Really Big Shoe

Thanks. Interesting question, it does look like fancam footage to me too, but since there is announcing I'm assuming maybe it is from a TV broadcast and the pictures a bit grainy etc as it's been captured from a VCR.

Big Josh and Dustin were UK exclusive Galoobs if I'm correct. The blue trunk Barry Windham and Flyin Brian Blue tiger print trunk are rare too apparently as are the entrance attire figures. There are also other Galoob figures that are UK releases (Flair red trunks with the lightning bolt one for example).

The axe accessory is what pushes the price up of the Josh figure up I believe. The condition of the figure too plays a part. But say you had a mint on card (MOC) Big Josh a lot of collectors would pay big money for that I think. 

7 hours ago, wandshogun09 said:

No Peppa Pig this time please. 

Can Peppa go 2 and 0 in their Bellator career? We'll fight out tomorrow, exclusively on 5Spike!

I assume Tele Globo own the rights and are either blocking footage on copyright grounds and/or not much footage still exists. I found this footage on YouTube though, the bottom one is from a playlist of other luta livre

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x1p1GD2SaEg

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wYkWIto4sgU

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f2uuG4U5alU

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sKGoDtC4XDg&list=PLDxiq_Q6vVjl1L6tWisqYzOj4kmcZE_O-&t=0s&index=4

The website is in Portuguese but has wrestler photos and more here

http://memoriaglobo.globo.com/mobile/programas/entretenimento/auditorio-e-variedades/telecatch-montilla.htm

https://terceirotempo.bol.uol.com.br/que-fim-levou/telecatch-montilla-4955

5 hours ago, UK Kat Von D said:

The meat industry are the ones on the extreme side, they slaughter 15 billion sentient beings a year. That is extreme. They are on the extreme level, not the people who are trying to change attitudes.

The meat industry blatantly lie to consumers. The parade cows and sheep in fields so the general public think that’s what they are eating. It isn’t, the meat and dairy industry lie to you. Here is an article which explains a bit about how free range and cage free are basically just lies

http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/think-you-know-free-range-and-cage-free-chicken-think-again/

Here is a website that shows in real time how many animals are being killed. 

http://thevegancalculator.com/animal-slaughter/

It has a bunch of documentaries on the bottom, if you can watch them all you’d turn Vegan. Doubt you will though, because you want to eat meat and will happily ignore any facts to serve yourself.

Like I've mentioned I actually don't eat meat either, I just don't agree with PETA forcing people to stop eating meat. It's all about making an individual choice to stop. I'm very well aware of the points you've brought forward too,  I don't need a lecture which is the point I'm trying to get across with PETA. I know how horrendous animals are treated, I watched a documentary years ago and was repulsed by it so I've made a personal choice to stop eating meat. 

As I also have said I genuinely really do care about animals welfare but there's a right way and a wrong way to go about drawing attention to their plight. If they were raised humanely yet still culled they'd still be an argument but you have to factor in basic food chain dynamics. A lot of animals etc wouldn't actually be bred because and it's a very harsh comment to make there'd be no real use for them. So I see both sides of the argument. If someone wants to make a personal choice to eat meat that's entirely up to them. I can't dictate or force them to stop. You can educate to put across the abhorrent way animals are treated and what they have to go through but how many would care?. Really it's an incredibly moral and ethically debate which is very multifaceted because however much you educate some people won't care or they will but not to such a degree that they'll stop or push for animals to be treated better. 

So it's best to educate where & when you can but if you go the wrong way about it it comes across as wrongly and defeats the object entirely. Posting links to animals being slaughtered for example. I mean, majority of the worlds population have pets and love animals so not many are going to sit and watch it are they?. It's again the point I'm making it's not making a points, it's pushing it in your face to the nth degree. I have absolutely no inclination at all of watching any animal suffer, because it's beyond sickening and incredibly saddening, heartbreaking. Plus your preaching to the choir here, I'm a vegetarian, I don't even eat meat. 

