Lots Of Choices, Only Time For One…

This weekend looks to be a pretty packed weekend of wrestling action for those who care for such things.

The big event that seems to be taking place is the AEW All In show from Texas; a show that happens to be in Texas because ol’ TK couldn’t book Wembley for a third year in a row, so he had to take it elsewhere. Probably a good thing when you claim to draw 80,000+ at your first show and then come back to diminishing returns year after year.

Obviously, you have the main event of Hangman Page vs. Jon Moxley for the AEW World title and hopefully, there will be a title change. There’s also another Kenny vs. Okada match that will have absurdly high expectations with no chance of those ever being met (Kenny due to his recent diverticulitus episode and Okada due to phoning it in for easy money… can’t say that I blame him), a Toni Storm/Mercedes match for the women’s title, and some other stuff as well.

But then there’s also Saturday Night’s Main Event, where they claim to feature Goldberg’s last match ever, but then they make it a World title match against GUNTHER and there’s already concern from some folks that they might actually pull the trigger on a Goldberg World title run. There’s also Drew vs. Randy and a couple othe matches.

But then there’s also that all-women’s Evolution show that they finally got around to booking another one because they realized that they didn’t need Cold Ronda to headline this thing and they could do another one of these with the women they have on the roster. I don’t know any of the matches booked, but I’m sure people will appreciate its return.

So, yes, lots of wrestling action this weekend, but I’ve only got time for one show this weekend and I think we all know which show that’s going to be…

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It’s the one with the  dog.

Oh yeah, Krypto The Super-Dog Also Featuring Superman opens in theaters this weekend… nothing else really matters.

The LA Starship

Source: https://trekmovie.com/2025/06/17/captain-kirk-to-be-resurrected-for-new-star-trek-the-last-starship-comic-series-set-in-far-future/

New Star Trek comic from IDW… this one resurrects Captain Kirk, puts him in command of what looks like a hackjob rebuild of the old Enterprise, and gives him a new crew to explore the new post-BURN galaxy of the future. Yes, they’re doing a Star Trek comic set during the Burn – the event that set up the third season of Discovery where all the Federation ships blew up at once and we have no Federation – and they’re bringing back Jim Kirk to command this new series… and his old ship.

I don’t know about you folks, but I find this concept somewhat fascinating and I’m genuinely curious to see how it plays out.

It’s no secret to anyone who has frequented this blog for however long it’s been that I was never the biggest fan of Star Trek: Discovery. I respect the show for getting the ball rolling on this current period of Trek television that has been – in every possible context – hit or miss. It’s also no secret that Discovery lost me during its third season when they made the jump to the future in order to not fuck up any more canon and/or continuity… because we have Strange New Worlds to pick up that flag, after all. Hey, I gave it a shot… but the glacial pacing despite season runs being half of that of an old school Trek show, the constant overemoting, staring into the distances, the modern-day dialogue that feels like the script were written by teenagers… yeah, by the time we’re rehashing the Mirror Universe stuff, that’s when I decided to call it quits. I largely skipped over the fourth season and gave the final season a try… eh… meh… meh.

So I get that there are some folks who are less than thrilled that the current ongoing Star Trek comic available is going to cover this Burn period that had only been alluded to on Discovery… mostly because of their distaste for Discovery, but mostly because – despite their endless cries of moving Trek forwards – they’d rather “GIVE US STAR TREK LEGACY YOU HACK FRAUDS!” or something like that. And listen, I get it. I wasn’t too keen on Discovery in any way, shape, or form… but I wouldn’t mind something that would explore this Burn period of Trek lore more up close and honestly, doing this in comic book form is probably the best way to explore this sort of thing.

Star Trek comics have often been hit or miss, but oftentimes, the misses are usually based on the material they have to work with or maybe the concept they’re going for doesn’t quite work. That said, IDW’s Star Trek has consistently been very good. Their two comic series starring the Kelvin Timeline crew were pretty good, their Year Five series was excellent, and I actually did enjoy their most recent Trek series that lead up to Lore Wars, which… ended up being one of those rare misses, but the stuff before that were fun reads.

Yeah, the idea of a revived James Kirk on board a haphazard rebuild of the old Enterprise with a new crew exploring a galaxy that took a hard left after the Burn and all but obliterated the Federation as a result is a pretty bonkers idea on paper… but that’s why the comic book format is perfect for this sort of thing. And if you think this sort of thing is out of left field for Star Trek as far as comic stories go, you clearly need to go back and read some of the old shit that DC and Marvel used to put out back in the day. Hell, go back and read the old GOLD KEY comics where they really played loose with the source material and then come back and tell me this is too wacko for Trekko.

