sydneybrown

The first movie trailer I remember seeing the name and date on the top was Pineapple Express and that was 2008. So it's been going on at least for five years if not more so. I want to know why movie trailers continue to use the "record skip" to indicate something wacky's about to happen when the people these movies are catering to have probably never used a record player in their life.

Or you can bring back The Godfather and have him bring out the HO-BO Train with a dozen or so old and grizzled motherfuckers dancing down the aisle for a handout. And speaking of old and grizzled.... how about Hobo-lly Jim with his theme song "Hobo's Messin' with a Country Boy." Hardcore Hobolly to kick the shit out of the disrespectful young hoboes. Or the giant but agile tattooed asskicker Bam Bam BigHoBo. I'm done.

Dirty White Girl: Please help me, I just got beat up by my boyfriend. Gordon Solie: I'm so sorry, but we're busy running a television show right now... I kinda miss the screaming female fans of the 80s. They really added something to angles like this. And really, if we're gonna start rumors about this, at least Missy Hyatt admitted to sleeping with Tom Pritchard while Eddie was booking the territory. That payback would make a lot more sense.

As far as "fucked up" goes, it'll be out of your top 3 soon.

I like how you could have made that same post twenty years ago and while it would have a different meaning, it would still be accurate.

So, a couple of questions. The end of season 2 and the start of this season have been crazy. Does it get even crazier, in a plausible way anyway? I don't see how they could. And did Skylar's f-bomb go uncensored on the show? If so, other than late night on Comedy Central, that has to be the first time "fuck" or a variation of it has been busted out on a cable channel that isn't HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, etc. I was pretty stunned at that moment. In a series with plenty of shocking moments, that takes the cake. Pretty sure all the F-bombs dropped on Breaking Bad were muted on the AMC version. And yes, Breaking Bad just amps the crazy with each season. If you're shocked by what you've seen in season 3, you might want to have some oxygen handy for season 4.

Saw this on another board but a very interesting theory after Todd's appearance tonight: I'll spoiler to be safe. And I feel a little vindicated after claiming his "tread lightly" line was more bravado then badass last week, since the first thing he did tonight was go into full panic mode and then freak out while trying to get to Skylar.

"I got ups! WAKKA WAKKA WAKKA"I like that he's doing the old Steve Martin arrow through the head bit. I like that you made a joke that was relevant to the time period. On a somewhat related note, I'm curious what moment made that "make your own T-shirt" font fall out of style. Because you saw that shit EVERYWHERE. And then...you NEVER saw it. And you never see it now. Even the ironic don't touch it.

I think the newsletter is secondary to the audio content. Totally agree. I probably only ever read the WO for an obit or a huge angle. And I've been a subscriber for four years and never read the F4 once. Dave really should spring a couple bucks for a proofreader. They had a TNA Impact Yes/No survey on the update today, and he managed to misspell the word "No."

Wait, what? What do you mean "still?" This is the first I've seen of such a plan. Meltzer or someone said a couple of months ago they were trying desperately to pay Austin enough to do one more match, to that date, they weren't close. The apparent idea was Austin (as a proxy for Vince) vs. HHH (as a proxy for Stephanie & himself) for control of the company. There was much gnashing of teeth at this prospect. This is...this is so beyond stupid. No way could this have been real. Dave had to have been worked again by someone from the company. I completely believe it. I also believe that Austin would absolutely never agree to do it. If he ever came back, it would be for a "dream" match scenario like the Rock did, not to wrestle HHH for the 134th time.

Backlund lasted until August of 84. The match on Classics was Bob's last MSG match until his comeback in 1992.

Trying? I dunno, man, Hank finally met Heisenberg and he looked like he was about to shit his pants. And the last guy who punched Walt didn't turn out so well, and that guy actually knew who he was dealing with. This seemed to me to lay it out that Hank is in over his head and shit's about to wind down for the guy. Heisenberg is a badass but Heisenberg is still just a role Walter White is playing, being the man he has always wanted to be. But despite all the grandstanding and bravado, he's still Walter White, and Walter White is a pussy. Even in the confrontation with Hank, his first line of defense after getting his ass kicked is to play the pity card because of his cancer situation. It's only when his family is brought into it that he switches gears. I've just always seen Heisenberg as the guy who drops great lines because he saw them in other TV shows or movies.

OR Once Walter White was finally exposed as Heisenburg, his story becomes so infamous while he is on the run that people became infatuated with him enough to spray graffiti in his now abandoned house. Just like when crazy people deface the graves of famous musicians. I kinda thought that too at first, but if he was THAT notorious, it's probably unlikely he would have gotten through his Denny's birthday breakfast without being recognized.

That last line of the premiere ranks up there with "I AM the one who knocks" in great Walt lines. I don't know why, but I always get the chills when Walt is so desperately trying to be a badass. I was a little worried at first, because I thought the wait had been so long, and it might not live up to expectations, but the last twenty was amazing. I just love it when characters behave exactly like you hope they would.

