First top 10

Right, first blog and to start off with I thought I'd do a top 10 of the best "firsts" of things. No, that's not a "my first time, be gentle with me" kind of thing, it's more to do with the first of a series, whether it be films or games and that. Rules are that it must be a part of a series, meaning that it has to have sequals, it can't just be a stand alone thing otherwise it's not really keeping up with the spirit of the first. It's supposed to symbolise the start of my blogging career and we don't want to just say that it's not going to go anywhere.
So without further a doo we'll start off with number 10...

10. Super Mario
We'll get this one out of the way quickly. As much as I think the whole super mario thing is over done now to the point of no return. If we atleast try to return back to the time when Super Mario was just that little gathering of pixels that our NES was throwing at us then we see that it was actually a really good game at the time. Sure now we'd think it was a really easy run through but at the time it was quite difficult, partially due to my age and partially due to the fact that I'd never done this kind of thing before. It worked. Note the past tense.

9. Indestructotank
This is one a bet a lot of you didn't expect to see. That's probably because a lot of you don't really know what I'm talking about. This was just a little internet game I managed to find and it was really good. I played on it for hours. It's so simple though, all it consists of is a tank (that is "indestructo") that is driving along with a bunch of helicopters and stuff shooting at it. The aim of the game is to get hit by rockets and get blown up into the air and hit the helicopters and stuff. You had to do this and get enough exp before you ran out of petrol which for some reason lead to you blowing up. They made a second one so it counts to go in here aswell. Despite the fact it was near enough the same game but with the graphics and physics tweaked, it was also harder to do for some reason.

8. The Matrix
Even if you don't like the Matrix as a whole, the first film was still pretty awesome. The style was really quite original for the time and even though we might see the whole jump in the air, freezeframe, camera move around and carry on routine and think "oh god, not this again..." it was the matrix that did it first. At the time it was really cool and that's the reason why it's been done time and time and time and time and time and time and time and time and time again. It's a good action film at any rate and deserves a spot in my top ten firsts.

7. Clerks
A classic film as is any view askew film, but I think this one was the most appropriate since there was a Clerks 2. It follows the shortcomings of an average joe called Dante working at a local newsagents... or convenience store or whatever... which is attached to a video shop manned by Randal. This film, as most stuff Kevin Smith makes, is full of monologues of stuff that is makes you think "actually, yeah..." and thus is the style of comedy involved. It's filmed in black and white but it isn't old or that kind of classy, I'm not really sure why it was, low budget? I don't know. But it's really good for a laugh, it's dependent on your kind of humour but it works for me so it goes in the top ten.

6. F-Zero
Now this one is an old NES game that despite bringing out more and more games actually stayed really really awesome. Also seemed to get really hard in some of them aswell. In the cases of F-Zero 2 and F-Zer0 GX the gameplay in the story modes got really hard, really fast. It was like you were trying to race against a captain falcon with one arm, one leg and lung tied behind your back towards a finishing line that can only be seen in the blue falcon... You also got falcon punched... Again, kudos for starting a series that is very much loved to this day in all of its forms.

5. Red Dwarf I
Who could forget? The start of something beautiful, comedy, sci-fi and that guy from scrap heap challenge... well, he was to come in later, but for now: Everybody's dead Dave! Red Dwarf is something that I've always loved and who couldn't? This stuff was amazing from start to finish. My favourite series was Red Dwarf V but still, a the first one was a classic. And just think, Holly was the original Anonymous by pretending to be someone else to be a dick to those around him just so they'd appreciate him as he normally is... or trolling. XP

4. Spaced Season 1
Ah spaced, one pf Simon Pegg's pure gems of entertainment. Yet again we travel back in time to the first encounter of this series to what was surely an amazing show. The first time I saw it I didn't really latch on to it, and considering I was 9 at the time I think I'll forgive myself. Although I did remember the resident evil scene which was bitchen. Infact, that whole episode was bitchen. Infact, that whole series was bitchen. Infact... Okay, you probably get the point. This series was truley inspired. Dark, geeky humour, what's not to like?

3. Heavy Metal
This is another one that I myself didn't expect to be in here but after hearing that they've made a Heavy Metal 2000, it counts as a series of films with this being the first. And what a first it was. The plot line follows evil which is manifested in a green glowing orb called the Locnar which rides around the universe fucking up everyone's day. Quite a weird film as it goes. Done in segments with John Candy providing the voice in atleast one in each and really quite weird to watch with a drink. Or I suppose whatever turns you on.

2. Sonic The Hedgehog
You knew that this one was going to be up here. If Mario deserved a mention then this one deserves a mention by default. Back in the days of the 16-bit console wars, the megadrive was always my winner and Sonic the Hedgehog stood for everything that was good in there. Again, we're looking past all the more recent adaptations and attempts to bring back the old glory. It was so satisfying to get all those emeralds after an entire childhood of trying to get them to unleash the epilepsy that awaited you on the other side. Awesome first game.

1. Star Wars episode IV
Anyone who disagrees with this one being on the list should be hung by the balls and shot. This was the very first that any of us had ever seen of Star Wars and now look at it! It's amazing! With the movies, the games and the extended universe that is the galaxy far far away you have to really sit and stare in awe at the spectacle that is Star Wars. This was a brilliant film, I remember having it on VCR when I was younger and it was watched SOOO many times. The new remastered version was cool to and deserves a mention, however, the only problem was Greedo shooting first.