Author: dtm666

I ramble about things.

Minor Traffic Violations At Wrestlemania XLI

Some traffic related incidents occurred at last night’s Wrestlemania 41 event… and before anyone asks, the Ramblemania post will be up this coming Wednesday and yes, it’ll cover both nights. There will also be a RAW After Mania posted later that day.

Anyway…

Stone Cold Steve Austin drives an ATV down a ramp and hits a barricade that startles a fan at ringside. Apparently, the fan was unharmed, but none too happy about the incident. Do I smell a lawsuit? Who knows? Maybe WWE offers the fan a makegood package or something as an apology for the incident.

This was clearly an accident and Austin probably slipped or something. Obviously, they’ll need to be more careful next time.

And then after a show, a fan was hit by a tour bus as it was headed towards the WWE press media thing. If the fan was running after the bus, that’s probably on them. And if the fan was just standing there… that’s also on them because they should know better than to stand in the way of a tour bus that’s in a hurry.

This was clearly an act of stupidity on the part of the fan and hopefully, they have learned to fuck off out of the way of incoming traffic.

Have a safe Easter Monday, kids.

Not A Fantastic Trailer

I’ve seen the new Fantastic Four trailer… I don’t feel like embedding it here.

To be honest, I’m not really feeling this one. The performances feel a bit flat, the special effects are not all that great, the new Silver Surfer looks worse than the old Silver Surfer from the old movies, and there’s no chemistry among the cast, which paints a grim picture when this is supposed to be one big happy family.

I don’t know… can I just go back to the old movies? Maybe get in touch with Roger Corman’s estate and get his version of FF available to the masses? I mean, if you want me to say something positive, it’s not Fan Four Stick from 2015, but that’s a very, VERY low bar to surpass.

It’s a bit of a shame too, because I actually do dig the retro-futuristic vibe of the world they’re living in, I like how we’re going into this at a point where the Fantastic Four are already hailed as heroes and this is basically their toughest challenge yet.  There’s just enough there that I actually want to find something to look forward to with this one… but at the same time, after two trailers, I come away less enthusiastic about this film than I was before. And that’s without diving into some of the creative choices behind certain aspects or some of the press stuff that has people in a fit, which… look, I generally don’t care about that stuff. All I care about is a movie that’s entertaining and if I get that much, I’m satisfied.

So, yeah… I’m not ready to throw the towel on this yet. At best, this is looking to be “straight to DVD” for me, but maybe a final trailer is what I need to really be excited for this thing. It’d be nice to be excited for a Marvel movie; I haven’t been that way for a while.

I don’t know… we’ll see, I suppose.

Easter Musings And Other Updates

First off, a happy Easter to those who celebrate. I’ve just finished my morning doses and I’m prepping for a turkey dinner with the family later in the day that has me a bit anxious, but… we’ll see how that goes.

For the moment, I’ve been feeling fine. I’ve been largely experimenting with what I can and cannot eat, mostly in terms of what gives me bad bowel movements and what does not. For the most part, I haven’t had the serious pains or bouts of diarrhea that had been a thing for the past few months, but I’m not ruling out that possibility. What I’ve got is a temporary fix that can get my life back on track… and yet sometimes, I wonder if it’s actually worth the effort.

Forget that last part. I’m thinking the quiet part loud there.

Beyond that, not much else going on. I’ve managed to finish rendering a couple video reviews that should be going up some time this week. I’m also uploading an old review from years ago that somehow never made it to the Youtube channel for some reason, so those folks are getting a bit of a bonus. There’s even a brand-spanking new edit of another old review that really, really needed it.

I was planning on watching Wrestlemania 41 Part 2 later tonight, but considering that Part 1 was largely a slog to sit through, I’m debating whether I should hold off until Monday morning, since I’m going to be off for the next couple weeks to recover from my recent episode. In any event, there will be a new Ramblemania this coming Wednesday and possibly a RAW After Mania musings since that’s also a thing that we do regularly around here.

That’s your Sunday sermon, as it were.

Later.

Nintendo Knobs The Cloud – News At 11…ish

Source: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/04/uh-oh-it-looks-like-select-switch-2-games-wont-support-cloud-saves

“I love the cloud. It’s wonderful,” he lied.

Okay, truth be told, cloud has been useful for somethings. It helps me keep all my text files in one place across my various computers, it keeps my saves safe for Nintendo Switch games whenever my memory card goes corrupt and I have to get a new one. Steam Cloud… is a spotty proposition, but then again, Steam was mostly played when Cloud was seen as the enemy.

