Wednesday Night Ramblings - November 25 2015 - WWE drops the ball again

                   They did it once again. WWE could have used the huge setback of their champion Seth Rollins getting injured and done something interesting. They could have a made a new mega star with this tournament. But what did they do? They made Roman Reigns win it and then Sheamus cashed in the Money in the Bank and took the title. Both are equally as uninteresting as champion. Now we’re going to have months of an uninteresting feud. I have tickets to the Royal Rumble in January and I have just lost so much interest in it. Why does this company always have to play it safe? Why couldn’t they have done something completely crazy out of nowhere? I love Cesaro and everything he does but they didn’t have to necessarily go with him. What if Neville had won the whole thing? Wouldn’t that have been something worth tuning in to? No, we get Sheamus, who’s already been world champion and didn’t set the world on fire with his run. I need a break from this stuff, I’m thinking I won’t watch at all until the TLC pay per view (or special event, whatever the hell they want to call these nowadays). I need to step away and collect my thoughts before I get too annoyed.

Lego Jurassic World

We're Being Hunted - 20G - Completed Restoring Power

Decided Not to Endorse Your Park - 20G - Completed the Visitor Center

That's how it all starts... - 20G - Completed Isla Sorna

Mommy's Very Angry - 20G - Completed InGen Arrival

Don't go into the long grass - 20G - Completed The Hunted

What About the Others? - 20G - Completed Communications Center

WWE Reviews #3 - True Giants (2014)

                  This collection from WWE features about 20 mini biographies of various “Giants” throughout WWE history. They can be a liberal on the term giant (I would never consider Mark Henry a giant, he’s more of a big man). These mini biographies are good for anyone who does not know much about wrestling history, but for those who are well versed, there is not much new information here. It also can be quite sad at times. Many of the men mentioned here are no longer alive but we do get nice stories told from their close friends. This compilation is decent enough to watch if you catch it on the WWE Network, but I would not recommend going out and buying it full price.

Score: 6/10

Wednesday Night Ramblings - November 18 2015 - Why is ISIS a thing?

                This week’s post is going to be a short one. I don’t like to talk about politics or religion. This is a place where I like to have fun, keep it light and talk about entertainment. But sometimes there are things that happen in the world that just can’t be ignored. ISIS decided to attack the innocent people of Paris. It’s open season on these assholes. Their stupid excuses of religion make no sense. Religion, although not my cup of tea, should be something to bring people together. But these scumbags think it should be about creating a shit world of boredom and stupidity. I wonder what kind of world is it where these kind of groups exist. I just hope the world doesn’t start lumping all Muslims with these pieces of shit. There’s still a lot more good than bad out there in the world, we just need to cut off the rotten parts.

Star Wars Battlefront

Do or do not. There is no try - 15G - Complete the tutorial

New Recruit - 15G - Complete any mission

Off to a good start - 15G - Win any battle mission on Normal difficulty against the AI 

Lego Lord of the Rings

That one counts as mine! - 10G - Finish one of Gimli's opponents as Legolas in Helms Deep

Pointy-earred Elvish princeling - 10G - Defeat 42 Uruk-hai as Legolas

Return of the Mushroom King - 5G - Equip Aragorn with the Mushroom Crown

Worth greater than the Shire - 10G - Dress a character completely in treasure items

The Lord of the Ring - 30G - Complete the Bonus Level

And away he goes...precious - 10G - Defeat Gollum as Gollum

Don't tell the Elf - 10G - Throw Gimli 30 times

I've always been taller - 10G - Use the Ent Draught on Pippin

An unexpected journey - 5G - Travel to Trollshaws as Bilbo

We cannot linger - 10G - Complete the Mines of Moria in under 15 minutes

Dance of the dead - 10G - Turn an enemy into a skeleton and make them dance

Taking the Hobbits to Isengard - 10G - Travel to Isengard as every playable Hobbit

WWE 2K15

Hard Worker - 20G - MyCAREER - Have 5 attributes reach a value of 80 or higher

The Deadman defeated - 30G - WWE Universe - Defeat Undertaker at Wrestlemania as a custom Superstar

The next big thing - 30G - MyCAREER - Reach Smackdown

King of Swing - 15G - Perform a giant swing with an OMG! moment (Single Play/Exhibition)

