Welcome back to another review of Aew Dark: Elevation, this week features nine matches once again and a number of big-name stars rather than jobbers! We’ve got Ian Riccaboni and Paul Wight on commentary, so let’s get into the review…
Match #1: Abadon def. Amy Rose
My Thoughts: Amy Rose makes her Aew debut getting annihilated by Abadon. Hey, at least she got some offence – and remarkably a one-count – before the match was over! Squash-tastic action.
My Score: 1.5 out of 5 Match #2: Roh Six-Man Tag Team Title Match – Dalton Castle and The Boys (Brandon and Brent Tate) def. The Trustbusters
My Thoughts: Wow. We get an Roh title match on Elevation. Surprising. What’s not surprising is how not into this match the crowd was – which really hurt proceedings Imho. Good to see Dalton Castle and The Boys in action but let’s not let the Trustbusters anywhere near those titles ever again,...
Match #1: Abadon def. Amy Rose
My Thoughts: Amy Rose makes her Aew debut getting annihilated by Abadon. Hey, at least she got some offence – and remarkably a one-count – before the match was over! Squash-tastic action.
My Score: 1.5 out of 5 Match #2: Roh Six-Man Tag Team Title Match – Dalton Castle and The Boys (Brandon and Brent Tate) def. The Trustbusters
My Thoughts: Wow. We get an Roh title match on Elevation. Surprising. What’s not surprising is how not into this match the crowd was – which really hurt proceedings Imho. Good to see Dalton Castle and The Boys in action but let’s not let the Trustbusters anywhere near those titles ever again,...
- 11/9/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Vox Media is updating its subsidiary site Racked, and implementing some video while it’s at it. The online media company which owns other websites such as The Verge and Polygon has introduced new original web series to fashion and beauty-based Racked as part of a larger content update initiative.
The first web series on Racked is the scripted Try Hards, which follows fictional female employees of the Racked editorial team who are trying to stay up-to-date with fashion and beauty trends. The show is a collaboration between Vox’s beauty vertical and comedy duo Srsly, consisting of Danielle Gibson and Alexandra Fiber. Two episodes are already available on Racked’s site and YouTube channel; future episodes are released on Tuesdays.
In addition to Try Hards, Racked will be adding a few more original series to its upcoming slate of programming. One of these shows comes from Lo Bosworth (MTV...
The first web series on Racked is the scripted Try Hards, which follows fictional female employees of the Racked editorial team who are trying to stay up-to-date with fashion and beauty trends. The show is a collaboration between Vox’s beauty vertical and comedy duo Srsly, consisting of Danielle Gibson and Alexandra Fiber. Two episodes are already available on Racked’s site and YouTube channel; future episodes are released on Tuesdays.
In addition to Try Hards, Racked will be adding a few more original series to its upcoming slate of programming. One of these shows comes from Lo Bosworth (MTV...
- 2/19/2015
- by Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Written by Edgar Wright and Michael Bacall
Directed by Edgar Wright
UK, USA, Japan 2010
When the film adaptation of Scott Pilgrim was released in 2010, it was like an explosion of colour and two-tone jingles. To the casual eye, the film is a classic – albeit awkward – love story between Scott (Michael Cera), a loveable loser, and the intriguing yet aloof Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). In order to date her, Scott has to defeat the League of Evil Exes - Ramona’s exes. All seven of them.
Scott Pilgrim’s overindulgence of video game references – both retro and lesser-known – not only places the film in a different league to the conventional comic-book/video-game film adaptation, but its distinctive blend of styles manages to bridge the generation gap, widening its appeal.
When we talk about arcade games, the memories of tiny joysticks, frantic shuffling in pockets for...
Written by Edgar Wright and Michael Bacall
Directed by Edgar Wright
UK, USA, Japan 2010
When the film adaptation of Scott Pilgrim was released in 2010, it was like an explosion of colour and two-tone jingles. To the casual eye, the film is a classic – albeit awkward – love story between Scott (Michael Cera), a loveable loser, and the intriguing yet aloof Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). In order to date her, Scott has to defeat the League of Evil Exes - Ramona’s exes. All seven of them.
Scott Pilgrim’s overindulgence of video game references – both retro and lesser-known – not only places the film in a different league to the conventional comic-book/video-game film adaptation, but its distinctive blend of styles manages to bridge the generation gap, widening its appeal.
When we talk about arcade games, the memories of tiny joysticks, frantic shuffling in pockets for...
- 1/10/2015
- by Katie Wong
- SoundOnSight
Sonic Boom #3: “Hammer-Spaced”
Written by Ian Flynn
Artists: Ryan Jampole and Jennifer Hernandez
Inker: Rick Bryant
Colorist: Matt Herms
Published by Archie Coimcs
Licensed by Sega
Archie has created an interesting occurrence in their latest issue of Sonic Boom: an easy to follow continuity. Something that happens in a previous work leads into the next, and considering the quality of the stories in the Sonic video games, this is a good thing.
