I, "The Student of the Game" Russ Stevens, will be giving my opinions about pro wrestling as someone who the Downstate Illinois scene did away with when I was tired of playing "wrestler" and was locked out for calling out the socially unacceptable behavior. While pursuing the dream, I missed Ruthless Aggression. Thus, my indie tape/DVD library and indie attendance became the basis of what I like in. This blogger hopes to educate/correct you about what you should expect from wrestling today.
With NinetyforChill.com evolving into more than the rough draft blog for my primary blog, MainEventoftheDead.com needs a new place to test out the formatting of recent blogs. "Main Event of the Dead" is my screenplay about pro-wrestling and zombies. I have a movie website, so may as well have a wrestling site.
Imagine We Still Had VHS: "Cat Planet Cuties" and the Curse of Too Much Physical Media
*Blog post started on February 19, 2021.
Trying to optimize my Twitter feeds (@maineventzombie, @catbusruss, @russthebus)
yesterday has put me a day behind in terms of writing. What is the
point of staying up late for content if it is not fresh in your mind the
next day? There is a chance that the thoughts that ruined your original
intentions bleed over into the next day. When you are obsessive
compulsive like me, if one thing is optimized, all must be optimized.
...
Ironically,
anime rarely has those kind of expansive extras to warrant a physical
copy. But does "Cat Planet Cuties" need that when I could grab it for
$10 bucks? I could not pass up something catcentric at that price. It is
still a gamble because it is an anime. This is an anime with an American
title that implies loads of fan service.
Fan service is best kept as an implication like the promises at the end of episodes of "Evangelion" or "Blue Seed". As a series, I have seen that backfire so many times like "Agent AIKa" and "Knights of Ramune".
Reviewing "The Craft" To Clear the Way For More Stuart Gordon
*Blog post started on February 16, 2021.
Stuart
Gordon delivers another Lovecraftian feature, this one seeming more HP
than Gordon. The film again shows how Gordon can work around any
shortcomings including the CG effects that are definitely not ILM.
Mermaids with tentacles instead of fins and flayings make this a must
see for any gore fans. Ezra Godden is a great proxy for Jeffrey Combs.
If it lacks anything, it is a character in the vein of Barbara Crampton.
The
podcast has now lead to a back up in my written blogs. It is more of a
principle thing that upsets me. There is a sense that I am selling out
the written work for clicks. But the pods are getting me twice the clicks.
If
there is a problem with the podcast, it is that I am running out of
themes really quick. I have stocked up on Sean Bean films from Disc
Replay, but how often can I afford to add other actors' sub
100-minute filmographies?
...
An
even better gift would be inquiries about my pro-wrestling, low-budget,
zombie-comedy "Main Event of the Dead". I am more than happy to send
out script treatments and would love suggestions on how to get this
project at developmental hell. Send your advice or request to russthebus07@gmail.com.
As
I finish typing out my plugs, I realize that I might just be writing
this for the sake of practice. Do I have an actual subject to address?
The answer is yes. Thanks for the edibles NuEra. This allowed me to skip
(too stoned to record) the visceral review video, and create a need to write a review for what
the girls at the bank think is a classic, "The Craft".
I
think it might be nothing more than Breckin Meyer-sploitation. Did the
producers think it could not be a hip chick flick if he was not playing a
high school slacker?
I
think I may need to quit following the Nine Inch Nails Facebook group.
It seems "Everyday Is Exactly the Same." There is also the fear that the
Marilyn Manson situation will take down Trent Reznor, but I digress. If
I keep down that rabbit hole, we will get into my thoughts about Armie
Hammer as a patsy to reinforce QAnon's thoughts that liberals are
cannibals and how that will lead to celebrities actually eating people.
If morons are going to believe hearsay as irrefutable facts,
celebrities might as well start doing that because it is expected of
them.
The
point is, "I believe I can see the future, because I make the same
mistakes". At least no one will confuse my quotations from this blog for
being those of Johnny Cash.
It
has been an exhausting few days. Sleeping in is not really a thing when
you have cats. The podcast is requiring me to watch a movie each night.
Between wrestling and "The Daily Social Distancing Show", the movie
start times will take me into the wee hours of the morning.
