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Rumblings

Details: Category: Idiot Box; Created on Thursday, 26 January 2012 20:32; Written by Romeo Moran; Hits: 767

The Royal Rumble has always been the quickest, most convenient bildungsroman the WWE has at its disposal. Formulaic and self-contained, it can easily make a new star in an hour or so, providing that essential next step one up-and-comer might need in order to establish himself in the upper echelon. Just ask guys like Shawn Michaels, Batista, and Rey Mysterio (whether you like him or not) – examine what their Rumble wins have done to their careers, and you’ll see that it is their achievement of mercilessly dispatching 29 other men which was mainly responsible for propelling them into the main event, in their respective times.

And the Royal Rumble may arguably have the distinction of being the only event that could consistently excite people on a yearly basis. Wrestlemania may be the biggest event of a WWE year, but even its excitement factor will rise and fall depending on who and what is on the card. Meanwhile, the Rumble – the biggest behemoth of a match in the WWE year, never mind your Hell in a Cells and Elimination Chambers - has never lost its novelty, even outlasting the aforementioned Cell and Chamber matches. People look forward to it, because unlike Hell in a Cell, the Rumble is highly adaptable and never specific, until it comes to the last man standing. Unlike an Elimination Chamber or Money in the Bank match, almost everyone is involved, and one can sincerely say that anyone and everyone have an equally legitimate chance of winning. (This time, you can ask Santino.)

Trial by Hellfire and Brimstone

Details: Category: Idiot Box; Created on Friday, 20 January 2012 10:39; Written by Romeo Moran; Hits: 534

There currently exists one unfortunate constant, a lamentable fact, that Vince McMahon and the WWE has had to grudgingly bear and live with for almost seven years. Just one constant that creates a multitude of odds they who shape the fate of the stars – McMahon himself included – must work against, but sometimes just plain ignore as they proceed with business as usual. This constant is none other than the fact that their biggest star, a Mr. John Felix Anthony Cena, has been a polarizing figure for nearly the entire duration of his stewardship as the face of the company.

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Funkasaurus Rex

Details: Category: Idiot Box; Created on Monday, 16 January 2012 20:37; Written by Romeo Moran; Hits: 594

The setting of the scene was one cold January evening, very early in the year people are foolishly afraid will be our last. Everybody, and I mean everybody, was settled in for a night of action – maybe it was going to be bad, maybe it was going to be so-so, or maybe it was going to turn out to be good after all. What matters is that the people were cheery; what they had witnessed so far had been all right to that point, and the existence of a new legend had just been made known. Maybe it was going to be a good night, and they were ready for whatever was coming next.

But, as it turns out, they weren’t really ready. Nobody, and I mean nobody, really was.

Transformers: Prime

Details: Category: Idiot Box; Created on Wednesday, 23 November 2011 23:13; Written by slangards; Hits: 710

I was initially rather skeptical about Transformers: Animated when it first was announced. Coming off the disgust I had for the first movie, I didn’t have much faith that the cartoon that Cartoon Network was fielding would be any better. For one thing, it used that same overly-exaggerated aesthetic that every show they had used so far, and it was obviously targeted towards a very young market. Happily, the series turned out really great, and I ended up liking it immensely. So much that I collected nearly all the figures from the show (or at least as many as were available locally).

Green Lantern The Animated Series Pilot

Details: Category: Idiot Box; Created on Wednesday, 23 November 2011 01:36; Written by Bim; Hits: 906

Right after the movie was announced, news of a new Green Lantern series went around. First seen at NYCC 2010, it has finally debuted on Cartoon Network last November 11, 2011. It is animated in CGI 3D; and people were afraid it'd look like Jimmy Neutron or something. Well, guess what, it does. Fortunately, its non-kiddie style of killing Green Lanterns and people made it feel more like Star Wars than Sheen's Space Adventures.

The Look

Like almost all DC animated series ever since Batman: The Animated Series, they've all pretty much adhered to a single art style with variations here and there. This is all thanks to Bruce Timm, and his magical talent and particular style of animation. If you're unfamiliar with this, then this article is likely being read to you because you have been blind since birth. His style mainly consists of strong, square jawlines for masculine male lead characters, with an oversized torso and almost Johnny Bravo-like legs. It's good to see Green Lantern: TAS is following suit and looking cool doing it.

The only difference is that this time, it's in glorious 3D animation. If you were like me and you thought the Justice League Unlimited intro with those 3D models of the JLA members would've made a pretty good show on its own, then this is as close to that wish coming true as it ever will.

Also, though I totally dug the First Flight costume, I'm happy to see that GL is rocking the Rebirth duds. No lines and douchebag collar for you, Hal.