So Nintendo Switch 2 is apparently not going to support the Cloud. I’m wondering if it’s because there’s a new Cloud set-up specifically for that platform or because Nintendo… is gonna Nintendo or something, whatever that means. I already have concerns about this thing regarding the spotty backwards compatibility no being quite as hopeful as initially thought, but now you’re telling me that my Switch 1 saves might not be valid for Switch 2?

I’m not going to predict dread or anything… unless you can’t play Metroid Dread on Switch 2. Then I’ll be pissed.

Now, of course, all of this could mean nothing… but doom and gloom speculation is what drives clicks on the Intermanets, so fuck it, let’s get in on that action because I’ve got nothing else to talk about today. It’s not like anything else is going on this weekend…

Oh… right…

Yeah, well… we’ll get to that eventually…

A Good Friday

Been a couple days since I’ve come home.

I’ve been mostly doing stuff around the house.

I’ve been cuddling my pup that I haven’t seen in over a week.

I’ve got a Dracula Blu-Ray that’s waiting to be played.

And I’ve got gimmicks to play with.

Later today, I step outside to see how that goes.

And then I got a dresser to build.

They call it Good Friday.

I think it applies today.

AEW Dynamite (April 16th, 2025) – Springin’ Breaking’

So we’ve got ourselves a special episode of Dynamite last night… and you know what? This was worth getting out of the hospital to watch… I’ll need to update the banner one of these days, but I can safely say that for the first time in a long time, I enjoyed an episode of Dynamite from top to bottom without much cause for complaint.

Well… almost.

This episode is special, for it is the 289th episode of Dynamite, which surpasses the 288 episode run of WCW Monday Nitro on the Turner networks. Regardless of what you think of the show’s quality as of late – and I’ve had more than my fair share of issues – that is quite the accomplishment and AEW should be applauded for reaching this point. There’s a part of me that wishes AEW chose a better venue – possibly the Mall Of America if that still exists or Club La Vela – but that’s okay. The current arena set-up looks pretty sweet, too. And there’s always the breaking of WCW Saturday Night’s 1992-2000 run in about 198 episodes.

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WWE Payback 2020

I said I needed a palette cleanser… I’m not sure that this qualifies, but hey, it’s a WWE PPV from the Thunderdome. And quite a notable one, for it is the first PPV main event for the returning Roman Reigns, who would make waves on the go-home edition of Smackdown by aligning himself with the former advocate of Brock Lesnar and future wiseman, Paul Heyman.

That’s right, kids. This is where the Tribal Chief legend begins… and it’s at the cost of one big stupid dummy and a fiend in a silly mask.

Enough talk. Let’s dive in for… more talk.

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Chapter 394,939 Of I Stopped Caring About Marvel Ages Ago (But Andor Is Good)

I’m going to spare you the usual rhetoric about how my interest in the Marvel movie stuff ended with Endgame. I’ve said that bit countless times and I don’t think I’m going to do much by repeating what’s been said before. I keep an eye on things, but nothing that outright piques my interest. Even the new Daredevil series – which I’ve heard good things about – didn’t really bat an eye.

However, someone sent me a digital gift card for Disney Plus recently as a “get well soon” gift. And look, I’m not going to lie. I’m still not a fan of the Disney Plus interface… but I’ll make use of it if someone is going to foot the bill in this case.

So rather than watch any of the new Marvel stuff, I’ve been rewatching old episodes of Home Improvement, the Tim Allen comedy series from the 90s. It was fun revisiting that show.

My brother also suggested that I’d give Andor a shot… and I caught the first three episodes of the show… and I actually enjoyed it… honestly, doing a prequel series to a Star Wars side story where the entire cast of that movie dies at the end (sorry if I spoiled the movie for everybody) seems like a bit of a silly thing, but goddamned if I wasn’t hooked on this show. Part of it has to do with the fact that, much like Rogue One, it doesn’t really on the usual Jedi/Sith stuff. This is more grounded stuff, depicting life under the Empire’s rule.

Three episodes in and this is a damned fine show… and not even by the lowly Star Wars standards of the modern product. I mean this is REALLY good stuff. So good that I’m almost tempted to give Rogue One another watch one of these days… now if that isn’t high praise, then I don’t know what is.