes, Paper Mario never gets old!! I got it on my Wii off Virtual Console.
It used to be a family night, sitting together watching Maguyver. I guess back then I had the imagination and faith to believe. But revisiting it… the world has made me cynical as I’ve gotten older and I guess I just can’t believe that will without means can perform miracles. *Sigh*
I’m betting that you didn’t think of the fact that the squares might actually be parallelograms, thusly the picture makes sense
(IE: The monkybars ARE scewed)
Disappointments where reality doesn’t measure up to memories? I have a million of them, but the main disappointment has to be Kid Kool for the NES. Most disappointing movie would be Tremors. Yeah, it’s an alright movie, but when I was younger, that was my favorite movie EVER.
The Labrynth. David Bowie in tights! UGH!
My buddy and I still do the “Did you hear about the babe?” routine. It’s better in our memories though than in the movie. I totally forgot that it turns into a song routine in the movie.
I do still like Dark Crystal. But watching all these old “kid” movies made me realize it was no wonder I had nightmares as a kid. These things are creepy as all get out. (Not to mention Ogra’s nipples! Yike!)
Does anyone remember that weird cyber-space, power rangers rip off that was on some ten or so years ago? Like…a virus would be attacking…a watch, and then the “team” literally jumped into a computer, or something along those lines, battled the virus, and saved the day. I mean…they literally got digitized, and yet…it was all live-action.
Honestly, the concept behind the thing is still kinda cool, but I’m afraid to hunt that series down and actually watch it for fear of inner-child abuse.
Also, it’s only the EARLY Power Rangers seasons that suck. The ones where they’re still trying to enstill ethical values in some weird plot line. Seriously…a racism gun? Finster was cool, though. Good Ol’ Finster. XD
Biker Mice from Mars…as crappy as the show seems, there is definetely adult-themed shows in there! Come on, “White as an Osmond in a snowstorm?” That’s an actual line, and if I have to explain it, then you need to get out more. It blantantly made fun of the TMNT, which it was created to be snarky against. I still love that show…I wish they’d release it on DVD.
Apparently so many people like that show that they released a new season in Europe.
It’s singularly aweful. I’d rather carve my eyeballs out with a rusted spork.
disappointments would be he-man, she-ra, rainbow bright, sailor moon, and the original space ghost cartoons.
there are a few things however that will always be amazing, such as, princess bride, the goonies, the animaniacs, cartoon planet, space ghost coast to coast, the simpsons, and labyrinth. i actually watched a lot of mel brookes movies when i was young because of my older brother. robin hood: men in tights is still my favorite movie.
@ imaginary: i die a little everyday because of disney. i work in the magic kingdom
Who Framed Roger Rabbitt was one of my favorite movies of all time when I was a kid (probably around 5 or so when I first saw it) and I still have the three casettes I destroyed watching it too many times to prove it. Then about six months ago I saw it again on HBO and I thought: What in the world was my parents thinking when they let me watch that thing? Were they on drugs or something? I actually got up the nerve to ask my mom and this is what she told me (and I quote):
” It shut you up for a couple of hours so I could get some peace and quiet around the house.”
Fair enough.
Other things I loved as a kid:
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (first RPG I ever played. FF ten years or so: not as good as I remembered, but still fun for nostalgia’s sake)
Power Rangers—WHAT THE HELL WAS I ON IN THOSE DAYS?????
Super Mario Bros. Movie— One sick, sad dissapointment
Swat Kats: Does anybody remember this one? I have’nt seen this one in, what, ten, fifteen years? Probably for the best.
Donkey Kong Country: first was a blast, second just as good. Everything after that starring the damned gorilla, bleeech.
Barney: Ohdearlordkillmenow. How on earth did I EVER like that disease on humanity?
I have yet to be dissappointed by anyhting I’ve revisisted. Except for Pokemon. Watching the Seaside Pikachu episode on tape, then watching one of the new Diamond/Pearl episodes and I wondered: “Pokemon, what happened to yooouuuu….”
Biggest letdown ever. And hey, don’t bash Pokemon Snap. Friggin’ awsome game, got it on mah Wii.
Been reading through the archives after clicking on the ad from Dominic Deegan. Love the comic, found this thread and had to post.
Thankfully at 27 years old, I haven’t had too many things that I loved as a kid that I don’t still like. Not to say that I haven’t grown out of some things. There are several things that I didn’t like when I first experienced them that I still don’t like, but most of the things I’ve revisited, I still like.
