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    The Official Movie Discussion Thread

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    One of my favourite films of all time is The Cannonball Run II. Twice this week I have explained the premise of this film to different people, and neither believed that it was an actual film. In fact now that I think about it, I had the same problem again a few weeks ago as well.

     

    How hard is it to believe that there's an 80's movie about a car race across America starring Burt Reynolds, Jackie Chan, the guy who played Jaws, Frank Sinatra, Dom DeLuise, Tony Danza, Sammy Davis Jnr, Cheech Marin, the voice of Frank Welker (Megatron/Starscream), Dean Martin, the chick who played Daisy Duke, Marilu Henner, Jamie Farr, Shirley Maclain, Telly 'Kojack' Savalas, Joe Theismann and the Orangutan from Any Which Way But Loose/Any Which Way You Can?

     

    Man, that is a sad indictment of the world we live in now, people seem to have a very narrow view of what movies are or what they can be. Cannonball Run II, while I have not seen it in ages, was awesome. The casting alone was like some drunk guys with a ton of money were just sitting around saying "you know who we should get? Sinatra, that hot girl from Dukes of Hazzard and a monkey".

    The Official Movie Discussion Thread

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    Anyways, I just wanted to get anybody's thought on Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

     

    I am more than intrigued and think it'll be great to get something different other than frickin' Twilight...

     

    Still not sure if I love or hate the idea of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The trailer doesn't inspire a huge amount of confidence in me since I am not a big fan of CGI heavy 3D action movies (just not my thing most of the time) but if done right it could be a very fun, goofy action movie.

    The Official Movie Discussion Thread

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    Especially this one I can't remember the title of. The killer lured this kid into a virtual reality game to try and kill him and take possession of his body I think? I used to watch it every weekend. There was one scene where the killer almost traps someone under a swimming pool cover.

     

    I think it was Ghost in the Machine, but there are so many movies like that I haven't been able to track it down.

     

    Yeah, pretty sure it was Ghost in the Machine. Haven't seen that for ages.

     

    The skyscraper one has me drawing a blank though. Never heard of that one but I should look into it.

    The Official Movie Discussion Thread

    in The Dog Pound

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    (and yes I agree Van Wilder is awesome, but pales when it compares to DW. SORRY Hammer)

     

    You should be sorry for having opinions that differ from mine, or Hammer's. :p

     

    Hey, you like what you like. A lot of people like Denzel, personally he just never resonated with me. Plus my opinions on movies are pretty different from most, studying film gives you a different perspective on some things, which is both good and bad.

     

    Oh and I think I remember kind of liking Virtuosity actually. I miss how the 90s was all about the evils of virtual reality.

    The Official Movie Discussion Thread

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    Are you crazy?????????????????????

     

    No, I just find Denzel annoyingly smug and overrated and think he has starred in too much self-important oscar bait. Ryan Reynolds starred in one movie I thought was a perfectly acceptable low brow college comedy and then banged Scarlet Johansson.

     

    Ryan wins.

    The Official WWE / NXT Discussion Thread *May Contain Spoilers*

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    Well, they did rush him into main storylines really fast. He should have continued his work in the midcard. His transition from jobber to midcarder/US Title holder was smooth, but they're overdoing his push by a little bit. Bring him back down some, WWE. Get him a feud with Clay, Miz, or someone we haven't seen in a while. Right now the US Title just seems like an ornament he carries around while dealing with Cena/Kane stuff.

     

    Yeah, going from jobber to midcard was really smooth and made sense, Ryder was SUPER over during that period and got better reactions than just about anyone. But yeah, seems to have been brought down a tad recently.

    The Official WWE / NXT Discussion Thread *May Contain Spoilers*

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    Surely your not comparing HBK to Daniel bryan... HBK was buffed like crazy when he "got there", steriods or whatever. HBK become a living legend when he come back at the size he is now (and off steriods), and Bryan is surely years away from something like that...pluss HBK even looks big compared to Bryan.

