WWE: The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History [Blu-ray]

WWE Top 59 Finishing Moves Listing
The Top 50 Countdown will consist of:

50. JBL - Clothesline

49. Vader - Vader Bomb

48. Dusty Rhodes - Bionic Elbow

47. Million Dollar Man - Million Dollar Dream

46. Kerry Von Erich - Iron Claw

45. Ravishing Rick Rude - Rude Awakening

44. Lex Luger - Torture Rack

43. Dudley Boyz - 3-D

42. Bam Bam Bigelow - Moonsault

41. DDP - Diamond Cutter

40. Mankind - Mandible Claw / Socko

39. Honky Tonk Man - Shake Rattle and Roll

38. Yokozuna - Bonzai Drop

37. Flash Funk - 450 Splash

36. Sting - Scorpion Lock

35. Lita - Moonsault

34. Kevin Nash - Jack-knife

33. Jerry The King Lawler - Piledriver

32. RVD - Five-Star Frog Splash

31. Big Show - Chokeslam

30. CM Punk - GTS

29. Brock Lesnar - F-5

28. Bob Backlund - Chicken Wing

27. Batista -...

It's supposed to be about finishings, not superstars.
Once again WWE offers something that seems to be original and we find the same ol' situation.
When I was a kid the first thing that caught my attention about wrestling was the finishing moves, I thought these were like real-life fatalities or something like that so when this Blu-ray/DVD came out I couln't expect anything to get it. If you're a really WWE or wrestling fan you'll realize that WWE focuses its lights only on the top superstar always, but let me give you a few examples:
What difference does it make the 'Scorpion Death Lock'(Sting) or the 'Sharpshooter'(Bret Hart)?
The answer is in fact the superstar because the finisher is exactly the same. Or what about the '5-Star Frog Splash'(RVD) with the 'Frog Splash'(Eddie Guerrero)? That's right, there ain't no difference.
Another example that supports my review, Shawn Michael has been one of the best WWE superstars of all the time but I don't think his 'Sweet Chin Music' should be the #6 in the list because...

A surprisingly good list, although not perfect...
Any brand-published Top 50 list is bound to have its share of opinionated discussion. I was moderately surprised at who was and wasn't on the Top 50 Greatest Wrestlers video, but with something that should be far less subjective than popularity contest as a 50 Greatest Finishing Moves, I was skeptical going in to this one. Main things I were worried about was WWE just putting over current stars with slight homage to older wrestlers, bad or non-informative interviews, and seemingly arbitrary choices on what was chosen and who went where. On the first point, all fears were unfounded. On the second, interviews varied with Mick Foley and C.M. Punk giving the most real input into things (with occasionally interesting additions from Drew McIntyre), but with Dusty Rhodes giving progressively more nonsensical commentary, and Jim Ross and Brodus Clay giving the type of commentary that deserves a Nic Cage "You Don't Say?" meme almost each time. And on the last point, while I don't disagree...

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Under Flaming Winter Skies

A reason to care again
I had lost hope after Stratovarius' break about 10 years ago. Absolutely nothing they did interested me until the last album, the second to feature "savior" Matias Kupiainen on guitar.
This DVD might be a way of saying farewell to the drummer, but I take it as a reason to start caring about Strato again. They feel and sound like a band that's going somewhere. Great stage presence, great playing, good vibe. Timo's voice is suffering greatly, however, and I think a part of his register has disappeared, but his heart is still there.
The main feature sounds extremely good, with loud guitars (hear that, Tony Kakko ;)), audible bass and good sounding drums. Jen shines as always on the keys. The band just feels alive. It's true that the vocals are not up front, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. I could do without some of the songs on the setlist, especially the stuff from the last 10 years, but the delivery and energy are hard to argue with. I guess they wanted to document...

Sound, performance, filming and material is excellent to me.
Caught this video/dvd on youtube and bought it because of it.

Sound, performance, filming and material is excellent to me.

To me the vocalist sounded fine. Reminds me of Geddy Lee of Rush who does not hit the high notes anymore, but still sounds fine in a lower register. I've heard far worse such as Steve Walsh of Kansas and Geoff Tate of Queensryche whose best days seem behind them.

My only quibble is the bassist using Jazz Bass pickups which may sound fine on the solo, but are very thin sounding when playing with the band.

