Hai
They've fucking done it again. I guess I'm to blame a little as well. I shouldn't keep checking the videos on WWE's youtube channel from time to time. Yeah ... they weened me back in, and not even smoothly.
What's even more surprising is that the Diva division is what tipped the scales back in favor of wrestling. If me 5 years ago could read this, he'd probably have me committed. Bastard is surely capable of doing it.
Okay, twenty-two year old me, relax. It's Rebecca Knox and Flair's daughter, ok? Remember Rebecca Knox, that Irish girl that was way too beautiful to be a fantastic wrestler as well? Yeah, her. And no, Flair's daughter didn't inherit Ric's hairline or David's inability to get over. Are we good? Okay.
It has to be done. For as much as I've ragged on Triple H and his golden shovel tactics, he's done a pretty fan-fucking-tastic job on NXT and bringing them onto the main roster and give them time and opportunity to be embraced by the fans.
I love Becky Lynch. Really do. She's the kind of woman, I'd probably stutter in front of while swinging about a diamond ring I can't afford. Irish, redheaded and wrestling skill are three qualities I greatly appreciate in a woman. And since you can't graft a vagina or a crash course in entertaining wrestling onto Sheamus, options aren't in abundance. (Although grafting a vagina onto Sheamus could be a medical breakthrough!)
Rebecca Quin/Knox/Lynch is someone I'd followed for a while almost a decade ago, until she quit wrestling altogether. So, it's good to see she came back and is absolutely killing it. Seriously, her match versus Sasha Banks for the title is one of the best matches I've seen. Not just women's. Storytelling, sequences, ring psychology were all.on.point.
Same thing goes for Charlotte "I'm a Flair, but hey". I'm not a fan of nepotism in wrestling (Fuck you, [REDACTED] for bringing your daughter Brooke into it, despite her having no discernible talent). But Charlotte can actually wrestle really well. There's of course copious references to her dad ("do it with Flair"? Really? Most women likely have, to be honest). But at the least, she has plenty of skill to make it without riding her dad's legacy (like many women have, unless his knob isn't called legacy.)
Anyways ... Tough Enough is really shit. Never realised that Austin was the one that made it entertaining. Also, fuck you voting audience, for keeping Z "gatorfuckin' yeehaw" Z in there.
YAY for Kevin Owens, Cesaro, Ambrose and Rollins being featured more often! Cesaro getting a good push? Who'd have deemed it still possible?
While I don't wish any harm on any people. I can't be sad about the fact that John Cena is sneezing horizontally for the time being. It bothers me that a guy who's been pushed to the mid card to give others a chance is still practically main eventing.
Soooo .... we've been making fun of that one Booker T promo on [REDACTED] for years on end. Surprisingly, it caught up to the guy. Whether [REDACTED] is a flaming racist or not is of no consequence. I hate the guy anyways. I assume most of the world will continue to agree with that sentiment. Brother.
Damn shame about Piper. Way too soon. Genuinely one of the most entertaining guys WWF/E ever had. I imagine some of his promos are obligatory learning material for the nxt guys and girls. First Dusty and now Piper. That's two top guys gone in the span of about a month. Sheesh.
On a personal note, I'm doing better. I've been gradually losing weight and becoming less cynical over the past two months. A little over 30 pounds completely shedded and I'm feeling energetic. All is well. Still unemployed though, but summer's almost over, which should help.
I might go more in depth at a later time. I also imagine I'll be focusing strictly on wrestling for the time being, as my media ingestion is fairly irregular, if not non-existent.
~D.
Tuesday 4 August 2015
Saturday 30 May 2015
Fashionably late becomes a trend. Looking back at WM31
Salve a
tutti
I know, I
know. We’ve had a ppv since Mania 31 and one coming up fairly soon. Doesn’t
matter, will still give my two cents on the event.
I’m writing
this in two waves actually. Since my interest in wrestling has waned
considerably over the past year (with something of a flare up right now) I fear
I might get bored halfway through. I’ve seen up until the Taker match, so
enough to muse about already.
First
things first, I didn’t watch the pre-show. I haven’t got a clue who was on it
(but I’m guessing it would be some of my favourites).
The first
match should be a highlight of the event already. Money in the bank ladder
match for no money in no bank. No
worries, they get the consolation prize that is the intercontinental championship.
FOR AT LEAST A MONTH! WOW!
I like Dean
Ambrose, hands down the funniest guy on the roster right now. I hadn’t seen too
much of his indy days (being in CZW and all, which I don’t particularly care
for), but it’s fairly obvious why he’s so top of the heap right now.
Lots of
talent in this ring all of a sudden. Near grabs, some highspots, some ladder
shenanigans. Quite enjoyable, but it didn’t feel like there was much of a
highlight in that match. Odd.
Unless you
consider a glittery ladder spot and the fact that R-Truth is still employed AND
gets a Mania payday highlights. Somewhere in Brooklyn, a single tear rolled
down JTG’s face. Of course, Daniel Bryan wins it. Strange that it can be said
with such certainty, but let’s be honest here. There was no way it would go
differently. As much as I like Bryan, I feel Dean Ambrose must win every match
he is in.
Next up,
Randy Orton being his usual self, with Wrestlemania DLC tacked on to give it
just that little extra. Alongside Seth Rollins showing why he’s a hot commodity
right now. Rollins is hot as hell right now, which is good to see, even though
he’s really no Ambrose.
Next up, a
WWE network “Monday Night Wars” promo as Sting faces off in his first ever WWE
match against Triple H. I neglected to count how many times the commentary team
sucked the looming cock of Vince McMahon’s brainchild while comparing WCW to an
unsavory turd on the sole of their shoes. Not to mention, namedropping “Monday Night
War!” at every turn. Michael Cole talks as if he's got Vince McMahon's balls still on his chin.
OHMAGAWD
King! It’s X-Pac and the New Age Outlaws (DX)! Coming to the aid of Triple H!
OHMAGAWD King! It’s Hogan, Nash and Hall (nWo)! Coming to the aid of Sting!
OHMAGAWD Shawn Michaels! (DX)
Really?
Really? You’re pushing the faction war, despite everyone being publicly known
as friends? With X-Pac and HBK literally having been members of both? Fuck that jazz. I will admit that my memory is decidedly shit, but
to completely neglect a fact that was likely brought up the day before at the
hall of fame is horseshit.
Decent match though. Lots of sorta-highlights.
- - Scott Hall, seemingly sober (that of course didn’t last)
- - Kevin Nash, gingerly falling over and grabbing his thigh/knee is fucking hilarious
- No Dean Ambrose
- - The intro by Arnold Schwarzenegger is equally hilarious. Triple H and his terminator style entrance was, however, tacky.
