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    Highway to Ham Week #1

    in FOOTBALL

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    Thursday, September 5

    Denver Sunday, September 8 Tampa BayPittsburghNew OrleansNew EnglandSeattleChicagoKansas CityDetroitIndianapolisCleveland San FranciscoSt. Louis Dallas Monday, September 9 PhiladelphiaHouston Tiebreaker #1: Geno Smith total turnovers (fumbles lost + interceptions): 3Tiebreaker #2: Colin Kaepernick total yards (rushing + passing) 294Tiebreaker #3: Calvin Johnson receiving yards 80

    Sept Wrestling Jibber Jabber Thread

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

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    I'm biased but I enjoyed Rock's in-ring stuff from 2000-2001.  Admittedly, he did work with some good-to-amazing people in that time. I wouldn't limit my "best wrestler" criteria to just in-ring skills though, so I'm wacky.

     

    I don't think enjoying The Rock's matches in the 2000's is some kind of outrageous opinion now. 

     

    Yeah, that's not crazy at all. Everyone has their own magic formula. Some combination of psychology, charisma, match quality, longevity, etc. etc. Some of those criteria get weighted differently for different folks. It's not a right or wrong deal, it's more to stimulate discussion.

     

    Admittedly I only asked this question to see how easy it would be to change the subject from whatever was going on before I asked.

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    Sept Wrestling Jibber Jabber Thread

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

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    Oh shit yeah, Haku! I'd put Rock behind Fatu and Haku. And I think if Umaga had lived longer, rock would be behind him too.

    So maybe we should first define what you mean by "best." The Rock is the clear cut most successful. As far as the actual craft is concerned, as in the bell-to-bell, that's kind of subjective.

     

    It's totally subjective. When I say best I never ever want an objective answer. What a horribly dry and boring conversation that would be. If I asked who was the most successful wrestler ever(of any race or gender), we'd be bogged down in gate attendances and pay-per-view buyrates and inflation conversions and by the time we finally decide it's Hulk Hogan or Steve Austin or Rock no one cares because they always knew it was one of those three.

     

    For this particular question, it would be nice to hear why, but even I myself didn't offer much explanation as to why I didn't rank Rocky very high. Really Fatu/Rikishi is an absolute beast. He had solid to great singles as Rikishi, and had about a million awesome squash matches with The Headshrinkers. His offense looked great, and he did well as a heel and as a face. My only complaint would be his turned out bump off of clotheslines because I never bought anybody hitting him that hard. And his match with Venis in the cage is one of my favorite matches from the era. Like Top 10-15. For me the Rock had a great personality and great energy, but I never felt like he added much in structure to his matches, and my favorite singles from him are against Ken Shamrock, which doesn't say much for his main event run. 

    Countdown To October

    in MOVIES & TV

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    I love that Hammer is trying to resuurect their brand. I quite liked the Woman in Black and thought it was a good change of pace from the usual horror servings today. It's no classic, but a solid ghost story and left me hopeful. So I was digging around their website, which is a pretty neat site with a history of their productions and stuff, and found out they started releasing radio play productions this summer too:

     

    http://www.hammerchillers.com/index.asp

     

    Really debating purchasing one.

    MOVIE COMMENT CATCH-ALL THREAD

    in MOVIES & TV

    Posted

    Watched Hitchcock's Frenzy, which has the historical distinction of being Hitchy's first R rated film, and includes his first nude scenes. And they're used to horrific comedic effect. There's something really kind of vile and dark about all the humor in this one, which makes it even more fascinating. Then again, maybe that stuff wasn't supposed to be funny and I should be ashamed.

     

    Also The Hobbit was not particularly good until the last hour. But it's got all kinds of problems in terms of characterization and pacing that are either Jackson's fault or Tolkien's problem. But Freeman does a great job as Bilbo, I just wish he had more to do. Also he totally tosses in an Office face reaction that almost killed me. Not really looking forward to two more of these. Maybe some kind soul will edit it all down to one movie for me.

    50s WATCHING THREAD

    in MOVIES: BEST OF...

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    So we had to watch Born Yesterday because Judy Holliday beat out some CRAZY competition for Best Actress. She beat both lead females in All About Eve AND Gloria Swanson in Sunset Blvd. If you haven't seen Born Yesterday queue that shit up pronto. Absolutely great character, incredibly funny, and it even has something to say about capitalist dick bags buying the national legislature. Oh how far we've come. Also you get William Mother F'n Holden, who can drop a passionately delivered, inspiration monologue like nobody's business. WATCH IT.

     

    Man, 1950 is a pretty stout year. 

     

    I also fit in Max Ophuls' Lola Montes which is a really beautifully shot movie with a really wild story. I love the circus reenactments and the colors are truly gorgeous throughout. So check that out if you get a shot.

    DVDSBE: FREEMAN by Leonard Pitts Jr.

    in READING & WRITING

    Posted

    It's like the for pretty much everyone.

     

    Marse Jim thinks he still owns Tilda and the Rebels he holes up are the type that think "the South will rise again."

     

    The townspeople of Buford are also delusional, thinking we still own these people and we can treat them like shit and they'll still work for us come cotton harvest.

     

    There's a union soldier that gives a great speech that I lifted and here's an excerpt that shows his own delusions.:

     

    I do not doubt that it was bad just as I am aware there are still a lot of rebs out there that don't know - or don't care, more likely-  that the surrender was signed and the war is over. We'll get them all eventually, including the ones you say shot down the man in Forsyth. Of that I am confident. But in the meantime, I were you, I would be careful out there.

     

     

    Reality: Eventually is a long long fucking time.

     

    It's heavy reading in terms of subject, but I think it deals with a lot of aspects to racism, not just your basic white people being stupid stuff, but also how oppression affects a person's psyche. There's many different types of reactions from freed slaves in this book, and the author explores them evenly.

    Countdown To October

    in MOVIES & TV

    Posted

    I watch horror movies on a regular basis year round so October doesn't change my viewing habits that much.

    I used to be like you. I remember those days well. Then I got married and my wife and sadly my son are horror movie sissies. So October has become the one month where they step aside from the DVD player and NEtflix queue and I gorge on a buffet of blood.

     

    It sounds kind of sad, but it's become a kind of fun event that I now look forward to all year.

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