Sorry, but after appreciating the vivid technicolours in this film, I don't think anyone could convince me (as many of the other reviewers here try to do so), that the earlier black and white versions (with the 1926 version being silent for goodness sake) are more enjoyable watching. What impressed me was how good the film looks and how convincing a substitute Arizona and a Universal backlot is for the Sahara. This time the ostensible lead Guy Stockwell, gets to play a much more personable and loyal brother than the one he plays in his earlier War Lord, where his screen brother is the regularly heroic Charlton Heston. It can't really be said to boast an A-list cast, though Telly Savalas arguably dominates most scenes as the sadistic Dagineau. So, if you take only a single thing away from this episode, let it be this: F&^% G-Fuel.Having never read the book or seen any of the earlier versions, I have to admit being pleasantly surprised with this, the third version of the famous tale. Both of us have regrets, and were plenty stupid. And we aren't pretending we were above it. This week's episode is all about that wild a time in the early oughts' gaming media/culture.
(I don't know that, I haven't read his tweets. The point is: if you look back and haven't changed, or can't confront that past - you might be an as*%^le.
To say there were common jokes, terms, and themes that today would be viewed as ignorant at best - would be a massive understatement. Gaming hadn't quite exploded yet and G4, gaming magazines, websites were all targeted toward a very niche, sheltered audience made of edgy, horny, dudes. Add to that: gaming journalism, while not new, was still sorta niche. People from all over the world were just starting to interact with each other via online gaming, forums, or even Myspace (tm). Other, more poetic, writers have said that before, and sometimes it's the only way to explain it. The early 2000's were the wild west of the digital age. The Yoshi P commentary really stirred the hornets nest.
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