Saturday, January 30, 2021
wrestler
... number 123456789!
Labels: Hilarious, Luminous pundit moi, sarcasm, Unapprovable Unruly Ones, wrestling, YouTube
Friday, May 31, 2019
AEW
And when one hears Cody Rhodes say those words
- "we use the word REVOLUTION 'cause this is a
REVOLUTION!" -
it reverberates throughout time and history;
the history of wrestling, full of such bold statements.
But this is where and when it truly rings true;
more so than it ever did before...
It should have been the NWA Four Horsemen
changing things like this - but it was not quite it,
was it? Instead of Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard
and the Andersons, it's Kenny Omega, Cody Rhodes
and the Young Bucks having such a huge... IMPACT.
Huge, humongous impact on this industry:
the likes of which even ECW never was capable of.
Lately, ROH and Lucha Underground have tried, too...
TNA used to want to have this sort of "pull"
but the fans are now seeing it differently -
it is not meant to be them.
It is meant to be... this AEW REVOLUTION indeed!
A true revolution, without a doubt:
light years above what Shane Douglas could achieve
with his old ECW pals or the gang he formed
with two defecting Horsemen, the late great Eddie Guerrero
and Perry Saturn, in the latter days of WCW -
that was barely a true "revolution"
- it was more like mere dissension in the ranks
and its very leader wound up staying on
with the new regime, afterwards...!
CODY RHODES... did not do that.
He did depart - and led the way
to this "industry facelift" and "paradigm shift"
as Jon Moxley so deftly described... just before this:
Hmm... Already playing hardball, eh?
Those four guys:
CODY RHODES... KENNY OMEGA...
THE YOUNG BUCKS...
They truly are at the forefront of a true
REVOLUTION here:
it was not to be Ric Flair's Horsemen...
sure as hell not the nWo...
not Paul E. Dangerously's Alliance or ECW...
not any faction led by Shane Douglas...
NEVER going to be the Hart Foundation...
not Ring Of Honor - Jay Lethal or not...
not Wrestle Circus...
not Lucha Underground...
and definitely not TNA IMPACT.
(DX...?
It doesn't even deserve a mention!!)
WRESTLING
is it!
Labels: Hilarious, wrestling, YouTube
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Tig Notaro
If you've never seen one of her shows or stand-up acts, check out her HBO special -part of the FUNNY OR DIE series- filmed at the Wilbur Theater in Boston; she unquestionably truly shows herself to be an unruly original who doesn't give a damn right there...!
Labels: Boston, Hilarious, original thinking
Tuesday, August 06, 2013
RDJ
Labels: Hilarious, Luminous pundit moi, never-surrender, Unapprovable Unruly Ones, YouTube
Monday, February 25, 2013
Iglooless
Labels: Hilarious, sarcasm, shenanigans
Friday, November 18, 2011
Unhate Unruly Benetton
Angela Merkel & Nicolas Sarkozy. Barack Obama & Hugo Chavez. The Pope and the Egyptian Imam. North Korea and South Korea leaders - Palestinian and Israeli - the works! All kissing and making up. All "unhating"...! What a concept for an ad campaign - heck, for a FOUNDATION, as Benetton swears there is such a thing as the "Unhate Foundation"(they probably meant to donate 10 cents on every portion of 100 dollars sold of highly-expensive trendy clothes to it - see what you ruined there by protesting too much, Vatican? But we're getting ahead of ourselves here...)
The Unhate Foundation - what a concept! And "exorcising the fear of the other" is their aim! It is truly a genial idea to create such a foundation: for, why share your profit by donating to an external one when you can create your own, keep all the cash flow within the ranks and keep and maintain the appearance of being one of those (highly) commercial enterprises that "gives back"...? It is an improvement upon a formula that was seen in Japan, in the United States too (of course) and, now (almost typoed it "nwo" here - wow), finally, in Europe, in mama Italia, cradle of all civilization (sorry, Greece!)
But all that is another story - let us concentrate, here and now, on the infamous ad campaign...! And, in order to just just that, let us, first and foremost, run through that series of disturbing shots - again:
Ah yes - we needed to see that again - didn't we?