Getting to
bed before 2 am is a challenge because despite the movies being under
100 minutes, pausing to take notes and many times the need to record my
visceral take on a features can make everything a two-hour affair.
But if I did not mention so many movies on the prior podcast, would it
even have been 20 minutes (19) long if I did not add those reviews in post?
This
exhaustion maybe hindering my enjoyment of WrestleMania season. I try
my best to only have a big meal a day, and with my podcast being
finalized during Monday Night Raw, it is easy to get through that
evening with a the Great Value Glucerna knock off. I ain't got time to snack.
Am
I watching much of Raw? Probably not as much as the McMahons hope. Not
because of my attention being dedicated to my podcast, it is just
difficult to know when to jump in.
I
skip the first half hour because of the 20-minute opening promo. At
7:30 pm (CST), I tune in, but cannot recall seeing anything spectacular
the last couple of weeks. That must be my official disapproval of the
Retribution angle. When 8:00 opens with an effort to get Lacey Evans
over, "Family Guy" is my cable destination. If there is a great story
about the Griffins at 8:30 on TBS, USA should be glad that I can
only take so much of Peter's laugh, so I will be back at 9:00 to spend
the next hour frustrated. Randy Orton being your main event
two weeks in a row does not restore confidence in the product.
I
am starting to have more faith in the Impact product than WWE's. Their
problem is that they are still relying on disqualifications and count
outs to stretch out stories. Because of that, Impact still gives off a
WWE light vibe. Tony Khan is not going to buy Impact, so we are not
going to see a change in the booking style of Impact.
Once
AEW can tour again, they will not need the interpromotional drama. If
Khan's booking style has yet to rub off on Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions,
it is not. So I need energy to watch their product. Tuesday is usually
an off campus trip for lunch, so a Glucerna should be my evening meal.
But after a three midnight movie stretch, I lack the energy to
make it through the broadcast without real food.
And
of course, once I open up the box of Cheetos Mac 'n Cheese and put the
water on the stove, the AEW content comes on. After the paid ad, I could
have turned on "Wrong Turn 2: Dead End", watched Trevor Noah off the
DVR, and be in bed by 11:30 pm. Was I supposed to just let the Cheetos
pasta go stale and waste the water. The water mainly, yes, I have zipper
bags for Chester's stuff. Regardless, waste not want not.
Which
leaves me pondering about whether I eat the Wing Stop wings I was going
to save for last night, tonight. Three-fifths served as lunch
yesterday, I just left the other eight nuggets (Wings have bones.) in the bank's fridge. The idea was to snack
on them last night. Tonight, my take on TGI Fridays Wings will be
prepared (It is a sauce second to Gardner's Pizza and Wings.), but are 12 really going to hold me over?
AEW
being more like a sport leads to sporting event eating habits. After
you spend $7 on a hot dog, you might as well surrender your wallet and
buy an overpriced pretzel. I would be so broke if I was a beer drinker
at a ball park. That money is meant to be spent on comic books and used
video games from the shops three blocks away. Unfortunately, the Ricketts's re-imagination of
Wrigleyville may end up leaving me with high priced drinks as my only
option.
And
that is why I hate evening baseball on the Northside. Being from
Downstate, to catch a game live, I am going to need to take a day. Why
not play during the day any chance you get. There were only suppose to
be 27 night games a year anyhow.
It is a great home field advantage when you catch a team playing on the west coast that needed to play
into the wee morning hours only to have to play ball eight hours later.
Most of the bars around the park stay open to 4 am anyhow.
The
most recent reason for day baseball in Chicago is that mean my podcast
will not take away from my enjoyment of the Cubbies. When the Cubs play
while I am work, it sucks that I cannot watch them, but that is the hand
fate dealt me. Evenings, how can I focus on producing my podcast and
the greatest franchise in all of sports (I said greatest, not the
best. I probably should have used beloved. Fuck the Red Sox)?
Does anyone have any pointers on maximizing movie viewing time to live a normal couch potato life? If you do, send an email to russthebus07@gmail.com. This is probably the simplest thing I will ask for advice on from my readers. Let us develop a report...
So
that you will be cool when I am more aggressive about asking for your help with my
low-budget, pro-wrestling, zombie-comedy feature "Main Event of the
Dead". If you need a script treatment or have any pointers on getting
the flick out of development hell, email russthebus07@gmail.com.
