Post by vanderpyle on Jan 3, 2008 14:10:24 GMT -5
vincerussoisgod said:
Did you watch the Matt Classic movie previews?? God those were glorious. Also, thumbs up for another XPW mark.
First of all... WrestleCrap has a message board? Where the hell have I been?
Second, if you thought those were good then you would have loved what they were supposed to be. Here is an review of the DVD I wrote....
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Ok, so this pissed me off. I got my complementary copies of WSX because I was the talent co-ordinator for the show. The show was fun to watch. Dingus actually did a good job in the match I got him. Joey and Disco were money everytime they were on camera. Lots of fun to reminice and whatnot. But then I watched the extras and I want to know what the hell they did to the Matt Classic stuff we wrote!!!!
They asked one of the writers to come up with 3 little movie clips for Cabana to do as Matt Classic ala old school Santo or Blue Demon movies from the 50s. He asked Cabana his thoughts and since I was in the room, Cabana and I came up with three funny inside jokes.
1. Matt Classic wearing a visor and playing cards, looks around, throws down the cards, jumps and strikes his menacing fist pose - MATT CLASSIC in ACES OF STEEL
2. Matt Classic with his clothes ripped and cornered against a fence in an alley, holding a pipe and a chain. He's clearly been losing a fight. Looks around, throws down the weapons and strikes his menacing fist pose - MATT CLASSIC and THE PUNKS OF BROOKS STREET
3. Matt Classic in a trenchcoat and fedora checks out a chalk outline looking for clues. Finds a powdery substance, dabs his finger and tastes it. Realizes what it is, jumps up and strikes his menacing fist pose - MATT CLASSIC vs. THE GOLD BOND MAFIA
All inside jokes. All funny to us. All funny to a whole lot of people.
The clips never made it to tv or the internet. They were added as a bonus to the WSX DVD but rather than include the 3 punchlines, someone just cut them all into one long dumb senseless clip and put graphics at the end saying Matt Classic in the valley of the vampire werewolves of doom or something stupid like that. You couldn't tell what he was doing because of how it was edited. The fist pose was there, but you couldn't tell that it was the visual catchphrase. It was Matt Classic's way of saying, "I don't need weapons, I have my fists!" It just was a complete mess.
Dumb, dumb, diggity dumb. Why not just leave it the way it was meant to be? Oh well, maybe they'll get it right in Season 2
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Third, wait, really... wrestlecrap has a message board? Why don't people tell me these things?