Sports Review Wrestling was the C-team Apter mag (PWI being A, Inside Wrestling & The Wrestler being B.) Technically here they just called it Sports Review to not "quite" link them in. Luna kinda botches her role by changing the name of the award during the presentation. I think Luna's hair was intentionally shitty, since somewhere after this, she ended up joining Sullivan and shaving half her hair off. And this angle has nothing on the Freebirds telling Mike Graham that his dad was a loser right after Eddie Graham killed himself, then attacking and bloodying him.

Oh, I was hoping it was that match. There are a couple of squashes out there with large out-of-shape jobbers where Vince just tears the guys apart (pretty sure Rusty Brooks was one of them.) Probably one of the few times I've ever heard Bruno legit crack up on commentary.

I enjoy the pecking order of the "players." Jericho over Punk, Roberts over Regal. Meanwhile Justin Roberts basically kills all the credibility with his quote. All the wrestlers talk about what an honor it is, to get a Ribera jacket means you've made it, and then Justin says he has one because Jericho felt sorry for him, and then everyone immediately starts dumping on the tradition and saying how meaningless it all is.

Maybe not quite fitting into the discussion, but Z CHANNEL: A MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION probably introduced me to more must-see movies than anything else ever has. It's a film about a pay-channel in Los Angeles competing with HBO and Showtime but they showed arty and little remembered films with the blockbusters. And they show all these great clips that make you want to add them to your queue immediately (and there seems to be a running joke that if a movie contains full frontal female nudity, that's the clip that gets shown.) And it's a must-see for wrestling fans, considering its Chris Benoit parallels. There's something kind of off about hearing all these people talking about how great the program director was and what a genius he was when he ended up committing murder. BEST WORST MOVIE was a letdown. I don't need to be told time and time again about how awesomely bad a movie is when I already know it is. But it is worth it for showing how far the mother has fallen and the harsh reality when the father thinks his cult role is a much bigger deal than it really is.

And there's your surprise Rumble entrant.

I went back and watched for the ref bump and thought "Eh, it was alright." Didn't think it was that special. Then I kept watching and HOLY SHIT! Where exactly did the ref think he was going to land? In a swimming pool?

I'll give a big FUCK YOU to the cliffhanger of the first season of Wilfred, arguably one of the better mindfuck finishes I'd ever seen which was resolved by a big season 2 opener of "yeah, we don't know how to follow that up either, so, uh, never mind." Which was made worse since the season 2 opener aired on a random night other than the premiere and I had to literally track it down to see what happened. And then wished I hadn't. And FUCK YOU to any future episodes of Homeland that end up at "The Cabin." As incredibly implausible as it will be, it'll happen.

According to the Meltzer obit, Rude got injured in the fall of 1990, but was continued to be advertised for house shows that he wasn't going to be at. Rude thought since they were promoting him for shows, he should be paid something for them. McMahon disagreed, so Rude walked. And they still advertised Rude for matches (including Survivor Series) despite him having already quit.

The Apple is hilarious. It's horrible, but it's so much funnier and entertaining than actual decent movies. That, The Room, and Can't Stop the Music (the history of the Village People starring the Village People) are among the most horribly awesome movies ever made. I can't believe someone mentioned FART The Movie, because it really is one of the most awful things ever. I was in a bad movie club and we intentionally watched bad movies for five years. THAT was the one movie I couldn't finish. People watch TV and every show involves farting. And it's shot on a VHS camera. And there's no plot. My first sentence WAS the plot. I got through 45 minutes and we had to FFWd to the end. Ghost Chase was the only other one we couldn't get through (directed by Roland Emmerich of ID4, Godzilla, 2012, and White House Down fame.) It's not a film but The Star Wars Holiday Special has been a yearly ordeal to see how long people who don't know better last. Most of them don't get past thirty minutes.

It's a mystery man that will most likely be a letdown. It has to be Savio Vega. God, I hate agreeing with FSW (especially after calling Drive the worst movie ever), but it does look and sound like Lo Ki. And they could have done so much more with a voice and no video. The ridiculous post-production work just emphasizes that it's over-the-top and fake. You reenact old-school VHS-Hi8 video by actually SHOOTING old-school video. Though considering the cuts, maybe TNA can't afford a 1990s camcorder now.

I once met David Ruprecht forever ago. I was dating a girl who was starring with him in a production of The Music Man. I was invited to the wrap party but was warned by her beforehand NOT to mention Supermarket Sweep to him or ask questions about it. He was very nice and personable (though probably being surrounded by actresses in their early 20s helped) but as I was leaving the party, I had to take a shot, so as I shook his hand and said goodbye, I told him "I'll always remember you when I hear that beep." He was not amused.