Its been three days since my WOW account stopped and I am already having withdrawal. I am so board without my WOW that it’s almost unbearable, its so bad that I tried to make a deal with my wife today so that I could get my account reactivated. She was wanting to put the T-Mobile bill on the Bank of America card because she wanted to accelerate our World Points Collection. I have been reluctant because I don’t want to get into the habit of using the credit card again. I am still not wanting to use the credit card but she wants to use it for everything and then pay one bill every month. However, I foresee the possibility of the spending getting out of hand and thats what worries me. So today I decided to make a deal with her, I told her that I would put the T-Mobile bill on the card if I could reactivate my WOW account. She said fine (very reluctantly) and waited till I started to input the information for the bill and then asked me if I could wait till after the holidays to reactivate my account because I had asked for a 60 day card for Christmas. I was like “fine, you hate me playing that game anyway” in a rather pissy tone, I was actually excited that she agreed to the deal. I went ahead and input the credit card information because I was already there and knew it would cause grief if I said “fine, no WOW no Credit card”. She is afraid that I wont work on the house if I have my WOW account active. I know I have better will power that that but I can see her concern, I have a tendency to get very lost in that game. It’s not a game that you can just sit down and play for a few minutes then move on to the next thing its something that you set aside several hours to play. If you go into a RAID or an Instance you could be playing for hours. This is going to drive me crazy because I just got to 70 and this is when things start to change. I don’t play like the other WOW geeks, I cant grind for hours on end to level up so I quest and try to find groups for instances. I thought I would have more time to play in the Battle Grounds to upgrade my Armor but I ended up running out of time just as my Honor Points reached enough to get a new piece of armor. I was trying to get good armor so that I could get into a Raid group to get better armor so that I would have a fighting chance when the expansion comes out next year. The last time the expansion came out I had just hit 60 and all my gear was weak. I figured that I would work up my toon or get a second toon up to 70 so that I could have options in the next expansion. I have a hunter that is at mid 40’s and I figure that if I can get my account reactivated then I can work to get it up to 70 and that would make me a more valuable player. Listen to me, I sound like one of those addicts, “Just one more fix is all I need”. I gave my dad my X-Box to watch over for a while so that it wouldn’t get messed up in the remodel so I don’t even have that to fall back on. I have had to resort to an online text based game called O-Game to play. I may just have to look into some of these new Free MMORPG’s that I see coming up. I have already played one but I didn’t like the game play, it didn’t play well. In the end, I guess I need to use the withdrawal that I am experiencing to drive me to finish the remodel and get this house done. We will see if I can hold out or go insane from the lack of WOW play. I got to give it to the people at Blizzard! they made a game that if maintained with Expansions and Patches, will go on for a life time and I will be one of the faithful Zombies that religiously plays.
In this day and age it’s obvious that imagination has lost its spark. The muse that once was all around us has gone and we are left with remakes of films that at there conception, were considered to be fabulous! Here is a list of the top ten movies that I would love to see remade in my life time;
10. Planet of the Apes Saga.
I know that they have already made one of the films but I think in the next few years they should remake the rest of them. The original was considered to be a great film with great effects and makeup that was outstanding for its time. It gave us a glimpse of what the world would be like if evolution took a twisted turn.
9. Death Race 2000.
This was, even for its time, a rather cheesy film. It focused around a deadly car race that was considered to be the greatest sport in National History. It was a game that involved racing across specific zones, the more pedestrians you hit the more points you rack up. David Carradine was the bad guy with a grenade for a hand. But this could easily be redone with modern graphics and a perked up story line. Think “Fast and the Furious†meets “Commandoâ€.
8. 2001 / 2010.
Now everyone is probably ready to jump through there computers and strangle me. But give me a chance. I do not want to change a thing on these films. They were what I considered to be Iconic films of there time and they were even better books. I just think that if we are going to move into an age of remakes, let’s remake something that was considered to be outstanding even it is day. Just imagine the imagery that we can create from redoing these movies with today’s computer graphics and make-up artist.
7. American Graffiti.
Now this was an Iconic Movie. It was a great story that touched the minds and hearts of people that lived through this era. It sparked the imaginations of young people that didn’t live in the era but listened to mom and dad talk to them about how it was “In My Dayâ€. I think with today’s story writers and the new and up and coming actors that would clamor to get there place in what would be “The Next Great Movieâ€.
