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So, you're saying the corpse doesn't even have to be warm?

440/440!!! Yes!!! I collected all the Riddler Trophies in Batman: Arkham Asylum and I've done the same for Batman: Arkham City. Collecting them in Batman: Arkham City might be the gaming achievement I'm most proud of.

Dude. He fucked Lois Griffin.

Lucky for the Pats that their first two games were against American Athletic Conference schools

He certainly looks like an apt pupil.

Paul looked like film nerd Valhalla: "Listen, I got a position in this town, a reputation...somebody's gonna be ruined."

Ordinarily I'd complain about a picture being out of focus. In this case, maybe not so much.

Mayock is the absolute worst. After thirty odd years of watching football, I thought I knew a quarterback's job was to throw passes. Today I learned they're actually attempting "verticals." "It's an interesting story how they drafted him (Mankins) in the first round." I'm still waiting for that story, Mike.

Cody is in for a big push if the booking goes this deep.

If I took the time to photoshop Vince in uniform he'd be in a jet ski race with Tank Abbott.

Short of a tazer, I don't know what JR could have done to control Flair that day.

I hope something heavy falls on your pinky toe.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/35-pictures-that-will-change-the-way-you-look-at-breaking-ba Too awesome.

UPDATE 19 OF 19 - through September 12 No movement in the standings from last week, so YETI wins the 2013 Summer Blockbuster Pool! Congratulations! Since I don't get a prize for finishing second, that means that everyone down to -MJ- in seventh place will get a prize. I'll start PMing people to select their dvds. Standings 1 [- 1] Yeti - 58 points (24/34, tiebreak 0.268) 2 [- 2] Suicide King of Spades - 62 points (26/36, tiebreak 0.24) 3 [- 3] RossWB - 66 points (32/34, tiebreak 0.237) 4 [- 4] Genesis - 68 points (32/36, tiebreak 0.251) 5 [- 5] Death From Above - 68 points (36/32, tiebreak 0.459) 6 [- 6] The Erotic Terrorist - 70 points (28/42, tiebreak 0.127) 7 [- 7] -MJ- - 70 points (22/48, tiebreak 0.29) 8 [- 8] K.J.C. McMahon - 70 points (32/38, tiebreak 0.468) 9 [- 9] Gonzalez - 72 points (28/44, tiebreak 0.003) 10 [- 10] Super Ape - 72 points (26/46, tiebreak 0.116) 11 [- 11] Televiper - 74 points (36/38, tiebreak 0.004) 12 [- 12] Ligerbusa - 74 points (30/44, tiebreak 0.303) 13 [- 13] TheZ - 76 points (28/48, tiebreak 0.4) 14 [- 14] Rippa - 76 points (46/30, tiebreak 0.6) 15 [- 15] The Natural - 78 points (36/42, tiebreak 0.115) 16 [- 16] Hobo Joe - 78 points (40/38, tiebreak 0.323) 17 [- 17] Stennick - 78 points (32/46, tiebreak 0.547) 18 [- 18] blitzkrieg - 80 points (18/62, tiebreak 0.6) 19 [- 19] Pavel6969 - 82 points (34/48, tiebreak 0.003) 20 [- 20] Paco - 82 points (32/50, tiebreak 0.124) 21 [- 21] DreamBroken - 82 points (34/48, tiebreak 0.6) 22 [- 22] Mushroomjones - 86 points (46/40, tiebreak 0.58) 23 [- 23] jaedmc - 88 points (34/54, tiebreak 0.242) 24 [- 24] JRGoldman - 90 points (40/50, tiebreak 0.235) 25 [- 25] SorceressKnight - 90 points (48/42, tiebreak 0.687) 26 [- 26] IVPvideos - 90 points (36/54, tiebreak 0.73) 27 [- 27] shoogbear63 - 92 points (30/62, tiebreak 0.943) 