Boner Kawanger

Keep it open so we can bump this thread next time instead of making a new one.

I'm still holding out hope for Sid.

Hey, be fair; they showed whiskey.

This is what I was thinking. Something like Wahlberg's role in The Departed.

Thou shalt not covet Kirk Cameron's wife.

Yeah, what was up with that? Those guys were all being over the top assholes. Which may have worked if we had seen them more interacting with Drama before instead of just seeing them on billboards and posing for pictures (for more billboards). But we've all been looking forward to the Joshua Tree episode for months. And Ari's going with them. So here's hoping.

I'm pretty letdown. Drama's hyped meltdown was disappointing. Most of everything else was just packed with Hollywood business speak, so much so that they had to go out of their way to explain "100 against 300". Not that I'm complaining much about that. It didn't bother me. What did bother me was ending the show on an excellent cliffhanger after only 22 minutes.

I was watching the Nitro after Fall Brawl 1997, and Curt Hennig taking a knee and handing over Ric Flair's robe to Hollywood Hulk Hogan is so cinematic.

If you pay a dollar to unlock him, yes. He also takes double the damage that Mega Man does and he goes back twice as far when hit. And I just got killed by Wily's third form. Damn damn damn.

True story: devout Christian Kirk Cameron refused to kiss the woman playing his on-screen wife in Fireproof. http://www.avclub.com/content/hater/kirk_c...esnt_understand

I can make it all the way to the twin slime balls in the third part of the last level. The slide's pretty unnecessary, but if I was a huge Mega Man fan, I'd probably feel the pain of missing it. Besides, if they gave Mega Man the slide, a lot of people wouldn't pay the extra dollar for Proto Man.

As someone who rarely posts during my sports teams' games, I think I have to here and I agree wholeheartedly with your post. In case you guys haven't got the tasteless drunken joke that usually spreads (via text message) through T-Town at a time like this, allow me to inform you that Bama kills more Dawgs than Michael Vick. I'll admit to laughing but goddamn. Yeah, the Tide will be #2. I'm expecting a year eerily similar to 1999 and hoping for a better ending.

Interesting discussion. Not the direction I expected. I've given this one a lot of thought after watching a lot of Steamboat recently, and I'm the one who suggested the topic. Thanks for posting it, Zack. Anyways, my original line of thinking was that by 1997, Piper and Flair were still main eventers (Flair's treatment notwithstanding) and by mid-year were embroiled in the "Tradition Bites" feud with the original Wolfpac. Therefore, I figured Steamboat would have still been around in WCW. I don't know when his contract ran out, but WCW was more than willing to hemorrhage money at the time in order to keep their giant roster. Unless the Steamer was planning to retire by '96, I think he'd have been more than willing to stay if the money was right. Since this is my What If, we'll say he'd stay around. The ECW discussion is a great splinter point. Hopefully I can come up with something to match it by the time I type the rest of this up. Let's assume that since Austin jobbed the US Title to Duggan that Steamboat was booked to retain. I know assuming anything via basic logic with WCW is risky, but stay with me. Let's say he too would lose the title to Vader. All that matters is that the injury never occurs. Let's say he appears sporadically throughout 1995, wrestling tag matches and maybe people on the level of DDP with the occasional Flair/Horsemen match. I doubt he would have had much interaction with Hogan, as that level would have been reserved for Luger, Sting, and Savage. I wouldn't be shocked if WCW managed to book a Savage/Steamboat match at some point. I don't want to focus on '95 too much, though, so I doubt he would have been in War Games but I bet he would have been brought in for Starrcade's World Series against Japan. And that would have been awesome. Entering 1996, Ric Flair and the Macho Man had a pretty intense rivalry going over the world title. Since Hogan was taking a short break at the time, they could have plugged Steamboat into the feud since the two were his greatest opponents. It's pretty tough to come up with something for him to do between March and July, so let's say he takes a sabbatical. The nWo comes in after Bash at the Beach. All that happens as we know it happens. I think Steamboat would have been brought back (in kayfabe by Flair) at some point in early 1997 to help him with the Wolfpac. Since this is my What If, this changes the main event of Slamboree from Ric Flair, Roddy Piper, and Football Player vs. Hall, Nash, and Syxx to Flair, Piper, and Steamboat vs. Hall, Nash, and Syxx. The finish is a triple submission via Figure Four, Sleeper, and Double Chicken Wing. If this was the case, I honestly think it serves as a pretty cool retirement for the guy. To be honest, if he could still go at this point, I don't see him making it through the summer. I suppose his time really had come in 1994, but I still think it would have been cool to see THE guy who personifies traditional babyface go against the biggest heels in WCW history. The ECW option, off the top of my head, would be putting him in TV Title contention working with Malenko and Guerrero for the technical aspect. If Shane Douglas was doing his "Flair is dead" schtick, then that could transition Steamboat into a feud with the Franchise. I don't know, I'll have to give it some thought. My ECW timeline for the mid '90s is fuzzy.

