AvP

Don't believe the critics on this one. AvP had me worried, I have to admit, but after seeing it on Saturday night I can tell you this one is NOT the dog people predicted. For me, as a big fan of both franchises, this movie would have had to have been terrible for me to say bad things about it, but it turned out to be better than expected. Even my girlfriend, who was nice enough to go with me, liked it AND she isn't a big fan of either series. So, if you like the Alien or Predator movies SEE THIS FILM. Sadly, this movie will suffer like a lot of cult films do; good 1st week draw and then it'll drop. My only hope is that there isn't really a lot of new Sci-Fi coming out this week, so it might benefit from that.

Up next? Resident Evil - Apocalypse. :)

WWE Raw 8-9-2004

Raw was pretty good this week save for a few glaring things.

The Diva Search is getting on my nerves big time now. It is sad how this is taking all the current ladies on Raw off and either putting them on Heat or off the air all together, however, the idea for the dodge ball game is a GREAT idea. It will be: Trish Stratus, Molly Holly, Gail Kim, Jazz, Victoria, Nidia, and Stacey vs. The 7 Diva Finalist in Diva Dodgeball. My only hope here is this is some payoff for the fans to see the real Divas wipe the floor with these wannabes. If the WWE feeds their current ladies to these rejects from a wet t-shirt contest, they are out of their minds.

I love the stuff with Eugene / Triple H / William Regal. A lot of people didn't know about the history between Regal and Triple H and it helped to make this more heated. This story has brought the old, vile Triple H out and I LIKE IT. Triple H sends another message to Eugene by beating Regal for the 2nd week in a row. The match this Sunday should be something to see.

A lot of people have frowned on the Kane / Lita / Matt Hardy story arch, and I can see the reason why. We get the classic contract signing, with Matt beating down Kane after the deal is inked. Lita told Matt right before this that the baby is Kane's. This plays right into my idea, follow me here: This Sunday in the match, Matt has Kane beat. Lita comes down and is all excited; jumping up and down. Suddenly, she clutches her stomach and falls over in pain. Matt, concerned for Lita and the baby that isn't even his, starts to head to help her. As he is looking at Lita, Kane rises and defeats Matt. Lita "recovers" and looks on in shock. Kane starts up the ramp, laughing all the way. Lita gets in the ring and start to console Matt. Suddenly, low blow, twist of fate by Lita. She laughs and runs up to Kane and they leave together. It was all a game; the stalking, the deal, even the child, it's all been lies to get back at Matt for what he did to Lita when she came back (recall he dumped her). Comments?

Outstanding match from Edge and Jericho. Too bad they couldn't have this match at SummerSlam...The announcers tried to convince us if the match is this good now, what will it be like when you add Batista. Don't get me wrong, I am starting to like Batista more and more now, but getting a three way to have the pace this match did will be a big challenge.

Rhyno & Tajiri and La Résistance continued their dance towards each other. Could we see a title match Sunday? Maybe, if there is time on the card (which is pretty full now).

Nice main event with Benoit taking on both Triple H and Orton (Eugene was back at the hotel with Regal after his beating). Benoit would hold his own for a while, but 3/4 of Evolution got the best of him. Eugene came down to make the save and we are treated to Eugene beating the tar out of Ric Flair and Orton as we fade to black.

A solid show, built to promote SummerSlam. Fingers crossed for this Sunday. SS is usually what sets the tone for the fall. Hope for good things.

Later peeps (a little Christian there for ya...God I miss Christian)

Where's GrzeTim?

Hello all,

Sorry for not being around as of late, but the world has been kicking my butt. I'm doing fine, but just busy, busy, busy. Due to that, I've come to a decision: no more full reviews. I'm going to just do notes and thoughts from the wrestling shows and try to do more non-wrestling related posts. So, no time like the present. I recently saw The Village. It was good and if you like M Night's work, you'll be happy, but there is one problem; if you're good at figuring out his movies, you'll have this one pegged by the midpoint. This still doesn't detract from the movie, but it kills the "shock" at the end. Still, I recommend it to anyone who cares for suspense movies. Excellent date movie.

On the other end of the world, I got Mega Man - Anniversary Collection for the GameCube. What can I say? Mega Man 1-8 and the two Japanese Arcade games as unlockables. This was a trip back for me. Mega Man 1 is still hard as hell and Mega Man 3 is still a masterpiece that Capcom should be proud of. The best part? Mega Man 7 and 8 that I never got to play (7 was hard to find and 8 was for the PlayStation, which I never had). Good times.

I order Madden 2005 for the X-Box yesterday. I'm taking a risk here; never tried a Madden game before, but I have ready SO MANY good things about the series. I have played NFL Fever 2003 and liked it, so Madden should be good for me.

Check back later this week for my SummerSlam predictions.