Author: dtm666

I ramble about things.

The Rest Of Saturday Night’s Main Event

On Sunday morning, I posted my reaction to the complete justified actions of one Kevin Owens to the American person, Cody Rhodes. I won’t repeat those here and will instead direct you to said post if you want to read on those again. I will add that if Armed Anderson had been around, there’d be some justice ’round these parts.

However, this is more show to talk about and I did watch the rest of the show, which was a bunch of matches within a throwback setting.

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Suck Shun Terty Von

Paramount released another trailer for their Section 31 movie that’s coming out next January… and I will give them credit on delivering a better second trailer that gives me more of a sense of what this thing might be about. I’m still not sold on this movie, it still looks like low-rent trash and not the good kind that’s fun to make fun of, but at the very least, they’ve got a better sales pitch with this second trailer.

Am I more likely to watching this after having seen this trailer? Probably not – right now, I’m more than likely going to be holding out on word of mouth. If people say that it’s better than the trailers make it out to be, then maybe I’ll give it a watch. Otherwise, I’ve got a pup to house train and she doesn’t care about Suction 62.

Just because it says Star Trek on the tin doesn’t mean I’m guaranteed to watch it.

EDIT: Premature posting meant wrong video embed. That’s been fixed. Also, while I generally don’t do this, I was curious about the like/dislike ratio for this thing on Youtube and…

To the 2.4K folks who liked this, I truly hope you get a film worth your time. To the rest of you… well, there’s always the old shit to rewatch. That’s what I tend to do these days.

 

Sunday Gimmick Table #30 – Atari 2600+ Console

It’s an Atari 2600 looking machine that can also play 7800 games… once you’ve updated the firmware a year later.

I’ve been sitting on this one for quite a while and a large part of that was due to this being the final video to (briefly) feature Sacha in relatively good spirits before her unfortunate passing earlier this year. I miss the ol’ girl and her loss is still felt. But then I got around to doing a firmware update and filmed an extra bit with Maya in tow. So this is less about showcasing a piece of hardware and more of a proverbial passing of the dog bowl.

As to whether I’m getting the 7800+ or not? We’ll see about that one, but right now, I’m in no rush. This will do just fine.

Kevin Is Right, Fou Yucks

Kevin Owens is right.

He tried to dethrone Roman and got screwed for his efforts. He helped others in their fight against Roman and they would end up helping Roman when he was in need. Hell, I was one of those who wanted to see Cody finish his story and he got to do that… but for him to forget all that and agree to teaming with Roman for a tag match… that’s where I draw the line.

Kevin was stabbed in the back for being a nice guy and he has every reason to feel this way. The man stepped aside from the main event circle so others can have his moment – he even started liking TEXAS – and look what happened. He got his match against Cody Rhodes, he gave the man a stunner, and probably would’ve been champion right now if not for the fact that the referee was taking a nap outside.

And then Cody won the match… or I should say, he “won” the match. The Codyverse, it seems, is in full swing. Then Kevin responds by hitting Cody with his signature PACKAGE PILEDRIVER. A move that he hasn’t used in ages. It was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. Even more so, when Kevin picked up the Winged Eagle (yes, they finally brought back the Winged Eagle for a one-night stand) and raised it over his head while standing over the broken American Person, the Long Island crowd showed their approval (and thus their seemingly mythical intelligence) by cheering for this hero of the people who was in the right, who tried to be a nice guy, and got fucked in the ass continually for his efforts.

You know what, folks? I hereby advocate for the finishing of another story. I want to see Kevin Owens win the WWE title that has eluded him for years. I want Kevin Owens to overcome the egotistical American Person and finish his own story that’s been put on hold for years for the benefit of others. I want Kevin Owens to beat that fake blonde haired pretty boy for that title.

And I want to see it happen when RAW moves to Netflix.

Do that and you’ve got a Netflix subscriber for LIFE*.

 

 

 

 

 

Disclaimer: May or may not have a Netflix sub for life. Their content is still ass outside of Old Star Trek, Cobra Kai, and the entire run of Sailor Moon Crystal.

Tetris Added To Nintendo Switch Online

For those who need a friendly reminder, Nintendo Switch Online recently added the NES version of Tetris onto their NES gimmick. This is significant in that not only has this version not seen a re-release since 1989, but it also marks the first time that Japanese audiences would be exposed to this version of Tetris, which never saw the light of day on the Famicom back then. Considering the amount of Tetris games they were getting, I don’t think they’d be missing much, but still, it’s a treat.

In addition to NES Tetris, the Game Boy gimmick also added Tetris DX among their ranks. Tetris DX is the Game Boy Color upgrade with more play modes and slightly tweaked game mechanics that makes for a smoother controlling game. So if you’ve got an NSO subscription, you can sample both games to your heart’s content… as well as abuse rewind and save states for alleged expert plays.

Remember… Alexey wants you to “play Tetris, my friends.”

Not “Cheat at Tetris, you capitalist pigs.”

WWE Blood Money II – Crown Jewel 2018

In case you missed the State Of The Blog, I’ll be breaking the moratorium on the WWE Blood Money shows from Saudi Arabia next year. For those wondering why I refer to those shows as such… well, look up the details regarding .

Up until this point, the only Saudi show that I saw was the first one and I thought it was a largely house show-ish affair. Mind you, I had no real intention of watching the show (mostly due to lack of interest and less due to any moralistic reasoning), but I had bed-ridden and it was on, so I ended up watching it and never bothered with the rest. The murder was what prompted the Blood Money label (and for all intents and purposes, that moniker is sticking whether anyone likes it or not), but lack of interest (as well as word of mouth regarding the subpar quality of these shows) was what kept me from watching these shows… and given the years these early shows took place and how horrid a lot of the proper shows were, skipping these early showings didn’t require much effort on my part.

However, with recent Saudi shows actually being treated like proper PPVs or PLES and not glorified house shows, it goes without saying that sooner or later, I may give these Saudi shows the time of day. Not fully embracing the shows, but mostly case by case, like any of the shows. With that in mind, it’s only fitting that I open that particular Pandora’s Box a little early by diving into WWE’s second Saudi show, the inaugural Crown Jewel 2018 event.

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Please Wrap It Up… And Throw It In The Bin…

Tomorrow will see the annual Game Awards take place; the walking advertisement for non-game products with occasional game trailers you could watch online and a handful of award presentations with winning speeches from people who are told to please wrap it up so we can give Christopher Judge ample time to talk. No beef with the guy, but just because he played a character who said very little for over a decade on a popular sci-fi show doesn’t mean I want to hear him make up for lost time.

Then again, what do I care? I follow an annual tradition with the Game Awards that continues to this day… and that is not to watch it because I have better things to do with my time… like giving the dog a bath. In fact, I never bother with this thing unless other people I frequent are talking about… which is almost never because nobody outside the influencer circles gives a flying fib about the Game Awards.

So yes, this is me telling you that I’m not watching the Game Awards. You don’t really need to know this. I’m not enhancing your life by relaying this information to you. Nobody cares if I have any interest in this thing. I just felt like letting the world know because… that’s a thing we do nowadays and I don’t have anything more substantial to add to the proceedings… which probably describes the Game Awards in a nutshell.