28 [- 28] Trocar Slush Weasel - 92 points (30/62, tiebreak 1.086) 29 [- 29] Control - 94 points (44/50, tiebreak 0.006) 30 [- 30] Raziel403 - 96 points (38/58, tiebreak 0.261) 31 [- 31] gregjr - 98 points (32/66, tiebreak 0.149) 32 [- 32] Lacelle - 104 points (50/54, tiebreak 0.382) 33 [- 33] Phantom Lord - 116 points (50/66, tiebreak 0.141) Box office 1 [- 1] Iron Man 3 - $376,745,285 (28 days) 2 [- 2] Despicable Me 2 - $311,818,088 (28 days) 3 [- 3] Man Of Steel - $276,169,878 (28 days) 4 [- 4] Monsters University - $239,128,654 (28 days) 5 [- 5] Fast & Furious 6 - $224,008,865 (28 days) 6 [- 6] Star Trek Into Darkness - $203,716,697 (28 days) 7 [- 7] World War Z - $181,741,067 (28 days) 8 [- 8] The Great Gatsby - $131,945,118 (28 days) 9 [- 9] The Wolverine - $122,595,676 (28 days) 10 [- 10] Hangover 3 - $109,060,272 (28 days) 11 [- 11] Pacific Rim - $95,229,531 (28 days) 12 [- 12] This Is The End - $87,437,228 (28 days) 13 [- 13] The Lone Ranger - $85,790,291 (28 days) 14 [- 14] Elysium - $81,977,267 (28 days) 15 [- 16] Planes - $75,004,184 (28 days) 16 [- 15] 2 Guns - $66,709,905 (28 days) 17 [- 17] After Earth - $57,924,070 (28 days) 18 [- 18] Red 2 - $50,274,891 (28 days) 19 [- 19] R.I.P.D. - $32,204,325 (28 days) 20 [- 20] Kick-Ass 2 - $28,306,400 (28 days) Rotten Tomatoes 1 [- 1] Star Trek Into Darkness - 206/236 = 87% (28 days) 2 [- 2] This Is The End - 155/185 = 84% (28 days) 3 [- 3] Monsters University - 135/173 = 78% (28 days) 4 [- 4] Iron Man 3 - 205/264 = 78% (28 days) 5 [- 5] Despicable Me 2 - 122/162 = 75% (28 days) 6 [- 6] Pacific Rim - 170/237 = 72% (28 days) 7 [- 7] Fast & Furious 6 - 122/173 = 71% (28 days) 8 [- 8] The Wolverine - 138/201 = 69% (28 days) 9 [- 9] Elysium - 150/219 = 68% (28 days) 10 [- 10] World War Z - 157/234 = 67% (28 days) 11 [- 11] 2 Guns - 95/152 = 63% (28 days) 12 [- 12] Man Of Steel - 150/268 = 56% (28 days) 13 [- 13] The Great Gatsby - 117/232 = 50% (28 days) 14 [- 14] Red 2 - 52/127 = 41% (28 days) 15 [- 15] Kick-Ass 2 - 42/145 = 29% (28 days) 16 [- 16] The Lone Ranger - 51/188 = 27% (28 days) 17 [- 17] Planes - 26/100 = 26% (28 days) 18 [- 18] Hangover 3 - 36/181 = 20% (28 days) 19 [- 19] R.I.P.D. - 7/60 = 12% (28 days) 20 [- 20] After Earth - 18/172 = 10% (28 days)

No idea, but I suspect his catchphrase was "I have candy."

Fucking up that one spot of his? I'm more curious about when Tiny-Rock used the TitClaw as a finisher on Giant-Eddie. ...And how much thumb he's concentrating on that nipple.

This was every play the Pats were on offense.

I was brushing my teeth at the start of the 4th quarter and I almost choked to death when Geno threw that pick in the red zone.

I wish I was that earnest an underdog. That kid has a Wes Anderson protagonist vibe. I was always Gene. You got to use blood tablets (which when you were six = Red-flavored "Freshen up" gum that you would let dribble out of your mouth).

I was 7 when I saw it, and my Dad's best friend covered my eyes when the Rex ate Gennaro. I thought it was the old fella, and when we all went out a few years ago I told him I'd never forgiven him. He was genuinely hurt at the idea that I thought he would do such a thing (he totally would) and that I had held a grudge for almost 20 years about it.