Here are some of the things I’ve grown out of:
Power Rangers (I used to be in love with the Pink Ranger, and the show reminded me of Voltron but they’ve overdone the series)
Pokemon (I still play the original Red, Yellow and Pokemon Stadium on occasion, but all the rehashing of it has broken me)
Home Alone (’nuff said)
I never liked Never Ending Story II. I loved (and still do) the original Never Ending Story.
Now, for a list of some cartoons that I haven’t seen since I was a kid, and wonder if they would still be as I remember them:
Voltron
Silverhawks
M.A.S.K.
He-Man
And now for a list of movies that I loved as a kid and still do love today:
Labyrinth
Willow
The Princess Bride
The Pirate Movie
The Wizard
This has been an interesting trip down memory lane. I thank you all for the sharing of your memories, whether they be happy or sad for it is our individual experiences which enrich our world and the sharing of which enriches our souls.
Wow. You know, before we’re done with this, I think we’ll have every single TV show or movie that we could have possibly seen as children covered.
Personally, my most glaring disappointment was the second Never Ending Story movie. I was really little when it came out, and for a while I was in love with both Never Ending Story movies. I never saw the third one, though I couldn’t have been any older than five or six when it came out. Then, not too long ago, I went back and watched both again. The first one is still pretty cool. But the second? Man was I disappointed.
There’s also this park near me that I loved as a kid, and thought it was absolutely huge and just awesome to run around in and explore. Last year a friend had her graduation party in one of the shelters in the park, so I got a chance to walk around in it again and I was so disappointed at how small the place seemed.
I was pretty darn excited when I got a 9v cord so I could play my snes again, but when I loaded up mario kart, bleh. Cpus use their own items whenever they want, green shells don’t hit anything even if they touch someone (seriously? Luigi can jump over them?) and the tracks aren’t too good.
Old T.v. shows I used to think were unequaled. This was only a few of them though, and even those are better than the trash called Saturday morning cartoons these days.
Pinky and the Brain was actually BETTER than I remembered it being, which was awesome.
Tang was dissapointing,
I still love Bill Nye the Science Guy! 8D He’s my hero.
Tamagotchi and Furbies are saddening. Also scooters, though I don’t know that those were ever popular outside of my city.
And the macarena and also the band Aqua.
One of my disappointments was Metal Gear Solid 1 when I first played after 5-6 years since I last played it, I remember the graphics being so good…
Me and my friends the other day watched Space Jam. We all remember watching it..what, 10 years ago? And we remembered how awesome it was. Too bad it wasn’t. I died on the inside. And then we played Pokemon Snap….man, I can’t believe how much i played that as a kid…
I think it’s funny to bring up video games, because even though I own a computer that could power a small city AND a PS3, I still think for my video game money it doesn’t get any better than MarioKart 64. Hands down the best video game ever made and here is why: EVERYONE loves it. Never has the question “Hey, you wanna hit up some ‘Kart” been answered with a negative.
Also, as much as I try to deny its existence, there is such a thing as The Sandlot 2. To this day, The Sandlot is my all-time favorite movie and it is always a guaranteed 90 minutes of happiness, but imagine my disappointment when I saw it’s “sequel”. My stomach churns even acknowledging it.
I still have a NES in the main room hooked to a 40 inch TV. I also believe the SNES gets the most attention here (connected to the same TV). In fact, I recently did a 12 hour gaming spree going through Chrono Trigger again.
Just can’t beat those older classics…
And I would love to get a hold of an atari again with River Raid.
Actual disappointments from going back… Wolfenstein 3D.
Rereading the The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe.
The Super Mario Bros. Cartoon series.
The 2nd Aladdin Movie. (I question how I ever liked it…)
Rugrats. Unless the new rugrats are just horrible in comparison. They are disheartening to watch.
I distinctly remember getting an SNES for my 13th birthday, it was one of the ones that came with Legend of Zelda in the box.
We hooked it up right away and I can vividly remember my whole family gathered around the TV watching the intro to Legend of Zelda with mouths agape. We were so amazed at the graphics, we were just completely blown away.
Legend of Zelda for SNES is still frigging awesome to play, but the graphics…they aren’t so amazing anymore. It is sort of bittersweet, looking back at how relatively easy it was to amaze us with 16-bit graphics. Nowadays the graphics can be almost a little too perfect, you know?
Thanks for the memories!
Well, at least he’s not stuck!!!
