Category: Musings

DTM Gallery – Rejected Moon Montage

Some random clips of the “lost” Toonmakers’ Sailor Moon pilot make up the background while sad Moon from the 2003-2004 live drama sheds a tear. I don’t recall the actual date, but I’d imagine this was made during PGSM’s initial run, shortly after the debut of cat-turned-plush toy Luna in kid sailor fuku mode…

It’s safe to say that I wasn’t a fan of these kid characters because they’re generally done poorly, although in hindsight, calling Sailor Luna ugly when she was a kinda, sorta cute little kid may have been a bit much. It is what it is.

In hindsight, Sailor Luna was kinda cute and not ugly… so I don’t know where that came from.

A Trekkie Wants To Boycott You-Pee-Inn.

From a Trekweb posting:

Well, now that’s all said in done. Let’s let our final voices be HEARD!

I, for one, resent UPN for NOW finally promoting ENT now that it’s ending.

Star Trek has been it’s flagship show for as long as it’s been in existance.

BOYCOTT them even it if hurts. Let them feel the loss of our total viewership!!

EFFECTIVE MAY 14th..join me…in NO MORE UPN.

Gee, man. I would absolutely LOVE to boycott UPN, but I haven’t seen UPN since I found out Smackdown aired an hour earlier on another Canadian sports channel years ago. And besides that, Enterprise aired on other channels besides UPN too.

So yeah, I’d love to Boycott UPN, but I never touched the network to begin with…

Wallpaper – Darth Vader The Movie

Fits 640×480 desktop sizes.

The following blurb was written on September 5th, 2012:

A wallpaper manipulation from back in day reflecting a more accurate portrayal of the marketing behind the final film in the supposed prequel trilogy of Star Wars.

See, kids, as much as people want to praise the prequels for all their worth these days, Lucasfilm knew that the only reason anyone would give a flying flip about the final chapter of this was because it was going to be the first time we see Darth Vader in years. Nobody cared about the conclusion of the Clone Wars or the sorry excuse of a romance saga between Emo Anakin and Panda Bear, but rather we were gonna see Darth Vader on the big screen. Oh man, it’s gonna be so fucking epic!!

And then we saw the film… and Darth Vader appeared in the movie for all of two minutes… and those two minutes was all it took to systematically destroy the image of the Dark Lord of the Sith that had existed since he first appeared in cinemas back in 1977.

But that didn’t stop Lucasfilm and company from focusing the entire marketing campaign on Darth Vader; from the promos to the merchandise to everything. All for that fleeting appearance at the end of the film. Made to look like a complete fool.

Such a shame too.

Link’s Far Out Adventure Begins… Somewhere

So for the past week, during my free time, I was attempting to get back into Zelda Classic and its more important component, quest building. After getting the basic feel of things and trying out a few custom quests, I started work on a couple of them. One being a full-quest using the original 8-bit graphics (along with the new ones that comes with it) and the other being nothing but an action game where you do nothing but slay monsters while earning useful items along the way.

I’ve been wanting to put out a full-on quest for the program and have attempted to do so numerous times, but previous attempts usually came to a halt and entered a long period of stagnation afterwards. The idea here is to try and maintain some sort of progress journal and record what I’ve been doing. I hope to parlay this into a separate blog.

Here’s to a successful experiment.

Later.

Your WWE Hall Of Fame 2005 Roll Call

or those who don’t know, the WWE will be inducting more people into their Hall of Fame, which was revived last year for the first time in… years. And they are:

“Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff
“Cowboy” Bob Orton
“The Mouth of the South” Jimmy Hart
Iron Sheik
Nikolai Volkoff
“Rowdy” Roddy Piper
And of course, Hulk Hogan (f*ck Marvel).

Good money’s on Mr. T to be the next inductee…

(2019 Update: He’d get inducted… in 2014.)

Star Trek: Enterprise Is Decommissioned

Enterprise is getting cancelled. Bring back Kirk! Kirk will save the ratings! F*ck continuity if it means bringing Kirk to Enterprise!

Sounds familiar? Talk like this is brought every time a thread on the Trekweb Message Boards concerning ways to fix Enterprise is made. Since I’m not a member of the boards (I just read the articles), I can’t post, which is a good thing, because this is what I’d say…

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WWE + 1 half of Mortal Kombat = Wrestlemania 21 X-BOX

WWE Wrestlemania 21, the new X-Box video game, has been announced for a March release.

According to a Game Informer article, it’s developed by Studio Gigante. Studio Gigante was not only the team who developed the X-Box fighting game Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus, but is a group led by John Tobias, co-creator of Mortal Kombat.

Somehow, I half-expect Triple H’s finisher to literally Randy Orton’s spine as opposed to his regular finisher… I wish I could say that was just a lame joke, but considering how Randy’s been booked as of late, there are worse fates.

Should TNA Use The WWE Tape Footage?

On a recent edition of the WWE’s Internet show Byte This, former ECW owner and current WWE scripter Paul Heyman said that TNA would never be true competition to WWE. Is there truth to that statement? Maybe, but TNA is really doing well at bringing paranoia to a federation that has lost all touch with the wrestling audience.

TNA has had a decent week/month to say the very least. Their first real PPV, their Fanfest, their matches on one of Fox Sports’ regular programs, the mysterious tape with WWE wrestlers getting pissed because TNA brought them cookies during a commercial shooting all seem to be giving TNA some much needed attention, which can only be a good thing. Now that they’re getting noticed by a large number of people, it’s their chance to make the most of it.

If you’ve heard, WWE is threatening legal action against TNA if they use the cookie footage. They’re demanding that TNA surrenders the tape and whatnot. What does TNA do? They put up a poll for fans to vote as to whether they tape the footage or not. Here’s the link:

[LINK NO LONGER VALID]

My vote? Show the fucking footage and prepare for the consequences. A lawsuit from WWE might be the right, legal thing to do, but it would only further their reputation as bullies of smaller companies (according to TNA). Not only that, but it will show a sign of weakness from WWE as they will be considered threatened by a company they claim is beneath them.

So, as Chris Jericho stated, make the right decision. Vote for the cookie footage to go on the air.

2011 Update:
TNA did eventually show the footage on one of their PPVs (along with a poor man’s Vince impersonator that made me long for the Billionaire Ted skits… hey, at least those were somewhat entertaining.), but blurred out the majority of WWE talents’ faces in order to avoid legal issues. You can make out who’s there, though, if you’re keen-eyed and can recognize tattoos. The footage can be found on TNA’s 50 Greatest Moments DVD if you’re so inclined… it might also be on YouTube.