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UItimaterializer posted...

scarletspeed7 posted...

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scarletspeed7 posted...

UItimaterializer posted...

No one watches a movie for the writer.

No one watches a movie without a writer.

This is garbage logic and you know it. Whens the last time you consulted with a factory manager in Germany before buying a Mercedes?

I'm glad you realize that your logic is garbage. Writers and directors determine the interpretation of their own content. Actors are employees.

Oceans 8 bombed :)

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=wbeventfilm2018c.htm
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UItimaterializer posted...

Avatar is an Ice Cream Day movie.

"Wah I was out-logicked so I have to escape with nonsense humor."
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UItimaterializer posted...

scarletspeed7 posted...

UItimaterializer posted...

No one watches a movie for the writer.

No one watches a movie without a writer.

This is garbage logic and you know it. Whens the last time you consulted with a factory manager in Germany before buying a Mercedes?

I'm glad you realize that your logic is garbage. Writers and directors determine the interpretation of their own content. Actors are employees.
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UItimaterializer posted...

No one watches a movie for the writer.

No one watches a movie without a writer.
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Writer trumps actor:

http://time.com/5079487/die-hard-christmas-movie/
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I thought 4's use of the present was pretty interesting, honestly.
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I had bugs on lockpicking several times and I had a couple other weird instances, but the other ones were amusing. One involved me climbing into a window a suddenly skyrocketing 200 feet into the air.
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foolm0r0n posted...

Excellent game, haters almost directly ruined the series with their complaining.

Laughed so hard at the credits. Like if they sped it up the scroll speed by 50% it would've cut out 7 minutes alone.

I think it's actually not too much longer than AC2 but at least AC2 let you fight Abstergo in the credits. At least a speed-up would totally help.

I enjoyed a lot of the game, although I didn't see a ton of value in the crafting and hunting. It was busy work a lot of the time. I did love building the town, however.
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Did you just say boo yah to moral relativism?
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Man, all of the above for sure.
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Not_an_Owl posted...

just walk away and do something else LOL

Then you miss the epilogue scene if you're gone too long LOL
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I'm at 99% complete. I just want to get that final set of action complete for the Hunting Society.

Is that too much to ask?
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I am in minute 12 of these interminable reams of names. The listing never ceases. I can't skip them. I can't pause them. I am being forces to sit through the most singularly dull video game moment ever. This is enough for me to rate this game a 5 out of 10.
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Jakyl25 posted...

Finished World 1 last night.

Well finished for now. Only one galaxy told me everything was complete.

Stuff like Flip-Swap Galaxy is extremely my jam

I love the one or two star worlds in the Galaxy duology.
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Eddv posted...

Impact has been so good lately.

And so free of charge on twitch pretty often.

Fucking Tessa Blanchard at Rise against Kris Wolf. Holy mama.

Impact has been really, legitimately good. There are good story arcs going in weird places, and at least one really bang-up match on every show.
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TheRock1525 posted...

https://mobile.twitter.com/cagesideseats/status/1017589162848018432/video/1

This may be the greatest RKO outta nowhere.

I watched this match last night and the lead-up to this is quite hilarious. People deliver about 9 different cutters.
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Jakyl25 posted...

Anyone want to argue for Maria Menounos or Snooki?

You could make a case <_<

Maria Menounos is the women's equivalent of Stephen Amell.

EDIT: That's a compliment, FYI.
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Natalya is actually a great wrestler, she just never got opportunities to really showcase it aside from NXT.
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Eddv posted...

AJ was only top 3 if were only talking WWE , hell perhaps only if were talking about Raw.

There was no brand split in her era.
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It's probably because opera is awesome.
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In all honesty, there are about 5 people who can main event with Omega at the Dome, all of them are great choices, and I'm willing to watch any of those matches. I can't really say NJPW ever has bad booking.

I mean, aside from that Michael Elgin title win, but that's really not purely about the booking so much as fuck Michael Elgin
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Don't forget that the rumor mill suggested no titles change hands at this PPV.

I don't necessarily believe that, but I'm pretty confident AJ retains. If they change plans, it's probably a lesser title like the US.
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Today is my last day of vacay
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Galaxy 2 is my pick. It's just a ton of fun.
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Lopen posted...

I don't think I've ever seen a PPV card where I didn't care about the result of any match but this may be the one

I actually care about results here. I don't want to watch some of these matches, but I do care about the results for some of them.
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ZeroSignal620 posted...

Just discovered something while reading up on title lengths and such. Styles' current reign is at 248 days; if he hangs on to the belt for 33 more (basically by SummerSlam), he'll pass JBL for longest reigning world champion in SmackDown history. While Batista had a world title reign on SD that clocks in at 282 days, he was still on Raw for 2.5 months during said reign

Also, if he beats Rusev, he passes Shawn Michaels on the all-time combined reigns list.
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Verbal Kint for sure is my #1.

