Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2013 18:30:53 GMT -5
For some reason, Cena seems to pattern his humor after Dane Cook, who has a serious hatedom himself, so maybe that wasn't the smartest move. Cena's actually a very funny guy, but the way he portrays it in his character is awful sometimes. I know he threw out the pee/poop jokes because the kids like them, but I also think he's better than that and could get those kids to like him without alienating so many others.
I want Bryan to be different. I really like the part in the OP about him always being upbeat. That I would like. I have this cat, and when it wants food, you cannot break his little spirit. He jumps up on the counter and calmly mews in my face. If I'm in a bad mood I tell him to go away, but he just purrs. I put him down off the counter and say "git git git", and he does...until 1 minute later, he's right back on the counter, purring. I actually dumped water on him one time when he was being very insistent, just to see how he'd react. Didn't give a shit, just started licking himself off and kept on purring. It's annoying as can be...yet completely endearing. I could see Daniel Bryan being like that.
About him being funny, I'm up for it, but the humor needs to be good, and like many have said more tied into the character less "here's some yokes the writers wrote up for me!" Don't just say funny things, DO funny things. E&C, all day long.
Where I don't agree is that every main eventer has to have this silliness, becuase wrestling is inherently silly. I don't think wrestling is much more inherently silly than playing dress-up and acting in a movie or TV show, or playing a children's game and making bagilions of dollars and having SRS BSNS press conferences about it every day, but that's just me. Anyway, the silliness isn't for everyone. It might be for Bryan though.
I want Bryan to be different. I really like the part in the OP about him always being upbeat. That I would like. I have this cat, and when it wants food, you cannot break his little spirit. He jumps up on the counter and calmly mews in my face. If I'm in a bad mood I tell him to go away, but he just purrs. I put him down off the counter and say "git git git", and he does...until 1 minute later, he's right back on the counter, purring. I actually dumped water on him one time when he was being very insistent, just to see how he'd react. Didn't give a shit, just started licking himself off and kept on purring. It's annoying as can be...yet completely endearing. I could see Daniel Bryan being like that.
About him being funny, I'm up for it, but the humor needs to be good, and like many have said more tied into the character less "here's some yokes the writers wrote up for me!" Don't just say funny things, DO funny things. E&C, all day long.
Where I don't agree is that every main eventer has to have this silliness, becuase wrestling is inherently silly. I don't think wrestling is much more inherently silly than playing dress-up and acting in a movie or TV show, or playing a children's game and making bagilions of dollars and having SRS BSNS press conferences about it every day, but that's just me. Anyway, the silliness isn't for everyone. It might be for Bryan though.