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In Which I’ve Got Nothing Better To Talk About Today, So…
Another preview of Boom Studios’ upcoming MMPR reboot/sequel/whatever thing that’s coming out in a few months… one that mentions a specific character that only got one appearance, but nice to know that character hasn’t been completely forgotten. Keeping an open mind on this one.
Those costumes still look like ass, though. And that’s the bottom line.
The Annual Post-Wrestlemania Bloodletting
Alba Fyre, one of Chelsea Green’s Slaygents or whatever they’re called, is gone. RIP Alba Fyre. Welcome back, Kay Lee Rey.
The entire Wyatt Sicks faction (Bo Dallas, Joe Gacy, Nikki Cross, Dexter Lumis, and some other dude) got cut. A group of folks that got a strong introduction that was certainly memorable if nothing else, only to fizzle out because nobody had any clue on what to do with them. Kind of sad that their last big program was over a lantern against the Bloodline B-Team. Could you have done more with them? I don’t know… maybe… I get wanting to continue the legacy and creative drive of the late Bray Wyatt, but it rings hollow when all you have is a spooky entrance and not much substance. This is something that just doesn’t fit in the wrestling landscape because nobody would have any clue on what to do with it.
Aleister Black and Zelina Vega are also gone. Aleister Black, who returned to WWE after a stint in AEW, no doubt figured that he’d be better off except not really. Closest was a couple cursory involvements with Sami Zayn and Randy Orton before TKO decided that PAT MCAFEE can save Wrestlemania. (Spoiler: He didn’t.) I hope TK is forgiving… or maybe TNA has a spot open for Lucius Black or something. As for Thea… well, there’s always Twitch.
KAIRI seems to be the big surprise here, as she was a pivotal piece in the ASUKA/IYO SKY feud and without that element, what do you have left for these two to fight over? Also gone are the Motor City Machine Guns, Santos Escobar, Apollo Crew, and some NXT guys and gals whose names I don’t recall.
Wish these folks all the best in their future endeavors.
Remember when Ric Flair had a finance company?
Once upon a time, there was a man named Flair. He “won” a bunch of fake belts all over the world, became a big star in the business, and built a legacy. Then he got out of the business and pissed away that legacy with a bunch of shit that has leaked online and stuff.
At one point in September 2007, Ric Flair started up a finance company, naturally dubbed Ric Flair Finance. The banner above was what you got when you visited their website. And for those who think that I’m pulling this out of my ass, I’ve provided a Wayback Machine link to ricflairfinance.com that lets you view all the incarnations of said website.
According to Wikipedia, the business shut down in July 2008, which implies that the business lasted about ten months. HOWEVER, the Wayback Machine only has one archived version of the website from May 2008 and on the page is a simple message telling visitors to contact an e-mail for Ric Flair bookings. Simply put, Ric Flair Finance not only didn’t last a whole year; it didn’t even last eight months. Perhaps even sooner.
2008 Dave might have been surprised by this outcome, but 2011 Dave was feeling pity for the man whom he said used to be the biggest name in wrestling, only to become the biggest joke on the Internet. Oh, if only he had seen how much worse it would become for Ric Flair.
I bring this up because apparently Flair did a podcast with that Ariel person… and sure enough, he was drunk as shit, talking about all his fake accolades and bitching about people being supposedly jealous of his fame and fortune or whatever. And whenever I hear him talk about fortune, I’m thinking this is a guy who could really offer good advice on how to handle money.
And then I remember Ric Flair Finance.
Never mind.
I might not be as famous, I might not be as rich, but I am sure as shit a better person than Ric Flair could hope to be. And believe me when I say; that is not a high bar to reach.
Don’t enable this shit, kids. Stupid people do stupid things for the attention. Case in point…
If you have any further “interest” in this topic, I’ve done posts in the past… though don’t expect them to be informative or anything like that. I just react to shit.
Ric Flair Finances… (September 17th, 2007)
Flair Finance No More And No Love For TNA (July 9th, 2008)
Do You Remember… Ric Flair Finance (May 27th, 2011)
Honk The Sad Clown
I don’t have a sad clown face… so you’ll have to make due with PGSM-era Usagi-chan’s face getting squished by teacher… which is almost the same thing. It more than befits the “wonderful” piece of business that took place this past weekend that I am less than thrilled to declare now because it involves pure, unadulterated human error and stupidity… on my end.
So I was clearing out some flash drives and memory cards, moving some old camcorder footage over to a back-up hard drive. The way I found myself working was I’d copy the files over to the new drive and then format the card. Yeah, well, in a state of machination and stupdity, I clicked on the wrong thing and ended up formatting the hard drive.
That hard drive had a bunch of VEGAS project files for future video fodder.
The lesson of “always make a back-up” doesn’t help when the back-up drive is the thing getting wiped.
