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#841 Re: Guns N' Roses » One Year Later - Did you get what you wanted? » 499 weeks ago

I just want to hear the rest of that "Checkmate" demo then I'll be happy. Not sure if I'm going to be able see the band this year.

#842 Re: The Garden » The United Kingdom General Election, 2nd May 2024 » 499 weeks ago

johndivney wrote:

I really am so far removed from the mindset of the average English voter: I really cannot see ANYTHING redeemable about the Tories. They are rotten to their very core.

I'm far removed from the average Northern Irish voter. If I was English, I might at least vote Green.. solely for their ability to feign empathy. I just don't see how voters can look at Tory policies over the past several years and go "it's Brussels fault".

This is more than just an election, it's about giving the conservatives a mandate to carry out any right wing policy they want and change the laws dramatically during Brexit.

It also means the country can't rebel in 2019 post leaving the EU if anything goes wrong without a transitional deal.

I mean what is this for? Getting rid off Human Rights, Death Penalty, Investigatory Powers Act and an excuse to go back to blue passports?

NHS will be privatized in several years. The media is over sensationalizing everything, while ignoring Tory spending cuts. That way the right wing can go on about "well wouldn't be better if we privatized it? Fuck the poor".

#843 Re: The Garden » The United Kingdom General Election, 2nd May 2024 » 499 weeks ago

Neemo wrote:

What's this one for?

General election. For all seats in parliament. Theresa May senses blood with Labour polling very, very badly. This is her chance to consolidate power and have a mandate to take the country in whatever direction she wants.

Their's also an elections expenses scandal at the minute. Over 30 Tory MPs are being investigated by police for illegal spending in the 2015 election, but will let the conservatives brush it aside.

She's also supposedly going to refuse any TV election debates. With her current polling and Murdoch's media/Daily Mail on her side, she doesn't have to do much.

Any other party running against the Tories will be accused of trying to obstruct Brexit.

#844 Re: The Garden » The United Kingdom General Election, 2nd May 2024 » 499 weeks ago

Yet another election on June 8th 2017.

Very worried about the direction of the country after this.

#845 Re: The Sunset Strip » The Star Wars Thread *NO SPOILERS ALLOWED!* » 499 weeks ago

No idea what happens, but I hope it's better/more original than the last one.

I really hope there's no Death Star IV!

#846 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 500 weeks ago

Randall Flagg wrote:

That's great.  I took numerous stats classes and I work at the WHQ for a Fortune 100.

So does that mean you scrub toilets at Walmarts head office?

#847 Re: The Sunset Strip » The Video Game Console Thread » 500 weeks ago

I never asked before, but I assume no one here plays Hearthstone on EU battle.net servers?

#848 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 500 weeks ago

James Lofton wrote:

I also watched 10 Cloverfield Lane. It was pretty good. I liked how the expected twist never came. That in itself is a kind of twist.

You know that film originally had nothing to do with Cloverfield? Studio didn't like it, so they re-done the ending script so that they could add in Cloverfield name?

Just watched Exorcist again for the first time in awhile. It's a really pretty good well done film. It losses the effectiveness though after you seen it so many times and know everything that happens, but it's great film making.

The version I watched was the re-edited version with the Spider walk. It's easy to see why the other versions didn't include it, really out off place in context and makes the film much less visceral.

#849 Re: The Garden » The Wrestling thread » 500 weeks ago

WWE already have their own studio for films. I believe it runs up a yearly loss according to Observer. They make straight to DVD films co-starting random names in Hollywood (generally not those on the up and up) and they bomb.

Their film productions are a disaster financially, but they keep making them just to inflate their egos. The company makes an awful lot of money now through advertising revenue and other means in Wrestlemania season.

There's alot of non wrestling related content during Wrestlemania weekend. They make alot of money with it. Not going to be radical changes. The length of the show is just, because they can. Their's not really any downside for them and of all the things that'll get fans to abandon this company the length of their traditional highlight of the year won't make a difference.

The fanbase is very casual that watch every week, but the company is making more money than ever of hardcores that want more and more content.

#850 Re: The Garden » The Wrestling thread » 500 weeks ago

Don't have time to comment on everything, but;

They basically had 4 sellout shows in Orlando from Saturday/Sunday/Monday/Tuesday not counting the NXT tapping on Wednesday night (all be it at a smaller venue). They also had the Hall of Fame ceremony in front of a crowd on Friday night before Wrestlemania weekend.

Wrestlemania is a major event, there was an absurd amount of Indy wrestling events or whatever held that weekend not affiliated with WWE to get in on the money.

Don't forget last year, they had supposedly 97K (this isn't even the worked number) at A&T stadium for an absolutely rubbish show. It was a main event no one wanted to see and the other matchs were just thrown together. The Wrestlemania brand sells itself, not what's going on.

That said outside of Wrestlemania season they aren't doing well with attendances. ...But yes they can absolutely could do 2 stadiums shows back to back nights (just not at A&T). I hope they don't though given how plodding 1 has been for years.

Brett wrote:

Wrestling cards can't by structure go that long easily.

As a NJPW fan watching a 6 hour Tokyo Dome show (Japan's version of Wrestlemania), it never dragged for me. It's WWE's style with everything being the same/predictable. That Tokyo Dome show this year was headlined by one of the best Wrestling matchs I probably ever seen.

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