Author: dtm666

I ramble about things.

Netflix Canada gets Power Rangers… some of it.

So a couple months ago, I signed up to Netflix and for the most part, I like what I see… however, I was a tad disappointed that there was no sign of Power Rangers on the Canadian side of things, since Netflix in the US has most, if not all, of the seasons on their side… Power Rangers on Netflix is the only reason why I bothered with the service to begin with… but at the very least, I’m getting some use from it. For example, they have the theatrical versions of the first and sixth Star Trek feature films, thus eliminating any need or urge to get the recent DVD compilations which contain these things. So I’m getting some use out of Netflix…

Then I fire up my new Western Digital TV Live Streaming device and enter Netflix and what do I find? A nice dose of Power Rangers… not all eighteen seasons, but the classic stuff; all of Mighty Morphin, the Alien Rangers storyarc, and all of Zeo. They also put the recent Samurai season, along with the three specials… which is good, since I now have the means to watch Samurai.

So yeah… thanks, Netflix Canada.

The Winners And Losers Of 2011

Once again, another year comes to a close and an annual tradition at the Twisted Realms takes place; the dreaded Year In Review list. This list has me saying quite a bit for each of the winners, losers, and middle grounders of 2011. Perhaps moreso than any list prior. As such, there could be the possibility of being fewer entries than usual… then again, maybe not. Let’s get going…

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VIDEO – WWE '12 (Wii) – First Impressions

(2015 Update: Replaced the old, deleted video with the DTM Archives version, which includes an additional annotation regarding a major player in this game.)

This should have been up shortly after the VLOG – Where’s The WWE ’12 Manual?” video came up, but things delayed it to now… so here it is…

2011 in Review and a final 2011 VLOG is coming tomorrow…

RAW (Dec. 26th, 2011) – Note To WWE… and Random Raw Thoughts

Do us all a favor and stop showing up close-ups of the crowd. Every time someone shows up on screen, they look bored and want to be somewhere… ANYWHERE… else. It’s really distracting and it takes away from a product that is incredibly diluted from Johnny Laryngitis’ monotone performances… let’s be honest; no matter how entertaining CM Punk’s promo work happens to be, it’ll always be cancelled out by Ace’s muted and dull personality. Perhaps I’m missing something here, but whatever.

So Kane wants John Cena to embrace hate… presumably planting seeds to a heel turn that is never going to happen. Really, I have absolutely no faith in WWE pulling off a Cena heel turn. Never mind the fact that the company would fear such a turn costing them revenue – a Cena turn is something that is supposed to be a big deal and considering WWE’s history with big deals in recent years, I’m pretty sure they’ll do something incredible stupid to ruin that turn’s potential, if any. Such a turn wouldn’t work anyway because if he displayed one iota of villainy, the people booing him would actually cheer him on… because ANY shift in Cena’s character would automatically make him a better character than what he’s portraying now.

It seems particularly telling that when WWE starts milking the whole anti-Cena wave by releasing a T-Shirt, the crowd gives them the proverbial “fuck you” by not reacting to any of this crap going on. You could barely make out the dueling Cena chants at the end and when they pan to the crowd, the good majority of the people are doing fuck all. It seems pretty obvious now that WWE has no idea on how to tap into that sentiment in a way that would benefit them AND produce great product for the viewing audience; something that the old WWF was particularly skilled at with their storylines.