CBright7831

Everyone knows how this site will sometimes explode if enough people are on it and replying, so I was wondering if we should have the OAO Royal Rumble thread here on this board or this one. Because as popular of event the RR is, this site may go down alot and it may get annoying to some. It got annoying to me during NYR. I just wanted to ask since nobody has taken that into consideration.

Star Wars opening 'best special effect' 09/01/2005 - 10:42:41 The opening scene from Star Wars has been voted the best special effect in cinema history. The first glimpse of the colossal Imperial Star Destroyer still has film fans awe-struck nearly 30 years after it was first seen. The 1977 classic beat competition from state-of-the-art modern movies including The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Matrix. In a galaxy far, far away, a rebel ship races into the distance pursued by blasts of gun fire. Then its pursuer comes into view – a ship so vast that it took moviegoers’ breath away when the film first hit the big screen. It topped a poll conducted by SFX magazine to find the greatest ever special effect. “Star Wars winning the best special effects sequence ever shows just how significant the film is to movie fans,” said SFX editor Dave Golder. “Even now, nothing beats the feeling you get when you see this huge flying spaceship coming across the screen – which is breathtakingly enormous. “It was the Big Bang of modern special effects, redefining the way space ships should look on the big screen.” Most of the special effects in the top 10 were from older films. The climax of 1933 classic King Kong, in which the giant ape climbs the Empire State Building with Fay Wray, was second. Third was the gruesome moment in The Thing (1982) in which a severed head sprouts spider’s legs. The skeleton fight sequence from 1963 film Jason and the Argonauts - ground-breaking in its day – was fourth. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s shift-shaping nemesis T-1000 from Terminator 2: Judgment Day, played by Robert Patrick, came fifth, followed by the Krell machinery in 1956 hit Forbidden Planet. Gollum from Lord of the Rings, the computer-generated character based on British actor Andy Serkis, was seventh. The Matrix “bullet time” effect, in which time appears to slow, came eighth. Ninth was the famous scene in which an Alien bursts out of John Hurt’s chest. The most recent film to make the list was last year’s Spider-Man 2, in which Spidey fought evil Doc Ock aboard a speeding train. The predominance of older films comes as no surprise to Golder. “I’m not at all surprised that film fans are rejecting the modern reliance on CGI (computer-generated imagery) for special effects,” he said. “Film fans aren’t against progress and there are many occasions in films like Jurassic Park and Lord of the Rings where CGI really gives a new dimension you just couldn’t bring with traditional methods. “On the other hand, there is nothing as satisfying in seeing a film with a massive special effects bill like the recent Van Helsing being thrashed by a 70-year-old stuffed gorilla.” The February issue of SFX magazine is on sale from January 19. Top 10 Special Effects: 1 Star Wars – opening shot (1977) 2 King Kong – climax (1933) 3 The Thing – spider head (1982) 4 Jason and the Argonauts – the skeletons (1963) 5 Terminator 2: Judgment Day – the T-1000 (1991) 6 Forbidden Planet – Krell machinery (1956) 7 The Lord of the Rings trilogy – Gollum (2001-2003) 8 The Matrix – bullet-time (1999) 9 Alien – chest burster (1979) 10 Spider-Man 2 – train fight (2004) http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/s...452&p=yz9793y58

Look at how many of those superstars are gone now: D'Lo Brown X-Pac The Godfather Steve Austin Mankind Rikishi The only ones left are Kurt Angle and Matt Hardy, and he's injured and out for awhile. ...What's your point? I believe he was just pointing out how it had 9 superstars at a time. Unless, you were just pointing that out for the heck of it, and not in actual response to his post. And even then...the game was like 5 years ago. I was just pointing it out. Nothing more, nothing less.

Shouldn't we have the OAO Rumble thread here? Because I think the server is going to explode here tommorrow night.

Now if only I could find the guy with the Green Ranger avi.

Didn't Lesnar kill Orton once on Smackdown!?

Wow! Look at how many of those superstars are gone now: D'Lo Brown X-Pac The Godfather Steve Austin Mankind Rikishi The only ones left are Kurt Angle and Matt Hardy, and he's injured and out for awhile.

I hope it's storyline are better then the one lane Smackdown! vs. RAW game.

Why hold a grudge against him because he wasn't happy doing what he was doing? Did him insulting wrestling affect you personally? I didn't mind him leaving to do something else, but the way he talked about wrestling after all they did for him (pushing him to the moon, winning the world title, defeating the likes of Rock, Flair, and Taker, and giving him a main event spot at his first Wrestlemania), and he just shit on them like they did nothing for him is what pissed me off.

I will never forget how he trashed pro-wrestling, and will always hold a grudge against him for it, but it would be good for business to come back.

Yes. It was first blood match in a steel cage with barbwire surrounding it so nobody could interfere. And the barbwire eventually was used on each other, I believe. EDIT - And I don't believe the cage had a door either.

Goddamn, I wish I still had that full size of Angle and Austin their cowboy hats. That's as big it can get unless someone has a program to make it bigger.

I agree with Steve Austin and Hogan, but I don't know about The Rock considering he tries to put over people.

If Big Show gets stabbed with barbwire, grease will leak out of all over the ring!

There was a picture of Orndoff in WCW 99-2000 on DDTDigest (he's wearing green trunks, overly tanned, and has a buzz haircut) and he looks horrible.

If you haven't read The Killing Joke, go here: http://ksacomics.com/killing/joke.htm

What a surprise, Hunter no showed Fox also: http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?...topic=65982&hl=

That's an awesome pic. Thank you.

This is just a quick question, but who has that pic of Edge, Christian, Tajiri, and Regal doing the five second pose in their sig?

The poll pictures were there last night. Oh well. See what I'm talking about here. Click on home.

I remember Jarrett complaining about dizzy spells from a concussion, but beside that, I don't think Jarrett has had any injuries. Flair has been going strong since his shoulder surgery in 99.

So who was it.

It pisses me off that people like Frank Oz and Andy Serkis were denied Oscar nominations because they portrayed puppet/digital characters. That's another flaw of the Academy.

I say we should have the Rumble PBP here because the forum will literally blow up if we don't.

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