King Kamala

I kind of hope there isn't another Batman movie. I mean I loved the first two but let's look at the track records for third movies in superhero movie series Superman III (suck)) Batman Forever (suck) Blade Trinity(suck) X3(suck) Spiderman 3 (suck) They should probably stop here with the Batman movies? Will they? As the great Gorilla Monsoon would say "Highly unlikely"

Man oh man oh man. So I went to this with a bunch of friends (It was my best friend's birthday) and he bought the tickets for the 3:15 showing at The CineMagic Grand in South Portland a couple days ago and picked up the tickets yesterday. About 2:30, a huge motherfucking thunderstorm hits and knocks out the power at theater. Lucly, they told him that the tickets would be good at the other CineMagic 15 minutes away and I hadn't started heading over. So everything turned up Millhouse for us. We even got to see the movie five minutes earlier than we would have at the other theater. Theater was about 90% filled which is a huge audience for a 3:10 matinee on a Friday. After the movie, we came out and there was an even huger fucking thunderstorm with 60 MPH wind. Enough of that boring backstory, now for my boring thoughts on the movie. I pretty much agree with everybody on here. Great great movie. Possibly the best superhero movie of all time. Yeah, the praise for it is a tad hyperbolic (Greatest movie I've ever seen? #3 on IMDb's #250? Uh...probably not) but if you have any passing interest in Batman, action movies, crime dramas, or thrillers, GO SEE THIS! Heath Ledger's performance lived up to the hype and I got to praise Aaron Eckhart who was also pretty amazing. Awesome ensemble cast too, great performances from top to bottom. I don't see movie audiences mark out that much at the theater but when they went BANANA!

There aren't enough facepalm pictures on the internet to convey my reaction to that...

They were also showing Batman Forever on there. I just watched that a month or so ago. Has aged poorly and I didn't even like it that much in the first place. Would it blasphemous to say that Batman Forever is in the same stratosphere of suck as Batman and Robin? I mean the latter is obviously worse but I can't say the former is that much better. Anyways, I'm seeing this at 3:15. Trying not to get too pumped up for this one. If I have any interesting thoughts, I'm sure I'll post them here afterwards.

I finally saw The TV Set last night on one of the on demand channels and I really enjoyed it. One of the most depressing comedies I've seen in a while (and I mean that in a good way). One minor fault is the antagonists are wildly sympathetic. I guess you can't fault a movie for having antagonists that are too unlikeable but some mildly sympathetic traits would have been nice for the evil network executives. Again, it's a very minor complaint. I've got to say though the guy who played the dopey star of the sitcom stole the show for me. I don't think I'd seen him before this.

One of my all time favorites. Ladysmith Black Mambazo! John Candy! Jeremy Irons! Keith Hernandez!

Well it's no "Me Lost Me Cookie At The Disco"... And there'll be no dissing of Sesame Street and/or The Muppets in this thread!

It was on FX last night and I assume it'll be on all weekend if you don't mind it being a little bit censored. I don't know if the premium channels are showing it.

What if someone picks two versions of the same movie, Nighthawk? WHAT HAPPENS THEN!?

I'll still take those three any day of the week over Souled Out 2000, SuperBrawl X, and Uncensored 2000. Another difference between Russo and Sullivan (and I hate to sound like a Russo apologist because I swear I'm not) is that Russo's shows leave me frustrated at how inane the booking is while Sullivan's shows leave me frustrated at how ungodly boring they are. Russo's shows are headscratchers and they give me headaches but I can't really say I'm bored by them. Not by any stretch of the imagination. It's kind of preliminary but it looks like next time, we'll be watching World War III '96. Which IIRC isn't all that bad of a show. At the very least, it should be leagues better than what we've watched for our first two meetings.

Wow. I didn't realize he hadn't been picked earlier either. Say what you will about his wrestling skills (and they weren't great, though I hear he was a lot better in the 60s and early 70s) but like Duggan, he's one of those guys that's always over with the crowd.

I may have been the only one in the chat that didn't completely hate that show. Sure, the booking completely sucked and the show wasn't very good but there was enough WrestleCrap and watchable matches to keep me mildly entertaining. The difference between Russo shows and Sullivan shows were Russo's shows moved. Sure they ended up going nowhere- but they moved. That Vampiro/Demon Graveyard match made those vignettes where Jake Roberts was training The Warrior look like Citizen Kane. Some of the funniest stuff I've seen on a professional wrestling show.

