Comments on: New Article: Gremlins Atari Games! http://x-entertainment.com/updates/2003/08/13/new-article-gremlins-atari-games/ babblings! Sat, 26 May 2012 02:05:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Goggles Pizano http://x-entertainment.com/updates/2003/08/13/new-article-gremlins-atari-games/comment-page-1/#comment-11092 Goggles Pizano Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://happysheepstudios.com/wordpress-1.2-mingus/wordpress/?p=228#comment-11092 Could it be? The first post?! I've always prepared for this day, but now I don't know what to say.... Could it be? The first post?! I’ve always prepared for this day, but now I don’t know what to say….

]]> By: Mr. Mr. Mr. http://x-entertainment.com/updates/2003/08/13/new-article-gremlins-atari-games/comment-page-1/#comment-11093 Mr. Mr. Mr. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://happysheepstudios.com/wordpress-1.2-mingus/wordpress/?p=228#comment-11093 Hmm... Hmm... Hmm...<br /> Milk. Hmm… Hmm… Hmm…
Milk.

]]> By: Tarot http://x-entertainment.com/updates/2003/08/13/new-article-gremlins-atari-games/comment-page-1/#comment-11094 Tarot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://happysheepstudios.com/wordpress-1.2-mingus/wordpress/?p=228#comment-11094 Definitely one of my favorites of the recent articles. Loved the 2600 as a kid. Never knew the 5200 was any different. Definitely one of my favorites of the recent articles. Loved the 2600 as a kid. Never knew the 5200 was any different.

]]> By: Geek http://x-entertainment.com/updates/2003/08/13/new-article-gremlins-atari-games/comment-page-1/#comment-11095 Geek Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://happysheepstudios.com/wordpress-1.2-mingus/wordpress/?p=228#comment-11095 Ahh the main reason why I bought tons of candy cigerettes was to imitate that one gremlin in the bar smoking twenty at once. Hmm if I actually started smoking I could quite possibly blame gremlins for it.<br /> <br /> Well anyway when I first saw it I always had this one problem it said never to feed the mogwais after midnight. Since midnight seems to be the general time of the last hour of each day wouldn't feeding them at 1 am actually be feeding them before midnight so wouldn't it be safe to feed them once the clock passes 12:59 or if I really want to get technical isn't 12:01 technically before 12:00 since 12:01 is normally the beginning of the next cycle you know since we are dealing with adding time and if we decide to state that feeding them after midnight wouldn't that mean you can only feed them once on the day they were born as long as it was not at 12 am. Meaning why couldn't it be after 12 before lets say 5 am in the morning is no feeding time... instead of after midnight its unbounded wait never mind I need sleep and I am rambling<br /> <br /> Wait did the old guy say not to feed them after midnight or did he also say not to feed them after midnight or before a set time in the morning. I think I need to rent it again Ahh the main reason why I bought tons of candy cigerettes was to imitate that one gremlin in the bar smoking twenty at once. Hmm if I actually started smoking I could quite possibly blame gremlins for it.

Well anyway when I first saw it I always had this one problem it said never to feed the mogwais after midnight. Since midnight seems to be the general time of the last hour of each day wouldn’t feeding them at 1 am actually be feeding them before midnight so wouldn’t it be safe to feed them once the clock passes 12:59 or if I really want to get technical isn’t 12:01 technically before 12:00 since 12:01 is normally the beginning of the next cycle you know since we are dealing with adding time and if we decide to state that feeding them after midnight wouldn’t that mean you can only feed them once on the day they were born as long as it was not at 12 am. Meaning why couldn’t it be after 12 before lets say 5 am in the morning is no feeding time… instead of after midnight its unbounded wait never mind I need sleep and I am rambling

Wait did the old guy say not to feed them after midnight or did he also say not to feed them after midnight or before a set time in the morning. I think I need to rent it again

]]> By: "Handsome" John Pruitt http://x-entertainment.com/updates/2003/08/13/new-article-gremlins-atari-games/comment-page-1/#comment-11096 "Handsome" John Pruitt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://happysheepstudios.com/wordpress-1.2-mingus/wordpress/?p=228#comment-11096 I really enjoyed reading this one, as I do all the Gremlins articles.<br /> <br /> A correction: In the 2600 version, I'm pretty sure Billy is using a camera with a flash bulb to ward off the Gremlins in stage 2. I *think* I remember reading that in the instruction booklet long ago...<br /> <br /> Gremlins 2 for the NES is my favorite game from the franchise, although, the later levels are a bitch without Game Genie :-P There are also new Gremlins games recently released overseas...I think one is on Game Boy Advance, and there's another coming (or maybe its already out?) for Playstation 2<br /> <br /> And Matt, I remember reading awhile back that you seem to favor VHS over DVD. Well, I hope you have the 2 Special Edition Gremlins DVDs. They've got audio commentaries, deleted scenes, featurettes, bloopers and more. <br /> <br /> FIN I really enjoyed reading this one, as I do all the Gremlins articles.

