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Post by Quazimoto on Sept 24, 2015 19:26:41 GMT -5
Received Dead Gus Fring and Michael Myers from Amazon yesterday. Absolutely LOVE both Pops but my Myers has A LOT of paint errors sadly. I'm not too upset though as i absolutely love the Halloween series and anything related to it. Edit: Up to 19 Pops total with more still on the way from Amazon. Not too bad for only starting my collection three weeks ago. I absolutely adore these things, so addictive but worth it.
Write or call Amazon about the Michael Myers paint flaws. I've bought a couple Pop!s off Amazon that happened to have some major paint flaws and they always replaced them.
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Post by Quazimoto on Sept 24, 2015 7:02:05 GMT -5
No way this match happens. Lesnar doesn't seem to care much for protecting his opponent, so it'd be basically asking for Austin to get seriously injured. I think it's much more likely that the Lesnar/Undertaker match was moved to Hell In A Cell because it just made more sense to end the feud in with a Hell In A Cell match. Sure, there were rumblings of it happening at WrestleMania again, but I'm guessing they've got their eye on Lesnar vs The Rock for that.
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Post by Quazimoto on Sept 21, 2015 7:07:15 GMT -5
Guys and Gals: Regardless of how you feel about the whole Sting/Rollins/Cena/Kane stuff, can we please take a moment to appreciate this fact...
Prince Devitt, Kevin Steen, and Tyler Black are all champions in WWE. Who here can honestly say we'd ever see that day? Pretty awesome if you ask me.
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Post by Quazimoto on Sept 18, 2015 7:14:00 GMT -5
The Rock, Hulk Hogan, Goldberg, and John Cena. All mega popular and I totally get why they reached the level they did. But, I've never thought any of them had mega star level talent and generally shy away from watching most their matches.
Brock Lesnar was one too, but to a lesser extent. I liked his initial run alright enough, particularly when there was a brand split in effect. And I'm fine with his occasional modern appearances as he has had some really fun matches during it. However, I firmly believe that he has no place in the title picture. Was definitely inevitable that he'd be in it because WWE wrote themselves into a corner on it, but...
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Post by Quazimoto on Sept 15, 2015 7:53:11 GMT -5
Love the Mick Foley idea.
Would also like to see Bret Hart, Undertaker, Triple H, and/or Chris Jericho.
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Post by Quazimoto on Sept 15, 2015 7:19:05 GMT -5
I think people need to remember that revolutions don't happen overnight. Hell, it took months for Stone Cold to become a massive superstar after the Austin 3:16 promo. Be patient.
Now that Nikki has the record for longest Diva's Championship reign, things will more likely than not start to change a bit more. I fully expect that Charlotte takes the strap at Night Of Champions. Nikki hadn't defended her title for months prior to last night (at the Beast In The East show was the last time, I believe). It's pretty clear that the ONLY reason she was still holding it at all was to give John Cena's girlfriend the record for longest reign (seriously, anyone who actually thinks that didn't play a huge role in what happened last night is either a tremendous fool or painfully naïve). I'll give Nikki Bella a lot of credit for working to improve her ring work a great deal in the past couple years. She damn sure deserved to be Diva's Champion. But, she doesn't deserve to be the longest reigning Diva's Champion on her own merit because as much as she has improved, she's still middle of the pack in terms of talent (well, upper middle now that AJ Lee's gone and Natalya is no where to be found).
I actually liked last night's finish. Made perfect sense given how the Bellas had succeeded in the past and given how Nikki has held onto the title thus far. Not only that, but it provided a reason for the stipulation on Sunday. Now Nikki can't hide behind shenanigans with Twin Magic. She has to actually win to keep her title, not just avoid being pinned or tapping out. Yeah, we've seen it before, but that's the point. Nikki can't use her old tricks next time she puts the belt on the line.
The Diva's Revolution, like any other revolution, will take time. It's only started a few months ago. They're still in the early conflict period. Be patient.
