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3 hours ago, Eivion said:
To be fair the husband was likely putting on a front to some degree. They had to leave out a planned scene where he revealed to Mon he had been covering her ass for years as he was regularly interrogated about her. You can even see at the end he clearly misses her. Their marriage was political and understood as such between them, but he did care for her more than he let on.
He was with Sculdun's wife in the end. I wonder if the Empire connected Sculdun to Rebel funding due to his relationship with Mothma and his closeness to Luthen's antiques business, and sent him to prison, leaving his wife and Mothma's husband to get together for convenience/necessity. Of course that makes their kids, who are married, step-siblings now.
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38 minutes ago, Raziel said:
Not to really defend Punk...
But if you're in a country where they can literally disappear you for pissing them off, and you know our own government won't give a shit because they get a shit ton of money from the other government (and disappear people they don't like as well), I'm gonna go ahead and act all nice and contrite until I'm not in that country anymore,
Yeah, when I wrote about those countries being human rights dumpster fires, I was fully aware that I am living in a glass house.
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It's so crazy in retrospect to think about WCW getting one of the WWF's tippy top guys at the height of his power, and doing absolutely nothing of consequence with him. Politics were so bad with the inmates running the asylum that a top guy, a genuine superstar, was handed to them and they squandered him.
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6 minutes ago, Joe vs the Algorithm said:
Google says Punk is worth $12 mil, but I don‘t think those celebrity worth sites are reliable
Yeah, Alvarez is always joking about how much Google says he's worth.
They should build this match as Saudi apologizer vs China apologizer, winner gets first dibs on the next human rights dumpster fire regime to cozy up to.
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2 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said:
You want to know what's coward shit? Going in front of Saudi fans and apologizing over a "mean tweet" and telling them you simply woke up crabby one morning...
Fragile ego, fragile body, weak mind, weak spirit
Punk gave some interview around Mania where he said something like, "why is it everybody else can say things and then say, 'that was my wrestling character,' but when I say things, everyone thinks it's me?" Like bro, since the start of your career, you have portrayed your "wrestling character" as 100% shoot, real you. NOW that everyone is catching on that the real you is kind of a douchebag, my man is trying to fall back on kayfabe. Or do we consider all his performative activism part of his wrestling character, too?
- Conspicuous women's rights t-shirts? Real
- Pro-Palestine insta posts? Real
- Old tweets and interviews shitting on Saudi? Wrestling character
Amazing
After seeing the way he's conducted himself over the years, watching Punk elbow Miz and say "save some of that sanguinous cock for me!" is awesome. To @TheVileOne's point: Just don't hold yourself up as some paragon of progressive causes and this shit would never happen. I kind of believe @EVA. I bet the dude really needs the money.
As for the little kid who wanted a pic that Punk shoved aside, dude should know he needed to be 9 years older and female.
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1 hour ago, Matt D said:
I’m dreading watching that match. Fletcher is a miracle worker but even he has limits with moronic modern crowds.
Matt D hates fun!
Honestly, I'm more annoyed by all the Defy-related chants. More than any other indy, it feels like Defy fans make it their whole personality. I agree that chanting jokey shit about wrestlers' names instead of getting into the match is kind of stupid, but chanting for another promotion entirely in some effort to show how smart you are is top tier wrestling hipsterdom. It's like going to some modern pop concert and holding up signs for your local open mic coffee house.
Defy is the Crossfit of wrestling. How do you know someone is into Crossfit/Defy? Wait long enough, they'll bring it up.
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11 hours ago, dorfus malorfus said:
It was mentioned on Dynamite once when MJF made a cheap quip about it to rile up Perry before the 4 way title match. Also it wasn't acknowledged on TV but Fletcher made that pathetic "my girl is hotter" tweet in reference to Skye Blue as opposed to Anna (which Dave and Bryan yucked about like two frat boys). Has Fletcher seriously never had any kind of #speakingout charges circulate about him? He seems like a huge immature creep irl and he's very tight with Ospreay and a lot of the other UK circuit sex pests.
Perry also, in some promo, made a tasteful reference to "having the hottest bitch in the locker room."
