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He is The Fillion, anything is possible. Why go to Upstate NY? LET'S GO TO L.A.!!

Another sort of Cappy?? Nathan Fillion (Caleb) Nathan has signed on to head up one of Fox’s new cop shows, "Hollywood Division" - it was about time Fox got in on the forensics action. Of course, they give it the usual Fox twist - the cops in this division go undercover at a Hollywood High School, as well as the seedy underbelly of the famed LA district. So, it’s like The OC mixed with NYPD Blue!!

Oh.. I know why...

*sniff* The dream ends quickly. ----------- Mutant Enemy President Chris Buchanan posted the following message on the Offical Firefly Forum to set the record straight on some of the news and rumors surrounding 'Serenity.' Quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Browncoats: I haven't checked in lately because I've been far too busy on the BDM! Somehow, I think you all will forgive my absence... the movie is going to be shiny beyond belief. That being said, word has reached me that somebody has been posting here and elsewhere, shall I say, dubious "facts" about SERENITY. I'd like to set the record straight on a couple of them: (1) SERENITY. The movie will be shooting in bee-u-ti-ful Los Angeles and thereabouts. Sorry to all you folks in upstate NY and Vancouver. Did anyone think that Governor Ahnold would let such a valuable film franchise leave the state? I think not! (2) FANMAIL. Please do not use any of our actors' home addresses that may be posted somewhere on the WWW. While I understand that it's well intentioned mail, it's really not cool and I personally think it's a invasion of privacy. Feel free to send mail to any of our actors at the ME address: P.O. Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213 and we will get it to them. Really. (3) ACTORS. All of our FIREFLY actors were invited to return for SERENITY, and we plan to have all of them in the movie, period. As has been noted elsewhere: deals, schedules and contracts take time and until the i's are dotted and the t's are crossed, it ain't official. God may be in the details, but the Devil is clearly in the fine print. I'm optimistic that the full crew will be on board. (4) Official Posting Board. I'm in discussions with the folks at Universal about the SERENITY site and board. No current time frame, but hopefully, we won't have any downtime between here and there. BTW, STEVE, thanks for the movie folder. You are truly a Browncoat and a prince among moderators! That's all I want to set straight for now. If I killed all the rumors, speculation and potential spoilers on the OB, there would be nothing left to talk about except politics and religion. And God knows we don't want to go there! Best, Buchanan

Hurricane gets a reaction from little kids who think a guy in a green super-hero outfit is funny. You think these same little kids are the ones buying PPVs? Yes. I was at a Hurricane autograph signing and everyone around me (which were mainly 40 year old women and kids under 12) saw WM XX and went to WM 18. And there were *a lot* of people there.

I don't watch K-1. I do, however, watch K-1 highlight reels

I think Leko can surprise some people. Leko has a sick right straight and some very nice leg kicks along with some excellent (and quick) combinations. I think he could do well if he has the right mentality for it as well as some takedown defense. However, he isn't as well known in MMA as Cro Cop is, so his opponents may not have the same respect for him. This could either be a plus or a minus. Sylvia has a right straight that Arlovski should worry about. Pedro caught him with one, and Sylvia has underrated KO power. Look at what he did to Ricco and Gan. I see him taking this one, probably in the first round. It might not be *easy*, but he is going to win. There's too much in his favour. I haven't seen a weakness from Tim Sylvia yet (due to the nature of his opponents) and I don't think Andrei will be any different. Sylvia is most certainly the favourite to win, and he probably will. I don't think that Andrei is proven to be the #1 contender, but the two guys he beat to get there (Maty and Freeman) both ate an uppercut. Sylvia coming in with a right straight leaves him open for that. In theory, the opening is there.

Me thinks a spoiler warning should have been posted.

Don't forget about JR.

Oh yeah, and here's a message from Cappy. Nathan Fillion posted the following message on the Official Firefly Forum: Quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello, all. It has been awhile. I hope everyone is well, and flyin’ under Alliance radar. As I’m sure you are all aware, the movie is a go and I can finally breathe a sigh of relief with the same lungful I’ve been holding since cancellation. Let us in this time of celebration not forget all the hard work that has made this possible. Not the least of which is the incredible support of you, the fans. Stay rabid. Also, allow me to take a moment to tell you that Joss is a dirty fighting bastage and will kick anyone in the nuts to get this beautiful baby on the screen. With the quickness and strength of Tiger Kung-Fu, and the grace and magic of Dragon Kung-Fu, he has made this happen for us. All of us. Now that the movie is for certain, I find myself fulfilled and lacking of much wanting. But I have come up with this: In much the same fashion of your Shindigs and Firefly viewing parties, go to the movie. Bring a friend. Bring two friends. Bring people to the movies. Lots of them. Now, I realize that movie going is an expensive endeavor nowadays (Alliance plot), so in an effort to keep it affordable- BRING YOUR OWN SNACKS. Keep flyin’, Nathan "Cappy" Fillion PS Alan Tudyk says: See "I Robot and Dodgeball". My birthday just passed.