So yeah, you know what. The Last Starship, with its stupid looking title art, has piqued my interest and I’m looking forward to seeing how this turns out. Considering what has come out of the IDW camp in the past, I’m fairly confident that we’ll get an entertaining piece of business that will make the most of what they have to work with. This has me intrigued and I’ve sadly haven’t felt that way about a Star Trek project in recent memory.

And hopefully, this will sate any need for a Captain Kirk revival without having to back the Brink’s truck up Shatner’s barn or something. You want an ending to Shatner’s Kirk? Go check out that Unification short film that someone made last year. That’s a perfect note to close that character’s book on. We don’t need Shatner back to ruin that moment like several TNG moves and Picard did to ruin All Good Things…

WCW Road Wild 1997

Once again, I’m revisiting a show that I already touched on just three years previously… but now I bring added thoughts and context, especially after having seen the prior month’s Bash At The Beach show as well as the 100th episode of Nitro that saw Lex Luger defeat Hollywood Hogan for the WCW World title.

To tell you the truth, there’s not a whole lot to this show that I could really add on a second viewing.

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The Street Fighter 2026 Movie Cast… meh.

Source: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/street-fighter-cast-reboot-1235374639/50-cent-as-balrog-1235374707/

So far, your current cast listing for the upcoming Street Fighter movie.

You have actor Andrew Koji portraying Ryu and will presumably be the main character. There’s also Callina Liang being the third live actor to play Chun Li (following Ming-Na in the 1994 movie and Kristen Kreuk in the best forgotten Legend Of Chun Li flick), Jason Momoa will be playing Blanka (what, you couldn’t get him to play Ken instead of this Noah dude?), Orville Peck is cast as Vega, and Balrog will be played by 50 Cent, who I assume will be try to act like a boxer rather than “generic black tough guy” that was the case for Michael Duncan Clarke when he played Balrog in that Chun Li movie everyone wants to forget. They also cast their Dan, but I forget the guy’s name.

Oh, and playing the role of Akuma?

Your tribal chief, Roman Reigns.

I laughed. That gave me a good chuckle. On the bright side, though, if they can get Roman to do nothing but mean mugs and say nothing, that would probably be the best portrayal of Akuma in a live-action movie.

I can’t help but feel somewhat ambivalent over this one. On the one hand, it’ll probably be nice for Street Fighter to have a live-action movie that’s more closer to the lore of the games than the previous efforts were. On the other hand, just because something is accurate to the source mateial doesn’t automatically make it a good movie. There’s something to be said about the 1994 movie that deviates from what was established in the games (which wasn’t saying much; most of the filler was through supplementary material like mangas and things of that nature), but nonetheless provided an entertaining little flick. On the flip side, I watch something like the recent Mortal Kombat film, which is more true to whatever lore it’s currently following right now, but is a generally dull film as a result. Even Annihilation – a generally bad movie – had its fun moments… for all the wrong reasons, but sometimes, you’ve got to take what you can get, no matter how little it is.

So, as much as I’d like to have a film adaptation that’s the best of both worlds, I’d much rather have a fun and enjoyable movie that deviates from the norm than a deathly dull movie that’s a slave to following lore. Hopefully, this Street Fighter movie strikes that nice balance. It’s been on the cheesy side, it’s been on the dull side… let’s go for somewhere down the middle. Thanks.

There Should Be Only One…

Source: https://filmstories.co.uk/news/russell-crowe-to-join-henry-cavill-in-highlander/

So we’ve got a British guy who’s presumably assuming the role of a Scottish immortal, who was originally played by a Frenchman (Cavill) and now we’ve got another Brit (Butler) who’s going to presumably play a Egyptain-born Spaniard immortal, who was originally played by a Scotsman. It almost gets to be a bit funny when you realize that these are the same guys who played the Last Son Of Krypton and his father respectively in Man Of Steel.

No word on who is playing the Kurgan, but if I’d have to venture a guess… they’ll probably cast a petite woman or no-bi individual… someone who we’re supposed to buy as a major threat, but is played by someone who is about as much of a threat as a cream pie to the face. Unless she’s playing the sorcerer or something. I don’t know. I’m not sure I really care.

I’ll be honest; the idea of a Highlander remake does not appeal to me in the slightest. This is based on the fact that they tried to make a bunch of Highlander sequels in the past and they all sucked to varying degrees. I’m still sour over The Source and I have a feeling that this remake will turn out even WORSE than that pile of shit. I want to be wrong about this. I want to give this a fair shake… but nothing about this inspires me with much confidence.

I suppose I’ll reserve judgment until they eventually release a trailer for this thing… but really, folks? There really should have been only one.