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Locke is EVIL! EVIL LOCKE! YEAH!!! SELL THE ARM!! NO SELL THE PUNCHES!!! SAW-YER! JEDI MOMENT! I KNEW HE'D SAY THAT!! "Part of my training involved getting the enemy to communicate" "Is that a yes?" "Yes" OOOOOH DAAAAAAAAAAAADDY!!!!!!!!!!

TORONTO! YEAH! HER HUSBAND!!! YEEEAH! READ IT! OUT LOUD! DON'T STOP NOW! YOU'RE GETTIN TO THE GOOD PART!!!!!!! HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!! HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!! NOW ABOUT... THAT.... KISS!!!!!!! !@~!~@IU)($@(*#@(*!~!!!

Already a ****** episode

Reeeeeeeeally? *scratches chin*

I was watching the main event and thinking "Damn! Benoit is a good brawler" the headbuts in particular were great. But he didn't have the ballstomping intensity that he had in his post SS raw match with Orton.

God Damn that's disgusting. Gilmore Girls Season 1?! Good GOD Josh...

Happy Rudo-Czech Day Everyone! (cept for Kotz and Banders, Happy Suck-My-Nuts Day to you guys)

The best thing Snitsky has ever done was in that promo... "Go ahead, take him. (higher pitched) Go ahead (take him). (pause) NO! YOU CAN'T HAVE HIM! He's mine!" It's akin to Homer Simpson saying to Bart "You've been gallavanting around with that floozy of a big brother of yours! HAVEN'T YOU?! HAVEN'T YOU! Look at me!

SPOILERS! When it comes to "Batman" only one format ever got it pitch perfect right - the Warner Bros. animated series of the early 90's. Now Paul Dini, one of the geniuses behind that series, has a new job working for "Alias" creator J.J. Abrams on his new ABC series "Lost" which has become one of the biggest hits of the new season. Over the weekend, Dini attended the Wizard World Convention in Dallas and spoke about all of his projects. Along the way were some big spoilers for "Lost" and 'Ranger1138' was in attendance to write it all down: WizardWorld: Paul Dini on Lost - by 'Ranger1138' "Two clips were shown from this Wednesday's episode. One featured a funny exchange between Hurley and Charlie. Charlie believes that the large man is hording food. He bases this hypothesis on the sheer fact that he hasn't lost any weight in their time on the island. The banter goes back and forth for some time until it is mentioned that Hurley has gone down one belt notch. The second clip was very intense. It showed Sayid torturing Sawyer. This is a long scene that will definitely get that "viewer discretion is advised" box to pop up at least once or twice during the hour. The torture involves fingernails and sharp objects if anyone was curious. After the clip it was asked if Standards and Practices had issues with the show since it was an 8PM EST slotted show. Paul said that they rarely worry about that kind of thing although they did wonder if they would be able to go ahead with the drug storyline for Charlie. ABC is fully behind the show and it rarely sends in notes to the writing team. The decision to air the show in "Pan and Scan" was the network's decision and the DVDs feature widescreen transfers of the show. One of the original marketing plans was to release the DVD of the two hour pilot some three weeks after it aired. ABC moved on to the concept of just re-airing the show, like NBC and CBS do now, on Saturdays for those viewers who need to catch up. DVD sets are planned with deleted scenes but Disney and Bad Robot have not decided on any release dates yet. Some time last year ABC decided that they, like the other networks, needed to have a series shot in Hawaii. LOST was ABC's attempt to have a scripted or dramatic version of Survivor. Although ABC preferred to think of it as a "deserted island" show. Paul said that each writer drew names from a hat. Three names were chosen by each writer. That writer then went off to write the character's history and back story. Paul's character's are John Locke, Sawyer and Sun [Daniel Day Kim's wife]. Paul said that Locke was based off of the real life philosopher John Locke. He also said that Locke was a strategist. He likes the thrill of the hunt and comes to see things like the game he played in episode 104 "Walkabout". When asked if it was a coincidence that Locke seemed to be around at