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OK, what are the odds the guy says "Oh my goodness!" at least twice??

Ok, QUICK, what are the odds this guy sounds like Coach/Grisham/Lloyd/Leary/Cole ie: like a total fucking cracker?

Yes it is.

After receiving a death threat from someone on this board.

Man, I feel bad for the dude that totally got camera shy and fucked up his lines. Oh boy. This was the first time I actually watched the show, and these people are fucking horrible.

http://www.pridefc.com/pride2004/index_e.htm Sweet.

I normally didn't find the Christopher Guest movies funny, until Mighty Wind. I didn't find Being John Malkovich to be funny either, just annoying.

They should have made a No Holds Barred Remake.

And god bless Josh Barnett, the dude is such a geek.

Updated the card. Well... Leko/Minowa is sorta int'restin..

Jordan.

His mind is totally fucking gone. ... must've been the steroids that did it.

God dammit, CMFunk did a run in on my heel turn. LOOK WHAT YOU DID!

If you were a wrestler, would you: Prefer to be given only finish and call everything else in the ring ? Lay the entire match out beforehand ? Hybrid. I'd talk over the story we should work to convey, and the key high/heat spots we'd do. Like to have your promo's scripted ? Or just be given a couple of bullet points, and wing the rest ? Bullets. That's how I make business presentations, and as long as you know what you're talking about, it's the best way to do things. You speak TO the audience, not AT them. Blade often ? Only on occasion ? Would you rather never blade at all ? Depends on the story of the match and the feud. Blood is a heat spot, it adds dramatic effect. So yes, on Occasion. What style would you like to wrestle ? Why would you prefer to employ that particular style over others ? Shoot style bitches. No running the ropes fer me. For one, it's been rare in the US so you'd be unique, and that when it is done it typically is done poorly. [it's easier and less damaging to your health than spotfu, and allows for better storytelling. The difficulty is getting other wrestlers to go along with it, as it won't blend well with other styles (though its doable). Refuse to take certain moves ? Only take them when working with certain wrestlers ? Fuck yeah. No ones droppin me on my head or comin crashing down on my face. Are there any match types you'd like to wrestle in a lot ? Some match types you'd rather never have to work in ? Tag matches. Less work. Easier to get heat. More possibilities. Against: anything that would hurt me. What style of normal match would you like to do the most ? Would you prefer to sell or to dominate ? Would you like to do long matches ? Selling. Shortish matches. Would you like to have a manager or valet to work spots with, or would you rather just do it all yourself ? A manager would be fun. Are there some types of angles that you would refuse to do ? Some types of angles that you'd love to do ? Just bad and good angles. What promotion would you like to work for the most ? What promotion would you hate to work for ? HUSTLE MOTHERFUCKER! Any wrestlers today that you'd like to work against ? Any you would avoid working against at all costs ? Pff, as if anyone is on MY level. What wrestlers from the past would you like to work against ? What wrestlers from the past would you not want to work against ? Hogan, natch.

Eugenes annoying now. He's the Homer Simpson of RAW; Once lovably dumb, now just fucking stupid.

Randy Orton, their top pushed face, is one of the LEAST likable guys out there.

The two times the WWE pushed Funaki (INDEED and #1 Announcer) he got over. Both times they cut it short. Funaki is a likable guy, and they have very few likable guys on the roster. They should have built his title win up for a few weeks rather than hotshotting it to him. A few put downs by JBL, Angle, Heyman, and of course Spike, would have gone a long way in getting him some sympathy. Eugene got over huge in part because of the Coach ragging on him so effectively. RRR: Started an Arena-wide "Support Clap" for Funaki.

To say anyone in the WWE has a compelling character is silly. Regal has been the only one in YEARS to have come close to being a compelling character and got thrown off to the side and that character quirk has been forgotten. They're all 1 dimensional with little-to-no depth, so to condemn Akio or London for being weak in that area doesn't hold much water. Fact is, on Velocity a few weeks ago they offered something different - at least, by current WWE standards it was different - and it broke up the monotony that is the WWE style. Smackdown needs some variety, and the "shitty wrestling, shitty interview, shitty diva segment" isn't exactly what I'm looking for in terms of 'spicing it up'. WCW, for all of its faults, during their peak, was able to provide this, and the cruiserweight division -with its characterless wrestlers- were a part of that success, so "niche market" isn't accurate (besides, a niche marketing would have the total market offering being geared towards one market, no one is saying make the WWE ROH, at least they aren't here). There is a demand from the general audience for some change, that was made clear by RAW doing 3.9's for all the weeks with the individual wrestler hosting the show - it offered something that was different from the norm. Akio and London brought that, and it got a good response. The greater problem here is that the WWE restricts their wrestlers from performing to the best of their abilities; Akio/London was the only time I ever got the feeling that two wrestlers were actually TRYING to have an exciting match, rather than going through the motions, and that lack of effort, that lack of passion, that lack of determination and pride, is what doesn't get ME into it.

