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Reading through interviews with h[orr[or legend-turned-synthwave star John =
Carpenter, one thing is glaringly obvious: Carpenter would rather be just a=
bout anywhere than wherever he is at that particular moment. Even trying to=
ply the 68-year-old with two of his fav[orite subjects, basketball and vid=
eo games, can be a tricky proposition. (It w[orked pretty well f[or The A.V=
Club=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, though.) So when Carp=
enter does give up some new inf[ormation in an interview, like the one last=
month where he called Rob Zombie a =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C5=93piece of shit=C3=
=A2=E2=82=AC=C2=9D f[or claiming that Carpenter wasn=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=
=A2t supp[ortive of his 2007 Halloween remake, it=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s =
kind of an event.Now Carpenter=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s making headlines wi=
th another cranky interview, only this time he=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s unh=
appy about a remake of one of his movies that hasn=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t=
even been made yet. H[orr[or news site Bloody-Disgusting cites an intervie=
w Carpenter recently gave to Screen Rant, in which the direct[or says that =
the planned remake =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C5=93might be crazy, [or] it might be
great! I don=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t know. Nobody=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s=
told me anything. No one tells me anything.=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C2=9D (He appar=
ently laughed after saying this, so don=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t get too up=
set on his behalf.) This is basically what Carptenter said when asked about=
the remake last summer, when he told The Wall Street Journal that he was =
=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C5=93ambivalent about a remake=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C2=9D and had=
n=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t talked to anyone involved with the project. So e=
ither the project is moving f[orward without Carpenter, [or we=C3=A2=E2=82=
=AC=E2=84=A2re all getting w[orked up about a remake that has stalled in pr=
e-production and may never actually happen.With [or without Carpenter, the =
remake of Big Trouble In Little China is being produced by and will probabl=
y star Dwayne Johnson, sometime in between the approximately 6 million othe=
r projects Johnson has planned right now. To his credit, Johnson did say la=
st summer that he wanted to bring Carpenter on =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C5=93in some=
capacity,=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C2=9D a sentiment that he has apparently yet to f=
ollow up on. Either that, [or Johnson did try to contact him and Carpenter =
missed the
call because he was busy jamming on his keyboard, which is entirely possibl=
e.Nintendo=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s got a gift f[or repurposing. In the 30+=
years since it was first released, the NES and its beloved range of intell=
ectual properties have been repackaged in just about every way imaginable =
=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9C and heck, even that system=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2=
s most beloved protagonist was on-loan from a platf[ormer about a giant ape=
with a princess-stealing problem.Mind, none of this is a criticism, really=
The gaming company is exceptionally good at reinventing old goods. And sa=
y what you will about its traditionally tendencies, most of Nintendo=C3=A2=
=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s foot dragging is a result of a company with too much in=
vested in its own properties to license things out willy-nilly.Pokemon Go i=
s the ideal example. After years of calls from fans and board members alike=
to embrace the mobile platf[orm, Nintendo finally went all in. The game su=
cceeded in part because it wasn=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t a simple p[ort =C3=
=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9C it was a popular property tail[ored to the technologi=
cal
possibilities of its platf[orm.But the fact of the matter is that demand is=
still strong f[or those 30-year-old games. There=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s =
a reason they do so well as downloads f[or systems like the Wii and Wii U. =
Nintendo=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s devotion to gameplay is precisely why we =
likely won=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t ever see them as straight p[orts f[or m=
obile devices while the company is still kicking =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9C m=
ost just don=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t w[ork all that will with mobile hardw=
are restraints.Look at the NES Classic Edition as something of a compromise=
Granted, it doesn=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t aff[ord the same p[ortability =
as an iOS version of Super Mario 3, but it offers up a lot that mobile game=
s don=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t. Chief among them is presenting the games th=
e way they were meant to be played, complete with a replica of the =
[original NES controllers they were designed f[or.img_1085The other immediate benef=
it is the sheer number of titles the system ships with =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=
=80=9C 30 in all, and these aren=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t just crappy third=
-tier games. You get all three Super Mario Bros. titles (plus [original),Castlevania, Punch-Out, Final Fantasy, both Legends of Zelda.There are a fe=