6. The NeverEnding Story (1 and 2).
This was a great show for young kids. I know that I am my wife both grew up with this show to watch. However, as time passes this is a show that the new generation of children won’t grow up with. It focuses on a young child with a magical book that sets the course of life for a character within the book itself. The journey for the character in the book and the young boy itself is life altering. Oh! Did I mention that there’s a flying dragon dog too.
5. Labyrinth.
Jim Henson did a great job with the characters and animatronics in the movie, and who can forget David Bowie’s singing. Just think of what it would be like with today’s technology and musical talent.
4. Legend.
Now this would be a fun one to remake. Tome cruise couldn’t be in it because he’s too dammed old now. But when this was made he was just a kid. For its time the story and the special effects were outstanding. And the one thing that everyone remembers the most is Tim Curry’s outstanding performance as the Dark Lord. I myself have a statue of him, created by Todd McFarlane Toy’s, in my living room.
3. Mad Max Saga.
When I was growing up I thought this was the coolest series of movies ever made. It was a great story with the greatest effects and it just made you want to have the world end tomorrow so you could pick up this life. I think that with today’s actors and the special effects that would be needed to do this movie justice. This would be one of the coolest remakes ever.
2. Spartacus.
Now I know that some of you are saying, come on! Why this movie. Well think about all the great gladiator movies that have come out recently. You got “Gladiatorâ€, “Troy†and “Alexander†to name just a few. For its time in the 60’s this film was a masterpiece. Now think of the remake that could be made. Think of the story writers that could tweak this film and the CG and special effects that would make it the greatest gladiator movie in history.
And finally we come to my number one choice for a movie to be remade. Let me first say that I have been following stories of its proposed remake for many years. If it finally gets done it will be (hopefully) one of the coolest remakes to date.
1. Flash Gordon.
This by far is one of the coolest movies I have ever seen. It might be because I am a super comic book geek or it could be because the story line just sparks my imagination of a life that I would love to have. Who hasn’t dreamed of traveling to a far off land and fighting an evil tyrant to then free and entire galaxy! I have loved this movie since I first saw it and I think I will never tire of it. It is one of the only movies to date to not be produced on DVD. I’m telling you the truth, look it up for yourself. It has never been produced on DVD. The original TV series has been released, the VHS has been released and if you look hard enough you can find people that have taken the VHS version and made there own (illegal) copied onto DVD. But the film itself has never been produced, re-mastered or released on DVD. The cult following of this alone makes it my pick for a remake. And the cast that would play it would be outstanding. I’m thinking that for this film we would need an entire cast of fresh faces. The story would need to follow the original but with a darker twist and the special effects (I can see lots of CG) would be off the charts. For these reasons and so much more Flash Gordon is my number one pick for a movie remake.
A few months ago I decided that I was going to cancel my account to World of Warcraft. This does not mean that I loose my character or anything like that it just means that I am not going to pay to play for a while. I looked online to see when my account ends and it says that it ends on November 22, 2007 4:16 AM PST. That happens to fall on a Thursday I am thinking of taking that Thursday off and just staying up and playing WOW till my account disconnects. It’s what any good WOW player would do if he was going to take a break from playing. Don’t get me wrong, I love the game! and they are coming out with yet another expansion that I want that will raise the cap to level 80 (I just hit level 70 on my Warlock) and add a new series of skills and powers to my character. However, the reason I am stopping for a while is because we really want to get our house done and on the market. I don’t want any distractions from me doing that so I am packing up anything that might be a distraction to me. The WOW is getting turned off for a while, the X-Box is going to get put up for a while (or I may let my dad play Halo 2 on it till I get moved. you know to see if I can get him hooked, lol!) and the PlayStation is going to go to Game stop to see if I can get anything out of it, maybe get some credits toward a PSP game or something. But the point is I want to completely focus on getting the house remodeled so that we can move out and into a nicer house. Ching said last night that when we get into our new home I can turn my account back on and play again because thats all we will really be doing, staying at home playing games and watching movies. We wont have the money to do anything else. I am hoping that we wont go into serious debt because we have a new house but I do want a house that will make her happy. We are trying to find a comfortable middle ground right know. I am sure that we will find it eventually but we have about a year before we really need to look, at the moment its just all a dream. Until we get this house fixed up and looking better we have no hope of selling it and getting into anything so first thing is first. Until then, I will be sad because I can not deliver my other worldly level of pawnage to the unsuspecting n00bs that reside within the World of Warcraft. Maybe I can ask for the expansion for Christmas, that would be a definite motivator to get me going.