     

    I've never seen HBK in person, but I've been up close to D Bry and TV does not do him justice. Dude was WAY more built when I saw him than you would think from watching him on TV.

     

    I'm specifically talking about the here and now. Bryan isn't booked to be the best at anything, and he hasn't really demonstrated being the best at anything.

     

    Neither has Mark Henry, I stand corrected on where his nickname comes from but winning a second rate strongman contest a decade ago against not particularly elite competition doesn't demonstrate being the strongest man in the world.

     

    Also, to be fair, I think D Bry has demonstrated himself to be the best vegan in the world if not the best straight up wrestler this side of Guerrero and Benoit's deaths. Yeah I'm being a fanboy but heck, if they can come up with these nicknames and backstories and ways of putting over mediocre workers the least they can do is acknowledge Daniel Bryan being awesome, which is a fact.

     

    But yeah... I don't know where anyone would get the idea that he is a "failed" weightlifter from, totally agree with you.

     

    I was being a little tongue in cheek calling him a "failed" weightlifter, but the fact remains he was never an elite top level strength athlete. USA didn't do well at the 1996 games in weightlifting, 14th with an injury isn't winning Gold in wrestling with a broken neck so Mark Henry can compare his achievements to Kurt Angle's, hang his turkey sized head in shame like the failure he is and sob into a buffet.

    The Official WWE / NXT Discussion Thread *May Contain Spoilers*

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    Whoah, whoah, whoah! Henry may not have been the best weight lifter, but he was certainly not a failure! The guy was voted team captain in the 96 Olympics, and the only reason he placed low (is 14th in the world rally low?) was due to a back injury.

     

    Nobody trains their whole life to be number 14. :p

     

    To be fair, I do like Mark Henry and his latest run but psssssh, if WWE can get away with billing 1996's 14th best weight lifter as the world's strongest man then there is no reason for them to bill anyone else as anything less than super elite at what they do.

    The Official WWE / NXT Discussion Thread *May Contain Spoilers*

    in The Dog Pound

    Posted

    I watched Raw for the first time in forever this week and if they shove Twitter down our throats like that on every WWE program then it doesn't matter how good the product gets, I won't be watching.

     

    They do, WWE has a boner for twitter like you would not believe. As someone who doesn't use twitter, I find it tedious too.

     

    Also I've come to the conclusion that I really dislike The Rock these days. Nothing he does is of the slightest interest to me.

    The Official WWE / NXT Discussion Thread *May Contain Spoilers*

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    The Crowbar thing made me angry as well. Crowbar was one of the best parts of WCW when he was there playing the psycho character. They took a picture of him in a goofy outfit that was not part of who he was during his time there. He was definitely memorable!

     

    They also mention PG-13 using some snarky comment about how they should never have been around or something. They worked for the WWF!

     

    Yeah the Crowbar thing bothered me too with their comment about who would be scared to see him coming down the street or whatever. Come on, Crowbar had a hell of a look, good shape, crazy eyes, I wouldn't mess with him but I'd punch Kofi Kingston or Justin Gabriel in the face without a second thought.

    The Official WWE / NXT Discussion Thread *May Contain Spoilers*

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    Random rant. Sorry to interupt the Eddie tributes, as he always will be the freaking man but this just got on my nerves.

     

    Not sure if anyone has seen or commented on this or even cares but I stumbled across some content on the WWE website while looking for something completely different, it was about forgettable WCW workers.

     

    Seriously, screw whoever compiled that. There is no way in hell Disco Inferno or 3 Count are somehow more forgettable than 90% of the current WWE roster. WWE has guys on TV now who I have seen within the last two weeks and cannot remember jack about but I can still remember stuff Disco and 3 Count did more than a decade ago. Just because someone isn't a main eventer doesn't mean they suck you freakin' bums.

     

    WWE should stop trying to be snarky, that's the fans job you blubbering a-holes and it's annoying when they do it. WrestleCrap style dissing is A. pretty damn outdated and B. much better when it mocks the people in charge, not the performers themselves.

     

    Okay .... I think that's out of my system now. :o

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