Category: Musings

James Rolfe Refuses To Watch The New Ghostbusters. Meanwhile, Mike Matei Takes A Dump…

Original article can be found here.

So one guy decides he’s not going to watch or review the upcoming Ghostbusters movie and people decide to lose their shit… And apparently, this is enough to qualify as a “news” story. My faith in modern journalism would’ve been shattered and destroyed forever if it had existed in the first place. As such, I merely shrug my shoulders and go back to playing Doom…

Doom, as in the old one from 1993, not the new one from 2016 that I have no intention or desire to buy at the moment, mostly due to concerns that it won’t run well on my rinky-dink PC… the high price tag doesn’t help matters, either. Say, I wonder if this will be a news story that will flip some poop patties.

Oh, and for those who cares, there’s another trailer for this movie out and can be accessed on the same page. Haven’t seen it yet, but people say it still looks awful, so I guess that’s what we’re going with.

In other news, Mike Matei took a dump. Reports are conflicting as to whether the stool was light or dark colored. We’ll have more details as the news break out and if you believed any of this to be true, then I’ve got twenty acres of grassland in Antarctica that I’ll sell you for real cheap.

If you want my thoughts on this Ghostbusters 2.0 thing, I wrote a post back in March expressing my thoughts on it. I don’t remember what I wrote, but it must have been important enough to turn into an essay of sorts. You can check that out here.

First Look At The VR Troopers Reboot!

From Entertainment Weakly… er, I mean, Weekly comes your first look at the new VR Troopers reboot film that nobody knew was filming and thus was a total surprise. They’re not bad looking, but I’m somewhat confused by the decision to expand the Trooper team from three members to five. Also, I don’t get the reason why they modeled the Troopers’ colors off that other Ameri-toku-esque thing that’s more popular and stuff, but this picture surely has me excited for that VR Troopers movie.

Now if only Lionsgate can get around to showing the suits for the upcoming Power Rangers film, that would make things even sweeter!

For Anyone Who Cares… SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE on PC

Now available on GOG.com.

For those wondering, this is the proper PC release with high-resolution graphics and bad voice acting. Now people can bitch about this game being bad with a higher quality version than the N64 version.

Or maybe they can actually, you know, enjoy the game.

Be nice, I guess.

By the way, I sampled the game for a bit. Maybe it’s just me, but it feels a bit too quick compared to the N64 version. Not quite sure if this is a good thing or not, but I can tell you that playing with a 360 gamepad is a considerable upgrade from the Nintendo 64 controller. Make of that what you will, kids.

No More Milhouse in WWE

WWE has reportedly come to terms on the release of former NXT announcer Rich “Milhouse” Brennan. We wish him the best of luck in all his future endeavors. On the bright side, Kevin Owens’ head will probably hurt a lot less now that Milhouse isn’t around to make it worse with his face or something.

Yes, this is the first wrestling-related post I’ve made since March. Imagine that.

Any word on that Mighty No. 9 thing?

Last I heard about it, it was getting delayed – again – due to bugs in their networking features. And that was a couple months ago. Since then, not a peep.

It seems really sad that what was once touted as a successor to the dormant Mega Man franchise has become something of a joke. Somewhere along the way, the people behind Mighty No. 9 must have decided to forgo making an effort and skip to the part where the game laid dormant for years and nothing was being done with it. It’s almost as though they thought a promise of a game that was reminiscent of a beloved classic (from one of the minds behind said beloved classic) would be enough to get people to give money now and ask questions later, but instead, people are second guessing the project.

This is why I’m weary of Igarashi’s Bloodstained project or even the Shenmue III thing. They got the funding in a short amount of time, but one wonders if they will actually deliver their project on schedule (Bloodstained currently set for March of next year, not sure about the Shenmue one) or if it will meet the same fate as Mighty No. 9 and be delayed over and over until the end of time?

This was a random thought that popped up. I honestly don’t know what made me think this up, but there you go.

Teh New Rita… Not Bad…

Swiped from some Tumblr somewhere, but no doubt swiped from some official source somewhere else. Here’s your new Rita Repulsa (as played by Elizabeth Banks) from the upcoming Power Rangers reboot movie thing that’s due next year.

On the one hand, I’m sort of glad they’re not sticking with trying to recreate the old look of the character, which would’ve been a bit goofy for something that’s supposed to be a little more mature and a little more expensive (for lack of a better term) than the original show. And in all honesty, she ain’t that bad looking; more alien-ish than just a Japanese woman in a hokey outfit and I particularly like the color choice here… I’m guessing she’ll be the Green Ranger in this flick?

(Seriously, though, that wouldn’t be a bad idea and it’s something that was teased in past fanfiction brainstorms years ago, but that’s another story.)

On the other hand, if they’re being this drastic in redesigning Rita, it does make me wonder how much of an overhaul the Rangers are going to get. But hey, so far, I’m liking what I see.

Every HHH Wrestlemania Main Event Sucked

Say what you will about Triple H, but the guy is a major player in WWE. Multi-time World Champion, main eventer, sometimes charismatic guy, head of NXT and various development projects, and one of the smartest, hardest working dudes in the business. That having been said, when it comes to being the main event of Wrestlemania… this is where the multi-time WWE World Champion falls a bit short and since we’ve had another in a series of them, I’d figure this would be the best time to talk about every main event HHH has partaken in at the Showcase Of The Immortals and why they suck.

For the purposes of this write-up, the main event of Wrestlemania refers to the closing match on the card. I’m not counting so-called “main events” that take place during the middle of the card or anything of the sort. For all intents and purposes, the main event of Wrestlemania is the last match on the show.

Also, for the purposes of this write, this is NOT a history of HHH’s Wrestlemania matches; only his main events, so no mention of the farce that is his World title defense against Booker T at Mania 19 with the racist storyline. To be completely fair to Hunter, he’s had some good Mania matches when not scratching that last match – his match with Undertaker at Wrestlemania X-Seven and the one with Daniel Bryan Danielson at Mania 30 are top-notch wrestling matches worth of the Show Of Shows.

Continue reading “Every HHH Wrestlemania Main Event Sucked”

Gawker Jobs To Hoak Hogan

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35849140

The scum merchants Gawker tried their best, but in the end, much like every other heel in the 80s, they eventually succumb to the Huckster’s almighty Legdrop of Doom.

Good for Hogan that this affront to his integrity has been dealt with and putting that whole ordeal behind him. Unfortunately, all those sex tape jokes and quips about Hulkamaniac being a euphemism for racist or something similar will live on forever. But for one night, all is right in the world in Hoganland.

We now return to ignoring Hogan and pretending he doesn’t exist.