Most of these takes are on point.  Slash and Duff don't want to upset the touring revenue and get cast out again and miss out on money.  And they can easily write, produce and release new music with their side gigs. 

On the TB thing, didn't they give Axl an ultimatum of we are your managers or we walk?  That's insane if you think about it.  GNR is basically a greatest hits/touring machine at this point.  I've accepted it and don't get upset with the lack of new music.

It is kind of sad how they pissed away their legacy with infighting and non activity.

Since everyone mentioned Rude, I did a marathon of 90s Wargames matches yesterday.  1991 and 1992 are far and beyond the best two.  Both of those are really close.  I think "workrate" wise I prefer 92, it also has Austin bleeding within 5 mins and he takes a couple of insane bumps.  Oh wait, it also has that part where Madusa climbs up to the top of the cage and drops the phone in as a weapon.    The only thing that I don't care for is the ending.  It seems kinda randomy and weak. 

91 is great too. Again I have an issue with the ending.  It's the entire Sid intentionally tried to injure Pillman.  And after the first powerbomb where Pillman landed on his head, you could see he was concussed.    Larry Zybesko gets more stuff in on this wargames as opposed to 92.

93 suffers for one reason:  lack of star power.  When you have Harlem Heat, Shockmaster/Typhoon in there, it's gonna suck.  It's too bad because I really enjoy the bits with Vader in there just destroying people in the cage.

Couldn't find a complete version of 94 and skipped 95.  I'll only say that Dustin Rhodes was in 4 straight War Games matches from 1991-94.  He was a better worker in WCW but made more money in WWE as Goldust.  Some of those early Goldust matches aren't good at all and he got by by the character being over.   Even now though, I get a good laugh from the angle where he's putting the moves on Razor Ramon.

96 and full on NWO vs WCW stuff in full force.  I enjoyed most of this.  Wrestling was decent.  I always get a kick out of Flair delivering nutshots especially as a face.  And all 3 NWO guys get low blows from Ric here.  But this was basically an "angle advancement" match.  My problem is I totally forgot about the entire Sting stuff.  And really having the NWO with a fake Sting is a little dumb to me. 

97 the Best of the later ones really.  I forgot that douche Bagwell was in this match.  Sigh, Benoit is the MVP of this match as he had his working boots on.  This one is another one that ends with an angle advancement but I didn't mind this as much since it was easier to understand and remember.  Oh,  McMichael did pretty good for a guy here who wasn't an experienced wrestler.  Also, helps that this had a nice blood feud feel to this.  Oh, they mentioned mocking Arn's retirement.  I totally remember that as Waltman (I think) put on some blonde wig and was Ric Flair.

98 ugh this was bad.  It's just basically wrestlers in a cage at this point.  Kinda dull for the most part.  That Warrior/Hogan crap near the end kills it for me.  Also it makes the entire "winner gets a World Title shot" seem minor.  I mean DDP won but the entire thing was focused on Warrior /Hogan.  One note; near the first part of this match, there's a really awkward Brain/Schiavone exchange.  Brain says something like look over there and Schiavone counters with a shut up.  there's a minute of uncomfortable silence afterwards.

These are my thoughts pretty much.  I think I would love Hard Skool more if they dumped the vocals in the middle.  As for Absurd, it pretty much wore out it's welcome quick for me.  I even preferred the lyrics from 2001 when it was called Silkworms.

But I do listen to Hard Skool a fair amount and it is a solid song/B side.  And there's nothing wrong with that.

I watched this yesterday on tubi and have similar thoughts.  For about an hour there it was a really good psychological thriller.  You have the three girls who have all different agendas/thought processes.  Emily=survive and escape, Tori=plan about what to do (or more or less figure out a way to kill Emily and cover it up).   Britt=stuck between an accomplice/ and doing the right thing (freeing the friend).  Right after they bring back Emily, the movie hits a skid and just sort of sits there and doesn't really know where to go.  It kinda meanders until the ending to be honest.    I kinda found it unbelievable that Tori who is the smartest of the three still hadn't found any solution to the situation.

I did find it weird how the two girls were kinda wishy washy (film didn't really address this though) on the burial aspects/scenes.  That part I found kinda confusing.

It's difficult for me to criticize this but I really like the first half of this film.  Right when they go up the mountain/climb, it loses me.  I don't know why maybe it's the overplotting. But it loses most of the energy in the second half, for me anyway.  I've seen this movie several times and always come to that same conclusion.

I'm continually amazed at how they ALWAYS fuck things up when they are in power.   Every piece of even minor legislation becomes a chore.  Even when they have most of the popular opinion on their side, they STILL screw it up somehow.

I only watch when there is some sort of live sporting event on (usually an NFL game or college football).I don't watch any of their other shit.  Sportscenter hit a peak in the late 90s somewhere and became obselete.   I still love the Patrick-Olbermann Sportcenters from the 90s though.  The internet has basically become their worst enemy.  Want the scores?  Just go online where you can watch a 2 min clip of the highlights w/no fuss.  Them going political rubbed a lot of casual fans the wrong way, imo.  Also the sports network channels have taken a big chunk of their viewership I bet (MLB net, nfl network etc).

I'm sure I'm not the only that stomachs the live events and just turns it off after the game is done.  Oh, I remember during the early 90s when ESPN showed regional wrestling.