- - I’m beginning to think Wrestlemania became a promo vehicle for the new Terminator film (coming JULY 1ST TO THEATERS NEAR YOU! IN 3D!)
- - I want to watch the new Terminator film. DAMMIT!
After a
good match, time for the usual piss break. Imagine my distress when I didn’t
have to go for a piss. All the options left are having a wank, a smoke or
actually watch the divas match (whilst not wanking). I decided on the latter,
despite likely deriving more from the former two. Alas.
It’s
noticeable that the Bellas have actually gotten better at wrestling. It’s still
not much to look at, but the cringing is almost non-existent now. This is an
odd feeling. Although it could be
because they’re going against two women who can actually wrestle quite well.
It’s weird
though. No matter how good they are, they will always look like a group of
backyarders, trying to emulate the “sooperstars on the tv”. No hate, been there
myself.
I don’t
remember who won, and it’s pretty likely it doesn’t matter either. AJ’s gone
now, no?
UH OH! Video
package showing the troops and the flag. We know where this is going.
Ok ok,
there’s Obama, some more troops, DUBYA(!) and then … BAM, republican
insta-boner as Reagan appears. We know where this is going! YESSIR, there comes
Rusev and his mistress … manager Lana.
The
obligatory John Cena humping the patriotism parade float like a two bit pimp.
Why? Because ‘MURICA!! Yee-haw!!
Same old
shit, let’s just pause the writing here and watch Taker.
LOOOOONG AS
SHIT INTRO, FOR BOTH OF THEM, OH LORD HAVE MERCY. Not really, they’re long but
yeah, *skip*
This is
actually a really good match, given the psychology behind it. “the old vs new
face of fear”. Taker is looking healthy but is really selling the old and tired
man angle. False finishes galore and bam Taker wins on his second tombstone.
Goody. As much as Bray Wyatt deserves a push, it wouldn’t be good if Taker lost
at Mania again.
Final
match, Tourist vs Green Goblin for the world title. Goodie goodie.
Truth be
told, I liked every bit about this match. It made Lesnar look strong as shit,
it made Reigns look resilient and strong while covering up that he’s really not
that versatile in the ring. And the best part about it is that neither man
actually won. Thank you Seth! (Although a surprising lack of Dean Ambrose in
this finish.)
All in all,
I quite enjoyed the show. Not so many highlights, but solid throughout. We all
know that even that outcome could be pretty unique over the past decade.
Rollins is
having a good run as world champ. A program with Dean Ambrose over the belt,
which they seem to be going for now, could easily last well past the summer.
Now Neville, Sami Zayn and Kevin Steen/Owens are appearing on the main shows
regularly, balor and KENTA doing well … it seems like there is a bit of “future
building” going on.
I LIKE IT!
I hope you
enjoyed reading this. I seem to have more of a knack for writing
wrestling-related stuff than other entertainment stuff.
~D.
Thursday 19 February 2015
Ringing in the new year fashionably late
Hullo
So, the new year is well underway. Figured I might as well write something.
For those I haven't seen since 2015 landed, happy new year. That means, strictly speaking, just about everyone.
Still unemployed, ranting internally about companies not even doing you the courtesy of telling me to fuck off.
Lots of time for movies though. Even though I'm not a movie buff, and hopefully gainfully employed by the time any of my desired movies hit theaters.
You wanted me to talk about the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe for the willfully uninitiated) and its offshoots. Here goes. Backstory-ish first though.
I've been somewhat of a Marvel fanboy since a young age. Despite none of the comics being available locally, the cartoons were. Spider-Man and X-Men mostly. I watched the shit out of them, not really thinking about the deeper messages they entailed. Fucking lasers, man. OUT OF HIS FUCKING EYES, YUSSSS.
cue growing up and those cartoons inevitably ending. Not very sad at the time. Out comes Fox with the first X-Men movie. I had to check it out. If not for nostalgic reasons (though I was barely 12 years old). Loved the shit out of it, and wore out the VHS. Yes, VHS.
Didn't spark anything though. No internet connection at the time (probably for the best too. The amount of porn I would've consumed couldn't have been healthy). Internet connection came about some 5 years later and was too busy with wrestling to look up Marvel comics.
Iron Man comes out in 2008. Didn't care, other than a cameo in the Spider-Man series, I knew next to nothing about Iron Man. Didn't help he was kind of a dick during that cameo.
2011. Not so very long ago. Interest in wrestling waned momentarily. I don't think I need to rehash why. Read just about any wrestling related entry I've posted here. Not much to do except college assignments but since I was flunking out of that anyway, I didn't care.
Decided to watch Iron Man just for the hell of it. And of course, I loved the shit out of it. Watched Iron Man 2 immediately after. Less good, still awesome. Wait, Marvel has more films out? They have Joss Whedon attached to a product? YUSSSS! (I had watched Firefly not too long before and had a massive Whedonboner, fyi)
WATCH ALL THE MARVEL FILMS. Captain America, Thor and even that remotely ok Hulk film.
Loved all of it. Well, shit.
It's now something of a religion. Even after reading up about the characters and possible story arcs for the films to tackle, I can rant like comics expert. I don't, because it's silly. Who gives a shit if it's true to the comics. They are entertaining films.
Much like myself, every competitor in the superhero genre realised far too late that Marvel was pretty much rendering their franchises (a lot of them Marvel based) completely fucking useless.
Sony was resting happily producing another Spidey film, because they knew audiences would be drawn to it. "Why expand? Spidey works!"
Fox produces a couple of X-Men films (the ensemble films being really good, the standalone Wolverine movies not so much.)
DC running behind hopelessly, coming out of a successful run with the Batman trilogy and doing absolutely fuck all to capitalise on it while the franchise was shit hot. Now Marvel has the top spot, and with their quality control and using key people who actually know their comics are light years ahead of any competitors.
This allows them to take chances on new characters. They are now in the position that Sony was in, being an almost guaranteed success. It shouldn't be a wonder that Sony has now struck a deal with Marvel.
Spidey gets to appear in Marvel produced films, with Sony making use of Marvel's expertise on the character as well as piggy-backing off the success that Marvel still has to this day.
Superhero films always work. That's why the comics endure. New generations stand up and read them, and relate in some way. Wanting to be those heroes even. No matter how sick of those films you might become, there's always someone else looking forward to that next installment. For the time being, that'll be me for sure. Even if Marvel drops the ball at some point ... I'll still forgive them, because they've brought me so much entertainment during my lifetime, it would be wrong not to.
