Disappointed with "Blast From the Past"

[Corporate H]

I know, it hasn't happened yet, I know, but I gotta say I'm severely disappointed they haven't brought back anything old school about the show. Where's the classic SmackDown! mumbled theme song, vintage logo, etc.? That being said, how come Mick Foley is always the only "legend" to come back from the modern era? Why do we never see guys like The New Age Outlaws? Hell, gimme Gangrel or Val Venis! Something, kinda sick of the same old, same old.

EDIT: Literally.

[flatsdomino]

Raw XV got it right, with Blackman, Gangrel, Scotty, Al Snow etc. in a battle royal, and guys showing up all night. That and Old School Raw are the only times they've done a throwback show right.

[Deleted]

'Old School' to WWE can be anything up to about 5 years ago. We might just get appearances from Kenzo Suzuki, Orlando Jordan and Jesús.

[PKO]

I was confused when people started talking about the old fist set and the "Beautiful People" theme.

I knew as soon as I read the legends list it would only be a few segments, and nothing more.

[M. Dirrty]

LEGENDS!! (aka Road Agents strapping on the old gear)

[CMWaters]

Apr 10, 2012 4:15:19 GMT -5 M. Dirrty said:

LEGENDS!! (aka Road Agents strapping on the old gear)

And "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.

EDIT: Off topic, but I would have liked to have heard Piper's reaction to his Rock 'n' Wrestling version's voice, just for how NOT Piper it sounded.

[Tiger Maskooo]

I don't see how someone could possibly be disappointed with Blast From the Past.

Are you blind? Can you not see that Brendan Frasers fragile yet tender performance as the naive Adam is not the most perfect portrait of naivety since the inimitable John Howard Davies breathed life into the body of the trusting and innocent Oliver Twist in David Leans classic adaptation of Charles Dickens revelatory classic?

I don't see how you couldnt.

Though upon seeing the cinema classic for the first time,I was blocked from seeing Brendans masterclass in acting by Alicia Silverstones performance as the down on her luck yet good natured Eve. A performance with all of the beauty of Maria Falconetti in The Passion of Joan of Arc. Also,Much like Dreyers heroine she didn't need words to convey the emotional whirlwind going on inside of her. However much like christmas,the movie decided to give us the gift of words.

It was also quite clever for Director/Writer Hugh Wilson(creator of such transgressive works of art as WKRP in Cincinnati and Police Academy) to use the name eve for his heroine given eve typically being a name associated with sin and temptation. Him deciding to associate the name Eve with a woman who more exemplifies the caring nuturing breast of mother nature than the apple biting femme fatale is not just his only feat of clever though. He also turned adam from an easily corrupted sinner into a good intentioned man with a strong moral compass.

That was not just an act of transgressive brilliance. That was an act of kindness that no doubt adam and eve somewhere are personally thanking him for everyday because they are finally freed from the prison of their own failed sense of morality.

I would also be remiss that if before I finished this I left out Christopher Walken's tragic turn as Calvin. He somehow managed to pull off a performance that combined the neroutic paranoia of Anthony Perkins as Josef K in Orson Welles claustrophobic classic adaptation of Kafkas The Trial with the aged and doomed to repeat ones mistakes characterisation of Henry Fonda's Norman in on golden pond. All of this filtered through a filter distinctly Walken allowing him to give one of his most underrated performances since pennies from heaven.

I think that Blast From the Past is a revelatory work that is at turns emotionally raw,tragic,bittersweet and all quite absurd much like life itself and to be disappointed with that must mean that one is disappointed with life itself and has forgotten it's glories.

[mrjl]

I think we'll see Road Dogg, but without Billy he's not enough of a legend to promote

I'd like to see WWE see if they can get Ken Shamrock back. He must be retired from MMA by now

[willywonka666]

Is this just the same group that are going to be sharing that house in the new WWE series?

[Sir Woodrow]

Apr 10, 2012 4:03:13 GMT -5 @subtlemocking said:

'Old School' to WWE can be anything up to about 5 years ago. We might just get appearances from Kenzo Suzuki, Orlando Jordan and Jesús.

Please no

[Ryback on a Pole!]

I'm disappointed that it's going to be the same boring legends who appear a couple of times every year. I was hoping for someone different like Too Cool, New Age Outlaws, Gangrel, Al Snow etc.

[Lukin Stontmehn]

Apr 10, 2012 4:46:04 GMT -5 Tiger Maskooo said:

I don't see how someone could possibly be disappointed with Blast From the Past.

Are you blind? Can you not see that Brendan Frasers fragile yet tender performance as the naive Adam is not the most perfect portrait of naivety since the inimitable John Howard Davies breathed life into the body of the trusting and innocent Oliver Twist in David Leans classic adaptation of Charles Dickens revelatory classic?

I don't see how you couldnt.

