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Thursday, February 24, 2005
The Top 100 Gadgets of All Time
I saw this linked from Scott Keith's page. It's a pretty cools list, but kind of annoying by the fact that about 83 of the top 100 gadgets are just different kinds of lap-tops.
Trish vs. Molly vs. Victoria: Remember when the women's division had more than three people? Too bad this is it. Trish is so great and it totally sucks to see her talent wasted like this. It was nice when Trish taunted the nameless bimbos backstage: "Do what you do best. Nothing."
How come it's CANADIANS Jericho and Beniot that are coming to AMERICA's defense against Muhammad whasshisname? Also, can't they find something better for everyone involved here?
Would it kill WWE to admit that Edge and Christian are storyline brothers?
Why is Stevie Richards jobbing to Chris "I'm no Curt Hennig" Masters. They could just as well send Richards to Smackdown for the cruiserweights.
I hate to say it, but I'm STILL into Snitsky's character. It was also nice to see Shelton Benjamin show a bit of personality, for the first time in years. I hope they can actually make a feud out of this and not just one more meaningless match.
As for the Batista thing, all I say say is that they picked the absolute worst way to turn him. Triple H "reveals" to Flair that it was he who set up the Bradshaw footage and limo driveby attempt. In private on camera, of course. Here's how they SHOULD have done it: Just as Batista picks up the Smackdown contract, Bradshaw comes out and says "Wait a minute Dave. Before you sign that contract, why don't you look at the big screen." Bradshaw would present footage of Triple H paying someone, like Rikishi :), to drive the limo. Batista gets pissed and signs to wrestle Trips at WM. That's only one of many ways that this angle could have been better.
Don't forget the coming ABC News special: The UFO Phenomenon -- Seeing Is Believing (This reminder is more for me than anyone else; my DVR doesn't go this far ahead in scheduling yet.)
I hope this isn't going to end up just being some cheesy puff piece.
RD's Ramblings over at WrestlecCrap.com takes a good look at Triple H and his legacy:
"...no matter what he does, no matter how many great matches he has (and there have been plenty), no matter how main events he's in (tons), no matter how many world titles he holds (whatever), at the end of the day, most knowledgeable fans will always view him as second rate, and the only reason he remains a star is because he married the boss' daughter. I have to believe that drives him insane more than comparisons to The Rock ever could."
Speaking of WrestleCrap, they have the review of Surreal Life Episode 5 posted. Funny stuff.
Ha! My cousin James sent me this one. It's worth a read.
It was getting a little crowded in Heaven, so God decided to change the
admittance policy. The new law was that in order to get into Heaven, you had
to have a really bummer day on the day that you died...
The policy would go into effect at noon the next day.
So, the next day at 12:01 the first person came to the gates of Heaven.
The Angel at the gate, remembering the new policy, promptly asked the man,
"Before I let you in, I need you to tell me how your day was going when you
died."
"No problem," the man said. I came home to my 25th-floor apartment on my
lunch hour and caught my wife having an affair. But her lover was nowhere
in sight. I immediately began searching for him. My wife was half naked
and yelling at me as I searched the entire apartment.
Just as I was about to give up, I happened to glance out onto the balcony
and noticed that there was a man hanging off the edge by his fingertips!
The nerve of that guy!
Well, I ran out onto the balcony and stomped on his fingers until he fell to
the ground. But wouldn't you know it, he landed in some trees and bushes
that broke his fall and he didn't die. This ticked me off even more. In a
rage, I went back inside to get the first thing I could get my hands on to
throw at him.
Oddly enough, the first thing I thought of was the refrigerator. I
unplugged it, pushed it out onto the balcony, and tipped it over the side.
It plummeted 25 stories and crushed him! The excitement of the moment was so
great that I had a heart attack and died almost instantly!"
The Angel sat back and thought a moment. Technically, the guy did have a bad
day. It was a crime of passion. So, the Angel announced, "OK sir. Welcome
to the Kingdom of Heaven," and let him in.
A few seconds later the next guy came up. To the Angel's surprise, it was
Donald Trump. "Mr. ... Trump, before I can let you in, I need to hear about
what your day was like when you died."
