Author: dtm666

I ramble about things.

Thirty Years Ago

It’s hard to believe it’s been thirty years.

I recall first hearing about this back in the day and I was surprised. Never got to see this one in theaters; the closest I could get to experiencing the film were through the few commercials and preview clips they’d show on TV… as well as the comic book adaptation that was quite excellent. Once I got to see the film, it was probably the greatest thing I’ve seen.

And you know what? Thirty years later, it still holds up.

Other Turtle movies have come along the way and the quality varies… but at the end of the day, I always go back to this one. It’s a great take on the material and a nice amalgamation of the popular versions of these characters. Honestly, if someone were to ask me the best introduction to Turtle lore, I’d go with this movie. All the good bits, none of the bad ones.

I can’t ever go back to the old cartoon… never had the guts… but the movie is fine. Better than fine. It’s great.

Depressed Doggy… Also Depressed Me…

So a week has passed since I stayed at home. Spent more time with the dog indoors keeping me company, but only got to take her out for a walk once or twice this past week. Not necessarily in the mood for the great outdoors… honestly can’t blame her.

For my part, I’ve been doing alright. Other than a nagging cough that has been with me since the dawn of time – or so it seems – I’m weathering this whole thing fairly fine and I’ve been able to run a few errands here and there while taking care of the folks. I have to be honest, though; I dread stepping outside these days. Not just because of the pandemic, but also because the general atmosphere is a little worse for wear.

Being on an island that makes up for half of Quebec’s cases is bad enough to warrant certain crowd control methods to maintain physical distancing and some places have proven to do a good job of this. Other places, like the groceries and larger department stores selling essentials, still need work. For my part, I try to keep my distance. If I see a crowded lane, I avoid it completely and look for an opening, or wait for one to clear… I try to keep my distance and yet nobody else cares.

Montreal, as of this writing, is in a state of emergency. A great majority of public spaces are closed off until further notice. Places where I would go for a walk to clear my head and just get away from people are no longer accessible. I am barely holding it together and it scares me shitless… especially considering that nobody has bothered to explain which parts of Montreal I should avoid going to since this is a fairly sizable chunk of land.

All of a sudden… this one island, one city bullshit people were pushing a decade or so back…. nah, it was stupid back then even. Dumb fucks.

All you folks on the front lines – the health care workers, the store employees, and likewise – you have my utmost respect for dealing with this shit and putting on a brave face while doing it. I honestly couldn’t do what you do daily and if anything, you are much more courageous than I could ever hope to be.

Yeah, I think I’ve said enough now. I’m off to bed.

Disqus Comment Added… Old Comments Gone… Oops

So a bit of a minor update and more of an experiment… but I installed the Disqus comment system gimmick that everyone seems to be using these days. It’s a “basic” module, which means ads galore. But if it gets some interactivity, I might toss a couple bucks. So, we’ll give this a try.

Unfortunately, in my spring cleaning of removing some stuff, I may have gone a bit “delete crazy” and killed all the comments… oops.

I feel bad, because there was this nice chap who left comments on the Summerslam posts I did last year. And it turns out I could’ve imported all the old comments onto the new system… and now it’ll look like nobody comes here if I decide the Disqus thing isn’t for me… which isn’t that far off from the truth, to be honest.

Anyway, this is a thing I thought I’d try out.

Need a little more time to cook the review, so instead, you’re getting a Wily Challenge a day early and maybe the review will be up on Saturday.

WWF In Your House #8 – Beware Of Dog (May 1996 PPV)

Fun little story behind this one; while this PPV took place on Sunday night, there was a nasty storm that killed the power in the arena, which meant lots of problems in the arena (everyone wrestled in the dark) as well as out (some PPV feed issues.) So the WWF did something special for their Tuesday replay, in which they replay the two matches from the Sunday show, but they’d also air a new set of matches from the arena live.

In all honesty, I thought that was a pretty cool move. At any other time, they could’ve went with half a PPV showing and be done with it… but they offered a make-up show and earned a bit of good will. In any event, how was this Beware Of Dog show?

Let’s find out.

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YouTube Embeds Not Working

So the old YouTube Embeds aren’t working for some reason. Whenever I try to run a video, I end up getting an error message. However, the video itself works fine when you’re watching it off the Youtube page itself or appropriate YouTube app.

It’s not just my stuff, either. I’ve tried other video embeds on other sites and I got the same problem.
I’m wondering if it has anything to do with the fact that I updated my video drivers and that I’d need to restart. Who knows?
But then, if that’s the case, why are the Dailymotion embeds working fine?
Anyway, I’ll let you folks know if anything changes on that front. In the meantime, I’ve got reviews to finalize and prep for the next little bit. With any luck, the first review should up tomorrow.

UPDATE 3:02 P.M.
The embeds work now… not so much this morning, but whatever the issue was seems to have been resolved. Thank goodness for small favors.

New review tomorrow.

Quick Updates, Free Time, No Drive

So… I’m gonna have quite a bit of free time for the next couple weeks… and let’s just leave it at that until I feel compelled to share more. In the meantime, that might mean an uptake in worthwhile material… but I suspect time will be spent tending to others in the family and walking the dog.

In any event, I’ve got some reviews to put together. No clue as to when they’ll be ready to go, but it’ll be something to keep me occupied.

The DTM-Cast is on indefinite hiatus. Quite honestly, not in the mood at the moment.

The Mega Man Maker weekly video will presumably resume next Saturday as I restore my NSF replacements.

Classic Wrestling PPV musings will resume. No word on when other written features will resume.

That’s about it for now.

Be safe and keep clean.

Later.