Though upon seeing the cinema classic for the first time,I was blocked from seeing Brendans masterclass in acting by Alicia Silverstones performance as the down on her luck yet good natured Eve. A performance with all of the beauty of Maria Falconetti in The Passion of Joan of Arc. Also,Much like Dreyers heroine she didn't need words to convey the emotional whirlwind going on inside of her. However much like christmas,the movie decided to give us the gift of words.

It was also quite clever for Director/Writer Hugh Wilson(creator of such transgressive works of art as WKRP in Cincinnati and Police Academy) to use the name eve for his heroine given eve typically being a name associated with sin and temptation. Him deciding to associate the name Eve with a woman who more exemplifies the caring nuturing breast of mother nature than the apple biting femme fatale is not just his only feat of clever though. He also turned adam from an easily corrupted sinner into a good intentioned man with a strong moral compass.

That was not just an act of transgressive brilliance. That was an act of kindness that no doubt adam and eve somewhere are personally thanking him for everyday because they are finally freed from the prison of their own failed sense of morality.

I would also be remiss that if before I finished this I left out Christopher Walken's tragic turn as Calvin. He somehow managed to pull off a performance that combined the neroutic paranoia of Anthony Perkins as Josef K in Orson Welles claustrophobic classic adaptation of Kafkas The Trial with the aged and doomed to repeat ones mistakes characterisation of Henry Fonda's Norman in on golden pond. All of this filtered through a filter distinctly Walken allowing him to give one of his most underrated performances since pennies from heaven.

I think that Blast From the Past is a revelatory work that is at turns emotionally raw,tragic,bittersweet and all quite absurd much like life itself and to be disappointed with that must mean that one is disappointed with life itself and has forgotten it's glories.

You didn't write all of this, and just end up with no reaction. It won't happen.

Cheer this individual.

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Apr 10, 2012 4:46:04 GMT -5 Tiger Maskooo said:

I don't see how someone could possibly be disappointed with Blast From the Past.

Are you blind? Can you not see that Brendan Frasers fragile yet tender performance as the naive Adam is not the most perfect portrait of naivety since the inimitable John Howard Davies breathed life into the body of the trusting and innocent Oliver Twist in David Leans classic adaptation of Charles Dickens revelatory classic?

I don't see how you couldnt.

Though upon seeing the cinema classic for the first time,I was blocked from seeing Brendans masterclass in acting by Alicia Silverstones performance as the down on her luck yet good natured Eve. A performance with all of the beauty of Maria Falconetti in The Passion of Joan of Arc. Also,Much like Dreyers heroine she didn't need words to convey the emotional whirlwind going on inside of her. However much like christmas,the movie decided to give us the gift of words.

It was also quite clever for Director/Writer Hugh Wilson(creator of such transgressive works of art as WKRP in Cincinnati and Police Academy) to use the name eve for his heroine given eve typically being a name associated with sin and temptation. Him deciding to associate the name Eve with a woman who more exemplifies the caring nuturing breast of mother nature than the apple biting femme fatale is not just his only feat of clever though. He also turned adam from an easily corrupted sinner into a good intentioned man with a strong moral compass.

That was not just an act of transgressive brilliance. That was an act of kindness that no doubt adam and eve somewhere are personally thanking him for everyday because they are finally freed from the prison of their own failed sense of morality.

I would also be remiss that if before I finished this I left out Christopher Walken's tragic turn as Calvin. He somehow managed to pull off a performance that combined the neroutic paranoia of Anthony Perkins as Josef K in Orson Welles claustrophobic classic adaptation of Kafkas The Trial with the aged and doomed to repeat ones mistakes characterisation of Henry Fonda's Norman in on golden pond. All of this filtered through a filter distinctly Walken allowing him to give one of his most underrated performances since pennies from heaven.

I think that Blast From the Past is a revelatory work that is at turns emotionally raw,tragic,bittersweet and all quite absurd much like life itself and to be disappointed with that must mean that one is disappointed with life itself and has forgotten it's glories.

Dammit, I need one of those "bow down" emoticons. f***ing awesome! Thank you for a great laugh.

[Deleted]

Apr 10, 2012 4:46:04 GMT -5 Tiger Maskooo said:

I don't see how someone could possibly be disappointed with Blast From the Past.

Are you blind? Can you not see that Brendan Frasers fragile yet tender performance as the naive Adam is not the most perfect portrait of naivety since the inimitable John Howard Davies breathed life into the body of the trusting and innocent Oliver Twist in David Leans classic adaptation of Charles Dickens revelatory classic?

I don't see how you couldnt.

Though upon seeing the cinema classic for the first time,I was blocked from seeing Brendans masterclass in acting by Alicia Silverstones performance as the down on her luck yet good natured Eve. A performance with all of the beauty of Maria Falconetti in The Passion of Joan of Arc. Also,Much like Dreyers heroine she didn't need words to convey the emotional whirlwind going on inside of her. However much like christmas,the movie decided to give us the gift of words.

