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Post by CeilingFan on Mar 29, 2016 15:06:23 GMT -5
Cena is the Brussel sprouts in this comparison.
Are you sure?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2016 15:10:42 GMT -5
That's like saying I'd rather someone take a shit on a plate and hand it to me than eat fruitcake, Brussels sprouts, or those butter cookies that come in the blue metal box. I like Brussel Sprouts.
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Post by Fade on Mar 29, 2016 15:19:39 GMT -5
Ya know how back, back, back in the day people loved Superman? Wanted to be him. Woman were swooned by the tall, dark, and handsome man? Shits passed. Who do people like now? Spider-Man. The nerd. The actual underdog. Vince dont got too long left, yall. There's still plenty of people who like Superman and the like, but the difference is that Superman is an ideal, whereas Spider-Man is more grounded in something closer to what the expected reader might be. Teenage nerds can relate to Peter for being picked on and not very popular, for having a crush on the really hot girl at school, for taking an interest in science. But heroes like Superman still have clout, they just exist as loftier goals; they're idealized not as the wish fulfillment twist on a life that the reader can easily be put into, but as a grander thing. Something impossible and unattainable, but as something to be guided by. People who wish they could be Superman understand how divorced it is from their reality, but he's not exactly lost all cultural resonance. The problem is that Vince doesn't understand that. He's not just out of touch as an old guy, but he is a very blatant alpha male type making a product being consumed by an increasingly nerdy audience, and not everybody wants to be the cocky, smarmy jock type. It's the same issue a lot of people on here had with Dolph Ziggler over the summer during his feud with Rusev; we were expected to relate to and enjoy a character who honestly felt more like the kinds of people a lot of fans have likely been bullied by rather than someone they see themselves as. That's probably a good chunk of why he doesn't understand why people are booing Roman; what about him isn't there to love? Why don't we realize how much we want to be him? It's become a recurring talking point in promos because Vince doesn't see how people couldn't want to relate to the guy. It's a mess. Yeah. Dudes stuck in the 80s. He needs to George Lucas the 'E asap.
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Post by The Yes Man on Mar 29, 2016 15:27:47 GMT -5
I'd take 10 more years of Cena over 5 of Roman. And I kinda like Roman. But he is not THE guy.
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Mar 29, 2016 16:20:08 GMT -5
Honestly, I am sick and tired of all the Reigns hate. I would rather have 10 years of the Roman Empire then 5 more years of Cenation!
God no. I hate Cena, but I'd take that multicolored goof over Reigns in a nanosecond. What if this is WWE's plan? Roman wins, everyone boos, then Vince comes out all "DON'T YOU WORRY DAMMIT, THERE'S ALWAYS A PLAN B!", then BRRRRRRAPADOOOOO!, Cena runs out, 5 Moves of Doom, wins the belt, and only appears every now and then until he's fully healed. Don't make him an outright heel, have him stay the same, but make it clear he's the corporate champ, and he's here to stay.
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Post by Johnny D on Mar 29, 2016 16:31:47 GMT -5
WWE can't hear you. ;-)
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Post by moondoggie on Mar 29, 2016 17:14:40 GMT -5
God no. I hate Cena, but I'd take that multicolored goof over Reigns in a nanosecond. What if this is WWE's plan? Roman wins, everyone boos, then Vince comes out all "DON'T YOU WORRY DAMMIT, THERE'S ALWAYS A PLAN B!", then BRRRRRRAPADOOOOO!, Cena runs out, 5 Moves of Doom, wins the belt, and only appears every now and then until he's fully healed. Don't make him an outright heel, have him stay the same, but make it clear he's the corporate champ, and he's here to stay. my head hurts
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Post by Hobby Drifter on Mar 29, 2016 17:37:14 GMT -5
The idea that the evil Authority is in a literal blood feud with the obvious, hand-picked corporate champ is asinine.
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Post by weaselboy on Mar 29, 2016 17:56:45 GMT -5
I personally don't mind when they say I should relate to Roman Reigns-but that may be because I'm Aquaman from the new DC cinematic universe.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Mar 29, 2016 18:31:32 GMT -5
The idea that the evil Authority is in a literal blood feud with the obvious, hand-picked corporate champ is asinine. It's a feud where the company ("the Authority") is literally feuding with itself ("the hand-picked champion forced on us").
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