Jingus

It's not like the old crowd vanished and was replaced by some Stepford Wives or anything like that. Half of the old Heel Section members still go to the shows, and they still sit in the same place. They just never wear the shirts anymore, because Doug, the guy who invented the whole thing, decided (for unknown) personal reasons to kill it himself.

I've been watching, and I find it all kinda funny actually. Nobody else here can claim to have had the kind of public blowup at CC that I did, but hell, even I think some people are taking this way too seriously. And moderator infighting is always amusing (unless you're a mod).

Man, just earlier today, I was YEARNING for someone to post some dumbass conspi-racist theories for me to Dissect, and it looks like Christmas came early. Fuck no. It's a bad sign when the article starts out with no source-of-publication attribution and an author we've never heard of, wouldn't you think? Theoretically, Astro could've found this manifesto written in crayon on a maple leaf and shoved under his front door. "Worldwide attention"? I read the paper and listen to news radio every day, and this is the first I've heard of this scintillating theory. Okay, I know we've got a few people on this board who have background in the field of either aeronautics or military technology. So they can probably back up my own theory here: Possibility of three or four half-trained hijackers modifying a civilian 747, in a very short time period, in the air, to be able to fire missles: 0%. Firstly, why the sudden switch from talking about Flight 175 and the South Tower to this? At least try to keep your lies consistent, pally. And secondly, his "book"? The "research" of Leonard Spencer? Something tells me that neither one of these guys ever have or ever will hit the NYTimes Bestsellers' list, and it's not because The Evil Man Is Keeping Them Down. SCREEEEEEEEEEEECH. That was the sound of my amusement crashing to a halt. Coming up with bullshit conspiracy theories about 9/11 is bad enough. But claiming the single most devastating attack on American civilians was perpetuated by their own president? Fuck this asshole, and I'm not gonna take it easy on him anymore. Side note: even if we did live in Bizarro World and this guy was somehow right, how would he know the content of "the sinister Bush junta"'s dreams or nightmares? Oh, you done fucked up now, boy. Claiming the fine 9/11 documentary, which pretty much everyone has seen, as part of your evidence? You might as well try to powerbomb Kidman or kill Willow's latest girlfriend, cocknocker. You know why the scar on the building is bigger than the plane itself? Simple: REAL LIFE PHYSICS DON'T WORK LIKE FUCKING LOONEY TUNES. Objects crashing through something else at high speed tend to leave a hole larger than their own size. Wow. I mean, really, wow. With a pile of bullshit this high, where do you start shoveling? First of all, like I previously stated, it's completely impossible for a handful of terrorists like the 9/11 hijackers to convert (IN AIR) a civilian aircraft to fire missles at a building. In fact, the whole idea of using missles is completely counterproductive. The fuel-filled 747 itself is more effective as a weapon than any missle that could've been fired from it; why whack a guy over the head with a stick when you're about to blow him in half with a cannon? And secondly, the "wings left no holes" crap. Well met, old foe. No matter how many times I explain you away, some fuckstick keeps bringing you back up. In short: the wings are much smaller and lighter ('cept for the engines) than the main body of the plane itself, so they would've been snapped and crushed against the side of the fueselage, not making a giant perfectly-shaped Wily Coyote hole in the building. What the fuck happened here? Did his computer crash itself after being fed the above feces, so that he couldn't finish the piece? If so, good. Hell, I hope he had a goddamn stroke and died right in the middle of it. Ho boy. "Indymedia." That just galvanizes my soul with confidence in the professional quality of the upcoming read. And from Frisco, no less. Nice to see that some stereotypes never change. Actually, the towers WERE wired with explosives. In 1993, remember? Funny how the placed explosives didn't knock down the towers then, and yet you claim that more of the same did the trick years later. (And the buildings were not structually designed to withstand the impact of a 747 jet.) Which firefighters? Remarked to who? When? As reported by whom? Come on, assmonkey, your forked tongue can do better than that. Also, some remarks might've been made like that, true. You know why? Because a massive building-consuming fire has a lot of strange effects. For chrissake, you can get a rock to explode by soaking it in water and then dumping it in the middle of a big campfire. A fucking ordinary run-of-the-mill ROCK, okay? Now imagine all the stuff a massive building like the WTC has in it. Wooden furniture, computer & electrical equipment, climate control systems, etcetera. Of course there would have been many smaller secondary explosions. Yep, just as I expected, more weakly unidentified "anonymous sources". This article isn't a steaming pile of shit after all; it's a massive puddle of swirly diahrea. That's it? That's fucking IT? "Well, a few days beforehand, the techies killed power for a little while (in ONE tower, mind you) over the weekend to do some maintenance work. Ergo, BOTH TOWERS WERE DESTROYED BY IMPLANTED BOMBS!" Why is it so hard for people to accept that something as big, fast, and explosive as a 747 jumbo jet couldn't have knocked down a building? Especially people like this cock-gobbling, short-bus-riding, feces-sniffing, finger-licking, Pabst-blue-ribbon-drinking, evolutionarily-incorrect, waste-of-sperm-that-should've-been-a-blowjob piece of absolutely worthless fucking shit who somehow stopped picking his own lice long enough to sit down at a typewriter and bang away at it with his prehensile paws until he came up with this theory. In other words, I disagree.

