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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Dec 25, 2008 21:18:33 GMT -5
After viewing the film, Vince also tried to get Darren Aronofsky to join a certain club... Of course, Vince just wants Mr. Aronofsky to have help if his car breaks down on the side of the road.
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Post by HMARK Center on Dec 25, 2008 23:43:53 GMT -5
First off, I don't think anybody here has said Vince shouldn't have an opinion about the movie.
But does anyone really think it's THAT big a stretch to imagine that Vince wouldn't be thrilled with a flick that shows that wrestling isn't exactly a friendly business?
Regardless of whether Vince liked the movie based on content or not, it'd be a bit exasperating if he viewed the film as some kind of attack on the industry or something.
Anyway, nobody knows any of it for sure, but I do think it's highly likely that, if he did see it (regardless if it was a private screening or not) he likely wasn't happy with what it had to say about the wrestling business.
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Post by Supersmark is a Troll on Dec 26, 2008 17:22:21 GMT -5
IF this is true, I'll be the first to admit that McMahon needs to shut the f*** up and deal with it, because it's something that's causing a good stir in tinseltown, all the while it's a project that's outside of McMahon's control. I know I'm coming off as obnoxious, but does Vince really think he has COMPLETE control over the wrestling industry?? Plus, it's only his opinion, and the movie is not representing Vince's precious WWE, which has done nothing to entertain fans in the last 6 plus years. - bretclark Well, he screwed up the Anarchy storyline really bad, but for a while that entertained me.
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Post by Galluchadore on Dec 26, 2008 20:11:11 GMT -5
I think he's mad that his own WWE films company doesn't get the same praise as the Wrestler is getting.
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Post by theshowstoppa on Dec 27, 2008 2:44:27 GMT -5
Vince's precious WWE, which has done nothing to entertain fans in the last 6 plus years. - bretclark Well thats just plain false. Plus, coming from a guy with Bob Backlund in his avi/sig, I can see why you would think that the last 6 years haven't been "entertaining"...because Backlund just SCREAMS "charisma", "entertaining", and "relevant".
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Dec 27, 2008 2:59:47 GMT -5
Well thats just plain false. Plus, coming from a guy with Bob Backlund in his avi/sig, I can see why you would think that the last 6 years haven't been "entertaining"...because Backlund just SCREAMS "charisma", "entertaining", and "relevant". He does scream if you put him in a camel clutch... Damn kids and your condominiums.
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Post by bretclark on Dec 27, 2008 4:45:27 GMT -5
I think he's mad that his own WWE films company doesn't get the same praise as the Wrestler is getting. Check and Mate, bravo. - bretclark
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Post by bretclark on Dec 27, 2008 4:48:25 GMT -5
Well thats just plain false. Plus, coming from a guy with Bob Backlund in his avi/sig, I can see why you would think that the last 6 years haven't been "entertaining"...because Backlund just SCREAMS "charisma", "entertaining", and "relevant". Bob Backlund screams unintentional comedy. Plus WWE hasn't been entertaining for the last 6 years because that's what "I" think. If anybody else thinks it's entertaining, well, more power to them, but the ratings say the final answer on this one. - bretclark
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Post by Bobby Womack on Dec 27, 2008 4:54:20 GMT -5
You know I don't really like how people throw around how Vince is a genius. Lets face it. The guy got lucky. He got his job from his daddy and broke the ultimate unwritten rule in wrestling at the time. WWE made it big because he already had the money to do it. It is not like he did anything special that no one else couldn't have done. Sure he is a smart business man and knows what he is doing but he did not do anything genius. there were actually quite a few territories who tried to break the unwritten rules of the business and they mostly got squashed into oblivion by the nwa and others, so to have the entire industry trying to stop him and still turn it from the stigma of redneck entertainment to mainstream pop culture i think you should give him a little credit and i love how people are saying 'he can have an opinion when wwe films put out a hit', dont we all have opinions on the movie? how many hit movies do we have under our belts? and finally the best part is everyone jumping all over the guy when the report basically comes out and says it has no idea what his reaction was, but theyre speculating that it wasnt good, any one of us could have written a post assuming his opinion on this and it would have more credibility than this report
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Post by Red Impact on Dec 27, 2008 9:10:39 GMT -5
You know I don't really like how people throw around how Vince is a genius. Lets face it. The guy got lucky. He got his job from his daddy and broke the ultimate unwritten rule in wrestling at the time. WWE made it big because he already had the money to do it. It is not like he did anything special that no one else couldn't have done. Sure he is a smart business man and knows what he is doing but he did not do anything genius. How many inventions or advancements do you really think no one else would have come up with if the creators didn't? Most of the things we have seen were inevitable, other people would have done them. That doesn't make the people who developed them any less intelligent. Genius? Who knows, I don't believe his IQ has been published, but I think it's pretty silly to shortchange what he's done and act as if he didn't do anything for himself.
