Enterprise is getting cancelled. Bring back Kirk! Kirk will save the ratings! F*ck continuity if it means bringing Kirk to Enterprise!
Sounds familiar? Talk like this is brought every time a thread on the Trekweb Message Boards concerning ways to fix Enterprise is made. Since I’m not a member of the boards (I just read the articles), I can’t post, which is a good thing, because this is what I’d say…
WWE Wrestlemania 21, the new X-Box video game, has been announced for a March release.
According to a Game Informer article, it’s developed by Studio Gigante. Studio Gigante was not only the team who developed the X-Box fighting game Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus, but is a group led by John Tobias, co-creator of Mortal Kombat.
Somehow, I half-expect Triple H’s finisher to literally Randy Orton’s spine as opposed to his regular finisher… I wish I could say that was just a lame joke, but considering how Randy’s been booked as of late, there are worse fates.
New Year’s Revolution… sucked. I mean, seriously, it was a really crappy PPV. To its credit, it’s not the worst, but that doesn’t mean shit because the show was plain bad. Let’s see what matches we have today.
A recent posting at Rangerboard (or is it Rangerborad? Who knows?) had someone deduce that the Asian tsunamis, earthquakes, and all-around shitty weather in certain parts of the world is Mother Nature’s way of puking because the Earth is sick. Well, dude, Earth has been sick for a very long time; natural disasters happen as often as they can. Trying to make the world a better place isn’t going to stop that.
While there has been some intelligent responses, leave it to one of the moderators to put in a stupid response by reciting this clever peace… er, piece from a familiar:
As we near the final, dying hours of 2004, I begin to reflect back to the good things that had happened in the past year.
In a short week’s time, the long publicized, scrutinized, and ridiculously infamous “sex tape” between former WWF wrestlers Joanie “Chyna” Laurer and Sean “1-2-3 Kid/Syxx/X-Pac” Waltman becomes available for all who want to see these two engage in raunchy… oh God. I can’t go on with this…
There are things I can keep an objective and calm mind about. I’ll rant about it, but I’ll always keep my composure. If I go off like a loon, give me a couple days and I’ll be calm then.
But this just boggles the mind in ways God never intended the mind to be boggled in. I mean COME THE FUCK ON! WHO IN THE FLYING FUCK WOULD WANT TO SEE THIS SHIT?! AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO FINDS THIS TERRIBLY DISTURBING! WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?!
So I’m reading the press release and supposedly, the asking price for this stupid thing, which is titled “1 Night In China” (how fucking original), is around $39.99 US. FORTY FUCKING DOLLARS?!! WHO IN THE RIGHT MIND WOULD WANT TO PAY FORTY FUCKING DOLLARS FOR THIS SHIT?!! This is absolute insanity!
This is so bad even Vince McMahon wouldn’t stoop that low to come up with it… though, wait a minute; didn’t WWE have that Girls Gone Wild PPV thing last year? SHIT!
Having said that, expect the Triple H/Nipple H sex tape to be released next year from WWE Home Video… good god. I can’t even make fun of this properly – I’m resorting to crummy Nipple H jokes.
This is sad. Just sad…
I’m going to bed… with fucking nightmares.
This is it. The final chapter of Avengers Disassembled. The end of an era in the storied saga of the Avengers… or at least, the end of this volume. We still have Avengers Finale to close the chapter proper, but this is where we end our Avengers journey and… well… for what it’s worth, the ending hits all the right notes.
The revelation of Wanda as the cause of all this mayhem, the debate on whether she would actually be capable of such a thing, and that one bit of exposition – paired up with a wonderful montage of various past comic book covers and panels depicting Wanda’s darker side over the years – fits in so perfectly that it makes absolute sense. And then when the Avengers confront Wanda and we get another battle… which ends as it does and features a cameo appearance that makes sense within the context of this particular story, but not so much in the wider universe considering the stuff happening in the New X-Men book… but whatever, I don’t care. The story is over. It ended on what I feel is a strong note. There’s a finale that serves more as an epilogue to this current version of the Avengers so that we can make way for the new version of the Avengers, which I’m actually looking forward to.
