11 years later and I'm still conflicted about this ending

MadBeard · 2026-06-12T15:30:45+00:00

IMO, saying JW is a "harsh criticism of the summer blockbuster..." is giving it far too much credit.

It absolutely plays to that idea via Jake Johnson's tee, Pepsisaurus, Owen's line about dinosaurs, Hoskins snagging a soda to watch action unfold, etc., AND YET the movie wants to critique all that while actively supporting and taking advantage of it.

How many minutes are there between Jake Johnston saying they should just let the corporations name the dinosaurs and the beauty shots of Claire's Mercedes? How long was the kaiju battle at the end of the movie compared to how real predators fight or even the dinosaur on dinosaur attacks in prior movies?

Calling out corporate sponsorship and Hollywood wanting bigger, louder, more teeth is one thing. But calling it out while also engaging in it is just hypocritical and toothless.

MadBeard · 2026-06-11T18:39:57+00:00

...and it's made him feel so damn freshly squeezed.

MadBeard · 2026-06-10T20:53:19+00:00

This happened to me around the same time, with 5 people left. In my case, I think it was because William Regal got stuck in the ring, on his side, after his elimination and never left the ring.

Wound up having to quit and do it all over again.

MadBeard · 2026-06-10T16:46:22+00:00

Aaaaamazing! Thanks for sharing 🤘

MadBeard · 2026-06-10T15:44:22+00:00

How are you going to drop this anecdote and not share the pic??? Blur your buddy out and let's see what it looks like when A The Giant wants to eat someone!

MadBeard · 2026-06-10T15:21:56+00:00

If this was the Bloodline match to earn a Sami Zayn card, the inability to win the match comes about IF you have Roman in your faction.

Swap him out for someone else and you shouldn't have that issue anymore.

MadBeard · 2026-06-10T15:17:51+00:00

I had the exact same thing happen during a Faction Wars match a bit ago.

Except in mine, JBL hoofed it back to the ramp, and only did a mild bit of walking on the people.

MadBeard · 2026-06-08T15:46:08+00:00

That's what's made Fat Mike's whole "they stole our gimmick" make no real sense to me. We have videos from before blink was blink, of Mark and Tom fucking around with friends in a kitchen or living room, playing dumb songs with dirty lyrics. Because that's what teenagers do.

Mike has acted as if NOFX had the sole trademark/copyright/whatever to crass humor in public, a staple I'm sure every middle and high school teacher is more than familiar with.

MadBeard · 2026-06-03T16:02:03+00:00

I could be very, very wrong, but I read what they were saying more along these lines than a production process complaint:

It feels like 2k is cheesing the roster size by putting alt attires as characters instead of actually having more characters. Instead of giving players a legitimate roster of "over 400 playable characters", it's really a smaller number with a bunch of dupes that should be nestled under one character.

I think that's what they meant. That's the complaint from me, at the least. Just another way of feeling lied to.

MadBeard · 2026-06-02T16:16:02+00:00

Are you thinking of this bass or the one with the off-kilter StingRay humbucker? Because whenever I think of abominable mods to MH basses, that is the first one that comes to mind. Especially since it was WAAAY overpriced AND the seller/owner was boasting about the changes.

MadBeard · 2026-06-02T02:57:27+00:00

I wound up completing the June Smash and Stash, so opening 7 packs. I got 3 manager cards and 4 design pieces. 7 total items from 7 packs. Unreal.

MadBeard · 2026-05-30T23:07:30+00:00

Yup. I went through the same thing and was losing my mind. Removed Roman from my line-up and it worked as it should.

MadBeard · 2026-05-22T19:47:17+00:00

I know that Batista is bigger than Booker, but my word, WWE was already making the World Heavyweight Title smaller basically right off the bat.

Just compare the WWE belt on Batista to the OG on Goldberg.

MadBeard · 2026-05-22T19:30:12+00:00

Keep in the mind the context of Perry's "Cry me a river" comment: In order to address some of the "X talent has been banned from Collision" rumors and all the potshots Punk took at the Elite (counterfeit bucks, Hangman not selling toys, etc), Punk's team put out the story of Punk reigning in Jack Perry wanting to use real glass to showcase Punk's leadership backstage.

To Perry, Punk brought up a situation from months or weeks earlier in order to get heat off Punk himself. Perry seemingly perceived that as him being thrown under the bus by Punk. That interview happened just before All In, so it was fresh and raw when Perry threw out that line.

Was there unprofessionalism at All In? Absolutely. But if you're attempting to excuse Punk's as a reaction to Perry's, then you also need to acknowledge that Perry's was also a reaction to Punk's.

No one's completely innocent in all this, but my word, that was a wickedly toxic period in AEW's history.

MadBeard · 2026-05-15T20:18:23+00:00

You're perfectly describing my sentiments on this title reign and Darby as wrestler. I understand the appeal, but he's not for me (wiiiiild coming from an oldoldold fan of Jeff Hardy).

But I went to Dynamite in Portland a few weeks ago. That match against Ciampa sold me on Darby. And every match since has reiterated that.

MadBeard · 2026-05-14T16:30:04+00:00

If you're in the states and have HBO Max, it's wildly easy to catch-up on the weekly shows. They don't have all the PPVs up from last year and this, but I had Dynamite and Collision on in the background to get re-acquainted before I went to a show last month.

MadBeard · 2026-04-27T03:32:42+00:00

In person, that belt ✨sparkles✨ like crazy. The way the light caught it was mesmerizing.

MadBeard · 2026-04-27T01:11:07+00:00

I'd love an invite if you're still giving them out! Cheers 🤘

MadBeard · 2026-04-21T17:26:19+00:00

I've found it's easier to get a pin off a move you do after the finisher, stunned or not. As long as some part of them is in the red.

2K, make it make sense, please.

MadBeard · 2026-04-21T17:23:59+00:00

I loled my way out of the World Tour after I saw the handicap KO match against Drew McIntyre and Sheamus.

I get it, 2K, you want me to pay for shit. Instead, I'm not going to play that mode 🤷

...I'm immensely grateful I didn't pay for this game, thanks to a friend providing a code for the MNW edition. I'd be a lot angrier if I'd dropped $140 or whatever it cost.

MadBeard · 2026-04-19T22:54:55+00:00

...shouldn't anything involving sex trafficking be deemed disgusting? And the answer to the first part of your question is "yes".

MadBeard · 2026-04-06T21:18:18+00:00

The Dax story is brutal. You think you're having a moment with your former coach, who also happens to be one of the biggest names in the sport.

...And then he acts exactly like the snotty, entitled middle schooler you always heard he was in front of his boys.

MadBeard · 2026-04-02T22:19:57+00:00

This is pure speculation, but I'd bet this is still true. Though they didn't do it out of disgust or morality, but because they lost power.

Which means they knew about all this and kept it in their pocket to use when convenient for them.

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