BruteSquad_BRODY 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2008 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kinetic 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2008 Ross: "No Holds Barred? More like No Profit Allowed." J.R. saying that has always stuck with me, for some reason. It comes to mind every time that I think of No Holds Barred, which is probably more often than you'd think. While watching that episode when it originally aired, I thought it was really hilarious and almost a little scandalous that they were tearing the movie to shreds like that. I got into wrestling a little late to be a full-fledged Hulkamaniac and was only six when this movie came out, so it really didn't mean much to me. I ended up seeing it somewhere along the line and didn't think much of it. Suburban Commando is a different story altogether, and I definitely recall being deeply puzzled and having my belief in wrestling shaken a bit by The Undertaker's presence in the film. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silence 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2008 Suburban Commando is a different story altogether, and I definitely recall being deeply puzzled and having my belief in wrestling shaken a bit by The Undertaker's presence in the film. His voice in that movie was a real "WTF" moment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Wood Caulfield 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2008 Wikipedia says: The movie debuted at #2, behind Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, with $5,000,000 in ticket sales. Hogan writes in his autobiography the budget was about eight million dollars. Vince McMahon, who financed the movie, more or less broke even because of distribution fees. The final tally was about $15,000,000 in ticket sales. Wait, really? I thought the film didn't even crack the Top 10 when it came out! Is this legit? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Kamala 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2008 Yeah, I remember reading it was #1 or #2 on its opening weekend and then fell hard after that. Why this movie isn't on DVD is beyond me....really if the Thunder In Paradise TV movies and The Secret Agent Club then why isn't this one? I need to see Hulk and Zeus's showdown in widescreen, dammit! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2008 http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=noholdsbarred.htm 2-6-7-10 was the film's 4 week ranking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cabbageboy 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2008 It was hilarious that Indiana Jones made 21 million that weekend and No Holds Barred was #2 with 4.9 million. In reality No Holds Barred isn't notable really. It wasn't the smash hit Vince and Hogan wanted, but it also wasn't the fiasco that revisionist history would have you believe. Just a forgettable B grade programmer with a wrestler. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CBright7831 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2008 I actually tried to find Hulk/Zeus on YT, but to no luck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheOriginalOrangeGoblin 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2008 http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=noholdsbarred.htm 2-6-7-10 was the film's 4 week ranking. That's not that bad really. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2008 I actually tried to find Hulk/Zeus on YT, but to no luck. No Holds Barred: The Match http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD2BGkulQaQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpQPBmQ1mAg The only other matches Zeus wrestled were tag matches at Summerslam and Survivor Series. He never wrestled a singles match. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianGuitarist 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2008 for this week's Let's Talk About This week's? More like "My haphazard thread starting". This is a great concept and has brought great discussion to the folder, but "this week's" is being awfully generous. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Kamala 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2008 Hey we've had them for three or four weeks running, Canuck.Granted, they were all started by me... And Zeus did actually have a singles match. Not in WWF but he fought Abdullah The Butcher in Puerto Rico shortly after his WWF run. The match was on YouTube but now I can't find the damn thing. It was as bad as you'd imagine an Abdullah The Butcher Vs Zeus match to be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianGuitarist 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2008 I just wanted to use that Niger please thing. By the way, Bamako is the actual capital of Niger. I'd have fuckin' ruled on Carmen Sandiego. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Kamala 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2008 Fair enough... And hey I found that Abdullah The Butcher Vs Zeus match I was talking about! By the way---if somebody wants to start the Let's Talk About...thread next week, by all means feel free. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2008 I was going to start a "Yo! TSM Raps" thread about Survivor Series but I thought of that the same day this thread occurred. I don't think next week is very timely. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dobbs 3K 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2008 I'd swear I remember seeing Zeus squash some jobber on Superstars back in the day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YourKock'sReallyGreat 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2008 The TC didn't mention that Bill Eadie (Axe of Demolotion) was in the movie. He wrestled against Rip in the opening match. Also, for Dexter fans, Hulk's brother in the movie is the same actor who played Rits's ex husband in the first two seasons. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Kamala 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2008 I'd swear I remember seeing Zeus squash some jobber on Superstars back in the day. Yeah, I don't know about a singles squash but I vaguely recall him squashing some jobber in a handicap match on one of the weekend shows. And boy that Zeus Vs Abdullah The Butcher match is even worse than I remember! Zeus doesn't even get stabbed with the fork! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zack Malibu 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2008 I will never forget the two sentence review that No Holds Barred got in my (at the time) local newspaper after its opening weekend: No Holds Barred: Never since Porky's has such a stupid movie ever been released. Not recommended (Playing at Cinema 1-2-3). I disagree with that review. Porky's was far from a stupid movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LaParkaMarka 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2008 Ross: "No Holds Barred? More like No Profit Allowed." J.R. saying that has always stuck with me, for some reason. This stuck with me too, but I remember it coming across as pretty fake. McMahon had one of his phony laughs after JR said it, and it just seemed like one of those lines that Vince put together himself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jebus 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2008 One other thing...the promo bumper Vince did for The Match/The Movie was the first time I ever heard Vince's YOUUUUUU'RE FIIIIIIIIIIRED voice: "Why have a Merry Christmas...WHEN YOU COULD HAVE A NO HOLDS BARRRRRRRRED CHRISTMAS!" Imagine the second part of that in the Mr. McMahon voice. It was pretty creepy for 1989. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites