Royal Ramble 2000

Live from Madison Square Garden in New York City… which means that we’re not going to have a hugely elaborate set because MSG is unique enough in its set-up that trying to turn this into a typical WWF set would be pretty darn stupid.

Anyway, we’ve got a packed show of sorts. HHH defends the WWF Title against Cactus Jack in a no-holds-barred match, Hardys and Dudleyz are in a tables match, two Intercontinental Co-Champions will enter and only one Champ will emerge… and let’s toss Bob Holly in there for good measure… and then there’s… yeah, we’ll get to that.

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Review #771 – Super Xevious: GAMP No Nazo (Famicom)

Since I’m forgoing the 100-Post Challenge, there’s nothing to stop me from posting a video review early on. So here you go. Still planning on the “Review A Day” format in February and I’ve got enough going that I might reach 800 in that time span.

Power Rangers (Mostly) Leaving Netflix

Source: https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/leaving-soon/power-rangers-library-set-to-leave-netflix-in-february-2021/

So, I made mention of this on the DTM-Cast a couple weeks ago, but for those who missed the news, Netflix is going to be shitcanning most of the Power Rangers seasons from its service come February 1st, with only Mighty Morphin, Beast Morphers, Ninja Steel, and some of the holiday specials will still be up there… Oh yeah, Legendary Farce’s extended edition is also going to be sticking around. Excellent; I need to give that thing a piece of my mind.
Obviously, this sucks. Mind you, I’ve got most of the old seasons on DVD, but when it comes to stuff like Samurai or Dino Charge, I’m going to be shit out of luck in that regard. Honestly, I don’t get the thinking behind this. Maybe it’s rights issues. Maybe Hasbro has their own shitty streaming service nobody is going to buy… or maybe they’ll lose their minds and put this shit on Youtube for free and that will probably cause Haim Saban to go nuts and buy back the franchise. The man wants his money, after all.
Either way, it sucks that most of the series is going to be off a service that is used by millions and we’re all stuck with whatever shitty Netflix original series or Adam Sandler film is posted every once in a while. Fuck me, can we turn back the clock ten years to back when we had Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares on this fucking service?

Royal Ramble 1990

It’s about that time again. The build towards the Royal Rumble, which kicks off the “road to Wrestlemania” or whatever the marketing bollocks happens to be this year. And every year, I do a few musings on past Rumble events and as I’m looking at my checklist, I come to discover that there isn’t much left to look at.

So we might as well clear out the remaining Royal Rumbles this year and with my big attempt to watch this year’s Rumble, I’d figure it’d be a good time to get it done and hopefully remind myself of the days when the Royal Rumble was a great event and not just some soulless thing to kick off some road or something.

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To Hell With The 100-Post Challenge, Let’s Do The Ramble Thing

I thought that I could’ve done it, but as it turns out, poor timing ruins everything… so that’s that. Another aborted 100-Post Challenge… though honestly, that’s probably for the best.

As for all those unpublished posts? Welp, I’ve got enough wrestling PPV musings to cover a couple months worth of weekly posts starting in February. And those long-form posts might mean a little more when they’re not buried in the sand. So let’s roll that shit out slowly instead. That’ll be better off.

Besides, gives me more time to focus on the video stuff. I want February to have that “review a day” thing and now clearing this backlog out gives me more than enough focus to do just that. In fact, there’s a video come up later at noon. Stay tuned.

Does Anyone Give A Shit About No Time To Die Anymore?

No Time To Die, the 25th James Bond feature film and rumored to be the final film featuring Daniel Craig as the title character, is apparently going to be delayed for the umpteenth time from an Easter release to later this fall, because apparently the studio really want people to come to theatres to see this really, totally awesome movie, you blokes you.

Okay, so the saga of No Time To Die is one best told by others and I will direct you to this fellow here, who is more of a Bond aficionado than I. But apparently, the movie is done. They’re just waiting for this pandemic to over with so people will flock to cinemas and catch this awesome movie with this new girl agent that might be the new 007 or something. Or maybe we’re doing the codename thing for realz.
At this point, does anyone really care?
The Daniel Craig era hasn’t been a huge runaway hit. Casino and Skyfall are probably the only two really good ones and the other two are just… there. For the diehard fans, I’m sure they just want to watch the movie and they don’t care how. As long as it’s out and over with. This compulsive need to debut this film in theatres is just sad. Does it suck for the movie houses? Sure, but at this point, best option would be to stay home and wait for the movie to show up there.
Whatever, who cares, right?

AEW Dynamite (Jan 6th & Jan 13th, 2021): New Year’s Smash

The first two editions of AEW Dynamite in 2021 comprise the promotion’s New Year’s Smash event, both shows featuring big main events. We’ll touch on both shows here, but I thought they were fairly enjoyable fare. Not quite top-tier stuff, but a solid two-hour block on both nights with some high points and one dreadfully low one each.

Let’s get into it.

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Devoid Of The Star Wars… And Not Missing It

So, I will offer a bit of a nugget for you folks; outside of the first season of Mandalorian, I have not watched a single bit of Star Wars film since my last viewing of the last Star Wars movie, which I’d imagine was a year or so ago.

I’ve not watched the original films, nor the prequels, none of the spin-off films, and especially none of the sequels. I’ve got some of them on VHS, DVD, and Blu-Ray. They’re all on my iTunes/Apple TV library thing, so I can watch them at any time, but I’m just not tempted to go back and revisit these films. Even the second season of Mando has been a complete afterthought.
I did play a bit of Squadrons… and then I went back to TIE Fighter… but that’s about it.
This isn’t the first time that I’ve had long stretches of not touching anything Star Wars; it’s one of those things that comes and goes. Some of the stuff I do re-watch tends to be more easily accessible via Netflix or one of those things. Hell, I’d watch more stuff off the Impact Plus thing when I was still subscribed to it than I do Star Wars. But eventually, I’d revisit it, have some fun with it, and move on to something else… or maybe I’ll adopt a bit of a Star Wars kick and try some other stuff, whether it’d be games, novels, or whatever the case may be.
However, the thought occurred to me as of late that I haven’t touched a single bit of Star Wars… and what’s more odd is that I don’t miss it.
Actually, thinking about it, there used to be a time when the idea of new Star Wars was exciting and the prospect of new films every year was going to be something worthwhile… and then we saw the movies they put out and…
I guess that’s why I don’t miss Star Wars these days. The last trilogy left such a bad taste in my mouth that when I realize how long it’s been since I last touched a Star Wars thing, I don’t actually miss it. If anything, I realize how much better I am without it than with it.
So did the sequels ruin Star Wars for me? Or is it the toxic fanbase? Or is it Twitter being occupied by dumb shits?
Some day, I’ll find the answers to these questions and get back to you on it.