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#1581 Re: The Garden » Fantasy Wrestling II » 842 weeks ago
Atari,
When does the fantasy wrestling "season" end? Just curious when the final point tabulations will be made.
Given this is all leading to a "C.M. Punk vs. Edge" showdown at "SummerSlam", Lofton in theory is the only one who can stop you.
I'll disagree in that I don't think that they're full confident about CM Punk as a main event guy. Witness his bad title reign last year after cashing in MITB. He also lost to Kane for some apparent reason at last month's PPV. More likely he cash in MITB at this month's PPV in Chicago (his hometown) win it and drop it at some point to Jericho. Jericho had a lot of face time on Smackdown and is being positioned as the main guy on that show.
#1582 Re: The Garden » Pepsi altering course for dumbed down public » 842 weeks ago
Sorta off subject, but has anybody had that "Pepsi Throwback"?
I can't tell from the commercial if it's just a different can or some different flavor.
The main ingredient is different. Most sodas use High Fructose Corn syrup. This Pepsi Throwback (and Mountain Dew) uses Cane Sugar (and Beet Sugar) which is apparently supposed to be better tasting than the corn syrup normally used.
I have not tried either throwback product and can't offer an opinion. But if anyone drinks this I would like to know how it compares.
#1583 Re: Guns N' Roses » If the Skwerl » 842 weeks ago
Atari,
I think Skewrl also worked for UMG at some point. In this case he differs from MSL and others, those guys leaked demos. Skewrl I think leaked finished product (or at least close to) from a company he used to work for. There's a big distinction there. That's why he gets zero sympathy from me. I'm not even considering the entire self promotion angle either.
#1584 Re: GNRevolution Madness » GnREvolution MOVIE Madness? » 842 weeks ago
I'm not sure I'm down for this one. I get the feeling that there are going to be a lot of horror films and since I don't watch that genre at all that might be difficult for me to vote. I'm not opposed to this I'm just curious what kind of stipulations should be put in.
#1585 Re: GNRevolution Madness » GnREvolution Music Madness - Round 3, Battle 6 » 842 weeks ago
Freebird. I love classic Aerosmith but Walk this Way is overplayed.
#1586 Re: Guns N' Roses » The Possibility of a Guns N' Roses '09 Summer tour » 842 weeks ago
Yeah there is the question of when DJ started rehearsing with them exactly. Obviously it is a lot of material to learn.
Is there really though? He'd obviously have to learn AFD and CD, but they wouldn't be doing that many songs off Illusions. Lies would probably get two at the most and they'd maybe toss in a Spaghetti Incident song or two. I going to assume that he's a skilled guitarist so why does it take him three months to learn previously recorded material? Unless they want to bring out a whole new set of CD era tunes which would make me very happy and intrigued.
#1587 Re: Guns N' Roses » Please Play TWAT more when a tour happens » 842 weeks ago
Buzz,
I went there last week and casually glanced at the cd rack. The yellow price tag indicated the price was $11.99. So it was selling at regular price. There was still a lot of Chinese Democracy cd's there too.
#1588 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Slash to be on American Idol next week » 842 weeks ago
I can understand why he goes on there, but that doesn't mean I have to agree with it. Honestly, I usually check out after the dreck in the first week. The thing that really bugs me about this show is that there are a lot of talented musicians struggling out there to make it. They play in small clubs because I think they love their craft and geniunely believe in it. Then you have this show which is basically a glorified karaoke contest. Most of the females have to sing in a certain style and some are selected for their personal story. Even if you don't win you get some form of PR.
#1589 Re: GNRevolution Madness » GnREvolution Music Madness - Round 3, Battle 3 » 842 weeks ago
Back in Black
#1590 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Slash to be on American Idol next week » 842 weeks ago
I'm saying that MOST Oscar winners, are flashes in the pan. Think about it.
Every year there's the Oscars right? How many repeat winners are there? How many of them go on to long term success?
I think multiple nominations over the span of a career, versus one win, is far more of an accomplishment. Winning ONE Oscar means you were popular in ONE film, at ONE time, in ONE year.
I was in total agreement with this point until I actually went to the oscars site and looked up the past winners. Not all of them have been failures with their post oscar projects. I think the bar is different if they won for an art film than a mainstream film though. You really cant expect an actor who does primarily character work to suddenly start acting in mainstream films now can you?
Okay here's a list of winners for both men and women's best supporting actor from 1994-2007 (2008 excluded for obvious reasons)
Best Supporting Actress
1994--Dianne Wiest--Bullets over Broadway
1995--Mira Sorvino--Might Afrodite (two straight years for Woody Allen films)
1996--Juliet Binoche--The English Patient
1997--Kim Bassinger--LA Confidential
1998-Judi Dench--Shakespeare in Love
1999-Angelina Jolie--Girl Interrupted
2000-Marcia Gay Harden--Pollack
2001--Jennifer Connelly--A Beautiful Mind
2002-Catherine Zeta Jones--Chicago
2003-Renee Zellweger-Cold Mountain
2004-Cate Blanchette-The Aviator
2005-Rachel Weisz--The Constant Gardner
2006Jennifer Hudson--Dreamgirls
2007 Tilda Swinton--Michael Clayton
I'm gonna save the male supporting actor winners for another post since this one is getting long. Here are the clearly successful post oscar win actresses: Judi Dench (Bond films, and another 4 nominations since her win), Angelina Jolie (no explanation needed), Cate Blanchette, Tilda Swinton (impressive post oscar resume--Narnia film, Burn After Reading, BB).
Here are the actress's whose careers have kinda nosedived after the win:Kim Bassinger, Mira Sorvino, Rachel Weisz (suprisingly, her post oscar resume hasn't been good), Renee Zelliweger, and Jennifer Hudson.
The rest are arguable on whether or not they failed after their oscar win. Does anyone expect Juliette Binoche, a French actress, to star in a lot of mainstream US flicks? Or Marcia Gay Harden and Dianne Wiest? Some of this stuff is skewed because they won for "art" films and I don't really expect these women to start suddenly acting in mainstream films.
I think the main point is that a majority of these actresses enjoy long term success although your interpretation of the word may change your perspective.