Leaderboard

My big gripe is that This is getting a Network Special but Starrcade, The MSG Shows and the last show from The Joe Louis Arena did not get Network Specials.

Sweet Stan always reminded me of an adult movie star that dabbled in Ka-Ra-Tay.

I don't have any idea how anyone can watch that woman and see anything but a natural heel. I'm sure she's a perfectly pleasant person in real life, but she comes off as overbearing and judgemental in all of her action. I've noticed it from the first time I saw her. I don't care how much time she spent serving the country, or how many adorable kids she has...that woman is a heel. You act like we don't all know a veteran or a mother who is an asshole.

Was Shawn Michaels the least sympathetic babyface ever? Outside of the Rockers, I never cheered for Shawn Michaels. After his first heel turn, Michaels should have never been anything other than an egomaniac shitbag.

Misawa throws Nikibows, fight me.

John Cena better watch out, because I wouldn't blame her at all if he caught one of those.

Van and Earn are both like people everyone knows in real life: they're dismissive of just about everyone and everything because they're quite sure that they're the smartest people in the room at all times despite their lives being shitshows of their own making. Once you realize that Van is sort of delusional about her lot in life and Earn is constantly doing Jim Halpert "you believe this shit" mugging like he's better than everyone he's talking to despite providing no evidence, you realize that they aren't sustainable as the main characters without major growth. Al and Darius have their own foibles (as interesting characters should), but they're much more accessible because they acknowledge their reality and are constantly making moves to improve their station. Even if sometimes they get in their own way, it's not this chronic, almost terminal problem that Earn and Van have at progressing.

I remember when PCO had that short run in TNA in like 2003 or 2004 as X. It was insane all the stuff he was doing. This video has the insane senton bomb to the floor that he did. Also has some footage of him vs. a young Kevin Steen and El Generico. Looking at this, it's clear where Steen/Owens got his moves from.

How great is this .gif?

Don't worry, I'm not touching it. At least not that part. But really, I don't even really care about the BioWare discussion in general at this point, mainly because I'm not rooting for BioWare to die, because it is already dead. It's just another branch of EA now, indistinguishable from the rest. The type of games BioWare excelled at will never be made by EA again because they can't micro-transaction the fuck out of them like they can with the rest of their shit. Maybe Anthem will be kickass, maybe it will just be another Destiny type were people like it but aren't crazy about it, or whatever. I'm not boycotting Anthem, I'm just boycotting EA at this point, because the video game industry needs a massive change.

A lot of the gaming community has some really horrible entitlement issues, and this is kinda skirting right up against it. They released the game feature complete and provided what seems to be a typical amount of bug and technical support. Sadly the game sold relatively poorly and wasn't well received. Them deciding not to burn further millions on it isn't them trying to get one over on anyone, it's them sadly accepting that it didn't work out this time and moving onto the next thing. I'm sure they are disappointed and would have liked to have followed up with DLC and a more immediate follow-up, I have no issue with any fans similarly feeling disappointed. That said, taking that as a personal affront and adopting the position of "may everything they touch turn to ash, hopefully they all lose their jobs and may the earth forever be salted" is a borderline sociopathic response. Of course this is also the same fanbase that reacted so poorly to a game's ending that Bioware were forced to create a new one, so perhaps expecting them to act reasonably is itself unreasonable...

The notion that "sympathetic backstory" somehow precludes heel heat is kinda disproven by like ALL OF WRESTLING HISTORY.

Ciampa is rocketing up the "Best Heel in WWE" chart.

