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Post by lionelp on Jul 13, 2016 16:12:31 GMT -5
Why, in 2016 are superstars still holding that blasted over sized microphone? It continually annoys me as half the roster don't know what to while holding it, speaking or not. Surely in a world where we can go outside and chase virtual creatures on hand held devices, WWE could find technology that allows promos to flow as natural conversation would? VV
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Post by Error on Jul 13, 2016 16:19:55 GMT -5
I'd imagine they're pretty durable and easy to get rid of in a pinch to start brawls. Plus cheap as hell.
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Post by Nikki Heyman on Jul 13, 2016 16:23:39 GMT -5
I'd imagine they're pretty durable and easy to get rid of in a pinch to start brawls. Plus cheap as hell. and this is why they still use CRTs at the announce table instead of flat panel screens
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Post by PKO on Jul 13, 2016 16:30:40 GMT -5
I loved last weeks NXT with Bayley getting interrupted by Nia Jax, and the two organised a rematch without holding up the microphones. It built the tension between the two very well.
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Post by Ecks Ecks Ringout Ecks Ecks on Jul 13, 2016 16:35:34 GMT -5
It's the old "Paul E. Dangerously's phone" problem.
Sure, modern technology's made things smaller and more streamlined, but trying to wield it as a blunt instrument to cave in some poor sap's skull, it's just not the same.
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Post by lionelp on Jul 13, 2016 16:35:36 GMT -5
I'd imagine they're pretty durable and easy to get rid of in a pinch to start brawls. Plus cheap as hell. and this is why they still use CRTs at the announce table instead of flat panel screens That is more to do with speed of transmission, over any quality or cost issues. The current mics may be easy to discard quickly, but I doubt those hench speakers sitting in the corners of the ring are! If you were making a pitch or doing public speaking then you'd never hold such an object in your hands, just intensifies the level of awkwardness
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jul 13, 2016 16:39:16 GMT -5
It's a visual thing; wrestling is all about the performance, and the prop of the microphone allows for a lot of small things, like heels harassing the mic out of an announcer's hand, the face walking down to the ring furious and holding the mic, ready to spit some truths, the assorted gestures that can be performed with it. There's a lot that can be expressed with it, and we're supposed to be seeing the wrestler go. Lapel mics don't have the same effect; they're meant to be small and out of the way so that you don't notice them, in calmer environments centered around someone sitting or standing still and talking seriously rather than performing like wrestlers do. The technology is there, but it lacks the same visual punch. And for the announcer headsets, arenas tend to be very loud, and having something that goes over the ear over just an earpiece can help muffle out noise that's often coming from right behind the announce team.
Plus, dudes who never wear shirts would have nowhere to put the lapel mic.
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Post by lionelp on Jul 13, 2016 16:55:18 GMT -5
It's a visual thing; wrestling is all about the performance, and the prop of the microphone allows for a lot of small things, like heels harassing the mic out of an announcer's hand, the face walking down to the ring furious and holding the mic, ready to spit some truths, the assorted gestures that can be performed with it. There's a lot that can be expressed with it, and we're supposed to be seeing the wrestler go. Lapel mics don't have the same effect; they're meant to be small and out of the way so that you don't notice them, in calmer environments centered around someone sitting or standing still and talking seriously rather than performing like wrestlers do. The technology is there, but it lacks the same visual punch. And for the announcer headsets, arenas tend to be very loud, and having something that goes over the ear over just an earpiece can help muffle out noise that's often coming from right behind the announce team. Plus, dudes who never wear shirts would have nowhere to put the lapel mic. Or wrestlers standing gormlessly holding the instrument right in front of their mouths, waiting for their colleague to finish their part of the script
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jul 13, 2016 16:59:11 GMT -5
It's a visual thing; wrestling is all about the performance, and the prop of the microphone allows for a lot of small things, like heels harassing the mic out of an announcer's hand, the face walking down to the ring furious and holding the mic, ready to spit some truths, the assorted gestures that can be performed with it. There's a lot that can be expressed with it, and we're supposed to be seeing the wrestler go. Lapel mics don't have the same effect; they're meant to be small and out of the way so that you don't notice them, in calmer environments centered around someone sitting or standing still and talking seriously rather than performing like wrestlers do. The technology is there, but it lacks the same visual punch. And for the announcer headsets, arenas tend to be very loud, and having something that goes over the ear over just an earpiece can help muffle out noise that's often coming from right behind the announce team. Plus, dudes who never wear shirts would have nowhere to put the lapel mic. Or wrestlers standing gormlessly holding the instrument right in front of their mouths, waiting for their colleague to finish their part of the script As opposed to wrestlers standing gormlessly holding nothing in their hands, waiting for their colleague to finish their part of the script when they could speak at any second due to the mic being pinned to their chest?