That's Justice - 15G - Perform The Shield's Triple Powerbomb (Single Play/Exhibition)

A Creator is born - 20G - Upload some kind of user created content

Lego Jurassic World

Welcome to Jurassic Park - 20G - Completed Prologue

Remember to wash your hands - 10G - Completed a Dropping Rummage

Helping Hand - 10G - Healed A Dinosaur

The Calm Before The Storm - 20G - Completed Welcome to Jurassic Park

We Wanted to be Thrilled - 10G - Placed a custom Dinosaur in a Paddock

Objects in the Mirror - 20G - Completed Park Shutdown

Movie Reviews #42 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)

Plot: Freddy is haunting a pregnant Alice by getting into her unborn son’s dreams.

Review: For A Nightmare on Elm Street 4, I said that Freddy’s resurrection scene was one of the most ridiculous I’d ever seen. The resurrection scene in this movie… I can’t even explain what happened! It had something to do with a mutant baby Freddy. I don’t know where it came from.

            Freddy continued his downward spiral into comedic relief. He had multiple one-liners for each of his kills. The body count was not high in this movie though. Some of the kills were good, one in particular, the gluttonous death of a model, was not.

The story itself had some elements that worked, like Alice’s father becoming a better person. The main mission to find the remains of Freddy’s mother because her spirit was the only thing that could stop him, was really far-fetched. We’ve seen her spirit in previous movies and she never mentioned any of that. It also feels weird that Alice had a new group of friends to replace all the ones who got killed in the last movie. She got over that quickly!

            Overall, it didn’t feel like much effort was put into the movie. Other than the makeup effects, which were superb, nothing else felt like it was thought through and in the end the plot was messy.

Score: 5.5/10

Wednesday Night Ramblings - November 11 2015 - Seth Rollins Injury

             On Thursday night last week, I first read about WWE Champion Seth Rollins injury. During a live event in Dublin, he tore his ACL, MCL and meniscus. He is going to be out of action for 6 to 9 months due to the injury and had to vacate the championship. This was a hard blow to me since I am a big Seth Rollins fan. He has one of the most exciting move sets in the WWE and his high profile matches are almost always excellent. His promo skills could still use some work, but he is still above average compared to the current roster. He has become a main attraction in the business. Furthermore, I had just purchased tickets to the Royal Rumble in January and was hoping to see him then, which is no longer going to happen.

                The WWE Championship will now be awarded to the winner of a tournament that will take place at Survivor Series on November 22^nd. Of course, none of this was part of WWE’s plan. It’s unknown whether or not his scheduled opponent at that event, Roman Reigns, would have defeated him, but it feels like Rollins was supposed to be part of the long term plans for the world championship. Despite this setback, it presents the WWE with a unique opportunity; create new main eventers. For the last few years, WWE has been slow in creating main event players. Now, with all the injuries, part time schedules and people off doing other projects, they’re in a jam. It’s time for the WWE to take a chance on someone new, otherwise their long term future will be in jeopardy.

Assassin's Creed Liberation

My 1st Dressing Chamber - 5G - Buy your first dressing chamber

Sequence 1 - 15G - Complete Sequence 1

Swamp Queen - 5G - Tree Run for 10 branches without touching the ground

Death by Poison - 5G - Kill an enemy with a poison dart

Lego Lord the Rings

What about second breakfast? - 10G - Complete 2 cooking puzzles

One does not simply... - 5G - Walk into Mordor




WWE 2K15

Tap!Tap!Tap! - 30G - Make an opponent tap out with a submission that is not a finisher or a signature move

My path starts here - 20G - MyCareer - Complete the tutorial

You're so desperate - 15G - Win a match using a desperation pin

Unknown Veteran - 30G - Win 10 times using a custom Superstar

Ready for the big leagues - 20G - MyCareer - Complete the NXT path

Now that's hardcore - 15G - Hit an opponent with a foreign object or put them through a table

Redbox Big Moment - 20G - Put an opponent through the announce table via any means

The Giant Killer - 30G - Beat Big Show with Rey Mysterio on Hard difficulty

Gas tank never on empty - 15G - Win a match without reaching stamina level 3

Now that was a match - 15G - Earn 1000 points or more playing a single Ranked match