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    The All Elite Wrestling Discussion Thread

    in The Dog Pound

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    6 hours ago, Jaysin said:

    I just think it's messed up that people expect former WWE talents not to work elsewhere. They need to pay their bills too. Are they supposed to retire when WWE doesn't want/need them?

    I can't speak for others, obviously, I mostly find it annoying because it's obvious that most of them are using AEW/TNA/WCW as a rebound until WWE comes calling again. Remember how Drew McIntyre went back to Scotland to headline ICW for a while and it wound up helping him completely reinvent himself? That's what I'd like to see more of from WWE castaways. Find a new place to do something different. It feels like that old joke of "What's [insert legally distinct ring name from their WWE that still sounds a lot like it] doing in the Impact Zone!?" has never stopped being relevant.

    I get that it's not always financially viable for everyone fired by WWE to do this, but it would be nice to see from time to time.

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    The NWA Discussion Thread

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    Excuse me while I go puke over the fact that Innovate Wrestling will almost certainly get reinvited to the NWA purely on the basis of it being the closest to Kerry Morton's home.

    EDIT: To clarify, I like Kerry, he was already an unofficial trainer at his dad's school when he was a teen. It's the weasel in charge of Innovate that I can't stand.

    The All Elite Wrestling Discussion Thread

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    6 hours ago, Matt_Black said:

    Yeah, it's the same reason I never bought Zelina Vega as a heel in WWE. She's just so tiny and adorable.

    Besides, AEW has enough heels in the women's division who get screen time. They need more credible babyfaces. Well, credible faces who aren't hurt. Right now, they've got Stat and Shida and that's basically it. Britt shouldn't be a face, and who knows how long before she gets hurt again, they're content to have Willow job out to everybody, and they don't seem to know if Toni is a face or not.

    I could totally see Skye better as a babyface working like a female Spike Dudley. Where she's got all this inner fire that keeps her in the fight no matter how outmatched or outnumbered she is.

    The All Elite Wrestling Discussion Thread

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    Posted

    13 hours ago, aXminster said:

    Darby is absolutely insane, Christian is awesome and it's great to see Edge debuting. Haven't seen anything from him since 09/10, he was an incredible heel but I don't remember ever seeing him as a face.

    Edge as a face is like Christian as a face, temporary. It's just a matter of time before the Ultimate Opportunist comes back out.

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    Official TV Show Discussion Thread

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    43 minutes ago, Jaysin said:

    I want a live action Guyver series. I watched the live action movie from the 90s recently and it was stupid fun, but I'd prefer something that followed the manga. 

    Big O would be an incredible visual treat though if done properly. 

    OH MY GOD SOMEBODY BESIDES ME REMEMBERS THE BIG O!!! That and Batman Beyond made the best one-two punch of action shows on Cartoon Network when I was a kid!

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    Official TV Show Discussion Thread

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    13 minutes ago, Jaysin said:

    One Piece creator Oda was heavily involved with the production of the live action. They actually utilized the creator instead of trying to do it on their own! It's a miracle! Hopefully, going forward more live action adaptations are as respectful of their source material. 

    I can't wait for them to balance this out with the likely awful Avatar: The Last Airbender show they're doing. Paul Sun-Hyung Lee is a perfect choice for Iroh, I'll give them that.

    Now someone get me a live action Code Geass that fixes the terrible second season!

    Official TV Show Discussion Thread

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    Finished the Netflix One Piece and I have to say I'm stunned by how committed the production team was to keeping the look of the series as intact as possible. I'm not used to anime adaptations being unashamed of their source material! Where's the awkward rewrites to add more grim darkness, or characters who look nothing like who they're supposed to be? You're telling me this is possible with live action adaptations of anime made outside of Japan?

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    Wrestlers (Netflix's OVW Documentary)

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    40 minutes ago, PaperMachete said:

    I've watched two episodes so far. It's alright but I feel like Netflix is hamming up the drama for the show when in reality there probably isn't that much drama.