During the conclusion of the Issue #2 story, “Knuckleduster”, Amy Rose finds that her hammer has turned up missing. Normally, this would be a normal locate and fetch scenario, except for one crucial thing: Never in any of the Sonic media has Amy lost her Piko-Piko hammer. This weapon is a massive part of her identity, as she realizes during her breakdown on the first couple of pages. The title pokes fun at this occurrence, as to this day,...
Written by Ian Flynn
Artists: Ryan Jampole and Jennifer Hernandez
Inker: Rick Bryant
Colorist: Matt Herms
Published by Archie Coimcs
Licensed by Sega
Archie has created an interesting occurrence in their latest issue of Sonic Boom: an easy to follow continuity. Something that happens in a previous work leads into the next, and considering the quality of the stories in the Sonic video games, this is a good thing.
During the conclusion of the Issue #2 story, “Knuckleduster”, Amy Rose finds that her hammer has turned up missing. Normally, this would be a normal locate and fetch scenario, except for one crucial thing: Never in any of the Sonic media has Amy lost her Piko-Piko hammer. This weapon is a massive part of her identity, as she realizes during her breakdown on the first couple of pages. The title pokes fun at this occurrence, as to this day,...
- 1/9/2015
- by Robert Mcguigan
- SoundOnSight
Sega has pulled out all the stops for the new entries in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. Not only are there two new games for the Wii U and Nintendo 3Ds, Sonic fans have been treated to a new animated cartoon on Cartoon Network and a new title from Archie Comics, for a total of four if you count the magazine-sized Sonic Super Special. Not bad for a game series that over two decades long.
So you can’t expect me to review just one of them, can you?
Both the video games feature a new villain, Lyric, a serpentine scientist from the dawn of time, the last of a race known as the Ancients, which if you think about it, is an odd thing to name yourselves since you’re not ancient when you name yourselves. In addition to Sonic and his able sidekick Miles “Tails” Prower, Knuckles the...
So you can’t expect me to review just one of them, can you?
Both the video games feature a new villain, Lyric, a serpentine scientist from the dawn of time, the last of a race known as the Ancients, which if you think about it, is an odd thing to name yourselves since you’re not ancient when you name yourselves. In addition to Sonic and his able sidekick Miles “Tails” Prower, Knuckles the...
- 11/18/2014
- by Vinnie Bartilucci
- Comicmix.com
The 39th annual Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Short Play Festival has announced it’s six winners. Thirty plays—selected out of an original submission pool of 1,385—were performed at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Playwrights Horizons from Aug. 5 to Aug. 10. Winners were selected by a panel of judges that included Keith Josef Adkins, Rick Burkhardt, Neena Beber, Alex Kilgore, Christian Parker, Emily Morse, and others. The winners were “Taisetsu Na Hito” by Leah Nanako Winkler; “et·y·mol·o·gy” by Jennifer Jasper; “The Logic” by Will Arbery; “A Wake for David’s Fucked-Up Face” by Skylar Fox; “John, who’s here from Cambridge” by Martyna Majok; and “Mandate” by Kelly Younger. “This year’s collection of winners offers a range of playwriting styles and voices, and is perhaps more varied play-by-play than ever before,” said Oob Festival co-Artistic Director and Samuel French Literary Manager Amy Rose Marsh in a press release.
- 8/12/2014
- backstage.com
Besides the accompanying 3Ds game, the other big new Sonic the Hedgehog title coming out this year is Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric, and much like last year’s Sonic Lost World, the game will be exclusive to the Wii U. Both titles were definitely Sega’s main focus at their E3 booth this year, and I was curious to see what their new take on the turbulent franchise was like.
There were four different levels to choose from at each Rise of Lyric demo booth. I chose the first option and it started with a brief cinematic showcasing Sonic, Tails, Amy Rose, and a much more muscular Knuckles splitting into two groups to explore a new environment. While Tails and Amy did make brief appearances in the cutscenes, Sonic and Knuckles were the playable focus of this level.
Right off the bat, Rise of Lyric plays almost completely differently...
There were four different levels to choose from at each Rise of Lyric demo booth. I chose the first option and it started with a brief cinematic showcasing Sonic, Tails, Amy Rose, and a much more muscular Knuckles splitting into two groups to explore a new environment. While Tails and Amy did make brief appearances in the cutscenes, Sonic and Knuckles were the playable focus of this level.
Right off the bat, Rise of Lyric plays almost completely differently...
- 6/14/2014
- by John Fleury
- We Got This Covered
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