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One of my students gave me a bottle of wine after class and thanked me for putting together a terrific course.
I dunno if I'm supposed to accept gifts, or whatever, but I sure did.
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No, being booked in consecutive main events does. And if he's "a Tenryu guy," great, that makes sense, I've just never heard that before. Any idea why that's the case? Maybe Genichiro felt he owed the young 'un after smacking him around so much in AJ?
It wouldn't have struck me as odd if Miyamoto was a regular roster member, but those are the only three shows (on purolove, at least) that he's present for, and, as I said, he's booked in consecutive main events. Just weird to me, but oh well. Ryan's suggestion could be on point.
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Loyalty. It's also not that important since they're running 6/8 man tag matches and someone has to take the fall.....
Naw, he wasn't in any 6/8 man tag matches. Here are the results I'm looking at (from purolove):
Tenryu Project "GENICHIRO TENRYU RETURN MATCH ~ REVOLUTION", 29.12.2012 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,741 Fans - No Vacancy
8. Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto besiegen Seiya Sanada
& Yasufumi Nakanoue (11:18) nach einem Turmeric Bomber von Miyamoto gegen Nakanoue.9. Genichiro Tenryu Return Match: Yuji Nagata
, Hiroyoshi Tenzan , Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi besiegen Genichiro Tenryu, Minoru Suzuki, Takeshi Morishima 
& Yoshihiro Takayama (19:54) nach einem Armlock von Nagata gegen Tenryu.Tenryu Project "R-3 ~ TENRYU PROJECT 9", 26.09.2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
600 Fans
6. 2/3 Falls Match ~ Reserve: Minoru Suzuki besiegt Kazushi Miyamoto (2-0).
Suzuki besiegte Miyamoto mit einem Gotch-Style Piledriver (3:59). Suzuki besiegte Miyamoto durch Referee Stop (Achilles Tendon Hold) (11:35).
Tenryu Project "R-2 ~ TENRYU PROJECT 8", 27.07.2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
607 Fans
7. REAL: Kensuke Sasaki
& Kento Miyahara besiegen Jinsei Shinzaki 
& Kazushi Miyamoto (16:41) durch Referee Stop (Sasaki besiegte Miyamoto mit einem Goo Punch).Main event for the earlier two (yes, he's the fall guy, but still main event), and second from the top on the Dec 2012 show. The 2/3 falls match with Suzuki is just perplexing.Just seems like weird placement. I'm guessing that he's a stand-in for Tenryu. And where does "loyalty" come in? Who is loyal to Miyamoto?
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Any idea why, for a few shows in 2013, Kazushi Miyamoto was a Main Event guy in Tenryu Project?
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These are, apparently, the great films of the 59s you HAVEN'T seen:
Credit: www.vulture.com/m/2013/11/30-great-movies-you-probably-havent-seen.html1950s
1. The File on Thelma Jordon (1950)
In Robert Siodmak’s underrated noir melodrama, Barbara Stanwyck seduces and lures unsuspecting, desperate assistant D.A. and family man Wendell Corey into doing her bidding.
2. Battle Cry (1955)
Tough-guy director Raoul Walsh’s emotionally exhausting, earnest World War II epic, focusing on the Marines in the Pacific, is beautiful, almost Dickensian in its expansiveness.
3. The Sound of the Mountain (1954)
One of the great Japanese master Mikio Naruse’s most observant films, this look at the complex dynamics within a family where the parents are living under the same roof as their troubled son and his wife is slowly, subtly brutal.
4. The Baron of Arizona (1950)
Samuel Fuller made some of the oddest movies in history, and this pseudo-Western is one of his oddest, starring Vincent Price as a man who tries to forge and fake his way into owning Arizona. Based on a true story!
5. Stars in My Crown (1950)
Minister Joel McCrea preaches the Gospel in a small town and finds himself at odds with some in the populace. That description does no justice to Jacques Tourneur’s gently hallucinatory and deeply spiritual masterpiece.
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Since you've posted this, Barnes & Noble's 50% off Criterion sale is still going on. You can get that massive ZATOICHI set for $113. I've been meaning to pick up ROSEMARY'S BABY and THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE for a while now.
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Eh, even if participation hasn't been what it could be, I'm still happy to have introduced people to O LUCKY MAN, HARAKIRI, ARMY OF SHADOWS, McCABE & MRS MILLER, and whatever the hell else I've picked in the past. Imma try to be a better participant this round
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Watching ROLLING THUNDER. What kind fucking idiots rob a guy in broad daylight--a famous guy at that--without wearing masks or anything?