Back for yet another year! If this pool was a person it would be on the verge of hitting puberty. Below are 20 movies set to be released this summer. You need to make two lists: List 1: Choose 15 of the 20 movies and rank them from highest to lowest according to the domestic box office gross you think each movie will make through its first 4 weeks (28 days) of release. Note that you're not trying to leave out the 5 movies you think will do the worst; just leave out the 5 that you feel least confident about ranking. Also, you don't need to guess how much money they'll make - just rank them. I'll be using boxofficemojo.com as the source for how much money each movie makes. List 2: Choose 15 of the 20 movies (doesn't have to be the exact same 15 as your first list) and rank them from highest to lowest according to the rating you think each movie will have on rottentomatoes.com after it's been out for 4 weeks. Again, you're not necessarily trying to leave out the five worst movies. Scoring: Your two lists will be compared with the actual ranks of the 15 movies, and your score will be the sum of the absolute values of the differences between the rank you gave to each movie and its correct rank. LOWEST score wins. Tiebreaking: In addition to your two lists, pick any one of the twenty movies and post exactly how much money you think it'll make domestically, in dollars, in its first 28 days of release. If two or more people end up with the same number of points, the person whose dollar figure is closer to correct (on a percentage basis) will be ranked ahead of the other. If that still results in a tie, then the person who posted their entry earlier will be ranked ahead of the other. Also, if two or more movies end up tied in box office gross right down to the dollar (pretty much impossible, but just in case), or end up with the exact same rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the ranking of those two movies will be set to whatever is more favorable for each individual person. The movies: Avengers: Infinity War (Apr 27) Overboard (May 4) Life of the Party (May 11) Deadpool 2 (May 18) Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25) Action Point (Jun 1) Ocean's 8 (Jun 8) The Incredibles 2 (Jun 15) Superfly (Jun 15) Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Jun 22) Sicario: Day of the Soldado (Jun 29) The First Purge (Jul 4) Ant-Man and the Wasp (Jul 6) Skyscraper (Jul 13) The Equalizer 2 (Jul 20) Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (Jul 20) Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Jul 27) Christopher Robin (Aug 3) The Meg (Aug 10) The Happytime Murders (Aug 17) Deadline: The last day you can post your lists is May 31st, 2018, but any movie that has already premiered must be left off your lists. So, for example, if you enter after April 26th, you can't put Infinity War on either of your lists because it'll already be in theatres. Editing lists: You may edit your lists after they're posted, but only up until the release of any movie that appears on at least one of your lists. Since time of entry is a tiebreaker, if you edit a list, make a new post stating that you've edited. "The Adjustment Bureau" rule: Movies' release dates are not set in stone. If a movie's release date gets moved past September 30, 2018, and you have it on a list, it gets removed, and you get an additional number of points equal to your average points per movie on that list, rounded to the nearest whole number. Prizes: Top two finishers each get two selections from the following list, with a maximum of one Criterion selection; third through sixth places each get one pick from what remains. THE BREAKFAST CLUB - Criterion dvd NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD - Criterion dvd ELECTION - Criterion dvd THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC - Criterion dvd THE WORK SEOUL STATION SWEET VIRGINIA 68 KILL THE ROOM - the booby prize, which goes to the last place finisher Good luck! In so far: The Natural, Paco, The Unholy Dragon, Jesse Ewiak, The Z, Ace, hobo joe, King Leonidas of Sparta, J.T., ivpvideos, SorceressKnight, DreamBroken, RIPPA, gatling, Control, The Erotic Terrorist, Hail Sabin, Kuetsar, EVA, Super Ape, CSC, West Newbury Bad Boy, S.K.o.S., Elsalvajeloco, Niners Fan in CT, JRGoldman, El Dragon

I think the doc is worth it just for that young Andre footage.

Please say its getting beaten by a golf club. Edit: MoeCristyV.1.6, I am facetiously saying I hope Coach gets hit by a golf club because I dislike his commentary.

There's a Raven vs Marty Jannetty match from the 5th episode of Thunder that is a ton of fun actually they brawl around the entrance, Jannetty fends off inference from The Flock. And it was pretty good in ring to boot. Jannetty in WCW was random but also really cool, he wrestled Dean Malenko on the 3rd episode of Thunder. Also on the 5th episode of Thunder there is a Lucha Trios featuring Silver King, Vilano IV & Vilano V vs Super Chalo, Lizmark Jr & Chavo Guerrero Jr that is tight as fuck. If your a fan of random WCW Lucha you will like it.

Verne was the main reason I watched every episode of Shasta McNasty.

Woods may be my favorite episode of the entire series. I don't know why it didn't occur to me before, but yeah, Al has some major issues with depression. The bulk of the episode being dedicated to what that sort of mania feels like was like nothing I've seen before. As someone who has battled depression and anxiety for their whole life, this episode really resonated with me. You can try to stuff it down for only so long until something triggers an episode and then it does feel like being lost in the woods. You're just trapped in your own mind and it is exhausting to find a way out. I've never been to the point where I wanted to commit suicide so I can't speak to that, but I do know what it's like to feel like the world is too much and I'm just going to wither away in bed. It's only after so long that I have to say fuck this, get up, take a shower, and rejoin the world. The stuff with Al and Darius is so much more interesting than the stuff with Earn. I wonder if Glover felt like that midway through creating this season because the episode with Van and Earn was such a turning point. I don't care about these two fools who could really put their lives together, I care way more about Darius and Al because they're so much more thoughtful and so much deeper than Van and Earn.