Trump said, "No problem. But you're not going to believe this. I was on
the balcony of my 26th floor apartment doing my daily exercises. I had been
under a lot of pressure so I was really pushing hard to relieve my stress.
I guess I got a little carried away, slipped, and accidentally fell over the
side!
Luckily, I was able to catch myself by the fingertips on the balcony below
mine. But all of a sudden this crazy man comes running out of his
apartment, starts cussing, and stomps on my fingers. Well, of course I
fell. I hit some trees and bushes at the bottom, which broke my fall, so I
didn't die right away. As I'm laying there face up on the ground, unable to
move and in excruciating pain, I see this guy push his refrigerator of all
things off the balcony. It falls the 25 floors and lands on top of me,
killing me instantly."
The Angel is quietly laughing to himself as Trump finishes his story. "I
could get used to this new policy," he thinks to himself. "Very well," the
Angel announces. "Welcome to the Kingdom of Heaven," and he lets Trump
enter.
A few seconds later, Bill Clinton comes up to the gate. The Angel is almost
too shocked to speak. Thoughts of assassination and war pour through the
Angel's head. Finally he says. "Mr.... President, please tell me what it
was like the day you died."
Clinton says, "OK, picture this... I'm naked inside a refrigerator!"
Ok, no one really killed him, but someone tried to run him over in Bradshaw's limo on Monday. Fifty bucks says they'll reveal that it was Rikishi. Oh, wait. That incredibly stupid storyline has already been done.
Sorry, I'm home sick with the flu, but maybe I'm just feeling sympathy pains for Michael Jackson.
So after all those one night stands You've ended up with heart in hand A child alone On your own Retreating Regretful for the things you're not And all the things you haven't got Without a home A heart of stone Lies bleeding
And for all the roads you followed And for all you did not find And for all the dreams you had to leave behind
I am the way I am the light I am the dark inside the night I hear your hopes I feel your dreams And in the dark I hear your screams Don't turn away Just take my hand And when you make your final stand I'll be right there I'll never leave And all I ask of you Believe Your childhood eyes were so intense While bartering your innocence For bits of string The grown-up wings You needed
But when you had to add them up You found that there were not enough To get you in Pay for sins repeated
And for all the years you borrowed And for all the tears you hide And for all the fears you had to keep inside
I am the way I am the light I am the dark inside the night I hear your hopes I feel your dreams And in the dark I hear your screams
Don't walk away Just take my hand And when you make your final stand I'll be right there I'll never leave And all I ask of you is Believe
I never wanted to know Never wanted to see I wasted my time Till time wasted me I never wanted to go I always wanted to stay 'Cause the persons I am Are the parts that I play So I plot and I plan And I hope and I scheme To the lure of a night Filled with unfinished dreams And I'm holding on tight To a world gone astray As they charge me for years I can no longer pay
I am the way I am the light I am the dark Inside the night I hear your hopes I feel your dreams And in the dark I hear your screams Don't turn away Just take my hand And when you make your final stand I'll be right there I'll never leave And all I ask of you
February 08, 2005 - While this may not be the description you'd expect from one of the toughest wrestlers and action stars around, The Rock is a soft spoken, nice guy. That's not to say that I'm not absolutely sure he could twist me into a pretzel, but just to say that he totally and completely negates the stereotypes many of us have about a pro wrestler acting in movies. He's well spoken, highly intelligent and approachable.
IGN FilmForce caught up with The Rock recently to talk about some exciting upcoming projects he has lined up. Mr. Dwayne Johnson also discussed some future hopes for his career.
After filming wraps in Prague for Doom, The Rock will take a brief videogame reprieve to shoot Gridiron Gang before returning to the Czech Republic for John Woo's Spy-Hunter. "Yeah, but I'm probably gonna do, well I know for sure, I'm going to do a movie first called Gridiron Gang before Spy-Hunter. Gridiron's gonna be with Sony and that is supposed to shoot [in Prague] as well. It's supposed to be."
Playing a gay country-singing bodyguard in Be Cool, The Rock is doing his best to break away preconceived notions or limitations many may have of The Rock. "I think after a movie like Be Cool comes out and a movie like Gridiron Gang, which is a true story, it's about hope. I don't want to place it into the same category as Coach Carter, because that was about the coach and what he did. This is about one man and what he did for all these kids. And all of these kids, half are alive, half are dead, but you care about each individual kid and there are stories about each one… It's really incredible. I think after a movie like that I really wanted to make movies in basically every genre and try to do well in it."
