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On 4/28/2024 at 7:56 PM, SirSmUgly said:
I am both impressed and concerned that you tracked Goldberg's record outside of house shows.
was never a Goldberg fan. resented his mega push (i was one of those 'he can't wrestle' fans). knew the streak numbers were bullshit but had to prove it to myself. and, since i was (re)watching all those shows myself, why not?
more on topic, the Havoc DDP match was great, but i can't think of any other good match he had. dude had insane physical charisma, but did nothing for me. that went for 1997 and again for 2014.
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On 4/26/2024 at 4:36 PM, SirSmUgly said:
Show #167 – 23 November 1998
- This is dumb, and it gets dumber when Eddy gives Rey a double XL lWo shirt and makes him wear it.
- There was a time that I thought that I was interested in Glacier appearances, but actually what I was really interested in was James Vandenberg, Mortis, and Wrath appearances.
- Saturn faces Silver King next. Saturn grabs a mic before the match and threatens/challenges Ernest Miller.
- Jericho as a cowardly heel World Champion with Ralphus and an actual huge bodyguard to watch his back would have been amazing. That’s a huge missed opportunity on WCW’s part.
- And yeah, Malenko injures Bret’s groin by trying to hang him up on the top rope and failing miserably.
- Goldberg comes out here to bring some life back to this show by steamrolling the Giant (on jobber entrance because we’re on overrun/Giant’s recently been to Connecticut to visit Vinnie Mac so fuck 'im). Goldberg kicks out of a chokeslam, eats a couple of chops for dinner, and then murders the dude with a spear and a Jackhammer in a couple minutes, and the high of that demolition (and that Jackhammer, which was a complete visual spectacle) is immediately brought back to a mediocre low by WCW insisting that Bam Bam Bigelow is a legitimate threat to Goldberg in 1998. I like Bammer, but no, this is not 1988, and it’s not the spot for him. There’s a huge pull-apart at the end, but that’s not going to make me want to see Goldberg/Bam Bam in 1998. Kevin Nash comes out to face off with Goldberg after security carts Bam Bam away, which is actually a hot pull-apart.
- i was appreciative that WCW was giving the luchadores SOMETHING to do, even if it was the objectively bad LWo angle. it made me appreciate it a little, at least. And i got a laugh from the comically oversized shirt they gifted Rey.
- Mortis was always the best part of that feud, BY FAR. Vandenburg comes in 2nd. i guess that puts Wrath 3rd. Glacier was at least better than Ernest Miller.
- i read that as "Silver King challenges Ernest Miller" and was very confused until i re-read.
- at least this leads to Bret's "you people probably don't even have groins" promo sometime soon.
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gonna disagree with your assessment of Bigelow here. i hadn't watched ECW at the time, but knew there was some buzz about him. I thought they did a pretty good job of presenting him as an agent of chaos. not a WCW employee, not somebody looking for a title shot, just a guy who wants to fight THE BIGGEST BADDEST DUDE. i think it was a comendable effort at presenting Goldberg as an even more mythical champ. And he sorely needed it after his shit-ass title reign thus far.
for what it's worth, Goldberg was announced as 162-0 coming into this match with the Giant. My count of televised matches puts him at 88-0 post-match. (KINDA SPOILERS IF YOU CARE ABOUT THAT SORT OF THING): At Starrcade, he gets announced as 173-0, but he only has 4 house show matches between now and then and his 3 "matches" on Nitro don't go to satisfying conclusions, so draw your own conclusion on how that count makes any sense whatsoever. Goldberg's streak was one of the things i was looking forward to comparing when i did my rewatch.