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12 hours ago, Craig H said:
I do really, really like TFA and think it laid some good groundwork for a new trilogy. I liked TLJ even more because it broke that mold and took the trilogy in newer or more interesting directions even if some parts of the movie were clunky (slowest chase ever, the casino, another chase on creatures over a parking ticket, BDT who was never seen again).
And then along came RoS which even more than TFA is the most unoriginal repeating piece of shit and it ruined everything. Like, you have a total blank slate to end this differently and instead it's the same old shit. That is what killed all trust I could have for JJ Abrams for anything.,
I think I've mentioned this before, but I I had a work trip in March 2020 (day after AEW Revolution 2020, in fact!) right before the pandemic really hit, and I saw RoS on the plane ride out and Joker on the way back. I despised both films and wondered if a plane crash would have been preferable.
I actually enjoyed TFA at the time, and still do if I don't think about its issues too much. It's excellent in a fanservice and ticking all the boxes way. But at some point it hit me that it's just a remake of New Hope, a lot of things don't make sense, and they rendered episodes 3-6 meaningless, which was its worst crime. The Empire is back, the Rebellion is back at step -2, and we have a new Luke. Yaaaay.
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11 hours ago, odessasteps said:
When Beau and I did a history of JCP Starrcades, we spend a good chunk of it on the mistakes of 1987.
Having a better show the night before in Nassau is on the list, esp since we never got to see any of it, including the Horsemen/MX vs faces War Games.
That sounds awesome. Was this on your pod or his, and can you post the pod name and date?
I wrote this up in a longer post in the Peacock thread, but the most striking thing about 1987 - 1991 WCW was how they didn't really build up anyone for the world title storylines outside of Luger and Sting, who were essentially back-pocketed for whenever they needed them. Every other big program challenger was just someone they heated up in three minutes like Cup Noodles.
- 1987: Ron Garvin is just plugged in because nobody else wanted to do it
- 1988: Luger and Flair main event both of the year's PPVs
- 1989: Steamboat pins Flair in a tag match and becomes #1 contender overnight. They trade the belt, leading to "retired" Funk attacking Flair to lead to the next program.
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1990: Sting is injured. With nobody else built up, they plug Luger back in for a bit. Sting wins the belt and
defends against an awesome new heel challenger they'd built since 1989is shoved into the dumb Black Scorpion program. Did they have plans for a hot new challenger to be unmasked here? LOOOOOOOL of course not. - 1991: Flair wins it back. Again, nobody has been built up, so they throw TATSUMI FUJINAMI in there. Flair leaves the company on the eve of ANOTHER Luger main event.
Aside from Sting's handful of months world title reign, I'd argue Sting and Luger were just upper midcarders (charitably! Sting did fuck all between Clash 1 and and Flair/Funk/Muta program). It's amazing to me how none of these contenders, aside from "in case of emergency, break glass" Lex Luger, were even on the radar a month or two before getting title programs. WCW, everybody.
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From 1987 until their closure, with the exception of a brief period when the NWO was the hottest thing in wrestling (but shorter than 83 weeks), WCW could fuck up a wet dream. I could list WCW's fuckups year by year but I gave up on my rewatch around 92. But for 87 alone, I'd say:
- Crockett letting Watts and JR con him into buying the UWF for way too much money when it was like a month out from dying.
- Following that up by doing nothing with the UWF or its talent, with the exception of semi-pushing Sting a year after the purchase.
- Flair's title loss to lame duck midcarder Ron Garvin, and Garvin's subsequent two month "sabbatical to train for Starrcade."
- Putting Starrcade in Chicago to counter claims of being "too Southern," angering their core fanbase.
- Dusty finish for Road Warriors/Horsemen tag match at Starrcade when the Warriors' "hometown" was so ready for a title change. Killed the town.
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TFA completely undoing the Rebellion’s struggle and victory, THE ENTIRE POINT OF THE ORIGINAL SERIES, all because that hack JJ Abrams had no other ideas outside of “let’s just remake New Hope,” was the dirt worst. If I was Luke and all my efforts meant nothing in the end, I’d fuck off to some shithole planet myself. I really appreciated Johnson trying to at least do something different, even if aspects of it were flawed. The less said about Rise of Skywalker, the better. One of the worst movies I’ve ever seen.
