Nostalgia And The Reboot

Because I'm a massive geek, I love looking back at all my fave cartoons when I was little, I can spend whole evenings just listening to the intros, that's usually all it takes, the lyrics come back to mind and your spine gets all tingly as you remember, it's a lovely feeling.

Here's a couple of my faves from long ago

Ahh DuckTales, possibly one of the most catchy and memorable themes, I remember fondly that we'd always rent out this one VHS from the rental store, plus I do remember watching the Movie with my family, though when I say to most people there was a movie, they don't believe me!, honestly there was a DuckTales movie and it's quite a good one too!

Trap Door!, possibly one of the funniest shows I remember, I very proudly have the DVD of the entire show and a poster on my wall, one thing that I always adore about this show is that it's all voiced by one guy and animated by a couple guys, it's incredibly British and is just so funny even today, I know for a fact we darned near wore out a VHS tape of this, so much so I could recite entire episodes from it!

Another slightly less common choice, The Adventures Of TinTin, I love this series, recently it got adapted into a movie which I think is superb and I really do hope they make another.

Lately there has been a huge spate of older 'nostalgic' things coming back and getting a 'reboot/remake/remaster' most common of which right now is video games, one of my fave videogames when I was little was SuperFrog, it was terrifically good fun if a little hard, so imagine my surprise when they're giving it the 'remake' treatment with all new shiny graphics and everything!

Another game getting the 'remastered' treatment is DuckTales, the game was originally released on the NES and was, so I've been told, a very good game and a fine example of a platformer, what astounded me was that they brought back all the surviving voice cast of the series to reprise their roles for new cut-scenes in the game, Alan Young who voices Scrooge McDuck is 93 years old and he's still going, pretty much anything with Scrooge in you can be guaranteed that Alan Young has done the voice, be it for this game or Kingdom Hearts or any animated serial featuring everyone's fave penny-thrift Scrooge McDuck.

Here's an example of a cutscene and some gameplay from the 'remastered' version, I've never played the game as we didn't have a NES when I was little but I shall certainly look into this game when it's released soon.

Nostalgia can be fun, bringing memories back of more innocent times and even if you get just a little smile, nostalgia has worked it's magic once again, don't be afraid to look back sometimes as much as we strive to grow up and move forward, remembering the times from long ago can be helpful.

To finish, here's a rockin' medley of various cartoons, I know all of these but one, enjoy!