It is probably too far gone, but I would like Jesse and Walt reunited and triumphant. I watched the entire series in one sitting this summer before watching this current run in real time, and still root for Walt even after his total descent into pure evil.

Nothing to be confused about. Since she's been doing the backstage interviewer gig she's been tremendous. She actually brings a sense of realism with her style and subtle reaction shots.

I would wear that Frankensteiner shirt to weddings, funerals and everything in between. Also this:

Dodson and the rest of the Shithouse WR Gang (on both teams) were shit all night, but I love how the announcers made sure to blame Dodson for Brady's pass at his feet at the goal line. Cuz Tom ain't never do nuthin' wrong. The Thursday night crew are fast becoming my least favourite announcers. Yes, even more so than Buck.

I belong to LA Fitness. I wasn't much of an exercise person but I'm lucky enough to be in good enough shape. I'm naturally tall and skinny. I spent most of my life trying to put on weight as opposed to ever having to losing any. But exercise is exercise and it's good for all sorts of health issues. I mostly swim because my knees are pretty banged up and that's the best cardio for someone who has arthritis/stiffness.Anyways, LA Fitness is really strange.Most gym music is the stuff you'd expect to hear at the gym. But every so often, the LA Fitness DJ has seemingly tapped into my iTunes playlist. I've heard: "Temptation" by New Order, "Disco 2000" by Pulp, "Feed The Tree" by Belly, "Girlfriend" by Matthew Sweet, "A Million Miles Away" by The Plimsouls and "All My Friends" by LCD Soundsystem. I once witnessed a couple making out in the hot tub. Also, I had the following conversations: 1) I was at the stretching kit. Some guy comes up to me and says "HELLO!" in all-caps. I nod and he starts talking. "This is the first time I've been to the gym in eight months. That's when my ex-girlfriend dumped me. I got really depressed so I stopped coming here. But it's time I get back into it!" I nod again. There's a pause of about 15 seconds. "I'm going to jail soon. A few weeks ago, I was at the bar, thinking about my ex-girlfriend. I guess I had one drink too many. I got in my car and bumped into someone. A cop was right there and he saw me come out of the bar. So he gave me the test and I failed it just barely. It's my second DWI so I have to do a few weekends. But it's my fault. Completely my fault. Everything in my life is my fault."2) I was in the hot tub when a dude who looked a lot like current Ric Flair gets in. He starts talking to me about lord knows what and ends every sentence by calling me either "daddy" or "baby." He talks about the Italian restaurant he owns. "You name it, we got it, and it's good, daddy! You like linguine? You like calimari? Ohhh, baby, let me tell you, our place is the best, daddy!" I then ask if they have fried zuchini. They don't. "But I'll tell you what, baby. You come in with the zuchini, we'll fry it up right there for you, daddy!"

Of course it's a work. That's why Bob Vila never jobs

Ellen Barkin. You captured her perfectly with this sentence.

Championships are acknowledgements of a person's effort. If someone received an employee of the month and got the perks that went with it, I bet they'd be just as overjoyed as she is. Half the people on this board would kill for having the recognition of being a fictional champion in a wrestling promotion.

Paul looks like he was the newscaster in Gotham City when it's discovered that the Joker has put poison in make-up and hygiene products.

I love you Tabe, but are ramblings of a mad man.

If TNA makes a play for Jim Ross, I can just imagine him calling that match. BAH GAWD SERG IS GIVING IT EVERYTHING HE HAS GOT. I really can't belive it has taken them this long to do heel Dixie. Dixie as a low rent Stephanie McMahon will be the most awesome slow motion tv train wreck ever.

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The thought of Dixie as the biker CEO of Aces & Eights makes me giggle way more than it should

I saw him interviewed at the London premier of Pacific Rim. He said he was from Newcastle, and yet he couldn't even pronounce the word Geordie. He does literally sound as if he grew up somewhere in the Mid-Atlantic. If they ever make The Fall of Atlantis: The Movie, he should definately play the Prince or something. Dye his hair black and cast him as Namor, Marvel.

How are weather conditions a spoiler? This anti-spoiler sentiment is getting out of hand.