Now that they've announced the release dates for several films up until 2020 (and pushed back some, because of the Spidey involvement) it looks like any competitor is fighting a losing battle. Marvel gambled and won. An Affleck Batman rehash isn't going to change that. Buona Fortuna, amici.
Ah well, DC still has tv huh. I can't say I've watched Flash, Arrow or Gotham, but they're getting good reviews. Agents of SHIELD is pretty fucking awesome though. Slow start for season 1 but so far, things are absolutely looking mighty amazing.
All in all, it looks like Marvel will be dominating the box office for quite some time. I'm not unhappy about it either. At this point, I can only hope the Assassin's Creed film will turn out to be a critical and commercial success. Fuck, I love that series.
Oh, and I couldn't care less about the Star Wars trilogy. I might end up watching it at some point, but since I haven't seen the original trilogy or the prequels, I wouldn't bank on it.
I should add a babe right? Which one should I highlight ...
Let's go for Sara Sampaio, my favourite Portuguese person. Because she's cool as well as pretty.
Replying to random tweets of mine a couple of times. Not that I'm bragging or anything ... why would I? It would make appear even more of a sad, lonely fucker. Ah shit, I'll carry that badge proudly! As per usual, boobs are google-able.
Anything else you want me to talk about, or something wrestling related? Let me know. Until then.
Peace be upon thee, young Padawan.
~D.
** Addendum:
I feel Marvel will continue to keep traction going for the planned schedule up to 2020. However, this market will likely be satiated by the time Marvel reaches the end of their current schedule. Take a break guys, before you plunge into the depth that an inevitable push back will create. Your actors won't be around for the next 20 years sticking to the suit they made inarguably famous.
I don't expect them to do it, with so many hot commodities attached to the projects, but still...
For the time being, Marvel won't have anything to worry about. Diverse characters (Carol Danvers; smart choice), enough source material to create genre-films, possibly avoiding the pitfall detailed in the comments below about superhero films dying a slow and painful death because it was no longer the story that prevailed.
That's Marvel's strength. Striking the balance between characters and their development as well as providing a story that isn't a strictly by the book "good vs evil" popcorn flick.
I thought it took balls to turn Winter Soldier into a political thriller. And it likely saved that film from turning into a cartoonesque mess (i.e. Batman & Robin, Every Superman film since 1978*)
So, what am I looking forward to? Age of Ultron, Fantastic Four reboot (I really want to see if they can do it better; sheesh those first two were really not good); Terminator Genisys (shoot me, I love the franchise, including the much maligned T3); the Hitman film (I liked the first one too, partly because Tim Olyphant is fucking awesome in everything he does). And not to forget: X-Men: Apocalypse. The current X-Men cast is fucking stellar (MacAvoy is probably even my favorite) and Apocalypse is pretty much the top villain within the X-Men franchise. Lastly, Deadpool. Have you seen the test footage? Totally convinced this will be awesome.
*Yes, every single one. While I enjoyed I and II, it was never what it was supposed to be. Superman I was recut from what director Richard Donner envisioned, turning it into a parody of itself with the most ass backwards Deux Ex Machina ending imaginable.
While I liked Man of Steel, it wasn't nearly good enough to wash away the vile taste of Superman returns. Good heavens, that was a terrible movie.
So, the new year is well underway. Figured I might as well write something.
For those I haven't seen since 2015 landed, happy new year. That means, strictly speaking, just about everyone.
Still unemployed, ranting internally about companies not even doing you the courtesy of telling me to fuck off.
Lots of time for movies though. Even though I'm not a movie buff, and hopefully gainfully employed by the time any of my desired movies hit theaters.
You wanted me to talk about the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe for the willfully uninitiated) and its offshoots. Here goes. Backstory-ish first though.
I've been somewhat of a Marvel fanboy since a young age. Despite none of the comics being available locally, the cartoons were. Spider-Man and X-Men mostly. I watched the shit out of them, not really thinking about the deeper messages they entailed. Fucking lasers, man. OUT OF HIS FUCKING EYES, YUSSSS.
cue growing up and those cartoons inevitably ending. Not very sad at the time. Out comes Fox with the first X-Men movie. I had to check it out. If not for nostalgic reasons (though I was barely 12 years old). Loved the shit out of it, and wore out the VHS. Yes, VHS.
Didn't spark anything though. No internet connection at the time (probably for the best too. The amount of porn I would've consumed couldn't have been healthy). Internet connection came about some 5 years later and was too busy with wrestling to look up Marvel comics.
Iron Man comes out in 2008. Didn't care, other than a cameo in the Spider-Man series, I knew next to nothing about Iron Man. Didn't help he was kind of a dick during that cameo.
2011. Not so very long ago. Interest in wrestling waned momentarily. I don't think I need to rehash why. Read just about any wrestling related entry I've posted here. Not much to do except college assignments but since I was flunking out of that anyway, I didn't care.
Decided to watch Iron Man just for the hell of it. And of course, I loved the shit out of it. Watched Iron Man 2 immediately after. Less good, still awesome. Wait, Marvel has more films out? They have Joss Whedon attached to a product? YUSSSS! (I had watched Firefly not too long before and had a massive Whedonboner, fyi)
WATCH ALL THE MARVEL FILMS. Captain America, Thor and even that remotely ok Hulk film.
Loved all of it. Well, shit.
It's now something of a religion. Even after reading up about the characters and possible story arcs for the films to tackle, I can rant like comics expert. I don't, because it's silly. Who gives a shit if it's true to the comics. They are entertaining films.
Much like myself, every competitor in the superhero genre realised far too late that Marvel was pretty much rendering their franchises (a lot of them Marvel based) completely fucking useless.
Sony was resting happily producing another Spidey film, because they knew audiences would be drawn to it. "Why expand? Spidey works!"
Fox produces a couple of X-Men films (the ensemble films being really good, the standalone Wolverine movies not so much.)
DC running behind hopelessly, coming out of a successful run with the Batman trilogy and doing absolutely fuck all to capitalise on it while the franchise was shit hot. Now Marvel has the top spot, and with their quality control and using key people who actually know their comics are light years ahead of any competitors.
This allows them to take chances on new characters. They are now in the position that Sony was in, being an almost guaranteed success. It shouldn't be a wonder that Sony has now struck a deal with Marvel.
Spidey gets to appear in Marvel produced films, with Sony making use of Marvel's expertise on the character as well as piggy-backing off the success that Marvel still has to this day.
