Top 5 Worlds in Super Mario Bros 3

I’m taking it back to the early 90s, to one of the great video games of all time. After the radically different Super Mario 2, the third game was more like the first but on a grander scale. The 8 worlds had their own themes, which makes for convenient ranking.

5. Ice Land – World 6

It was slippery, I think.

4. Pipe Land - World 7

This one had the level where you could get extra lives until the power went out by turning the huge castle of blocks into a coin machine. Quite handy given the difficulties ahead.

3. Big Island - World 4

A brilliant idea. Those goombas weren’t so little.

2. Sky Land - World 5

I was always a sucker for the “platform” type levels where you had to jump form place to place.

1. Dark Land - World 8

Arguably the greatest “level” in the history of video games. It had 3 stand-out stages: the flying ship that forced you to make a series of difficult jumps without hesitation or mistake, the mini-fortress where you could use the doors to switch “dimensions”, and the final castle. Just a fantastic pay-off after hours of gameplay.

Top 5 Tom Hanks Movies

So I thought of this idea and then went to his IMDB page. Yikes! That’s a lot of very good movies. This is virtually impossible.

[ELIMINATED]. Splash

I had to take one of his early movies, before he turned all “serious actor”. It was either this or “Joe Vs The Volcano”. Lots of solid comedy in here.

5. Philadelphia

I haven’t seen this one since the theaters, but I remember it being very good and very sad.

4. Forrest Gump

May have stolen the Best Picture award, but it’s still an excellent movie. “…jumped up and BIT me!”

3. A League Of Their Own

If I stumble across this on TNT, I’m watching it.

2. Saving Private Ryan

The first 30 minutes alone could have earned it the top spot.

1. Big

I can’t believe I initially forgot about this. Shocking.

Top 5 Characters – The Wire, Season 3

I think Season 3 actually has the most characters, as it adds the political characters, Marlo’s people, Bunny Colvin, and Cuddy to the already staggering array.  So there are a lot of choices for my favorites.

5. Avon Barksdale

Out of prison, but dealing with a new set of challenges. His pride got the better of him.

4. Bunk

If only for the scene where he calls out Omar and his “code”.

3. Freamon

Had some great conflict with McNulty, in addition to his typical detecting excellence.

2. Rawls

Several tremendous scenes in the Comstat meetings.

1. Stringer Bell

Desperate to establish himself as a legitimate businessman, the mistakes he made in the drugworld finally catch up with him.