Goldberg's televised matches and record (Spoilered for Length):
(actual) record post match - date [show] - opponent - announced record pre-matchSpoiler1-0 1997/09/22 [Nitro] Hugh Morrus
2-0 1997/09/29 [Nitro] Barbarian
3-0 1997/10/11 [Saturday Night] Road Block
4-0 1997/10/13 [Nitro] Scotty Riggs
5-0 1997/10/20 [Nitro] Wrath
6-0 1997/10/25 [Saturday Night] Mike Anthony
7-0 1997/11/01 [Saturday Night] Renegade
8-0 1997/11/08 [Worldwide] Mark Starr
9-0 1997/12/13 [Main Event] Manny Fernandez
10-0 1997/12/13 [Worldwide] Frankie Lancaster
11-0 1997/12/27 [Saturday Night] Renegade
12-0 1997/12/28 [Starrcade] Steve 'Mongo' McMichael
13-0 1997/12/29 [Nitro] Glacier
14-0 1998/01/05 [Nitro] Stevie Ray
15-0 1998/01/08 [Thunder] Mongo McMichael
16-0 1998/01/10 [Saturday Night] Barry Horowitz
17-0 1998/01/12 [Nitro] Jerry Flynn
18-0 1998/01/22 [Thunder] Kendall Windham
19-0 1998/01/24 [Saturday Night] Mike Tolbert
20-0 1998/01/26 [Nitro] Brad Armstrong
21-0 1998/01/29 [Thunder] Yuji Nagata
22-0 1998/01/31 [Saturday Night] Meng
23-0 1998/01/31 [Boston Brawl] Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker
24-0 1998/02/02 [Nitro] Mark Starr
25-0 1998/02/05 [Thunder] Jim Powers
26-0 1998/02/07 [Saturday Night] Disco Inferno
27-0 1998/02/09 [Nitro] Steven Regal
28-0 1998/02/12 [Thunder] Glacier
29-0 1998/02/14 [Worldwide] Joey Maggs
30-0 1998/02/16 [Nitro] Hugh Morrus
31-0 1998/02/19 [Thunder] Fit Finlay
32-0 1998/02/21 [Saturday Night] Jerry Flynn
33-0 1998/02/22 [SuperBrawl VIII] Brad Armstrong
34-0 1998/02/26 [Thunder] Rick Fuller
35-0 1998/03/02 [Nitro] Sick Boy
36-0 1998/03/05 [Thunder] Vincent
37-0 1998/03/07 [Worldwide] Jerry Flynn
38-0 1998/03/09 [Nitro] Barry Darsow
39-0 1998/03/14 [Saturday Night] Chase Tatum (announced pre-match as 53-0)
40-0 1998/03/16 [Nitro] Lodi
41-0 1998/03/19 [Thunder] Wayne Bloom (55-0)
42-0 1998/03/23 [Nitro] Renegade (59-0)
43-0 1998/03/26 [Thunder] Jerry Flynn (61-0)
44-0 1998/03/28 [Worldwide] Johnny Swinger
45-0 1998/03/30 [Nitro] Ray Traylor (66-0)
46-0 1998/04/06 [Nitro] Van Hammer (68-0)
47-0 1998/04/13 [Nitro] Rocco Rock (71-0)
48-0 1998/04/16 [Thunder] Barry Darsow (72-0)
49-0 1998/04/19 [Spring Stampede] Saturn (73-0)
50-0 1998/04/20 [Nitro] Raven (74-0) *wins US Title
51-0 1998/04/27 [Nitro] Scott Norton (76-0)
52-0 1998/04/28 [Nitro] Jerry Flynn (77-0)
53-0 1998/05/09 [Saturday Night] Hammer (80-0)
54-0 1998/05/11 [Nitro] Len Denton (82-0)
55-0 1998/05/14 [Thunder] Sick Boy (83-0)
56-0 1998/05/16 [Saturday Night] Yuji Nagata (84-0)
57-0 1998/05/17 [Slamboree] Saturn (87-0)
58-0 1998/05/18 [Nitro] Glacier (88-0)
59-0 1998/05/23 [Worldwide] Bobby Blaze
60-0 1998/05/26 [Nitro] Johnny Attitude (89-0)
61-0 1998/05/28 [Thunder] Barry Horowitz (91-0)
62-0 1998/06/01 [Nitro] La Parka (93-0)
63-0 1998/06/04 [Thunder] Hugh Morrus & Barbarian (94-0)
64-0 1998/06/06 [Worldwide] Lee Roy Howard
65-0 1998/06/08 [Nitro] Chavo Guerrero, Jr. (98-0)
66-0 1998/06/14 [Great American Bash] Konnan (99-0)
67-0 1998/06/18 [Thunder] Reese (100-0)
68-0 1998/06/22 [Nitro] Rick Fuller (101-0)
69-0 1998/06/29 [Nitro] Glacier (104-0)
70-0 1998/07/04 [Worldwide] John Nord
