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Post by HVMMONS on Mar 5, 2014 13:48:54 GMT -5
I hate the HD stages. There's zero originality. I preferred the SD! fist, and I guess it called the oval stage? I also liked Raw's 2005 stage.
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on Mar 5, 2014 20:25:20 GMT -5
I like them just fine, but I wish they'd stop using the same damn set ups for Pay-Per-Views. There was absolutely no effort at the Rumble. It was the normal stage without a ramp. Seriously? It's the Royal Rumble. Exactly this. We're in a different era/world now than the 90s and early 2000s. Shows and concerts all opt for screen display because it gives you flexibility in graphics etc. Its pretty awesome the stage is able to visually transform in its entirety to each superstar and for the most part, WWEs graphics dont look cheap and tacky, they look quite good. The Raw/SD/etc stages in 08 looked weird. That odd tube and other things just looked whacky. I quite like the current HD stage which has some symmetry about it. The gripe though is PPV stages. Whilst they are still using screens, they need to change the setup so each PPV looks different to each other and the usual shows. Rumble 14 was pure laziness and its been getting worse. As long as each PPV has its own set up, id be happy. But last years WM stage goes to show, how when you play around with the digital and the physical, it can actually create a really dynamic and impressive set up. I wish they did this more. |
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Post by IRS on Mar 5, 2014 21:37:18 GMT -5
I hate having all white ropes for every show so much.... so  ing much. I definitely miss the SD! Fist too. |
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Post by Dan on Mar 6, 2014 3:51:45 GMT -5
The problem is that the set is now all screens and no structures. It's all media and no sceneography, and as a director that winds me up. This was the only good set they've had since 2008:  Completely agree with this. All it ever is now is different shaped LED screens slightly tweaked for each PPV. The trouble is, the PPV's lose their theme and style by this. The stages used to be much more than just an entrance stage, they used to reflect the PPV's personality and character. |
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Post by Otto The Orange on Mar 6, 2014 20:51:57 GMT -5
Coolest entrance set up since HD era. All others have been meh (Rumble 2014 especially)   |
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Post by cripplercrossface on Mar 8, 2014 14:56:13 GMT -5
I've only been to 4 PPVs in my life time. King of the Ring 2001, Summer Slam 2007, Royal Rumble 2008, and Wrestlemania 24 2008. Best stages KOTR 2001 with the giant chair, and WM24 tron.
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Post by JHTB® on Mar 8, 2014 15:15:31 GMT -5
I really like all the stages they have! One of the better ones I can remember recently was TTTT 2013 stage! It looked sick!
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Post by Rontaro13 on Mar 8, 2014 15:35:50 GMT -5
I prefer when stages look diffenrent from each other, not the same. As for the minitron graphics, I like it better when it's just the titantron playing. This is an example of how I like things.
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Post by Mr.GT on Mar 9, 2014 22:12:06 GMT -5
I'm honestly getting tired of the lack of originality when it comes to the PPV stages. The Rumble's was just the universal HD set...nothing different at all. And the Elimination Chamber set was practically the same thing, just with a small chamber down at the bottom.
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Post by Joe/Smurf on Mar 9, 2014 23:11:58 GMT -5
I don't mind the uniformity of all the TV shows having the same stage but I do miss the interesting PPV stages outside of Mania.
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Post by ¡Twist Of Lime Green Jello! on Mar 10, 2014 4:03:57 GMT -5
I used to love checking out photos of PPVs just to see the stage. I still do now but to a lesser extent seeing as they're just a bunch of LED screens but bigger. The current TLC stage with the hanging tables, ladders and chairs looks like a Wrestlemania size set. It wouldn't surprise me at all if it was bigger than the steel mass that was the Wrestlemania X8 stage. The only PPVs incorporate the theme into the stage is Night Of Champions, TLC and Elimination Chamber.
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