Pegasus Kid

Heh... I knew TMNT would take #1 without much trouble. The name and the fact it's a family movie amidst so much R rated material was a good combination.

I'd be shocked if TMNT didn't destroy everything next week. As an old fan I don't think the flick looks that great but it has appeal across all ages, which is always good for opening weekend gross.

A few sources around the net have stated 75 million. Wiki says that was the original budget for the movie though. Either way it seems like a pretty good estimate considering the actors involved and the special effects necessary to make the movie happen. It should probably break even through domestic sales as word of mouth has been very poor and you'd figure that it'll take a massive drop in week 2.

This was a great episode dragged kicking and screaming into garbage by Michael's extended bouts of stupidity. As brought up earlier, he was portrayed like an absolute idiot rather than someone who's socially inept. I couldn't even watch his speech after about 30 seconds and fast forwarded through it. Everything else was clicking on all cylinders though, and it's a good thing because left up to Michael, the episode would have been trash on a pretty high level.

That was easily the best part of the episode. It totally caught me off guard at the very end. The Jim/Pam conversation in the lunch room was just odd. You could tell they were trying to go for awkward advice but it just didn't come off well. That was A LOT of steak for a George Foreman grill. That would have taken hours.

They all died? Didn't that show end on a cliffhanger?

Get BS Player.

I think Dual Monitors really come down to how busy you are on your PC. I have a dual monitor setup but more often than not the second monitor is there only for MIRC. It comes in handy when I'm watching TV on one monitor and surfing on the other but otherwise it's just an overindulgence. If you don't need it and you have to go through a lot of work to pull it off then don't bother.

I installed this back in November when it was leaked on all the major torrent sites. At present, I couldn't recommend this OS to anyone. It's not that they did a poor job on it, it's that everyone is going to run into 3rd party driver issues right now. A lot of the programs that people take for granted don't work on Vista because 3rd party developers didn't build their program to run on it. It's inevitable that everyone will catch up, but in the meantime the OS isn't worth the hassle that people will experience in the near future. I'd recommend sticking with Windows XP Professional (Home is terrible IMO) for the time being.

Review of NOAH's 1/21 Budokan Hall show coming tonight.