I was a fan of the first game, but they kinda lost me on Empire when they introduced the whole complicated Force system and it got a LOT harder. Never bothered playing ROTJ, since I assumed it would be more of the same. My favorite moment: in the Death Star hangar in the original game, where charging stormtroopers will often as not run lemming-like over the edge into a pit. Me and my brother dubbed them the "suicide squad".

Another vote for Final Fantasy X here, as it satisfies all your specifics nicely, plus it's ballsier and deeper in storyline terms than the average FF entry. (But whatever you do, and whatever Sakura might say, I strongly recommend you avoid FF X-2, unless you want to essentially play Spice World: The RPG.)

Some people are gonna hate me for suggesting this, and hell, I hate myself for it. But still: Luger vs. Savage. "YOU KILLED ELIZABETH!!!"

Punisher has been a good series. Like Zsasz said, it's a bit forced, as sometimes it seems like Frank can't walk down the street without tripping over a gang of drug-smuggling baby rapists who "deserve" to be shot down where they stand. (Also, Garth Ennis feels this inexplicable need to absolutely hate on and bury every other Marvel superhero who has a cameo in the series, especially Wolverine.) He happens upon more random crime than Batman ever did. But still, at least the dialogue has been interesting, and the violence is anything but boring. Daredevil has been a very mixed bag over the past couple of years. They've done some very interesting stuff, like the Kingpin's "murder" and Matt's secret identity being exposed (which has been fascinating to watch, I've never seen the alter ego simply deny who they are, and sue the people who spilled the beans!), but they've also been party to some really lame shit, like most anything involving Echo or Bullseye these days. But still, it's worlds better than any of the X or Ultimate comics. Hulk has had a quiet revival of late that most people haven't noticed. They've been doing some well-planned, long-term storytelling with a lot of interesting twists and turns, and still ain't done yet. The beginning of the current storyline was really, really confusing (who the hell are all these evil government agents? Why do they keep coming back alive after they're killed?), but it gets explained more and is more clear and exciting as it goes along. Spiderman has felt almost like it's been afraid to raise its voice ever since the Clone Saga nightmare-come-true. They've done mild little storylines, nothing earth-shaking; the biggest surprise over the past couple of years was Aunt May finding out who Peter really was at night. (Which provided the funniest line in comic book history from May: "You were quiet, a loner, coming and going at odd hours, never talking to people, always a bit strange. Frankly... we thought you were gay.) The work overall has been decent, but bland and uninspiring. It seems like the writers are trying harder to avoid mistakes than to write well.

. . . Well, this should at least keep things from getting boring.

A side note, something I just noticed today: why is it that ALL of the major black characters in the Buffyverse look alike? Mr. Trick, that one Initiative soldier, Principal Wood, Gunn, they're all lanky dudes around 30 years old with shaved heads and usually some sort of facial hair. Eh?

A couple of thoughts: "I have this thing for older women." "They were supposed to fix that..." "Wha-?" "Nothing!" Heh heh. Spike continues to be one of the most consistently entertaining guys on television. Marsters has his punk schtick down perfectly by this point, and can get massive laffs just by fussing over a clipboard. I like that they're FINALLY doing something interesting with Gunn. He's been a boring, one-note character throughout the series' run (tough angry black guy from da hood), and this season was the first time I've ever been remotely interested in or sympathetic with him. Although I still don't see how the Fred/Ilyria deal is supposed to be his fault, all he did was sign some damn papers. Ilyria is a fascinating character, she's unique in the Buffyverse, and in her simple physical look, too. (How the hell do they get her to look like that? It's not just makeup, it looks like she's constantly standing in the shadows even in a bright room, plus with a blue light shining down on her head.) I can't even tell it's Amy Acker at all just by looking at her, although Fred's old voice does creep out every now and then. And oh yeah, Connor wasn't the only one lusting after her, at least while I was watching it. Also, how weird is it that Wesley Windham Pryce of all people became the darkest, most depressing character on any Joss show ever?

Just a plain cardboard sleeve with the Highspots logo on it, and a few random pictures of wrestlers.

High-pitched hearing ability is a damn curse. I can hear the filaments vibrating in light bulbs, which generally means I can only get to sleep in a darkened room. But yeah, most people hear the noise from TVs and monitors.

I'm 24.

I didn't know the backstory at all when I first saw the match, and I fuckin' loved it anyway. It's just one of those matches that EVERYONE loves.

Well, I guess I gotta answer your question with a question: will you have a heart attack the first (or second, third, fourth, fifth, etc) time that Wes whips out a pistol and caps some random guy? My long bitchy pessipost got no-sold. Supes, who wrote that article you copied?