But shocking people into vegetarianism and veganism isn't the way to go. I'm actually on your side in this debate, but, I'm not going to demand people to stop eating meat because you can't go around dictating people's personal decisions that way. That's wrong too and it's guilt shaming people to stop eating meat which isn't right morally either. Plus there's some who are contrarian will do the opposite anyway. This is a never ending debate but I've learned staying true to your own beliefs makes things easier because not everyone is going to share the same ideology. Strong arming people into your way of thinking won't work, it'll most likely just wind people up and have the complete opposite effect. Plus you'll also wind yourself up as people which intentionally bait you and its a never ending cycle. I should have been clearer on my points regarding PETA but I just don't agree with the way they go about things majority of the time. The shock & awe type approach and misrespenting the truth shouldn't be on their agenda to begin with. They should be the voice of reason and uphold the moral & ethical code but they go the wrong way about things in most cases especially their ad campaigns which are often offensive & cause controversy. 

I don’t really understand how anyone could argue that meat isn’t murder though.

Me neither but Its the way Peta go about getting the message across.  They are on the extreme level of the scale and it comes across more so of them demanding people not to eat meat than a personal choice which it of course should be. Plus a lot of cattle is sadly just bred for the purpose of consumption so if no one ate meat they'd be a considerable lot less cattle being bred and there's the argument that using cattle for farming is cruel & inhumane also, so there's a multitude of things which can be debated.

As for the milk causing autism debate https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/05/the-bad-science-behind-petas-claim-that-milk-might-cause-autism/371751/

Petas ad campaign was play on the "Got milk?" ads were in real bad taste. Rightfully they've stopped the campaign now. 

A science paper on the subject

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750946709001111

If PETA did more detailed research and lessened up on the aggressive style points they don't just get across but shove in your face it would do them a better service. 

In the US, cows milk is injected with rBGH (growth hormone) and IGF-1 (insulin like growth factor)

http://americannutritionassociation.org/toolsandresources/milk-america’s-health-problem

But they are banned in Europe and Canada. Could those two things cause detrimental health side effects?. But any study would be flawed if you incorporated cows milk from Canada and Europe into any scientific study since farmers are banned from including it and rightly so. 

Seems they are deflecting factual truths about the impact the production of the leather to fit their own agenda here too. I'm totally against animal testing, using animals for their skins and fur, animal cruelty, raising animals in cramped squalid conditions (battery hens etc) among other things but the whole "meat is murder" rhetoric is too much & chucking paint over people. I don't eat meat but I don't judge those who do. In my opinion Peta are force their views down peoples throats and villianise those who don't abide with their points of view. I also think they give a bad name to those who genuinely care about animals welfare since they are on the extreme end of the scale. They should get more involved in stopping the hunting of elephants for ivory, rhinos for their horn, eliminating the hunting of animals for wealthy folks to take a tacky selfie with their "kill", stopping the illegal importation of exotic animals and help endangered animals. These are real important issues they should be focusing on.

Interesting but contradictory articles about Vegan Leather here

https://eluxemagazine.com/magazine/what-the-heck-is-veg

https://www.vocativ.com/news/281599/vegan-leather-isnt-as-ethical-as-you-think/index.html

which are in contrast to what Peta says that how it's produced is not harmful to the environment

https://www.peta.org/living/personal-care-fashion/what-is-vegan-leather/

Any news on whether Virgin are carrying ElevenSports and packaging in with BT as one of their bundles?. I'm not really into streaming video so an alternative option to watch on normal TV so to speak would be more appealing. Not surprised the PPVs will be actual pay per view even if it's just Conor's fights. Would be better if the UFC on BT coverage ends when Eleven begins because after December 3 there's quite a few shows and a PPV coming up. I'd imagine BT are losing Cage Warriors too since it's part of UFC Fight Pass.