Penn getting a #1 contenders shot doesn't make sense.

Jericho has to win it. Just by law of averages

I should be able to catch up during the Xmas break, just start slowly

You don't really see Tom Cruise acting like Vincent when he's out promoting Collateral, and getting in fights with Jamie Foxx and bossing him around with a gun to his head. There's a reason why there is a line drawn between fantasy and reality; because when you cross that line, you could possibly erase that line and never go back. I can't recall anything like that happening in the film or television industry, though I am sure it has happened before. But it's only once-in-a-while "inside heat" is ever used to the shows advantage, where they'd be "working" shows like ET and Extra; if it was done all the time, the audience would become numb to it. The only problem I have with HTQ's post is the WM 20 thing. Most of that crowd knew. Chants like that don't get started if most of the crowd didn't know what "you sold out" means. There have been attempts at smark chants before and fell flat for that very reason (casual fans not knowing what they meant). I think you maybe diminish how many smarks are in the audience or that are in the WWE's fanbase. Not necessarily this level of smarkage with message boards and whatnot, but their website gets millions of hits every month and newssites like Rajah or WO.com are bound to get some run-off. Does that mean sell to them at the expense of the casuals? Of course not. But there is enough of 'us' to market to. They are attempting to do that now with their interactive raws, the fantasy league, the revamped website, but they're pretty far off the mark (pardon the pun) if they believe that's what will capture the imaginations of the internet crowd. Especially when they do worked interviews on their website.

