Against All Creativity

Bobby Roode retains his world title at the main event due to shenanigans. Get this; Roode spits on special referee Sting’s face, who retaliates with a belt shot. Roode steps aside and Sting ends up hitting Hardy instead. Roode goes for the pin and Sting does the slow count for the win… GEE, HAVEN’T I SEEN THIS BEFORE?

Yes, it’s been ages since the last time such a finish was booked, but J.H.C.
Sad part is that this looks to be building towards Sting vs. Roode for the title.
I hope not. I honestly don’t want another Sting title reign.

TNA is just starting to not suck now.

Oh, and on a sidenote, I saw Garrett Bischoff show up on my TV and thought it’d be the perfect opportunity to take a dump. Man, that had to be one of the longest dumps I ever took. Imagine my surprise when Uncle Eric’s son was still on TV and in a match. Thus I sat through the rest of the match… which bored me to tears.

Are we sure Vince Russo isn’t heading creative anymore?

COMIC REVIEW – TMNT #5 (IDW)

So I’ve been recently playing catch-up with IDW’s new TMNT comic book and came across the newest issue, which features its own take on the classic TMNT origin story… kind of an interesting angle to say the least. The idea that the Turtles and Splinter are basically re-incarnations of Hamato Yoshi and his children in a past life is certainly something out of left field and credit where it’s due; it’s a rather unique way of framing things. I’m not sure if I can completely buy into it, but maybe as the series progresses down the line, this will be explored further down the road.

Perhaps the biggest change to come out of this – and I don’t think I’m spoiling anything here since there are already cover previews of future issues that give this away – is that three of the Turtles trade in their original red bandannas for the colored ones that have been prominent in all the various television, movies, and other media that isn’t the original Mirage comic books. I figured this was going to happen sooner or later, so this wasn’t much of a surprise. I do feel some people are going to be a bit miffed that they’re ditching the red masks for the colored one, but at the end of the day, this isn’t the old Mirage universe. It’s a reimagined one with fewer shell puns… fucking Dirk.

I kinda like how they’re taking various elements from the various mediums (one of the micro-series books apparently feature human Bebop and Rocksteady) and merging them into a new narrative storyline. It’s a different take on the Turtles and whether it ends up being worth a damn or not, at least you can’t say that it’s going to be predictable. As long as they maintain the style and substance that made the original TMNT such a joy to read and such, then it’s damn well going to be a fun ride.

If nothing else, it’ll give me some fodder for more Turtle talk around here.

NC and Linkara "review" Star Trek: Insurrection

So Doug Walker (a.k.a. Nostalgia Critc and other gimmicks) and Lewis The Lovehog Original Character Do Not Steal (a.k.a. Linkara) did a “review” on the ninth Star Trek motion picture. Said “review” is the typical crossover thingy with skits and stuff featuring lots of yelling and migraines. Honestly, though, there’s no point. RedLetterMedia did it so much better and doesn’t beat you over the head with loud noises.

Also “Fuck you, Rick Berman” is a better catchphrase than anything coming out of the TGWTG camp these days.

Amazing Spider-Man Trailer Is Kinda… Meh.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86680

So they just put out the Amazing Spider-Man trailer, the reboot of a ten-year old series that was needed because we couldn’t let Sam Raimi do the Spider-Man movies he wanted and thus we go with this somewhat uninspired take.

Looks nice, but I’m not digging this “untold story” angle that they’re going for here. Not only is the Spider-Man origin story the furthest thing from “untold story” you’re going to get, but it seems like they’re retooling it to be some sort of destiny thing as opposed to being by chance. Not to mention that I’m not a fan of the suit… but hey, they brought back the Spidey wit; something that was missing from the Sam Raimi entries.

Cautiously middle of the road on this one; looking forward to it, but not particularly impressed thus far.

NES Clone Comparison (Why The Hell Not?)

A damn near twenty minute long video endeavor, watch as I mumble and fumble my way through a bunch of NES clones to see which one plays Super Mario Bros the best. This was something I wanted to get done for the longest time possible and I’m glad to have it all done. It was a fun experiment and now I can start clearing up some space.