So I Saw Dark Knight Rises

Generally speaking, it’s almost on par with the previous two films in Nolan’s Bat trilogy. A near-three-hour movie might seem long, but there was never an instance where I felt like falling asleep and even the duller moments kept me interested in what was going on. Bale’s Batman still sounds like crap, but Tom Hardy did a good job with Bane, who finally got a proper cinematic treatment compared to the character’s butchering by Joel Shoemaker in Batman & Robin. And the movie’s end (won’t spoil it here) is a fitting, almost appropriate closure to the trilogy while leaving the door open for a possible return to that universe. Let’s hope that doesn’t happen.

So yeah. Rises was pretty damn good.

Paulie Rants On The New EC-Dub… What?

So the story goes that WWE had (supposedly) let their ECW trademark expire and somebody bought the rights to use the acronym as the basis of a new wrestling company… fuck knows why anyone would want to try and bring back ECW… again. The only good to come out of this was Paul Heyman’s Twitter rant on the matter, translated here from Twit-To-English;

“Yes. Dumbshits who think they can recapture the magic. Some people never learn!

“Letters don’t mean anything. WWE’s ECW wasn’t ECW. Anyone can buy letters. Big deal. ECW was based on ORIGINAL IDEAS! It’s called “having an imagination.” Obviously, trying to be a duplicate ripoff of the past is not “new” or “original” nor “game changing.” ECW was a product of its time. When I wrote WWE Smackdown in 2002/03, I didn’t try to duplicate ECW. You move on with the times, people. ECW One Night Stand was supposed to be a ONE NIGHT STAND, not a way to re-marry your ex. If someone wants to take a try at re-doing ECW, knock yourself out. Go for it. Maybe your investment is smarter doing something NEW!!!”

Word, Paulie. Word.

Look, to whoever bought the rights, just sell them back to WWE and use the change to come up with something original and unique. Trying to relive a bygone era in wrestling – no matter how good (or bad) it was – is not a successful business strategy and only serves to piss on that bygone era. WWE had some success with their first One Night Stand, but beyond that, they didn’t stick with that formula for their revival show and used the brand to showcase new talent… which is probably the best thing they could have done with that third show, although it should have been something else.

And TNA? Well, they tried the Extreme Last Stand thing with their Hardcore Justice five years later and it was just sad to watch. Especially since the card that was originally booked for their PPV (and aired on free TV days later) was much, much better than whatever that Hardcore Justice show had to offer.

I’ve said it before… and fuck me, I’ll say it again…

ECW IS DEAD. LET IT REST IN PEACE.

The End.

Some quick notes regarding Post 1000

Long-term visitors to the original DTM Blog (both of you) will recall the way I approached that blog’s 1000th post; by bragging about purchases and making half-hearted thanks. Well, this time, it’s going to be different… well, almost. It’s still largely half-hearted, but it won’t be just mindless text.

So what I’ve done is put together a quick compilation video of some stuff. A couple new bits aside (including a blog reading or two as well as three new game reviews from the back lot), this video will also contains a couple recycled random videos from the YouTube page. So this is more of a “best of” compilation if nothing else… one that clocks around forty minutes. Don’t know how many folks are going to stick around for that long, but if you do, you have my thanks!
Right now, I’m aiming for this thing to go live tomorrow… depending on whether the Internet will allow such an upload. One way or another, I intend on this thing going up before Monday.
I WILL NOT BE DENIED THIS ONE GOAL!
Will be back for Post 999.

I Did It… For Da Sons…

Despite my better judgment, I tuned in to RAW… and I saw Rikishi dance with his kids…

Because he did it for the Rock… or something.

By the way, this is their 999th episode… which means next Monday is the 1000th episode of Monday Night Overcooked… because it sure ain’t RAW.

Meanwhile, I’ll be hitting 1000 posts long before then… and it will be spectacular.