Have you ever been so ridiculously happy at something so -when you look at the big picture- insignificant. I am here in class, finished my Supply Chain Management Exam (I think I did well), and have JUST READ REVIEWS FROM THE FIRST SERENITY SCREENING! HOLY FUCKING HAPPY! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I swear, I had a grin on my face so big that I had to bury my head in my arms for a second to FREAK THE FUCK OUT over this... EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=18992 Hercules and Others Rave About Joss Whedon's SERENITY Now!! I am – Hercules!! The version of “Serenity” that screened in Chatsworth Tuesday evening isn’t quite the movie we’ll be seeing next fall. The music was temporary and the special effects were only about half-baked, with Adam Baldwin hanging off wires and many spaceships lurching about without texture and detail. Still, in many ways the film is already a great antidote for those of us so terrifically bored by the “Star Wars” prequels. The lion’s share of my own disappointment with “The Phantom Menace” and “Attack of the Clones” can be traced to an absence of players as compelling and likeable as Han and Leia. “Serenity,” by contrast, returns to “Firefly” fans better than half a dozen Solo-caliber characters to sink our teeth into: thuggish Jayne, heartsick Kaylee, conflicted Mal, aristocratic Inara, heroic Simon and damaged River. In addition, the evil Alliance has dispatched a great new villain, a ruthless and amusingly philosophical self-proclaimed “monster” essayed by Brit Chiwetel Ejiofor. The new film is smart, romantic, moving, fast-paced, action-packed and, most crucially, one of the funniest films you’ll see next year. It’s certain to be a must-see for every “Firefly” fan, as it answers every question devotees may have harbored with regard to two important elements of the series: The Reavers and River Tam. (It also offers a bit of resolution with regard to two key shipboard romances.) But Herc loving a new Joss Whedon project hardly warrents a headline, yes? The better news is that "Serenity" is garnering raves from others who caught the screening, like “The Scientist”: Hey Herc! The Scientist here with a quick review of Serenity, although I suspect that you'll be sending a review as well since I saw you at the screening. I tried to stay impartial throughout the viewing of the movie since I'm an unabashed lover of the show and think that Objects in Space is one of the finest hours to ever air on the small screen. That being said, I'll try to break down my review for two audiences: the newbies and the oldbies. Non-Firefly viewers: First, if you've never seen the show before, the movie does a fantastic job of establishing all of the characters over again so you don't have to worry about coming in unprepared. Also, the more overt western aspects of the show have been tremendously tamed down, so it plays more straight-forward in a scifi universe, but all without losing the grittiness and rawness that made the worlds on the show so special. It's extremely funny, almost always surprising, and kick-ass. I especially think that those of you who like operatic martial arts films will enjoy the choreographed fights that appear now and then. Just wait until you see the first trailer, cause I'm guessing you'll all flip. Firefly droolers: Reavers! River and Simon back story! More shocks than you can shake a stick at! You can't take the sky from me! But seriously, when this thing gets through with all the post-prod. stuff, you're going to be peeing in your brown leather coats because it'll be like the clocks were rewound and you were in 2002 again. It's not perfect yet, mind you. I think that Zoe and Book get a little neglected and a couple of the new additions to the 'Verse are weak, but that's nitpicking the absolute blast I had seeing everybody again. Plus, there's some wicked gorram action that would have been way out of budget for the TV show. The temp tracks and rough cg sometimes detracted from the film and the editing is still rough in spots, but this thing doesn't come out for over 8 months! The only other extremely early preview I've been this excited about was when I was much more wee and saw a super rough cut of Toy Story (Hey! That's another one Joss had his hand in.) Start getting excited everybody, this one's a winner! The aptly-named “Happily Surprised” adds: Tonight, in Chatsworth, CA, I think I stumbled across the geek Holy Grail. Upon the announcement of said Holy Grail, cheers erupted from the crowd… For what we were “the first audience ever” to view was… Serenity. Since this has been the subject of much banter on this site and I’m sure there will be a million of other reviews, I’ll skip any other touching stories about the screening. But I will tell you that I am not a hardcore Joss Whedon fan. I’ve seen a handful of Buffy and Angel episodes (and enjoyed them) and I admire his dedication to his online fanbase, but I’ve never seen Firefly and I’ve never totally bowed down to him. No hard feelings, just haven’t been so totally familiar with him as to realize his genius. My bad. This movie rocked. While it seemed a tad too long, that just means more gold for the DVD. Anyway, I don’t even know what they could cut out because just about every scene kept the movie moving along. Before I contradict myself again, I’ll just get to the meat. Whedon has created such incredible characters and dialogue in this movie. What has always struck me about most science fiction movies is that no one speaks normally, it’s almost as if space has stifled their sense of normalcy and rammed a giant stick up the characters’ asses. Well, as most of you will already know, Whedon can put his characters in the most unimaginable and incredible circumstances and still give them personalities, wit, and true emotion. It doesn’t sound like much, but between the dialogue, the characters, and the visuals (effects were unfinished, but you could tell what will be in store for the final product), I believe that he has really not just elevated the genre, but has transcended it. The characters are as fleshed-out as most Whedon fans would probably expect, but I was not prepared for this. Nathan Fillion (a guy I ashamedly say I only really recognized from Two Guys A Girl and A Pizza Place) is a great addition to the heroes of the big screen. He’s the best Han Solo since… well… Han Solo. The rest of the cast, filled with people I kind of recognized, seemed so comfortable and so natural. Their rapport with each other was perfect. It really shows that they all spent time together on a TV show… albeit a short-lived one. But the best character (and I think she was new to the troupe) was a waifish girl, Fiona Apple look-alike, named River. The story centers around her. She’s a mentally unstable psychic who is also a trained killer. The government (here, called The Alliance) has been doing tests on her for years, utilizing her psychic abilities and building her killing skills, until her brother rescues her. This is the set up for the prologue, which blew everyone away. Months later, we see that they’ve been on-board the Serenity and her brother is being used as an on-board doctor and she is being used for her psychic skills as an asset on their money-grabbing runs. I’m sure someone else will have a more detailed synopsis. As for me, I’m going to boil it down because it wasn’t what really impressed me about the movie. Bottom line is that, The Alliance is trying to find her. Led by an assassin (who, of course, was written beautifully and with great complexity), they know that she’s on-board Serenity. Despite being tracked by these folks, Fillion and his crew keep her around for her skills, out of curiosity of what she’s all about, and because Han Solo has a heart. You see, what makes her so interesting and what kicks ass most about this movie is that, when she whups ass, she whups ass! I’ll honestly say that her fight scenes blow away anything I’ve seen on Buffy, in Kill Bill, or just about anything I’ve seen in a long time. I found myself hoping for more fight scenes when, much of the time, she was in her crazed psychic state… and then the fight scenes came. Whedon knows what his audience (old fans and, like me, new ones) like. The final fight, by the way, will not disappoint anybody, if you like air battles, check. Gun fights, check. Attacks by nasty ass villains (the Reavers), check. Hand to hand, check. Swords, check. Battles of wit, check. The audience was filled with old Whedon fans. And they seemed quite ecstatic about the whole thing. The cheers didn’t just erupt at the beginning, they were all throughout. There were actual screams at points. These would break out with little bits of dialogue from familiar characters, after the fight scenes, during space battles, at looks characters would give each other, and, of course, at the end. I’ll be happy to drag my uninitiated friends to this when it comes out and I just may feel like I’m a little more on the inside this time around. But no matter… it’s a great movie, none of this horseshit Steven Sommers-type popcorn movie, this is a great movie.

"The Douche is strong in this one." OR "Douche Vader"

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