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I'd greatly appreciate it if someone could remove the asterisk from my name and change it back to "Jingus". k thanx bye

No, but drowning, rampaging horses, and creepy little girls are all things I've almost been killed by in the past, so this movie did terrify me. Plus, all the stuff about video tape added to the feeling that this movie was made for me, since I've been doing video production stuff for years (and have never really made the jump to fully embracing digital/DVDs), plus Samara's room in the barn looked EXACTLY like a something I saw in a weird dream a few years back.

That pretty much sums it up right there. Frank, where the fuck do you find this trash, and why do you bother posting it when it's so obviously false?

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE. Come on, you know you want to.

I personally was scared shitless by The Ring (MUCH more so than Ringu, which is a worse movie in my opinion), but then again the movie did deal specifically with a lot of my own personal phobias and history. So it probably wouldn't have had the same affect on most other people.

No, fuck him for being hypocritical about it and supposedly whining to try and get his old job back.

Oh yeah, you have to be trained in order to do it well. But in order to do it at all, you have to be able to hear specific notes and accurately reproduce them, which lots of people are literally born unable to do. (I'm assuming Czech isn't one of them, so he'll probably be just fine.)

I'd say that Taker is hands-down a better wrestler than Brock, and Kane ain't that far behind. Not "plenty of other guys on WWE development contracts", I said "plenty of other workers". Samoa Joe comes to mind as one example. I gotta admit, I never do feel bad for Vince whenever he takes a well-deserved screwing. We're gonna have to agree to disagree here then, cuz even Gassed-Up Cripple H of that time period entertained me on a more consistent basis than Brock ever did. Better selling, maybe. Used matwork more effectively? What matwork? For an NCAA champion, Brock sure did love to lumber around throwing clotheslines and power moves just like all the other hosses. He was tall, he wasn't a complete clutz, and he obviously figured out at some point how to stick a needle in his ass. But he didn't do anything that a thousand other athletes out there couldn't do. Compared to Rey Misterio, Rob Van Dam, or anyone similar, Brock didn't do much that impressed me. But considering how much the road agents book the matches for their protected rookies like Lesnar and Orton, one always has to wonder just how much credit for any match can go to the wrestlers themselves for stuff like offensive repetoire, the spots they run, etc. No, it can be directly attributed to the slow departures of Austin, Rock, and Foley; and a whole lot of bullshit storylines in my opinion. But I don't think Lesnar helped them any either, especially relative to the money and the push like you said. Bottom line, I think I've only seen about three Brock matches that I've ever liked. I just find him overhyped and boring. Terry Gordy, Stan Hansen, and Jumbo Tsuruta were all similarly big guys who did similar stuff but did it much better.

Turkish Jades are indeed the finest tobacco product ever discovered or produced by the human race.