I started doing up match reviews in the "Matches To Check Out" thread but with the start of this year and the fact that I'll have ready access to newer Puroresu matches (at least the major stuff) I will be doing up reviews again. Some people know who I am and what to expect. Some people may be either new to the scene or haven't got a clue who I am, in which case welcome and I hope you enjoy. Questions/comments/criticism are all encouraged. I'm very out of the loop so if any of the Puro heavy hitters have insight into matches, that'd be appreciated. Today I'll be taking a look at the marquee matches from the NJPW 1/4 Tokyo Dome Show. KOJI KANEMOTO/TIGER MASK IV/KAZU HAYASHI/TAKA MICHINOKU/WATARU INOUE VS JUSHIN "THUNDER" LYGER/MINORU/MILANO COLLECTION A.T./SHUJI KONDO/BROTHER YASSHI Man this is a seriously loaded line up of junior wrestlers. The heel team has the NJPW and AJPW Jr. champs, two young stars and the greatest junior wrestler ever. The faces have OG Kaientai, one of the great assholes in Kanemoto, the super fired up Inoue and this generation's Tiger Mask. When I looked at this card, this is easily the match that caught my attention as it concerns a sensory overload. It reminded me a lot of the old Michinoku Pro days with Kaientai Deluxe against Sasuke & Co. They even pay homage to the old tags in the early going as the heels do the Quintuple KDX beatdown. They go US tag style at first, isolating TAKA, which I really don't get. You can't really establish a story in an All Star Game so to speak. Milano and Kondo were both impressive in their small amounts of work. I've seen Milano before and know he's got a lot of talent. I haven't seen Kondo though and was blown away by his work. Everything looked crisp and clean but moreso it looked like it really hurt. You can't undermind the aspect of credible looking offense in pro wrestling and this guy has got it in spades. Back to the match as there is a great piece in the middle with Hayashi and MINORU. They look to have history. Great back and forth action from these guys and if there's been a singles match or two, I'll have to go out of my way to see it as they have great chemistry. The match falls back into a more "random" mode after that with your usual collection of fun tag spots. The Voodoo Murderers are a lot of fun to watch and really liven things up with their tag work. There isn't really so much a hot finish as a collection of fun spots leading to what you know is the end, especially considering the men involved. I'd have liked to see it run a little longer with a hotter sprint to the finish but still enjoyable. **3/4 TOSHIAKI KAWADA VS SHINSUKE NAKAMURA I had very big expectations going into this match. It's purpose is obvious. Kawada is the established legend who is there to elevate Nakamura to the next level. Nakamura doesn't necessarily need to win this so much as show everyone that he can hang with a wrestler of Kawada's calibre. Everyone that has read my old work knows that I love Kawada like no other. Everything this guy does in the ring reminds me why I love pro wrestling. Great attitude, fantastic offense, instant connections with the fans, Dangerous K has it all. He truly draws the viewer into his matches and I'm eternally grateful for all that he's done for wrestling over the years. This match establishes the roles quickly. Kawada brings some stuff shots and Nakamura responds with the young fire. He's got something to prove and he's not going to take anyone's crap. For everything Kawada dishes out, Nakamura is right there to return the favour. There is an absolutely brilliant moment about five minutes in that reminds me of why I love Kawada so much. Nakamura brings a flurry of knees to the back of the head and the ref gets him to step back. When Kawada gets up, his face was absolutely perfect. It screams "who the hell do you think you are" as he stares Nakamura in the face and then brings down the pain. After that we get into the real storytelling. Nakamura takes control and it becomes a tale of whether he has enough in his arsenal to beat Kawada. Kawada's job is to survive the storm of offense while keeping Nakamura looking strong. After that we get Nakamura having to survive the trial by fire as Kawada throws everything he's got in his arsenal and Nakamura has to survive it all. The end comes in a flurry and is lacking a logical build of near falls to really pay it off but much like the previous tag match, it made perfect sense. As a viewer, you see a move and absolutely know the match could and better should be over as a result. While only the future can truly tell if Nakamura was elevated as a result, I'd say both guys did the job they came out there to do to the best of their abilities. ***1/4 YUGI NAGATA VS MINORU SUZUKI (TRIPLE CROWN) There's a lot of little things that make this match a true joy to watch. The video package prior sets the tone. Suzuki is the overly cocky champion of AJPW. He makes it a point not only to not take Nagata seriously as a challenger, but to disrespect him whenever possible (the pouring water on his head is a nice touch). Nagata is obviously all business and now he's not only motivated to take the title but beat the hell out of the young champ. The tone is set before the match even starts with Suzuki actually lying down on the rampway, not a care in the world as it concerns the difficult task ahead of him. When they finally do lock it up, it's an outright war. This match isn't about the coveted titles. This is a flat out war between two guys who hate each other. Nagata taking the slap spot up a notch with the spit in the face is fantastic stuff. Both guys bleed to really get over the ill feelings between the two. Nagata's onslaught throughout the bulk of the match is sometimes hard to look at. He really beats the hell out of Suzuki. Considering the beating being unloaded and that Suzuki is the champ, the ending is sadly a forgone conclusion though so anyone that understands how all this works. It's a shame too because if I had any doubt at all as to who was going to be winning this match, it would have been enough to elevate it into early MOTY consideration. You can't say enough about the suspension of disbelief in pro wrestling. As is, I give them all the credit in the world for putting on a great match full of raw emotion and stiff action. This was easily the best match on the show. ***3/4 TAIYO KEA VS HIROSHI TANAHASHI (IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE) This was billed as this generation's Baba vs Inoki. I didn't quite know what to think going into this one. I've always been a fan of Kea but never felt he really had that main event aura about him. Tanahashi has the look and the work but I've always felt that he serves his role best when you're of the belief that he's not going to win it and his fighting spirit will take him through. So when you have a champ who you feel can't fill his role and a challenger you feel doesn't have the stuff to be a main eventer, how am I supposed to get into it? Well in the end you have to hope that the work is up to snuff and the crowd will help you along. This match manages to pull it off on both counts. I read other reports saying that Kea didn't bring the goods here but I'd beg to differ. He brought the whole arsenal for this one. He created the sense of domination that's common for the Tanahashi comeback but never giving you the belief that he was so dominant that he was doomed to fail. As per usual, Tanahashi takes the beating and makes the appropriate hot comeback. As they come down the stretch, the crowd does their part (something lacking throughout the rest of the show) and you really get into this one. It's got the big moves, the hot crowd, the close near falls. It's a rock solid match and if there was a match I'd consider the most "fun" out of the marquee matches, it'd be this one. ***1/4 HIROYOSHI TENZAN/SATOSHI KOJIMA vs KEIJI MUTOH/MASAHIRO CHONO It's interesting looking at this matchup. If this took place five years ago it would instantly have that feeling of Proteges vs Mentors. However, all four guys are now viable main eventers of their respective companies. They could have gone the even keel route but instead fell back on the easy story and I'm a little disappointed in that regard. Running Protege vs Mentor allowed for some enjoyable spots like Mutoh's double Shining Wizard to start the match and the reversal double submission spot for a good crowd pop. The match falls into a relatively standard extended US tag formula with Tenzan getting the first turn of face in peril. The Musketeers spend a good portion of the match working over Tenzan's legs. He eventually gets the hot tag and Kojima pulls the crowd into it with his high octane offense (nice touch with the Kobashi Machine Gun Chops). In an interesting twist, they switch the face in peril after that with Chono on the receiving end. TenKoji get to run through their trademark double team offense and it's all fun stuff. The last leg of the match serves a couple of purposes. TenKoji miss a cardinal opportunity to finish, attempting to one up their mentors, thus completing the primary protege vs mentor arc. The finish is also a tribute to Shinya Hashimoto as The Musketeers using some of his offense near the end to set up the finish. It's a warm moment if you've followed NJPW for a long time and remember all those great Hashimoto moments over the years. While I don't feel that the finish really benefits anyone for the future, it's a feel good moment to send the crowd home happy. *** I expected more from "The Japanese Wrestlemania" considering the line up, but it was still a rock solid card (the undercard wasn't horrid, just not worth me going through with any detail). Try to find Nagata/Suzuki either online or on a tape compilation as it's definitely worth going out of your way to see but nothing else really sticks out.

