Fuzzy Dunlop

The Vince biopic talk just gets me thinking about a tremendous Jesse Ventura biopic I caught on some random Sky film channel years ago. And, by tremendous, I mean, totally fucking bonkers. So Ventura starts watching wrestling in 1969 and the wrestlers are doing 450 Splashes off ladders and shit, his debut match is against Goldberg (playing himself and billed as Goldberg) in front of a crowd wearing nWo shirts. What I assume is Gorilla Monsoon is played by some random fat dude with a beard who looks as much like Monsoon as Hornswoggle does and for some reason they're commentating together in WCW. They do a Montreal Screwjob in the middle of the film involving Raven (playing himself, billed as Raven) and some dude who had been there '15 years' and some other guy who I assume was supposed to be Vince even though he was the same guy who played the promoter before Ventura joined WWF (or WCW), Ventura leaves what I assume is WWF (even though it's billed as WCW) because he is pissed off over the treatment of the guy that got screwed. Throughout the film modern day Jesse shows up during scenes involving old school Jesse wrestling and is all 'Don't worry, folks, this isn't real.' Confused? Not as much as I was. Ignore me, it may have been a dream I had.

The Good Place talk in the September thread convinced me to give it a try. I'm 4 episodes into the first series and, yeah, it's kinda wonderful. Danson is Danson, he can do stuff like this in his sleep but my favourite might be Jameela Jamil and not just because there's a tiny chance I might be in love with her. Just don't tell my wife. But, yeah, the whole interweb thread thing is great for discovering shit you might never have watched otherwise.

The only thing worse than James Franco is two James Francos but this show is so good it makes me not hate James Franco. At least for an hour a week that is. Loving the whole atmosphere and vibe they're creating, really like that they've just dropped the audience into this world from the off in a fuck you this is what we're doing so come along for the ride kinda way and, damn what an ensemble; always fun playing spot The Wire alumni on David Simon shows. If Cool Lester Smooth or The Bunk shows up on this I may wet myself.

There Won't Be Blood.

This is sad, of course it is; probably the shittiest one for me since Dusty passed but, at the same time, I've gone through the gifs and videos in this thread and just about pissed myself laughing at the antics of the greatest of all time, bar none. Johnny Sorrow's shit eating grin at meeting him just topped it off, thanks for posting that, dude. I always remember Bockwinkel saying that Bobby Heenan was so good he could have done what Bockwinkel did but Bockwinkel could never have done what Bobby Heenan did. It was possibly more long winded than that though because, to paraphrase the great man himself, you ask Nick Bockwinkel the time and he'll tell you how to build a watch. I'm off to spend the rest of the night on youtube.

They tried to make me watch The Condemned but I said No, No No, it's a sad fact, Stonecold can't act, he should Go, Go, Go. He likes to hang out in bars, I gave his movie zero stars. They tried to make me watch The Condemned, I said No, No No. That whole baiting Austin period was hilarious. When he was on form, Santino was legit one of my all time favourite comedy wrestlers.

I'm probably going to start in on this tournament this weekend but having never seen anything of Toni Storm before, is the way she is in that Face to Face interview above her usual schtick? Cause, if so, she is hilarious and adorable and notmeaningtobecreepybuttotallygoingtosoundcreepy, I think I'm in love. Yea, totally creepy. Settle down...and all that. But, dammit, she used the word splendid as an adjective. This needs to happen more.

Haven't looked forward to a film as much as Three Billboards in ages. In Bruges is one of my all time favourite films, I've watched it probably once a year since it was released and I laugh at something different in it every time. If Three Billboards is anything like that in a hilarious one scene, dark as fuck kick you in the balls in the next scene kinda way, I will love the everliving shit out of it. I read that about McDormand too but also heard that Rockwell steals the show but then Sam Rockwell gonna Sam Rockwell. Best cast of the year, although The Death of Stalin (ISAACS/BUSCEMI/TAMBOR/CONSIDINE/PALIN/WHITEHOUSE) might try its best not to make it a total squash match in Three Billboards favour.

Belgium the first Euro team to qualify. Like every tournament I'll be suckered into this ON PAPER THEY'RE FUCKING GREAT which they are but then tournaments aren't won on paper and they'll get put out in the quarter finals even though fucking look at them on paper, they're fucking great etc etc.

I just watched a show set in the Ozarks about the Ozarks called...Ozark or something. I forget but it starred the dude who was part of a wealthy family who lost everything but had no choice but to keep them all together. They blue themselves or whatever. Anyway, yeah, that 2nd series was fucking awful even if it did have Kelly Reilly who nearly cancelled out Vince Vaughn being Vince Vaughn but didn't quite manage it.

I mean, without losing any of the absolute minute street cred I have left, I love the shit out of Taylor Swift but that song is the shits.

Yeah, The Mummy is one of the worst films of the year. Obviously there were a lot of stories of Tom Cruise gonna Tom Cruise but watching it, you can legit smell his grubby fingerprints all over it and every film he makes now you're kinda worried about the leading lady being brainwashed into his whole nonsense like when he ate Katie Holmes' soul and she was never the same again. I mean, I know she wasn't one of his leading ladies but still. Anyways, yeah, it would be the worst film of the year had I not watched The Layover last night which was basically marketed as HEY UPTON HAS TITS AND DADDARIO HAS TITS SO WATCH THIS FILM and ends up being pretty much the most detestable and hateful film of the year and, so bad, I'm pretty sure my wife is filing for divorce after sitting through it. Eh, there was fuck all on TV last night so I apologise. They do have tits though. Which is, yeah, ok, TITS and all that.

