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Thirsty Walsh Thursday!

We're just filling up the days of the week at this point!

Can you guess the films?

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My grandad had this on a plug in computer through his TV and I remember playing for hours on it!

Top 3 Games That Don't Exist Anymore

LEMMINGS (1991)

Absolutely incredible puzzle game (based on the great lemming myth) where you attempt to guide a horde of lemmings to their home. Obstacles get in their path, so you have to give them jobs (building staicases, bashing through walls, digging, through the floor, stopping other lemmings from moving) to help them get home. It was cute, simple to understand, and INCREDIBLY difficult—especially once you got to the difficulty level "taxing".

WHAT HAPPENED TO IT

Folks just forgot about it and it kind of bounced around, never getting picked up when things like the Wii online store came out. After some remixed variants it never got a proper release.

HOW TO PLAY IT NOW

Aside from emulators, there's a free (with purchases) iOS/Android version of Lemmings now. The functionality is similar, and it's definitely cute, but it's not exactly the same in terms of gameplay, sound (the music!), and the levels are different. I'd love to be able to play the original levels again.

BOOKWORM ADVENTURES (2006)

Utterly incredible spelling game. You play a cute little bookworm who has to travel through time and literature to battle beasties by spelling words. The longer the word you spell (and the more value the letters have as in Scrabble) the more damage you do. It's cute, it's educational, it's fun, it's competitive (there are records for biggest word, most damage, etc. so you can compete with friends); it's a nearly perfect game. And there was a sequel, too!

WHAT HAPPENED TO IT

EA purchased PopCap games and then, one day, for apparently no reason, removed it from their online store. And that's it. It's gone. Forever.

HOW TO PLAY IT NOW

You can pirate it, but otherwise, the closest I've found is a mobile game called Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey by Bacon Bandits. The core functionality is there, but it's not really as clever or as cute or as fun. There's an Easter egg for fans of Bookworm, and bless them for creating a very similar game, but it is just not the same.

UNIRACERS (1994)

Also called Unirally, this was am awesome concept that was perfectly executed. You're unicycles that race really fast and do crazy tricks. All the stunts have names, you get points for them, there's track obstacles. It's simple, pure, unadulterated fun.

WHAT HAPPENED TO IT

This absolutely drives me up a wall. Pixar sued the makers of Uniracers because they said their unicycles looked like the unicycle in their short film Red's Dream from 1987. Like ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Thematically, the two things aren't similar at all, and, as the creator of the game said, "[t]here's not a lot of ways you can bring life to a unicycle without looking like the one Pixar did". Like...duh. The judge who made this ruling did irreparable damage to video games.

HOW TO PLAY IT NOW

There's no legal way to play this game, and, thanks to Pixar, there likely never will be. I've never encountered anything similar. It was such a unique play experience.

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I remember dropping mine down our stairs, and as it was the early noughties, we had painted white wood, with teeny carpet strips on each stair.

Chunky f*cker bounced off almost every step and landed in pieces at the bottom.

Thought it was done for!

Picked all the pieces up and reassembled them.

Chunky f*cker turned back on as though nothing had happened!!

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hello again (bill clinton limewire voice) my fellow americans

There are a few states that actually have Shield/Refuge laws designed to help trans people fleeing from trans-unsafe states, which also guarantee trans folks access to healthcare. These states are:

California

Colorado

Illinois

Oregon

Vermont

Washington

Minnesota

New Mexico

Maine

Massachusetts

Rhode Island

Connecticut

Washington D.C.

Additionally, some states have "trans sanctuary" executive orders signifying safety for trans folks seeking healthcare. These states are:

Maryland

New Jersey

New York

Living as a resident in these states means you are protected by state's rights and state government to continue or begin receiving trans healthcare. These laws have been codified in their states so everything has been a-ok'd by their state governments.

Stay alive. You got this. I love you.

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I don't have a type, no...

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As a Pagan and lover of Pan, I knew there was a reason I loved Jareth!!

Excerpt from ‘Goblins of Labyrinth’ by Brian Froud. I sort of adore this quote. These influences make me realize that this is why I’m so attracted to the character of Jareth.

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Thinking of what he's going home to...

At this point, every 80’s sounding music reminds me of Hal.

IYKYK! Am I right @tequilasunrise28 ?

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BOOP!!

"who knows what they still do on tumblr"

us:

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Hal is done dirty!

