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Maybe they were disappointed that the movie wasn't more like Darren Aronofsky's unpublished screenplay where Bruce Wayne was homeless and Alfred was an overweight African American mechanic named Big Al.

That's not really being a hipster. That's just being a contrarian. Anarchist punk bands automatically go against the mainstream but I'd never consider them hipsters!

Oh that's right. I was confusing that with his promo during his forgettable feud with Davey Boy Smith where he said something to the effect of "Don't just sit there drinking coffee while a man's talking to you!"

I'm not sure I would have heard of M.I.A. before the Pineapple Express trailer myself if I hadn't worked at a college radio station this past school year. "Paper Planes" was one of the few songs of our required playlist that I could tolerate.

Hello, welcome to my new blog. I figured if Gary Floyd and Smues have blogs then why the hell can't I have one? Here I hope to kill ten minutes of your day with observations on film, popular music, wrestling,and whatever the hell happens to cross my mind. On occasion, I might indulge in a habit that I find too dorky for my regular posts (well, 99% of the time anyways)...fantasy booking.

Roundtables are serious business, brutha.

About the Great American Bash roundtable, my aunt was visiting that week so I was busy on the night we usually did them. I told the rest of the usual suspects that I'd be glad if they did one without me or we could do one on another night and I didn't get a response from anybody but HTQ. We'll probably do one for SummerSlam but I'm not going to have cable while I'm up at college so I don't think I'll be able to do them for a while after that.

People got apathetic about the board's revival almost immedietely after you and Dandy left. I'd start some Town Halls but I haven't watched WWE in months. I've suggested a few people for Q&As but the suggestions mostly fell on deaf ears. I might take some initiative though and see if Lanny Poffo wants to do the Q&A. Apparently, he personally answers all of his e-mails. From watching his RF Shoot, I think he'd make for a fun Q&A subject.

No, feel free to start another "What Might Have Been" thread. And I agree with cabbage- I think The Radicalz ECW run would have been pretty short. Just long enough for Benoit and Guerrero to put over RVD and Malenko and Saturn to put over The Impact Players.

I think Jericho's last in-ring appearence in WCW was jobbing to Scott Steiner in the first round of the U.S. title tournament on the Spring Break Nitro in March '99. They did briefly show him at the WCW.com booth at Great American Bash '99. Has Steve McMichael's last appearance with WCW been mentioned? That was a really odd way to go out. IIRC, he got coffee thrown in his face by Hollywood Hogan and then never showed up again.

I didn't think DarKnight could be worse than his brother but he is. At least cabbage can be amusingly bad at times, DarKnight is just a doofus.

Bad Boys 3 would be on those of movies nobody really wants to see but ends up making $50-60 million opening weekend anyways.

Hey---look the contrarian for the sake of being contrarian backlash has already started! What well reasoned arguments put forth in this Facebook group.

I'd happily swap Kerry Von Erich for one or both of The Brainbusters. I love my roster though but I'd love to have The Horsemen in some shape or form.

Me and Nighthawk talked about this a couple months ago. It seems like the smaller the town, the better the fast food. Some of the employees there take pride in it for some reason. On the other hand, I can't eat fast food in big cities. Especially after I got a bad case of the shits after eating at the Burger King across the street from Boston commons. I haven't noticed them being that much more expensive (Though I don't notice that type of shit when I'm ordering fast food) but they're usually a lot dirtier and the food is crappier. And a lot of the patrons (and usually some of the employees) are sketchy as hell, even during the daytime.

I figured they'd eventually get Favreau and Downey but the thing I'm shocked about is its being released in April. Granted, it's at the tail end of the month but it seems like Summer Movie Season gets longer and longer every year with big movies coming out earlier and earlier in May (and now into April) and more prominent movies coming out in August.. I don't know if I'm just remembering my shit wrong but it seemed like back in the day Summer Movie Season was mid-May to mid to late July. Now it starts in the last friggin Friday in April and doesn't end till Labor Day.

Saw Gnarls Barkley with Hercules and A Love Affair opening tonight. Great show, probably one of the better ones I've seen this year. Though Cee-Lo seemed a bit pissed towards the end for some reason. But yeah both bands were fucking tight.