Finally, I keep hearing how power metal is expiring. What do you expect from something that started in the 1990's and was an attempt to play and redefine classic metal of the 1970's and 1980's.

The strength of power metal is its musicianship and compositional songwriting.

No reason why this can not be applied to melodic metal or even progressive rock.

Just so long as bands like...

Sound is bad
I looked forward to this concert. But who this is messed up, they should shoot him. Singing is not just hear, totally lost in other music. Poor recording. It's not worth your attention.

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Georgia Peaches

HBO's Atlantic City Hit Raises The Drama, Tension, And Betrayal In A Season That Redefines Major Characters And Relationships
Certainly one of the most admired shows on the 2010 television schedule, HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" boasted the year's most impressive pedigree with Martin Scorsese taking a production credit and even directing the pilot episode (for which he won an Emmy). This brain child of Terrence Winter, a primary creative force and writer for "The Sopranos," adapted the Nelson Johnson non-fiction work chronicling the sordid history of Atlantic City into a masterful blend of fact and fantasy. Embraced by mainstream critics and viewers alike, "Boardwalk Empire" picked up a Golden Globe for Best Dramatic Program and acting honors for lead Steve Buscemi at both the Globes and the SAG awards for its debut season. And yet, if I'm being completely honest, while I issued my highest recommendation for the artistry of Season One--it always connected more with my intellectual side, but never quite my heart. Season Two, however, became my passion in 2011. With richer characterizations, plot developments...

WOW!
So, I pre-ordered this, with the rest of my TV, months ago. No clue that this was going to be as big a set as this was. The series and season are good, they're excellent, but I'll let others describe those. Me? I'm going to focus on the actual product here instead.

This box comes with 3 Blu-Ray discs, packaged by themselves. At the price paid for it, you'd think that would be all you get, considering it's a pretty standard price. HBO goes the extra mile though, by far. This set ALSO comes with (separately packaged) 2 double sided DVD's with all 12 episodes.. But wait, THERE'S MORE!!! HBO also throws in one code that allows you to download ALL episodes, PLUS 3 special features, ALL in HD off of iTunes.

I've got, in my collection, probably 30, 40 television shows, most with multiple seasons. NONE of them have given out this much for this little. I think the closest I've seen was Chuck and Grimm with Ultraviolet digital copies (which aren't horrible, but they're not...

HBO's Atlantic City Hit Raises The Drama, Tension, And Betrayal In A Season That Redefines Major Characters And Relationships
Certainly one of the most admired shows on the 2010 television schedule, HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" boasted the year's most impressive pedigree with Martin Scorsese taking a production credit and even directing the pilot episode (for which he won an Emmy). This brain child of Terrence Winter, a primary creative force and writer for "The Sopranos," adapted the Nelson Johnson non-fiction work chronicling the sordid history of Atlantic City into a masterful blend of fact and fantasy. Embraced by mainstream critics and viewers alike, "Boardwalk Empire" picked up a Golden Globe for Best Dramatic Program and acting honors for lead Steve Buscemi at both the Globes and the SAG awards for its debut season. And yet, if I'm being completely honest, while I issued my highest recommendation for the artistry of Season One--it always connected more with my intellectual side, but never quite my heart. Season Two, however, became my passion in 2011. With richer characterizations, plot developments...

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Streets of San Francisco: Season Four, Vol. 1

GOOD MEMORIES
It was everything that we expected it to be. Don't hesitate to buy. You won't be sorry. It sure beats anything on T.V. these days.

Great detective series in gorgeous San Francisco
This 3DVD set is volume one of the 4th season of the wonderful series The Streets of San Francisco. It starred two terrific actors, the powerful Karl Malden and handsome young Michael Douglas, on the verge of movie stardom (this would be his last year on the show), as well as the backdrop of glorious San Francisco with all its beautiful scenery & sights. The following is a list of the episodes in this set, along with their guest stars:

Disc 1

Poisoned Snow - Mark Hamill, Clu Gulager
The Glass Dart Board - Patrick O'Neal, Joel Fabiani
No Place To Hide - Stefanie Powers, Chris Robinson
Men Will Die - Vera Miles, Michael Parks

Disc 2

School of Fear - Maurice Evans, Geoffrey Lewis
Deadly Silence - Meredith Baxter, Darleen Carr
Murder By Proxy - John Ritter, Bradford Dillman
Trail of Terror - Meg Foster, James Woods

Disc 3

Web of Lies - Robert Walden, Pat Hingle
Dead Air - Larry Hagman,...



