Author: dtm666

I ramble about things.

20 Years Ago… A Record That May Never Be Broken

So… to sort of segueway to something that has nothing to do with me… on this day, 20 years ago, WWE Summerslam 2004, emanating from the then-Air Canada Center in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, saw Randy Orton defeat then-World Heavyweight Champion Chris Benoit to win his first World championship at the age of 24 years old, making him the youngest World Heavyweight Champion in WWE history. He beat out Brock Lesnar, who, two years previous, defeated the Rock at Summerslam 2002 to win the then-undisputed WWE Championship at the age of 25. Before that, it was a three-way tie between Rock, Yokozuna, and the Undertaker, whom each won their first WWF titles at the age of 26. Lesnar remains the youngest superstar to hold the original WWE Championship dating back to 1963, which comprises 1/2 of the current Undisputed WWE Championship, currently held by Cody Rhodes.

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Birthday And Stuff…

Welp… it’s that time of year where I am a year older than I was last year.

This is where people will start wishing me a happy birthday and I’d be polite about it.

I’d like to be able to say that I’m excited… but I’m not.

I don’t recall the last time I had anything resembling a “happy” birthday. Has to have been decades ago. Instead, I merely have a birthday – neither happy or otherwise. It’s a day that exists to get out of the way and move on with my life. There’s a get-together over the weekend, gifts are received, cake is offered along with some sort of meal, and then I spend the rest of the night taking a dump because something I ate made me sick.

As to what I’m doing today… well, I’ll be working. I’ll be going home afterwards. And after who knows what, I’ll be going to bed… in other words, business as usual.

And you know what? I am perfectly fine with that.

Best to get it out of the way and not fret about this.

So, that was completely morose and depressing… I’ll think of something else to post later.

AEW Dynasty 2024

April 21st, 2024 saw another AEW Pay-Per-View event added to the annual AEW PPV cycle and naturally, I didn’t get the show.

Yeah… sorry, folks. I was fine with four a month and while it was a total pipe dream for them to keep at like that until the end of time, I kinda held out hope. Now I don’t bother getting them live and I wait for a friend to loan me his recordings of the shows months after the fact… because we still record stuff to DVD-R to this day and will undoubtedly continue to do this until our DVD recorders eventually die out… I may have jinxed this entire operation, haven’t I?

Anyway, as of this moment, there’s only two other shows I’ve not seen; the Double Or Nothing show and Forbidden Door, but we’ll be doing something else next week. In the meantime, here’s the Dynasty musings… maybe next year, they can do Dallas as a PPV name… no?

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Yes, I Saw Deadpool & Wolverine.

I won’t go into the nitty-gritty of things because that involves touching on things that the rest of the internet might have spoiled, but I’d rather let those who haven’t spoiled discover the fun stuff for themselves. But I will say this much; it is very much a Deadpool movie with the usual Deadpool tropes mixed in with some bad cop/bad cop dynamics between Wade and Logan. Even though there’s some hints of MCU stuff that I don’t care for, they’re not the dominant aspects of this film. And thank fuck for that because I want to watch a movie that’s actually content at being a fun ride and not world-building nonsense for the next three series that I could possibly not give enough of a shit to watch.

And before anyone asks, no, I will not be watching. This is the first Marvel thing I’ve seen since Falcon/Winter Soldier. I’ve not touched anything else. I’m not inclined to watch anything else. Naturally, I was concerned that this would be tainted and toned down. It hasn’t; it’s still the same Deadpool goodness because Ryan Reynolds and friends give enough of a shit about this character to do him justice and continue to make him the best possible interpretation of the character in modern media.

This isn’t Marvel Jesus. This isn’t going to make me care about anything involving the other Marvel stuff or their Multiversal phasing stuff. I’m not exactly clamoring for any other potential projects that this might be teasing. And this sure as shit isn’t going to make the MCU great or even good again. It is, however, a largely fun and enjoyable movie that, if you can put up with a little crass humor and lots of gratuitous violence, is not a bad way to kill a couple hours at the movie house.

At the end of the day, I just want to have a good time at the movies. This gave me that. And if I had more movies like this, I’d spend more time and money at the movies. But I don’t have those. So I don’t go. And that’s fine. I’ve got other stuff to keep me entertained.

So yeah, if you liked the first two Deadpools, give this one a whirl. And if not… watch something else, instead.

Doom Getting A New SNES Port From *sigh* Limited Run

Source: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/08/doom-is-getting-a-new-and-improved-definitive-release-on-super-nintendo

Anyone remember when Doom got a Super Nintendo port? It wasn’t all that great, but the fact that we got Doom on SNES is nothing short of a miracle. Well, Limited Run is going to be putting out a new version of Doom for SNES, which supposedly contains all four episodes intact as well as improved performance and – get this – CIRCLE STRAFING.

The universe beckons.

I gotta admit; part of me is intrigued by this new port and wants to grab a copy for myself. I just wish that this was being done by someone other than Limited Run, but… eh, we’ll see how things go, ya?

Review #1089 – Platoon (NES)

To call this “fourteen years in the making” is a bit of a stretch, but that’s one long-standing name off the bucket list of mediocrity that has lasted longer than memory serves. Also, you’ll note that there’s no doggy tag in the corner of the video. No doggy – living or not – wishes to be associated with this thing.