Well goddamnit, where do I even START with this one? When you make half a dozen grammatical mistakes in your first paragraph, people aren't likely to take you seriously. Ten million? Contracted? PER YEAR? Where the fuck did you get that number? Nobody gets that much money. Now, with merchandising sales, PPV and house show payoffs, and video royalties, yeah, Brock theoretically might've made that much in total, but he sure as hell didn't get that much in his contractual downside guarantee. Firstly, the WWF was on the verge of firing Hall for his personal problems anyway, and nobody's ever accused Nash of being the selfless type ("Hey guys, I have a great idea, I'll be the one to beat Goldberg!"). Secondly, The Rock going to Hollywood and making decent movies which made good money reflects well on the WWE every time he goes back; Lesnar abandoning ship without much warning and then crapping out of spring training hardly reflects well on a former world champion. Brock succeeded in pro wrestling because he was a tall muscular guy who wrestled slightly better than most tall muscular guys. He was a success because he was given the biggest push since the Ultimate Warrior's heyday. There are plenty of other workers out there who could've done the exact same thing. And besides, didn't he go around burying the WWE and pro wrestling in general, saying it was something he never really wanted to do in the first place and only really did it for the money? Nice dream. I can't fault him for wanting to try, sure. But giving the company he works for about a week and a half's notice of his retirement and then splitting wasn't the best way to handle it. He didn't HAVE to do it, it was his own choice. Brock's a grown-ass man and can make his own decisions. Except for when they're made for him, like the NFL sending him home for sucking. No, that he HAD to do. If Brock had pulled out of his match at Mania without a damn good reason, Vince could've rightfully sued him for breach of contract. What void? Bradshaw and Eddy got elevated and entertained me more than Brock ever did, while Heidenreich came in to fill his old "lumbering dumbfuck who's managed by Heyman and feuds with Taker forever" role. Christ, who are you, Sable? Brock Lesnar has never been a better wrestler than HHH, and he's certainly never been more over than him. He is younger, yeah, but then again Trips has been squashing Jericho for years and they're about the same age. Also, "the man we though he was"? When has ANYONE EVER accused VINCE MCMAHON of being moral and fair? It's a work, pal. The belt's just a prop. Brock never "won" shit. Also, the match in which he won it... three words: Shooting Star Driver. Three more words: Kurt Fucking Angle, who did all that and much more to get where he is now. Brock had it handed to him by comparison. I hope you got paid something to write all that. "The most athletic man to ever grace a professional wrestling ring." Brock was rarely the most athletic man in the ring during his own matches. What does Brock have that Randy doesn't? Brock's maybe an inch or two taller, a few kilos heavier, has real wrestling credentials which don't mean shit in the world of fake wrestling, but nothing else. And why claim that Orton's mic work sucks when you're praising a guy who's so awful on the mic that they didn't even let him speak hardly a word before he was given the world title? Let me put it to you very simply: ever since Brock came to the WWE, business has consistently dropped. PPV buys, ticket sales, everything has done nothing but shit itself right down the john since Brakkus Lesnar arrived on the scene. And despite that, he was paid handsomely and given a push that dwarfed any other in the company's recent history. And despite that, he suddenly abandoned the company without much warning, and said negative things about it to the press afterwards. And despite THAT, he's apparently been calling Vince's office every day begging to get back in. In short: fuck Brock. EDIT: thanks Loss. Did he really say that shit about Hitler, jews, and gays? I feel a sudden pressing urge to check out this guy's other posts elsewhere.

You just described the skinniest chick I've ever fucked, so shut yer hole.

Your link doesn't work, but I found the right one. I've seen a zillion of these "haunted" items on ebay, and none of them have ever sounded particularly convincing. I mean, what the hell is this thing supposed to be anyway? It looks like a pocket pussy that someone overused and then flushed down the toilet, or like the world's most amateurishly-made candle.

I was in a few musicals back in my theatre days, and can do a mean Nick Cave in any karoake bar strange enough to have his music, although I'd certainly never call myself a professional singer. But in my limited experience, pitch and volume are the two elements that are most important in singing. Volume you can improve thru breathing exercises and the like (breath all the way from your belly, not just thru your throat), but pitch and staying on key seem to be things you kinda have to be born able to do.

I'd say that Angle's match with Austin at Summerslam01 was better than any Rock match ever. And all of Shawn's ladder matches were far superior than the crapfest that Rock and Hunter put on at SS98. Angle and Shawn are both lackluster sellers, yeah, but they're both much sharper on the execution of their moves than Rock is, have much more of an offensive arsenal (that're more flexible than Rock's, they can work different styles of matches better), not to mention they both take bumps a HELL of a lot better than Rocky. But like I said before, it's all a moot point anyway since the marks would rather pay to see The Rock than either Kurt or Shawn.

In what possible way in what possible universe could Rock be considered a better wrestler than both Michaels and Angle? ...other than the fact that he, y'know, drew more money than both of them put together.

Hell, I'd just laugh if someone called my mom as a prank. She's a resource teacher who's spent the last 30 years teaching retards and crack babies, so it's kinda hard to rattle her and she knows how to yell real loud.

Waaaaah. The other week I had to walk about the same distance just to buy a pack of cigarettes... and did the whole thing in about 20 degrees on a sheet of solid ice the whole way. Fell twice. But hey, it was for a good cause (feeding my future tumor), so I suppose it was worth it.

Just go to the anime section of your local video store and browse the boxes until you see one that tickles your fancy. Don't forget that video game characters are generally acceptable at cosplay conventions, too. My one tip: don't pick your costume from anything that's too popular. You may think your Cowboy Bebop costume kicks much ass, until you get there and see a hundred other Spikes wandering around.