Rock promises he wasn't going after specific videogame movies, it just turned out that he was doing two of them. "Purely coincidental. You know what? I lucked out. Really, with a movie like Spy-Hunter, same studio, really went after the writing aspect… We had great producers with this, but with Spy-Hunter as well. We went after John Woo and really wanted to make sure that we delivered, and not just, you know, making a movie just because the video game was popular, [but] really making an awesome movie. And with Spy-Hunter, it's great. With the car and the comedic elements as well, a little bit of True Lies as well."
WWE is now talking about producing their own movies, but The Rock says his days of donning those tights are in the past. "No. They've been wanted for a long time to get into the movie business and, I'm not too sure, I think like low budget movies, a lot of them straight to video. I think they wanted to and were looking for different distributors. "No, my contract is actually up with them, it was up last year, so I'm done…"
As far as expanding his horizons in the movie business, The Rock has a whole slate of plans for his career. Some may be a little surprising, but judging by how well his career has been progressing in the past couple of years, he may get a chance to do all of them. "Oh yeah. You know like in comedies, I'd love to do something with Will Ferrell. We have a couple of ideas. There was a movie, yeah, and it's a constant process. Sometimes I bog my own self down because I've got so much s*** in my head, man. What's going on here? Action-wise, I would love to do something with Jason Statham. I really, really like what he does. He was the guy from The Transporter. Yeah, I met him one time. He was really, really cool. Johnny Bravo is another one that's coming up. Do you guys know Johnny Bravo? Yeah, I'm not doing a cartoon on it, but yeah it's great; Very, very funny."
I'm not surprised, but I'm sure he'll be back for the occasional appearance every now and then.
There are a few historical (and some hysterical) inaccuracies, though. Can anyone tell me how many things are wrong with the following paragraph?
"WWE Hall of Famer Pat Patterson defeated Ted DiBiase for the newly-created WWE North American Championship. Patterson then went to Rio De Janeiro in September 1979, where he defended the title in a tournament. He then unified his title with the South American Championship, thus becoming the first-ever Intercontinental Champion."
Since we're now officially on the "Road to Wrestlemania" it's that time of year again where people start speculating on the which legends will return for the biggest show of the year. If I was going to book WMXXI and needed some dream matches, here's how I would book the big legend matches.
As a disclaimer, let's assume the guys with injuries could work on more match and the guys with real off-stage problems could put the issues aside for a night.
Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart: Injuries and hate aside, I still think these two could put together on final score-settler. Hart could stay on the mat to avoid injuries and Michaels could carry most of the match. Special stipulation: If Shawn wins, Bret has to shake his hand an appoligize for being a baby all these years. If Bret wins, he gets five minutes with Vince McMahon.
Hulk Hogan vs. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin: The build-up would be easy. The biggest star of the eighties takes on the biggest star of the nineties. Do it now before it becomes the "star in his eighties takes on the biggest star in his nineties."
Ric Flair vs. Mick Foley: Their off-stage feud started with a few shots at each other in their books. Then it turned into blows. Most of the IWC knows about the heat between the two, so why not make an angle out of it?
I know none of this stuff would happen, but that's what fantasy booking is.
A guy goes to the U.S. Post Office to apply for a job.
The interviewer asks him, "have you been in the service?"
"Yes," he says. "I was in Vietnam for three years"
The interviewer says, "That will give you extra points toward employment" and then asks, "Are you disabled in any way?"
The guy says, "Yes 100%...a mortar round exploded near me and blew my testicles off."
The interviewer tells the guy, "O.K., I can hire you right now. The hours are from 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. You can start tomorrow. Come in at 10:00A.M."
The guy is puzzled and says, "If the hours are from 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. then why do you want me to come in at 10:00 A.M. ?
"This is a government job" the interviewer says. "For the first two hours we sit around scratching our balls.......no point in your coming in for that.
Dave Scherer asks "When (Triple H) said that there was no need for him to tell us how great he is, shouldn't he have said, 'Cuz I have made sure my father-in-law paid for me to have the greatest wrestler of all time to do it for me'?"