I’m right with Mark. Speed Racer… I asked for the first two season on DVD for my last birthday, and I couldn’t wait to get them (This was after not seeing it for years). Then when I did get them, I ran to the TV, threw it in, and within 5 mins, was utterly disappointed. But oh well, now I just keep them as collectors items.
And then I thought they might redeem my disapointment with the upcoming movie. I saw some clips… I have to say, not to exicted. But I’ll give it chance, maybe I’ll like it. I can’t let a good memory die.
For me it would be “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea”. I’ve always been a bit of a techno-geek, and I always thought that the technology used in the show (especially the Flying Sub) was so cool. But after getting the DVDs, I’ve come to realize that most of the technology seen on the show was actually off-the-shelf stuff dressed up to look futuristic. Also, a lot of the Cold War-era plots don’t stand up to close scrutiny, nor does some of the acting. (Although it is interesting to see some now-well-known actors (i.e. a pre-”Star Trek” James Doohan) before they became famous.)
…The Neverending Story. Yeah, loved it when I was little. Watched it again a few years back and I was like “…This is a piece of crap. >>”
Swamps of Sadness is still creepy, though.
Used to love Dragon Ball Z… I haven’t watched it since, because I know I’d hate it; I’m not killing the memory, damn it! XD
My Goodness, Khalid… Samurai Pizza Cats! That show… Wow. Thanks for reminding me of that, I’d actually let it slip my mind.
Chris, as always, your artistic genius has reminded me of so many fun times, that are tainted with so few bad bits. How in the world are you pulling all the good out, and making fun of it without bringing in the bad?
Nostalgia Bomb!
Attack of the killer Tomatoes.
Creepy Crawlers (The toy and the show)
Beetleborgs (still good actually)
Gargoyles (also still good)
Project G.E.E.K.e.R. ( Fan-tastic)
Cowboys of Moo Mesa
Street Sharks
Freakazoid (Need I even say it?)
Animaniacs (Goddamn there were some good cartoons back in the day)
Earthworm Jim (The game, however is an abomination)
Rocko’s Modern Life (oh the puns)
VR Troopers
Where’s Waldo
Eye Spy books
Ghost Stories
Knock Knock Jokes ( I can only remember three for some reason )
Goosebumps books
And Old computer games like that one with all the dinosaurs that you had to save, and the one where you had to perform surgery…..and Kings Quest Five.
I remember absolutely loving the original ninja turtles cartoons i was an avid collector of the action figures too, i actually had taped several episodes like six or seven tapes full, so when i was cleaning out my old tv console in my basement that had all my old tapes i popped them in and watched a few. i was laughing at how bad they were it was just sad. I will say though that i found the old Pirates of Dark Water cartoons that i had taped and i still love those and to this day am annoyed that they never finished it. i also remember the x-men cartoon being better then it is now.
yes. i watched Dragonheart one day a few years ago after thinking fondly back on it. the end still brings me to tears, but i can’t help but laugh at how bad the rest of the movie is.
Happy Gilmore. I watched that when I was around eight, and thought it was the best thing. Then I watched again a couple of years later, and thought it was funny, but not that great. Then I watched it again recently, and I thought it was crap.
You know, I think this is the most posts ever in any Biff comment section.
The Duck Has Spoken.
Yes, i think you are right PsychoDuck =p
Lol at biff stuck at the monkey bar ^_^
A friend of mine recorded the entire Gargoyles series for my birthday. I was afraid to watch it a little, because I was afraid it wouldn’t live up to my memories. Surprise, It did, and may have been even better. I never expected fantastic, but I think its way better than some of the crap they show now. I really don’t get the “Hi, its INSANE CARTOON TIME” stuff they show currently. “He’s an Otter in the Arctic, with his best friend a Tapeworm and his girlfriend Used Bubble Gum!” I think they are trying to emulate old Warner Brothers stuff, and failing.. badly. Cartoons anymore are like a look into Gogo’s brain. (a show about a meatball and fast food?? that makes power rangers look realistic)
@YeahYeah: Pfft, those movies are still awesome.
However, Biker Mice from Mars is not. It just makes no sense.
Or how about ProStars. I mean, stuff just appears in that cartoon. It was so random.
dinosaur-shaped,chocolate covered biscuits we had here in Switzerland.I remember loving them as a kid,bought a box for nostalgia’s sake a few weeks ago…
They just tasted like cheap chocolate and hard biscuits….Dissapointment of my teatime it was
@ RFPT
im not THAT young lol!
