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Did the WWF/E use a bigger ring back in the 80's compared to today? Watching the Macho Man DVD (Savage vs Steamboat at Boston Garden) and noticed that the ring looked a lot bigger, although it may just be the elevated camera angle?

 

I've noticed this too. Particuarly before 1988. This doesn't answer your question, but I remember reading that WCW rings were a different size to wWF's, also with ropes which felt different, so maybe it's possible different sizes weren't unusual

Hogan did a few enzujuris(sp?) in whilst over in Japan - perhaps it's that your cousin is thinking of?

Where can I pick up Dynamite Kid's book cheapish? Checked Ebay but seems quite expensive...

 

I thought Bret's was decent. His family life is very thorough, however I found it slightly boring. I thought the stories when he was mostly active would be more interesting. In particular WCW years aren't mentioned too much.

What happened to TWC? I used to watch it for the shoot interviews and the odd NJPW/Classics, and vaguely remember it merged with something else to show mostly Cage Fights/MMA. Anything more juicy then it ran out of cash?

I hated Black Swan. Never went anywhere, disliked the horror aspects, none of the characters werefilled out. It's weird you can have such differing opinions on stuff, I can't really understand anyone even liking it!

Cheers for that, hopefully I'll be able to get in.

 

I remember some years ago TNA website mentioning to contact them if you are coming from afar. It wouldn't hurt to try e-mailing them and say you are coming from the UK solely for the TNA Orlando experience(even if lies) and see if they can come up with something, especially since you can't simply buy tickets online. Worth a shot!

Can someone give me the jist of Flair's 2nd WWF Title win?

 

I remember seeing it on TV, but I know it wasn't on PPV. Seemed strange for for no pay-off to the Flair/Savage fued. Also why didn't they fight at Summerslam that year?

I watched Taxi Driver for the first time last night. I didn't like it. It was too arty, his character wasn't explained or fleshed out, nothing particularly happened. I can't see why it would be a particularly acclaimed film or go on to be such a success. Anyone else feel this way?

I'm trying to find some 1998 Nitros, but have no idea where to look. Any help would be appreciated

 

This was many moons ago, but I bought the first 1/4 of the year from the poster: wrestlingvcd perhaps you could try him.

Planet of The Apes - Collection - i've gone abit mad in the past few days and watched the 6 Apes movies, the only one i'd seen prior was the original. This seems to be the forgotton movie series of the 60's/70's, not so much in that people don't know about it (everyone knows the name) but in that any one born after that time probably haven't seen the movies (unless their movie buffs).

 

I caught up anyways, and i have to admit i fucking lovesed 'em! I was thinking the series would dwindle in quality after the first, but apart from the budget drop i found the movies to be excellent viewed as one big story, 2 was the logical follow onto 1, then 3 took it into a very interesting new direction to be complimented by 4. The only one i thought could have been avoided was the fifth movie (Battle of The Planet of The Apes), which kind of took the story back to it's roots for no real reason.

 

Anyway's excellent series of films, The Apes in the series are fantastic and the good guys are incredibly likeable. The turn from peaceful ape to crazy rebellion leader of Caesar in Conquest of The Apes is fucking fantastic and pretty powerful stuff.

 

The films do deal with some real serious topics like slavery, animal rights, racism and all that kind of thing but it never really rams it down your throat, there's lots of humor thrown in there as well. Not to mention the brilliant endings to the movies, everybody knows the ending to the first film (i did before i even seen it, which is a shame), but every film has a great ending, it was the movies' calling card.

 

As for Burton's re-imagining (a better word than remake), i kinda liked it. He definatly changed things enough for the movie to stand on it's own away from the series. Most people's gripes with the movie appear to be the 'twist' ending, which i thought was actually pretty fucking cool...confusing at first, but when you read that Burton's aim was to create a cliffhanger for the series, i think it works well. It also would have taken the sequel in a nice role-reversal direction from the original movies. Not as bad as people say.

 

I've got the Planet of the Apes boxset and it's a much-underrated series. I found the 2nd movie was the low point for me(but what an ending!!!) the worshipping of the bomb was stupid and something you'd see in the B- movie. Whilst the other movies may have B-movie production values, the stories are top class. I thought Conquest was best after the original, like you said some good social commentary within. The films are also linked in such a way where the 'major/suprise/whatever' ending is never ignored within the next film. The cynic within me but have thought it's another way to ensure a sequel out of a series which was making less and less money with each film but I enjoyed it. I've saw comparisons to many other movie plots within these films, not least the story of the Terminator with children being born from parents of the future! I'm sure someone with greater intellect and understanding of the films can explain it better!

 

It's a shame most people's experience of the series is either the remake, watching 10 minutes of the 1st film or seeing some of the 3rd 'comedy' film, which style of out of sync with the rest of the series, still very enjoyable. I orginally saw the first film as a boy, not knowing the ending, perhaps that explains why I can enjoy the series better than those watching knowning the finish(without a doubt the best ending to a film i've ever seen!)

