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Monday, November 10, 2014

No Holds Barred: Kubrick-ian Evidence that CENA SUCKS!

" So well thought out!! (u gave your NHB blog so much more brain power than that film deserved) "--The Wrestling Compadres Twitter Account.

Too bad last week's blog got most of it's view before I cleaned it up to send a request out on Monday using #RAW. If they find out at the day job, I may be out of the copywriter gig. Not to say that would be a bad thing. Give me a raise now or at least make it as alcoholic friendly as it is on AMC.

Thinking about having permission to drink at my advertising job makes me wonder how anything got done in the "Mad Men" era. Then I realize that political correctness wasn't prevalent until the Cold War ended, and you think back to some of that advertising out of Sterling Cooper, alcohol allowed them creative freedom or at least the freedom to not be sensitive to the public.

So yes @WrestlingBuds, I have a tendency to put too much brain power into the irreverent. If that doesn't qualify me from hosting or being involved with a podcast, what will. If I can only find the clip of the promo where Austin Aries shoves me into a women's bathroom to solidify my credentials with the Nerdist Wrestling Experts (AAW Final Four 2008).

Guess I'll have to continue focusing "No Holds Barred" to keep it fresh in their minds, so that I shan't be forgotten when the "The Wrestling Compadres Slamcast" finally present their episode dedicated to the first Hulk Hogan billed feature.

What if "No Holds Barred" actually had stars?

This isn't a shot at Kurt Fuller, but if you look at his career, he was always a go-to lackey for the main villain. Maybe he should have been cast in the recent DirecTV commercials as the less attractive or painfully awkward Rob Lowe (can't knock "Wayne's World"). I've heard Lowe is awful to work with, and he's taking jobs away on top of that.

Regardless of what Fuller tends to be cast in, 1989 was supposed to be his breakout year since he was also in "Ghostbusters II." The same goes for Joan Severance with 89 being her her attempts to break in to features including "See No Evil, Hear No Evil." At least it cannot be claimed that she was miscast in NHB because she was destined to replace Linda Fiorentino in the sequels to "The Last Seduction."

The only other person in the film that could claim to be a movie star was Jesse Ventura. I will probably return to that talent later on in this blog, but lets return to the lack of star power instead of a guy who could have carried the film.

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