w weird choices =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9C like the fact that only the second=
Mega Man is pre-loaded and that it has Super C but not [original Contra. B=
ut still, if you owned the NES the first time around, there=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=
=E2=84=A2s almost certainly something here f[or you.And the titles play gre=
at. The controller feels like the [original =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9C not li=
ke those cheap plastic joysticks with preloaded Atari games that were all t=
he rage a few years back. Within a few minutes, all of those wasted hours s=
pent inside on sunny afternoons after school suddenly come flooding back li=
ke muscle mem[ory.The nostalgia fact[or is sped along by the fact that the =
system itself looks like a pint-sized version of the old NES, not all that =
much larger than the controller itself, complete with functioning Power and=
Reset buttons. There=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s even a spot f[or the cartrid=
ge loader, though that doesn=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t actually pop up.img_1=
135The software is built around a menu system that lets you
scroll through the 30 different titles. Once you=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2ve =
started playing, you can save the game anywhere and can associate multiple =
accounts/save points with a single title, so up to four people can play con=
current games. The saved games can also be locked, so the kids can=C3=A2=E2=
=82=AC=E2=84=A2t play over [or erase your progress.That=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=
=84=A2s really the sum total of the innovation here, and Nintendo=C3=A2=E2=
=82=AC=E2=84=A2s not saying whether it will allow f[or additional games aft=
er purchase, which would be a big plus f[or those looking f[or those with a=
hankering f[or A Boy and His Blob [or additional Mega Men. As it stands th=
ough, $60 seems like a pretty solid deal f[or a system with 30 games.img_12=
26The additional controller will cost extra, and from the looks of it, the =
system isn=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t compatible with any old one you might h=
ave lying around. Of course, the [original NES has the benefit of being che=
ap and plentiful second hand, along with offering a broader range of titles=
=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9C all w[orth fact[oring into the equation.If you=C3=
=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2ve got one lying
around the house, just plug the thing in. But if you=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=
=A2re looking f[or a quick and easy way to relive the gl[ory days of your p=
arents=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2 wood paneled basement ([or to expose a new g=
eneration to the feeling), the NES Classic is a quick and relatively inexpe=
nsive way in. It ships just in time f[or the holidays on November 11.The bo=
dies of two experienced divers were pulled Monday from a deadly underwater =
cave system in Fl[orida known as the "Mount Everest" f[or diving enthusiast=
s.Patrick Peacock and Chris Rittenmeyer traveled from F[ort Lauderdale to W=
eeki Wachee, Fla., with a friend to conduct a three-day dive at Eagle's Nes=
t -- an underwater labyrinth of caves also known as the "Lost Sink" contain=
ing a mile of passages, one m[ore than 300 feet deep.Related ImageEagle's N=
est cave 1Expand / ContractDeputies from the Hernando County Sheriff's Offi=
ce were called to the dive area Sunday evening after the men's friend, iden=
tified as Justin Blakely, said he could not locate them.Blakely told
auth[orities that all three divers entered the water at 2 p.m. on Sunday. B=
lakely, the most inexperienced diver, was to remain closer to the surface w=
hile Peacock and Rittenmeyer expl[ored the caves of Eagle's Nest, which the=
y had done several times bef[ore. The plan was f[or the two to check in wit=
h Blakely at a predetermined location at around 3 p.m., auth[orities said. =
When the two failed to surface, Blakely notified law enf[orcement. Rescue d=
ivers entered the waters Sunday night searching f[or the two men but were u=
nable to locate them. The following m[orning, another group of divers found=
Peacock and Rittenmeyer "in close proximity to one another in 260 feet of =
water," acc[ording to a press release from the Hernando County Sheriff's Of=
fice.Auth[orities said the men died in a "very dangerous and complex area o=
f the cave system."Eagle's Nest -- often referred to as the 'Mount Everest'=
[or 'Grand Canyon' of dives -- is near Weeki Wachee in the Chassahowitzka =
Wildlife Refuge.A sign at
the mouth of the cave offers a deadly warning to anyone attempting to expl=
[ore the underwater caves."STOP! Prevent your death. Go no farther," reads t=
he sign, which includes a black-and-white sketch of the Grim Reaper."M[ore =
than 300 divers, including open water scuba instruct[ors, have died in cave=
s just like this one," the sign says, noting that special cave training and=
equipment is required in [order to enter.In 2013, a man and his 15-year-ol=
d son drowned in the underwater cave system on Christmas Day while testing =
out diving equipment they had received as a gift.After the drownings, famil=
y members pushed f[or the state to close the site, but state wildlife offic=
ials said they had no plans to do so.At least six others have died at Eagle=
's Nest since 1981, acc[ording to the Tampa Bay Times. The vast underwater =
cave system was closed to divers from 1999 to 2003, the newspaper rep=
[orted "It is absolutely g[orgeous, but it=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s deep and a c=
omplex cave system, so it=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2s only suited f[orpeople who have that training and experience,=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C2=9D Jeff Tob=
ey, an experienced diver familiar with Eagle's Nest, told WFLA-TV.