(Actually, did we just see it again - or didn't we? Depends which way the wind is blowing on YouTube, Blogger and the net overall, really...! And on the good humor of your internet provider - and, of course, your home computer as well! All of them may protest as virulently and vehemently as the Vatican did, at any given time here...! But we are digressing now...)
This ad campaign has, of course, given rise to a storm of controversy on all levels, be it religious, political as even artistic and even ethical...!
For this campaign has sparked organized (highly so, really) guerrilla actions throughout the world (wherever there is a United Colors of Benetton banner, really...) so forget the Occupy movement - this one has professionally-doctored striking images to show the world!
So much so that it stirred Benetton to concoct an explanatory video to basically justify itself in its choice to greenlight this risky ad campaign at all in the first place; watch...
Even though it was all a fruitless, pointless and quite in vain explanation in the end (the ads have been pulled out) it still fueled conversation and every pundit in town (even those types that we have almost forgotten about - and some we barely know about) have gone over it, over and over again...
Benetton was once again successful -extremely successful- at raising awareness of an issue dear to them (they are, after all, the "United Colors of Benetton" - not just "Benetton"!) and, most importantly for them, at setting themselves widely apart from all of their competition because, after all is said and done, at the end of the mercantile day, Benetton is really nothing other than a clothing firm! A glitzy, slightly eccentric, off the charts Italian clothing firm, sure, but nothing else, really!
Benetton is unruly by choice and, in its constant effort to be relevant, make an impact, stand out from the sea of competitors out there, it estimates its right to invade the platform of great debates such as the one revolving around "what does it take to finally have world peace" and such. The campaign is withdrawn now but it will linger on in all media for quite a while longer and even if it is utopian, odd (to put it mildly) and all-around unlikely, it generates just what Benetton really wants, ultimately - publicity for its brand. And that, my friends, is pure genius, marketing-wise anyhow...! Never mind the fact that all the snapshots are obviously fake and none of that has a snowball-in-hell's chance of ever, EVER, EVER happening in the real world...! (Well, actually, Merkel and Sarkozy I could see happening - if Carla's in the middle? But all the others are pure/impure fantasy...! Hey - Blame it on Benetton! Ok?)
Thus, its latest crazy idea for an ad campaign "that stands out" got the shaft due to the Vatican, ironically, their own backyard pontiff and crew, who deemed it highly offensive, disturbing and downright disrespectful. It stood out, all right, this latest ad campaign - it stood out too much and went too far beyond the borders of the clothing and fashion galaxy! When it begins to broach universal subjects, and in such a vigorous "shake them up to wake them up and make them react" way, it is truly a case when the fashionistas are treading upon territory that is not theirs and where they should not tread.
For fine clothing is simply not the solution that will beget world peace!
And besides, everyone knows that there isn't a single imam, politician or any Pope in history that ever, EVER, dressed at Benetton's...! Come on...!
;-)
Having said all that - kudos to Alessandro Benetton for not giving up on this at all (when controversy rose and the Vatican condemned it) and for releasing a FILM now, which you can see below, one that carries forth the campaign to the everyman and everywoman confronted with hatred - to every potential customer, hence! A film that explores the very real and far more disturbing tendency that humankind has to intermingle love and hate, go from one to the other with the greatest of ease, as if the feelings were interchangeable...? This theory (that love gives way to hate and vice-versa) is explored in full throttle in the short film commissioned by A.B. and it eludes the previous type of controversy by avoiding to use any world leaders or religious patriarchs against their will - rather, it features a selected cast of unknowns doing what comes naturally to some of their types of human nature. The new controversy it might generate will be of an entire other order: for, if the pulsion to love is truly intertwined with that to hate, humankind will assuredly self-destruct (since, on top of all that, many of the instances of spontaneous love lead nowhere fast...!) Now that is far more disturbing than any pics of annoying old goats puckering up after years of threatening the lives, welfare and all-around peace of mind of millions upon millions around the world! Wouldn't you agree?
Watch that short film now, why don't you:
On 16th November 2011, in Paris, Alessandro Benetton launched and presented to the press Unhate, the worldwide communication campaign.
The film Unhate tells of the precarious balance and complex interweaving between the drive to hate and the reasons to love.
www.unhatefoundation.org
Video: Laurent Chanez
Bravo, Alessandro - bravissimo!