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 13, 2016 17:08:50 GMT -5
I think we can all agree, no matter what mics they have, wrestlers will rarely possess the proper amount of gorms.
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Post by Pushed to the Moon on Jul 13, 2016 17:16:59 GMT -5
Nah. The microphones are great. Of course they hold them in front of their mouths. It's the element of spontaneity. Can you imagine Ambrose hitting the ring last Monday and then grabbing a tiny mic from ringside, hooking the battery pack to the back of his jeans and then pulling it up under his t shirt and then neatly clipping it onto his collar before going at Rollins? You grab a mic, you talk your talk and you drop it and leave. Plus they make that sound when you hit someone with them!
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Jul 13, 2016 17:18:52 GMT -5
IF YAAAA SMELLLLLLLL
would look shit with a lapel mic
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Post by CH Punk on Jul 13, 2016 17:35:35 GMT -5
I don't get what the problem with the handheld microphone is. Pretty much every sports broadcast and news reporter uses them because they're easy to setup (they don't require any belt packs) and they get the job done. Also, it's not like the backstage segments done with boom mics have a better flow than the in ring segments. And this is an over sized mic: I'd imagine they're pretty durable and easy to get rid of in a pinch to start brawls. Plus cheap as hell. This was over a decade ago, but Jericho talks about getting yelled at for throwing a non-functioning mic into the crowd on Raw. When he said he did it because Austin did it in a segment a few weeks prior, Vince said "Well, you're not Austin."
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Post by Heinz Doofenschmirtz on Jul 13, 2016 18:28:46 GMT -5
I have no idea what mics they're using but it kinda looks like a Sennheiser E835 (or equivalent) which is relatively cheap and a real workhorse. You can get them in three packs for less than 250 bucks and they're intended for road wear.
They may be using some kind of Rode or Telefunken (about 250 each) but regardless they aren't hugely expensive in case something happens to them as compared to lav mics or headset mics.
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Post by mizerable on Jul 13, 2016 18:37:27 GMT -5
I prefer a commentator to hold it and react to it. To me, it was best when someone like Okerlund or Russell would do this and react. Nowadays, you can't even get that...I want a commentator to tell the wrestler he's despicable or something.
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Post by Macho Pichu on Jul 13, 2016 23:13:34 GMT -5
Most people wrestler shirtless. Where would they mount a lapel mic without a shirt? What condition would one be in if someone has to cut a post-match promo and it took as many bumps as the wearer?
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Post by drjayphd (feat. Pitbull) on Jul 13, 2016 23:27:51 GMT -5
I have no idea what mics they're using but it kinda looks like a Sennheiser E835 (or equivalent) which is relatively cheap and a real workhorse. You can get them in three packs for less than 250 bucks and they're intended for road wear. Unless you're ordering for Vince McMahon, in which case they're upwards of $50,000 a pop.
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Jul 13, 2016 23:36:25 GMT -5
I'm not trying to call you out or anything OP, but this is literally the strangest criticism of wrestling that I've ever seen.
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Post by Sparvid on Jul 14, 2016 0:31:29 GMT -5
I'm sure getting hit over the head with a mic can hurt quite a lot, but I think it's funny that most of the time is just makes this soft "bonk" noise.
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Post by pegasuswarrior on Jul 14, 2016 1:45:39 GMT -5
This thread needs more Lancers, Photoshop, and a Gene Rayburn mic in a wrestler's hand.
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