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Post by Quazimoto on Sept 14, 2015 21:01:21 GMT -5
Requiem For A Dream - I was always straight edge, even before I knew the term, but this film really shook me. First time I saw it I literally just sat in awe for a few minutes afterward. Definitely tells a powerful story ad reaffirms my belief that drugs of any kind so very often do far more harm than good.
The Exorcist - Saw it for the first time when I was about five or six years old. THE movie that got me interested in the paranormal.
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Post by Quazimoto on Sept 14, 2015 7:18:01 GMT -5
Can't believe that in this whole thread no one has said this guy...
MAN MOUNTAIN ROCK. Truly awful gimmick and name.
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Post by Quazimoto on Sept 10, 2015 6:54:32 GMT -5
When he is motivated and has a purpose he is one of the best in the world but he just seems to be coasting along in auto pilot these days
^^^ This, like a million times over. I've said it for years. When Orton cares about what's going on and fully involves himself in whatever storyline he's got going, there's very, very few people who can even come close to being as good as he is. However, when he doesn't care and becomes unmotivated, it shows in his ring work and promos. Not that he's bad by any means when that happens. Just that he seems more "going through the motions" than "best in the world". Kinda understandable at this point. He's already done everything there is to do in WWE a couple times over. I'd imagine it gets to feel like any other job sometimes, where you just go to work, do what you do, and repeat the next day.
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Post by Quazimoto on Sept 8, 2015 7:56:55 GMT -5
If you're unsure about letting something go, there's a little trick that works for me... Whatever it is, take it or them off display and put them in a box. Seal that box up and stash it in the back of your closet or somewhere out of the way that you won't see it all the time. Now just wait a few months and see if you miss whatever it is you packed up. If you don't miss it or don't even remember what's in the box, get rid of it because obviously it wasn't as important as you thought. I was kind of in the same boat as you. Started collecting and pretty well exploded in a short time. Got to be too much for me and I didn't have the space to display them properly, so I decided to reign in the collection (I kept only legends, retired/semi-retired, and deceased wrestlers). Did the 'stash 'em in a box in the closet' thing and realized I didn't miss most of the figures. Turned out I was a lot happier having a small collection of only the guys that were most important to me. You might also try to concentrate on just your favorites. Make a list of your all time top 50 wrestlers and collect those. Otherwise you could just buy a bigger shelf. I like this idea! I guess it ties in with figures I've sold on eBay in the past. I often get cold feet at the last minute as I'm packing stuff away, but I've never once regretted selling a figure in the long term
Same here. I sometimes get that slight twang of pain in the ole ticker when packing something up that I've just sold. But, I've never actually come to regret getting rid of anything, especially not when I've packed it away out of sight for a while. Heck often times I've come to find myself happy that I could get a little money back out of it and find it a new home with someone who wanted whatever it was more than I did.
I used to collect everything in a given area. I just wanted it all. A massive collection to be envious of and whatnot. Took a while and being forced to sell some things for financial reasons, but now I prefer smaller, more concentrated collections and truly do feel like I enjoy what I do have more than when I had a ton.
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Post by Quazimoto on Sept 8, 2015 7:38:00 GMT -5
Eva is so awful. She's a valet at best. Not knowing to kick out after 2? Lol that ref should have just counted the 3, so embarrassing. And she can't even do her own finisher worth a damn, I feel bad for Brian Kendrick. I blame Mark Caranno, based on no inside knowledge whatsoever.
