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Wouldn't Orton actually be the Gallagher of wrestling? Walk in, do the same stale, boring act in front of fans who don't know enough to want anything more out of the show, get paid and leave, never putting forth any effort to better your game because who gives a shit?

That top rope brainbuster by Generico on Waltman is the safest looking one I've seen. Regardless, usually the recipient takes it across the shoulders. But according to the general wrestling discussion thread, today is "shit on indy wrestling to appear smart" day, so...

Siding with Orton or Rogers in this case makes you like the sad old guys who piss and moan about the young generation of baseball players celebrating too much or watching their homers and not doing things "the right way." It doesn't make you look old school or smart at all.

Jesus Christ. Just because it's the "United States" title doesn't mean you have to make it look like Trump designed it.

Just watched it this weekend. Amazing. I just read @AxB and @J.T.'s mentions of Armond White's review and had to read it for myself. I think he watched the movie but had preconceived notions and, on top of that, didn't pay attention at all. He makes threes mistakes in this one paragraph alone: 1. Chris doesn't "identify" with the wounded deer. The deer was hit and run and reminded him of what happened to his mother. 2. Rose standing up for Chris to the cop was not about platitudes or Rose fighting for Chris' rights. It was part of her ploy. If the cop doesn't get to see Chris' ID, there's no paper trail linking him to her, or that location in general, when he goes missing. 3. The party guest asked Chris about the African American experience because there was a chance he would become Chris. Likewise, none of the party goers is clueless or patronizing. They all know exactly why they're there and are questioning Chris and Rose accordingly. Questioning Chris about his experience, questioning Rose how the sex is, talking to him about how he sees art...it was the equivalent of reading a Yelp review White's review is chock full of shit like this, where he just misses the point over and over because he's too busy stroking his anti-Obama hate hard-on to notice.

There are shows you look at and know they're too quirky for big 4 broadcast TV, and you know they're going to be cancelled. That's Powerless. I didn't watch it but I knew there'd be no way it would last just seeing the commercials. Just play it safe and make another police procedural.

He really liked the last one because the robots win. Also, The Architect's awful, stilted, overly expositional dialog, filled with unnecessary five dollar words, made him feel right at home.

You forgot masturbatory 20 minute promos by an owner or exec cutting the balls off the talent.

Right there with you. With the exception of his last two collections, I've enjoyed his shorter work more. But Full Dark, No Stars was so depressing (with a name like that, I should have known what I was in for) and I didn't even finish The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.

Jericho's advertising segues are the worst. Guest finishes talking, then the sound quality abruptly changes with Jericho still acting like he's talking to them before seguing. Awful.

I was scrolling up instead of down and I thought for a split second you were commending Julia Sweeney for her brief but amazing cameo in Pulp Fiction. Speaking of Tarantino, Don Johnson's combined 5 minutes' screentime in Django was pretty great. I can never again hear the name Jerry without thining, "treat him like you would Jerry!"

I remember her telling Cabana on his podcast a few years ago that she knew "what she had to do to get to WWE but wasn't willing to do that" (read: get big fake boobs). It's nice to see the business has changed at least a little.

Seriously, the country where nobody learned from Misawa literally dying in the ring due to a career of needless stiff bullshit would be a perfect fit. "Slip effortlessly in and out of light holds like interpretive dance while taking no bumps" is pretty much the only thing I'd accept.

Good point. I never really thought about it but yeah, even if Walt's career had "worked out," it probably wouldn't have. I really like the fact that the show never really came out and told us what happened with Grey Matter. All we need to know is something happened between Walt, Elliott and Gretchen and the situation was so untenable, Walt took a buyout. But it's enough to tell you all you need to know about him. He was on the ground floor in a great situation and something happened that he considered such a personal affront that, even in the face of success, he couldn't just work it out and keep on. In a world where we all eat some amount of shit daily, it's hard to have sympathy for him. The fact that he ostensibly never got another job in that field says something, too.

Among the amazing things about the whole deal was that Chuck didn't even need to take the stand. Hamlin told him the case was airtight and you could tell, while Chuck was schmoozing the court clerk and Howard was just staring off in the distance mulling it over, that he had a strong feeling it could go bad. But Chuck's ego put him on that stand, because pride is probably the biggest Achilles heel in Vince Gilligan's ABQ. Walter White: How many times had he made enough money and had a real way to get out, but didn't because his position in the drug trade bolstered his ego? The one that really jumps to mind now is the dinner with the family after Gale's murder. Gale's been framed as Heisenberg and Walt is drinking and stewing over somebody else getting credit for his work. He can't help but finally call out Hank for getting the wrong guy, speculating that Heisenberg is still out there, putting Hank back on the case. Hank: So desperate to be "the man who brought in Heisenberg" that he goes off after Walt without backup, getting himself and Gomez killed. Gus: After Hector's role in the murder of his partner, Gus needs to be the only one to kill Hector. He toys with him and warns others off so he alone can be the one to savor Hector's death. And it gets him killed. Chuck: Just like Walt, Chuck hides behind a veneer of virtue. While Walt justified staying in the meth game by claiming he was doing it only for his family, Chuck works to destroy Jimmy under the guise of nobly protecting the legal field from hustlers like Jimmy, while in reality he's jealous of Jimmy's "easy" life, his likability, and the mere fact that Jimmy had the temerity to sully a field that Chuck believes belongs only to him and people like him. In the end, HE needs to be the one on the stand, 1) to make grand pronouncements on record about being the guardian of the legal industry and 2) to finally nail Jimmy for good, himself, not by proxy. And that's what brings him down. Now everyone knows he's got mental health issues and he'll probably end up the one being disbarred. Fuck, what a show.

Hint: he posted that pic April 1

I think the original reference was Beavis and Butthead but I'll gladly take a divergence into Dead Milkmen territory.

Why "NWA" promoters didn't just give up the ghost after Crockett took over booking the champion, and especially after selling to Turner, is beyond my comprehension. The "NWA" as a group of affiliated promotions really died as soon as Crockett took control of the title and limited it to mostly his own shows. Did any of them try to sue for championship bookings between 1987 (when it essentially became a "company title") and 1991 (when Flair was finally stripped)? Were these promoters huge marks who really took NWA membership seriously or were they just trying to cynically squeeze a few more bucks out of a dead brand that might still have had some cachet with a few diehards? I can tell you I lived through this period and the name "NWA" was a joke by the early/mid 90s.

Same here. I had to stop and really think about what his name was. So Dolph has gone from a metal try-hard to an 80s try-hard? Okay.

Sami's a victim of Vince only wanting to push guys Vince women want to fuck.

Really great episode with Batista so far (I'm maybe 3/4 through it). One key takeaway: Robert DeNiro's "people" are dicks. Also, tremendous story about Big Dave being required at a table read for Spectre even though he had only one line in the film.

My pants have reached their incept date and have been retired

LOL I still reference "I need a coco puff" from time to time, most recently two weeks ago when various work emergencies conspired to force me to work through the night and into the next day.

Ah, the Internet. Where everything is black and white and saying "maybe secure your shit better" is exactly the same as "that bitch deserved to get raped for wearing a short skirt." Seriously, go fuck yourself if you think I'm the guy who'd blame a rape victim or Trayvon Martin for their fates. Maybe go find the now closed post- election thread to see who I am, because I'm not what you're characterizing me as. That is seriously fucked up, dude. LOL. I just went from apparently being "pro common sense" to "pro rape and murder." Damn.