The writer's strike screwed up their filming schedule because Danny DeVito is directing a movie and Kaitlin Olson broke her back and had to wear a back brace. Just like Dee. Also, the best delivered line last night may have been Frank's "Anything can happen on the runway, Dennis" after he threw detergent in Dennis's eyes.

Charlie's acting was off the charts. Just the excitement he conveyed over finding Dee's video diary. Since he wanted to have her diary read to him so bad, his finding a the video version and being so enthralled was great. And if we're talking call backs, I marked out when Dennis brought back his tracksuit. I'll be honest, after tonight, Sunny may have surpassed Arrested Development as my top show.

I caught one or two episodes of Spectacular Spider-Man over the summer (one of them dealing with The Lizard, ironically enough I guess) and was surprised at how enjoyable it was. I liked the art style and the voices and-get this-they actually made Spider-Man kind of funny. If it came on later and I wasn't twenty-two years old, I would go out of my way to watch it.

Col. Parker claimed to be bringing in a "6'7, blond, former world champion" so that made some people think Hogan, I guess. I remember Scott Keith saying in his rant for the show that they were hinting at Hogan, so if the Netcop says it, it's probably not true. Oh, Comcast's latest update has left me with all of one Flair promos, the one he cuts against the boy scouts in the front row.

I don't think I've ever mentioned this but the last time I went to Raw, I had front row seats. Teddy Long, who was managing Rodney Mack at the time, was right in front of us for Mack's match, and as his man took control, Long turned to me and yelled "What do you think you that, you white motherfucker?" It was awesome.

I saw maybe two episodes of Power Rangers growing up. That was a pretty big deal on the ol' playground. I've never seen more than a minute of Star Trek. Shows or movies. I wanted to start watching Lost at some point but I don't think I ever will now.

Makes sense to me. One of the earlier articles hinted at the Lizard, so they've already got the actor for Connors. The Lizard itself will probably be a CGI centerpiece (bu I really hope they get some state-of-the-art animatronics) so they should get Gerard Butler as Kraven to carry the load for the human villain who I predict shall be declared more animal than man.

Austin/Rock at X7 was such a good match that it's made people forget that most of the buildup was the stupid Debra angle which made no sense. The only good parts (not counting "My Way") of it were the two trading finishers and the Austin "I need this more than you can ever imagine" promo that was some of the best foreshadowing they ever did. 1998 takes the cake. Sure it involved a non-wrestler (Tyson) but look at how big a star Steve Austin already was and look at how big a star he was after shoving Tyson.

I think this is kinda cool. From Comic Book Resources... WHO WATCHES THE BATMAN DVDS? [Green Light]So, how are the "Watchmen" movie legal shenanigans going to shake themselves out? Let Lying In The Gutters give you the exclusive. Currently the situation has Fox filing suit against Warners and other connected companies over the rights to produce and distribute the upcoming "Watchmen" movie, based on contracts signed a considerable while ago. And it appears that they have a very good case indeed. But do Fox really want to make a “Watchmen” film of their own? Do they want the money from the Warners “Watchmen” film? Do they want a cut? A payoff? Or just holding up a rival? None of the above. Sources tell me that Fox want the 1960s Batman TV series. Currently Fox own the TV footage, but Warner Bros own the characters and trademarks, via their ownership of DC Comics. The rights to a DVD release have been held up for a long time now, and this case looks like it may be the instrument to release them. Oh, Fox will get a wodge of cash as well - many millions of dollars it seems. But it seems they also want the rights to release the Adam West-starring Batman on DVD, something long denied fans of the series. And Warners will get the “Watchmen” film, to release as planned. There were comic fans who threatened Fox boycotts over what they saw as their scuppering of the Watchmen movie. Looks like they may soon have cause to thank Fox for this action.

Supposedly the only deleted scene is The Joker leaving the party and, when asked by a henchman if he'll still kill Dent, he replies "I'm a man of my word". It leads to the cops finding the bodies of Harvey and Dent.

Bingo, thanks. I was searching "Flair Piper" and getting a lot of Spirit Squad stuff.