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Reading through interviews with h[orr[or legend-turned-synthwave=
star John Carpenter, one thing is glaringly obvious: Carpenter would rathe=
r be just about anywhere than wherever he is at that particular moment. Eve=
n trying to ply the 68-year-old with two of his fav[orite subjects, basketb=
all and video games, can be a tricky proposition. (It w[orked pretty well f=
[or The A.V. Club's Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, though.) So when Carpenter does g=
ive up some new inf[ormation in an interview, like the one last month where=
he called Rob Zombie a â??piece of shitâ?=9D f[or claiming tha=
t Carpenter wasn't supp[ortive of his 2007 Halloween remake, it's kind of a=
n event.Now Carpenter's making headlines with another cranky interview, onl=
y this time he's unhappy about a remake of one of his movies that hasn't ev=
en been made yet. H[orr[or news site Bloody-Disgusting cites an interview C=
arpenter recently gave to Screen Rant, in which the direct[or says that the=
planned remake â??might be crazy, [or] it might be great! I don't k=
now. Nobody's told me anything. No one tells me anything.â?=9D (He ap=
parently laughed after saying this, so don't get too upset on his behalf.) =
This is basically what Carptenter said when asked about the remake last sum=
mer, when he told The Wall Street Journal that he was â??ambivalent a=
bout a remakeâ?=9D and hadn't talked to anyone involved with the proj=
ect. So either the project is moving f[orward without Carpenter, [or we're =
all getting w[orked up about a remake that has stalled in pre-production an=
d may never actually happen.With [or without Carpenter, the remake of Big T=
rouble In Little China is being produced by and will probably star Dwayne J=
ohnson, sometime in between the approximately 6 million other projects John=
son has planned right now. To his credit, Johnson did say last summer that =
he wanted to bring Carpenter on â??in some capacity,â?=9D a sen=
timent that he has apparently yet to follow up on. Either that, [or Johnson=
did try to contact him and Carpenter missed the call because he was busy j=
amming on his keyboard, which is entirely possible.Nintendo's got a gift f=
[or repurposing. In the 30 years since it was first released, the NES and it=
s beloved range of intellectual properties have been repackaged in just abo=
ut every way imaginable â?? and heck, even that system's most beloved=
protagonist was on-loan from a platf[ormer about a giant ape with a prince=
ss-stealing problem.Mind, none of this is a criticism, really. The gaming c=
ompany is exceptionally good at reinventing old goods. And say what you wil=
l about its traditionally tendencies, most of Nintendo's foot dragging is a=
result of a company with too much invested in its own properties to licens=
e things out willy-nilly.Pokemon Go is the ideal example. After years of ca=
lls from fans and board members alike to embrace the mobile platf[orm, Nint=
endo finally went all in. The game succeeded in part because it wasn't a si=
mple p[ort â?? it was a popular property tail[ored to the technologic=
al possibilities of its platf[orm.But the fact of the matter is that demand=
is still strong f[or those 30-year-old games. There's a reason they do so =
well as downloads f[or systems like the Wii and Wii U. Nintendo's devotion =
to gameplay is precisely why we likely won't ever see them as straight p=
[orts f[or mobile devices while the company is still kicking â?? most ju=
st don't w[ork all that will with mobile hardware restraints.Look at the NE=
S Classic Edition as something of a compromise. Granted, it doesn't aff=
[ord the same p[ortability as an iOS version of Super Mario 3, but it offers up=
a lot that mobile games don't. Chief among them is presenting the games th=
e way they were meant to be played, complete with a replica of the =
[original NES controllers they were designed f[or.img_1085The other immediate benef=
it is the sheer number of titles the system ships with â?? 30 in all,=
and these aren't just crappy third-tier games. You get all three Super Mar=
io Bros. titles (plus [original), Castlevania, Punch-Out, Final Fantasy, bo=
th Legends of Zelda.There are a few weird choices â?? like the fact t=
hat only the second Mega Man is pre-loaded and that it has Super C but not =
[original Contra. But still, if you owned the NES the first time around, th=
ere's almost certainly something here f[or you.And the titles play great. T=
he controller feels like the [original â?? not like those cheap plast=
ic joysticks with preloaded Atari games that were all the rage a few years =
back. Within a few minutes, all of those wasted hours spent inside on sunny=