    If OVW's locker room is anything like the low-tier, just-a-couple-steps-removed-from-backyard-wrestling shows I worked on, you don't have to do much to drag the drama out. Lets be honest, wrestling doesn't exactly attract the most emotionally or mentally stable people, myself included.

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    The Video Game Thread

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    17 hours ago, Jaysin said:

    On the Star Fox topic, has anyone played Star Link? Was wondering if it's worth picking up and it gives me Star Fox 64 vibes. 

    Sorry about the double-post. I can't figure out how to edit quotes into previous posts. I haven't played Star Link myself, but I've heard a lot of good about it from people who are usually cynical about everything Ubisoft puts out.

    The Video Game Thread

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    21 hours ago, FellaLibby said:

    My fellow Star Fox fan, I highly recommend you seek out Star Fox Event Horizon. It's a mod for Freespace 2 and just released it's fully voiced demo, with voices from Star Fox 64 and more. You'll find it on ModDB

    My God... When Nintendo fails us, the fans deliver!

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    The Video Game Thread

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    2 hours ago, FellaLibby said:

    I need to vent. I'm a massive F-Zero fanboy (if my avatar pic wasn't clear enough) and Nintendo finally heard my cry. They are finally giving me a new F-Zero game. It's... A bloody Battle Royal with the SNES F-Zero style and graphics. F-Zero 99 they call it.

    Words alone cannot describe my disappointment and anger, but imma try. I don't consider this "game" a new game. I see it as a mod. I have seen people do similar things, with the original Mario Kart. This is a literal slap in my face. How difficult is it for Nintendo, to just make a futuristic race game, with 30 different racers, who all have their own race machines and use skill and destruction to race?

    Worse to me, is that they could've used all this time to maybe re-release F-Zero GX, what I consider the last F-Zero game. I mean, they are re-releasing Paper Mario A Thousand Year Door, why not GX? I get Miyamoto doesn't understand why people like me want F-Zero, when Mario Kart is more popular, but his demand that everything new must have a new gimmick, and that be it's main selling point. In F-Zero, you just race and kick all ass. Human or alien ass. Doesn't need to be more fancy than that, and he doesn't see the appeal, when you do that, and use items, in Mario Kart.

    I likely won't be buying F-Zero 99, and I'll be still waiting for a brand new F-Zero.

    I feel ya. I'm a Star Fox fan and it's been just as long since we got a real Star Fox game with no stupid gimmick to it. Miyamoto deserves credit where it's due, but he's reached a point where his constant meddling is strangling the life out of every franchise not named Mario or Zelda. And even with Zelda, it seems like they had to strap him down to keep him from messing with Monolith's work on Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.

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    The Video Game Thread

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    3 hours ago, Self said:

    With all of the hype around Starfield, I got into the RPG mood and bought WrestleQuest. It's a JRPG mixed with wrestling mixed in a toy box, and it's alright. It's clearly made by a smaller team, a little bit buggy, and a little too on-the-rails for my liking (as of the 5 hour mark) but I'm having a decent time. I've complained before how I hate games where you're treated like most special boy in the universe. Where everyone loves you and thinks you're great and would follow you to the ends of the earth. That isn't WrestleQuest (so far anyhow). Most of the other characters think I'm an idiot and regularly tell me so. I love that. Gives me something to prove. Spite is a hell of a motivator. 

    I was planning on grabbing that around my birthday last month, but then I stupidly assumed that the initial low user score on Steam was legit and not because of review bombing. I'll probably grab it the next time I've got money.

    willr0ck's 2020 Graphics Thread

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    Posted

    9 hours ago, ElChorizo said:

    I've actually moved to playing FM23 more than TEW, but for most of the last couple of years, this forum was a daily check just to see what new companies you were coming up with, Will, even when other games had my attention. 

    Seconded. I think my TEW playtime this year has been in the single digits, but it's still fun to check back and see all this.

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