Yeah. The "There's nothing for me here now...." one. If I'm capable of vocalizing at the end, I will be belting that shit out and shaking my fist at our stupid paltry single sun.

It was Dodgson you cheeky bastard!

I won't tolerate any of this hate for Renee Young, damnit!

Triple H vs Rikishi Smackdown January 4th 2000 These are two of my favourite dudes, so expect no impartial observations. Big Kish was a potential main event star, and I loved everything about his rise to the top. This is where it started, and remember a few weeks after this match, at the Rumble, Kish had one of the all time great moments when he and Too Cool did the dance, then he cleaned them out. But yeah, this is the transition from Rikishi: jovial fat man, to Rikishi: will fuck you up. These are also two top top entrance themes from the era too. Triple H attacks first and DOWNWARD PUNCHES~! Rikishi in the corner. Kish does a great job in slowly turning from a mountain into a molehill as the attack wears on. Kish eventually gets out and hits a back body drop on Hunter. I forgot how great Hunter takes these, he basically goes over all rigid in this neat slow motion fall. Goddamn Rikishi just punched Hunter right in the mouth. Crowd audibly gasps at a Rikishi leg drop, goddamn I love this already. They brawl around the ring a bit, essentially banging each other off various tables, posts and things, before getting in the ring. KNEE BASED OFFENCE~! with the big knee smash. FUCK YES THE BIG RIKISHI CLOTHESLINE BUMP. That is so awesome, and works well with Hunter's speed/size. ASS BASED OFFENCE~! this match is everything I love about pro wrestling. Kish hits a samoan drop, and man does he have a good snap to it. UP/DOWN. Boom. Hunter kicks out late, and the crowd reacts well, this is working well. Crowd is getting into this more and more after a bansai drop and a kick out. Hunter is reeling and looks totally out of his depth. Kish sets up the Rikishi Driver, Hunter escapes and attempts an awkward fat man Pedigree. Rikishi throws him over his back and the crowd is fucking going here. Can't stress this enough, this is the kind of reaction nobody gets in the current WWE, let alone a career curtain jerker. A superkick is sold neatly, Hunter is leaning one direction, eats the kick and spins out the other, rather than the traditional backwards fall you'd see from a Sweet Chin Music. Hunter kicks out again, barely. Steph slides a chair, Kish eats it unprotected... then kicks out! Crowd is really going now, unfortunately they do a belt shot DQ. Hunter gives him a couple of shots with a chair but Kish gets up. Hunter bails, looking terrified as Rikishi calls him back for more. You know, this one is probably too short to be considered part of the "great year", and the ending sorta kills it as a stand alone match. However it's pretty great because Hunter basically gives Rikishi everything but the Pedigree, and Rikishi takes it all and then some. If they would have run this on PPV, I think it would have been better than the Jericho match and also made a bigger star out of Rikishi. Triple H is great at being a coward and a bully, and Rikishi brings it with everything. His moves are crisp, he doesn't really need to sell much but it works and it's believable, especially when the story is "what the hell will it take to beat this guy?" Hunter moves around really well here, and Kish is a perfect opponent to play into his strengths. He can bump for Hunter's moves, and Hunter can bump for his, believably. But really the thing I took from this match is that there is nobody as good as Rikishi anywhere in WWE right now that could fill that role. I feel like Mark Henry is bigger than that spot, same with Show, and neither can move like Kish. It's a real shame actually, because if Rikishi had turned up today in 2000 shape, he'd be a dead cert main eventer. It reminds me of Umaga, of course. Big dude, super athletic, tons of physical charisma and badass offence. Where was I? Oh yeah, Hunter was great at selling for Kish, and selling Kish himself. I love this match and as the ol' thunder stealer above me points out, it's an extremely well worked match. It certainly makes you want to see a rematch if nothing else, and can you say the same about anything like that today?

Mayock is the absolute worst. After thirty odd years of watching football, I thought I knew a quarterback's job was to throw passes. Today I learned they're actually attempting "verticals."

Joints for breakfast? Wouldn't that just make you even hungrier?

Don't draft Rose, then.