Oooh OK. Here are three that I can think of off the top of my head. The Big White: The aforementioned Robin Williams movie. Also starring Holly Hunter, Woody Harrelson, and Giovanni Ribisi. From what I've heard, it's a massive Fargo ripoff. Williams plays an Alaskan travel agent in financial trouble who tries to cash in on a one million dollar insurance claim on his brother (Harrelson), who's been missing for five years. He finds a body on the side of the road and tries to pretend it's his brother but surprise! He's still alive and shenanigans ensue! The reviews for it were mostly bad but I remember Leonard Maltin really liked it for some reason and talked about it on Secret's Out The Alibi: Released on DVD as Lies and Alibis. Was supposed to be Steve Coogan's breakthrough as a leading man in the U.S. It didn't quite work. He plays a man who runs an alibi service for adulterous husbands who gets into a jam when the son of his most powerful clients murders his mistress. Somewhere along the line, Sam Elliot shows up as a Mormon hitman and John Leguizamo plays the jealous ex boyfriend of the mistress. I've actually seen this one. There are a few scenes but it's really too convoluted for its own good. Havoc: Awful, awful movie where Anne Hathaway delves into the gangster culture of L.A. She gets topless but that's about the only good part. Also stars Bijou Philips, Joseph Gordon Leavitt, Freddy Rodreiguez, Channing Tatum, and Michael Biehn. Was written by the guy who wrote Traffic For some reason, it inspired a completely unrelated sequel with Amber Tamblyn.

Space Balls: The Animated Series is nearly as unwarranted as Friday: The Animated Series was.

Ah makes perfect sense. But it still doesn't explain why Tropic Thunder is opening on a Wednesday.

For some reason, I think Stiller is headed in the Eddie Murphy direction and will be doing more family movies in the next few years. This is purely speculation but let's face, it happenes to most comedic actors when they get older (Look at Steve Martin, Robin Williams, even Richard Pryor). I'd love to see Stiller work with Judd Apatow again. The interest in me for Tropic Thunder is the cast. That is one of the most loaded casts to come along in a while. Stiller, Robert Downey Jr, Jack Black, Nick Nolte, Steve motherfuckin' Coogan, Bill Hader, Jay Baruchel. On paper, that's probably my second favorite cast of the summer behind The Dark Knight. Edit: Whoa! This is the Dark Knight thread. Just to veer it back on course. I find it weird that Pineapple Express and Tropic Thunder are both Wednesday releases. It doesn't really make sense. It seems like Wednesday releases are usually before holidays or are superhuge releases. It almost seems like the studios don't want to beat The Dark Knight. Nevertheless, I think if Pineapple Express doesn't do it next week then Tropic Thunder will.

IIRC, Adam Carrolla met with theater owners to plead with them to show The Hammer just so it wouldn't have the stigma of going Direct to DVD. I've got to say though- it seems like the star caliber of direct to DVD movies has gone WAY up in the past ten years. Why is that? And I really want to see Zyzzyx Road for some reason. It's got to come out on DVD sometime, right?

Well if we're picking announcers that completely changes my game plan. And I can't believe Sean Mooney was picked second. I'm flubbergasted. Anyways, this next guy is a truly old school announcer. Unlike Gordon Solie who was, let's face it, very neutral and dry...this guy was very animated and could convey disgust at the promotion's when he needed to do. But he still gave professional wrestling a sense of legitmacy. This guy was as essential to Memphis Wrestling's success as Jerry Lawler. I'm going to use him as the lead announcer with the color commentator position filled by a rotation of managers and wrestlers. He's also one of the very few announcers who could carry a show solo. He was voted Best Television Announcer by the readers of The Wrestling Observer from 1984 to 1987 and is a member of the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame. My 33rd pick is none other than... ...Lance Russell

Apparently he's going to be ok. He's got a broken arm but that shouldn't be too big of a deal I imagine. AP article

MARY KATE OLSEN IS THE SERIAL PILLIST!? Somehow it all makes sense.