Superhero films always work. That's why the comics endure. New generations stand up and read them, and relate in some way. Wanting to be those heroes even. No matter how sick of those films you might become, there's always someone else looking forward to that next installment. For the time being, that'll be me for sure. Even if Marvel drops the ball at some point ... I'll still forgive them, because they've brought me so much entertainment during my lifetime, it would be wrong not to.
Now that they've announced the release dates for several films up until 2020 (and pushed back some, because of the Spidey involvement) it looks like any competitor is fighting a losing battle. Marvel gambled and won. An Affleck Batman rehash isn't going to change that. Buona Fortuna, amici.
Ah well, DC still has tv huh. I can't say I've watched Flash, Arrow or Gotham, but they're getting good reviews. Agents of SHIELD is pretty fucking awesome though. Slow start for season 1 but so far, things are absolutely looking mighty amazing.
All in all, it looks like Marvel will be dominating the box office for quite some time. I'm not unhappy about it either. At this point, I can only hope the Assassin's Creed film will turn out to be a critical and commercial success. Fuck, I love that series.
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I should add a babe right? Which one should I highlight ...
Let's go for Sara Sampaio, my favourite Portuguese person. Because she's cool as well as pretty.
Replying to random tweets of mine a couple of times. Not that I'm bragging or anything ... why would I? It would make appear even more of a sad, lonely fucker. Ah shit, I'll carry that badge proudly! As per usual, boobs are google-able.
Anything else you want me to talk about, or something wrestling related? Let me know. Until then.
Peace be upon thee, young Padawan.
~D.
** Addendum:
I feel Marvel will continue to keep traction going for the planned schedule up to 2020. However, this market will likely be satiated by the time Marvel reaches the end of their current schedule. Take a break guys, before you plunge into the depth that an inevitable push back will create. Your actors won't be around for the next 20 years sticking to the suit they made inarguably famous.
I don't expect them to do it, with so many hot commodities attached to the projects, but still...
For the time being, Marvel won't have anything to worry about. Diverse characters (Carol Danvers; smart choice), enough source material to create genre-films, possibly avoiding the pitfall detailed in the comments below about superhero films dying a slow and painful death because it was no longer the story that prevailed.
That's Marvel's strength. Striking the balance between characters and their development as well as providing a story that isn't a strictly by the book "good vs evil" popcorn flick.
I thought it took balls to turn Winter Soldier into a political thriller. And it likely saved that film from turning into a cartoonesque mess (i.e. Batman & Robin, Every Superman film since 1978*)
So, what am I looking forward to? Age of Ultron, Fantastic Four reboot (I really want to see if they can do it better; sheesh those first two were really not good); Terminator Genisys (shoot me, I love the franchise, including the much maligned T3); the Hitman film (I liked the first one too, partly because Tim Olyphant is fucking awesome in everything he does). And not to forget: X-Men: Apocalypse. The current X-Men cast is fucking stellar (MacAvoy is probably even my favorite) and Apocalypse is pretty much the top villain within the X-Men franchise. Lastly, Deadpool. Have you seen the test footage? Totally convinced this will be awesome.
*Yes, every single one. While I enjoyed I and II, it was never what it was supposed to be. Superman I was recut from what director Richard Donner envisioned, turning it into a parody of itself with the most ass backwards Deux Ex Machina ending imaginable.
While I liked Man of Steel, it wasn't nearly good enough to wash away the vile taste of Superman returns. Good heavens, that was a terrible movie.
Thursday 27 November 2014
Friday 3 October 2014
Lights, Camera, Entry
Hullo
First off, this is easily the hardest entry I've ever done. Bar none. Even though the topic is silly to begin with, I don't have that much experience with it, so I've spent the past month and a half actually coming up with a list of people that do the acting particularly well in my opinion.
Probably not many surprising choices, a lot of whom I can't really back up as to why they're on the list.
Again, though, these are in no particular order, as I'm going down the list the way I wrote them down as I remembered them.
- Alan Tudyk
If you have watched Serenity, he's probably a "leaf on the wind" for you. The thing is though ... this guy so versatile in characters, he'll never be a leading man, but he'll never be out of work either. He's probably even my favourite. Both TV and movies alike (A Knight's Tale, that awful third transformers movie, ...)
If I were to recommend a movie he's been in, I'd say horrorcomedy Tucker & Dale vs Evil. Pretty fucking brilliant.
- Morgan Freeman
For his performance in Shawshank Redemption alone he is worthy of inclusion. Morgan always brings it, for whatever role he's playing. If you can act Jim Carrey's antics off the screen, you're doing pretty well huh?
- Ahnuld Schwarzenegger
Surprised? Are you? This is part of the category I've dubbed SHBIG (So Hilariously Bad, It's Good). Terrible actor, now and then, but memorable. He's made a shitload of money by marketing the fact he's a terrible actor. Bravo. And honestly, is there anyone who cannot even remember a single one of his one-liners and hasn't done them in their best Ahnuld impression?
I know I did, multiple times.
- Samuel L. Jackson
You want badass? You get Sam Jackson. That's a given. A guy that does "Snakes on a Plane" knowing full well it's absolute garbage, for fun? That's Sam. Pulp Fiction is probably the highlight.
Also, he's not Laurence Fishburne.
- Ben Kingsley
Fantastic actor. Both as lead and supporting character. He's probably the master of immersion. Schindler's List, Hugo and (naturally) Iron Man 3. Even though everyone hates that last one, Ben Kingsley was definitely the highlight of that film for me. His performance in Hugo was pretty amazing too. Complimentary to the joy that was that film.
- Nicolas Cage
You guessed it, the next entry in the SHBIG category. This guy has two modes, whisper and scream, and they both come out in every film he does. He used to be really good, I've heard. Don't know what happened. Anyhow, I never sour on a film if Cage is in it, much like Ahnuld above. Probably why I've seen both Ghost Riders a couple of times now. Eva Mendes had nothing to do with that. Ahum...
- Bruno Ganz
Don't know who he is? Sure you do. The man has been a meme for years ... after portraying Hitler in possibly the second most jarring WWII-related film after Schindler's List. That performance alone definitely cements him as one of my favorite actors.
- Claire Danes
Surprising lack of women, huh? Thought so too. Claire Danes is probably an unusual choice. She made Terminator 3 bearable, is pretty awesome in Homeland ... guess that says something.
- Helena Bonham Carter
Nobody does absolutely batshit, like Helena Bonham Carter. Helps being married to an equally batshit director, but still. She's a hugely popular actress, despite being predominantly a character actress. Not bad.
- Peter Sellers
Watch Dr. Strangelove. Superb film, and Peter Sellers at his best. Easily the best comic actor I've ever seen.