71-0 1998/07/06 [Nitro] Scott Hall (106-0)
72-0 1998/07/06 [Nitro] Hollywood Hogan (107-0) *wins WCW World Title
73-0 1998/07/12 [Bash at the Beach] Curt Hennig (111-0)
74-0 1998/07/13 [Nitro] Curt Hennig (112-0)
75-0 1998/07/25 [Worldwide] Jerry Flynn
76-0 1998/07/27 [Nitro] Brian Adams (120-0)
77-0 1998/08/08 [Road Wild] nWo vs Wolfpac Battle Royal (129-0)
78-0 1998/08/10 [Nitro] Meng (130-0)
79-0 1998/08/24 [Nitro] Hogan & Giant (tag with Kevin Nash)
80-0 1998/08/31 [Nitro] Al Green (139-0)
81-0 1998/09/07 [Nitro] Scott Putski (140-0)
82-0 1998/09/10 [Thunder] Rick Fuller (142-0)
83-0 1998/09/24 [Thunder] Kanyon (144-0)
84-0 1998/10/01 [Thunder] Raven (147-0)
85-0 1998/10/13 [Nitro] the Giant (No DQ) (149-0)
86-0 1998/10/25 [Halloween Havoc] Diamond Dallas Page (154-0)
87-0 1998/11/10 [Nitro Extra] Meng (159-0)
88-0 1998/11/23 [Nitro] the Giant (162-0)
88-0-1 1998/12/14 [Nitro] Kevin Nash / Bam Bam Bigelow **no contest
89-0-1 1998/12/21 [Nitro] Scott Hall (173-0) *via DQ
89-1-1 1998/12/27 [Starrcade] Kevin Nash (173-0)-
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if Coach Tony was going to bring in a heavy on his behalf, i'd rather he pick somebody from Ring Ka King and make that a part of AEW's canon. but all of the Indian wrestlers were pretty terrible, so.... shrug.
3 hours ago, Octopus said:EDIT: it double posted. Uhhhhh. Do you prefer the ramp going to the top of the apron or a traditional ringside?
did WWE ever do the ramp-to-apron setup? i remember the first time i saw it was on a WCW VHS tape and thought it was awesome.
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my copy showed up today! looks great in person. thanks all!
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34 minutes ago, Zakk_Sabbath said:
And speaking of guys from Chicago who I liked a lot more as a kid (how bout that segue?!):
i was just wondering if/when this was ever going to air. I remember last fall Corgan mentioned that he had signed for two shows on CW that were "Wrestling-adjacent". one was NWA POWERRR! and the other was rumored to be him focusing on his home life and preparing for his wedding. They actually got married back in September, so this obviously has been in the works for a while.
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3 hours ago, Technico Support said:
So this was passed along party lines (shocker) in the FTC. It's not something that was ratified by congress or anything like that, and could change based on the next elections. So it's a little shaky. Get out of your non-compete-based jobs while you can!
it isn't set to take effect for 120 days, so don't put in your notice yet!
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On 2/27/2024 at 11:31 AM, The Natural said:
While waiting for Deadpool and Wolverine (2024), I thought I'd have an updated go at ranking the Fox X-Men films:
13. Dark Phoenix (2019).
12. The New Mutants (2020).
11. X-Men: Apocalypse (2016).
10. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2019).
9. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).
8. The Wolverine (2013).
7. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).