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Guilty Pleasures

Not about Harlequins or Romance
This DVD was not about Romance Novels it was more about sex and sex scenes in romance novels. It seemed a bit cynical for what was supposed to be a story on the "happily-ever-after" Harlequin Romance. I was suprised PBS had done this story. I can't recommend it.

Guilty Pleasures
This PBS documentary gives an inside look into the the Harlequin novel from the perspective of the female reader, the male writer, and a male cover model. Hiroko is a housewife from Japan who dreams of being swept off her feet by the man of her dreams (a cross between David Beckham and George Harrison). Shumita is an Indian woman who has been left by her husband five years earlier for another woman. Shumita reads her novels while hoping that her husband will one day return. Shirley is a British mother of three who is looking for more spice to her life and her marriage. Each of the three women enjoy reading Harlequin (also known as Mills & Boon) for their own reason, but for each the books fill a need in their lives. Gill Sanderson (whose real name is Roger) writes medical romance novels from his small trailer in England. Gill's passion for his writing and pride in knowing that his books are enjoyed by readers around the world is clear throughout the documentary. I found 47 of Gill's...



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Freezing: Complete Series (Limited Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo)

Not for kids.
The show 'Freezing' is your typical science fiction anime with a splash of harem thrown in. The story is basically this: humanity is at war with extra-dimensional beings called NOVA. The world has no way of fighting them except with teenage girls (naturally). It focuses on Aoi Kazuya who transfers to a school called West Genetics Academy. Genetics Academy is basically a school for genetically enhanced girls called Pandoras & male students with an ability dubbed "Freezing" which can limit/restrict movement in the area they cast it on. Pandoras & their male partners, who are called "Limiters", are the only known way to combat the NOVA.

The story starts out with Aoi being shown around his new school during an annual event that consists of each & every Pandora (in their year) going at war with each other (almost killing each other) throughout the entire school. The main heroine, Satellizer (who is known as the Untouchable Queen & ranked 1 of her entire class), & another main...

Enjoyable Fan Service
This is a review of the blu-ray edition. First off, it is the uncensored version, so if you don't like bare breasts, look elsewhere. It is somewhat on the same level as the first season of Queen's Blade. I am a firm believer that even ecchi anime need a story line that holds together (as opposed to something like, say Master of Martial Hearts, which doesn't). The basic story line is that aliens are attacking, the only ones who can defend earth are girls with attack powers. Each girl has a guy with protection power(the Freezing in the title), which makes it different from other harems, where one guy attracts all the girls.

The heroine has awesome attack power, but due to a horrible upbringing (revealed later in the series), can't stand to be touched. The hero, of course is the only one that can touch her, much to her consternation. The girls in the academy spend most of the time fighting each other, but all pull together in the end when the aliens attack again. Lots of...

They Carry The Hopes And Dreams Of their Loved Ones
In the mid 2000's the Earth has been invaded by aliens called the Nova. Kazuya Aoi is the little brother of a war hero. His sister died fighting for the hopes and dreams of every person on Earth. Kazuya enters a school that trains young women and men to fight the Nova. He meets a girl named Satellizer el Bridgette. She has the same stigmata mark on her back as Kazuya's late sister. Underneath her cool exterior lies a gentle and shy side that she will only show to Kazuya. The 2 of them become partners and continue to fight to save the future.

This anime has a very generic story line. A boy meets a girl and they fight to save the world. The Nova are similar the to the Dolems in RahXephon, so there pretty cool looking. This series reminds me a lot of the Sekirei anime. Personally I liked Sekirei better. This anime also has a lot of fighting and nudity. So it's not for younger viewers. It is a very serious story. There is very little comedy if any at all. The animation,...

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Gustav Mahler: Origins [HD]

Outstanding Introduction to the Musical Roots of Gustav Mahler
Michael Tilson Thomas does a thoroughly credible and engaging job of introducing the diverse musical and cultural influences that went into the early music of Gustav Mahler with special focus on his first symphony. He becomes our travel guide to the places where Mahler grew up, the lives of his parents, and the places he would visit to discover sources of inspiration. As someone who has listened to his first symphony for well over 45 years, even I learned a fair amount about this work. Strongly recommended.





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