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Not to be a pedant or anything, but Hurricane's Buff Blockbuster is called the Overcast… it's a weather reference, like the Eye of the Storm. And I must say that Trish Stratus' "spinebuster" is horrendous. And technically, it should be called a sidewalk slam ala Ron Simmons since the attacker doesn't spin around. And the thing they call a sidewalk slam should really be called a side salto or side slam ala Dino Bravo. Unfortunately, that got bastardized in the '90s, most likely by Vince McMahon or Tony Schiavone. My head hurts.

Speaking of which, where is the third Yung Dragon, Kaz Hayashi? I would assume he's off in Japan doing his thing.

What a stretch.

Feel the indie love (mostly, anyway): Prozac Nation Shaolin Soccer Kill Bill Northfork Levity Me Without You Blue Car Owning Mahoney Winged Migration Once Upon A Time In the Midlands Together The Hard Word American Splendor Buffalo Soldiers School of Rock Pieces of April The Battle of Shaker Heights

Um... no. I go with the Canadian-friendly Whatsitalla Boot personally. But then again, I'm just a SKeith apologist. What do I know? And Jay, never apologize for having an opinion. If you like Test, shout it from the rooftops. ::snickers::

I too was wowed by Adaptation*, which I just saw this weekend, and having seen the trailer for Matchstick Men a couple of months ago, I must say I am eagerly anticipating it as well. *The best part of Adaptation in my opinion was… Spoiler (Highlight to Read): … when Charlie relents and asks Donald for help writing his screenplay. Up until then, the actual movie was a simple character study, following Charlie's writing process, his quirks and foibles, with not much action taking place. Once Donald takes an active part in the screenplay writing, the movie turns into a psychological thriller, with the revelation of Orlean and LaRoche's affair, the chase into the swamp, etc. At this point, I wasn't sure which was Charlie's movie and which was Adaptation, if you catch my drift. I was actually expecting the movie to end with both brothers alive and walking out of the premiere of The Orchid Thief, but I still like how it didn't come into play. It was such a subtle and brilliant move that totally blew me away, and I was left wondering if anyone else had gotten that little "inside joke".

And Bruce Leroy's object of lust: Denise Matthews aka Vanity

As a recovering Roman Catholic, I must say I laughed quite heartily at that totally inappropriate comment. I must remember to use that in various social settings in the near future. Bravo.

From what I understand, child abusers/molesters are most often the recipient of "inmate justice" once they're incarcerated. I hope that's not just a male prison phenomenon, as this woman deserves a back-alley hysterectomy with a rusty spoon.

But it's not like this is something that came out of the blue. If the evil Coach thing was just some accident they stumbled on and it took off, then I might be inclined to agree. But if you think about how this has been built up over the past few weeks (King's negative reaction to having Coach at the booth, his lackluster dismissal upon JR's return, the amount of time he was given on the PPV and the subsequent RAW), you can see this was mapped out quite carefully. That attention to detail could so easily have gone to any number of wrestlers, in terms of presentation, proper build-up, etc. And I'm not just talking about now. This is stuff that should be laid out weeks before a new guy is slated to debut on TV, or when an established wrestler is primed for a renewed push. Now think about how many guys on RAW are placed on TV without a real sense of purpose or an interesting gimmick, or the guys who are wasted on the sidelines, brought out only when F.G.B. needs someone to squash or when something else on Trips breaks down and they need to fill 10 minutes. It's haphazard planning and misplaced energy like this that killed many a promotion before WW_, and as far as I'm concerned, it may be a slow crawl for Vince and Co., but they're heading there too.

I don't consider Shane talent any more than I consider weekend warriors like Nash and HBK talent. And the real cost to talent is airtime. Guys can't get over if they don't get exposed to the fans. They also can't get over if they're not given anything meaningful to do. So to say that there's no expense to talent is overlooking how much energy is being put into Coach's new "push" and how that could have been used to get a wrestler over.

Amen. (To both Polish and DH) People are falling all over themselves doing 180s about the Coach now that he's an on-air personality with personality (according to some people... my jury is still out on that), yet that does nothing to make me care about the guys who actually wrestle. After all, I tune in for the wrestling, not for the squabbles of desk jockeys who couldn't call a match if Gordon Solie possessed them.