Congratulations, Bendis. You actually made me care about the Avengers for the first time… ever. Here’s a cookie.
(2025 Update: It just occurred to me that, in redoing banners for this thing, I misspelled Bendis’ name in all four banners… I’d go back and change it, but I’m far too lazy.)
I’ve been a bit late on these reviews as of late, so before posting my thoughts on the final issue of this arc, we should probably cover Part 3.
In our previous issue, a bunch of reserve Avengers show in time for a massive alien spaceship to start dropping alien troops to fight off every Avengers. The whole issue is nothing but one big action setpiece with some highlights here and there. There’s even room for a couple Spider-Man quips here and there.
But then the big heroic sacrifice happens and while I roll my eyes at the tease of another major character death – these things almost NEVER last long with VERY few exceptions – the way this death is treated is done rather well. We know it’s coming, we know it’s teased, and unlike some of the other deaths featured in this arc so far, this death feels dignified and worthwhile… whether it sticks is another story.
And then there’s the Dr. Strange cameo that teases the potential identity of who is truly behind all this gruesome demise. As soon as as there was mention of the [REDACTED] being abused and the reaction to that statement followed… well, I’d be lying if I said that I was surprised because whoever it is has had turns in the dark side in the past, but it kinda, sorta makes sense and I’m amazed that they’re actually going in this direction.
I was a bit iffy on Disassembled at first, but now, headed towards its final issue, I’m actually looking forward to seeing how it ends.
On a recent edition of the WWE’s Internet show Byte This, former ECW owner and current WWE scripter Paul Heyman said that TNA would never be true competition to WWE. Is there truth to that statement? Maybe, but TNA is really doing well at bringing paranoia to a federation that has lost all touch with the wrestling audience.
TNA has had a decent week/month to say the very least. Their first real PPV, their Fanfest, their matches on one of Fox Sports’ regular programs, the mysterious tape with WWE wrestlers getting pissed because TNA brought them cookies during a commercial shooting all seem to be giving TNA some much needed attention, which can only be a good thing. Now that they’re getting noticed by a large number of people, it’s their chance to make the most of it.
If you’ve heard, WWE is threatening legal action against TNA if they use the cookie footage. They’re demanding that TNA surrenders the tape and whatnot. What does TNA do? They put up a poll for fans to vote as to whether they tape the footage or not. Here’s the link:
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My vote? Show the fucking footage and prepare for the consequences. A lawsuit from WWE might be the right, legal thing to do, but it would only further their reputation as bullies of smaller companies (according to TNA). Not only that, but it will show a sign of weakness from WWE as they will be considered threatened by a company they claim is beneath them.
So, as Chris Jericho stated, make the right decision. Vote for the cookie footage to go on the air.
2011 Update:
TNA did eventually show the footage on one of their PPVs (along with a poor man’s Vince impersonator that made me long for the Billionaire Ted skits… hey, at least those were somewhat entertaining.), but blurred out the majority of WWE talents’ faces in order to avoid legal issues. You can make out who’s there, though, if you’re keen-eyed and can recognize tattoos. The footage can be found on TNA’s 50 Greatest Moments DVD if you’re so inclined… it might also be on YouTube.
So another run of Power Rangers comes to a close last weekend. The finale was alright; nothing special, but alright. If nothing else, it brought closure to all the plot threads, gave us a nice raid on Mesogog’s base as well as a couple final battles that pushed the pyro to the limits, and of course, that goddamn semi truck from Ninja Storm makes its return because of course it does.
All in all, DinoThunder was an impressive run that had some really cool filler episodes in addition to some stinkers. The episodes that were supposed to deliver did what they did and more… and the episodes that existed solely for the purposes of fan service certainly covered that ground adequately enough, whether some people agree or not.
Kudos to the cast and crew of DinoThunder for an impressive run and for reinvigorating my interest in the series.
Looking forward to the next incarnation in February, which apparently is getting a new crew and takes place in the near future. Should be interesting.
Later.
dtm666 