What's the word on Angle's opponent at the February Sumo Hall show?

Dwight comforting Pam > Rest of the show

I've seen a lot of rumour sites saying this show will be picked up by CW Network. I realized how many fans of this show I have on my MSN list when I kept seeing "OMG THE OC IS CANCELLED!" or variations of it all morning.

Any word on how the Nakamura vs Kawada match went? I didn't expect Nakamura to win, but I did expect Kawada to make him look like a guy that was on his level. He really has no other mission in that match than to take Nakamura's star up a notch. Main event finish makes me sick. What's the point of The Musketeers going over?

I finally got caught up with this show after watching 8 eps in one shot. - Fun as it is to watch, it's a shame that Haywire was basically reduced to comic relief. - The C Note arc is just odd. The FBI basically dropped any interest in him after his got his wife and daughter. They basically just treat him like any average criminal after that. I almost thought they were going to drop that arc when you saw that black FBI agent back at HQ and yapping about something completely different. - Bellick's story was flat out stupid. How difficult is it to cross reference when Bellick was in the hospital compared to when the murder took place? It doesn't really surprise me that his lawyer would go for a plea bargain considering he's paid for by the state anyway. Either way, it looks like they just wanted to hotshot getting him out of there and that's insulting to the viewer. - I called Kellerman's turn as soon as he realized that he was going to be erased by the same people that he's worked for for so long. Obvious as it was, I'm really glad it happened. I really like Kellerman's character in that likeable asshole kind of way. It's going to be really interesting when the new Big 3 end up finally meeting with Tankredi and she has a complete freak out of the one man she trusts teaming with the guy that tried to kill her. - On a related note. If the guys hadn't improvised their exit, forcing everyone into that final showdown, would Kellerman have sniped everyone from the roof or did he never intend to kill Burrows & Schofield?

the question is 'How Many 5 Year Olds Could You 'Take'' Here are our parameters: - You're in an enclosed area roughly the size of a gymnasium. - If you get knocked unconscious you 'lose' if you knock all the 5 year olds unconscious or incapacitate them you 'win' - There are no foreign weapons or objects of any kind, you have a cup and normal (pants/shirt) clothing to protect you. - The 5 year olds are all of average height/weight - The 5 year olds are not affected by demoralization, they will not bat an eye seeing their comrades thrown about the room, eyes rolling on the floor or gregarious amounts of bloodshed. - The 5 years olds will do whatever they possibly can to win, anything goes, no holds barred. I'm thinking 30. It's probably less but 30 seems reasonable.

I don't know what Ron & Fez is. I just saw this on SRK's General Discussion forum and thought I'd throw it over here. I posed this question at work as well. One person brought up the best point of whether these kids are organized or not. If they had any semblance of "four kids hold each leg, the rest rush him" then you're essentially fucked. Also, someone brought up using a kid like a battering ram and/or bat but that was ruled out almost instantly because you'd fatigue extremly fast swinging around a 40lb bat any more than a few reps at a time, nevermind while fending off children.

Are you going to do one of these per day? If so I'll just bookmark it. You never answered my PM weeks ago. You're not nice.

Uh... monitors don't beep. are you sure your PC wasn't making the flatlining sound on start up?

I'm forced to wonder when they're going to get the main antagonist introduced and the gears start moving towards JLA vs Big Bad. They usually have it out of the way by November sweeps.

WTF is Pick Of Destiny? I've never even heard of it.

Uh... what?

Wow I didn't see Happy Feet pulling down that kind of scratch. Never underestimate the CG animated family movie. When you get kids, you get at least one parent. I can't see Borat making $150. It'll probably top out around $125. The DVD sales for that flick will be through the roof though.

Martian Manhunter > Batista This show is clicking really well of late. JLA is coming.