No list is complete without some honorable mentions. Any one of these I'd put before Claire Danes, but gender equality is cool and so I've bumped Claire up to the list instead. Don't judge me, gender equality gets the bitches wet**
- Robin Williams. I kept him off the list because of his recent passing, which would likely make his inclusion a result of that. Nothing could be farther from the truth. He's done great comic acting, but his dramatic roles are possible even better. Dead Poets Society, Insomnia, What dreams may come. The latter isn't really that great of a film, but Robin is on fire in this role.
- Steve Buscemi. A face even his mother finds difficult to love, but a fantastic actor. First saw him in a bad film called airheads (Brendan Fraser AND Adam Sandler, you do the math). Later saw him absolutely kill it in Fargo and Reservoir Dogs. Now he's being completely and utterly awesome in Boardwalk Empire. He really should've been on the list ... Oh well.
- Malcolm McDowell. A Clockwork Orange. There you go. No further reasoning necessary.
Now, the obligatory inclusion of a female specimen of beauty.
I wanted to include Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, because she did some acting. But she made me sit through the third Transformers movie, which is unforgivable***
Therefore, Allow me to introduce you to: Sigrid Agren
Since the readership of my blog is predominantly French, why not go with a French/Swedish girl?
Carribean French, but hey ...
naturally, google is your friend if you're aiming for boobies.
** of course the statement was made with a brave sense of irony. Don't hit me with lipstick and tampons please.
First off, this is easily the hardest entry I've ever done. Bar none. Even though the topic is silly to begin with, I don't have that much experience with it, so I've spent the past month and a half actually coming up with a list of people that do the acting particularly well in my opinion.
Probably not many surprising choices, a lot of whom I can't really back up as to why they're on the list.
Again, though, these are in no particular order, as I'm going down the list the way I wrote them down as I remembered them.
- Alan Tudyk
If you have watched Serenity, he's probably a "leaf on the wind" for you. The thing is though ... this guy so versatile in characters, he'll never be a leading man, but he'll never be out of work either. He's probably even my favourite. Both TV and movies alike (A Knight's Tale, that awful third transformers movie, ...)
If I were to recommend a movie he's been in, I'd say horrorcomedy Tucker & Dale vs Evil. Pretty fucking brilliant.
- Morgan Freeman
For his performance in Shawshank Redemption alone he is worthy of inclusion. Morgan always brings it, for whatever role he's playing. If you can act Jim Carrey's antics off the screen, you're doing pretty well huh?
- Ahnuld Schwarzenegger
Surprised? Are you? This is part of the category I've dubbed SHBIG (So Hilariously Bad, It's Good). Terrible actor, now and then, but memorable. He's made a shitload of money by marketing the fact he's a terrible actor. Bravo. And honestly, is there anyone who cannot even remember a single one of his one-liners and hasn't done them in their best Ahnuld impression?
I know I did, multiple times.
- Samuel L. Jackson
You want badass? You get Sam Jackson. That's a given. A guy that does "Snakes on a Plane" knowing full well it's absolute garbage, for fun? That's Sam. Pulp Fiction is probably the highlight.
Also, he's not Laurence Fishburne.
- Ben Kingsley
Fantastic actor. Both as lead and supporting character. He's probably the master of immersion. Schindler's List, Hugo and (naturally) Iron Man 3. Even though everyone hates that last one, Ben Kingsley was definitely the highlight of that film for me. His performance in Hugo was pretty amazing too. Complimentary to the joy that was that film.
- Nicolas Cage
You guessed it, the next entry in the SHBIG category. This guy has two modes, whisper and scream, and they both come out in every film he does. He used to be really good, I've heard. Don't know what happened. Anyhow, I never sour on a film if Cage is in it, much like Ahnuld above. Probably why I've seen both Ghost Riders a couple of times now. Eva Mendes had nothing to do with that. Ahum...
- Bruno Ganz
Don't know who he is? Sure you do. The man has been a meme for years ... after portraying Hitler in possibly the second most jarring WWII-related film after Schindler's List. That performance alone definitely cements him as one of my favorite actors.
- Claire Danes
Surprising lack of women, huh? Thought so too. Claire Danes is probably an unusual choice. She made Terminator 3 bearable, is pretty awesome in Homeland ... guess that says something.
- Helena Bonham Carter
Nobody does absolutely batshit, like Helena Bonham Carter. Helps being married to an equally batshit director, but still. She's a hugely popular actress, despite being predominantly a character actress. Not bad.
- Peter Sellers
Watch Dr. Strangelove. Superb film, and Peter Sellers at his best. Easily the best comic actor I've ever seen.
No list is complete without some honorable mentions. Any one of these I'd put before Claire Danes, but gender equality is cool and so I've bumped Claire up to the list instead. Don't judge me, gender equality gets the bitches wet**
- Robin Williams. I kept him off the list because of his recent passing, which would likely make his inclusion a result of that. Nothing could be farther from the truth. He's done great comic acting, but his dramatic roles are possible even better. Dead Poets Society, Insomnia, What dreams may come. The latter isn't really that great of a film, but Robin is on fire in this role.
- Steve Buscemi. A face even his mother finds difficult to love, but a fantastic actor. First saw him in a bad film called airheads (Brendan Fraser AND Adam Sandler, you do the math). Later saw him absolutely kill it in Fargo and Reservoir Dogs. Now he's being completely and utterly awesome in Boardwalk Empire. He really should've been on the list ... Oh well.
- Malcolm McDowell. A Clockwork Orange. There you go. No further reasoning necessary.
Now, the obligatory inclusion of a female specimen of beauty.
I wanted to include Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, because she did some acting. But she made me sit through the third Transformers movie, which is unforgivable***Therefore, Allow me to introduce you to: Sigrid Agren
Since the readership of my blog is predominantly French, why not go with a French/Swedish girl?
Carribean French, but hey ...
naturally, google is your friend if you're aiming for boobies.
** of course the statement was made with a brave sense of irony. Don't hit me with lipstick and tampons please.
Thursday 24 July 2014
Ebert, Siskel, Roeper, Delrihuzz?
Herro
This entry is probably the hardest entry I'll ever have to do. List my top 10 favorite movies. Fuck. I want to appear very cultured and add obscure flicks to the list that no one has heard of, but I'm not hipster like that.
I don't watch many movies to be honest. Genuinely, every time I open my DVD cabinet (ahum..) there's a tumbleweed right there. I kind of have to look for the movies between all the boxsets of tv series that I own.
I'm gonna try my best, but it's realistically possible that I won't even make it to ten.
