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Three things:

#1

I've never mentioned it before but I've thought about it quite a lot back when he was still on NXT (and honestly not sure if it's true now), but Baron Corbin epitomizes everything I thought was cool when I was 13 and -- perhaps as a consequence -- I find him utterly ridiculous today.

His name is utterly absurd. I'm not sure who came up with it or thought it a good idea. However, I was big on titles as a kid and unusual-sounding names. He rocks a kinda goofy goatee and longer hair, both of which I used to think were kinda cool. He has that whole "lone wolf" thing going -- including the clothing -- and the wolf was one of my favorite animals growing up and I liked the phrase but, again, it just seems kinda cringe-y. And then there's the biker look... Granted, maybe all of this things could be pulled off by somebody else whereas he always seemed to come out to the ring looking kinda scared.

#1.5 - A tangential

I only thought of Baron Corbin because I randomly recalled Enzo Amore who is by far my favorite no-talent wrestler. And I was always amused by the pairing -- they put together a tag team featuring a midget who couldn't wrestle and a giant who can't talk. (In the old days, a guy like Enzo would have stayed where he belonged -- outside the ring, as a manager -- but they don't do managers any more, which is fucking stupid.) And from when thinking about the charisma-less Big Cass, my thoughts automatically turned to Baron Corbin who traditionally has had many of the same issues.

#2

I finally watched Megamind, which was pretty good. Unfortunately I spoiled much of the film for myself by watching YT clips beforehand (as I often do); in fact, it seems like most of the clips from *any* film just cover events happening in the proverbial third-act.

Of course, the biggest surprise was that the VA for Megamind was Will Ferrell, whose voice I didn't recognize at all and whose performances are generally... well, kinda shit. I guess when you don't actually see him he's better.

It's also disappointing that Despicable Me has had 3 films and a spinoff yet Megamind is destined to never even get a sequel. (And I don't necessarily intend that as a knock on Despicable Me -- which I haven't seen -- but more a resentment that it's had a lot more popularity, probably largely based on Minions merchandising.)

#3

I started Punisher. While the first episode mostly sucks (other than the kickass takedowns at the end) and the second episode is pretty bad as well, it eventually picks up. I love the interactions between Micro and Punisher, especially I'm not that big on either by themselves.

My one major criticism is just the choppy camerawork during fights (and in general) which makes a lot of the action look non sequitur. Some of it can be a little goofy or over the top, but it looks better than some of the other MCU shows I've watched lately.

Also kinda digging Agent Orange so far, with his kinda cool creepy eye -- which I'm guessing resulted from Frank's punch in Kandahar

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Random RPG observation of the day:

D&D has a fuckton of elf subraces.

As you've observed, that seems to be a standard fantasy trope. Rather than have something be its own thing, a race is usually a derivation of human or elf. I hadn't really given it much thought *until* getting a little into the Elder Scrolls lore.
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