6. Deadpool 2 (2018).
5. X-Men: First Class (2011).
4. X-Men (2000).
3. Logan (2017).
2. Deadpool (2016).
1. X2 (2003).
good list, mine probably would look pretty similar. Have you watched the '90s made-for-tv Generation X movie? i think it was supposed to be a backdoor pilot for a series maybe? my memory is fuzzy, but i did find it on YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiEPCNIYVUs
On 2/26/2024 at 5:48 AM, The Natural said:D'oh.
back in high school, the local pop radio station was hyping up a horror/slasher movie premiering at the local movie theater. considering that my friends and i considered ourselves horror buffs, we knew we had to check it out, despite never hearing of it before. The title of the movie was "Pool Party Massacre". the movie was BAD. multiple shots with boom mics. at least one scene where you could hear the director (i think you heard him say 'cut' but i don't 100% recall). one scene where the camera inexplicably panned too far one way and you saw other cast members just standing around. Easily the most unprofessional movie i have ever seen in a real theater. And it's not like this was some local group that made it. It was made in
like Spain or something?Germany.
Eventually it saw a DVD release under the name "The Pool" where they cut out all the stuff that shouldn't have been there in the first place. it's on YouTube cut into parts, but here's the Wikipedia article for it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_Pool_(2001_film)wish i had kept one of the flyers they made up for this movie, but that's long gone.
On 2/22/2024 at 2:48 PM, odessasteps said:Depending on which continuity you look at, Doom is Kang or an ancestor of Kang.
thanks for this! i had never heard of Omniverse but it sounds super interesting so will be checking this out.
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1 hour ago, SirSmUgly said:
That tweet is the funniest thing Hogan's ever written or said. Classic.
i think Hogan just went full Sheiky.
13 minutes ago, The Natural said:What I don't understand about Hulk Hogan is how people can be a fan of his knowing what he's done.
i think it ties back into the "separating the art from the artist" idea. easier for some people than others (i mean that for both the performer as well as the audience). i can go back and appreciate '80s Hogan promos and matches for what they are, but anything after his in-ring career ended is just cringeworthy.
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ORDERED! Thank You!!
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1 hour ago, The Natural said:
I still want to see Alex Pereira vs. Jiří Procházka II.
i don't think my heart could take it.
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had a bunch of people over to watch the fights (first time i've done that in a few years!) so didn't get a chance to share my thoughts. Here they are:
Jalin Turner with an all time bad call, trying to score himself a walkoff KO. I like the guy, but that was a total bonehead move. Good on Moicano for capitalizing, making him pay, and cutting a fantastic promo after.
Diego Lopes looked damn good. I wasn't really familiar with him past the hype, but i look forward to seeing more soon.
Kayla Harrison is the real deal. She answered every question that i had about her, and did so with style. Great promo, and i can definitely see her among the top of the division. Total props.
i remember enjoying the Sterling/Kattar fight, but more being disappointed in Kattar's performance than impressed by Sterling's.
Jiri is THAT DUDE. every moment of every fight is can't miss. He's one of the last few guys to bring that old school Bushido mindset into the cage. I am glued to the screen whenever he's inside the octagon. His fight style is going to give me a heart attack some day.
Bo Nickal looked good but not amazing. I'm not sure how he's attained all the hype that he has, but i hope his skills match the potential everyone sees in him eventually.
Tsurukyan/Oliveira happened. i wasn't enthralled by this one, and was feeling a pretty good buzz at this point, so if there was a lot of nuance then i probably just overlooked it.
MAX MF'ING HOLLOWAY!! this fight delivered to every possible expectation. simply amazing. Did not go how i foresaw it happening at all, but was no less entertaining for it. Holloway just broke down Gaethje from bell to bell. One of my buddies, with ~1 minute left in the fight, said "i don't want to jinx it". When pressed, he said "i've seen fights end with 1 second left", implying that Gaethje could have pulled off the comeback KO. When Holloway scored it instead, we all exploded. It was just fucking amazing.
