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    November 2015 Wrestling Discussion

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

    Posted

    Because nobody ever retires in wrestling so why wait for them to retire. Not to mention 15 years of a career is usually enough in this industry to detiemine if one is HOF quality or not.

    I hate all wrestling HOF's to be fair. But I understand that particular rule.

     

    Yeah but maybe push the requirements back a little?  Look at Kurt Angle who I feel only got in because the voters had a hard-on for inducting someone "legit" to help allay their fake fighting insecurities.  FFS the guy was only in the business for 6 years.  If eligibility started at 45 instead of 35 would he be in?  Does his amateur gold medal and 8 years (on and off due to injuries) in WWE offset a decade languishing in a distant, hapless #2 promotion?  He's a guy who absolutely got in too early, way before he could be judged properly.  Yes, wrestlers never retire, but 35 is just too young. 

     

    Another guy who got in as soon as he was eligible was Benoit.  You want to tell me that he would have gotten in if the age limit or number of years in wrestling was further back? 

    NOV 2015 TV DISCUSSION

    in MOVIES & TV

    Posted

    I was rather surprised Chanel #1 got away with chewing out Hester for breaking into her closet and thus violating her "second vag."

     

    Of course, Hannibal did an absurd amount of stuff too.

     

    Once you've given network television a pass on a guy cutting off his face with a razor and feeding it to the dogs, I'm not sure what there is to limit. 

     

    Empire's gotten away with a fair bit too in terms of language.

     

    I just started watching Empire but I cringe and get the douchechills every time someone uses "ish" as a stand-in for "shit"  That shit is embarrassing.

    Lucha Underground Discussion

    in LUCHA LIBRE

    Posted

    I want to see tromataker exhibit his ability to jump out of his chair after a highspot and do a lap high-fiving fans.  Noting in that strap match showed me he has the cardio for that. I'm skeptical, brother.

     

    On a serious note, how about Excalibur?

    WWE Breaking Ground

    in WWE PROGRAMMING

    Posted

    They don't view Asuka as the same as Sara or ZZ it's funny to look at... but we know they love Asuka. It's just orientation, basically. Like a lot of work places it doesn't matter if you are better at your job than everyone in the building, we all have to go through orientation. 

     

    Speaking of that, I'd love to get my hands on a copy of that video they have to watch where Triple H opens up and is like "Welcome to NXT!"

     

    Exactly!  Meltzer shitting all over this segment was fucking ponderous.  "Blah blah look at Kana (omg using past names so smart) there!  She's better than the whole roster already (because she's from Japan get it)."  FUCK.  As you said, it's more of an orientation than anything, and keep in mind Biff Busick and ZZ are NOT in the same class.  ZZ is in the "tryout class."  Jesus. 

     

    Also, like it or not, WWE has their own style and these guys, no matter how seasoned they are, need to learn to adapt to that.  Oh noes Kana is there and she doesn't belong there because Japan!!11one

     

    Those that can't do, teach. DeMott, Regal, Albert, Billy Gunn never were world champs in their eyes, yet they're entrusted with the future of the company.

     

    Not sure if this is a criticism or not.  The best players aren't always, or rarely are, the best coaches.  Besides Stan Lane, who did Ric Flair train?

     

    fuck man hire ZZ's dad

     

    I want ZZ's dad to be my dad.  His pep talk to ZZ was the fucking best.  "It's jus' like learnin' anudder language son."  What a good dude.

    The Walking Dead.

    in "COMIC BOOK" MOVIES & TV

    Posted

    The Morgan episode is fine, but it's placement after last week's anti-cliffhanger is indefensible. And it suffers from prequel-itis in that you know that Morgan is going to grow into this Bushido warrior who will not kill and his "master" was going to die.

     

    Those were my issues with the episode itself.  It's fine to do an introspective flashback episode but for fuck's sake, don't do it after a cliffhanger in which a main character's fate is left up in the air.  And yeah, I spent the episode asking, "okay, so how is Eastman going to die?"  Another problem I had with the writing of the episode was timing issues.  To a lesser extent, how long was Morgan at Eastman's house?  It seems like a good while, but Morgan's camp is totally undisturbed, no walkers even on the sticks, when they go back to it.  To a greater extent, how long was Morgan back in his camp, going crazy again?  It seemed like a while, but then he goes back to Eastman's and hands him the walker's wallet, so I guess it's the same day?

     

    To me, there are two reasons they did this episode, the first I'm certain of and the second I'm assuming.  They needed to explain why Morgan has the code he has because:

     

    1) The creators of the show knew fans would be turning on Morgan.  While Rick and Carol are kind of crazy, their code works for the world as it is now.  Kill or be killed.  Here comes Morgan with a set of values that is, at best, naive and, at worst, dangerous.  We already saw Wolves he let get away (and grab a gun) almost kill Rick.  We're more apt to cheer for Rick and Carol and write Morgan off as a dangerous dumbass.  Will this episode build a little sympathy for the character?  I don't know but it at least gives Morgan's views a little more validity as to why he does what he does.

     

    2) Bad things are going to come out of that Wolf being locked in the basement.  Because of that, we need to understand why Morgan did it instead of just saying, again, "what a fucking dumbass."

     

    The episode was written to make us come around a bit on Morgan.  Maybe not sympathize, but at least understand.

    SON OF A~!

    in LAND OF CONFUSION

    Posted

    They claimed it was because they were using him to go after a bigger target. Which I think is bullshit when it comes to a monster violating children.

     

    I feel like when you're in a field like that for long enough, you stop seeing the forest for the trees.  It's that or pure evil, and I like to give the benefit of a doubt.  But for fuck's sake, how do you have evidence of a dude fucking children and be like, "well let's let this play out, we may be able to arrest more dudes!"  It's not like it's illegal gambling or a fencing operation.  Fuck.

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