Factotum

I think both are good. WWE has the hottest top angle of course, but I still find some of the stuff a slog. I tend to dip into the bits I want to watch rather than watch the whole show.

AEW could be better, but it's still entertaining. It isn't as hot as it was, but I find it a better product to sit and enjoy than WWE as a whole.

Overall wrestling is in a pretty good place.

1 hour ago, Chris B said:

While I get the idea of the multi-denominational exorcism, it felt a bit weak. I'd have rather they just used two different religions and made the contrast against them more of a thing. Instead, it just felt a bit wishy-washy and not so much about the forces of goodness and faith as much as about 'Live, Laugh, Love' spirituality vs Evil.

That part made utterly no sense at all. It is the dumbest thing they could have done -  that and that line about patriarchy which is so ridiculous and stupid it was when I nearly walked out.

Good on Ellen Burstyn for just getting a fat cheque apparently for this. Quite why all reboot films must make the people in the original miserable and bitter all the time is a trope that needs to fuck off.

It's a film by people who have heard of The Exorcist but actually know fuck all about it. They should have just tried to re-imagine Exorcist 3.

1 hour ago, FelatioLips said:

For better or worse too apparently Kelsey Grammer eventually ends up interjecting the crowd when they react wrong in places, telling them to stay quiet or wind their necks in whooping and hollering at things. I think the latter half of the season might feel more like Frasier.

I did read that his Directed episodes are the best. He gets the show down to his core, so yeah think it'll get better.

According to the writers, the original idea for the new season was to have Frasier and Niles open a Theatre together, but David Hyde Pierce turned it down. They also wanted to include the funeral but again, David turning it down meant they couldn't.

I'm a bit gutted that we didn't get this, but in a way doing something new with the character at least gives it a clean break. But damn you David Hyde Pierce!!

Also Frasier is the 'in between' man. He's cultured and snobby but he's also able to understand the ridiculousness of some of it. He's the middle man between Niles and Martin, and he does it brilliantly.

4 hours ago, Shy Dad said:

Is it in poor taste for him to be nominated for a BAFTA in a way celebrating how well he played a monster?

Not really. People have played horrendous real life characters and won awards before. Knowing Coogan though I think he might ask not to be considered,

Frasier insulting Lillith always makes me smile. Kelsey really hasn't missed a beat as Frasier.

Fuck it. Vince went mental in public all the time and looked ridiculous. It's part of the show

1 hour ago, SuperBacon said:

5 tossed salads and scrambled eggs out of 10. 

The reviews have said that the show really kicks in about 4 episodes in when everything has bedded down. I think I actually sighed in delight during that first episode. Its just nice to watch new Frasier and it not be god awful.

On 10/9/2023 at 11:22 PM, SuperBacon said:

Rewatched Carrie, which obviously is still bloody great.

I think Carrie is just flat out one of the best films ever made which is weird as it's not in my De Palma top 3!

1 minute ago, DavidB6937 said:

A decent number and a good win. They won't need any more than that.

Not too sure given what was on that show. I suppose what we will see is if people stick around with NXT. Its been good lately but yesterday was weirdly not the best showcase of that

That's fairly decent for AEW given what they were up against. For NXT...Surely they would have expected more?

Well MJF has had his say on it now and he's fired up about it

Finally, decent Doctor Who is back on the BBC

Trailer does look good and it being A24 has me optimistic.

Bringing Punk in right away always seemed a bit odd. WWE doesn't really need that shit at the moment. Maybe in a year or so if the dust settles and the Reigns stuff has run its course then maybe, but I'm sure given their past problems with him AND now AEW's issues with him, everyone is just like fuck that.

Cody doing a 15 minute promo about nothing on a night DYNAMITE is airing? Like old times

The quarters thing was just nonsense. This week of all weeks somebody should have put a stop to that no matter what MJF said. It really isn't the place, and you could feel it from the crowd. A shame as MJFs promo was fantastic. It just was not needed.

Overall the show was very good.

1 hour ago, TheBurningRed said:

For all of Vinces worst aspects as a human being and some of the stuff he has come up with, you feel like he’s someone the wrestlers respect and also fear in some ways.

I imagine quite a few of the female employees feared him yes. Also until Tony Khan carries on a show when one of his wrestlers died, I think I'll say he probably has a fair bit of respect 

Sorry but he's been hilarious on Twitter today. It's funny. The po-faced reaction from some is amusing.

3 hours ago, mim731 said:

At the time there was a fantastically idiotic rumour that did the rounds suggesting that Graham had a massive Arsenal mosaic on his patio, which has never been substantiated because it's clearly bollocks.

Well given his most successful spell as a manager and a player was at Arsenal, he had lots of memorabilia of Arsenal, which one would expect. George went to Spurs to try and piss off the Arsenal board over what happened. Unfortunately for him we had Wenger come in and so barely anyone noticed. Still, he's largely been forgiven by the Arsenal fans and nobody really mentions it.

On Klopp, he's one of the most irritating managers out there.

Couldn't give a shit if it was boring. Arteta got his tactics spot on and Pep got utterly confused.

People can talk about them missing KDB and Rodri. We were missing Saka and Partey (until he came on and changed the game) Last few years we have never played them with our full strength side. With most of our players back we've now beaten them twice. A huge victory

16 minutes ago, BomberPat said:

And I know I can say all this with the privilege of living in the safest of safe Labour seats, but the only arguments anyone can offer are reasons to vote against the Conservatives, not to vote for Labour, and sooner or later he's going to have to stand for something, or else we end up in a far worse position than we're in now. 

Good post, but I think you sort of answered your own questions really with it. How would Labour have got to this point any other way? Politics is just that, politics and you have to be cunning and pretty ruthless to ascend in it.

I don't expect Starmer to be some all conquering radical when he gets in, even though I think with the state of the country someone with radical ideas is probably what we need, but he had to get in first and he's about to achieve that.

Personally I think people are missing the point on Labour. What Starmer was trying to do was prove he was capable of Government. Whatever your thoughts on the Corbyn years, large swathes of people (rightly or wrongly) just thought Labour were a fringe bunch of radical lefties and wouldn't vote for them. 2019 was a disaster. Starmer had to rebuild the party back to something that you could see them as a Government. Policy in many ways was secondary. I would imagine in the run up to the election you'll start to see more 'big policies' emerge, especially economically.

Starmer is nowhere near my politics, he's far too centre ground with that dash of neo-liberalism, but I get what and why he has done what he has. If he walks into Number 10 in a year then it's been a brilliant tactic.

My word, that segment was perfect. Christian and Edge unleashed is gonna be great. Christian is just incredible