Gaga was cuckoo when she made a song about Alejandro (nearly 160 million views on YT - yikes!) instead of you - or me, for that matter, but that is another story too...!
But she has more in common with you, not me - both of you condone the same types of monstruosities...!
;-)
Labels: Hilarious, Late Night TV, Luminous pundit moi, never-surrender, original thinking, politics, sarcasm, shenanigans, YouTube
Saturday, December 05, 2009
Steve Gettis
Some of the illuminaries showcased there, veritable "sci fi icons" as rendered in portrait by a vast array of sequential art professionals, include giants such as the ones that follow, headlined as they are by the one, the only Orson Welles...











All of these are spotlighted on Wired.com's "underwire" feature - a cyber version of the underground art movement, one guesses...! Go ahead - click on each one and see (try your luck - what is there to lose, eh?)
Steve Gettis got the project off the ground in 1998 by firing off 10 letters to illustrators whose work he enjoyed, asking if they might pass along sketches of their literary favorites.
And the rest is history - internet history, anyhow!
Wired.com should have spotlighted this on its TENTH anniversary, though...
What in blue blazes were they doing in 2008 that could possibly explain their missing out on it, huh? HUH?
(Me? I'm too busy to ferret out such things - but when they are brought out to my attention, I'll tip my hat to them, sure! Isn't it what I'm doing right now - eh?)
Steve Gettis can live without the applause though! Any publicity his art gallery gets is a bonus - he lives for the ART, man!
It is still shocking though that an established publication like Wired fumbles the ball like this - missing out on a 10th anniversary, they try to save face opining on it a bit at the 11th hour - narrowingly before it becomes 12th anniversary fare!? Might as well have waited for the 13th anniversary then - in 2011! Because no one is celebrating anniversaries in 2012, or so we've been hearing...
But that's another story again - damn!
So yeah - Wired dropped the ball on that one!
Still... Wired got me a tiny bit worked up about this, at this time:
Eye-Popping Blog Remixes Memorable Comic Book Covers
So, maybe, JUST MAYBE, their timing wasn't so bad...?
Nah.
It is totally off indeed: since I do not give a guinea pig's a$$ about "memorable comic-booky covers" anymore - much less remixes of them!
It's still worth a look though, I suppose - if only for the laughs...
;)
Labels: Hilarious, Luminous pundit moi, sarcasm
Monday, November 16, 2009
Who Better Than... ME!

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Une maison hantée anime le Centropolis jusqu'au 31 octobre
par Stéphane St-Amour
Article mis en ligne le 14 octobre 2009 à 14:31
Dirk Hagen, le concepteur de la maison hantée d'Hollywood Halloween.
Hollywood Halloween espère attirer 25 000 visiteurs
Une maison hantée anime le Centropolis jusqu'au 31 octobre
Les deux chapiteaux blancs érigés dans la partie ouest du Centropolis abritent une maison hantée qui accueillera les amateurs de films d'horreur jusqu'au 31 octobre prochain, jour de l'Halloween.
Connue sous le vocable d'Hollywood Halloween, cette maison habitée par les créatures les plus effrayantes du grand écran est l'œuvre de Dirk Hagen, un Montréalais d'origine installé depuis près de 25 ans à Los Angeles où il réalise des films et des vidéos d'horreur.
Frissons garantis
À la tête de Timberwolf Haunts, une entreprise de divertissements qui se spécialise dans la création d’événements liés à la thématique halloweenesque, M. Hagen promet des frissons aux quelque 25 000 visiteurs qu'il entend attirer à Laval durant les quinze jours que durera l'événement.
«Vous avez vu les films au cinéma ? Maintenant, venez les vivre!», lance l'initiateur de ce projet, qui a permis l'investissement privé d'un quart de million de dollars dans la région.
L'équipe de Timberwolf Haunts a mis plus d'un mois pour aménager le site, la maison et ses couloirs tortueux aux détours desquels peuvent surgir à tout moment des personnages qui ont marqué l'imaginaire des amateurs de sensations fortes. Au total, ils sont une cinquantaine de personnes à animer la maison en donnant vie à toutes ces créatures.