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It took me a few weeks to DL Hole in the World, but I got it. Of course, I have to DL it at school because its a fast(er) connection. RRR: One minute left before Smile Time is done

Holy Crap! It's next week?! Oh my God! Who's the TSM MMA guy? Who's going to do the preview?!?! Oh that's right, me. RRR: Shameless. In other news, I am strangely drawn to the PRIDE GP card even with the oddities; they certainly have given some variety along with strong names. I am happy.

Right now, I have no real need for it. With boards like Sledgehammer, or P2P servers, I have more wrestling than I really need. I have more matches on my harddrive that I haven't watched than I have... They really can't half-ass this or they'll be in trouble.

Thoughts: This should be interesting.

Latoya is certainly easier on the eyes, but Fantasia just cracks me up. Funny girl, that one.

Random Heel Turns and Run ins? This truly is a new era. ....

I wouldn't be surprised to see their Q4 revenues make up the difference and bring this year pretty much into even with last year. Wasn't that Wrestlesomething XX this Quarter? I wouldn't be surprised either. They, however, might miss the attendance since for the past 3 manias they've done domes and considerably downgraded w/ MSG. However, I suspect the Japan tour w/ Saitama selling out would compensate. As far as house show attendance they need a hot draw. Not by creating a fad but a guy who wrestling fans will pay to see. They have tried changing house shows around. They have Coach doing the heel GM shtick for the night, they dim the lights and have more of a tv lighting set up, they run more tv like angles at the house shows to set up the matches but none of these improvements have helped to raise the quarterly attendance markers. Making the matches more unpredictable isn't going to help either since the majority of the people attending the house shows have no idea who is going to be wrestling whom on them. Let alone what the finish of the match is going to be. I'm talking about a major overhaul of the House Show system. That means getting cards out well in advance; you can't do that successfully by having the same line up on each show. Those "improvements" are superficial and are hardly enough to make the show important to the fans. And I doubt they dim the lights to make it more TV-like; they probably just don't want the wrestlers to see how a 8000 seat building is half-empty. I would also argue that people who go to house shows don't care if they are of any importance. Of course, people who go to house shows _now_ probably go because they are hardcore fans or they're families who can't afford TV tapings or they're just desperate for whatever wrestling they can get (since WWE's method of compensating is going to areas with a wrestling drought). The objective, however, isn't getting the people who go see House Shows *now* to the arenas, it's to get (a)The people who pay to see TV/PPV tapings and (b)People who buy PPVs, and (c ) People who watch the TV show, to go. They just want to go and see the guys they like on tv wrestle. In the older days of wrestling when kayfab was still intact yeah a house show needed to feel important but now with wrestling firmly in the entertainment sector this is not necessary. TV tapings, you might get away with that, but House Shows are 90% wrestling so people are going there to see matches. No live show of Miss Saigon ever fails to draw people into the theater because they know what is going to happen. It still draws because people know what is going to happen and they like the story, the music and everything else that goes hand in hand with attending the theater. What does Miss Saigon draw, anyways? Wrestling has become the same way. I know that no titles are going to change hands, I know what is most likely going to happen but I still want to go see Eddie Guerrero wrestle because I like him and I like it when he wins on TV. And I don't go because I know the wrestling I could buy on tape or see on TV will be better than being there live AND I would rather go to a TV taping or better yet, a PPV, where something important is bound to happen and I can say "I was there". Why do you think PPV's outdraw TV tapings and TV tapings outdraw House Shows? Importance, maybe?

I dunno if it's a guaranteed win for Sylvia, I mean, Arlovski has an awesome uppercut that Tim could be open for.

NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! N!O !NO!~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are the T Bills! T BILLS! .. .. T BILLS! T as in Booker T T as in Texas T as in Treasury Bills as in money!@

In my first FB of the GP I had Sapp vs. Goodridge in the second round (assuming that Sapp would beat Fujita and Goodridge would beat Takayama.

My impression from the last Eddie/Booker match was that Booker couldn't keep up with Eddie and they were on totally different pages. Booker became really exposed in it and I haven't been able to look at him the same since.

Muay Thai in Thailand is more than a sport, though. It's engrained in their fighters to the point that I doubt many would leave it anyways. Though the weight thing is a good point. With something like Muay Thai, it takes a long time for the barriers to break where other options are considered for the fighters. Be it to fight under modified rules or to go outside the country, or to fight in MMA. --------- Antonio Nogueira Tom Erikson Bob Sapp Fedor Emelianenko Kazuyuki Fujita Mark Kerr Heath Herring Josh Barnett Igor Vovchanchyn Pedro Rizzo Mark Coleman Sergei Kharitonov Mirko Cro Cop Semmy Schilt Tim Sylvia Yoshihiro Takayama I wouldn't mind seeing this out of those names. RRR: Enjoying making matches WAY more than he should.

The last time I saw Booker vs. Eddie it was a *horrible* match.

YES! BRADSHAW AND BOOKER T AS A TEAM! THEY ARE THE T-BILLS! THEY *ARE* THE T-BILLZ!