I remember the old SNES games, and how many memories they bring back when I dig them up again. Sure, they aren’t as cool anymore, but when I play them again, they really bring back those good times.
Nowadays we’re all spoiled on this new technology that some people can’t appreciate the classics.
Even the N64 is also classified as ‘old school’, in my book. But I still play that one too, especially Paper Mario, that game never gets old!
As for big disappointments, I think most of the disappointments I have are from *food* that I used to like as a kid, then try after a long time, and find out that I’m completely disgusted by it. Tell me its not dissapointing when you used to like that nasty pink medicine you’d get at the doctor’s office, then one day, you hate it so much you can barely drink it?
Actually there was this experience I had recently with an old Disney movie, that I used to hate as a kid, then I watched it again and found that I enjoyed it? It was Tarzan. I like that movie a lot now, but back then, I didn’t.
Anyway, that was probably really long and boring.
What is this, “school week?”
We have this animated movie called “Gobots”, which is in facts some sort of Transformers rip-off…
The movie is in french and for some reason, my brother and i could understand it when we were young and now that we actually know french, the movie got a loooot harder to understand XD
haha, your own fantasy is your best translator
I read this comic first without the word “monkey” and I think I liked it better like that.. kinda like two interpretations, and at least I can relate to both of the meanings. But yeah, sometimes growing up isn’t fun at all.
butterscotch dipped soft ice cream. when i was a kid, I thought it was awesome. I had a butterscotch dip cone this past summer. it was not as delicious as anticipated.
That American Godzilla movie that came out a while back… what, almost ten years ago now? I thought it was the coolest ever when I saw it in theater.
Now…
My dad bought the DVD for $5 at Wal Mart. It certainly wasn’t as good as I remember.
http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2006/01/02/4/
Look at how much the comics improved.
I was excited that the Last Unicorn was released on DVD.
I watched it and was beyond disappointed. The plot actually made no sense.
Ferngully had the same effect.
@ Kyle
Wow someone else who watched VR Troopers
‘ We are! VR! ‘
I’ll never grow out of watching Hook though, the foodfight is priceless hehe
No one mentioned Cadillacs and Dinosaurs!
I loved that show, even though I was never clever enough to figure out when it was on, so I’d usually catch only parts of it or random episodes. I’d love to see that show again, or the old Hercules cartoon. Anyone else remember that? HERCULES! this is the song and story! HERCULES! he was an ancient glory! :]
I used to get up sometimes in the wee hours of the morning when I was just 5 or 6 and watch the Munsters and the Beverley Hillbillies
I doubt that any of those would stand up to my memories of them though, with the possible exception of Cadillacs & Dinosaurs (guns, suped up cars, dinosaurs and mutants in a post-apocalyptic wasteland? YES PLEASE)
alright MOD, 15.
beyblade.
when i was a kid, it seemed so exciting and amazing.
now i realise how stupid it is:
in some episodes, there are people that are about twice the size as the main characters, that want to attack them. instead of beating the hell out of them, they decide to play a game.
a very boring one at that
The old Sonic the Hedgehog TV shows. Though they aren’t BAD, they aren’t as good as I remembered. But at least Pirates of Dark Water is still awesome.
And the SNES will always be cool. In my opinion, games are just now starting to reach that level of cool again.
I remember those……Fun times….Bruised body parts….Sprained ankles, wrists, and necks…Ahhh….Fun times….
I started watching Pokemon again when it came out again on Cartoon Network a long while back and I quickly stopped. I had NO idea how I could stand that show…
I got it on my Wii off Virtual Console.
And Kaikuro, yes, Paper Mario never gets old!!
Maguyver.
It used to be a family night, sitting together watching Maguyver. I guess back then I had the imagination and faith to believe. But revisiting it… the world has made me cynical as I’ve gotten older and I guess I just can’t believe that will without means can perform miracles. *Sigh*
I’m betting that you didn’t think of the fact that the squares might actually be parallelograms, thusly the picture makes sense
(IE: The monkybars ARE scewed)
Disappointments where reality doesn’t measure up to memories? I have a million of them, but the main disappointment has to be Kid Kool for the NES. Most disappointing movie would be Tremors. Yeah, it’s an alright movie, but when I was younger, that was my favorite movie EVER.
The Labrynth. David Bowie in tights! UGH!
My buddy and I still do the “Did you hear about the babe?” routine. It’s better in our memories though than in the movie. I totally forgot that it turns into a song routine in the movie.