Plusieurs chambres à travers lesquelles déambulent les visiteurs recréent des pièces d'anthologie de ce genre de cinéma qui, chaque année, revit à cette période-ci de l'année. Incidemment, de l'avis même du concepteur, la visite de la maison est déconseillée aux jeunes de 13 ans et moins.
On dit de la firme de Dirk Hagen qu'elle travaille continuellement à la création et à la conception d’effets spéciaux liés à l'horreur avec Universal Studios Hollywood, Halloween Horror Nights et Knott's Scary Farm Holloween Haunt, situés à Anaheim, en Californie.
Coup de filet
Commissaire au développement touristique à Laval Technopole, Jean-Marc Lecouturier est particulièrement fier de ce coup de filet, rappelant que M. Hagen était courtisé par plusieurs municipalités de la région métropolitaine.
«Avec cet événement, Laval se positionne comme un incontournable de l'Halloween dans la grande région de Montréal», dit-il, espérant que cette attraction revienne chaque automne.
Directrice du Centropolis, Hélène Veilleux a souligné pour sa part que le projet Hollywood Halloween s'inscrit parfaitement dans la lignée de ce centre de destination à vocation commerciale et de divertissement.
Nul doute que la localisation du développement en bordure de grands axes autoroutiers ait joué un facteur clé dans la décision de Dirk Hagen d'établir ses pénates au cœur du Centropolis, question de faciliter l'accès à une population de 3,5 millions de personnes se trouvant dans un rayon de 40 kilomètres.
Les heures d'ouverture sont du lundi au vendredi entre 18h et minuit, le samedi de midi à minuit et le dimanche de midi à 18h. Prix d'entré: 25$ par personne, taxes et service en sus.
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Vos commentaires
Lynne Champagne
Commentaire mis en ligne le 25 octobre 2009
L'article est très interressant,et cette activité semble bien organisé, malheureusement pas assez de détail des coordonnés/lieu exacte dans Laval pour des gens à l'extérieur de cette région.
Valérie Leprohon
Commentaire mis en ligne le 26 octobre 2009
Voilà plus d'info
Pour information : www.hollywoodhalloween.ca
Attention! En raison de sa nature, l'âge recommandé pour participer à cet événement est de 14 ans et plus.
Dates et heures d’ouverture
L’événement aura lieu du 15 au 18 octobre 2009 et du 22 au 31 octobre 2009 (Halloween) à Centropolis de Laval.
(SOUS UN CHAPITEAU DANS LE STATIONNEMENT)
Du lundi au vendredi : 18 h à 24 h
Samedi : 12 h à 17 h et 18 h à 24 h
Dimanche : 12 h à 18 h
Coût : 25 $ par personne (taxes et service en sus)
Les billets seront en vente directement sur le site aux heures des représentations. Procurez-vous des billets à coût réduit au Magasin Halloween ou chez TicketPro.ca. Achetez-les vite, ils sont en quantité limitée!
Valérie Leprohon
luciano pimèntel
Commentaire mis en ligne le 16 novembre 2009
Oh - et tout ceci est presque littéralement à deux pas du "coin d'pourri" comme tu l'as appelé ici même, juste ailleurs sur ce site
T'aurais pu le mentionner ici aussi, non?
luciano pimèntel
Commentaire mis en ligne le 16 novembre 2009
http://www.courrierlaval.com/article-i390859-Incendie-sur-la-75e-Avenue.html
luciano pimèntel
Commentaire mis en ligne le 16 novembre 2009
Et, par ailleurs, toujours dans ces lieux de haute culture lavalloise, on ne sait ni féminiser (prix d'entréE - voir la dernière ligne de l'article...) ni pluraliser d'ailleurs (pourris)...
Luciano Pimèntel
Commentaire mis en ligne le 16 novembre 2009
Et, avant qu'on me le reproche sur ce site, je sais capitaliser, oui...
Signé... Luciano Pimèntel!

Wooooooo!
Labels: Flibustier, Hilarious, Luminous pundit moi
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Our Hero For The Year!
He even has his own Facebook FanClub now!
Ah, the wonders we can achieve -
just with shoe-throwing!
I mean, Kenny-throwing, of course!
;)
Labels: Hilarious, Luminous pundit moi, never-surrender






























