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All you're doing now is making me desperate for the Dark Tower movie/TV series/whatever to fix the bullshit that made the book series ending come off worse than a popcorn fart. I'm about to go Annie Wilkes here and force King to write an ending that doesn't include 1) Stephen King as a character 2) a late addition deux ex machina character who literally erases the big bad from existence with zero build 3) an ending that doesn't need to be set up by the author actually saying "this ending is going to suck but it's your fault for wanting a good ending because it's the journey, not the destination."

Option 3: Anderson looks like he's taking a particularly painful dump. Just relax and let it happen. Maybe take some Miralax and wait a day.

Or maybe has pics online "looking like a thug." "Oh this kid posted a profile pic holding a joint and mean mugging the camera one time? Well holy shit, I guess it's okay to shoot him dead then." On a side note, this is why it's good to either make your Facebook profile as private as possible or, better yet, just not have an account. When some shit happens to you and your intrepid local news team needs a headshot to go with a salacious story, the first place they'll go is social media. I can't count the number of times I've been watching the news and a story comes up about a shooting or kidnapping or some shit, and the pic that goes along with the story is some ridiculous Glamour Shots/duckface bullshit that some PA copied from a Facebook account.

Anybody ever read the Vonnegut short story "Harrison Bergeron?" It's about a future where everyone is finally equal because nobody is allowed to be exceptional (ballerinas wear masks and weights so they're not pretty or graceful, etc). That's how WWE booking feels to me. The longer people are around, the more almost everybody gravitates to a clogged-up midcard where nobody gives two shits about you. All WWE Superstars (tm) are equal in their mediocrity. Look at Sami Zayn, who was incredible on the indies. Great worker, charisma for days. Now he's a lower midcard joke. Bayley was the most over act in NXT, a can't miss, mass appeal face. Now she's on the main roster getting booed. People thought she'd be the female John Cena for fuck's sake. Guys like the aforementioned Dean Ambrose who were over like crazy a short time ago now play to crickets. The longer you're on TV, to more their bland booking machine pushes you to mediocrity. What's the cause? Plain old overexposure makes fans like you less and less until they're just apathetic? Really shitty writers who absolutely lack the ability to get someone over? They're doing it on purpose because getting someone over like Hogan or Austin was means that person is bigger than the brand and we can't have that? Vince has the attention span of a gnat and tires of new people very quickly, so strong pushes just die as he moves his attention to something new? And then the only guy they do push can't get over to save his life. Among other reasons, probably because we've been trained not to invest in anybody since they'll be trading meaningless wins with the rest of the roster before long. I can't wait for Nakamura to join the .500 club. I give it six months and that's being generous.

You know your promotion has taken a wrong turn somewhere when you're considering Adam Page for the world title.

58 here.

Wait wait so the "twist" in Split is that All I got from that last scene was a cute in-joke, but, looking it up today, it seems they're actually doing it. Was anyone clamoring for an M. Night Shamalam Shared Universe?

YOU GOT LUST IN YOUR EYES, EASTER BUNNY

Glad you're liking it! The ending is decent and I'm looking forward to next season.

"Libertarians are just Republicans who still want to be invited to cool parties."

The Under the Dome TV series quickly went from "this is okay I guess" to "oh man this is just hot garbage." I can't believe I ended up hate-watching it all the way through. The third season was so aimless and ridiculous, it was really obvious the show creators didn't expect it to be renewed and had to rush to put something together. I'm right there with @OSJ's critique of King. I've enjoyed all his novella and short story collections except the last two, which were just far too grim and depressing. His longer works? Start with a cool idea, take way too long with too much extraneous bullshit, then wrap up with an awful ending.

For that to happen, Vince would need to know that "talkies" exist. Pop culture wise, he's still working through the silent film era.

Jerry Lawler's favorite publication!

I just hope, when it was over, attendants stormed in with freezing spray, old school All japan style.

I watched Internal Affairs (1990) over the weekend and, while it's an average film at best, it really hit me hard how different times were and how much things have changed. I mean it was like young me in the early 80s watching something from the 50s where men slap broads who get out of line with impunity. Women in the film had no agency whatsoever, existing only to be fucked by men, to be the objects of conversations where men talk about fucking them, to be strippers and/or prostitutes, to be the pawn in a man's money laundering scheme (while also being fucked), to get smacked around (then fucked), to find it sexy that the fucking protagonist of the film is possessive and violent (then get fucked), to take dirty money from the ex husband (and then get fucked by him because hey, bitches, amirite?) and get shot (shortly after getting fucked). The only female character in the film who isn't a doormat (played by Laurie Metcalf of Roseanne fame) is insinuated to be a lesbian. I mean holy shit, just watch it for some glaring examples of changing gender and sexual politics, social mores and the like.

Reminds me of the guy on this board years ago whose name escapes me that got married in a fucking lucha mask. I seem to recall the divorce wasn't far behind.

Bookmarked! Thanks

Awesome, looking forward to it. Thanks!

That Owens Smackdown logo is so good I now have the original Smackdown theme stuck in my head. You know the one. it sounds like Christian Bale as Batman yelling gibberish.

Does anybody here grill? I'm out on the deck, beer in hand, grillling every over 50 degrees, non rainy weekend. I've been in an uncreative grilling funk lately -- being busy as fuck at work and having a toddler will do that -- and have mostly just been doing wings with a variety of store bought sauces. Sometimes salmon on a cedar plank with some potatoes or asparagus. I'd love some suggestions. Anything that doesn't take 4 hours of prep. Or if you're new to charcoal grilling or want to start (no propane, come on dudes), feel free to ask questions.

That. Plus the ideas that 1) 1980s WWF would hotshot like that, 2) put the belt on a heel and 3) Hogan would job are all absurd.

Owens is the modern master of this. Everything he does is exaggerated and awesome.

Russo and Teddy Hart are on that list for me.

Still trying to be The Nature Boy at 68. Somebody needs to strap him down, Clockwork Orange style, and have him watch Chris Rock's "nobody wants to be the old guy at the club" bit until he gets it.