I'm about to head into the chat- hopefully we can shatter our record of three and a half people in the chat tonight

Actually, this could be the first time for me as well. I know I've seen bits and pieces of the show (Booker T Vs Jeff Jarrett, The Graveyard Match, Jeff Jarrett Vs Hollywood Hogan and the ensuing pandemonium) but other parts of the card seem completely foreign to me. Maybe I've blocked it out of my memory but I don't think I've seen this in its entirety. Should be...interesting.

We're going to be watching this in a little over an hour and a half, just follow Chriswok's link and enjoy the Russo. We'll be doing this in the TSM chat again.

I don't think there's a lobster salad sub at Subways down here. And if they had a lobster salad sub anywhere- it'd be here. McDonalds has one and as expected, it's pretty terrible. It's basically mayo and a shitton of lettuce on a hot dog bun with a little sliver of lobster. I'm not a McDonalds hater but they should have never attempted anything like this. Not when you can get a better lobster roll pretty much anywhere else for a two or three bucks more this time of year.

Somebody started a "mosh pit" when they played Limp Bizkit's "Break Stuff" at a 7th grade dance. Sad to say, I actually joined in. About a minute in, the DJ stopped the song and threatened to throw us all out. I watched a History of The Mosh Pit special on MTV2 a year or two ago and when they were talking about the "death" of the mosh pit in the late 90s, they showed a clip of people moshing at a Ben Folds Five concert. How could you justify that? There isn't even a guitar player in that band!

I still think WarGames 2000 is much more entertaining than '98? Better? That's subjective but more entertaining.

Sorry- that ten minutes turned into an hour fast. Anyways, my next pick is a bit more new school than the rest of my roster. I also figured my roster could use a wacky, crazy guy and this guy fits that role to a tee. This guy's run in wrestling's big leagues was relatively brief but he definitely made a mark and was one of the bright spots in WCW's dismal last years. Why he hasn't gotten an extended run in WWE or TNA is beyond me. An underrated talent for sure. I'll be using him as a heel against Hector Guerrero in a crazy heel Vs straight laced, fiery babyface feud. He's a former WCW Tag Team Champion, WCW Hardcore Champion, and WCW Cruiserweight Champion. With my 25th pick and the 427th pick overall in the All Time Wrestling Roster Draft, I'm proud to select... ...Crowbar!

Alright I got to return a DVD right now but I'll make my choice is in ten minutes. (yes this was kind of a useless post)

I'm really confused after those last few selections (or non selections), am I up?

I sat on the floor at a house show in July '02 and the tickets cost $40 a pop. At the last house show I went to in June '06, floor tickets were $60. I sat in the $25 cheap seats. That's what I'm going to do from now on because I can always move up. $60 for a floor show at a house show is way too much and I love house shows. Floor tickets are no good anyway if you're sitting past the sixth or seventh row. I'd rather sit in the cheap seats than in the tenth row.

I wanted my next pick to be versatile wrestler. This man is equally adept at wrestling a luchador as he is an old school southern heel. And he also has a trait I value- he can play a heel or a babyface. I'll be using him as the latter. As the lovable, high flying babyface lower mid-carder that thrills the crowd and gets them warmed up for the rest of the card. He's a part of Mexican wrestling's most famous family. He's a former NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion, a former NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion, and a former AWA Tag Team Champion. With my 24th pick and the 422nd pick overall, I'm proud to select... ...Hector Guerrero!

I haven't seen it in a decade but I remember liking this show. Maybe it was because it took place right around the time I was coming back from my yearish long hiatus from watching wrestling, maybe it was my already low expectations for these In Your House shows but I liked it. I remember Razor Ramon/Vader being a pretty good match in the *** range and 123 Kid Vs Marc Mero is probably decent as well.. The only thing on the card that outright sucked was The Ultimate Warrior Vs Goldust

Maybe if it was Big Bird taking a dump on your head. That sounds like it could be a cutaway scene on Family Guy...perhaps it already has been.