The Wrestler - Good movie, very enjoyable. I would have liked abit more meat of the plot to get into, it is quite simplistic, however I guess it's more of a character movie than a story-driven one. Mickey Rourke is really good in the main role.

 

Slumdog Millionaire - Another good movie, I particularly enjoyed the parts with the young brothers growing up. Some of the scenes looked amazing. I felt in the scenes with Jamal as an adult(or older teen at least!) seemed abit more like a TV-Movie. Also, for a movie which had a strong romantic part, we are never shown many scenes with the couple, I realise they were together as kids, but I found it abit unbelieable he would still be pining for her after that length of time. Still enjoyable, I think I'm being picky due to the 5-star reviews i read before i saw it.

 

Godfather Trilogy - I have large gaps of 'must-see' movies I've never seen, and Godfather trilogy was one of them. Thought this was an excellent set of films. Part I is great, Part II fantastic and the third was one was merely good. Particularly enjoyed the scenes with De Niro as Young Vito in Part II, he was very convincing and showed how he could use his people-skills to become in such a position he was in Part I. Also thought the score for Part II was amazing. Was a little disappointed Duvall wasn't back as Tom Hagen in Part III as he would have provided a good link of being a legitiamte business. I guess overall the story of Michael Correlone is a pretty depressing one...

Watched Sideways a few days ago. Was picking up 3 DVD's for a tenner and choose that one randomly has I already had 2. Has good reviews online and won Golden Globe as Best Comedy(so it says on the box!). It's a film about 2 guys and one of them getting over his divorce and his love of wine. The film is exceptionally boring and has a lack of any funny one-liners or jokes. Even the situations aren't particuarally funny. As a drama(if it's supposed to be that, because it barely even attempts comedy), it has pretty 2-dimensional characters, none of which were particulary likeable.

 

Critics seem to have loved it - http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/sideways?q=sideways Anyone seen this film?

Do the wrestlers who wrestle on old WWE 24/7 shows get royalties?Thanks.

I don't know for certain but I very much doubt it. Venture's problem with Vince was him not getting royalties on videos of shows he commentated on, which Vince said no-one received. I can't imagine they'd get anything out of it, anything you do within WWF/E ring is their property. This may be Hogan aside, I've got a feeling he may have a different setup to everyone else.

I've just watched a South Korean film called Brotherhood. Not to get all pretentious on you, as it's subtitled obviously, but it's really magnificant film. The score is fantastic(maybe a little OTT, but the film suits it) and the fighting scenes are some of the best(if not the best) i've seen. It's about two brothers fighting during the Korean war. I bought it on a whim as I hadn't even heard of it before, I'm glad I did! Anyone else seen this?

I saw the Halloween Remake last week. It has almost no point, it's just gormless violence for the sake of gormless violence but still very enjoyable. It seems within the first 25 minutes it will be some psychological thriller, however there's thrown out the window for random killings. It's hard to think of positive things to single out about it, apart from the fact I enjoyed it. If it had a slightly shorter final battle it would be an awesome movie(in a B-movie sense!)

* Two months later the NWA crowned a new champion in Shane Douglas (then crowned Chris Candido after Douglas ditched the belt), using the 1970s style NWA belt.

ECW turning extreme. Can someone explain if this was a 'shoot' or not on the NWA? It seems weird ECW would decide to leave the NWA on that night, after being a member before and hosting the tournament? What did the NWA think about this? This is something which through all that's been written about it, has never been explained...

Funnily saw The Simpsons. About as funny as a dose of the piles.

How can anyone hate Nash? Sexual chemistry there - she wanted a piece of Big Sexy.

I suppose it's possible, but unlikely, that Benoit found his wife and child dead on Sunday morning before killing himself. But if that was the case, he would have alerted authorities first to clear HIMSELF before committing suicide later.Seems obvious to me that the man is guilty.

Whilst I'm not doubting it was a murder-suicide, if he had came home to find his wife and son dead - decided that killing himself was the only option as he cannot face life without them - alerting authorities to clear his name would hardly be at the forefront of his mind.

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1764124/The Dramatic Chipmunk!!Heres the YouTube link..

Its 3.30 in the morning, and I have woken everyone up due to laughing so hard.That truly is the best 5 seconds on the internet.

Awesome!

I'll think of Chris Benoit the wrestler first. He didn't interest me as a person and I wasn't sitting crying watching RAW or DVD's like he was some hero. What happened was shocking sure. McMahon, Austin, Flair, Vader - some of these are my favourite wrestlers(characters) to watch, however according to different sources they are genuine scumbags in real life. Doesn't mean I don't love their work. And it won't mean I won't still love Benoits.

Did he just say Benoit died on the Saturday?

Yeah but the original guy said Nancy Friday, Son Saturday and Benoit Sunday I'm pretty damn sure. The DA said Nancy Friday, Son Saturday morning and Benoit SAturday night tho.

News conference is about to happen they are walking overl.

Anyone fancy some livetra?

Down for me too