The Islanders play their games at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn

https://www.nhl.com/islanders/tickets

https://www.nhl.com/islanders/schedule/2018-09-16/ET/list

You could get tickets to watch the Nets. 

https://www.nba.com/nets/schedule But only home game in that time frame is ironically against the Knicks on Friday 19th October. 

Other events 

https://www.msg.com/calendar/?happening=10%2F01%2F2018-10%2F31%2F2018&location=New%20York&venues=all

check the venue name though so it's definitely MSG. If you wanted to see Steely Dan they'll be at the Beacon Theatre on October 17th & 18th and October 20th & 21st. 

On 9/27/2018 at 9:04 AM, HarmonicGenerator said:

Thanks for the links. The week we're going they're playing Atlanta on the Wednesday and Boston on the Saturday - we'd hoped the Atlanta one might be a bit more affordable. It's not the sport so much as 'going to see something at Madison Square Garden' for me so may have to just skip it unless cheap ones turn up nearer the time.

You're welcome. You could try nearer the time whilst your there to see if any cheaper tickets are available. Apparently the Knicks tickets are 4x as much as the average ticket price for other teams apart from the Lakers. I guess because of Madison Square Garden and its situated in an affluent area of New York. Does MSG do any tour(s) at all? Maybe do that instead. This site might offer cheap tickets nearer the time

https://www.msg.com/knicks-tickets

But as Atlanta and Boston are marquee teams that might still make it expensive. I think you'd have more chance with the Hawks tickets being cheaper but it might be worthwhile if you do want to see the Basketball to be able to say I saw the Knicks vs the Celtics.

https://www.cheaptickets.com/events/performers/new-york-knicks-tickets

Old topic from 2013 but might be useful too

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g60763-i5-k6995183-Cheapest_way_to_get_New_York_Knicks_tickets-New_York_City_New_York.htmlp

 If it's a regular season game against a marquee team say the Celtics/Lakers/Warriors etc you'll be looking at a higher price. Seems tickets are $50+ across the board for the Garden from the link above. It's $61+ for the Pacers.

If not the basketball I was going to suggest the baseball. October is post season though and Yankees most likely will make it but the Mets won't this year, plus the tickets will  more expensive. You could see the New York Islanders since I believe they will soon be starting the regular season. 

I believe so, they allow you download games the FAQ mentions. However they refer to a "purchase" so I'm unsure if you have to pay to download each one or whether it's included in a higher price tier they offer. 

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/help/faq_dds.jsp#q1

That's true but they wouldn't be the same quality as the official downloads. They'd likely have a HD download option so they'd be perfect 1:1 copies of shows out there if people chose to put them up on torrent sites/file sharing etc. Now I'd imagine they are stream ripped so there would I'm assuming be some quality loss/pixelation/compression in places. Something similar to iPlayer where you have 30 days to watch the show as a download then when that time expires the file becomes unreadable would work. Then even if they are shared after 30 days they'd be obsolete.

Will the tiered pricing involve charging more for the big 4 events?. I can see them going with the vault/archive material on the lowest tier, other PPVs and big shows (Takeover and such) above that and the premium level content being Rumble, Mania, Summerslam and Survivor Series. A download option would be great but they'd need to really DRM it as otherwise it'll end up all over the internet. Unless there's with like an identifier (e.g. account number)embedded somewhere in the file so if you share it elsewhere they'd know about it. 

Suge was going to get life with no possibility of parole. I think he has like 3 and a 1/2 years or so off the 30 year sentence for time served already. He did say to the judge he's expecting to die in prison because of the multitude of health problems he has though. But there maybe a chance he can get out a bit earlier if he's a model prisoner (with good behaviour etc) unless it's a fixed 30 year sentence then he has to definitely serve the remainder of his time. 