A correction: In the 2600 version, I’m pretty sure Billy is using a camera with a flash bulb to ward off the Gremlins in stage 2. I *think* I remember reading that in the instruction booklet long ago…

Gremlins 2 for the NES is my favorite game from the franchise, although, the later levels are a bitch without Game Genie :-P There are also new Gremlins games recently released overseas…I think one is on Game Boy Advance, and there’s another coming (or maybe its already out?) for Playstation 2

And Matt, I remember reading awhile back that you seem to favor VHS over DVD. Well, I hope you have the 2 Special Edition Gremlins DVDs. They’ve got audio commentaries, deleted scenes, featurettes, bloopers and more.

FIN

]]> By: POP CULTURE DEBRIS http://x-entertainment.com/updates/2003/08/13/new-article-gremlins-atari-games/comment-page-1/#comment-11097 POP CULTURE DEBRIS Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://happysheepstudios.com/wordpress-1.2-mingus/wordpress/?p=228#comment-11097 The 2600 version features "Disco" Billy Peltzer! The 2600 version features "Disco" Billy Peltzer!

]]> By: The Lucky One http://x-entertainment.com/updates/2003/08/13/new-article-gremlins-atari-games/comment-page-1/#comment-11098 The Lucky One Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://happysheepstudios.com/wordpress-1.2-mingus/wordpress/?p=228#comment-11098 Geek (and thank you so much for having that handle, so I don't have to feel bad or anything) -- let it go. It's SUPPOSED to be arbitrarily stupid. Spielberg and the writers wanted it that way, as a spoof of all the old 50's sci-fi flicks where there are weird rules that cause the hero to sound like an idiot when trying to convince the police what's going on. That's why poor Billy gets made fun of for the "eating after midnight" part in BOTH movies.<br /> <br /> And Matt, I thank you more than words can express for letting me know that I'm not the only one who's read the official "Gremlins" novelization. "Padded out" doesn't begin to describe it -- are you people aware that the author of this dubious classic actually went so far as giving the Mogwais a real backstory? Check this shit out - they're actually from another planet, where they were created by some dude named, of all things, "Mogturman," or some crap like that. And the reason Gizmo is cute and fuzzy while all the other little rats are assholes? He's one of the "minority Mogwai," who are real sweeties and live for thousands of years, while the "majority Mogwai" (999 out of every 1000) live only for a little while, but compensate for it by being complete pricks who actively try to turn into Gremlins. (Jesus, how sad is it that I even still REMEMBER all this? I read that book waaaaay too many times as a kid.) Of course, the flipside of putting up with all this inane backstory is that we also get a lot more Judge Reinhold-y goodness - zam! Fast Times fans have gotta love the exchange between him and Phoebe Cates:<br /> <br /> "So, Kate, you haven't seen my new place..."<br /> "I haven't seen your old place, Gerald."<br /> "Oh, that's right- the lights were out."<br /> <br /> Zing!<br /> <br /> Okay, I gotta go shove a burning Q-tip in my ear now, to punish my brain for remembering all that. Once again, Matt, thanks, and hey, nice article. (Ha, you thought I was gonna say rack, didn't you?) Geek (and thank you so much for having that handle, so I don’t have to feel bad or anything) — let it go. It’s SUPPOSED to be arbitrarily stupid. Spielberg and the writers wanted it that way, as a spoof of all the old 50′s sci-fi flicks where there are weird rules that cause the hero to sound like an idiot when trying to convince the police what’s going on. That’s why poor Billy gets made fun of for the "eating after midnight" part in BOTH movies.

And Matt, I thank you more than words can express for letting me know that I’m not the only one who’s read the official "Gremlins" novelization. "Padded out" doesn’t begin to describe it — are you people aware that the author of this dubious classic actually went so far as giving the Mogwais a real backstory? Check this shit out – they’re actually from another planet, where they were created by some dude named, of all things, "Mogturman," or some crap like that. And the reason Gizmo is cute and fuzzy while all the other little rats are assholes? He’s one of the "minority Mogwai," who are real sweeties and live for thousands of years, while the "majority Mogwai" (999 out of every 1000) live only for a little while, but compensate for it by being complete pricks who actively try to turn into Gremlins. (Jesus, how sad is it that I even still REMEMBER all this? I read that book waaaaay too many times as a kid.) Of course, the flipside of putting up with all this inane backstory is that we also get a lot more Judge Reinhold-y goodness – zam! Fast Times fans have gotta love the exchange between him and Phoebe Cates:

"So, Kate, you haven’t seen my new place…"
"I haven’t seen your old place, Gerald."
"Oh, that’s right- the lights were out."

Zing!

Okay, I gotta go shove a burning Q-tip in my ear now, to punish my brain for remembering all that. Once again, Matt, thanks, and hey, nice article. (Ha, you thought I was gonna say rack, didn’t you?)

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