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OK, so if this regeneration is The War Doctor, does that mean this one doesn't count against his "13" lives?
I both really want to know the answer to that, and realize that it's totally irrelevant since they're just gonna make some shit up.*
*I realize that "making shit up" is what writers of fiction do. What I mean to say is that Doctor Who has never seemed particularly concerned about internal continuity and sense-making.
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AND THE LORD SAID: "LET THERE BE AWESOME!"WHAM KERPOW EXPLOOSH~!!NOAH: NOT OUR FATHER'S BIBLE STORY!!!
That looks terrible.
You know what would have been good? Jeff Nichols' NOAH. With Michael Shannon (of course). He'd be all like "THERE'S A STORM A COMIN!" and they'd be all like "OH NO-AH! YOU SO CRAZY!" And he'd build an arc in his back yard and try to get different animals to cohabitate while his wife is all "I'M TAKING THE KIDS TO LIVE WITH MY MOM" or something.
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From Purolove. This card looks pretty swell:
Tenryu Project "REVOLUTION ISM ~DRAGON SPIRIT", 13.11.2013
Shinjuku FACE
460 Fans - No Vacancy
1. Makiba besiegt Fugofugo Yumeji (5:25) mit einer Running Lariat.
2. Great Kabuki & Ryuji Hijikata besiegen Ricky Fuji
& NOSAWA Rongai (9:02) nach einem Seiken Tsuki von Kabuki gegen NOSAWA.
3. Mitsuya Nagai
besiegt Ryuichi Kawakami 
(16:25) mit dem Hyper Knee Kuga.
4. Koji Kanemoto & Tatsuhito Takaiwa besiegen Jushin THunder Liger & Dragon JOKER (15:58) nach einem Single-Leg Crab Hold von Kanemoto gegen JOKER.
5. Arashi & Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Kento Miyahara & Kengo - No Contest (5:35).
5a. Arashi & Daisuke Sekimoto besiegen Kento Miyahara & Kengo (6:04) nach einer Powerbomb von Arashi gegen Kengo.
6. Genichiro Tenryu, Yoshinari Ogawa & Tomohiro Ishii besiegen Minoru Suzuki, Yoshihiro Takayama & Akitoshi Saito (14:54) nach einer Lariat von Tenryu gegen Saito.Looks very grumpy. Who is Dragon JOKER?
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I'm taking a guess...
Hurt is not really a Doctor, but is in fact The Master, and has somehow given the Doctor fake memories.
I'm guessing (like many others) that he's either the eighth doctor, or a regeneration between McGann and Eccleston. Either way, he'll be the Doctor who fought the Time War
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I do actually teach Lovecraft and Dick. They are perhaps less the seat-fillers than you might imagine; however, I always have a few students who appreciate them.
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Two sections of Intro literature, which is a required first year course.
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After class today, one of my (mature) students told me that my lecture was "fantastic." This was nice to hear, especially since attendance has been sliding in both of my courses, and I've been paranoid that it's me or something. He assured me that I'm "definitely not boring." Music to my ears.
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Fuck it, I'm in.
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Fuck it, I'll watch it.
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I've got my ticket for a 3D screening of the anniversary. Hyped!
I as well.
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Jesus. And you called the other guy naive.There's no such thing as "exploitive" if you voluntarily take a job and voluntarily keep a job.
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I'm teaching "The Call of Cthulhu" in my intro lit course today. I've gotta assume that, when I made up the reading list, I meant to put it on Halloween. Good call, me!
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I don't feel that THE USUAL SUSPECTS has aged well.
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In the first episode of LUTHER, Doctor Who punches Stringer Bell. Pretty awesome.
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84) STARSHIP TROOPERS1997 - 429 Points - 9 Votes (Highest Vote: #9 JR Goldman)DIRECTOR: Paul VerhoevenSTARRING: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina MeyerPlacement On Original List: #200 (4 Votes)NOTE FROM RIPPA - And here I was terrified it wasn't going to make the countdown.Well done, JR Goldman. You've got moxie!
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Second and third seasons are even better. Deadwood handily gets my vote for best TV show ever.
[DVDVRMC] CUTTHROAT ISLAND (Harlin, 1995)
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I hate to be *that guy*, but out of the blue the other day one of my friends messaged me to ask if Geena Davis was hot.
How come this film didn't have the success of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN? Modine>Depp, surely.