Zhang Weili HAD that choke in Rd1. Yan was OUT. And then Zhang dominated Rd2. At this point, it was only a matter of time. But then Rd3 happened and Yan looked like she was the best ever. WILD swing in this one. i must have pretty much tuned out 4 and 5 as i don't remember much.
Alex Pereira. That dismissal of Herb Dean, leading directly to the KO was incredible.
In one of the prefight interviews, Jamahal Hill (or someone from his camp, i don't remember specifically who) said "there's levels to this striking game". That struck me as odd, because Pereira was a 2 division champ in Glory. Jamahal Hill doesn't have those credentials. But Pereira certainly proved that exact point, just not in the way that Hill expected.100% an all time great card.
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Garbrandt looked good standing. fast speed and measured in selecting his shots. He even did a commendable job fighting that arm triangle. but Figgy just outclassed him on the ground. excellent work adapting and attacking those subs.
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loved the throwback intro. HYPED!
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EVENT #38
UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill (04/13/2024) - Las Vegas, NV (T-Mobile Arena)
Alex Pereira vs. Jamahal Hill - Pereira, TKO, R2
Weili Zhang vs. Xiaonan Yan - Zhang, SUB, R4
Justin Gaethje vs. Max Holloway - Gaethje, TKO, R2
Charles Oliveira vs. Arman Tsarukyan - Oliveira, DEC
Bo Nickal vs Cody Brundage - Nickal, TKO, R1
Jiří Procházka vs. Aleksandar Rakić - Prochazka, TKO, R3
Calvin Kattar vs. Aljamain Sterling - Sterling, SUB, R2
Holly Holm vs. Kayla Harrison - Holm, DEC
Sodiq Yusuff vs. Diego Lopes - Yusuff, DEC
Jalil Turner vs. Renato Carneiro - Turner, TKO, R2
Jéssica Andrade vs. Marina Rodriguez - Rodriguez, DEC
Bobby Green vs. Jim Miller - Miller, DEC
Deiveson Alcântara vs. Cody Garbrandt - Alcantara, TKO, R3-
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this is, without a doubt, the best ever top-to-bottom card the UFC has ever put on.
looking forward to Gaethje/Holloway the most for all the reasons @The Natural laid out. Also trepidatious for those same reasons.
Figueiredo/Garbrandt should be a hell of a fun opener. i also expect Cody to be the recipient of a KO. his chin is starting to go, plus he tends to get lured into these brawls that lead to him abandoning his technique. He has all the skills necessary (or at least had them), but some of the worst Fight IQ ever when he deviates from his gameplan. I was surprised to see that Cody is not currently ranked. not that he necessarily deserves it, but the UFC seems hesitant to unrank former champs that remain active.
Holm/Harrison is probably the most intriguing for me. I haven't watched any PFL, so i haven't seen Kayla fight before. Interesting that she draws Holm as her debut, after what Holly did to the last high level judoka on the roster. But can Holly's experience score the victory over her age? And how will Kayla's first weight cut to 135 effect her? Lots of questions to be answered.
Pereira/Hill is not the main event that a vocal percentage of the fanbase wanted, but i'm here for it. the mess with the LHW title is beginning to clear itself. I'm hoping that whoever wins, Magomed Ankalaev gets the next shot. He's the last one with a (albeit tenuous) claim on the title. Pereira is very hittable, and Hill will be looking to put that to the test. But Pereira definitely hits HARD, and i'm looking forward to watching Hill test out his own chin as well.
Speaking of hittable, you know i'm rooting for Jiri, easily one of my favorite current fighters. don't see this as being anything other than a barnburner.
Good on Jim Miller getting the spot to fight on 300. Pulling for him because of that, although if this was any other card i'd be on the Bobby Green train.
Kattar/Sterling keeps getting overlooked but i'm excited for that fight too. and Turner/Moicano. and Oliveira/Tsurukyan. this card really is phenomenal.
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thirded. a whole ass gut punch of an episode. but great.
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On 4/9/2024 at 12:25 AM, Elsalvajeloco said:
How does that or removing all the context I laid out clear Paul Levesque?
wasn't trying to clear Paul. whether Paul was working or earnestly believes what he said, i couldn't care less.
i just liked your wording and turned it into an irreverent standalone statement on DFW. those never fail to amuse me.