I have to agree. I really want to be a nice guy and give her the benefit of the doubt that she's just not comfortable performing in the ring yet, but... She can't even do the basic things right. Her mannerisms are all wooden and appear beyond phony. You can actually see her trying to think and figure out what to do next. She's gonna end up hurting someone with how sloppy she does The Kendrick finisher. And all this is AFTER months of personal, one on one, training. But what really bugs me most is that she apparently plays by a different set of rules than the other girls. Becky Lynch, Charlotte, Dana Brooke, and Emma end up having a match where the finish is botched, leading to the wrong person winning and the referee does what he's supposed to do in counting the three. The onus was on the girls in the match to break up that pin, they failed in that, and they had to live with it. Eva Marie apparently does not. I mean, everyone makes mistakes sometimes, especially when they're new to something. But you should have to live with the consequences of those mistakes, otherwise you'll never learn. It's painfully clear that the ref stopped counting despite the fact that Eva hadn't kicked out in time on last week's NXT. And this is the girl who's being groomed to be the face of the Diva's division? Why? Can they not find some other good looking woman that can actually wrestle a little and dye her hair red?
Maybe she'll surprised people at some point and things will just click for her in the ring. Just kinda seems like she should be further along than she is by now.
Don't want to sound like a hater or that I'm picking on Eva Marie or something. NXT is a developmental league and obviously not everyone is going to be RAW Ready when they show up in a NXT ring. Dana Brooke is a perfect example of this. She was pretty 'not good' when she first showed up in NXT, but has gotten better as the weeks go along. Eva hasn't and that's kind of a problem for someone who WWE is clearly trying to make a featured act.
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Post by Quazimoto on Sept 8, 2015 7:08:38 GMT -5
I couldn't even decide... Seriously, I love them all. Even Jason X.
Will say that I was really surprised how good the reboot in 2009 was. I like how they made Jason bit darker and more cerebral in his killings.
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Post by Quazimoto on Sept 8, 2015 7:03:47 GMT -5
If you're unsure about letting something go, there's a little trick that works for me... Whatever it is, take it or them off display and put them in a box. Seal that box up and stash it in the back of your closet or somewhere out of the way that you won't see it all the time. Now just wait a few months and see if you miss whatever it is you packed up. If you don't miss it or don't even remember what's in the box, get rid of it because obviously it wasn't as important as you thought. I was kind of in the same boat as you. Started collecting and pretty well exploded in a short time. Got to be too much for me and I didn't have the space to display them properly, so I decided to reign in the collection (I kept only legends, retired/semi-retired, and deceased wrestlers). Did the 'stash 'em in a box in the closet' thing and realized I didn't miss most of the figures. Turned out I was a lot happier having a small collection of only the guys that were most important to me. You might also try to concentrate on just your favorites. Make a list of your all time top 50 wrestlers and collect those. Otherwise you could just buy a bigger shelf.
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Post by Quazimoto on Sept 5, 2015 6:38:44 GMT -5
While I'd find anyone saying someone might be glad someone else is dead to be distasteful, even if it is true, it's pretty forgivable. People say some silly things sometimes in interviews and often we don't get to hear what came before or after a snippet like that. Besides, a little quip like that is much better than someone going on hateful, homophobic, or racist tirade, which is something we've seen far too much of in recent years.
As far as Bret Hart specifically goes... He clearly is a bit bitter and/or grumpy sometimes, but it hasn't changed how I view him. The Hitman will always be among, if not on the very top, of my all time favorites. What's not, I kind of understand why he'd be a bit bitter. Bret Hart was a guy who eat, slept, and breathed professional wrestling. He grew up with it. It was basically his entire life. Yet, he didn't get to finish his career on a good note. He was almost pushed out of WWE in 1997 when the product changed so drastically. He hadn't lost a step at all. In fact, some could legitimately argue that he was better than ever in the ring. Yet, he was being slowly moved aside in favor of newer faces who had terrible attitudes. Obviously, being pushed aside a bit happens to every main eventer at some point, but it still hurts when it happens. Then on his way out of WWE, the whole screwjob in Montreal went down, which completely tarnished his WWE legacy. Bret goes to WCW following that and comes it with high praise. Sadly, WCW had no idea what to do with a guy like Bret Hart and because he wasn't one of Hogan's boys, he was cast aside shortly after arriving. Sure, he had some great moments there, but by and large, the legend that was Bret "Hitman" Hart was relegated to just another cog in the wheel for most of his WCW run. Then in 2001 he gets kicked in the head by a guy who (IMO) never had any business inside a wrestling ring because he was too sloppy and clearly didn't care about protecting his opponent. The kick caused a sever concussion and that concussion brought an end to Bret Hart's career. Bret didn't get to go out the way he should have, on his terms. Sure, lots of wrestlers don't get to go out on their own terms, even some of the all time greats. But that doesn't mean it's an easy pill to swallow.