I have seen several movies several times, not necessarily because they are any good, but rather because they are mindlessly entertaining. The Mummy and its direct sequel are prime examples of this. Not the Boris Karloff version from 1932, which I have seen a grand total of once, but the Brendan Fraser vehicle which I have seen an estimated 12 times since its release in 1999. I still like it.
So here goes, in no particular order.
The Green Mile.
John Coffey. Man, what a character. Aloof, but powerful. The story in itself is pretty weird, a former prison warden at his old age recalls the story of a Jesus like fellow who was on Death Row for murdering children. If by chance you haven't seen it, I won't spoil how it goes.
Based off of a Stephen King story, you pretty much know you're gonna get a good tale spun for ya. Add box office certainty Tom Hanks to the mix and you're pretty much set. This is the kinda movie that doesn't have any dull moments anywhere, and is pretty well made overall.
The Shawshank Redemption.
Likely a favourite of many people. Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman star in this prison story by Stephen King (odd pattern emerges?) about a guy who gets imprisoned for murdering his wife and her lover. Being a coy banker, he quickly gains the trust of the head warden who has him laundering funds. Meanwhile, plots are being built up every which way. Lovely film, with Tim Robbins totally killing it and Morgan Freeman being his usual fantastic self.
Reservoir Dogs
Classic Tarantino, with an impressive cast to boot. The story of a robbery pulled off by guys that don't even know each other. Each of them referred to by a color (Why do I have to be Mr. Brown? Brown is the color of shit.). Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi etc ... although you probably have seen it. Why the fuck wouldn't you have?
I'll put this film on the same position as Pulp Fiction, which isn't on this list, simply because it's been such a long time since I've actually seen it.
The Mummy
Yeah, it's not that good. But let's list the pros here. Rachel Weisz in 1999 (she was really fit, and she kind of still is). Oded Fehr not being some paper pusher from a foreign intelligence agency and instead being a warrior of an ancient tribe destined to protect the tomb of the mummy (specifically trying to stop people from opening it and bringing him back to life. Obviously failing to do that), the movie debut of the always funny Omid Djalili. Oh, and that guy who played two guys in Jumanji ("Van Pelt!") and now plays another guy. Fun, predictable film ... without any of the CGI that would make Rocky look all rubbery in the sequel.
The Terminator.
Yeah, that's the kind of movies I like to watch, because they don't require much prerequisite. Oh man, it's so 80's. Plus, it has Schwarzenegger not saying all too much, which is a benefit to us all. Let's be fair ... Ahnuld is probably the worst actor our generation has ever seen, if you're looking for pure skill instead of one-liner hilarity.
Anyways, many would rank T2 above this one, but I don't. Hell, T2 was a fucking buddy movie, while the original, although terribly dated, was so much darker. Also, there are tits to be seen, even if they do belong to Linda Hamilton, who managed to become less of a butterface as time went on, but is still full on buttery in 1984. Omagawd, the mullets! the fucking mullets!
Also , most quotable line ever originated right in this film! If I need to tell you which one, you'll gonna want to see it.
Serenity
I'm firmly with the Browncoat legion. Serenity being the feature film closure to the cult series Firefly that got shitcanned by Fox midway through the first season's tapings. It however got such a cult following that they celebrated the tenth anniversary of its appearance (and well, cancellation) in 2012. But they also did this film, which is the awesomeness of the series, but on a larger scale, and much more polished. Seriously, watch Firefly and then watch Serenity. YOU HAVE TO. Captain Tightpants commands you.
Also, it's Joss Whedon's film debut. He created and outlined Firefly and subsequently wrote and directed Serenity. He's like also the director and co-writer of Avengers. What more convincing do you need?
(BREAK FOR EVERY READER TO WATCH SERENITY...)
There, wasn't that just a fantastic experience? I told you so.
Spaceballs
It may surprise you ... I have not seen a single "episode" of Star Wars. None of the originals, none of the prequels and likely not the reboot. I have, however, seen the parody. Mel Brooks has a very hit or miss type of career when it comes to making parody movies. Spaceballs is firmly among the hits and as per usual, he stars in it himself.
It's fucking glorious. Bill Pullman, John Candy and Rick Moranis have the starring roles. That's kind of all you need to know. I'm smiling just thinking back. And if you've read my other entries, you'll realise that smiling is not something that comes naturally to me. Frankly, the only failsafe mechanisms to make me smile are tits and/or beer.
Ghost Rider
I love my superhero movies. I really do, ever since Jack Nicholson was the joker and Christopher Reeve was Superman. I'm a Marvel guy though. So why Ghost Rider? Simple, all the other Marvel movies, save for the second Ghost Rider was good. This one really isn't. Nic Cage (yeah, him) stars as Johnny Blaze, who sells his soul to Peter Fonda to save his father. It backfires on him and when Peter Fonda's son tries to cross daddykins, Johnny Blaze is transformed into a fiery jock who delivers justice. The premise is fine, but the execution ... dear Zeus.
But well, this is the kinda movie that's still firmly within the "so bad it's good"-category. The sequel isn't.
Hugo
Still relatively new, but this Scorsese film is just brilliant. Great sets, child actors who are reasonably good. Ben Kingsley as Georges Mélies. Many people thought it was quite boring, I enjoyed every minute of it. I can't really say much about it without delving into the plot so just go and watch it.
I can't really think of any other films that would make my top 10... or mostly even why the above listed would, really. What's left for me are honorable mentions
Sarah's Key (because I can't be arsed to look up the French spelling), a partially English, partially French film about a jewish girl during the second World War. During Pétain's rule, that is. Parallel to that is the story of a journalist (played by the ever horrible Kristin Scott Thomas) researching Sarah's life after she moves into her old family home. It's a great film though and having been forced to watch it for school, it was almost relieving.
Gran Torino. Another one I was forced to watch for school. Well, it's basically Clint Eastwood being a flagrant racist who goes from Dirty Senile Harry to the Good, the not-so Bad, but definitely Ugly.
The Wrestler. Of course. Mickey Rourke showing that he can actually act. Also, cameos from many indy stars such as Human Tornado (El Snowflake!), Necro Butcher and of course, Ernest "The Cat" Miller. Pretty entertaining, with the added bonus if you know at least something about the wrestling business.
Now, I've made the decision to balance out the testosterone with some much needed female hormones ... so you could actually spill some testosterone all over your keyboard if you're up for it.
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Because of this, I've been delving into the world of modelling (you're welcome.), to find fine specimen for you to fawn over for just a moment.
I figure it'll be equally useful if my entry is total horseshit. That way, you'll leave with at least a happy thought.
I've sort of weened it in a couple of entries ago, with Candice Swanepoel.
