Live Blogs Let's Watch: Select Episodes of Cinematech (The Original Series)

BearyScary2013-06-05 22:38:52

Achievement Unlocked: Read the Introduction – 5G

Hello and welcome to my second liveblog. This time, it's for the original series of Cinematech (2002, G4), not the sister series, Cinematech: Nocturnal Emissions (2005, G4TechTV).

Why didn't I do the original series first? It's somewhat complicated. The main reason is, I believe that CT is ultimately superior to C: NE, although C: NE may have been more entertaining initially, in the end, it wasn't able to maintain that level of amusement. So I think that doing the CT liveblog afterward will make for a happier ending to the Cinematech saga.

This liveblog will feature descriptions and reviews of select (i.e., the best) episodes of CT. Unfortunately, I didn't see the entire series, so this liveblog will always technically be incomplete, unless I decide to watch the eps I didn't see online. Just like my C: NE liveblog, these eps come from my personal collection of CT eps that I recorded off of TV. Because several eps feature clever edits that showcase games back-to-back, this liveblog signals return of the timecode – yes, the actual Code of Time!

Since the topic of this liveblog is a show about Video Games, it has been categorized in the VG portion of TV Tropes' liveblogs.

I plan to do more interesting things in this liveblog than in the first, so I'm excited to write it!

If I made a factual error or a mistake in the liveblog, or if a link is dead/broken, please let me know in the comments so I can try to fix it. :)

Linkies!

Complete list of '''Cinematech''' episodes

Comments

nomuru2d Since: Dec, 1969

Jan 18th 2014 at 9:10:12 AM

As far as rare games go, there are only a few I've got: Intelligent Qube for the PS1, Fragile Dreams for the Wii, and a fully-intact copy (original box and manual) of .hack//G.U. volume 3 for PS2.

BearyScary Since: Dec, 1969

Feb 1st 2014 at 4:50:50 PM

Nice. We had IQ on a demo disc and it was fun.

I have a game that I know is rare, ironically for my least favorite system: Arcade Classics on the Game Gear. At least, Tips & Tricks "Collector's Closet" said it was. Their installment on the Game Gear and why collectors hate it was kind of fun. Collectors hate the GG because of how the game boxes were packaged in plastic except near the top, where there was a hole made to fit the hard plastic hoop. This construction also made it difficult to properly stack the GG boxes.

I'm proud of having both of the LUNAR ports on the PS1 with all of their original materials, like Lucia's pendant and the character standees. Working Designs tended to have such nice packaging of their games, even if it was just a holographic foil cover.