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I actually really liked captain N when I was like 4-6, funny how i knew the characters were gamebased, and i had or at least had played those games, yet I never made the "wait...something's wrong here" connection until a couple of years ago when i watched an episode on youtube.
I've always tried to imagine the brainstorming session that led to the reinvention of Simon Belmont.
Writer: We don't have a preening narcissist in the show to provide comic relief.
Exec: What about the vampire guy with the whip?
Writer: Simon Belmont? The hunchbacked trudging warrior of good against the forces of darknesses?
Exec: Yeah, now he's a blond, goggle-wearing tanned L.A. pretty boy with a faux-British accent. Also make all the bad guys vaguely racially offensive while you're at it.
Writer: We don't have a preening narcissist in the show to provide comic relief.
Exec: What about the vampire guy with the whip?
Writer: Simon Belmont? The hunchbacked trudging warrior of good against the forces of darknesses?
Exec: Yeah, now he's a blond, goggle-wearing tanned L.A. pretty boy with a faux-British accent. Also make all the bad guys vaguely racially offensive while you're at it.
Now in 2008 its a bad bad show, as a kid I loved it. Just as much as i loved the super mario bros super show ,the Super Mario bros movie, both mortal kombat movies and Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling?
They are all bad shows but they give me unrivaled nostalgia when i watch them. you cant watch them now as an adult and not cringe, but they're always good for a laugh.
yeah captain N taught me Mega Man was a snarky guy from Brooklyn. and that mother brain was the tranny from rocky horror picture show.
also I can't wait for this one either.
They are all bad shows but they give me unrivaled nostalgia when i watch them. you cant watch them now as an adult and not cringe, but they're always good for a laugh.
yeah captain N taught me Mega Man was a snarky guy from Brooklyn. and that mother brain was the tranny from rocky horror picture show.
also I can't wait for this one either.
Oh, boy...this is gonna be a great column. You won’t just be covering videogame-related cartoons, will you? Like that Sonic TV show...
Even the description makes me want to go back in time to persuade the creators that this will be a horrific idea...
HE PLAYED FUCKING TETRIS IN IT. HOW CAN YOU SAY IT'S BAD?
ALSO IT HAD LARRY BIRD. FUCK YOU.
At least that's what I remember from it.
ALSO IT HAD LARRY BIRD. FUCK YOU.
At least that's what I remember from it.
Oh also, you should go read the stories from the real Captain Nintendo, it's pretty cool stuff.
that's a long as story. I'm not surprised about the shitty corporate management the guy dealt with. that's corporations in general.
This sounds fantastic. When I was a young'n and didn't know any better, I never missed an episode. In my later years I've discovered that nostalgia is the nemesis of good taste. I'm definitely looking forward to your take on it.
