#1
mr self destruct wrote:
You do know it’s not real, don’t you?
Posted on Sun, 30 March 2008 at 20:42
#2
Taunty Dan wrote:
yes, lets just pretend this thread didn’t happen eh son? ;)
Posted on Sun, 30 March 2008 at 20:59
#3
Dennis wrote:
Is that the same type of thing as they used to have on World of Sport on a Saturday morning, with Dickie Davies introducing people like Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy…?
Posted on Sun, 30 March 2008 at 21:13
#4
Gimme Back My Brainsaw wrote:
well theres a guy in it called Big Daddy v
It is real, its just pre determined lol.
to quote Jim Ross ‘Where do you learn to fall off a 20 foot ladder’
and every film and tv show you watch aint real
:p
Posted on Sun, 30 March 2008 at 21:24
#5
Taunty Dan wrote:
GIMME!!! ennis, calm down, don’t cry, he’s not referring to Home and Away…there there…
Posted on Sun, 30 March 2008 at 21:27
#6
Dennis wrote:
I haven’t been able to watch Home and Away since Bobbi died. And to think, she’d only just made her peace with Flathe..I mean Donald..
*sobs*
Posted on Sun, 30 March 2008 at 21:29
#7
hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
Posted on Mon, 31 March 2008 at 11:54
#8
caffeinebomb wrote:
I quite enjoyeed Wrestlemania. I even booked the day off work today so I could stay up and watch it last night. Ain’t I a loser?
I think pro wrestling is a highly skilled and entertaining performing art. Performers guide the viewer through stories via the age-old medium of hitting folk with chairs. It is physically demanding and the ability to deliver moves which look dangerous in a safe and controlled fashion is a rare talent. The fact that these guys also use their bodies and their responses to these situations to convey simple emotive storytelling is a very special balance.
Whilst it is completely accurate to say that it is not real, that should not diminish the talent, commitment and skill these guys have. When it comes down to it, on a night like Wrestlemania, where you can’t bo 100% sure who will win, it’s pretty electrifying, edge-of-your-seat stuff, even though it is all pre-determined.
I really enjoy watching a bot of wrestling, much in the same way as I enjoy going to the theatre or watching a good film.
Posted on Mon, 31 March 2008 at 12:09
#9
caffeinebomb wrote:
Gimme Back My Brainsaw wrote:
‘Where do you learn to fall off a 20 foot ladder’
Any good wrestling school ought to show you how it’s done now. and it’s probably only 10ft, but that’s still scary enough
Posted on Mon, 31 March 2008 at 12:10 in reply to an earlier post
#10
Dennis wrote:
I don’t suppose falling off a ladder from any given height is particularly difficult.
Posted on Mon, 31 March 2008 at 12:59
#11
caffeinebomb wrote:
well, no, I can see your point there
Posted on Mon, 31 March 2008 at 13:17
#12
Dennis wrote:
:D There’s a chap here at work who is particularly good at falling off ladders. In fact, as there are only 6 of us in the company anyway, he has the monopoly on the Accident Book. I think his first name has been seen next to the word “ladder” more times than it has been seen next to his surname in our company’s paperwork. Unless of course his name IS Roy Ladder, but I don’t think it is. Could be quite a lucrative name in the wrestling world though? “Roy The Ladder”…? Strike fear into anyone’s bones that? Ah maybe not then.
Posted on Mon, 31 March 2008 at 13:27
#13
hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
I haven’t watched any wrestling for ages, I do enjoy it though. It doesn’t really matter how much is scripted and faked, like the bomb said, it’s just like watching a film.
Posted on Mon, 31 March 2008 at 14:26
#14
fatboy wrote:
Dennis wrote:
Is that the same type of thing as they used to have on World of Sport on a Saturday morning, with Dickie Davies introducing people like Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy…?
Oh they were the days.
Posted on Mon, 31 March 2008 at 15:27 in reply to an earlier post
#15
Taunty Dan wrote:
hoochalobster wrote:
I haven’t watched any wrestling for ages, I do enjoy it though. It doesn’t really matter how much is scripted and faked, like the bomb said, it’s just like watching a film.
Yes, yes, just like watching a film.
ABOUT GROWN MEN PRETENDING TO BEAT EACH OTHER UP!!!!!!
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?? :D
Posted on Mon, 31 March 2008 at 17:09 in reply to an earlier post
#16
RoyBatty (Steve) wrote:
I with Dan on this one. Wrestling to me is like watching a film directed by comic book fanboy and written by a room full of monkeys with typewriters. But if it floats your boat, I’ve no problem with it.
Posted on Mon, 31 March 2008 at 17:50
#17
caffeinebomb wrote:
Whilst it might lask the artistic kudos of Shakespeare in the round, directed by Olivier and featuring a naked Oliver Reed, it is a lot more accessible to many sectors of society. It manages to show people a skilled and athletic performance without intimidating and putting them off by using the term theatre.
The storylines usually are laughable and insignificant, but welcome to pop culture guys. If you offered 4 beer swilling sunburnt Texans the chance to see a piece of physical theatre, choreographed smooth dance moves on the floor, performed by several semi-naked men telling a classic story of good vs evil they’d kill you. But what I described is essentially the basis of most Pro Wrestling.
Posted on Mon, 31 March 2008 at 18:43
#18
Taunty Dan wrote:
yes! and its FOR CHILDREN!!!
Is it just me, is it?!
Posted on Mon, 31 March 2008 at 18:45
#19
Dusty (Chris Davies) wrote:
I used to love wrestling but as I havent had sky tv for a few years I haven’t bothered with it , now and again I check whats going on and stuff. Mainly to be dissapointed to be honest.
To say its for children is a bit harsh, have you seen some of the women in it ? :D
Dan were you piledrivered as a child or something? :)
Only joking. Each to their own.
Posted on Mon, 31 March 2008 at 19:36
#20
White Psycho wrote:
hoochalobster wrote:
That was truely awful.
On topic. Stopped watching WWF/E whatever a long time ago. Was entertaining just couldn’t be arsed to constantly watch it.
Posted on Mon, 31 March 2008 at 21:03 in reply to an earlier post
#21
CS (Colin S) wrote:
Trish Stratus is hot!
She still there?
And so is Torrie Wilson…
Loads of new girls in it, never pay attention, when I stopped watching it was going downhill..
Posted on Mon, 31 March 2008 at 21:48
#22
deadsetgav wrote:
hoochalobster wrote:
Thats awesome with the fridge - “there is no dana.. only zuul…”
Why didn’t they just get makeup to fit her up with a big white sheet with eyeholes?
Posted on Mon, 31 March 2008 at 22:41 in reply to an earlier post