BARNEY! Last couple of matches Jelle Klaasen had against Taylor and Norris, it was like wrestling or something. Literally, Taylor and Norris came this close and could sniff victory then Klaasen makes his comeback out of nowhere and is like BIG MOVE-BIG MOVE-BIG MOVE-FINISHER-FUCK YOU-DONE! Dude is pretty great.

I go to the Belfast leg of the Premier League every year and it's such a good live experience. In saying that, the alcohol probably helps in that you have 8000 or so drunk dudes up chanting and singing.

It's probably just us watching it, but Wright/Chisnall was pretty bonkers as well. Then Sky played a video package for Taylor which had a line from the much missed Sid Waddell (HE WOULDN'T GIVE A BLOB OF HIS SWEAT TO A MAN DYING OF THIRST) and it made me sad. Best sports commentator of all time.

For some reason, I always cracked up at MAYONNAISE at the end of Pine Barrens, which remains one of the best and most quotable episodes of TV I've ever seen. Neck and neck between Gandolfini and Ian McShane as Albert Swearengen for my all time favourite TV performance.

Can I count pop-punk-esque punk? Yes? Well, my wee country throws the following forward: I mean, I dunno, Teenage Kicks is kinda the best pop song ever made. It's 2 1/2 minutes of perfection.

Final episode wasn't that great compared with the rest of them but, still, overall, it's one of the best series of TV I've ever seen. I mean, only in this show could a friggin' UFO interrupting a shootout not be weird. If it landed in the middle of Bodymore, Murderland in the middle of The fucking Wire then it'd be weird as shit but it works in Fargo. Ideas for the 3rd series? I think Hawley's said it'll be set a couple years after the 1st series but I would totally be down with a rise of the Gerhardts series. That or anything involving Bruce Campbell as Ronnie Reagan again.

What a match. There's only word for it: MAGIC DARTS! It was a darts Sophie's Choice there for a while over who I wanted to win but then I thought, ah screw it, Barney's the underdog and I dig the shit out of him being the age old story of the old veteran who took down the guy who everybody thought was unbeatable. Dude's been my guy since he was rocking the BDO in the late 90s. I mean, MVG will probably win a gazillion more world titles in the future but I'd love for Barney to win it again this year. Can't see it though, I'm thinking maybe finally Wade or else one of Anderson/Wright/Lewis. Fuck a Phil Taylor though.

MARTIN FREEMAN! BEST PLACE YOU'VE EVER PISSED! WRANGLERS AND WHITE TEES...yeah, probably not the best idea in the world. Man, echoing the Kirsten Dunst love, I had no idea I'd come out of this thinking she was one of the best things in it. Plemons does really great browbeaten hangdog sad sack expressions but, wow, Dunst has knocked out of the park in the last two episodes. Peggy is one badass lady and her and Ed totally have to be the last two standing...apart from Lou, of course, because Lou, well, Lou: Seems like absolutely ages since Rye was killed, they've squeezed soooo much good shit into this series. I know there's an episode left but it's pretty much already one of the best series' of TV I've ever seen. And I saw George Hearst descend on Deadwood like a gruesome goo oozing smiling Leviathan. He'd have stood no chance up against Peggy motherfuckin' Blomquist though cause, you betcha, she's actualised and realised.

See, I didn't even catch that obvious visual callback when I was just watching it because I'm an idiot but that's pretty great. And now I want to watch Miller's Crossing again.

Aw, man, you got my hopes up too. Maybe he was Lorne Malvo's grandfather. Still, that was a badass scene. This fucking show though, they'll bust out some heavy duty carnage one minute then I'll be giggling the next when they throw in stuff like: 'Walk her out, huh?'/'What about you?'/I'm not saying don't come back' or Karl having to sleep on the sofa on account of his bad back (you know, it hurting when he sleeps on the floor) then the next minute they'll bring a tear to a glass eye with the 'Listen, if John McCain could sur...' scene. Bear was incredible in this episode. Liked them throwing in Danny Boy because it's a beautiful song and, hey, Miller's Crossing and all that. Snow will never not look fucking gorgeous on camera too, I mean, holy shit at those overhead shots. So...Ted Danson was abducted by aliens. Didn't see that coming.

So, ah, yeah, the 1st series of Fargo was the best thing on TV last year...and this series is even better. I didn't think Bruce Campbell as Ronnie Reagan extolling his war efforts in Operation Eagle's Nest while taking a piss could be bettered but then a slightly inebriated Karl A. Weathers busted out his Sledgehammer of Justice on the establishment's rogues and tools of the state and oppressed their jackboot tyranny. Reagan/Weathers spinoff stat. Hell, Reagan can make him part of his campaign team, if only so Karl can eventually find out if Joan Crawford really did have crabs. So many fantastic characters.

It's a French thing. I figure Carragher's reaction is due to the touch and not the news.

Yeah, I think one of the problems (amongst quite a few) Rodgers had was that a lot of Liverpool fans are sitting back thinking well, shit, Klopp and Ancelotti are out there twiddling their thumbs waiting to walk into a big job like that and would both be better than what they have already. Shit, almost certainly, I'd take Ancelotti over Van Gaal at United. Speaking of, were United playing today?