From her childhood POV, he was an ordinary, everyday dad. He just happened to be Mr. T. There were other stories but honestly I forget them. I had forgotten the tree one, too, until i saw your post and remembered it because that's the first one she shared. The tree removal was apparently a big to do in the town.
I dated a girl who went to school with his daughter. She told me the story, and her version was the allergy one and it caused a big stink because apparently he wasn't supposed to for some reason. I don't quite recall the particulars now, I just remember thinking it was cool that she knew Mr. T!
@erikkain For a billion dollar show, "We're getting more confident in our storytelling" should have been solved before they shot page 1 of episode 1 of season 1.
@jadexskywalker Enjoy Picard's fantastic rinse-repeat of "Hey! Remember that character you like? Here they are again! Oh no, they're dead!" Because that's pretty much the show.
@kasavin I legitimately remember seeing the ad for Ultima III in Compute's Gazette (it was the cover art), and wanting nothing more than to be in that adventure. I'm thrilled for Richard that he's got those games back.
I had no idea that the family who own Kowloon were some kind of political power brokers, but I love it. Now I can imagine that once upon a time, the Wongs and Frank Giuffrida called all the shots in Saugus. #IYKYK
The blue wave couldn't sink the Kowloon: Saugus Republican whose family owns the Route 1 tiki palace wins re-election, AP projects
https://t.co/KVTtDfzj70
The one thing that I always wanted but sadly never got was a bookend scene between Sisko and Picard in DS9's last season. I would have loved to have seen that conversation revisited.
@TrentOster Your own engine, your understanding of the IP and audience, a design team that understood how they wanted to translate that IP in a way that the previous D&D games hadn't (mainly the major interactive narrative focus), and the right publisher at the right time.
@LexG_III Probably the quintessential edition of me seeing and liking a film at a very early age because it's fun, then not seeing it until much older and having lots of "ohhhh" moments where I finally get some of the jokes.
@LexG_III One of my grumps about the iMDB message boards being destroyed by Amazon is that people used to have a lot of fun through the years on my 2002 post for Megaforce: "When is the Criterion edition coming out?"
Legitimately one of the hardest times I've ever laughed watching a movie was the set-up in the first film where Clu Gulager browbeats them into opening the door where the zombie is trapped, then goes and hides behind a corner while nudging them on, and the first thing that happens when the door opens is it runs by those two and goes running straight at him. "Brains!"
Like everyone else, I'm immensely saddened by the death of Patrick Stewart. The usual favorites are being trotted at as recommendations (and they're great!), so I'll mention one that is an oddball: the 1994 film Gunmen, this very "of the era" action flick where he plays a South American drug lord. It's the first thing that I remember seeing him in after ST:TNG and it's a whacky film, so if you're looking for something that's new to you, track it down.