This time, I'll leave you with this one. I'll even include her name, for further research. You're welcome.
Lais Ribeiro. You know ... I could have included boobies, but I'd have to change the setting of this blog to NSFW. You have the name, you search the boobies. It would be well worth your time too.
If this is something you don't want me to continue ... fuck it man, you don't know the hardships I've had to endure searching for the pretty ones.
~Delrihuzz
This entry is probably the hardest entry I'll ever have to do. List my top 10 favorite movies. Fuck. I want to appear very cultured and add obscure flicks to the list that no one has heard of, but I'm not hipster like that.
I don't watch many movies to be honest. Genuinely, every time I open my DVD cabinet (ahum..) there's a tumbleweed right there. I kind of have to look for the movies between all the boxsets of tv series that I own.
I'm gonna try my best, but it's realistically possible that I won't even make it to ten.
I have seen several movies several times, not necessarily because they are any good, but rather because they are mindlessly entertaining. The Mummy and its direct sequel are prime examples of this. Not the Boris Karloff version from 1932, which I have seen a grand total of once, but the Brendan Fraser vehicle which I have seen an estimated 12 times since its release in 1999. I still like it.
So here goes, in no particular order.
The Green Mile.
John Coffey. Man, what a character. Aloof, but powerful. The story in itself is pretty weird, a former prison warden at his old age recalls the story of a Jesus like fellow who was on Death Row for murdering children. If by chance you haven't seen it, I won't spoil how it goes.
Based off of a Stephen King story, you pretty much know you're gonna get a good tale spun for ya. Add box office certainty Tom Hanks to the mix and you're pretty much set. This is the kinda movie that doesn't have any dull moments anywhere, and is pretty well made overall.
The Shawshank Redemption.
Likely a favourite of many people. Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman star in this prison story by Stephen King (odd pattern emerges?) about a guy who gets imprisoned for murdering his wife and her lover. Being a coy banker, he quickly gains the trust of the head warden who has him laundering funds. Meanwhile, plots are being built up every which way. Lovely film, with Tim Robbins totally killing it and Morgan Freeman being his usual fantastic self.
Reservoir Dogs
Classic Tarantino, with an impressive cast to boot. The story of a robbery pulled off by guys that don't even know each other. Each of them referred to by a color (Why do I have to be Mr. Brown? Brown is the color of shit.). Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi etc ... although you probably have seen it. Why the fuck wouldn't you have?
I'll put this film on the same position as Pulp Fiction, which isn't on this list, simply because it's been such a long time since I've actually seen it.
The Mummy
Yeah, it's not that good. But let's list the pros here. Rachel Weisz in 1999 (she was really fit, and she kind of still is). Oded Fehr not being some paper pusher from a foreign intelligence agency and instead being a warrior of an ancient tribe destined to protect the tomb of the mummy (specifically trying to stop people from opening it and bringing him back to life. Obviously failing to do that), the movie debut of the always funny Omid Djalili. Oh, and that guy who played two guys in Jumanji ("Van Pelt!") and now plays another guy. Fun, predictable film ... without any of the CGI that would make Rocky look all rubbery in the sequel.
The Terminator.
Yeah, that's the kind of movies I like to watch, because they don't require much prerequisite. Oh man, it's so 80's. Plus, it has Schwarzenegger not saying all too much, which is a benefit to us all. Let's be fair ... Ahnuld is probably the worst actor our generation has ever seen, if you're looking for pure skill instead of one-liner hilarity.
Anyways, many would rank T2 above this one, but I don't. Hell, T2 was a fucking buddy movie, while the original, although terribly dated, was so much darker. Also, there are tits to be seen, even if they do belong to Linda Hamilton, who managed to become less of a butterface as time went on, but is still full on buttery in 1984. Omagawd, the mullets! the fucking mullets!
Also , most quotable line ever originated right in this film! If I need to tell you which one, you'll gonna want to see it.
Serenity
I'm firmly with the Browncoat legion. Serenity being the feature film closure to the cult series Firefly that got shitcanned by Fox midway through the first season's tapings. It however got such a cult following that they celebrated the tenth anniversary of its appearance (and well, cancellation) in 2012. But they also did this film, which is the awesomeness of the series, but on a larger scale, and much more polished. Seriously, watch Firefly and then watch Serenity. YOU HAVE TO. Captain Tightpants commands you.
Also, it's Joss Whedon's film debut. He created and outlined Firefly and subsequently wrote and directed Serenity. He's like also the director and co-writer of Avengers. What more convincing do you need?
(BREAK FOR EVERY READER TO WATCH SERENITY...)
There, wasn't that just a fantastic experience? I told you so.
Spaceballs
It may surprise you ... I have not seen a single "episode" of Star Wars. None of the originals, none of the prequels and likely not the reboot. I have, however, seen the parody. Mel Brooks has a very hit or miss type of career when it comes to making parody movies. Spaceballs is firmly among the hits and as per usual, he stars in it himself.
It's fucking glorious. Bill Pullman, John Candy and Rick Moranis have the starring roles. That's kind of all you need to know. I'm smiling just thinking back. And if you've read my other entries, you'll realise that smiling is not something that comes naturally to me. Frankly, the only failsafe mechanisms to make me smile are tits and/or beer.
Ghost Rider
I love my superhero movies. I really do, ever since Jack Nicholson was the joker and Christopher Reeve was Superman. I'm a Marvel guy though. So why Ghost Rider? Simple, all the other Marvel movies, save for the second Ghost Rider was good. This one really isn't. Nic Cage (yeah, him) stars as Johnny Blaze, who sells his soul to Peter Fonda to save his father. It backfires on him and when Peter Fonda's son tries to cross daddykins, Johnny Blaze is transformed into a fiery jock who delivers justice. The premise is fine, but the execution ... dear Zeus.
But well, this is the kinda movie that's still firmly within the "so bad it's good"-category. The sequel isn't.
Hugo
Still relatively new, but this Scorsese film is just brilliant. Great sets, child actors who are reasonably good. Ben Kingsley as Georges Mélies. Many people thought it was quite boring, I enjoyed every minute of it. I can't really say much about it without delving into the plot so just go and watch it.
I can't really think of any other films that would make my top 10... or mostly even why the above listed would, really. What's left for me are honorable mentions
Sarah's Key (because I can't be arsed to look up the French spelling), a partially English, partially French film about a jewish girl during the second World War. During Pétain's rule, that is. Parallel to that is the story of a journalist (played by the ever horrible Kristin Scott Thomas) researching Sarah's life after she moves into her old family home. It's a great film though and having been forced to watch it for school, it was almost relieving.