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Post by zerosignel on Dec 27, 2008 9:53:32 GMT -5
tbh this just proves to me that sometimes people outside of wrestling can understand what people want more than the people inside it,
It pisses me off on a shoot when they talk about somthing that bombed and they say "well its cause the marks dont understand the buisiness"
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Dec 27, 2008 10:10:35 GMT -5
Meh, I've read a couple reviews that "The Wrestler" is just an Oscar Piece, and simply comes across as a Rocky sequel directed by Darren Aronofsky. That doesn't exactly send me running out the door for my ticket....maybe Vince just doesn't like pandering films...more of a "Rashomon" guy, maybe "Hiroshima Mon Amour"....
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Post by The OP on Dec 27, 2008 12:17:59 GMT -5
First off, I don't think anybody here has said Vince shouldn't have an opinion about the movie. But does anyone really think it's THAT big a stretch to imagine that Vince wouldn't be thrilled with a flick that shows that wrestling isn't exactly a friendly business? A lot of things aren't hard to imagine. So?
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Post by The_ripoff_artist on Dec 27, 2008 13:12:05 GMT -5
Ok with out readingreading all four pages. Vince has an opinion on something. Last time I cheeked we all are allowed to have one, but I guess cause it's Vince's everyone has to get their panties up in a bunch over a small thing, and if your letting Vince make movie choices for you. I pray for you tonight.
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Post by HMARK Center on Dec 27, 2008 19:00:55 GMT -5
First off, I don't think anybody here has said Vince shouldn't have an opinion about the movie. But does anyone really think it's THAT big a stretch to imagine that Vince wouldn't be thrilled with a flick that shows that wrestling isn't exactly a friendly business? A lot of things aren't hard to imagine. So? People are acting all appalled at others for daring to suggest that Vince might not like the film due to portraying the darker side of the business, a darker side he's never really done as much as he could to eliminate. I'm just asking if that's so hard to believe. To me, it's not at all; Vince doesn't seem to take any criticism, even indirect criticism, very well, and that's well documented. But we're ALL operating under a blanket of ignorance here, since, for all we all know, every word of this report is false, and Vince never even saw the flick. But if he did, and got upset about the way it depicted wrestling, I wouldn't be shocked in the slightest.
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Post by The OP on Dec 28, 2008 3:27:46 GMT -5
Can't disagree there.
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Post by Red Impact on Dec 28, 2008 8:34:54 GMT -5
People are acting all appalled at others for daring to suggest that Vince might not like the film due to portraying the darker side of the business, a darker side he's never really done as much as he could to eliminate. I'm just asking if that's so hard to believe. To me, it's not at all; Vince doesn't seem to take any criticism, even indirect criticism, very well, and that's well documented. But we're ALL operating under a blanket of ignorance here, since, for all we all know, every word of this report is false, and Vince never even saw the flick. But if he did, and got upset about the way it depicted wrestling, I wouldn't be shocked in the slightest. The appellation isn't that as much as people acting like Vince verbally assaulted Arfonsky after it, or that he's bitter because he didn't do it, or using it as some form of a personal attack or whatever, which seems to be OK, because it's Vince McMahon. All the report said is "we don't know, but we bet he didn't like it!"
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