The movie sucked. Sucked hard. Even when I was 9 and seeing it on the big screen, I realized that. Not only was the writing/acting/directing all fairly lame, but the movie actually had a whole bunch of mistakes and inaccuracies about various Nintendo games. ("Get the STAR, Jimmy, it's worth more points!") That's just inexcusable, as the kids in the target audience pick up on bullshit like that right away. $14 mil in box office, yeah. But how much did it cost to make? Hell, at the time $14 large probably just barely covered the salaries of Fred Savage, Beau Bridges, and Christian Slater combined. And yes, the movie did help sell merchandise. Specifically, it helped sell one Power Glove to yours truly. And THAT moment is the first time I realized that video game companies and movies would lie to me and sell me horrible useless shit just to steal my money. On topic, what other games has IGN ever given a 9.8 or higher score?

I think that's the best single comment I've seen outta this debate. Race, gender, and other such things can certainly hurt a person's chances. For all the equality and capitalist freedom that America can rightly take credit for, it's a shame that nobody but rich white heterosexual Christian males can actually become its leader. In the big picture, I think a person's success in life is mostly determined by luck. You might have been born with the ability to be the best computer programmer or Wall Street trader or whatever... but those ingrained talents won't mean nearly as much if you've also had the misfortune to be born in one of this country's various horrific ghettos and are either in a gang, on drugs, in jail, or dead by the end of your teen years.

Have A Nice Day: best book ever written about wrestling. Foley Is Good: not as good as his first one, but still damned entertaining and informative. Its True, Its True: almost worthless for pro wrestling fans, since Angle barely talks about his short WWF career at all. Good for info on amateur wrestling though. The Rock Says: The Most Electrifying Man in Sports-Entertainment: pure unmitigated crap. If it weren't for Chyna's, this would easily be the worst wrestling bio ever. Hollywood Hulk Hogan: not too bad, a couple funny stories, but you have to read between the lines of all the blatant lies that Hogan spews out at times. The Stone Cold Truth: a good read, but too damn short, I wish he'd gone into much more detail. Chair Shots and Other Obstacles: Winning Life's Wrestling Matches (Bobby Heenan): this is Bobby's second book, and he tells a bunch more stories that he didn't get to in his first one, but it's more of a self-help inspirational type book than a wrestling bio. Ric Flair: To Be The Man: excellent book in every way, except for all the controversies over Flair's opinions of people like Bret Hart, Mick Foley, etc. Sex, Lies, and Headlocks: overrated. If you've ever read a dirtsheet, you probably know most of the info in this book. Nothing in it was anything I hadn't heard before. The Death of WCW: wonderful book, Scott Keith should read it and learn how to actually write one of these. Adam Copeland on Edge: the saddest attempt to rip off Mick Foley I've ever seen, right down to the Al Snow jokes. But he did write it by himself and tells a few decent stories, so points for effort. In the Pit with Piper: Roddy Gets Rowdy: kinda like Hogan's book; some of it is interesting, but you do wonder how much of it is true. Too short, too.

I dunno about this one. Marney's older than that girl, unless it's just an old picture. Too bad about the crappy pic quality, it's hard to tell much at all about her face. This one's legit, but it's not the most flattering pic of her. I had another one somewhere, of course now I can't find it, but Marn did usually look much less glowery than this pic would lead you to believe.

How many? Just one. My oldest cat. She's really mean. We had her declawed, a decade ago... but only years later, during the height of her reign of terror, did we realize what a horrible mistake that was. In other words, this cat can fucking BITE like a goddamned doberman. Our first vet literally refused to treat her anymore, because cute little Sox would inevitably end up bloodying at least one nurse or volunteer or something every fucking time she had a checkup. So, yeah. Just one, that's all it'd take. Just her... well, "her" before she got into her current condition of arthritic balding senility, anyway.

Same here, I have no idea which one of these overachieving icons of contrariness would come out on top here, especially since the subject at hand is at least vaguely related to the academic pursuits of both men. All I know is that it'd be fun as hell to watch. Alright you two, it's round one, FIGHT!

Do you realize that you just ripped off the Power Glove scene from The Wizard for your scenario? (I love reminding people about all the greeeeeeeeat business decisions Nintendo has made thru the years, like both the Power Glove and The Wizard for example.) As for the GC, I've never had much use for it. Eternal Darkness and the RE series are the only games I ever played on it. The XBox is a much, much stronger piece of hardware, and Sony has whistled a merry tune indeed as it pissed all over Nintendo's 3rd-party "support" for the past few years.