Just popped in here to say that this is my favorite thread going on this board right now. I absolutely love Atlanta and feel like it’s making actual ground-breaking television right now, but that’s not the best part about this thread. The stuff supremebve and Elsalvajeloco are posting makes for a fascinating read. It’s like having a supplement to the themes of each episode. I love it. I just want to say thanks and please keep it up!

"We were responsible for hundreds of young women getting their bank accounts milked, but we swear we weren't part of the sex ring!" Jesus wept...

Vince as a genius has always been troubling to me. His biggest successes are based on some astronomical talent who was going to be huge any way or stumbling into something despite his bumbling. Hogan was going to be a star whether or not Vince pushed him or he would have stayed in the AWA, he was clearly the next big thing at that point. HHH was supposed to win the King of the Ring that lead to Austin's push, but he was being buried because of the curtain call. The Rock is legitimately a movie star, who Vince tried to push as a bland "Blue Chipper." Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart, John Cena, all stars in their own right, but those aren't the dudes who make you look like a genius. The people who make you look like a genius are the guys who you were too good to fail no matter how hard you tried.

Its weird to think that Big Show is now the same age as Andre when he died. .....and also how much Andre's brother looks like a blonde haired, French Jake Roberts.

FWIW, ZSJ in real life is a rather outspoken socialist.

I'm ok with this. I never read any Gundam novel, but I know some of the ending to Hathaway's Flash. The vindictive bastard in me is kind of happy it will be animated if only for that. Really though this gives me a strange hope that they might actually eventually remake F91 and give us Crossbone Gundam. It might take 20 or more years, but I'm ok with UC as long as its moving away from the One Year War and closer towards the post Zeon timeframe of UC.

"Foul-mouthed"? The fuck you say.

My introduction to George Carlin was as Mr. Conductor #2 on Shining Time Station on PBS. Boy, was I thrown for a loop once I discovered how "dirty" and foul-mouthed he was as a comedian. Funny as hell...

George Carlin was a very wise man. It should surprise no one that I am in lock-step with many of Carlin's viewpoints.

That is such a Thunderlips line if there ever was one.

"There's a mushroom cloud on my chest because there's an explosion in my pants," could've been just as huge as "Whatchya gonna do when Hulkamania runs wild on you." We'll just never know.

I don't think expecting a reasonable amount of support from a company for a product they sell is feeling as though someone is owed something.

Gawddamn that forearm from Nikki! Makes me really wish she could return if not for her neck.

As a fan of the toon I pray that Amanda Starkey gets that takeover. From all reports it was Rafa thst connected them. I'm a huge fan of Simeone... but i also don't want to see him at Arsenal. I think he would do amazing at Bayern though.

Am I alone in being amused that there is still such a thing as the Golf Channel? I mean we're talking something even more boring to watch than it is to do. Screw golf, when I hit a ball I want someone else to chase after it.

I would be haha. Reminds me of Nash's Paparazzi Productions video where he questions what TNA X-Division wrestlers spend their wages on if not drinking or going to strip clubs

The attention to detail on the chest hair is... something...

"Bogey and Sand Trap are our middle names!!!"

Christina Hendricks is hot.

Just hand the reigns over to John Mulaney and let him run the show. The monologue, Lobster Diner and Switcheroo alone made it an all-time episode.

I'd like to see Lars stop with the stupid diving headbutt.

Dain is the better hoss, but I find Lars to be the better monster.

Final Trailer for Deadpool 2 This one features the rest of the X-Force.

BTW - apparently a place holder has popped up on the Network for Sunday Night Heat so folks are speculating that old episodes will be going up soon

Reading through these so apologize if I missed but I showed a room full of casual and non-fans Joe vs Kobashi and they loved it. Reacted to it like watching a high end boxing or UFC fight.

Mine is the image of shirt my wife bought me when we first started dating. Still have the shirt