I appreciate all the heavy lifting retcon work subsequent TV shows have done to explain the post episode 6 New Republic’s inadequacy, their human failings, and the rise of the First Order, thus softening the blow of TFA resetting everything in the grand scheme of things.
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3 hours ago, HarryArchieGus said:
The AEW mechanics/hands win/loss records have become the new or current critics fixation. WOR, Post, etc. like to acknowledge that great wrestling matches don’t necessarily equal successful money metrics, but forget that when discussing undercard talents that have great matches but don’t win. "But he NEVER wins, Dave!" I’m an underdog guy and would love to see Beast, AR Fox, Blake Christian, Komander, Roddy or especially Mark Briscoe breakout and get a serious run, but I'm also very okay with what they provide in losing. And how much each’s role is needed. The strength of this undercard roster and what they provide ought to be more appreciated without the constant complaining/questioning. Somebody has to lose, and there aren’t many if any people being pushed that don’t deserve their spot. Further, if the demand for a push truly presents itself, I find it hard to believe TK will be McMahoning anybody’s momentum for some kind of petty shitty control drama. I’d actually bet that if last night’s Beast-Hanger scores a big number as a cold match main event that they’ll consider changing Beast’s course. I doubt there’s many bigger Beast Mortos fans than the man with the pencil. At some point, I have little doubt, Beast will be pushed. And I doubt he’s the only one of this group that will be.
Mid/lower mid card guys going 60/40 with stars and losing has been cemented as AEW’s TV formula. I guess there’s just always going to be a need for content and something to bitch about.
I grew up in the 80s with nothing but name guy vs jobber matches on TV except for SNME & Clashes. The Raw vs Nitro period gave us more competitive matches (but usually with shitty finishes) because both sides were trying to beat the other in the ratings. WWE after the end of WCW was a mixed bag, but mostly shitty because they had no competition. Now we get AEW and their typical TV format, with some matches between same-level guys mixed in. There’s nothing wrong with it. It’s just different. My point is, everything changes.
2 hours ago, The Green Meanie said:This was the first time I've seen Ibushi. He looked very awkward. I wasn't impressed.
That’s like seeing a famous rock band from the 70s nowadays at the state fair, only one or two original members, they’re all old, and being like, “ I don’t know what all the fuss about them was about.”
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10 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:
I loved that little shit Wheeler Yuta taking the pounce from Willow. Who knew Wheeler had it in him to be such a great slimeball?
There was a fun little character moment after that on the floor, where Yuta tried to struggle to his feet, using Shafir for balance, and she violently shoved him off of her and up the ramp. I lol’d. Yuta is doing his best work right now as a conniving, stooging little shit.
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The ideas of two NWOs, and NWO Sting, were a creative nadir in a company built on creative nadirs since 1987. Instead of just ending the NWO angle and doing something else, they said “no no, the answer is MORE NWOs!” And then the guy whose whole thing was “I am the arch enemy of the NWO” joined them.
I said it during my late 80s/early 90s rewatch, but god damn, this company stepped on its own dick more than John Holmes.
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3 minutes ago, Casey said:
In doing my research for those World & TNT title lineage posts, you wouldn't believe the amount of six man matches most of them were in while they were champions. It's not like TK isn't booking these matches, he just isn't booking the champions to defend them or even be in those types of matches. It's really weird. I breathed a sigh of relief when they briefly "merged" the ROH & AEW six man belts, I thought they were just going to shunt them on down to ROH for good, but, nope.
Oh man, yes. I don’t care enough to look it up, but I swear 2/3 of the Opps teamed with somebody else in a six man recently. What the fuck?
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1 hour ago, supremebve said:
Khaled is a man with a big rolodex, and pretty much all of them swear that he's been instrumental to their careers. He's the type of dude who knows everyone and will introduce you to the exact right person you need to meet at the right time. He's not the most talented person, but he recognizes talent and connects talent as well as anyone ever. His recording career is essentially calling up the biggest artists, asking for a favor, and never being turned down because when those artists needed him, he always came through. Nobody gets to where Khaled is by accident. He's legitimately great at the relationship-building part of the music business, and it's paid off tremendously for him.
