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Glad to hear there is an excited atmosphere in Houston. I will be arriving Saturday morning. Going to WM and the Hall of Fame, but not sure if I want to go to any Axxess sessions. I am excited about finally getting to attend a Mania though.

The main reason this mania card is so depressing to me is that I am actually going and this is the worst card on-paper I can recall for a Mania. There has been so much talk on the board about WMX7 recently and it happened in Houston, so the fact that their return there is with this bad looking card sucks. But does anyone else think that this might be the year that the MITB winner cashes in the same night? I think Lawler has mentioned it every week now that the winner can use it that night, and I don't seem to recall them hyping that up at all in past years. I can see hhh winning and then Orton punting him out of frustration and the MITB winner coming down and cashing in his contract. The only problem with that is, I don't really see anyone in that match that Vince would be ok with ending Mania holding up the belt. But it certainly would add some excitement to what appears to be a very lackluster show.

With the talk now of Bradshaw vs. Kozlov as a possible mania match, that once again frees Rey up for discussion. He is obviously going to be on the show, but where? I am now pushing for a Rey vs. Bourne match at mania. I am going to the show and at this point the only match that excites me is Taker-HBK. And I am not really a fan of either. A Bourne-Mysterio match would most definitely excite me though, and could easily steal the show.

I have always loved the white castle of fear strap match. It may be my favorite Sting-Vader match and that says a lot.

Guys this is getting out of hand. This thread should be less about in-fighting and more about praising my apparent victory.

Best Picture Slumdog Millionaire Best Director Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire Best Actor Sean Penn – Milk Best Actress Meryl Streep – Doubt Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight Best Supporting Actress Viola Davis – Doubt Best Original Screenplay Milk - Dustin Lance Black Best Adapted Screenplay Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy Best Animated Feature WALL-E – Andrew Stanton Best Foreign Language Film Departures (Japan) in Japanese Best Animated Short This Way Up - Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes Best Art Direction The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo Best Cinematography Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle Best Costume Design The Duchess – Michael O'Connor Best Documentary Feature Trouble the Water Best Documentary Short The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306 Best Film Editing Slumdog Millionaire – Chris Dickens Best Live Action Short Toyland (Spielzeugland) Best Makeup The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Greg Cannom Best Original Score Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman Best Original Song "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman (music), Gulzar (lyrics) Best Sound Editing The Dark Knight – Richard King Best Sound Mixing The Dark Knight – Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick Best Visual Effects The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron

I just thought about the card and I think they should do Punk vs. Rey for the IC title. Gives them each a semi-big match and brings some workrate to the show. It also would reward Rey for his stellar performance in the EC.

I agree almost completely with Aero. My favorite season of 24 is season 5. I also agree that 6 is the only season that is bad but that it is still something you should watch because it has some good in it like the first 4 hours and Tom Lennox. I also think part of the reason 6 came off as so bad was because of how awesome season 5 was. To me 5 was like a culmination of everything that had been built up over the past 4 seasons. And then 6 came along trying to establish all these new characters and started super strong but then fell hard. And I don't think being able to watch all the episodes back to back without waiting would help. In fact it might even hurt. So far I have enjoyed season 7. Very glad to see the show back to form after the season 6 slump. But just to address one more thing. I am a fan of Audrey. I think she is a great character. She was perfect for Jack. The actress who played her is very good in the role. I thought she was the only good love interest Jack has ever had. And her being injected into season 6 was actually a plus for me. I really thought the finale for season 6 was strong.

At this point he is dead even with Penn. He might even be slightly ahead. Rourke won the Globe and just picked up the BAFTA. All Penn has won lately is the SAG. And the main factor there is likely the fact that he had never won at SAG before. Rourke is still very much in the race with Penn and maybe Langella.

It wasn't really a silent clock. The reason there was no ticking was so you could hear her gasping for air. It was just a cool little effect used to add to the moment.

Meltzer has JTG, Shad, and Dolph Ziggler officially in now.

My favorite part of the premiere was Janis. I loved that someone finally challenged Chloe. She always just hacks into these systems and no one ever notices or attempts to stop her. So when Janis started locking Chloe out I was very surprised and happy. And Chloe's "someone is trying to stop me from doing this and its starting to piss me off" just made the whole thing for me. I was really enjoying Tony as the bad guy too. And as others said, I am very happy with the development that he was actually with the group as a terrorist. I am hoping we haven't seen the last of this, as in they resolve this issue and so Tony feels he can go back to his mercenary ways and we get more Jack vs. Tony action.

I would say you did, as it will def be in my top 10 for the year. Everyone just came across as so real to me. So you really felt for all of these characters and what they went through. The dad was great as was the mom, but to me Anne and Rosemarie were a step above. Their scenes together where they fought over what they had gone through growing up and how it effected them now were some very powerful scenes.

I can be added to the list of people who liked Blindness. I expected so much more out of it, but I thought it was too well made and fascinating not to like at least a little. And bob if you wanted someone else to put in supporting actress, how's about Rosemarie Dewitt? I don't think she will end up with a nomination but she deserves one as she is fantastic as Rachael in Rachael Getting Married.

The five pics that will be nominated are locked at this point. It is Button, Frost, Slumdog, Milk, and Dark Knight. The best way to tell what will be nominated is to look at the various guild nominations. Usually there is some differences in there that leave some question for one or two spots, but this year that is not the case. Every guild has nominated those five films. So there is no doubt that those five will be your nominees.