Hey guys. I've been a long-time lurker on this board (and did post a few times back before the last board was lost), and I recently came upon a video I thought would be right up the alley of such an esteemed bunch of wrestling experts. (My apologies if I should have posted this in another area) Someone I know collects old 8mm film, and he found this clip of a wrestling match. He can't identify many of the people in it, and frankly neither can I. I was curious if any of you guys might be able to name any of the guys here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPiT3SE87PE

ENZO AMORE AND BIG CASS VS. SYLVESTER LAFORT'S MONEY MAKING LEGIONAIRRES-- This feud is why I love wrestling. The only one of these dudes who is actively good is Alexander Rusev. But everyone else is at least entertaining. One team has some French scumbag wearing sparkling coats, a Bulgarian Muy Thai dude and a Walker, Texas Ranger henchman. The other team has some big dude with a mullet inexplicably wearing trunks that have the NYC skyline airbrushed onto them and some Jersey trash who can't even match his leopard print top and bottom. Watching wrestling as a fan goes way beyond marking out for Daniel Bryan or Eddie Guerrero or ECW. It's also enjoying the random weirdness that these people would have a reason to know each other at all, let alone not like each other to the point where they want to fight. NXT is a well-written, well-produced wrestling show that has some really great wrestling shlock to it. I can't really remember a show like this. Regal puts Rusev and Dawson over HUGE. He also buries Enzo and calls him the most annoying human who has ever lived. Cass had a good little trash talk spot -- Dawson tried to kick him, Cass caught the boot and said "HOW YA DOIN'?" like a Sopranos tough before clotheslining him. Rusev is DAMN good. This is the weirdest finish ever. The Legionairres did a Hart Foundation type move but instead of the clothesline, Rusev did his cartwheel kick thing. But the heels didn't leave the ring by 5 -- a "slow developing tandem move" as the announcer put it. This felt like watching a baseball game than ends via a balk-off win. It's a pretty awesome ending, actually, because now I'll pay attention to that in future tag matches.BO DALLAS INTERVIEW -- Bo Dallas has become one of the best heels going today in a very quick amount of time. His heel work is superb. This dude comes off like a total tool. He's wearing a pink dress shirt with black vest over it tucked into white pants with the belt fastened around his waist. He looks like such a doofus. I love him talking about all the support he's getting (which includes food) while people are just flat-out destroying him. He also goes from calling himself Sami's mento, to offering Sami a match, to offering Sami a non-title match, and then humbly saying "Who am I to make that match?" That's a really great way to cowardly duck a challenge. "I believe I can fly!" "Don't stop BO-Lieving!" His commitment to being a total j-o is outstanding and I salute him. CJP -- Renee interviews CJ Parker about his beef with Tyler Breeze. This was the best IWCCW promo ever. CJ talks about his "inner self" and stuff like that. Renee rules (duh) because she stares off to the distance when CJ stares and talks about the mythical Phoenix of yore. Parker talks about spreading positivity via photo bombs when Breeze jumps him from behind and then takes a selfie while laying on his downed body. Good, quick segment to continue a really entertaining, dumb feud. SASHA BANKS VS. PAIGE -- I like Paige's whip into the ropes -- she uses the top rope as a clothesline. Regal hilariously claims Paige is a huge superstar in NXT and on the front page of the daily press. Paige is REALLY good. She's got great mannerisms down and comes off like a vicious, spiteful little thing -- she wants to win and does not care about anything else. But she also has respect, giving Sasha a nod of respect after Sasha nearly beat her with some Eddie/Dean roll-up thing. Paige also does a great job selling that a body scissors is tough to get out of when she's struggling to do so. Paige regained control with a snap Fisherman's Suplex that felt a little Benoit-ish. End sequence saw Sasha nearly steal a pin with a roll-up. Sasha then hit Paige with a cross-body. Paige used the momentum against her and got the pin. Paige tries to console an upset Sasha Banks post-match. Sasha attacks Paige when her backs turned, gives her a bunch of slaps and then a cross-armed neckbreaker thing. Heel turn complete. This was a decent match. Sasha needs some work. But Paige is really good already. This was solid. It could have been a bit better is Sasha sold getting upset at the ref during a near fall here or something along those lines but then containing her inner heel rage that eventually came out after the match. But nice work. The WWE signing Sara Del Rey to teach the ladies how to wrestle will pay off dividends in a few years when the Bellas and those girls move on to whatever it is ex-divas do. Afterwards, Sasha thanks Summer Rae for being the inspiration to turn heel. LEO KRUGER VS. XAVIER WOODS -- Xavier's got a great, fun entrance. Kruger does some Zbysco stall work on the floor until Xavier grabs him by his greasy ponytail. Kruger uses that to his advantage and rakes Leo's left arm against the ropes. He then goes into ADR mode, focusing on that left arm. Xavier finally gets separation, sends Kruger to the floor with a nice spinning headscissors. He then goes for a plancha and completely eats the floor when Kruger dodges. Thank you, Xavier Woods, for doing that. Woods survives the onslaught on his left arm that he doesn't use at all during the match, selling it really well. Xavier ended up using his fighting spirit, stiff kicks and smarts to get back into the match. He ended up winning with his Honor Roll thing at the end -- not the best finisher ever but it works. This was another good match. It felt like a really poor man's ADR vs. Daniel Bryan -- those guys would structure that match the same way, but are obviously 50,000 times better performers. But learning the structure of a good match focused around a body part is the important lesson.NXT, thank you once again.