a character's key moment Paul stated that Locke just seems to be an opportunist. He apparently is not good or evil, however, he may play a given situation either way to gain an advantage. It was also said that the monster is sort of a reflection of yourself. The pilot saw it in horror and he was killed because he feared the monster. Locke saw the monster with true awe, therefore, he was able to survive his encounter. The monster it's self may not be revealed totally at any point in the series. It may be, as Paul described it, "a Loch Ness Monster kind of thing". Bits and pieces of the beast will be shown throughout the series but a full reveal could prove to be anti-climatic. Still the monster will be explained at some point in future seasons. Kate is said to have a checkered past in her character's bio. She is also wanted for multiple things other than the bits shown early on in the season. A future ep will really bring her past to the forefront this season. Jack was originally planned to be killed off in the two hour pilot. The plan was to have someone famous play him and then kill him off before the middle of the second hour. The team talked about getting Michael "Batman" Keaton, however, Paul wasn't sure if they ever made it to the point of approaching him. Paul said that some of the other survivors will have their turn in the spotlight. Scott and Steve were introduced last week and they have some lines in upcoming shows. A new character will step up soon to help Claire with her pregnancy. Rosa's story about her missing husband will be touched upon before the end of the season. The team tried to cast as many natives to Hawaii as they could. Production costs could get quickly out of hand if they chose a famous actor to be a side character that would eventually work their way to the main cast. They loved the idea of maybe doing this but it would cost them a lot of money to fly out an actor for a few scenes. So casting found many extras in the area who could work their way up to speaking lines if the writing team needed a new "red shirt of the week". And they really do call them red shirts. Apparently at least one main character and several minor ones will be killed off before the end of the season. Paul also acknowledged the Buffy fans that came over to the show when David Fury came on board. Julie Bens "Darla" had spoken in the same room moments earlier and many of those fans stayed to hear Dini. Someone asked how involved JJ was with the show. Paul answered by saying that he splits his time between Lost, Alias and the new Bounty Hunter mid season replacement show for ABC. Paul knows that it will get crazier the closer they get to pre production on Mission Impossible 3. A question was asked about the time period that seems to be mentioned on the show each week. Paul said that they want the viewer to be very aware of the amount of time spent on the island. The entire first season will take one month of pseudo island time. A new CGI company is now on board to assist with effects needed. In a lot of cases the animals used in the show are CGI due to Hawaii's restrictions on the importing of animals. CGI was used for the wild bores and the polar bear. Paul also told story about how the extras like to feed the bores when on break. This causes them to feel sleepy later on in the shoot. The scene where Locke uses Charlie as bait was one of the scenes where the bore fell fast asleep once in the hammock like net. Mira "Babylon 5" Furlan will guest star in a very important role before the season is out. P aul said that the plan is to keep the show's current format of story punctuated with flashbacks. There was talk of maybe doing an episode where the survivor's families were shown but it was dropped for the same reason why a story about another person washing up on the beach was dropped. The team feels that the show's strength is based upon it's focus with those already on the island. Anything else may effect the "Gilligan" factor. The team is well aware that the show will have to move beyond this focus at some point, however, that could be done in say season 3 or 4. And yes they have a loose season plan for going that far with the show

