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rotinaj posted:I think it’s kind of a bummer that wwe will hire a japanese woman from japan and not like pay for her to have an english tutor I think the kicker here is that Asuka is absolutely studying English. I know during an episode of Kanachan TV, she talked about how she takes time every day to learn English. But she is always going to have an accent or not speak it 100% fluently. As for the tutors and stuff, KAIRI, Io, and Sarray have all mentioned that WWE did have them attend English courses while in the PC. So the complaint about Asuka not learning English comes across more like racism than actual legitimate criticism. And a lot of these people aren't just Cornette fans either. They also seem to like to parrot points from Konnan, Bully Ray, and Vince Russo, all of whom are massive pieces of poo poo just like Cornette.
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DarkstarIV posted:But she is always going to have an accent or not speak it 100% fluently. Hell, she’s from Osaka. She has a thick accent in Japanese let alone English. From what I’ve seen in clips, her English is absolutely fine
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I do not think Alfred knows what the Mass Transit incident was. https://twitter.com/ThisIsNasty/status/1630982947410169857
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I like him equating balcony dives and the tampon spot, definitely a fair comparison, definitely not him reaching for more content If he’s on the side of the wrestling dog, maybe alfred is also a big fan of yoshihiko
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Interesting that that was the Gigi Dolin spot he picked and not the one where she got her head kicked in on NXT because Shawn Michaels hung a door wrong. The bologna must've been extra good this month.
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Hoss Corncave posted:Look at this mark thinking wrestlers and their on screen relationships and histories makes for better storylines. All you need to know is if they're currently faces or heels. how many weeks was it after the 'i wish you died in the womb' Bella promo that they ended up just tagging together again as if their feud never happened? I remember being really struck by it at the time, I don't even think it was three weeks later
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It's kind of crazy to compare anything in that video to the Mass Transit incident. New Jack was legitimately trying to injure Mass Transit, and years later he tried to kill Vic Grimes. None of these spots look like someone is legitimately trying to hurt the other person, but with how many small wrestling feds there are all over the place, something somewhere is bound to go wrong. Some people are just going to be poorly trained or poor wrestlers in general.
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Ziggy Tzardust posted:Hell, she’s from Osaka. She has a thick accent in Japanese let alone English. From what I’ve seen in clips, her English is absolutely fine Yeah I don't really watch WWE but on her YouTube and the clips I've seen she's good enough at communicating. These people are just being racist assholes.
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MassRafTer posted:I do not think Alfred knows what the Mass Transit incident was. I like that he used a clip from XPW.
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flatluigi posted:how many weeks was it after the 'i wish you died in the womb' Bella promo that they ended up just tagging together again as if their feud never happened? I remember being really struck by it at the time, I don't even think it was three weeks later I may not be remembering this completely correctly, but I think the timeline was something like this: Brie and Steph are in a feud due to their links with Bryan vs the Authority Steph beats Brie at a PPV after Nikki returns and turns on Brie (Steph escapes any kind of comeuppance) Brie and Nikki feud for the next month with multiple terrible segments leading to a match where the loser has to do the winner's bidding for 30 days Nikki beats Brie at the PPV forcing her into servitude for the next month Brie reluctantly helps Nikki get a title shot at the next PPV Nikki wins the title after Brie willingly helps her and they're best friends again with no explanation given About two months and even then there was no real reason behind Brie siding with Nikki considering all the things that had happened or been said.
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oh no no no it wasn't just one poster in the post-show thread https://twitter.com/TheComebackSpot/status/1631107155578200064 https://twitter.com/JESnowden/status/1631107302458634240 https://twitter.com/PW_Outsider/status/1631109108186116097 https://twitter.com/ThatsSoDebonair/status/1631107497053257728 https://twitter.com/tedgruber/status/1631107074582093826 https://twitter.com/superwhomom/status/1631106982483578881 https://twitter.com/EttenGregory/status/1631134844666216448 https://twitter.com/DirtSheetRadio/status/1631107349984190465 https://twitter.com/TheRajGiri/status/1631154181758423040 https://twitter.com/wolverinethad/status/1631107223710576640 https://twitter.com/TomFool69/status/1631107365675102209 etc, etc, etc, so so many people with the same opinions as Snowden and Raj Giri fez_machine fucked around with this message at 07:17 on Mar 2, 2023 |
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Refs hold the ladders all the loving time lol. People are really showing how little attention they pay to things
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Snitch tagging Draft Kings that wrestling is fake.
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Four refs holding the ladder was pretty distracting. I do sorta wish Hobbs would have either gotten another ladder or not completely nuked one he knew he was gonna have to climb a few seconds later.
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MJeff posted:Four refs holding the ladder was pretty distracting. I do sorta wish Hobbs would have either gotten another ladder or not completely nuked one he knew he was gonna have to climb a few seconds later. I too wish Hobbs were less powerful. https://twitter.com/RefSuperDavePWD/status/1630880466822742017
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Hobbs was so powerful it took 4 refs to keep the ladder from disintegrating.
