Tempest Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 But the third one is so bad it's good. Plus it stars a post-Pitfall commercial and pre-Tenacious D Jack Black as the villain. Ok now I have to watch it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cernex Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Ok now I have to watch it. You really, REALLY don't. It's not even a good bad film. Specially if you loved the first one. If you didn't tho', guess its harmless. God knows there are worst things out there. *coughHouseoftheDeadcough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaysWithWolves Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Every time I start thinking the thread should be locked, MK does something to liven it up. So, I'm expecting some jazz soon. Or, I would also take the Fabulous Mr. Lee breaking silence. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 He seems to surface about once every two months. We may start to see longer periods of radio silence once he's failed to get a third year for Retro Magazine. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 You really, REALLY don't. It's not even a good bad film. Specially if you loved the first one. Actually I didn't think the first movie was all that good. It was cute when I was a kid, but I watched it a few years ago and could barely get through it. The part with the freaky statues still creeps me out though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 I have to agree The Neverending Story has not aged well. I still like it, though, if only for nostalgia. Barret Oliver was one of my childhood favorite child-actors, along with Lukas Haas, and of course, Drew Barrymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 I only ever saw The Neverending Story once in the theater. I probably would have watched it again, but some of my friends in the neighborhood graduated high school a couple of years after me, and for them that was the "filler" movie in high school. Every time there was a sub on short notice with no lesson plan or a teacher taking an easy day toward the end of the year, they would watch that movie. So they hated it, because it reminded them of school. When I was in high school, Footloose was the time killer movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizophretard Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Actually I didn't think the first movie was all that good. I have to agree The Neverending Story has not aged well. You have to believe or the nothing will destroy the Ivory Tower along with the rest of Fantasia! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 You have to believe or the nothing will destroy the Ivory Tower along with the rest of Fantasia! Oh I believe....that the Never Ending Story isn't a good movie. Then again lots of 80's movies haven't aged well. It's not just the special effects, it's the acting too. Styles were different and what was considered cheesy and cliched was new and amazing back then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 You have to believe or the nothing will destroy the Ivory Tower along with the rest of Fantasia! The Nothing is nothing. We've been dealing with far more destructive forces in this thread alone! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 From Boy George to Limahl... hate to think where this thread might be heading... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 (edited) The Nothing? Wasn't that the Chameleon's codename? Edited June 24, 2016 by toiletunes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshworrier Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Perhaps the child-like empress should have been called Atari age instead, as naming her was the only way to stop the nothing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Gull Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Wait since this is the Chameleon thread don't we need some reference? The Chameleon is the tower and the Nothing.......well it won so i guess that's that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Wow, I didn't realize my NeverEnding Story pic would create such a diversion! I still happen to like the original NeverEnding Story movie (stay away from the sequels), and I don't see how it "doesn't hold up today." True, the creatures and effects aren't CGI, but that only makes them all the more impressive. It was a film clearly marketed to kids, but like other 80s "kid movies" (The Dark Crystal, Return to Oz, The Goonies, Krull, etc.), it has elements that are darker and scarier and more dangerous than you'll usually see in today's anodyne "family films," which try to play it safe by being innocuous and happy and fluffy. To the extent that I've seen any differences in the "acting style" of the 70s and 80s compared to today, I often find today's "style" to be snarky and stagey and annoying, and even less likely to age well as time goes by. I guess these are some of the reasons why I usually find older movies and TV shows to be more interesting. But to relate this back to the topic ... I think Mike Kennedy is to Retroland what The Nothing was to Fantasia. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Every time there was a sub on short notice with no lesson plan or a teacher taking an easy day toward the end of the year, they would watch that movie. Well, for me it was elementary school, but otherwise the same was true in my experience. However many times I've seen that movie, I think for the majority of them in was in school. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 (edited) Well, for me it was elementary school, but otherwise the same was true in my experience. However many times I've seen that movie, I think for the majority of them in was in school. When I was in grade 10 if the class was good all week we got to watch a movie of our choice on Fridays. EDIT: This was in science class as well. Really cool teacher. Edited June 25, 2016 by Shawn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serguei2 Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 (edited) I started to wonder if this topic shouldn't belong to prototype forum since Coleco Cameleon is a prototype. Edited June 25, 2016 by Serguei2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 I started to wonder if this topic shouldn't belong to prototype forum since Coleco Cameleon is a prototype. It never even got that far! Through all the iterations of the project, and despite all their marketing hype, Mike and Co. never actually succeeded in producing a single working prototype (unless you consider John Carlsen's "power goes in, video comes out" hack job or The Mysterious Mr. Lee's SNES-in-a-Jag-shell to be real prototypes, which I don't). That's quite remarkable in itself. AtariAge doesn't have a "Vaporware" subforum, so this is probably the best place for it. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Dreamware Edit: or Nightmare 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 No-Ware 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tschak909 Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Con-Ware... Seriously, if I ever run into MK, I'm going to dump a ton of castor oil into his coffee. -Thom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixdownita Posted June 26, 2016 Author Share Posted June 26, 2016 Con-Ware... Seriously, if I ever run into MK, I'm going to dump a ton of castor oil into his coffee. -Thom No need to go fascist on him (castor oil is lethal in big doses btw, due to the ensuing dehydration). You can just greet him: "Remember when. Play again" and just laugh!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tschak909 Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 I know i'm being drastic (and yes, I am aware of the pharmacological effects of castor oil)... but this guy deserves a special place in hell, for what he's done. -Thom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizophretard Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 IDK-Ware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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