Author: dtm666

I ramble about things.

AEW Dynamite (Oct. 14th, 2020): Belated Anniversary Show

Well, Dynamite has crossed the one-year mark and what better way to celebrate the one-year anniversary than to have an anniversary show… two weeks later.

Hey, better late than never, I suppose. And given that the past year has given more more wrestling hits than misses, I’m not one to complain. In any event, we’ve got a big show with all AEW championships on the line as well as a major announcement from MJF. Let’s get to it.

Continue reading “AEW Dynamite (Oct. 14th, 2020): Belated Anniversary Show”

RAW After Mania (March 31st, 2003) – Austin out. Goldberg In. Yaaaooohh wait…

Yep.

Oh, yes, kids. We’re diving into the McSon-In-Law years for this one.

Wrestlemania XIX was an interesting little thing. It saw Stone Cold Steve Austin have his last match ever, it saw Hulk Hogan and Vince McMahon beat the shit out of each other, Chris Jericho pretty much resuscitating Shawn Michaels’ career, and Brock Lesnar defeating Kurt Angle to win back the WWE Championship that he was screwed out of months prior.

Oh… and McSon-In-Law retained his Big Gold Belt by pinning Booker T, who had been laying in the ring for five years after getting hit with a Pedigree…

I don’t want to watch this show… but I must… or not… fuck it, let’s do it…

Continue reading “RAW After Mania (March 31st, 2003) – Austin out. Goldberg In. Yaaaooohh wait…”

A Month Away From Discovery

We’re less than a month away from the premiere of the newest Star Trek series, exclusive to the on-demand CBS All-Access service in the U.S. or on the Crave TV service in Canada. There is a much stronger push for the series as far as adverts, promos, and the eventual merch deals are concerned and from what I’ve been reading online, there are equal parts excitement, resentment, and apathy to spread across the land.

And yet as I’m watching all this stuff and reading all the interviews and write-ups about the faithfulness, the canonicity, and the cinematicity… for lack of a better non-word, I find myself rather ambivalent towards the series. An almost anti-excitement that dulls my mood for this show.

You know, it’s funny. Every time they’d announce a new spin-off series back in the day, my interest is piqued automatically. A new show on a space station? A starship lost on the other side of the galaxy? A prequel to the Original Series? These were some out there ideas, but most of them turned out okay. And every time they’d announce a new movie, I’m rather enthusiastic about it. Whether it was the old TNG films or the recent reboots, those were events to look forward in my book.

This time, however… it’s different. This time… it’s not as important… or perhaps not as much of an event.

I’m just not feeling this Discovery show… and I honestly couldn’t tell you why.

Maybe it’s the premise of the show that I’m not a fan of. Maybe it’s the way the show looks. Maybe it’s just my general apathy towards current television. Or maybe I have more than my fair share of Trek to fall back on and I’m perfectly fine with that… but to be perfectly honest, I was more excited over the Star Trek: The Next Generation Mirror Broken comic book miniseries than I was the new television show.

This show isn’t doing much for me. It’s not making me feel excited over its impending debut. And I don’t know if that should be a cause for concern.

Well… I guess we’ll see how it turns out next month.

Or maybe not.

Plans Ahoy.

Did I mention how much I hate the new Blogger layout? Is there a premium option that lets me use the old, working Blogger instead of using the new, shitty one? Maybe I’ll get used to it in a couple years before they make another change that’s even worse.

So I suppose I’ll forgo plans for a “regular schedule” on this blog and stick with whatever’s ready for this year. Honestly, I’d be happy if 2020 can go fly a kite and we can move on to next year, where things might be… eh, I don’t want to jinx it.

Here’s a comforting thought; January will be the 100-Post Challenge, where I attempt to produce 100 pieces of material. Nothing concrete yet, but I can assure you that there will be no audio or video posts; it’ll either be written or imagery posts. The sooner we bury 2020, the better.

And once February hits, then we’ll have a “regular schedule” of sorts… but right after the X marathon that may or may not kick off next year’s review cycle.

Later.