Now the good news is that some of the key elements were restored using a file recovery software… not everything because I’m an idiot, but enough that I can salvage what’s there. The key thing on the VEGAS front is that none of the “big” projects were on the drive – Order Of Ecclesia has dodged that lethal bullet and is up and running for Friday. However, there’s a bunch of camcorder footage that HAS been lost to the annals of time, some of which I have copies of elsewhere since they’ve been included in other video projectiles, but others that, sadly, have been lost the annals of time and space.
Moral of the story – stay awake, stay aware, and don’t go into a routine in a machine-like manner.
Oh well… back to the drawing board.
Another Street Fighter Movie Trailer
Welcome to an alternate 1993 where everything you lived through in 1993 is wrong because nobody knows (or cares) what 1993 actually looked like. Also, for a movie called Street Fighter, I’m dismayed by how many fights look to take place in a warehouse and not, you know, the streets. Even Street Fighter II had a stage that took place on a street (Chun Li’s stage, of course.)
Other than that, this looks like some tasty corn.
The ’94 film was its own brand of cheese, The Legend Of Chun Li exists for worse and worse, and Assassin Fist was a big bowl of meh. At least this knows the source material is absurd and is leaning into it. It doesn’t have to be total parody, but treating it deadly serious isn’t the way to go either. Hopefully, this strikes that nice balance.
Goddamn… I’m actually looking forward to this.
Go figure.
A Year Ago, SNK Fans Forgot To Relax Their Rectal Cavities
So it was about a year go when Fatal Fury: City Of The Wolves – the first real Fatal Fury in decades – hit the streets, as it were. It was also about a year ago this month when SNK introduced two new fighters to the mix; famed football/soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo and some DJ named Salvatore who I only know from the one clip where he told his audience to try and relax their anus.
You probably know the clip I’m talking about.
I didn’t comment on this at the time of release, given that I’ve been undergoing some other troubles at the time and by the time I was out of the hospital, I had completely forgotten about it. Full disclosure: I have not played the game myself. I’ll probably wait for a massive price drop before I dive in, though I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t weary of anything involving SNK these days, given their current owners that are benevolent and progressive. But then they decided that a real life soccer player and a real life DJ who’s more of a meme to me than anything are worthy additions to a fighting game roster than, say, insert favorite SNK character here.
I don’t know. I’m largely ambivalent on the whole deal. Maybe that’s why I didn’t comment on this last year; I heard about it, read the online reaction, and didn’t give the thing another thought. Then again, part of me regrets not saying anything, as telling SNK fans to relax their collective anuses or something would have hit closer to home.
Eh… maybe not…
Trek Sets Being Dismantled And Auctioned Off
Is this the end of the current era of Trek? The news of the sets being dismantled and pieces of it being auctioned off seems t0 indicate that to be the case. Unless they’re planning on using the space for another Trek-related piece of business, which I doubt because nothing has been formally announced on that front…
I don’t know what to feel. There’s a part of me that wants to feel sad about the lack of Trek product on television and certainly, I feel bad for the folks who had been working on these sets since the Discovery days and wish them all the best in their future endeavors. Another part of me feels ambivalent, considering how ho-hum this current era of Trek television has been personally. It’s not something that I feel like I’m going to miss or regret its lost; it’s more like something that happened, I’m going to forget about it, and move on to other things. There isn’t that fondness here that I have for the old shows.
I only speak for myself in that regard. Clearly, there’s going to be a generation of fans who do have a fondness for this brand of Trek that is going to lament its ending, if that’s what this is. For now, we can only wait and see what the future holds for Star Trek… but if you live in the Ontario province and have plenty of disposable income, here’s your chance to own a piece of Trek. I guess…
The Legend Is Unleashed This August… Maybe…
Source: https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/power-rangers-legends-final-film-gets-long-awaited-release-date/
After years of delays and who knows what else, The Legend Of The White Dragon – the final film of the late Jason David Frank – will FINALLY see release this August 26th to theaters. At least, that’s the official word for now. For those looking forward to this, I’m hoping that it comes out on time and you get a good movie out of it. Given how many times this thing has been pushed back over the years, I choose to maintain the stance of “I’ll believe it when I see it.”
Which is more likely to see release first, this or GTA6?
There’s a betting pool idea.
You’re welcome.
Rotten Easter Eggs
Hello, sorry for the late post. Had Easter dinner with the family. Largely enjoyable fare; turkey and such… and then I went to bed with a stomach ache… which, to be fair, was already a thing due to something I may have eaten the day before. And there’s a plumbing issue that needs to be resolved on Tuesday, so that’s fun.
Was going to do a video update today, but decided not to bother. Not in the mood and it’s a bit late. The video schedule on the State of The Blog should be up to date, though. Or we could change it again… maybe.
Reviews resume tomorrow via regular schedule.
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