It was also quite clever for Director/Writer Hugh Wilson(creator of such transgressive works of art as WKRP in Cincinnati and Police Academy) to use the name eve for his heroine given eve typically being a name associated with sin and temptation. Him deciding to associate the name Eve with a woman who more exemplifies the caring nuturing breast of mother nature than the apple biting femme fatale is not just his only feat of clever though. He also turned adam from an easily corrupted sinner into a good intentioned man with a strong moral compass.

That was not just an act of transgressive brilliance. That was an act of kindness that no doubt adam and eve somewhere are personally thanking him for everyday because they are finally freed from the prison of their own failed sense of morality.

I would also be remiss that if before I finished this I left out Christopher Walken's tragic turn as Calvin. He somehow managed to pull off a performance that combined the neroutic paranoia of Anthony Perkins as Josef K in Orson Welles claustrophobic classic adaptation of Kafkas The Trial with the aged and doomed to repeat ones mistakes characterisation of Henry Fonda's Norman in on golden pond. All of this filtered through a filter distinctly Walken allowing him to give one of his most underrated performances since pennies from heaven.

I think that Blast From the Past is a revelatory work that is at turns emotionally raw,tragic,bittersweet and all quite absurd much like life itself and to be disappointed with that must mean that one is disappointed with life itself and has forgotten it's glories.

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Apr 10, 2012 8:13:16 GMT -5 Ryback on a Pole! said:

I'm disappointed that it's going to be the same boring legends who appear a couple of times every year. I was hoping for someone different like Too Cool, New Age Outlaws, Gangrel, Al Snow etc.

My thoughts also.

It has even made me start to dislike Roddy Piper, who was one of my favorite wrestlers back in the day.

[Yami Daimao]

Apr 10, 2012 4:46:04 GMT -5 Tiger Maskooo said:

I don't see how someone could possibly be disappointed with Blast From the Past.

Are you blind? Can you not see that Brendan Frasers fragile yet tender performance as the naive Adam is not the most perfect portrait of naivety since the inimitable John Howard Davies breathed life into the body of the trusting and innocent Oliver Twist in David Leans classic adaptation of Charles Dickens revelatory classic?

I don't see how you couldnt.

Though upon seeing the cinema classic for the first time,I was blocked from seeing Brendans masterclass in acting by Alicia Silverstones performance as the down on her luck yet good natured Eve. A performance with all of the beauty of Maria Falconetti in The Passion of Joan of Arc. Also,Much like Dreyers heroine she didn't need words to convey the emotional whirlwind going on inside of her. However much like christmas,the movie decided to give us the gift of words.

It was also quite clever for Director/Writer Hugh Wilson(creator of such transgressive works of art as WKRP in Cincinnati and Police Academy) to use the name eve for his heroine given eve typically being a name associated with sin and temptation. Him deciding to associate the name Eve with a woman who more exemplifies the caring nuturing breast of mother nature than the apple biting femme fatale is not just his only feat of clever though. He also turned adam from an easily corrupted sinner into a good intentioned man with a strong moral compass.

That was not just an act of transgressive brilliance. That was an act of kindness that no doubt adam and eve somewhere are personally thanking him for everyday because they are finally freed from the prison of their own failed sense of morality.

I would also be remiss that if before I finished this I left out Christopher Walken's tragic turn as Calvin. He somehow managed to pull off a performance that combined the neroutic paranoia of Anthony Perkins as Josef K in Orson Welles claustrophobic classic adaptation of Kafkas The Trial with the aged and doomed to repeat ones mistakes characterisation of Henry Fonda's Norman in on golden pond. All of this filtered through a filter distinctly Walken allowing him to give one of his most underrated performances since pennies from heaven.

I think that Blast From the Past is a revelatory work that is at turns emotionally raw,tragic,bittersweet and all quite absurd much like life itself and to be disappointed with that must mean that one is disappointed with life itself and has forgotten it's glories.

Post of the Year.

[Dolly Hard-On]

Just felt like throwing this out there, but Diva Dirt says that Mae Young is scheduled to appear.

[That Mickie Fan]

Apr 10, 2012 12:23:31 GMT -5 Dolly Hard-On said:

Just felt like throwing this out there, but Diva Dirt says that Mae Young is scheduled to appear.

Of course. I'm really getting sick of them getting Mae Young I'd like for some other divas, like Ivory, to come back.

[mizerable]

Apr 10, 2012 12:19:32 GMT -5 @bootytime said:

It has even made me start to dislike Roddy Piper, who was one of my favorite wrestlers back in the day.

Yeah, he really either needs to become a commentator or stay away for a few years. He's in my top favorites of all time, but Roddy needs to go the f*** away.

[Joey K is A OKAY!]

I just love the ads for it. I mark when I see Mid-80s screen graphics... especially the "trail" behind 'Blast from the Past'