If we’re going for “boring” cars, I’d nominate the Prius Gen 1 to Gen 2. Went from a horrible econobox to one of the most popular compact cars on the market. Brought hybrids to the masses.

The mk4 -> mk5 Mitsubishi Eclipse

I may be a tad ignorant because I haven’t spent any time behind the wheel of the S550, but man oh man was the S197 an improvement over the SN95. But let’s get real, the biggest leap generation to generation for the Mustang was the Pinto Stang to Fox body.

A lot of ink has already been spilled on this subject, but the Dodge D series —> Ram in 1994. Damn thing did not just reinvent the truck itself, but the ENTIRE 1/2 ton+ truck market. Regular Car Reviews nailed it in one of their earliest videos: “Up until that point, trucks were a square thing that rattled and smelled…

Z31 Nissan Z to the Z32 Z..

It was a lot harder to work on, but the 4th Gen Camaro/Firebird was a pretty amazing step forward in terms of design, aerodynamics, power (especially when the LS came along) and more. 4th Gen Trans Ams got a little too close to the Corvette in performance for GM’s taste, and they really represented a fun twilight era…

Yup! I do for Goldeneye. Ironically it’s the earliest known instance of “modern shooter controls” on a console. If you use the southpaw grip, putting the left hand over the D-pad, you can then use your right hand on the analog stick to aim. You can even use R to aim, and Z to shoot, which mimics the “call of duty”…

FPS like Goldeneye allowed you to use the D-Pad and the analog stick. This controller basically enabled the invention of the modern gamepad controls for FPS.

Exactly! The N64 controller let Nintendo take the risk and make analog-controlled games without having to worry about the feature flopping and tanking the entire console. Nintendo could have easily gone with a slightly-improved SNES controller on the N64 (like the original PS1 controller that was already out) and it…

This is a gratuitously bad take.

I do not understand how someone could get physical pain playing an N64 controller. Like, maybe if their hands were too big and rubbed up against the side prongs, but otherwise I dunno. Did you try and grab the analog stick while gripping the left prong? If so, why? There’s no trigger button on the left prong, only the…

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Four door truck with a short bed. These things were laughed at back in the day as useless. Now this is every truck. 

Thinking about early-to-mid ‘90s Mitsubishi never ceases to make me sad.

Two years before Azteks were fouling the left lane of America’s highways, Toyota was already defining the next 20+ years with the RX. The shape, layout and features set the template for all the crossovers that followed.

Subaru Baja

The 2006 “The Hills have Eyes” is a great choice. Unflinchingly horrific, bringing in that touch of 00's “torture porn” esthetic into the slasher genre.

Halloween may have created the slasher formula, but it’s not a formula unless someone follows it, and man, does Friday the 13th follow the formula. This movie lifts everything from Halloween—the masked killer, the helpless teenagers being butchered, the reliance on a specific date

“Also, protesters should not go to anyone’s home because there are innocent family members and neighbors around”

“However, it is against the law to break down a gate and trespass on private property.”