Chaos
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Austin needs to continue the "one time I was out floundering gag." Who would have guessed that Steve would have been this great at dry humor, but I have laughed during his podcast over the last year more than I have laughed at anything else.
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On most years, this may have been my pick for best picture. Zodiac had the poor misfortune of being in 2007 and releasing alongside No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood. I have not seen the film since it released to DVD seven years ago. It's one I have been meaning to revisit. This also was early into the Robert Downey Jr. comeback train, as this was a year before IronMan released.
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I have always loosely followed the sport, but I have been bad about consistently following the club teams. I know part of that has to do with having no one to discuss the subject with in South Alabama because you get the stupid "that's not real football! Row Tie Row!"
Anyways, what are some worthwhile podcasts to listen to for futbol? I started listening to Men in Blazers, and I am not sure if I am amused by their show or annoyed by it.
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I am not sure where to post this, and I may do this again in the coming weeks, but we are doing a feud retrospective for a podcast that I am an occasional contributor.
One of the first feuds I suggested was Foley and HHH as I feel there is a lot of ground to cover there.
This is what I thought was the key stuff to cover with it. Am I missing anything?
1) King of the Ring 1997
2) Canadian Stampede
3) Summerslam 1997 (Cage Match)
4) MSG RAW (Cactus Jack Debut)
5) Summerslam 1999 Main Event (Triple Threat for WWF Title)
6) RAW the next night (HHH's First Title Win)
7) Royal Rumble 2000
8) No Way Out 2000
I know there's the Mania 2000 angle, but I am not sure that is necessary for this discussion.
I would ignore 5) and 6). The feud there was Austin vs. HHH. Foley was only stuck in there at the last minute so Jesse could raise a face's hand.
If you can find them, I'd replace them with the Rock/Mankind "loser gets fired" RAW match that restarted the HHH feud from 12/27/99 and the DX vs. Rock/Mankind/Acolytes RAW match from 1/10/00 where HHH just DESTROYS Foley to set up the Rumble match.
I thought about doing the Radicalz Debut where they beat the crap out of Foley after Foley brought them out as his "new friends" also.
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I am going to say that this fits here:
http://www.spin.com/articles/insane-clown-posse-juggalos-gang-members-lawsuit-fbi/
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I will never understand the Juggalo... whatever it is.
I will never understand its ties to wrestling that starts with that bizarre 98 WWF Stable.
...Just...No
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Mick's participation at Mania 2000 should be scrubbed from history
Agreed. The should Benoit him from the event.
The worst booking idea ever for that Mania was watering down your money match (Rock vs. HHH) and turning it into that four way.
I was thinking about that last night. The booking and the build going into that was kind of convoluted.
You obviously had four guys that were intertwined, but that was not something the paying public cared to see.
If you combine a solid Rock/HHH match with that ladder match, you have a more fondly remembered WrestleMania.
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This is a very solid 1 day lineup:
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I am not sure where to post this, and I may do this again in the coming weeks, but we are doing a feud retrospective for a podcast that I am an occasional contributor.
One of the first feuds I suggested was Foley and HHH as I feel there is a lot of ground to cover there.
This is what I thought was the key stuff to cover with it. Am I missing anything?
1) King of the Ring 1997
2) Canadian Stampede
3) Summerslam 1997 (Cage Match)
4) MSG RAW (Cactus Jack Debut)
5) Summerslam 1999 Main Event (Triple Threat for WWF Title)
6) RAW the next night (HHH's First Title Win)
7) Royal Rumble 2000
8) No Way Out 2000
I know there's the Mania 2000 angle, but I am not sure that is necessary for this discussion.
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I keep slipping further down each week.
I am not wondering if I finish in the top ten.
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Think the big gold Chevrolet logo looks pretty shit, tbh.
Yeah, I did not like the AON sponsorship logos as well. They were a big eyesore.
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Just when you think Liverpool couldn't get uglier kits than last year's away, they double down.
Like the new United kit, even if the choice of sponsor could be better. Just don't like the kit being sponsored by a company that's recalled 29 million vehicles in the past year.
Also, a company that recently pulled away from having a large stake owned by the Federal Government.
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I'm catching up on these. Listened to the first Vince Russo and not sure if I can handle a second. BRO! Not to beat a dead horse around here, but man, if only Ryder had come around in a Russo company. Zack's accent screams success!
The Court Bauer one drove me nuts at points. It felt like every single thing that dude was bitching about was no longer valid. Work rate? It's better than it's ever been. Promos? They're better than they've been since Attitude. Cartoonish characters? Wait, has this guy ever even watched WWE/F? How the fuck is the guy who invented Umaga complaining about shit being cartoony? Then he compliments Sheamus and implies that Orton should have ended the streak, which is just the shittiest idea ever. And he seems to really believe that that boring garbage they were putting out while he was writing - and the years afterward - was better than what we're getting now. His whole schtick was a messy clusterfuck, some dumb smark with a bunch of stupid talking points that never change. Every time he made a good point, like about the weakness of creative teams and how Steph has fucked everything up, he followed it with something terribly stupid. You could tell he was annoying Austin the whole time.
