Bad news, good news, worse news, and Turtles music

The bad news is that I think my motherboard is fried. The good news is that I was planning on buying a MacBook within the week anyway. The worse news is that I can't think of a cheap way to recover all my music and other media *coughporncough* from my (now homeless and useless) hard drive, barring purchasing a new cheapo motherboard for that sole purpose. My failure to archive has caught up with me, yet again. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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I'm worried about the new Turtles movie. I can't put my finger on it, but the trailers just seem to lack a certain charm (to say nothing of their Feldmanlessness). It feels like it misses out on both the really seedy grit of the comics and the sheer absurdity of the original cartoons/movies. I guess I shouldn't pass judgment until I see it though.

One thing thing it can do to hold the standard and thus earn positive marks is to include a good, instantly dated soundtrack.

"Turtle Power" by Partners in KRYME, from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

8 Wheels, THE skating rink, used to play this song religiously, along with C+C Music Factory, Marky Mark, Hammer, and Ice. The only thing that sucks about it is that it calls Raphael the leader - what is wrong with these people? "Raphael is cool, but rude," DUH.



"Ninja Rap" by Vanilla Ice, from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

Speak of the devil... I remember literally shitting myself in the theater when His Whitness made an appearance. Fucking AWESOME.



And the full music video. Drink every time you see the keytar.



Finally, "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora, from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III

The weakest of the movies also sported the weakest of the soundtracks. I think ZZ Top and maybe Technotronic had songs on it, but Baltimora obviously took the cake.



TMNT trailer: