Corey_Lazarus

Rap is very much so closer to metal than pop is. For one thing, artists of metal and rap tend to come from similar upbringings originally (for example, Sabbath came from an industrial town with many broken families, and the majority of the band was pretty poor when they first started jamming; early rap acts came from the ghetto's of the inner-city, where a hard life is expected), both gain huge amounts of unfair controversy (the Religious Right blaming Ozzy Osbourne for teen suicides after releasing "Suicide Solution," a song about Ozzy's alcoholism; media blaming the rise in gangs and urban violence on rap music, when rap music was finally telling people how life actually was for them), and neither rappers nor metal musicians are actually admired for their respective talents (the often amazing speeds that metal musicians play at, and blistering technicality of the music; the awkward rhymes and flow of rap vocals, while also making sure the sampling of beats and their own creations sound good with the rhythm of the vocals). Pop? Most of the time, it's music played by musicians that just want to make a few bucks, and only comes under the fire of mothers that don't want their children dressing like Britney Spears does.

This was in SYM, I believe. One of the very, very cooler parts of the game.

Yeah, it should. Lost Prophets are one of the only nu-metal/emo bands in the mainstream I can stand. Hell, I actually think they're damn good, as a matter of fact. Aside from the final line of the chorus to "Last Train..." about falling in love (well, more so for how it's sang, with the generic whiny emo kid "I never took a single singing lesson" voice). But yeah. Really solid video.

Actually, all he really needs is a program with somebody other than Rene Dupree. Why not have RVD/Mysterio vs. various tag teams on their quest for the Tag belts? Or, hey, have RVD go for the Cruiserweight title, since the limit is 230 lbs., and he's about 220. RVD vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. RVD vs. Paul London. RVD vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. RVD vs. Billy Kidman. RVD vs. Shannon Moore. None of them will be GREAT matches, but at least it will show some sort of push for him. Oh, wait. That would also mean pushing people in the Cruiser division outside of Rey. Shucks.

Actually, I thought the Fire Thunder Driver that Screech hit should have been the finish. I mean, it's the fucking FIRE THUNDER DRIVER, or as Tenay called it, "Nails on a Chalkboard," even though it's really called the "Saved by the Bell," and all it did was get a one count on Shark Boy. What the FUCK?!

Solid video, dude. Who sings that song? Isn't that early Lost Prophets, like "Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja," or something?

B-Y-Dub! B-Y-Dub!

Well, if you never admitted to being rich, I wouldn't have even made the joke.

Also, Van Dam's promo's in ECW were pretty solid, even if you take away the profanity. Hell, the only time he said anything you can't air on free TV was at the end of his promo's when he'd call himself "The Whole Fucking Show." Good delivery, good pace, and it fit his character of a laid-back, pompous prick that knew he'd win regardless of the opponent. So, this begs the question: why won't WWE allow him to get over the same way he did in ECW, by being the cocky wiseass bastard that would make fun of his opponents during a match? Oh, right, because it worked somewhere else. I'm not saying RVD is WWE Title potential. Hell no. Not even JBL is, but at least he's being pushed in such a manner to accent his stronger points. RVD is just being put out there with no rhyme or reason. Even GENE SNITSKY has a reason to do what he does each week on Raw. What is RVD's motivation to be in that ring?

And creating another boundary for students to be expect to obey and never question is going to create a kinder environment? No. They're still going to use the words. Either that, or they're going to make up new words with just as much intent as the others, and then those are going to get banned too. Trying to stop a teenager from swearing is like trying to stop me from taking a shit: it ain't gonna happen. So I guess rappers aren't "making a professional living" by getting more money in two weeks than most teachers will make in 5 years? Riiiiight. George Carlin got big from a skit of his stand-up comedy where he talked about the 7 dirty words you couldn't say on television. He's not making a professional living? Riiiiiight. I don't know about you, but I'd write a paper with the same profanities used, and then find similar ones, maybe with more "taboo" meaning to them, to replace them with. Either that, or use the proper terms, like "fornicate" instead of "fuck," or "consume your defecation and cease to be amongst the living" instead of "eat shit and die." But of course, that's me. Okily dokily, Utsiley. My biggest word is sesquipedalian. He doesn't know that many big words, does he? Also, SP, profanity can be used to enhance the emotion of the words. Resorting to profanity is something that should be frowned upon, I agree, but to be outright banned? That'll just make the urge to use it grow.

Papparazi that get too close and refuse the requests of those they're photographing to just calm down and/or back off for a bit? They deserve to be knocked the fuck out. Plus, couldn't a lot of these Papparazi cunts be charged with harassment for constantly hounding their targets? And also trespassing for when they sneak into somebody's house or onto somebody's private property?

For more "hardcore" stuff, check out Bury Your Dead, Zombie Apocalypse (though they may be more grind), Pro-Pain (but they're VERY iffy, as some songs are really fucking good, but others are atrocious and bland), and Darkest Hour (they definitely blur the lines of hardcore and metal). Bury Your Dead recs: "So Fucking Blues" Zombie Apocalypse recs: "The Dead In Queue" "March On To Victory" Everything else is under a minute long, so if you like those two tunes (and the end of "The Dead In Queue" is hard NOT to love), then pick up their album This Is A Spark Of Life!. It's only 11 minutes long, so it may be on discount. Pro-Pain recs: "Fed Up" "Foul Taste Of Freedom" "Take It Back" "Make War Not Love" "Death On The Dance Floor" (features Ice-T) Darkest Hour recs: "Oklahoma" "Sadist Nation" Also, since it hasn't been mentioned yet, STAY FAR AWAY FROM POST-WARPATH SIX FEET UNDER. The albums to stear clear of are Maximum Violence, Total Carnage, and Bringer of Blood. You might want to pick up Graveyard Classics just for the novelty of a death metal band covering classic rock, punk, and REALLY old-school metal songs (though the covers of The Scorpions' "Blackout," Savatage's "Holocaust," and Exodus' "Piranha" are quite solid).