I don't know the "several times" to which you're referring but the Raw recap got sidetracked for like 3 minutes right off the bat because Bryan kept saying Christian "got beaten down" by the Shield to which Dave kept stressing "a PHANTOM beatdown" because we didn't actually see it. I only remember it because I, too, got extremely annoyed that Dave kept harping on this stupid point. The only only other instance where I remember him being a goofy stickler is when they were discussing the storied lineage of the WWE Divas title - a title which was unified with the Women's Title which you'd think a "renowned wrestling historian" would remember - and when Bryan brought up stuff like Debra holding it, Dave argued with him that the title only dates back to 2008. Speaking of which, I tried to avoid commenting on the AJ thing so all I'll say is she's not the first woman to take winning the Women's title very seriously. I remember several of them crying (Kelly, Trish, Beth) when they won so she's hardly the first to take it quite seriously. Yeah, there was the Russo-rific era when they gave it out in Evening Gown matches but they also had the IC title change hands in a Good Housekeeping Match so I'd hardly hold that era against it. The whole talking point of "It's a fake belt that they give you" is stupid, though. I just listened to Austin's podcast with Kevin Nash and they both talked about how they sat in their hotel rooms staring at the World title after they won it. I'm not saying the prestige is the same but as Bryan tried to point out, if you're a little girl who grew up idolizing Lita and Trish, winning the Divas/Women's belt is pretty much the equivalent.

Watched Hit and Run based on this recommendation, and damned if that wasn't one of the most enjoyable romantic comedies I've ever seen. Kudos to Dax for triple playing that; staring, writing, and co-directiong. Very impressive considering the low budget. I'd kinda written Dax off as just the Punk'd guy. He didn't do anything for me in Idiocracy, but maybe I should revisit that one. Enjoyed the cameo pop ups and thought Bradley Cooper was especially evil in a great way.

The best is 30 seconds into the episode Alvarez makes a joke about Night of Champions going against the season finale of Total Divas and Dave just deadpanning "that's not going to hurt them"

This Chikara stuff is pretty stupid. who has time to find some secret DVDs and decode cryptic messages. I barely have time to watch a fucking 3 hour DVD, even when it is shipped directly to my house. Chikara: Hey....go find a DVD in a parking lot that someone may have left there. Me: I have a job. Go fuck yourself.

The build was better and more engaging. The payoff was awful.Contrast the massive death orgy with the sheer awesomeness of a lineup of goons clapping you through to Joker who turns himself into a monster and tries to make you as well, only for you to fight to not be that...to fight him as yourself with the tools that make you who you are. It was a better payoff to the story and the characterization to that point, which also had the benefit of being a relatively satisfying end boss battle rather than...well, the last throwdown in AC.