Musings – Page 170

First Black Leader Of The Power Rangers… And That Andre Guy.

Funny stuff, this.

Having A Glass Of Milk Right Now…

And it’s probably the best damned glass of milk I’ve ever had.

And that’s the bottom line.

That does it for me.

G’night, folks.

TNA sues WWE… oh boy!

Source: http://www.wrestlenewz.com/wrestling/wwe-news/tna-files-lawsuit-against-wwe-brian-wittenstein/

A frivolous lawsuit from TNA aimed at WWE? Oh boy! I wonder if Uncle Eric had a hand in that!

The first of many, I suppose… but whatever.

(2024 Update: Funny how 12 years after this frivolous lawsuit that went nowhere and was completely forgotten about, TNA would have some semblance of a working relationship with WWE. “Only in wrestling” as some would say.)

Congrats To TNA Champion Booby Roode

According to TNA, as of last night, reigning champion Bobby Roode is currently the longest-reigning TNA World Champion in the company’s history after his taped title defense against AJ Styles in what was a phenomenal match-up… of course, since the show was taped, it goes without saying that it would be a shoe-in for Roode’s reign being the longest.

I was able to nab a few moments of Impact last night, but I have to admit that the show was a hell of a lot better than the last time I saw it… and that was ages ago, seemingly. Even with Hulk Hogan’s mugging, Garret Bischoff’s suckage, and the re-debut of Sting to the surprise of fuck all, I thought it was a pretty solid showing of Impact Wrestling. Perhaps it’s due to the Open Fight Night thing they had going on last night and I do hope they stick with that for a good while, because the concept is sound and it has potential.

By far, TNA has managed a much better product than RAW did this week and had enough of a showing to live up to its “Wrestling Matters” tagline. If anything, this makes me hopeful that the live showings will turn out well.

Nice work, Dixie. You win this round… this time.

Chris Jericho Suspended For Causing International Incident (No Joke)

Woke up this morning and found this “gem” from WWE.com posted through third-parties.

Chris Jericho as been suspended indefinitely due to an irresponsible act of denigrating the Brazilian flag at a WWE live event in São Paulo on May 24. WWE has apologized to the citizens and the government of Brazil for this incident.

For those who are unaware, Chris Jericho apparently kicked a Brazilian flag during a match with CM Punk and thus was forced to apologize for the incident or risk going to jail… because apparently flag kicking is a crime in Brazil. You would think that Chris Jericho or even WWE would know about stuff like this before venturing into new territory. Oh well, at least Jericho got to keep his job. Committing a national crime is apparently still a lesser violation that choking a ring announcer with a tie or spitting on the franchise player.

So Bradshaw does a mock Nazi salute and goosestep… he gets a WWE Title run…

Jericho kicks a flag… he gets a suspension…

Yeah, that sounds fair.

Scotty Sent To Space… Godspeed, Mr. Doohan.

Let it be known right now that if I die, I want to be cremated and launched into space. I don’t want my corporeal remains to be on Earth, but in the stars.

VIDEO – Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie In Five Seconds

Weather talk… that sort of thing.

At the moment, it’s that kind of weather around these parts. The kind that is somewhat warm if not humid, but windy if not cool. It’s a near conflict of the senses, but not enough to be considered something terrible or anything. Perfect kind of weather for a student strike…

Fucking hell…

Yeah, so around these parts, students have been on strike due to rising tuition hikes. These strikes have resulted in the usual bullshit that I don’t want to get into, what with the proposed law and resulting riots, but here’s a convenient link to get you up to speed.

Back in my day, we didn’t have student strikes. We had drop-outs… that’s all I’m commenting on.

Random Thoughts About… PGSM

Before anyone ask… YES, this is a genuine, honest to goodness post about Sailor Moon. Kindly fuck off if that isn’t your thing.

To tell you the truth, Sailor Moon wasn’t necessarily my thing, either. I’m not sure if I would even call it a thing. My only exposure to the franchise would’ve been ages ago when they aired the original anime on TV… that would be the original dub where they changed the names and made other edits for the sake of the children and made the talking black cat sound like an eldery British woman… which is funny when you consider that Luna is supposed to be around the same age as the other Sailor girls, but I digress.

I remember watching some Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon back when it was airing in 2003; mostly through grabbing as much fandubs as possible before it became a hassle for the bandwidth. I think I was up to the point where they introduced that weird girl with the unhealthy obsession with Usagi/Sailor Moon. And for some reason, I decided to revisit this series recently since there were some YouTube uploads. ‘Cause I figure… why not?

Let’s make one thing clear; I’m not a self-professed Moonie or anything like that. Even though I watched the series and own exactly one Sailor Moon game for the SFC (a puzzle game), I haven’t read the manga (though I should probably give it a shot now that it’s been re-released), have not seen any of the musicals, and my only recollection of the anime was the dubbed version with changed names and a female Zoisite… or something to that extent, it’s been a while.

However, I kinda gave PGSM a shot and I kinda liked it… it’s a bit cheesy and perhaps a bit tacky, but I thought it was a nice, well-told story with some good performances (Miyuu is almost a perfect Usagi in a way, carefree and clumsy, but not obnoxious like in the dubbed anime) and lots of what they call ballet-fu… oh, they love their ballet-fu. I almost prefer ballet-fu than wire-fu. Fighting evil monsters with ballet is awesome stuff.

Oh yeah, and the girls were easy on the eyes. I mean that in a clean way, pervert.

Interesting change made here; all the girls are dark haired when they’re not in Sailor suits fighting rubber monsters. I actually like this change because it makes some semblance of sense in distinguishing between the Sailor Soldiers and their civilian counterparts. I always found it pretty stupid that, in other Sailor Moon media, people couldn’t tell that Sailor Moon and Usagi, for example, were the same person. The fact that both have the EXACT SAME HAIRSTYLE done in EXACTLY THE SAME WAY should have been a dead giveaway, but I guess Japan is dumber than Angel Grove. Different hair color isn’t much to discern difference between sailor and suit (their face is still pretty exposed), but it IS something… even if it cancelled out by the Sailor Soldiers calling each other out by name. But again…

Yeah, that’s all I got. Go figure.