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  1. These are the only starters that matter. I'm a Gen 1 guy, loved them. those three starters will always be better than any other starter the games have come up with. Yeah I know, rose tinted glasses and all that. Like you said, Charizard is one of the top three Pokemon in the world. Heck I even have a Charizard onsie cause he's such an awesome Pokémon.

    Just trying to think who you say is the other one that is more popular (other than Pikachu), I'm guessing one of Jigglypuff, Togepi or Eevee. 

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  2. What a difference a week makes.

    Spoiler

    So after last week I think everyone knew that the WM kick off thing wasn't going to go the way they wanted. Only seen the recap on Smackdown but Roman said only he decides who he faces at WM, he chose Rock. Rock came out and was booed, crowd chanting we want Cody, seemed to say a few heel things. Cody came out, said no one tells him what to do and he wanted to face Roman at WM, words back and forth about the two wresting families, Rock said "you talk about Romans, your talking about mine" slaps Cody.

    Onto Smackdown, HHH opens the show, says people don't seem to know who runs things, few digs at the Rock saying you don't just come in and make the rules. And that there is  only one person makes the choices, HHH. Says that WM main event will be Roman Vs Cody for the WWE title. 

    I'd like to think this was all part of the storyline. And this was the plan all along as it looks like Rock is now part of the Bloodline, or at least in Romans corner now. Have Rock come in, try to sabotage the main event, they must have known the fans wouldn't have wanted it so use that to turn Rock heel to join Roman which then makes Cody's job even more difficult at WM and his eventual win (it really better happen now) even more of a huge moment. If it wasn't the case and HHH really has gone above the Rock on what was supposed to be a part of his deal to join the TKO board then that's some balls he has to do that. Either that or Rock knows that this is the right call and has altered his deal and we get Rock/Roman at some other point.

    Either way, I'm glad we are getting the match that everyone wants as there wold have been some major backlash had it not happened, and to be fair, the crowd would have just shat all over Rock/Roman at WM if that did go ahead.

    This really is the best time of the year for wrestling, but this is just extra spicy this year.


  3. 4 minutes ago, Julius said:

    The fact that there's already an incredibly famous example of a work being adapted with simultaneous shooting from two decades ago makes this all the more embarrassing, and yes, I am implying that Avatar (TLA, not the blue people) should be treated with the same respect and reverence when being adapted as The Lord of the Rings. 

    I always remember in the extra material from the Lord of the Rings DVD's that Peter Jackson said that they had to do that and it would either be the best piece of filming or a total train wreck if the first one flopped.

    I do agree though, Avatar has a very specific story and timeline in the original show. Even if they go with extending the timeline a bit for it not to all happen in one year, you still have a full story that you can plan out to take place over a couple years at least. Its a fairly complete story in that it shouldn't take longer than 3 or 4 seasons, so if you are going to go for it, go for broke and just film it all in one go as you know your actors are going to age at such a pace that they will grow up too fast if you don't.


  4. Used to read a fair bit back in the day but other things took over. But recently I’ve had the urge to find something to read again. Luckily local Radio station here has been doing a monthly book club thing too and the last book mentioned sounded a little interesting to me. 
     

    Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

    Never heard of it nor the author, but the book for the month was to be something easy and light as they had done heavier books before that and this was mentioned. It’s a shortish book, easily read in a few days, fantasy but quite a different fantasy than dragons and battles. I enjoyed it and it is an easy read. It’s about an Orc that wants to put her bloodshed and battling behind and decides to open a coffee shop in a small villages that has never heard of coffee. The story becomes a story of family and friendships made along the way. 
    It seems to get quite favourable reviews too. Worth a checkout if you want something light to read. 
     

    After that I went and found one that I’ve always wanted to read. I’ve loved the film since seeing it as a child and knowing now how things differ between original books and film adaptations I wanted to check it out. So…

    The NeverEnding Story

    So first off, the film adaptation is like half the actual book. The first half at that, the film did follow it pretty closely with some alterations and such, but it’s the second half that shows so much more of the world and gives you so much more of why Fantasica (film changed it to Fantasia) exists and so much more of the world. Though it also feels like a different book altogether. I can see why it wasn’t a part of the film. A great book though, easy to read and seems to put across a well intended morale at the end there. If you’ve ever seen the film but never read the book, I’d say read it. Get a feel for what more to the story there is and why it is called the NeverEnding Story too. 