2 hours ago, hallicks said:

I won't argue about his musicianship, I can't say I've ever paid attention to it because the music is so uninspiring. As a producer, meh. Writer, meh. I said his music is overrated and shit. Maybe shit is a little strong but I find his whole musical schtick insipid and boring generally. 

If Miles Davis is a fan of your music you have to be doing something right

His shit was the most exciting music I was hearing in 1982,” Davis wrote in his brilliant 1990 autobiography. “Here was someone who was doing something different, so I decided to keep an eye on him.”

He’s got that church thing up in what he does,” Davis continued in his autobiography. “He plays guitar and piano and plays them very well. But it’s the church thing that I hear in his music that makes him special, and that organ thing. It’s a black thing and not a white thing. Prince is like the church to gay guys. He’s the music of the people who go out after ten or eleven at night. He comes in on the beat and plays on top of the beat. I think when Prince makes love he hears drums instead of Ravel. So he’s not a white guy. His music is new, is rooted, reflects and comes out of 1988 and ‘89 and ‘90. For me, he can be the new Duke Ellington of our time if he just keeps at it.”

Everyones music taste is different so if you're not a fan, that's OK. But that Prince isn't a good producer - he wrote, produced & arranged his first album all on his own like an established veteran. Plus he's produced Larry Graham, George Clinton, Mavis Staples, Chaka Khan among others.

As a songwriter Sinead O'Connor, The Bangles, Chaka Khan to name but a few have had hit songs from songs Prince has written. Plus he essentially created his own competition with The Time, Vanity 6, Mazarati, Apollonia 6, Andre Cymone. Not only that but influenced many artists

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/from-madonna-to-muse-the-bangles-to-beyonc--no-modern-pop-act-es/

http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/30866/1/how-prince-influenced-a-generation-of-musicians

He has who knows how many songs recorded in the vault (estimated to be in the hundreds), played a multitude of instruments, was a fantastic performer (one good example is the Sign O The Times concert) and if anything all things considered what Prince means to the music industry is actually probably underrated. Thanks to him & MJ they got black artists music videos played on the predominantly white MTV of the time too. 

So Princes place in musical history shouldn't be downplayed & understated when you take everything into account. You don't have to like someone's music to respect their contributions to their craft and in my opinion Prince was and still is one of the greatest artists of all time.

 

 

With all the SNES & Mega Drive talk this site breaks down the tech details about which console is better

http://nerdbacon.com/super-nintendo-vs-sega-genesis-specs/

5 hours ago, Carbomb said:

We either didn't get Chrono Trigger, or Chrono Cross. I'm leaning towards Chrono Cross not being released here.

Chrono Trigger definitely didn't get a UK release, just a Japanese & North American release. There's a PAL cart up on eBay but that's very likely to be a bootleg since the game would be either NTSC (US) or NTSC-J (Japan). 

On 8/3/2018 at 10:42 PM, ColinBollocks said:

She's great - even with the wanky lowercase name. Just a shame she's not always had the songs to match her talent.

To add to the Roy love, his version of Elvis Costello's The Comedians is perfect for this thread:

I think the Costello version is rubbish, but Orbison turns it into a proper song.

The Black & White Night concert is great. Bruce is on stage with The Big O too along with kd Lang, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Jackson Browne & T Bone Burnett among others. 

No they aren't supposed to be nice. But there's no need for them to shout homophobic slurs at the audience and make fun of those who are handicapped/disabled though is there?. That's going too far and generates the wrong type of heel heat. 

Was wondering what are the PPV buys for WWE events on Sky Box Office & in the US?. Thanks

11 minutes ago, Weezenal said:

We've got some time with Braun Strowman tonight if anyone has any questions we can consider for the mag?

Who would your dream opponent be past and/or present?

Yea but you can only go so far when your a heel nowadays. Like it or not you have to be more politically correct nowadays. Plus he's getting very cheap heat insulting the audience that way. Throwing out the derogatory terms he did are offensive, there's no place for it today, or ever.