The competitive aspects of Tough Enough have been negated by their past actions. They've already signed one of the guys who got cut and showed it in their first segment. They hired one of the failed DIVA contestants. Josh Mathews and Chris Nowinski weren't "tough enough", yet they were given jobs. Clearly, this is not about competition - the objective is to create superstars. They had an opportunity here.

It goes back to what I said. In the real world what is the big deal? Angle still looked like he schooled the guy. Perception is a big thing in wrestling. Perception is a big thing - which is why they could have built this up, they didn't. They could have shifted the perception from "Angle pinned Puder", to "Puder had Angle's arm trapped and could have broken it had the refs not stepped in". The first angle -the way they did it- you get nothing. It ends there. The second angle, they could have blown it up to something significant. The real issue is them being handed something and throwing it away simply because they didn't plan on it. Meltzer *is* right, in that regard. I just think he over-estimates the size, and over-states the MMA board influence/"water cooler talk" (and understates the Wrestling Board water cooler talk).

Look, anyone who HONESTLY believes that the WWE dropped a HUGE money angle by blowing off this silly Daniel Puder/Kurt Angle confrontation simply... SIMPLY needs to stop taking David Meltzer as the gospel... and get out of your fucking houses... and get a fucking clue. I think Meltzer is off his rocker on numerous things. Including this for the most part... for the most part. I think there was an opportunity here that the WWE refused to capitalize on; an angle that could have been unique and profitable. -Shoot Fighting... the MMA boards are currently LIT UP with people (and probably, if its anything like the typical wrestling boards, 15 people making 2000 posts a day) screaming that Daniel Puder almost handed Kurt Angle his ASS in the ring and EMBARRASSING Angle into ALMOST tapping with something (that no one heard of before Meltzer named it and pointed out that it was a real submission move so now everyone acts like they are experts), called the "Keylock". Oh... Angle would have been SCHOOLED they scream! I heard of it, I've applied it, and Meltzer didn't name it - Tazz did, at least at the time he did. And MMA messageboards weren't the only one "lit up" - this board was (5 pages), DVD was. Those are the only boards I post at, but they are both "wrestling boards" that reflected a certain interest in this. Kurt Angle, with a broken neck, won an Olympic gold medal. No 150 pound "shoot" fighter is going to take him to school. Puder weighs more than Angle. At least, going by their respective bios. Kurt Angle FORGOT more ways to get out of that move than any of you imbeciles, than any "shoot fighter" could ever dream of. Kurt Angle has a hunk of gold... two hunks, in fact... around his neck that says that only a precious few people in THE WORLD can go toe up with him on the mat... for real. Hmm, tell Kevin Jackson that. Tell Frank Shamrock (Who Puder trained with) that. Different breeds. There was a simple way of getting out of that - Matt Hughes did it against Georges St. Pierre 2 weeks earlier - and Angle was in the position to do that: He just had to roll. His feet were free, he just had to roll. He didn't. Why? It's real. It's different. Fans have already responded to Puder. Why ignore it? Why the FUCK are you listening to Dave Meltzer when the facts are this: How many hard-core shoot fans do you think there are? These shoot fighting PPV cards barely exist anymore... why? They barely exist? Then those dozen PPV's I purchased this year were what?? BECAUSE NO ONE BOUGYT THE PPVS!! I've bought more PPV's this year for MMA than I have WWE PPVs _In_My_Whole_Life_. UFC and PRIDE are not on TV, of course there will be a limited market. Oh, sure... shoot FANS say that they don'rt run cards because no town will insure it... because it's too DANGEROUS... well, yeah, that's a small reason... but a BIG reason is that shoot fighting is BORING to the mainstream... and AWKWARD... and ENDLESS. This is ignorant. Whatta goof.If it made money, promoters would move heaven and earth to get shoot fighting in their buildings and on TV... Vince has considered it. He considered it this year. Lewis/Lesnar? but shoot fighting is like wrestling WITHOUT the excitement... Then why can I list off numerous cards I've seen this year that were better than WM XX? it caters to an EXTREMELY small crowd... Funny, PRIDE seems to draw well. one that can't support it financially. The news of Angle vs Puder would attract a non-profitable amount of new fans for a very brief period... The fans were chanting "UFC", obviously it wouldn't attract just MMA fans. who then would walk away pissing all over Puder for selling out. Mainstream media would completely ignore it... and someone would end up getting hurt for real, leaving the company hurting. No one wins Cause in Wrestling no one gets hurt... -Meltzer says they blew it! Meltzer knows ALL! Meltzer knows a lot. Meltzer is also a fuckhead. Dave Meltzer is too insular with his cultural thinking. That's the problem with these big time dirt sheet and IWC writers... all they do is think wrestling, wrestling, wrestling day and night. They are so consumed with putting together their 35'000 word newsletters (without ever investing in spellcheck) that they never look at things logically. I think Meltz is high on a lot of things, specifically all things related to Ric Flair, I wouldn't say he "never" looks at things logically. The WWE has MUCH bigger aspirations! They have WAAAAY bigger fish to fry than grabbing a bunch of shoot fighting fans who wouldn't contribute more than a few bucks to the product. Exactly! Their aspire to be full of fake gimmicks! Baby-killers! -Puder's gonna get screwed over now and will never win. Has anyone said this? Then it's his own fucking fault. He should have remembered that there was some serious money ijn this for him. Now, because her tried to get cute with a professional (and anyone who REALLY thinks that Puder went "instictive", as if he was some animal and not a rational thinking human being, might as well go shoot himself in the face now because the planet is better off without you), he's gonna get booted. He wouldn't like it there anyway.... because the boys in the locker room will NOT let him get away with this bullshit. Let him "shoot" on the Big Show... let's see how bad ass he is then. Didn't Angle break that other dudes ribs? Pro-fes-sion-al? I wouldn't mind seeing Puder/Show - Let's see how he takes some leg kicks

Well, I think we are to assume that Benoit was going to do the unthinkable, like, 2 minutes after the crossface he had on Edge - but HHH and Batista got involved and he couldn't.

YES! PROTECT THE RING! HOLD THE FORT! SAVE THE... GOLD!

4 on 4. And they shouldn't have had Batista interested in the title. The dude in the polo shirt doing the throat cut above Benoits shoulder was AWESOME.

So if we kill Anglesault...

Maybe this board and the WWE have a symbiotic relationship. So if we kill Dames....

They should use the crane shot alot more during the matches.

It's amazing how they've been burying Benoit/Edge during this match.

"Bah gawd, this is the most intense, hard hitting, matches we've seen since.... Orton and Batista earlier on tonight!" JR, you suck.

I cannot say enough how much I hate the Simon Dean and Hassan gimmicks.

I don't even know what Logans run is. *checks* I don't even know how that applies.

Still No Message Board? No thanks.

Dude...

Did Homer do something crazy?