At the time, I felt that Orton going over Taker was the right call to make. Orton hadn't been completely "made" at that point. He had that terrible baby face turn and really needed something big once they abandoned Orton the face in favor of a more interesting heel Orton. Keep in mind, the streak was not "THE STREAK" at that point. It was highlighted, but I felt that Orton match was the beginning of what was a pretty incredible run for Taker.
The only not great matches from Orton until the end were:
Mark Henry
Triple H (WM 27)
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I still need to watch the BBC's Sherlock, but I do highly recommend CBS'S Elementary for those of you that are just now starting that show.
The first few episodes are nothing great, but the series really finds its groove around the middle of the first season.
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I would have been interested to see this match take place, but you know that Austin/Pillman would have been severely outclassed and in over their heads.
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I've been playing L.A. Noire between FIFA sessions and decided to check some reviews on it. I don't understand how a lot of places / reviewers gave this game 100's and other top scores (whatever scale they use), when it's just not a good video game. I get it was ambitious, but that doesn't make it good. It's more close to awful than good. The mechanics are crap, especially the fighting, the running after folks, the clumsy cover system / shooting. Some frustrating moments like walking to the driver side door and getting run over (I have to look both ways before getting in my car in a video game? I'm not running out in traffic either. I've got shit to do).
I'm on the Vice desk so hope it gets better, but the story doesn't wow me and I don't see any new mechanics popping up this late in the game.
They won't, trust me. But the ending will make you want to smash the game with a hammer.
The game had a lot of production issues as well. I think the studio that made it went bankrupt and was full of corruption and what not.
I thought the game's story got a lot better once you start getting into the "Zodiac Killer" stuff.
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I thought this was interesting:
http://soccer.fusion.net/2014/07/06/how-the-world-cup-is-damaging-brazil/
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I feel like any song I post by this artist would work here, so I blindly picked one and it's a good one:
Also, Lisa Hannigan's voice absolutely wrecks me in a beautiful Alison Krause kind of way.
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I rarely have paid for a PPV that I felt was a waste of money. I have seen many PPVs that I did not technically pay for (I was in a bar, cable company left PPV unscrambled in the PPV days, etc.) that I thought was a waste of time.
I even ordered a few of the $10 TNA PPVs, but the shows I ordered had moments in them that made it worth it for me. (I ordered the Raven/Jarrett blowoff 4/30/03 show and AJ Styles's first title win later that year).
I guess the two PPVs that I would have gotten the least value in were:
Hell in a Cell 2012 (A buddy and I ordered it since we decided not to go to Atlanta to see it).
Wrestlemania X8 (This was not a terrible show, but I do not think it was exactly worth its pricetag).
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I was sorry to learn of your loss, Natural. I lost my mom when I was 16, so I can definitely relate to what you may be going through.
Just stay the course, man. You'll pull through it.
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Jones only knows how to fall on his ass and shoot erratically. It's awful.
Jesus, the Portugal game wasn't THAT long ago, was it?
Is one goal worth forgiving really poor outings against Germany and Belgium yesterday?
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It's total bullshit. Both Raw and Nitro had plenty of long matches (usually main events) which went through at least one commercial break during Vinnie Roo's tenure. The match after KOTR 99 when Austin regained the belt from Taker, for just one concrete example. As usual, Russo is just blatantly inventing a bunch of obvious lies in order to provide imaginary backup for whatever his current idiotic opinion is. Has anyone with less intelligence, less talent, and less credibility EVER been handed so much power in the wrestling industry, and gone on to have such a depressingly large influence on the business?
You could maybe argue Bischoff or Dixie Carter.
Although, I do not think TNA has had any meaningful influence on wrestling, and Bischoff at least has always been a decent sales/shill guy.
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These Russo interviews reminded me how much his voice annoyed me when he was on TV in TNA and WCW.
Also, the two segment match thing is completely wrong.
Yes, it is odd to split away mid-match for something, but wrestling fans want to see good quality wrestling, and that is a rarity in a single segment match.
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Old news, I know, but at least now I have a local MLS team to root for.
Also Kaká said he would love to have for his friend Falcao to come over and sign with Orlando because he would love to play with him, but I don't see that happening... It would be amazing if it did in indeed happen though.
I plan on making the six hour trek to see at least one Orlando City game next year. I will have a rooting interest in them at least until Atlanta gets their team in 2017.
July 2014 Soccer Thread
in SOCCER/FUTBOL
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They had a lot in Birmingham when I was growing up (I think a lot of the 96 Olympic games were hosted at Legion Field as well). I do not think they've hosted anything else in quite some time. Legion Field has had its capacity knocked down due to the deterioration of the building, and it is kind of in a terrible part of Birmingham. Youth soccer down here is huge (although, still well behind youth baseball and softball). I think Atlanta and Orlando getting MLS teams will help grow interest in this region... ESPECIALLY Atlanta for this area since we do travel there quite a bit for concerts, football, baseball, etc.
I always thought that Birmingham should have gone after a team in the early stages of MLS, since it seemed they were going after smaller markets for awhile.