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CRIMSON PEAK (2015)
dir. Guillermo del Toro

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rickrude:

Thoughts on AEW Collision 01.07.23:

• Thank God they seem to have gotten rid of the red lights over every match, they were seriously making the wrestling look so ugly it was hard for me to look at.  I was vaguely, morbidly fascinated to see if Max’s beautiful wrestling overcame it, but imagine my joy when the cold, white lights illuminated his every move and contour <3
• Funny opening (that I eventually pieced together) - nice for Canada Day.  Although a little weird when you knew the people who were actually there, in Canada, knew it was days earlier.
• MJF continues to lift up people I find boring, and also the America vs Canada thing did remind me of that one unfortunate podcast where Ethan Page apparently told Max he wasn’t ‘really’ American because he was Jewish.  But the match was good.
• They pointed out Max picking up the dragon-screw from Tanahashi.  After using the Labelle Lock on the first guy.  I love that…no matter how much Max talks shit about his opponents, and although you could argue he is stealing their moves, or at least absorbing their power Megaman-style when he beats them - he is clearly, shown through his wrestling, learning from the legends he beats, and getting something out of those feuds, and continuing to take their work forward and honour it, and also becoming a stronger champion, harder to beat, the more of those great opponents he beats.
• And he never uses Punk’s moves.
• Yet.
• Also he looked super good in the America gear, grrrrrowl.  And ‘Canada is mid’! 😭
• I don’t enjoy Nigel McGuiness’ drawling - it makes it sound like he doesn’t care, and then I don’t care.  Although I’ve heard him speak when more excited by things, and then he sounds great, very engaging to me - so obviously it’s not just ‘his voice’, but that’s the style he’s generally going for.  And Kevin Kelly is fine, but he just sounds like an automated voice to me - like a speaking clock.  Although weirdly, I was rewatching some Ospreay-Omega matches earlier today and I realised he was commentating on a few of those, and I found him a lot more fun to listen to.  Not great, but more interesting.  So I’m not really a fan of the commentary team on Collision at the moment - although it seems way better compared to the mess on Dynamite this week.  Maybe they’ll figure it out though.  Or get someone in to replace Jim Ross while he’s off sick?  Heaven forefend.
• Hobbs vs Dustin Rhodes was fun - I assumed Hobbs would win, but then had genuine doubt when the match got going.  But it did end up the way I expected.
• Is everyone’s wrestling entrance designed to induce epilepsy these days?  Wardlow’s strobe effects are the worst, but Hardy’s entrance is pretty similar, and then the sparks flying all over the screen for Bullet Club…made me feel a bit nauseous, honestly.
• But at least someone’s appreciating the Gunns <3
• GET YOURSELF A REPLICA LIKE MAX DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• And FTR want to fight the Gunns again asdjsdak who wouldn’t?
• Anthony Henry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• I find him Attractive, but I knew he was a Sacrifice.  Squash Sacrifice.
• He did well for a bit though!  Didn’t just get squashed!  Looked good doing it!
• I don’t know what’s happening with Miro right now, because he said he was giving up being champion?  So I assumed he wouldn’t necessarily want to win matches.  But maybe he’s just not motivated by belts - or wants to do it without ‘God’?  I enjoy seeing him wrestle, either way.
• I also don’t understand why Andrade cares about his mask so much, aren’t Los Ingobernables’ whole thing that they don’t respect masks, or care about them?  And doesn’t he have another, a white one, that he worse last week?  He seems to be going crazy though, which is fun.  Sadly I could barely make out a word of what the House of Black said to him.  But I know what the outcome is.  I know what it always is.
• Juice vs Starks - it seemed clear who was winning this?  And they even called that onscreen - but then made it more of a match than you would have expected it to be.  Which was nice.  But I just don’t care for Ricky Starks, so having it be a whole thing he Fought Through and the development of his character…just doesn’t mean very much to me, so it’s just longer I have to watch him.  But it was a good match.  The expected outcome.  And I am excited to see Hobbs and Starks going against each other again.
• You know - I get why they went with red for the ‘theming’ of Collision.  It’s a dynamic colour, and it contrasts with the blues of Dynamite.  And they’ve cleared up the lights issue that I didn’t like - but honestly, I think it still just makes everything look too samey.  The red ropes, the red graphics flashing in the background whenever the entrance is in the shot - I kind of hate that anyway, it’s a bad red and the flashing is pretty distracting from the action.  But it kind of blends in with the mostly-white wrestlers when they go red from exertion - any blood that’s on the screen.  It just makes it look samey and boring to me.  They’re early on in the development of the show, there’s plenty of time to work out kinks and improve things, and again I get why they want to look distinct and different from Dynamite - and it’s not bad by any means.  But after a few episodes now, I don’t think it’s great, and wrestling is to some degree an aesthetic artform.  I hope they do change things up and improve it as time goes on.
• And red is my favourite colour, and it’s still ???
  