afternoons after school suddenly come flooding back like muscle mem=
[ory.The nostalgia fact[or is sped along by the fact that the system itself looks =
like a pint-sized version of the old NES, not all that much larger than the=
controller itself, complete with functioning Power and Reset buttons. Ther=
e's even a spot f[or the cartridge loader, though that doesn't actually pop=
up.img_1135The software is built around a menu system that lets you scroll=
through the 30 different titles. Once you've started playing, you can save=
the game anywhere and can associate multiple accounts/save points with a s=
ingle title, so up to four people can play concurrent games. The saved game=
s can also be locked, so the kids can't play over [or erase your progress.T=
hat's really the sum total of the innovation here, and Nintendo's not sayin=
g whether it will allow f[or additional games after purchase, which would b=
e a big plus f[or those looking f[or those with a hankering f[or A Boy and =
His Blob [or additional Mega Men. As it stands though, $60 seems like a pre=
tty solid deal f[or a system with 30 games.img_1226The additional controlle=
r will cost extra, and from the looks of it, the system isn't compatible wi=
th any old one you might have lying around. Of course, the [original NES ha=
s the benefit of being cheap and plentiful second hand, along with offering=
a broader range of titles â?? all w[orth fact[oring into the equatio=
n.If you've got one lying around the house, just plug the thing in. But if =
you're looking f[or a quick and easy way to relive the gl[ory days of your =
parents' wood paneled basement ([or to expose a new generation to the feeli=
ng), the NES Classic is a quick and relatively inexpensive way in. It ships=
just in time f[or the holidays on November 11.The bodies of two experience=
d divers were pulled Monday from a deadly underwater cave system in Fl=
[orida known as the "Mount Everest" f[or diving enthusiasts.Patrick Pe=
acock and Chris Rittenmeyer traveled from F[ort Lauderdale to Weeki Wachee,=
Fla., with a friend to conduct a three-day dive at Eagle's Nest -- an unde=
rwater labyrinth of caves also known as the "Lost Sink" containin=
g a mile of passages, one m[ore than 300 feet deep.Related ImageEagle's Nes=
t cave 1Expand / ContractDeputies from the Hernando County Sheriff's Office=
were called to the dive area Sunday evening after the men's friend, identi=
fied as Justin Blakely, said he could not locate them.Blakely told auth=
[orities that all three divers entered the water at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Blakely, =
the most inexperienced diver, was to remain closer to the surface while Pea=
cock and Rittenmeyer expl[ored the caves of Eagle's Nest, which they had do=
ne several times bef[ore. The plan was f[or the two to check in with Blakel=
y at a predetermined location at around 3 p.m., auth[orities said. When the=
two failed to surface, Blakely notified law enf[orcement. Rescue divers en=
tered the waters Sunday night searching f[or the two men but were unable to=
locate them. The following m[orning, another group of divers found Peacock=
and Rittenmeyer "in close proximity to one another in 260 feet of wat=
er," acc[ording to a press release from the Hernando County Sheriff's =
Office.Auth[orities said the men died in a "very dangerous and complex=
area of the cave system."Eagle's Nest -- often referred to as the 'Mo=
unt Everest' [or 'Grand Canyon' of dives -- is near Weeki Wachee in the Cha=
ssahowitzka Wildlife Refuge.A sign at the mouth of the cave offers a deadly=
warning to anyone attempting to expl[ore the underwater caves."STOP! =
Prevent your death. Go no farther," reads the sign, which includes a b=
lack-and-white sketch of the Grim Reaper."M[ore than 300 divers, inclu=
ding open water scuba instruct[ors, have died in caves just like this one,&=
quot; the sign says, noting that special cave training and equipment is req=
uired in [order to enter.In 2013, a man and his 15-year-old son drowned in =
the underwater cave system on Christmas Day while testing out diving equipm=
ent they had received as a gift.After the drownings, family members pushed =
f[or the state to close the site, but state wildlife officials said they ha=
d no plans to do so.At least six others have died at Eagle's Nest since 198=
1, acc[ording to the Tampa Bay Times. The vast underwater cave system was c=
losed to divers from 1999 to 2003, the newspaper rep[orted. "It is abs=
olutely g[orgeous, but it's deep and a complex cave system, so it's only su=
ited f[or people who have that training and experience,â?=9D Jeff Tob=
ey, an experienced diver familiar with Eagle's Nest, told WFLA-TV.
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