mizerable
Fry's dog Seymour
You're the lowest on the totem pole here, Alva. The lowest.
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Post by mizerable on Aug 26, 2013 23:12:00 GMT -5
He used a shovel too. D-Bry to bury HHH!? What does wrestletaint.gov have to say about this? The old man should be Zeb. "Merry Christmas...unless you're one of the 11 million illegal immigrants who are stealing our presents and sneaking across our manger scenes."
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Aug 26, 2013 23:14:50 GMT -5
He used a shovel too. D-Bry to bury HHH!? What does wrestletaint.gov have to say about this? The old man should be Zeb. "Merry Christmas...unless you're one of the 11 million illegal immigrants who are stealing our presents and sneaking across our manger scenes." "And why can't I get toys for my grandchildren that are made here by hard working Americans in the USA? No, they're all done in sweatshops by Malaysians run by a Canadian."
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Lancers
El Dandy
Oh you
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Post by Lancers on Aug 26, 2013 23:16:43 GMT -5
If eBay ever had the JJ light-up hat, I would totally start a kickstarter account so I can afford to buy it. Then have to share with like 24 other people who gave me money. But it would totally be worth those two weeks a year to go to the grocery store with that thing on.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Aug 26, 2013 23:18:59 GMT -5
If eBay ever had the JJ light-up hat, I would totally start a kickstarter account so I can afford to buy it. Then have to share with like 24 other people who gave me money. But it would totally be worth those two weeks a year to go to the grocery store with that thing on. If you could combine that with the Jericho jacket, you'd have the best look possible. Women would flock to you; mainly cuz they'd be havin seizures from all the lights.
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Lancers
El Dandy
Oh you
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Post by Lancers on Aug 26, 2013 23:34:51 GMT -5
He used a shovel too. D-Bry to bury HHH!? What does wrestletaint.gov have to say about this? Wrestletaint.gov has been kinda quiet on the Triple H front since the editors felt slighted that Triple H didn't acknowledge them in the Grantland interview. They were the ones who made fun of DDP all those years. Not Wade Keller. Here's an example from 1995...
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Post by The Masked Heel WAS WRONG on Aug 26, 2013 23:40:49 GMT -5
Man, I kinda wanted to hear that "FEED ME!" from the speakers and Ryback running down the ramp to help Bryan. THIS x's 1000. The pop would have been glorious.
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Post by "American Nightmare" B.B. Bart on Aug 27, 2013 0:17:20 GMT -5
I can't forget about Triple H saying he considers the WWE title to be his personal property. He's just keeping it warm for Double J.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Aug 27, 2013 0:23:20 GMT -5
I loved it tonight. You don't blow the load in only the second week, tonight they showed that the roster isn't happy with what's happening. The only reason they're not doing anything is because they don't want to get fired. You got to build to it, and the pop when someone decks Triple H is going to be massive. Just think if Batista's break from Evolution only took a couple of weeks, it wouldn't have had the same impact as a slow build.
At the beginning of the show the crowd was cheering Triple H and Orton, the show closed with Trips and Orton being booed. It worked.
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Post by botchingitup on Aug 27, 2013 2:00:27 GMT -5
Anyone ever watch Avatar: The Last Airbender?
Don't worry, this is relevant and on-topic as an analogy. Or at least more than 90's Jarrett anyway. Spoilers for a show that aired freakin' 8 years ago.
When the finale for Book 2 aired, Zuko, the character everyone reasonably believed would turn good after a lot of soul-searching and buildup up to that point inevitably falls back into his usual ways and becomes an antagonist despite the expectations of pretty much everyone, audience included. People were absolutely furious at the time and it seemed to defy any kind of storytelling logic.
And then Book 3 happened and it made sense because it was a failure he had to undergo in order to understand that he made a mistake on his own rather than being told that by someone else. The short-term anger and discomfort of the audience ended up creating a better payoff later.
WWE isn't anywhere near the same tier of storytelling skill or depth, and they definitely don't play long-term narratives over the course of years unless you count the Michaels/Trips/Flair/Taker stuff around the past half-decade which was more or less a complete accident (probably some other angles I'm forgetting), but sometimes the slow burn makes sense.
EDIT: Derp, Rock/Cena is another, albeit that's more out of scheduling necessity.
People can argue that it's a little silly for people to just sit there on the ramp, and they can all go down at once, but the reality is that no one wants to be "that" guy. It's easy to charge ahead and assume everyone else, but what if they don't? It's like being the only guy talking loudly when a room suddenly becomes quiet for no reason. It's awkward as hell.
The fact that the three people involved with speaking out against the regime last week looked extra-pissed this week (but were more subservient) shows they're building it up.
Obviously they can screw up - they're the WWE. They screw up almost every single angle. But if we enter a promising angle with the assumption they're going to, I can't imagine why it's worth watching at all. It's a joyless, depressing experience if so.
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Post by Ash Kingston on Aug 27, 2013 2:23:44 GMT -5
People can argue that it's a little silly for people to just sit there on the ramp, and they can all go down at once, but the reality is that no one wants to be "that" guy. It's easy to charge ahead and assume everyone else, but what if they don't? It's like being the only guy talking loudly when a room suddenly becomes quiet for no reason. It's awkward as hell. ...it's like that episode of South Park where they start the 4th Grade and Cartman is the only one to jump up and moon their brand new teacher (or yell "SUCK MAH BALLS!" or announce their plans to go back in time); if you're the only guy rushing down to do something, well, your life is probably gonna suck in the near future.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2013 2:29:23 GMT -5
People can argue that it's a little silly for people to just sit there on the ramp, and they can all go down at once, but the reality is that no one wants to be "that" guy. It's easy to charge ahead and assume everyone else, but what if they don't? It's like being the only guy talking loudly when a room suddenly becomes quiet for no reason. It's awkward as hell. ...it's like that episode of South Park where they start the 4th Grade and Cartman is the only one to jump up and moon their brand new teacher (or yell "SUCK MAH BALLS!" or announce their plans to go back in time); if you're the only guy rushing down to do something, well, your life is probably gonna suck in the near future. I realize this would be backwards, but I want to see Triple H throw out a, "Suck it!" and get a, "Present it," in response.
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JoDaNa1281
Crow T. Robot
Jackie Daytona, Regular Human Bartender. #BLM
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Aug 27, 2013 2:32:34 GMT -5
How come none of the stores I went to ever had Ain't I Great in stock? Obviously sold out. That's the only logical explanation.
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Post by Been burned too many times on Aug 27, 2013 13:11:08 GMT -5
I'm expecting Bryan to start 'Home Alone'ing Trips and Orton. As long as this music plays while he's doing it.
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