• Shawn!!!!!!!!!!!!  I thought since they’re doing a little tour in Canada he might get a bit more time onscreen.  And he’s getting a storyline!  He cut a sexy-ass promo with Christian Cage!!  I’M EXCITED.  Show me more, Spears.  Fight that Stegasaurus.  With your special someone, whoever they may be.
• Statlander vs Lady Frost - I don’t think they had good chemistry together.  That was my main take.  It wasn’t bad - but it seemed a bit disconnected.  Not very exciting or dynamic.  And they couldn’t resist putting a hard ad break in the middle of the one women’s match this show either, I see.  Commentary did stay on topic, and that was nice, and Kris maybe started acting a bit mean…a bit haughty, with her championship.  Which I enjoyed 👀👀  But overall I found it a bit forgettable.  It’s nice they’re giving Lady Frost more opportunities though, she is good.  And I didn’t know she was from Iceland!  I assume that’s not just a Bit.
• At least Roddy didn’t come out in his Mike Tyson gear.
• Punk on commentary was fun - he wasn’t as mean as I was expecting him to be, but the constant cutbacks to Punk Live Reaction was entertaining.  And nice to see his face <3
• Another match where I couldn’t really picture any other outcome than the one we got, and while it was nice to give Roddy lots of time and treat him like a serious contender, who might have beaten Joe…although it sounds like only Nigel McGuiness has done that…it again felt a bit like spinning things out for a guy I don’t massively care about.  Still fine.  And it was a nice match.  But it felt like a long time I was waiting for the ending I was pretty sure was coming, and then did eventually come.
• Roddy was dying at the end there, and I was just like “👀👀 both of Max’s boyfriends in the ring together!”  If Max had come out to comfort Adam, and just blanked Punk, I would have died.  But alas no.  But Cole might be getting more involved in the Owen Hart Tournament proceedings - and maybe with Punk.  One way or another.  With all their common ground. 👀
• Cole is the current Owen Hart belt holder, isn’t he?  And I seem to recall he beat Joe (maybe by cheating?) last year?  Maybe he’ll have some issues with who he’s handing the belt over to.  Wanting to give Joe a taste of that old medicine again.  I don’t really understand why he’s not competing this year, Britt is - but maybe he wanted to focus on trying for the world belt.  Or letting Roddy have a shot.
• But then, maybe he’ll blame Punk - in the insane way wrestlers sometimes do.  Blame both Joe and Punk for letting their issues spill over to his friend.  Or maybe nothing will happen!  And it will be a bit boring!
• It’s fun to see Joe be evil, but I don’t entirely get why he nearly killed a man.  He didn’t seem to be acting like that in the match he was in WITH PUNK the other week.  Punk has never even beaten him, so it’s not like he’s that much of a threat for the belt.  But I don’t know their whole history I guess.  And it sets things up interestingly for next week.
• Punk became a hero…🙏<3👼 Bless him.
  

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