This Time Last Year…

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Around this time last year Infinite Hollywood was starting to get some traction but we weren’t up to a full time website of awesomeness as we are today. What’s nice about having a site like this is that I can look back and see where I was a year ago today and what interested me. Since I didn’t get a lot of readers back then, I thought this retro post might be fun. So let’s take a little trip in the time machine.

Last year I was talking about how Terminator: TSCC was one of the best shows on television. I still stand by that, as the season came to a close last year I was excited for what the future held. The second season was even better in a lot of ways, but sadly was canceled.

Then there was news of the new TMNT game, a story which I broke with the first pictures from Nintendo Power. With it came pictures of new Mirage style TMNT figs from Playmates. A year later, sadly, those toys still haven’t hit the shelves and Mirage is even more of a mirage than it was then. Check it out:

I got my new Nintendo Power in the mail today and it’s got a sneak peek at an upcoming Ninja Turtle fighting game in it. The TMNT released two fighting games prior, the very fun Tournament Fighters in the 90’s which was like Street Fighter but with TMNT and a more recent game that I haven’t played. This normally wouldn’t be that big of a deal, but the magazine really puts the game over hard because it’s being designed by the team that put together Smash Brothers Brawl. They say it won’t play exactly like Brawl, but that it should play better and smoother. Including an online mode. That sounds terrific and the graphics look great. Of course the magazine also gets a few facts wrong, this is clearly based off the TMNT movie although it doesn’t tie into the movie. Apparently Peter Laird helped craft the story and it looks like a lot of fun. The developers said since it’s not actually part of show or movie, they have to make a good game. Which sounds cool. I heard the last TMNT game was crap, although I liked the first two most recently released. It’ll be out just in time for the 25th Anniversary of the Ninja Turtles next year. If the news keeps being this good, I’ll probably buy it. Sounds like it might be a Wii exclusive too. Now if we can just get NECA to release the Foot Solider, Shredder, Utrom and April figures soon!

As it turns out the game wasn’t very good. Although I’ve never actually played it, so I wouldn’t know for sure. NECA still hasn’t released any new TMNT either. Jerks.

So that’s just one minor look back into a year ago. What will next year be like? Will my opinions and predictions be so far removed as they were a year ago? We’ll just have to wait and see. I sure hope you’ll be here along for the ride.