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1 hour ago, Elsalvajeloco said:
Dana White is still Dana White... He still says stupid stuff time to time
'nuff said.
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ACTION DEAN RULES THE MOTHERFUCKING WORLD~!!!
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TODAY'S THE DAY!!
i'm pretty pumped for the show tonight. Won't be attending live, but excited nonetheless. Thanks to ACTION Wrestling and @Phil and @Jacey and anyone else involved in putting this together.
see y'all in @NikoBaltimore's discord chat at show time!!
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On 4/1/2024 at 2:09 PM, Log said:
Haven't seen Godzilla X Kong yet, but I've heard about a scene, and I have to know if it's true:
I heard there was a scene where Godzilla and Kong have a misunderstanding, but Mothra talks to Godzilla and straightens it out. Like, Mothra stands there and makes Mothra sounds and they cut to Godzilla being all, "oh, right" (but with Godzilla sounds, of course) and then Godzilla is convinced and all is well between he and Kong. Please tell me this is true.
a scene like that DOES happen, but that explanation certainly overplays it.
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my town (~60k) has had the same comic shop the entire time i've lived here (>20 years). It has moved locations and changed ownership a couple of times, but still going strong. When i was a younger lad, this is where i bought "the Death of Superman" and, a couple years later, got a checklist/trading card for "Age of Apocalypse" that blew my mind. I have collected damn near every issue of Nightwing from this very shop (i moved out of town for a couple years, but that time period aligned with when Dick was acting as Batman). The current owner is a super good dude. the previous owner was a friend-of-a-friend and also dated one of my friends back around High School days. There's a longstanding employee who has stuck with the shop through the ownership changes, and he's just the best. He's been collecting since the '60s and has damn near every Marvel comic every published.
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14 hours ago, tbarrie said:
I thought works owned by individuals rather than corporate entities entered public domain a certain number of years after the author's death rather than a fixed number of years after creation, so all of the Holmes canon would have entered at once. And the number of Holmes films, TV shows, and other adaptations that come out backed up that belief. Do they all make deals with the Doyle estate? Or are they limited in which stories they can reference? Or some of each?
I'll have to look into the Holmes precedents. Thanks for the pointer, Blitz and Brtian.
the short answer is "yes". all of those things have happened, at some point or another, with the Holmes situation. Also complicating matters is that Doyle was British, and copyright terms/concepts are different on the two sides of the pond. Every Doyle Sherlock Holmes story has now entered the public domain, as of January 1 2023. But man oh man, did the ACD estate fight tooth and nail to hold on to every possible concept they could make money off. They even sued/C&D'd multiple situations that had already been established as PD. crazy stuff.
Here's a page that covers the difference in US vs. UK copyright: https://publicdomainimagelibrary.com/copyright-rules/#:~:text=US works published 1928-1963,years since the author died.
23 hours ago, tbarrie said:I don't know, other companies and (especially) independent artists being able to legally fork the Superman mythos seems like a pretty big deal to me.
And aren't we all kind of just guessing what will and won't be allowed when? I don't think there's a lot of precedent established regarding characters who've been under copyright, published, and slowly evolving for almost a century before becoming public domain.
i agree that it is a big deal for Superman, et. all, to enter PD.
but there's a lot of precedent established as for what is usable and what isn't. What we don't know is how litigious Time Warner Discovery will be in enforcing the copyrights that haven't entered the PD. I imagine the answer is "very".
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Manel Kape pulled out of his fight with Matheus Nicolau (4/27). i really like watching dude fight, i wish he could stay healthy and show up more than once a year.
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+1 for the n64 love. i still have my launch day system (with the Expansion Pack from DK64 of course). I own 64 games because i thought that was a fitting amount. Smash Bros. is in my collection, but Paper Mario is not. While i will always prefer Goldeneye, Perfect Dark is objectively the better game in basically every way.