Chose your own adventure (Charlieeeee)

Cathryn recently picked up this DVD for me from the original Netflix (the library). I've been a fan of the Choose Your Own Adventure series of books ever since they came out when I was in elementary school. As far as I know this is the only DVD they ever made from the series, which is too bad since many of the books were a lot of fun. This DVD is definitely for kids, as it is kind of grating to hear the voice acting of Frankie Muniz (Malcolm in the Middle) and the choices to make towards the correct path are fairly easy calls.

But like this books, the DVD is lots of fun. We whipped through it in about 15-20 minutes and ended up in Shangri-La after finding out the secrets of the Yeti. The real fun is to go back and see what other paths there are to take, which the DVD makes easy by having a menu of decision points to choose from after your adventure ends. Among the fun ways to meet your fate – killed by a brown bear (in the Himalayas no less), killed by a swarm of bees, killed by tigers (after being thrown in a pit by a poacher), and getting left behind due to AMS (acute mountain sickness). Of course, this being a kid's DVD, you don't actually see any gruesome fates, just a fade to black and the words, "The End?", with the question mark appearing dramatically over the period.

The other thing Cathryn got me from the library is a copy of Rich Dad, Poor Dad. I'll get back to you on that when I'm a millionaire.