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At this point, every 80’s sounding music reminds me of Hal.

IYKYK! Am I right @tequilasunrise28 ?

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J.T. Walsh Roles - Nice Guys Edition!

Now, we all know he's played a lot of bad or questionable characters, but he's actually played a decent amount of nice or non-scumbag characters!

Starting with who I think is one of the nicest, we have Agent Houston in True Identity (1991), he's a long-suffering FBI Agent who failed to capture a big time crook and has to work with a stage actor in order to finally bring him down. He's a very jaded but very wholesome character who finally shines when he finishes the job he set out to do.

Next, we have Ed Collins in Miracle on 34th St. (1994). Even though he was the prosecuting lawyer, there was no real malice to his character, as anyone would think the same when an old man claims to be Santa Claus! In the end, he still politely asks for Santa to visit his kids at Christmas.

Now we have one of my favourite characters he's ever played (largely for nostalgia reasons!) - Chief Insp. Francis Mahoney in Why Me? (1990). A true no-nonsense cop with no qualms over speaking his mind to whomever is around! He begrudges working with what he deems 'the criminal element' of LA in order to find a stolen Byzantine ring, but does so knowing that only criminals trust other criminals!

We have another cop character with Sheriff Mitch B. Rivers in Silent Fall (1994), who is tasked with finding the killer of two prominent citizens of their little town of Waterville. The only witness is an autistic 10 year old boy who doesn't speak, needing the expertise of local psychiatrist Dr. Jake Rainer. Things unfold and it is discovered that Mitch was actually having an affair with the murdered wife, though thankfully had nothing to do with the murders.

He's a decent enough character, though he admits he's had a wandering eye over the years and his wife clearly knows.

And we have another cop character, Chief Jack Ruhle in Iron Maze (1991). He's the police chief in a dying town since the steel works was closed down. An attempted murder takes place in the old steel works and he's tasked with trying to unpick what led to the attack. Very little is known about his character on a personal level as nothing is revealed other than he's married and seems to be attempting to quit smoking, though this does seem to correlate with a period that J.T. himself was attempting to quit smoking.

We have another of my favourites wth Principal Arnold M. Stoddard in The Beniker Gang (1984). The film was based on a book titled Dear Lola by Julie Angell and the character in the book would probably fit more on the scumbag scale! He was also named Mr. Reedy in the book and seemed to care more about public appearances than the children.

Thanfully, in the film he seems to care more than was originally written, and although not explicitely stated, his concern for the school seems to stem from just how small their town is and how small towns often end up having to send their children to neighbouring town's schools.

Although he might not originally have meant to be a decent character, J.T. brings a wholesomeness to the character and is certainly more personable with the children than in the book.

FBI Agent Jason McThune in The Client (1994) is next. A very dedicated character, but very much the scapegoat to Tommy Lee Jones' Reverend Roy Foltrigg and very much becomes his lackey.

As a character, he works for the FBI based in Memphis, but longs for more interesting areas than chasing Elvis sightings. There's a wholesomeness to him, but he's a little bit weak-minded.

Ah, Lt. Col. Matthew Markinson from A Few Good Men (1992)... A man conflicted between his duty to obey his commanding officer, and his duty to do the right thing by an accidentally murdered private. He ultimately does the right thing, but it costs him his life. A very sad ending to a character with good morals.

Fun Fact - J.T. actually chose this character out of all the supporting roles.

Another of my favourites, and probably @tequilasunrise28 favourite, we have the delectable DEA Agent Hal Maguire in Tequila Sunrise (1988). He's determined to bring down a Mexican drug lord known as Carlos as well as Mel Gibson's character Mac, who has worked for Carlos many times over the years, but who claims to have 'gone straight'. Hal isn't buying it of course, but his investigation is hindered at every turn by Kurt Russell's character Lt. Nick Frescia, who is a friend to Mac.

As thngs inevitably go south, Mexican cop Escalante, whom Hal has been working with to bring down Carlos, is discovered to actually be Carlos, unbeknownst to Hal. He's rightfully infuriated, which is only exacerbated by the fact that both Mac and Nick knew who Carlos was.

He's unfortunately shot in the back by Nick as he's trying to take down Mac after catching him with Carlos.

Out of a bunch of dirty cops, Hal was the only one not working both angles, and yet many reviews talk about him being the problem...