All that may be true, but he’s still a shook bitch who is afraid of hot wings, uses more Sharpie on his head and beard than a tagger, and refuses to eat pussy because he’s a “king.”
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The problem with the trios belts is that as soon as a new champion wins them, they barely defend them. Every damn time. You’d think with the prevalence of multiman party matches on AEW TV, the trios champs could defend in a crazy banger at least every other week.
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So nobody really knows anything. In his Hey (ew) interview, Fox mentioned being in jail a few times. Looking online, it sounds like UK won't let you in if you've been convicted of a felony, but then again, I also read that how long your prison stay was, with one year being the cutoff point between "you can come in" and " no way," is a factor. So a felony conviction with a suspended sentence or reduced time might be okay. DUI is apparently a big thing, as well, which is why Jeff Hardy can't get into Canada. In the end, none of us knows why Fox couldn't travel and then got put in the doghouse.
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2 hours ago, Mister TV said:
Just looked over what was all nominated for the 1997 Oscars and ouch! That As Good as it Gets, The Full Monty and Good Will Hunting all got nominated for Best Picture over Jackie Brown and Boogie Nights is just wrong. Same with Jack Nicholson winning Best Actor over Robert Duvall for The Apostle and even Peter Fonda in Ulee's Gold. Totally forgot that the actors in L.A. Confidential didn't get nominated for anything!
Looking at what the Academy decided to give an award to (purely PR/keeping up the academy's vision of "Hollywood") vs what truly was good is always going to piss us off.
As Good As It Gets: I enjoyed it at the time but haven't seen it in probably 27ish years. Your typical "screwed up people trying to get by"/fish out of water thing. Would it hold up if I watched it today? Maybe. Unless I rewatched it and hated it, I'd rank it second, behind Boogie Nights, among the six films you list here. Damning with faint praise, though.
Full Monty: heart warming, lightweight, foreign film gimmickry that the academy seems to love. Bleh.
Good Will Hunting: two young filmmakers came out of nowhere to make...a by the numbers, cloying, weak ass film that's right up the academy's alley. The academy loves them some flawed geniuses.
Jackie Brown: I'm in the minority: people disappointed by Jackie Brown. I loved Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, and QT turning around and doing an adaptation instead of another person's original work bummed me out.
The Apostle: never saw it
Boogie Nights: should have won everything
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19 hours ago, Curt McGirt said:
I always wonder if that beard on Khaled is some kind of paint or a latex appliance they glue to his face with spirit gum.
19 hours ago, Elsalvajeloco said:It's real. Just a ton of dye to keep it black.
18 hours ago, Elsalvajeloco said:Bigen basically gives you the Sharpie effect.
Loooool I was going to say, it’s 30% hair, 70% Bigen.
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Posting this week's workouts for fun. Been running more than lifting to take advantage of the running weather.
Sunday: 10 mile run
Monday: 4 miles on the treadmill (raining), then about a half hour of chest, triceps, shoulders
Tuesday: 8 mile run
Wednesday: 3.5ish mile run, then about a half hour of back, biceps, core
Thursday: shot for 6 mile run, only did 5 (too fucking hot, too run down from the week)
Today: half hour full body at the gym, 5 mile run
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15 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said:
That's what I meant with my Murdoch comment. I finished the second part. Its actually not as interesting as the first one to me. Looks like it's heating up a little toward the end again and the last one should be where all the stuff we lived through is.
Libertarians are
Spoilerjust Republicans who want to smoke weed and/or still get invited to the cool parties. Fuck Libertarians.
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6 hours ago, hammerva said:
I believe in you Dom
Fuckin' DJ Khaled. He was on Hot Ones a while back and said some shit like, "now look, if I stop, it doesn't mean I quit." Why do the softest dudes have the biggest egos?
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6 hours ago, just drew said:
TKO sent Rey Mysterio out to publicly thank WWE for “legitimizing” Lucha Libre.
Wait, what?
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2025 Upcoming Movies Thread
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Winston Duke would be awesome. 50 is okay but his apex was Den of Thieves.