I do still like Dark Crystal. But watching all these old “kid” movies made me realize it was no wonder I had nightmares as a kid. These things are creepy as all get out. (Not to mention Ogra’s nipples! Yike!)
Does anyone remember that weird cyber-space, power rangers rip off that was on some ten or so years ago? Like…a virus would be attacking…a watch, and then the “team” literally jumped into a computer, or something along those lines, battled the virus, and saved the day. I mean…they literally got digitized, and yet…it was all live-action.
Honestly, the concept behind the thing is still kinda cool, but I’m afraid to hunt that series down and actually watch it for fear of inner-child abuse.
Also, it’s only the EARLY Power Rangers seasons that suck. The ones where they’re still trying to enstill ethical values in some weird plot line. Seriously…a racism gun? Finster was cool, though. Good Ol’ Finster. XD
Biker Mice from Mars…as crappy as the show seems, there is definetely adult-themed shows in there! Come on, “White as an Osmond in a snowstorm?” That’s an actual line, and if I have to explain it, then you need to get out more. It blantantly made fun of the TMNT, which it was created to be snarky against. I still love that show…I wish they’d release it on DVD.
Apparently so many people like that show that they released a new season in Europe.
It’s singularly aweful. I’d rather carve my eyeballs out with a rusted spork.
disappointments would be he-man, she-ra, rainbow bright, sailor moon, and the original space ghost cartoons.
there are a few things however that will always be amazing, such as, princess bride, the goonies, the animaniacs, cartoon planet, space ghost coast to coast, the simpsons, and labyrinth. i actually watched a lot of mel brookes movies when i was young because of my older brother. robin hood: men in tights is still my favorite movie.
@ imaginary: i die a little everyday because of disney. i work in the magic kingdom
Who Framed Roger Rabbitt was one of my favorite movies of all time when I was a kid (probably around 5 or so when I first saw it) and I still have the three casettes I destroyed watching it too many times to prove it. Then about six months ago I saw it again on HBO and I thought: What in the world was my parents thinking when they let me watch that thing? Were they on drugs or something? I actually got up the nerve to ask my mom and this is what she told me (and I quote):
” It shut you up for a couple of hours so I could get some peace and quiet around the house.”
Fair enough.
Other things I loved as a kid:
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (first RPG I ever played. FF ten years or so: not as good as I remembered, but still fun for nostalgia’s sake)
Power Rangers—WHAT THE HELL WAS I ON IN THOSE DAYS?????
Super Mario Bros. Movie— One sick, sad dissapointment
Swat Kats: Does anybody remember this one? I have’nt seen this one in, what, ten, fifteen years? Probably for the best.
Donkey Kong Country: first was a blast, second just as good. Everything after that starring the damned gorilla, bleeech.
Barney: Ohdearlordkillmenow. How on earth did I EVER like that disease on humanity?
I have yet to be dissappointed by anyhting I’ve revisisted. Except for Pokemon. Watching the Seaside Pikachu episode on tape, then watching one of the new Diamond/Pearl episodes and I wondered: “Pokemon, what happened to yooouuuu….”
Biggest letdown ever. And hey, don’t bash Pokemon Snap. Friggin’ awsome game, got it on mah Wii.
Been reading through the archives after clicking on the ad from Dominic Deegan. Love the comic, found this thread and had to post.
Thankfully at 27 years old, I haven’t had too many things that I loved as a kid that I don’t still like. Not to say that I haven’t grown out of some things. There are several things that I didn’t like when I first experienced them that I still don’t like, but most of the things I’ve revisited, I still like.
Here are some of the things I’ve grown out of:
Power Rangers (I used to be in love with the Pink Ranger, and the show reminded me of Voltron but they’ve overdone the series)
Pokemon (I still play the original Red, Yellow and Pokemon Stadium on occasion, but all the rehashing of it has broken me)
Home Alone (’nuff said)
I never liked Never Ending Story II. I loved (and still do) the original Never Ending Story.
Now, for a list of some cartoons that I haven’t seen since I was a kid, and wonder if they would still be as I remember them:
Voltron
Silverhawks
M.A.S.K.
He-Man
And now for a list of movies that I loved as a kid and still do love today:
Labyrinth
Willow
The Princess Bride
The Pirate Movie
The Wizard
This has been an interesting trip down memory lane. I thank you all for the sharing of your memories, whether they be happy or sad for it is our individual experiences which enrich our world and the sharing of which enriches our souls.