Last in the list we have Sheriff Reese Goodloe in Morning Glory (1993). He's a decent Sheriff, but a terrible husband. He's having an affair with the local waitress, even buying her electrical goods to keep her sweet despite complaining about how he'll explain the money disappearing to his wife.

The waitress turns up murdered, and a newcomer to town played by Christopher Reeves is arrested as he was the last to see her alive and has been inprisoned for murder before.

It's discovered that she had recently had a termination as she'd become pregnant by Reese, but he wasn't responsible for her murder; two random men in town eventually confess during the trial.

Had he been responsible for her murder, this would definitely have tipped him into the scumbag roles list!

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J.T. Walsh Roles - Scumbag Scale Edition!

Let's face it, he played a lot of 'scumbag' characters, so I thought I'd collate where I would place some of them on a scale of worst to... least worst!

Starting with who I think was the best of a bad bunch - Ins. Terence Niebaum - The Negotiator (1998). Niebaum took bribe money to help cover up some dirty cops stealing from the collective police pension fund.

Next, Martin Swayzak - Backdraft (1991). Shut down some fire stations, reducing the numbers of paid firefighters, meaning fewer available fighters which resulted in some unnecessary deaths. Again, I think there was money involved.

Then we have Sgt. Maj. Dickerson - Good Morning, Vietnam (1987). A man wound so tight that Robin Williams' character described him as 'in more dire need of a blowjob than any man in human history'. He was just an overall arsehole and his commanding officer called him mean and shipped him off to Guam!

Now we're getting to the larger ego characters - Charles F. Drucker - Crazy People (1990). A man with command and charisma, and very little moral compass as he takes advantage of mentally ill patients who are making him money with their 'honest ads' campaign and getting very little in return.

It was scary how well he was able to play creepy characters, and Cake - Persons Unknown (1996) was definitely a bit of a creeper! Seemed to be playing all angles at once, even going so far as to attempt to assault a woman in a wheelchair.

I wasn't sure where to put Danforth Keeton III - Needful Things (1993) initially, but, he does have a terrible gambling addiction and kills his wife... He's a fabulous character though! This first scene is my favourite!

On the face of it, Wayne Brown - Red Rock West (1993) doesn't seem too terrible, but he does plot to have his wife murdered and did embezzle $2 million...

Lt. Quinn - Black Day Blue Night (1995) starts off by appearing to be chasing down a bunch of bank robbers, only for it to be discovered that he was one of them and has been stiffed of his share! Uses anyone and everyone to track down the money, killing multiple people along the way... Definitely a dirty cop!

Stephen Seldes - Defenseless (1991) starts off as a businessman who unknowingly lets out a building to an adult entertainment company who hires underaged girls to star in their films. It is quickly discovered that not only did he know about the company, he was taking money directly from them and was grooming and pimping out his own underage daughter. Definitely up there in the scumbag rating!

Lt. William Eyler - Gang in Blue (1996) was scummy on a whole other level. He actually starts a baseball team with his partner at some point in the late 60's, early 70's called The Phantoms, using it as a cover to hide racist extracurricular activities against people of colour. His entire department is part of the club and falls under FBI investigation.

Second to last, we have Charles Bushman - Sling Blade (1996). A seemingly sex-obsessed murderer who loves nothing better than to tell anyone who will listen about his exploits before he was caught. The only reason he isn't number one scumbag is largely down to whether any of the stories he told were genuinely true, or if they were embellished...

And, our number one scumbag is... Warren 'Red' Barr - Breakdown (1997). Do we really need to say why?! Kidnapping, extortion, theft, murder... You begin to wonder if there was anything he wouldn't do! He has very few redeeming features, other than the fact that his son seems to idolise him... Which, given what he was spending his time doing, wasn't exactly a good thing...

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Mr Walsh Wednesday!

We had Man Crush Monday, courtesy of Ms @tequilasunrise28, now let's have some Walsh Wednesday!

Headshot from sometime in the late 80's that his agency used at least until the early to mid 90's.

And my favourite still from Defenseless (1991).

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@stephenlangfans @stephenlang-slang Reposting as promised!

Stephen Lang as The Party Crasher in The Hard Way (1991) - Part 4

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@stephenlangfans @stephenlang-slang Reposting as promised!

Stephen Lang as The Party Crasher in The Hard Way (1991) - Part 3