Is Bret Hart bitter about the way his career ended and thus come off as bitter towards the industry as a whole? Yeah, he more likely than not is. Should he accept it and move on? Yeah, he probably should. But I understand why he might not be able to, even if I don't necessarily agree with it.
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Post by Quazimoto on Sept 1, 2015 23:38:43 GMT -5
Sevren was flippin' awesome. If he only had a little bit of personality, I think he would have been way more successful in WWE. He was basically an ass kicking machine. I really dug the whole quiet brooding force thing he had going on, but you just need to show some personality and exuberance to succeed and thrive at the WWE level.
Oh, and the dude seriously had some of the best theme music ever.
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Post by Quazimoto on Sept 1, 2015 8:22:21 GMT -5
I feel like this show got progressively worse as it went along. Started off with a bang, but for me, kinda fizzled a bit mid way through the season and has slowly been degrading since. I guess I don't see the groundbreaking, super alluring, mesmerizing masterpiece that everyone else seems to see in it. Good show, but not great IMO. Even still, I'll stick with it because with modern TV, good is usually better than 95% of the rest.
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Post by Quazimoto on Sept 1, 2015 8:13:47 GMT -5
I want to preface this by saying I would never wish ill will on Cena, but...
I honestly think the best thing for WWE right now would be if Cena did retire. He basically cuts the same impassioned promo time and again during every major feud and he hasn't evolved a bit in the past seven years or so. More importantly, The guy's done everything you can do a few times over and it seems, particularly in recent years, that he's derailed many hot pushes and potential new mega stars.
It started with Wade Barrett. WWE had a fantastic new heel who, along with the Nexus, was absolutely on fire for a little while. Then Nexus gets ruined at SummerSlam, while Barrett gets continually degraded in loss after loss to Cena to the point that no one could take him seriously anymore.
Then there was CM Punk, who despite being WWE Champion for over a year, always took a back seat to Cena and whatever thing he was doing, even when it was Cena vs. John Laurinitis. Worse yet, Punk was never once allowed to have a single decisive, none screwball finish, win over Cena. There always had to be something or someone else that prevented Cena from beating Punk to the point that it was clear to the average fan that Punk simply couldn't beat Cena on his own.
And this year alone Cena pretty well completed destroyed the crowning of a new mega star twice. Rusev was undefeated an unstoppable before he tangled with Cena. Rusev gets one controversial win at Fast Lane, then Cena proceeds to beat him three times in a row at major PPVs, totally halting any momentum and aura Rusev had. Thankfully, Rusev is the kind of talent that will bounce back (and in some ways has). Still, I can't help but feel that if not for Cena, Rusev would already be a major player in the main event scene.
Most recently, we have Kevin Owens. Like Rusev (though even more so in Owens' case), KO has loads of talent and will eventually be a bona-fide main event mega star. However, WWE had a golden opportunity to fast track a guy to stardom with a talent that was clearly already more than ready for that role. They have Owens actually beat Cena clean in his first match on the main roster, only to make him lose to Cena in the following two major shows when the United States Championship was on the line, which basically tells every average fan that Cena simply underestimated Owens in the first match because he had no problem beating him clean as a whistle in the next two meetings.
