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I'm blaming that Ravens choke job on the absence of Poe due to his drumstick injury. Get well soon, buddy. We need ya.

Yeah, that didn't feel like an official trailer at all. Felt more like something Cracked or CollegeHumor would slap together.

Cannot recommend X enough for fans of throwback horror. It's a love letter to Tobe Hooper, explicitly set in 1979 and filmed like it was made in 1979, putting the "porn" in nostalgia porn, but it's so much more besides. If you do check it out, be sure to stick through the credits. My favorite film of the year thus far (though I have a Jordan Peele and a Robert Eggers coming up to hopefully contend).

I can go the rest of my life without seeing this geek break down the playoffs like they're a U.S. Presidential Primary. NBC treats football like WWE treats wrestling.

No matter how this turns out, I feel like I should send a Christmas card to the Green Bay Special Teams Coach.

Another week, another attempt on my life by the Baltimore Ravens. I don't like that "Time Limit Draw" is an option here too.

Been getting back into Indian films lately. A bunch of friends and I shared Singham with another friend who hadn't yet seen it. Watched K.G.F. Chapter 1 today, and it's pretty darn epic. Afterwards, it dawned on me that Bollywood (or just the larger film landscape of India) have done a much better job of adapting to the world-building, interconnected zeitgeist of Marvel than American studio rivals have. Of course, they have also had several decades of practice at producing big, four corner, tentpole films.

"Weapons left behindWe dueling with the mind"

I guess I don't quite know what "risks" people are expecting? WandaVision spent 6 of 9 of its episodes painstakingly recreating the evolution of the sitcom. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier went well out of its way to shed any alt-right misappropriation of Captain America and explored some of the darker themes from the comics. They're taking chances with formula and audience expectations in a way most corporate entities don't. Have audiences been conditioned by things like The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones (and Attitude Era RAW) to expect big swerves and dramatic character changes? That's been a criticism of comics for as long as I've been alive. Every now and again they'll try to modernize a facet of a character (Clark Kent as newscaster instead of newspaper reporter once newspapers stopped being a part of everyday life, Peter Parker as science teacher instead of student, etc.), but most of the core attributes and relationships remain static. Ed Brubaker made one of the best analogies I've read, that he desired to play with all the toys but put them back in the box when he was done so they were still viable for the next writer. I think these shows (and films) are fine. They're not really groundbreaking, and most of them will eventually be as forgotten as Bulldog Drummond and Torchy, but fun enough to be worth the price of admission. They're certainly not the death of art or cinema or whatever. EDIT - Not responding to anyone's specific stance. Just thought if I was going to give my two cents, might as well get full use of the soapbox and give five, especially in regards to the "death of art" nonsense that isn't really a thing here but practically everywhere else on Earth.

Used for the closing credits of Sennentuntschi, a nasty little Swiss folk horror flick from 2010. The lyrics are strangely appropriate and all kinds of wrong. One of the heaviest things I've heard in a while, in multiple senses of the word. Dust comes across my radar every now and again, and it feels like I rediscover them each time. Same with Pentagram.

Kenny Omega?

Another week, another opportunity for the Ravens to give me cardiac arrest... And there's zero relief the rest of the way unless they just throw one of them away early. I'd almost welcome that. Almost.

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* Captain America # 100 (1968), the change-over from Tales of Suspense into Cap having his own book and also the team-up with Black Panther that would lead to him replacing Cap in the Avengers * Cry for Dawn # 3 (1989) signed by Joe Monks and Joseph Michael Linsner back when they still spoke to one another * Conan Vol. 1 Limited Edition Hardcover (2005) signed by Kurt Busiek * The Walking Dead Vol. 1 Deluxe Slipcase Hardcover (2005) * Set of Preacher Vol. 1-9 Trade Paperbacks (1995), not particularly valuable, but very important to me I used to have a lot more awesomeness, including Amazing Spider-Man # 300, X-Men # 13 (2nd appearance of the Juggernaut, bitch!), X-Men # 14 (1st appearance of the Sentinels), Uncanny X-Men # 201 (1st baby Cable), and a bunch of Golden Age Captain ("Shazam!") Marvels, but I sold them off when I had a chain of shops. Ah, well, no regrets. I also share HttK's appreciation of 1970s Inhumans. I used to have that whole run and loved it. I'm a sucker for the more sci-fi elements of the Marvel Universe as opposed to capes punching bank robbers in the face.

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So... where on EWB would diaries for this awesome game go?...

Looks totally intriguing, and you just have to love that Adam intends to make it as edit-friendly as EWB etc.

He did not stop them via punches. He stopped Kimbo via gut and the referee stopped the fight via unprotected powder-puff strikes. Kimbo didn't tap to strikes nor did he come up bloody. It was a TKO. He then got past Justin Wren on a close decision. He hardly dominated that fight, though Wren wore himself out and was unlikely to win a third round had it gone to one. Still, the point stands that he didn't stop Wren via punches, just experience and cardio. McSweeney fell prey to the giant gut and TKO. Sure, he was dazed by a big right, but McSweeney wasn't ground-n-pounded into submission. It was another "just enough to get the win" victory for Nelson. This tactic didn't work on Schaub, who looked proper dangerous, so Nelson had to actually fire off a solid punch and lay his ass out, and that's really all I want from Roy. The Buddha belly crucifix really wouldn't work in any other weight class. If he's going to use it, then I want his opponents coming up looking like raw hamburger. He's exploiting a loophole of sorts, and good on him for knowing what it takes to win without actually cheating, but at the end of the day, televised sports are as much about sizzle and spectacle as about athletic achievement, and Nelson is never going to top my "must watch" list, let alone my "will pay to see" list. On the Marcus Jones front, I think Big Baby is a class act, but he's got a glass jaw, and for someone of his size, that won't get him far. Maybe he'd be better suited for pro wrestling, where his solid work ethic and gentle nature can also be assets. I think Kimbo is unfortunately not hungry enough for his card position. He seems concerned about protecting his reputation, while not yet legitimizing himself in the octagon. I sadly don't want to see young guys fed to Kimbo to make him seem legit, but I also don't want him to just get stepped on before he can develop. It's a real quandary.