Just a second ago, the 49ers lost to the Cardinals through a goal line stand. Personally, I would have gone with a play-action QB bootleg to the far left of the endzone. Then again, with the luck of the niners...you never know.
Which brings me to today's look back...the True Legends of the NFL. I'm not talking about the current generation of so-so players. I'm talking about the 80s and 90s athletes. Back in the day when you could hit as hard as you could. When you could actually celebrate after you scored a touchdown.
Before Peyton Manning, there was Joe Montana, the best of the best. When he was in the game, you knew that the game would be over with another W for the 49ers.
Before Terrell Owens and Hines Ward, there was Jerry Rice and Cris Carter, the elite wide receivers of the NFL.
It wasn't just them though. Ronnie Lott. John Elway. Brett Favre (the old Brett Fav-ruh). Dan Marino. These were and still are the greatest players in the NFL. Even if today's players are matching up to the numbers, they just didn't have that mystical lure of Montana Magic.
You don't have the great plays of old anymore.
The Drive - John Elway's 98 yard game-winning drive.
The Immaculate Reception - Franco Harris' ricochet catch scored for a touchdown to win their playoff game.
The Catch - Joe Montana's game-winning play against the Dallas Cowboys, Dwight Clark jumping this high. Props to Chris Berman, Eddie DeBartolo and Bill Walsh too, in their prime.
The Guarantee - Joe Namath's underdog guarantee to win in the Superbowl and become Broadway Joe.
Those were the days of impossible.
Of course, the current generation may never reach that epic level of the 80s, but lets hope they can create some more memories.
And of course, how to leave out Nike from the NFL. Vick...Owens...Poms Poms... (And no...no dogs, leave the guy alone)
Monday, November 10, 2008
Sunday, November 2, 2008
GUNDAM - 'Nuff Said
Of the many things that have followed me through my childhood, the two things that Japan has contributed to my life has been Dragonball and Gundam. Dragonball will be saved for another time, as it is my favorite anime and requires its own post. Gundams also require their own place, because its awesome. What young boy wouldn't like watching robots, guns and explosions.
My most favorite gundam of all is Wing Zero Custom. It was cool back then, its still cool now. The main character was an emotionless guy (reminds me of someone...) with an awesome gundam. Yes, his rifles are just as big as the gundam itself, its that awesome. The Gundam Wing series was from my childhood, and it was awesome. Then came the new generation.
Freedom Gundam. The Gundam Seed series that not only brought Gundams back into my life, but in HD. Look similar to Wing Zero, but thats just because both were awesome and blew stuff up. Can't do much better than that.
If you have spare time, its definitely a good investment to spend a few hours watching the series, because its not just some fanboy robots blowing each other up and peace occurring at the end because tahts the way it should be. Instead, it develops intelligently, utilizing possible scenarios that we ourselves may face in the near future. Sure maybe not big gundams and stuff, but there are political, racial, and even religious values that can be commented on, though some may be more apparent than others. It also helps to have awesome looking robot blowing each other up on a consistent basis. Transformers had the main characters fighting each other, and once in a while a main character dies. In Gundam, its not a question of if a character dies, btu when. It just adds to the series itself.
And of course, Kampfer. He just screams explosives with the bazookas on his back, primary shotgun, mini backup shotgun, explosive javelin thingies.
This leads us to the next series of Gundam, Gundam 00. More political implications, more explosives, more awesomeness. ***Spoiler***Spends an entire first season basically using a bunch of primary characters only to kill them off just to lead up to the second season showing the actual Gundam 00
***End Spoiler***
My most favorite gundam of all is Wing Zero Custom. It was cool back then, its still cool now. The main character was an emotionless guy (reminds me of someone...) with an awesome gundam. Yes, his rifles are just as big as the gundam itself, its that awesome. The Gundam Wing series was from my childhood, and it was awesome. Then came the new generation.
Freedom Gundam. The Gundam Seed series that not only brought Gundams back into my life, but in HD. Look similar to Wing Zero, but thats just because both were awesome and blew stuff up. Can't do much better than that.
If you have spare time, its definitely a good investment to spend a few hours watching the series, because its not just some fanboy robots blowing each other up and peace occurring at the end because tahts the way it should be. Instead, it develops intelligently, utilizing possible scenarios that we ourselves may face in the near future. Sure maybe not big gundams and stuff, but there are political, racial, and even religious values that can be commented on, though some may be more apparent than others. It also helps to have awesome looking robot blowing each other up on a consistent basis. Transformers had the main characters fighting each other, and once in a while a main character dies. In Gundam, its not a question of if a character dies, btu when. It just adds to the series itself.
And of course, Kampfer. He just screams explosives with the bazookas on his back, primary shotgun, mini backup shotgun, explosive javelin thingies.
This leads us to the next series of Gundam, Gundam 00. More political implications, more explosives, more awesomeness. ***Spoiler***Spends an entire first season basically using a bunch of primary characters only to kill them off just to lead up to the second season showing the actual Gundam 00
***End Spoiler***
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