Kindergarten Cop, Terminator 2, Wayne's World, various Troma films, Commando, Kevin Smith's films, Freddy vs. Jason (specifically the "NOT MY ARMS!" line), and the Evil Dead Trilogy get quoted the most amongst me and my friends.

Even worse, he acknowledged that TNA was an indy. Don't tell the few TNA faithful left that (although none are at TSM, since most posters seem to get educated here)! They'll jump all over you about how they're the #2 promotion in America, but should be #1 because they're better than WWE, when WWE at least has introduced new talent and is trying to push new guys and has a great match or two every few months, whereas TNA hasn't had a great match in a year and a half, and even then, it was just a really awesome spotfest! I don't think the match quality is because of the ring, Mike. I think it's more because Jeffy Jeff and Dirty Dutch want to run an old-school, Memphis-style promotion, even though the vast majority of the roster can't work that style effectively, considering how restrictive it is on moves and how faces/heels work during a match. I mean, I hear nothing but really good things for Petey Williams and Frankie Kazarian from IWA-MS and PWG, respectively, but in TNA? I hate them for being so damn bland in the ring. And Christopher Daniels' matches have gone from great in RoH and other indies to just passable, again: DUE TO THE TNA "NEW MEMPHIS" STYLE. So, basically, TNA's faults can all, once again, be summed up in three words, and these are three words I've been using for TNA for quite some time now: FUCK JEFF JARRETT. So you really pierced your ass and got scratcher ink of AC/DC, rich boy?

Well, since you don't feel like posting it here, I guess I'll have to.

I never remember this happening. Was it recently or back in the Weekly pay per view periods? becouse I didnt order every show every week. Plus I thought This was probably just a made up stupid post considering the person is banned. It happened during one of the earlier weeks. Like, for the month after Dustin "Screech" Diamond came in and knocked Tiny The Timekeeper the fuck out? Screech went around about how TV stars were better than wrestlers, and then John Stamos, Candace Cameron, and Dave Coulier all joined Screech, and the blowoff was an 8-person intergender tag brawl, with Screech, Stamos, Cameron, and Coulier against the team of Glenn Gilberti (one of his very rare face funs in his whole career, and it only lasted three weeks in TNA), Tiny, Chris Vaughn of Blackshirt Security, and Shark Boy. Of course, the match was disastrous, since Vaughn is green, Gilberti sucks, Shark Boy is bland, and Tiny is just a fat timekeeper, so the TV Stars (yes, they actually dubbed themselves the "TV Stars," which was almost a Dutch-level pointing out of the obvious) had to carry them to a decent *1/4 match.

Oh my fucking God, he's going to hell for asking about a company's wrestling ring in a folder that encompasses indy and foreign feds! GOOD GAWD, McMAHON!

Well, I guess Nevermortal is a cult of personality.

...how so? The movie was cheesy, dumb, and cliché...just like the series was. Plus, Matthew Lillard's peformance of Shaggy was phenomenal, and I remember hearing from him in an interview that, when he was just breaking into acting, his friends used to tell him that if there was ever a role he was made for, it was Shaggy. Only downside to Lillard's acting in it was that he couldn't do his awesome pissed off rants that appear in pretty much all of his other movies. As for Murray, I heard the reason he and Ramis had a falling out was because Bill never wanted to be in Ghostbusters II, or even make it, but Ramis and Aykroyd wanted to do it because they loved the idea too much. Murray doesn't want to be in any sequels, I think, because he doesn't want to get typecasted in one role (though, if you think about it, he's already typecasted as the wise-ass schmuck from his early movies).

1. Every show, as OtSS stated. 2. Negative, IMO, because it feels too awkward. I can understand TNA trying to be different, but a 6-sided ring? That may work in MMA (though UFC uses the Octagon, not a Hexagon) and AAA, but in the States? Nah. Especially considering the reason they adopted it was for X-Division matches, but most of the matches on the shows aren't X-Division. 3. About the same risks, actually. Maybe a little bit safer, because there's more overall room, it seems, to move around.

^That'd take forever to do and make it look nice, but it definitely is possible. I mean, they had the "create a taunt" feature for SYM and HCTP, and "create a walk" for SYM and HCTP, and "create an entrance" for the GC WWE games, so why can't they use a similar system to do the "creat a move" feature? Plus, I'd just make the Shotgun be in a game. Use the Gordbuster animation to start it, and then have one of my player turning around, and then use one of a Stunner or a Diamond Cutter. Voila, you got a version of the Shotgun right there.

The match that is so bad its actually clipped on the ECW home release? That match is horrid from beginning to end, which is sad considering how good it could of been. Actually, I have the commercial Heat Wave '98 release, and it's not clipped at all. That's just how the match actually goes.

It's the Air Supply, man. You need to knock that shit off.