Wavelflack
02-08-2007, 08:36 PM
I was talking to the wife about Back to the Future 2 the other day, and I remembered that I had not seen it in the theaters because my older cousin Dave told me it was "really confusing". So I waited to see it until it was released on video. And I never found the confusing part. Maybe Dave went out for popcorn over and over, or something. All I know is that it made perfect sense to me.
This recollection then reminded of a time when my NES was a new system. I had a nearby friend who was also friends with a kid who had 5 or 6 NES games! Yay!
I had my friend call the kid up and act as an intermediary, and we found out what he had. He had Athena, Rambo, and Trojan (as well as games I already had.)
I didn't care about Athena, but Rambo sounded interesting, and I definitely wanted Trojan, being that it was one of my favorite arcade games.
The kid said that I could borrow Rambo anytime, but that I would have to wait on Trojan, because it was pretty complicated, and he would need to have enough time to show me how to play it. I insisted that I could probably figure it out (!), but he remained adamant that I would require some sort of training.
I figured the guy was just stalling in order to not give out the game. But lo and behold, a few days later when he had "time", we went over to his house again and he actually sat down and explained how to play Trojan! He was really serious!
Anyway, I can think of more than a few times where I have had people either attempt or successfully deter me from reading/playing/watching something. Don't read Dune! (didn't) Don't ready Da Vinci Code! (did anyway) Don't watch Matrix Revolutions! (did anyway), so on and so forth. I can't think of a single time where a supposedly confusing piece of entertainment actually confused me.
Maybe my acquaintences just have lower expectations for me?
How about yourself?
This recollection then reminded of a time when my NES was a new system. I had a nearby friend who was also friends with a kid who had 5 or 6 NES games! Yay!
I had my friend call the kid up and act as an intermediary, and we found out what he had. He had Athena, Rambo, and Trojan (as well as games I already had.)
I didn't care about Athena, but Rambo sounded interesting, and I definitely wanted Trojan, being that it was one of my favorite arcade games.
The kid said that I could borrow Rambo anytime, but that I would have to wait on Trojan, because it was pretty complicated, and he would need to have enough time to show me how to play it. I insisted that I could probably figure it out (!), but he remained adamant that I would require some sort of training.
I figured the guy was just stalling in order to not give out the game. But lo and behold, a few days later when he had "time", we went over to his house again and he actually sat down and explained how to play Trojan! He was really serious!
Anyway, I can think of more than a few times where I have had people either attempt or successfully deter me from reading/playing/watching something. Don't read Dune! (didn't) Don't ready Da Vinci Code! (did anyway) Don't watch Matrix Revolutions! (did anyway), so on and so forth. I can't think of a single time where a supposedly confusing piece of entertainment actually confused me.
Maybe my acquaintences just have lower expectations for me?
How about yourself?