I know it's not really Cena's fault entirely (though I refuse to believe Cena doesn't have enough pull to call when he wins and loses when it doesn't majorly effect storyline plans). WWE has simply gotten lazy and seemingly refuses to do anything that might shake the status quo that is John Cena, even when it could mean excellent new things for the company and the on screen product.
I give Cena a lot of credit. He works incredibly hard and is clearly dedicated to the industry. When he has an opponent that he clicks with, he can put on a hell of a match. And no one... NO ONE ...can touch his contributions to the Make A Wish kids (having granted more than 500 wishes is astounding and damn sure should be applauded). However, at this point, I really feel like John Cena does more harm than good for the on screen WWE product. Until recently, with the emergence of NXT, WWE hasn't evolved of changed one bit since Cena took the reigns as "The Man". And no matter what is happening on screen, the major storylines always somehow seem to revolve around or return to John Cena. Basically, WWE has put just about all their eggs in John Cena's basket and that's just stupid. They've been incredibly lucky that it hasn't completely backfired on them. Remember when there were ten guys who could legitimately be World Champion and legitimately feel like a World Champion at any time? Remember how much fun and how exciting that was? WWE doesn't have that anymore. Rollins is fantastic, but does he really feel like a World Champion? (yes, I understand you're supposed to not like him and think he's only champion because of The Authority). Is there anyone not named Randy Orton or Brock Lesnar that the average fan could see being a truly legitimate World Champion right now beside Cena? If Cena suddenly disappeared of was injured to the point of not being able to compete anymore, it basically forces WWE to finally do what they should have been doing all along... create new stars that don't just get fed to Cena and frankly, that's something WWE really does need to do right now. Reigns clearly wasn't ready and they tried to force it too much, which led to a lot of backlash. Daniel Bryan was never in their plans and fans forced their hand in making him a main eventer. CM Punk was basically told "it's John Cena's ball, but we're gonna let you play with it for a while". Hell even Ryback was a house of flames for a while, but plans couldn't be changed because WWE HAD to do Cena vs Rock for the second year in a row at WrestleMania.
Like I said, I respect Cena for all he has done in and out of the ring, but at this point, I feel like he damages the on screen product more than he helps it. As Owen Hart used to say "Enough is enough and it's time for a change". Sadly, it seems we won't get that change until Cena steps away for whatever reason.
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Post by Quazimoto on Sept 1, 2015 7:34:40 GMT -5
Really disappointed to see championships on the outside of jackets again. You'd think with all the advances in technology, that would be one thing they could fix finally. Or even just take the jacket off for a championship entrance because the title on the outside looks terrible.
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Post by Quazimoto on Aug 28, 2015 23:56:39 GMT -5
Are DVD's and Blu Rays worth selling? Mostly not... Unless you want to sell them really cheap. Some DVDs still hold a good value, but not very many.
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Post by Quazimoto on Aug 28, 2015 14:20:13 GMT -5
So many to choose from... Pretty much ay match vs Randy Savage or Bret Hart. A few involving Raven or Eddie Guerrero. Vs Goldberg (one of the very few Goldberg matches I actually like)... Such choices. Off the top of my head, the one that pops out most is DDP vs Randy Savage in the Falls Count Anywhere Match from 1997's The Great American Bash. Both guys were firing on all cylinders that night. Easily stole the show for me. Thanks for the awesome contest. nice matches
Thanks. I've been thinking about it a bit and picking a favorite DDP match is pretty hard. For me, DDP was always one of the guys that was just there most of the time. Good on the mic and good in the ring, but not great... That is, until he worked with someone he really clicked with. When Page and whomever his opponent(s) might be had good ring chemistry together, DDP was one of the best around. First time I really took notice was when he feuded with Eddie Guerrero for the Battle Bowl Championship Ring. For the first time, someone was really able to bring the best out of DDP and give him the confidence he needed to flourish later on. Odd that he and Eddie had such good chemistry in the ring as Eddie describes not liking working with Page in his book.
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