I'll be watching the Jets vs Eagles, since SD! is pre-empted. You couldn't pull a "Clockwork Orange" on me to get me to watch that MTV shit.

It most likely means you have taste. Radio and MTV dictate what music is popular. It's not a matter of what music is actually good; it's how much money music execs are willing to shell out to the media to ensure that their acts get the most exposure. That's why you have a glut of bands/singers/sideshow freaks with similar sounds and grooves clogging the airwaves, and why bands with truly unique stylings or actual talent get pushed to the fringes. Be happy the stuff you like doesn't get much play... that usually leads to overplay.

The fact that those three crippled pricks still have jobs, let alone clog up the main event with their stale act, is proof positive that the Clique is running shit. How anyone can like any of those three cockbites, not to mention collectively, speaks volumes about how fans are willing to settle for shitty wrestling.

My bad. I still contend that his "style", while maintaining a solid play-by-play foundation, gets a little heavy-handed with his shrill voice and garish overacting. Kinda like if JR was a 15-year-old geek from Long Island.

Current likes: Damone Hey Mercedes Sense Field Alkaline Trio Midtown Current hates Everything on mainstream radio, MTV and VH1* Basically any act that relies on image over musical talent. *I do find Maroon5's "Harder to Breathe" more tolerable than pretty much everything else. That and "Seven Nation Army" by the White Stripes.

God, please keep Thomas away from a microphone. I remember when he used to do colour for NBA games on NBC and he was terrible. More than just terrible. He was Bill Walton-terrible. Maybe even Magic Johnson-terrible.

The only thing Nash is good at is doing as little as possible to put himself over. Keep his sorry ass and his lame dyejob away from the announcer's table, the wrestling ring, and my TV set. And enough with pimping Joey Styles. He would never conform to WW_ operational standards (10% match commentary, 140% shilling), and Vince would never hire him anyway. Replacing the announce table with a better commentary team wouldn't change the fact that they'd be doing commentary for a shit stew like RAW. Better to just keep JR/Lawler on and let the show die a natural death than to put in new blood and make them the scapegoats.

Family Ties rocked Growing Pains in every category (theme song, cast, stories, guest stars) except one: Julie McCullough as Mike's girlfriend smoked Courtney Cock as Alex's girlfriend. Love those former Playmates.

Methinks the deeper truth is that F.G.B. didn't want to sully his image by appearing anywhere near a midcarder plebe like Test. Not that I blame him, of course, but I'm not gonna paint him a locker room hero for having common sense.

Pipe dream: some team other than the Dudleys or Cade/Jindrak beats La Res for the titles via some screw-up by Grenier. Dupree and Conway kick the shit out of him and send him packing, never to soil the airwaves ever again. That or Bischoff abolishes tag teams on RAW forever. Reality: the Dudley Patriot Express, after another 18,000 failed attempts, will finally beat La Res at the next PPV to thunderous silence, and the next night on RAW lose the titles to Orton and a returning Batista. Evilution pullls a poor man's Horsemen routine, running roughshod over the promotion, belts brandished in everyone's faces, and nobody gets over. Never underestimate the power of pessimistic thinking.

Smark Axiom #420: RVD will never be turned heel, because the audience will never accept him as a heel. He came into WW_ as a heel and the crowds collectively willed him into facedom. Learn it. Live it. Love it. Back on topic: this whole "keep 'Taker strong for intermittent title shots" is wearing paper thin. His character is played, his matches are weak, and his shelf life expired the day they relocated Death Valley to Texas. Jobbing Lesnar to him has angered me to no end. The only salvagable ending to this farce is Angle standing over 'Taker wrenching his ankle into a clean submission next week… which of course ensures that it will never happen. Get ready for 'Taker/Lesnar feud v2.0, sans Sara the horse-faced mule.

You had me... ... and then you lost me.

Not for nothing, but a public beatdown and humiliation of Austin will not change the fact that Orton is vanilla custard in the ring and on the mike, two things that keep wrestlers over consistently. In fact, someone as undistinguished as Orton would have to personally cart Austin's paralyzed body to every arena and beat him with a baseball bat every week for him to maintain any kind of heat. Translation: I'm not feeling it.