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Laddergate (and the whole I SAW THEM PASS THE BLADE/GIG) both feel like a variation on the "I noticed an imperfect VFX/ADR in a movie, therefore it's awful" and in both cases it usually takes priority over "was this performance/story enjoyable", which is why referees holding ladders or seeing someone gig or noticing that the wrestler taking a suplex cooperating are graver sins than bad acting or illogical stories or just a boring match. It also has a real "as a true insider I notice these things" vibe
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If the ladder had broken or Hobbs had fallen off you'd hear endless "AEW IS UNSAFE!" takes from the exact same people. I've been to enough indy wrestling shows where ladders slipped around and dudes faceplanted on concrete floors that I welcome referees actually holding those things. I've also climbed up a ladder enough myself to know I wouldn't want it wobbling around under me as I tried to unbuckle a carbiner.
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Them holding the ladder looked cool imo. Wild seeing one of the few things I actually liked about that show being the most controversial part of the company this year so far (it'll only stay that way until the show Sunday where something will absolutely top it in that department, but still)
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Edge & Christian posted:Laddergate (and the whole I SAW THEM PASS THE BLADE/GIG) both feel like a variation on the "I noticed an imperfect VFX/ADR in a movie, therefore it's awful" and in both cases it usually takes priority over "was this performance/story enjoyable", which is why referees holding ladders or seeing someone gig or noticing that the wrestler taking a suplex cooperating are graver sins than bad acting or illogical stories or just a boring match. Bad VFX and ADR are super distracting and pull you out of the story and characters. They hurt suspension of disbelief by making you more aware of the fakeness of the thing you're watching.
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how is people holding a ladder so someone can safely climb it or jump off it fake
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MJeff posted:Bad VFX and ADR are super distracting and pull you out of the story and characters. They hurt suspension of disbelief by making you more aware of the fakeness of the thing you're watching. I guess within the spectrum of "bad VFX and ADR" in wrestling there is thigh slapping and being able to see on a replay that someone handed someone a blade, and then there is also "bad VFX and ADR" like people selling for Top Dolla's dive or people pausing and trying to remember what their next spot is.
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So I read the thread before watching the match and people are really overblowing it. I thought it would look dumb and I was all prepared and then what happened is that Hobbs broke the ladder, looked around while setting it up, and then gestured at the refs to come hold it. It's not even immersion breaking to have the huge scary dude who threatens people to get his win using threats. I was so ready for it to look awful and awkward
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bebaloorpabopalo posted:how is people holding a ladder so someone can safely climb it or jump off it fake I'm not comparing the Hobbs thing to bad VFX, one was just a little distracting while the other can hurt the experience in a pretty tangible way. But I mean, for the sake of argument? It gives away what the finish is because no wrestler is gonna come in and tip over a ladder with four people holding it up.
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Gumball Gumption posted:So I read the thread before watching the match and people are really overblowing it. I thought it would look dumb and I was all prepared and then what happened is that Hobbs broke the ladder, looked around while setting it up, and then gestured at the refs to come hold it. It's not even immersion breaking to have the huge scary dude who threatens people to get his win using threats. If Hobbs had grabbed Bryce and said HOLD THE LADDER YOU gently caress it would've been the spot of the year.
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Hobbs should have just grabbed another ladder tbh
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Rarity posted:Hobbs should have just grabbed another ladder tbh Unless they were dangerously close to missing a time queue or already over or something, yeah.
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It woulda taken like 30 seconds
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They would have held that one too since he had to get onto the very top to reach the ring
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I think this type of nitpicking is why I hate stuff like cinema sins. It's a slippery slope to go from that's not the best it could have been to this is awful look how terrible this is.
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Gumball Gumption posted:So I read the thread before watching the match and people are really overblowing it. I thought it would look dumb and I was all prepared and then what happened is that Hobbs broke the ladder, looked around while setting it up, and then gestured at the refs to come hold it. It's not even immersion breaking to have the huge scary dude who threatens people to get his win using threats. It wasn't the worst thing in the world. It just looked stupid as poo poo. The response to the criticism of it looking dumb being a full throttle defensive scream of "LADDERS ARE ALWAYS HELD YOU STUPID DUMB BABY!!! DO YOU WANT THE WRESTLERS TO DIE?? STOP POSTING HERE!" instead of just a "lol yeah" is what made it such an issue, at least around these parts.
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1glitch0 posted:It wasn't the worst thing in the world. It just looked stupid as poo poo. The response to the criticism of it looking dumb being a full throttle defensive scream of "LADDERS ARE ALWAYS HELD YOU STUPID DUMB BABY!!! DO YOU WANT THE WRESTLERS TO DIE?? STOP POSTING HERE!" instead of just a "lol yeah" is what made it such an issue, at least around these parts. I thought it looked cool as poo poo to see Hobbs standing on top of that ladder.
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1glitch0 posted:It wasn't the worst thing in the world. It just looked stupid as poo poo. The response to the criticism of it looking dumb being a full throttle defensive scream of "LADDERS ARE ALWAYS HELD YOU STUPID DUMB BABY!!! DO YOU WANT THE WRESTLERS TO DIE?? STOP POSTING HERE!" instead of just a "lol yeah" is what made it such an issue, at least around these parts. so the response being a disagreement by some instead of a universal yeah you're right is what you have an issue with?
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1glitch0 posted:It wasn't the worst thing in the world. It just looked stupid as poo poo. The response to the criticism of it looking dumb being a full throttle defensive scream of "LADDERS ARE ALWAYS HELD YOU STUPID DUMB BABY!!! DO YOU WANT THE WRESTLERS TO DIE?? STOP POSTING HERE!" instead of just a "lol yeah" is what made it such an issue, at least around these parts. lol yeah sure ok
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