Gran Torino. Another one I was forced to watch for school. Well, it's basically Clint Eastwood being a flagrant racist who goes from Dirty Senile Harry to the Good, the not-so Bad, but definitely Ugly.
The Wrestler. Of course. Mickey Rourke showing that he can actually act. Also, cameos from many indy stars such as Human Tornado (El Snowflake!), Necro Butcher and of course, Ernest "The Cat" Miller. Pretty entertaining, with the added bonus if you know at least something about the wrestling business.
Now, I've made the decision to balance out the testosterone with some much needed female hormones ... so you could actually spill some testosterone all over your keyboard if you're up for it.
Because of this, I've been delving into the world of modelling (you're welcome.), to find fine specimen for you to fawn over for just a moment. I figure it'll be equally useful if my entry is total horseshit. That way, you'll leave with at least a happy thought.
I've sort of weened it in a couple of entries ago, with Candice Swanepoel.
This time, I'll leave you with this one. I'll even include her name, for further research. You're welcome.
Lais Ribeiro. You know ... I could have included boobies, but I'd have to change the setting of this blog to NSFW. You have the name, you search the boobies. It would be well worth your time too.
If this is something you don't want me to continue ... fuck it man, you don't know the hardships I've had to endure searching for the pretty ones.
~Delrihuzz
Friday 27 June 2014
Cup cup cup cup
This is kind of random.
I've actually found out WWE's youtube channel is like, available to me. No longer are the videos blocked so I can actually keep tabs on what's happening.
And still I didn't. Not much anyway.
I heard the Shield broke up, with Rollins turning on the others. Very nice. With all the reports coming out of the office riding the Roman Reigns Train, it kind of left the fate of the other two guys up in the air.
While Rollins isn't a massively good talker, I can imagine him pulling off the asshole persona. It doesn't take much when you side with Triple H anyway, so I'm pretty sure he'll be doing ok in the near future. He'll probably end up doing a program with Batista when that fucker returns. Eh ... if it keeps Rollins on tv, I'll endure it.
Reigns is obviously pencilled in for a run with the big boys, before being unceremoniously buried by John Cena later this year. I can live with that.
Ambrose on the other hand was a bit of a toss up, but for what I've seen, it looks like Dean Ambrose sort of died and Jon Moxley was reborn. Having seen some of his indy stuff, I'm pretty sure it will make for some interesting character developments.
Just in bullet points:
- psychopath
- CZW mainstay (not usually in someone's favour)
- generally batshit attitude.
Me gusta mucho.
Hoping to see more of the Wyatt family still. WWE has the reputation of breaking tag teams/factions up too early and thereby fucking over its tag division, but I'm gamblin on a nice run for them. Eventually, all three could be big players ... though Bray seems to have to be happy getting buried by Cena.
Love Brodie Lee, or Luke Harper, so I'm hoping his size and agility will land him a nice spot on the roster. That big boot of his takes faces off. I want to see it happen properly in high def.
ALLLLLSSSSOOOOO
Being European, I can't really ignore the World Cup Football (yes, not soccer. Fuck all y'all). We've been doing pretty well so far. We made it through to the knockout round where we'll be defeating the USA after a piss-poor match that undeservedly swings in our favour at the very end. I'm positive it will happen since that's how we won our last two games.
Otherwise, it's kind of funny seeing all of the perceived top teams getting eliminated so early on. Especially Spain, since I've felt they weren't supposed to win last time. I'm still convinced Iniesta was offside on that goal. Either way, Holland got 'em good.
I can't really say who's gonna win. Germany has a fair shake I presume. I don't see Belgium winning, because realisically we can't keep skirting on lucky shots like this. Unless they actually start to play football instead of accidentally getting the ball and running with it, I'll value our chances slightly higher. Until then, my money is (figuratively) on Holland/Germany or Brazil.
Ahem, any topics you want me to rant about are always welcome in the comments or on the tweeter. Pick a good ranting subject. So no quantum physics, k?
Love*
~D.
*very cynically typed.
I've actually found out WWE's youtube channel is like, available to me. No longer are the videos blocked so I can actually keep tabs on what's happening.
And still I didn't. Not much anyway.
I heard the Shield broke up, with Rollins turning on the others. Very nice. With all the reports coming out of the office riding the Roman Reigns Train, it kind of left the fate of the other two guys up in the air.
While Rollins isn't a massively good talker, I can imagine him pulling off the asshole persona. It doesn't take much when you side with Triple H anyway, so I'm pretty sure he'll be doing ok in the near future. He'll probably end up doing a program with Batista when that fucker returns. Eh ... if it keeps Rollins on tv, I'll endure it.
Reigns is obviously pencilled in for a run with the big boys, before being unceremoniously buried by John Cena later this year. I can live with that.
Ambrose on the other hand was a bit of a toss up, but for what I've seen, it looks like Dean Ambrose sort of died and Jon Moxley was reborn. Having seen some of his indy stuff, I'm pretty sure it will make for some interesting character developments.
Just in bullet points:
- psychopath
- CZW mainstay (not usually in someone's favour)
- generally batshit attitude.
Me gusta mucho.
Hoping to see more of the Wyatt family still. WWE has the reputation of breaking tag teams/factions up too early and thereby fucking over its tag division, but I'm gamblin on a nice run for them. Eventually, all three could be big players ... though Bray seems to have to be happy getting buried by Cena.
Love Brodie Lee, or Luke Harper, so I'm hoping his size and agility will land him a nice spot on the roster. That big boot of his takes faces off. I want to see it happen properly in high def.
ALLLLLSSSSOOOOO
Being European, I can't really ignore the World Cup Football (yes, not soccer. Fuck all y'all). We've been doing pretty well so far. We made it through to the knockout round where we'll be defeating the USA after a piss-poor match that undeservedly swings in our favour at the very end. I'm positive it will happen since that's how we won our last two games.
Otherwise, it's kind of funny seeing all of the perceived top teams getting eliminated so early on. Especially Spain, since I've felt they weren't supposed to win last time. I'm still convinced Iniesta was offside on that goal. Either way, Holland got 'em good.
I can't really say who's gonna win. Germany has a fair shake I presume. I don't see Belgium winning, because realisically we can't keep skirting on lucky shots like this. Unless they actually start to play football instead of accidentally getting the ball and running with it, I'll value our chances slightly higher. Until then, my money is (figuratively) on Holland/Germany or Brazil.
Ahem, any topics you want me to rant about are always welcome in the comments or on the tweeter. Pick a good ranting subject. So no quantum physics, k?
Love*
~D.
*very cynically typed.
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