DKR isn't canon, for the simple reason of Gordon's wife. She's one of his main motivations in the book, remember? "I just think of Sarah..." Which was all shot to hell when Joker killed her at the end of No Man's Land. Plus, if you accept DKR as canon... then you've probably also gotta take Dark Knight Strikes Back too. And who in their right minds would want to open that can o' worms?

Simpson just annoys me in general. And it's not even her songs per se that does it; it's just random little details about her. Like the "Stinky Ass" t-shirt she wore in the one music video that's on all the damn time. Why the fuck would anyone want to wear that shirt? If you've got a problem wiping yourself after taking a shit and have odorous issues because of it, I sure as hell don't want to know about it. Oh, and I want to smack her upside the head for her cover of "Take My Breath Away". Thanks for ruining one of my childhood favorites, bitch.

I wish I could throw in a vote for Austin vs. Angle, but unfortunately that feud never got a real blowoff match, due to all the ECWCW Invasion crap surrounding it (unless you count their last random PPV match at Vengeance, which was nothing more than a setup for Jericho's title win). Austin vs. Rock also comes to mind, being slowly built up and interestingly booked over the years (what other feud has headlined three different Manias?), but its on-again, off-again nature sometimes kept it from building up any real heat. For the last real Great feud, I'd probably say Foley vs. HHH as well.

So Charmed gets renewed, while Angel gets the ax? Sigh. Fuck the frog. I wrote a long-ass post about the latest episode, before the stupid board erased it for me. The important parts: -Spike rules. Harmony rules. Gunn (finally) rules. -Hamilton, on the other hand, didn't impress me. Yet another slow-walking badass with super strength? Yawn. Haven't we already seen this before? (The Master, Adam, Glory, Caleb, the Beast, etc etc etc.) And why was everyone so shocked by his chest-punch? Lorne's survived his own decapitation, Harmony is a (former) sociopathic murderer, and Eve has seen and done god only knows what kinds of evil acts, but they're terrified by... a really strong dude in a suit? Whatever. (On the other hand, kudos to Adam Baldwin, he's lost a SHITLOAD of weight since his days on Homicide.) -I loved that they're doing something different with Ilyria and not just making her another Evil Anya/Glory/Evil Willow/Jasmine/whoever. But I hope they actually find an important part for her to play before the series ends; it'd be a shame for Fred's death to have meant nothing. -And finally, how the hell are Joss & co. going to answer all the questions and mysteries the season has brought up over the years in the last five episodes? Will Angel fulfill the Sanshu prophecies? Why was Angel given that amulet, and was Spike really meant to end up with it? How the hell did Lindsey get the amulet from the ruins of the hellmouth? Why was Spike brought back as a ghost, and then later rematerialized? (For that matter, did or will we ever get a firm answer on who/how/why Angel was brought back from hell in Buffy Season 3, anyway?) What was the "final failsafe" that Lindsey was trying to activate? What the hell is this new apocalypse that they just sprung on us out of nowhere? Why is it worse than the 1473 other apocalypsi that Buffy and Angel have previously stopped? Why would the Senior Partners come up with this elaborate scheme to distract and corrupt Angel & co, instead of just killing them? Just who the hell are the Senior Partners, anyway? And finally, will either ensouled vampire ever end up with Buffy? Don't get me wrong; I liked the episode, and love the show, but I don't have a lot of confidence that much (if any) of this will get ironed out, especially after reading all the spoilers; let's just say that most of the questions above remain unanswered.

The book is a dark one, Fray is much more like Faith than Buffy, and the little surprise at the end kinda makes the whole thing a depressing read. But it's not terrible, and it vaguely hints at the possible end of the entire Buffy/Angel saga.

It's very, very rare to see the Spectre "fight" anyone. His character is so ridiculously powerful that he's rarely used by any writers, except for the Alan Moores of the world. The only time I recall him actually trying to fight something (and losing) was when he tried to take on the big black Anti-God in Moore's run on Swamp Thing.

If memory serves, he didn't actually beat Captain America, they just kinda decided to stop fighting. Also, Frank Miller must hate Superman, because Bats kicked his ass in DKR and DKSB as well. In the "real" world canon, Batman whipped an Ivy-controlled Superman's ass in the recent Hush storyline.

Younger? Hell. When I was in college, my second roommate watched Full House for an hour EVERY DAY. And never laughed or spoke a single word the whole time. Now THAT'S freaky.

Once you've played through it a couple of times, it gets tolerable, but it's still way too easy to get sniped and killed throughout the mission. On the other hand, if you keep sniping the snipers yourself, eventually one of them will drop their Custom Super-Duper Godrifle out the window for you to pick up yourself. It's the only place in the game you can get one of these and keep it. And oh yeah, a lot of the Russian missions are cast-iron bitches, especially the one where you lose automatically if you set off the alarm and the one where you have NO FRIKKIN' GUNS and have to creep up and kill the soldiers just by strangling them, which is damn near impossible.

Let's just say that down here in Tennessee, the wrestling scene is like one big happy family... (insert many Southern "family" jokes here).