  5. I remember that PPV and what happened. It was just so surreal and seeing that they never showed the ring at all and always had the camera on JR or the crowed, you just knew it was serious. 
     

    Back to now, and it seems that after the events of SmackDown, it seems everyone is pissed that the main event for WM is now set and it doesn’t include Cody. Seems that t even if they did want the mega match between Rock and Roman, it was not like this. 


  6. 14 hours ago, Happenstance said:

    I see CM Punk is injured yet again. The guy is falling apart.

    Yep. Torn tricep. 
     

    I think the rumble has become more of part of a story now rather than catapulting the next big star. I remember it used to always be someone on the verge of being a big star and the rumble was the final punch they needed. That seems to be what Money in the Bank is now and the rumble is start of WM main event match, as such it’s just a big name winning. I’d love for a rumble again where you just don’t know who will win and maybe it’ll be a guy (or girl) who’s just getting there but need that extra. 


  7. Spoiler

    Well that was a precent goos show eve if it was easy to call the winners.

    Women's Rumble. Again great match showing off a lot of talent throughout. Had heard that Naomi was a possible showing, never been a fan of hers but she made a good showing. The other TNA woman to make an appearance did good too. I wonder if we will see her in WWE at some point. Impressed me. I hadn't even considered that Jade Cargill would make her debut here. And boy what a debut, straight for Mia Jax and lifted her up like a feather. And eliminated her just as easy. I knew next to nothing of her, apart from her being signed and that she was a big deal, but damn she won me over right there. The final three in Cargil, Bayley and a returning Liv Morgan actually made me think it could have gone either way. Each one would have made for a great reason to go after Ripley. Liv was taken out by her, Jade would just have been a great dream match and of course Bayley and taking all the belts for Damage Control. I still feared for Bayley and it just felt like that would happen, she'd get all the way there and lose. I was genuinely excited when she won it though. She fully deserves it after all the work she has put in this past year. She's taken many of DC's losses and was always taking a pin to Belair. I'm so glad she has her spot in WM. 

    Universal Title, I really was hoping this was finally it, Roman could have lost the match and set up the Rock match without taking a pin, but then I guess to end his reign like that wouldn't be the way to go really. I did think if anything Orton was going to take the win here, but seemed to just be another run of the mill interfering Solo to save Roman match. Just have to winder how they set up Mania now, especially after the mens result....

    KO, Logan. Stupid finish, well I guess not in story sense but can we just get the title off of Logan Paul. I'm guessing there will be more to the KO/Logan story on the way it ended and maybe he'll lose at WM too. 

    Mens Rumble. I was worried we'd have another win from the number 1 spot again, so seeing Jay come out at number 1 kinda eased that a bit, but then to have Jimmy come out at 2 was just great to see, didn't expect that. Not too may surprises in this one, I had called Born Breakker being an NXT star to be in it but I thought there would be a few more. Seemed like some pretty standard stuff throughout the Rumble, I wonder if Kofi is taking a break from the feats of getting back into the ring due to the errors that have gone wrong. It does make his feats more special when they do happen. Cody entering half way through was much better than 1 or 30, just gave it that litte bit of jeopardy. Punk entering at 27 made it feel like he was going to go the distance. I'm sure the 27 spot was at one point the best place for winners. Was then wondering on the last two entrants. Drew was a given but then I had thought if it wasn't a current roster guy there were two potential surprises. The Rock and a slim chance of Hogan (only cause he had mentioned it in the rumble promo) but then I thought of the rumours of Austin/Punk at WM and how much the roof would have blown off if the glass shattered at 30. However it was Sami so at that point I pretty much knew it was between Cody and Punk. I could see it going either way or a draw. Of the two I'm glad it was Cody though, just never been a Punk fan and didn't want him winning. 

    So now to before. It seems that Cody had chosen Roman by the end of the show there. So where does this leave things? I'm guessing winner of Elimination Chamber will face Seth but I see a cash in possibly happening there from Priest too. But more importantly where does this leave the Rock and Roman? Is Roman going to do double duty? Will we not get the Roman/Rock match now. I do see this as the best way to finally end the title reign of Roman, Cody didn't do it the first time, fought back and won it. Plus I. just think it is time to take the title off Roman. It's been a monumental reign but I think it's past its prime. Now if the time for it to end.

     

    Overall a great show as always. Can't wait to see where the stories lead from here into WresleMania.

    The Road to Wreslmania if usually always the best part of the year and this looks to be shaping up to be another great run in. Bring it on.

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