I'll vote for Uatu from the Earth X comics because his narration is phenomenally awful once you learn the truth but so sensical ahead of time. And Varric from Dragon Age II is probably the best video game example of this.
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Went to Six Flags today!
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Wendy's is ALL IN:

https://twitter.com/Starrcast18/status/1016832582988845058
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Animal Man beats both. @Snake5555555555
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Have you thought about a Best Frown Contest?
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Anagram posted...

so Marvel went with a story that was even smaller than most of the standalone movies.

i c wat u did thar
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Anagram posted...

The movie felt like filler. You had this huge event with IW, and really any movie after that would feel lesser for it. The villain being basically some guy didn't help. Not saying it was a bad movie, it delivered the things you generally expect from a Marvel movie, but it was destined to be less interesting and important than IW.

If you make every movie as important as IW, the importance of IW loses meaning. Sometimes a story can be interesting without reaching the level of overwhelmingly important stakes in a large-scale franchise. If you're expecting everything to reach those levels, then you're asking for those levels to lose relevancy.
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Most doesn't include the Joey Ryan ones, right?
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I just want to post and say that I think wrestling has become so damn good everywhere and I feel like I need to adjust how I rate matches in order to not have so many 4 and 5 star matches. I feel very privileged to be able to watch so many great shows nowadays.

We don't have a lot of super-positive posts in the thread, but I had to say that between recent shows like Takeovers, NXT UK, New Japan, improving Impacts, the sporadic Ring of Honor shows I watch, Lucha Underground... I can't rave enough about wrestling in the world.
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Thank you for bumping. I don't work Tuesdays normally and I have a kind of vacation going on this week, so write-ups might be sparse.
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Is he as outlandish as Rich Swann?
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I wonder if she meant to report on Black Machismo and not Jay Lethal.
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Oh we're still talking about Jay Lethal.

A good heckle for that would be, "Fight forever."
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Are we not talking about fans on RAW heckling?

Would you prefer CM Punk?
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"This is awesome!" and "You deserve it!" mixed with "What?"
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Yeah but Ulti doesn't have Alan Tudyk on one screen and Ramsay Bolton on the other.
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You should watch Inhumans and Powerless simultaneously and just marvel at the sheer amount of crap in front of you.
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Xiahou Shake posted...

V for Vendetta isn't a superhero movie. If it was I'd include it for sure.

As the comic book guy on the board, V is a superhero.
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V for Vendetta
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I'm not sure I believe her accusations yet. She said that Lethal was the reason she left ROH, but she's contradicted that statement previously by saying Mandy Leon was the reason and also Delirious was the reason. Could be a combination of all three, of course. It just seems a little too wrestling-y.

But yes, Lethal's response was really well-worded. And outrage mafia is making it worse.
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#23 - Will Ospreay Nominated by: CybrMonkey



After being a fan favourite for nearly three years, Ospreay has finally gotten the push that he deserves in New Japan. He won the BOSJ in his first year and was the runner-up in his second, but he never got the prestigious IWGP Junior Heavyweight title. That all changed when he broke his losing streak against Kushida near the end of 2017; since then he's been on a great tear in New Japan. Sadly one streak he couldn't overcome was the Scurll streak. Was his short month reign a signal that NJPW would never push him at a high level? It turns out that wasn't the case, as he instead defeated the top three juniors in the company to regain the title at WK12, and since then he has also beaten Hiromu and Scurll 1-on-1 before eventually dropping the title. Now THIS is the sort of push I wanted to see.

Ospreay has honestly been one of the greatest wrestlers in the world for a long time now. His matches against Ricochet, Scurll, Hiromu, and Kushida will be remembered as part and parcel with the greatest era in the history of Japanese wrestling; hell even his match Vader was a certain kind of special. He has totally recreated what it means to be a high flyer. That sadly means that he has pushed himself into taking stupid risks, but nevertheless he has still created an entirely compelling style. His real-time and long-term selling can occasionally be an issue, but when he sells well he sells REALLY well. This guy is absolutely flawless in the ring. I'm sure he's made botches before, but in big matches I have yet to see a single one. The athletic feats he performs are awe-inspiring. I'm of course worried that his style will lead into an early retirement, but he'll still retire as a total legend.

The only real reason he ranks below other wrestlers is because he dressed up as Barney for WK12.
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Looks like Taeler Hendrix is making some allegations against Jay Lethal. Claims are that he killed her push in ROH because she would not sleep with him.
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