Son and I began a rewatch of the series, now that he’s more familiar with the retro music cues, maybe to combat Teen Titans Go! fatigue, and I can’t help but notice the similar theme of outrageous escalation, further heightened because of its comparatively “regular” origins. In fact, I’m reminded of my own forays into fantasizing about escaping from uneventful times, my only scans of which I’ve collected here (and implore owners of any existing hard copies to contribute):
I’m not sure what exactly kept me from playing the follow-up to one of my favorite early gaming experiences and the lead-in to an even more memorable time-sink: strict adherence to the Britannian Virtues prohibiting the Avatar from pillaging towns for loot; my feud with Henry, who had the jump on its release, pre-Apple ][c, souring any appeal, but would also become the sole fellow member of my many Loser’s Clubs with whom I’d eventually reconcile and keep in touch, for whatever the origin of our disagreement, no one else was involved so it subsided with our stubbornness; oh, and college presenting itself as anything but a time to settle down and make maps of the Stygian Underworld on graph paper.
It was a free download on the GOG service (whose annoying interface I’m betting can be circumvented) but wasn’t long before I not only realized they allowed mobs to traverse chests, ruining the prospect of recreating those safe lanes between points of interest I had in the last game, but that retracing the familiar series path of equinumerosity, however meticulously constructed, loses its nostalgic luster around the second of the eight cities, companions, shrines, dungeons, etc. Maybe a patch will make it more interesting? Grinding on headlesses in Despise certainly won’t be the same in this horrible day and age.
Took an early nap while the boy reveled with the Minions, maybe in the hope that my subconscious would pervert them to my liking, but all I got were short BLM-looking guys who could travel, in trios, along the surface of a golden vase and survive being bombed but were otherwise cold and impersonal.
So the long-awaited adaptation arrives with a DC logo but none of the familiar characters in the original run, Mister Miracle, Etrigan, Wesley Dodds Sandman; Constantine they keep, and make her an impeccably dressed scoundrel as only the girl of my dreams could play? It worked on Doom Patrol and Titans (at least until Batman actually showed up), but that was when both were on the Universe.
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Son and I began a rewatch of the series, now that he’s more familiar with the retro music cues, maybe to combat Teen Titans Go! fatigue, and I can’t help but notice the similar theme of outrageous escalation, further heightened because of its comparatively “regular” origins. In fact, I’m reminded of my own forays into fantasizing about escaping from uneventful times, my only scans of which I’ve collected here (and implore owners of any existing hard copies to contribute):
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