Pushing Vids To Next Week

Been feeling under the weather and unfortunately, I haven’t had a chance to do some vital fixes to the next batch of videos, so we’re pushing this week’s batch to next week and we’re having an impromptu week-long marathon of daily videos. If I’m feeling up to it, we’ll see about getting a quick live show in a couple days to make up for it. Sorry.

WCW Fall Brawl 1999

(Breaking the kayfabe here a bit, but this was written before the passing of Hulk Hogan. It’s been left as is, so if you’re not in the mood for anything but positive Hulkster vibes, best skip this one. Also, was planning on having this up much later this month, but… well… anyhoo…)

I wish I could say that the banner had a typo… but it’s WCW circa 1999, so…

Apparently, I still have this on DVD-R… and this is a vintage recording too. One of the few PPVs that I recorded onto VHS and would later transfer to DVD-R once I got my own DVD Recorder. It’s a fun time to be had by all, I’m sure.

To be honest with you, I’m not quite sure why I felt compelled to pull this one out. I realize that I had just watched Road Wild 1999 and… maybe I needed to remind myself of how long this Hulkamania ’99 run was going to continue (spoiler: it lasts until Russo came into play), but I figured since I had a copy of this on-screen, I might as well give it a watch.

Note to self: please do not indulge these needless and oftentimes dangerous diversions for the sake of your own sanity.

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State Of The Blog – August 2025

Hey, kids. This state of the blog is going to be brief because… well, I’m busy with real life and health stuff this month. Also, I’m mostly prepping for the last batch of stuff for the rest of the year so that we’ll be good to go on that front. There will be reviews. There will a couple PPV musings (not this week, but next week is Summerslam, which I’m watching at a friend’s house.)

Today’s scheduled review has been pushed back to tomorrow. Hopefully, this will be the only change in what passes as a schedule around these parts.

The endless daily stream begins again in September. For now, whatever pops up pops up… hopefully on time and hopefully in one piece.

Later.

A Bad Year For Jim Kirk

Ah yes… the year 2268… in which the young, dashing James Kirk as played by veteran actor Paul Wesley is somehow transformed into being played by daring young gun actor William Shatner and all the sets are somehow cheaper than they were when Captain Pike was in command.

I’m telling you; it’s the hair. Once they swapped captains for one that wore a hairpiece, everything went to shit and then everyone lost their memories. How do you account for all these people not knowing things that happened years ago?

But yes, through Amazon Prime, I recently gifted myself a Paramount Plus subscription service to go along with the Netflix sub that will happen this week so that I can watch the Summerslam replay. No, I will not be watching Section 31, but I will catch up on Strange New Worlds.

The DTM Mailbag #01

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Had the idea to bring back the Q&A segments of the DTM-Cast in some form or fashion. Did a couple quick recordings while in Ottawa and so here’s the first.

This are supposed to be nice and short. About 10-20 minutes – about five or six questions a piece. Today, I talk about whether I’m ever going to go full HD, my thoughts on whether the Doctor should take a break, and other stuff that really don’t matter. How’s that for a sales pitch?

Never mind; I’ll do worse next time.

Oh Hey, This Is Still A Thing…

I wanted to wait on this for a couple days before dropping it; the last piece of business that will be published as I make my way back home…

But yes, the Khan audio program – a thing that was teased back in the last decade when new Trek was on the verge of being unleashed – is finally premiering in September. And it’s giving old Trek veterans like Tim Russ and George Takei some work… yes, this is a Khan thing that they somehow turned into further adventures of Captain Sulu. What a world.

To be honest, this is the thing that intrigues me the most. Not because I’m anxious to learn more about Khan and how we’re going to butcher this character even further (despite the involvement of Star Trek II director Nicholas Meyer), but I’m fascinated to see how well this performs and if it will lead to other similar projects. For all the talk about wanting to produce more legacy Trek content, I’m surprised that the thought never occurred to follow the same road as Doctor Who; pivot to audio dramas. I’d imagine it would be more cost-effective (only hire actors to speak in a booth and have some bits of music and sound here and there) and you’d be able to tell stories that wouldn’t be bound by whatever broadcast restrictions or limitations are imposed.

Star Trek isn’t about the special effects. It’s about the stories… and sometimes, the science helps too. You don’t need TV to tell good stories, just good performers and a good script.

Hopefully KHAN gets the ball rolling on that.