Wrestling Is Not Wrestling

^^^
That's awesome.

Edit..

I would love to see the WWE give him or someone like him a chance to write a storyline over the course of a year in the same way Marvel/DC give the likes of Joss Whedon, J. Michael Straczynski, Kevin Smith etc an arc.

Hire talented guys who know and understand wresting.

Wow...that was unreal. Some great cameos in there too.

"I'm X-pac. And my thing is....uhhhh........I'm X-pac"

Triple H pretending he likes it:

He's playing up to his character from the video.

"Hey Max Landis, the video was awesome, you understand wrestling ....... I WILL F*CKING KILL YOU!!!!"

On that: I guarantee anyone here would act the same way if WWE started acknowledging them in the same manner. I criticise WWE heavily at times in podcasts and columns, but when they directly referred to something I wrote on WWE.com (or when names talked/tweeted about projects I've been involved in etc) before I got all gooey and weak at the knees, fact. That doesn't take away criticism I have for them - it's valid and I stand by it - but it also doesn't mean that it's not cool and flattering to be acknowledged in the same instance. So he's not 'selling out' by being happy. Not in the slightest. Good for him.

Secondly, I think people are repurposing the video's intention to project their own view of Triple H. And I think Max Landis meant it that way and made it to be deliberately vague in its narrative. When he spoke of the 'jealous and insecure' Triple H, was he referring to the character or his actual ego behind-the-scenes, for example?

The way it's written, if taken literally, definitely points to it just being a discussion of Triple H's character from a genuine fan of his work and character development. But there's a convincing case that he was winking and nodding to smart fans the entire time too. What did he mean by 'wrestling isn't wrestling'? Did he mean it's not an athletic competition and shouldn't be judged as such, i.e. that it doesn't matter that it's 'fake' (a really basic narrative that's been done to death)? Again, that's the deliberate point he made very clearly in the video. Or did he mean that the fun in wrestling lies in following the behind-the-scenes drama and how it plays out on the screen?

And I think the true genius of the video was how he didn't make either obvious and left it completely open to interpretation. You aren't even sure if he actually likes or hates Triple H by the end of it, he doesn't play his hand. That's a tricky and humbling tightrope to walk as a writer. Your every urge - if you're going to go the wink and nod route - is to make it obvious (even in a small way just once) that that's the line you're taking, because you're insecure that the audience won't pick up on the clever nuance you're using. And a lot of them just plain won't and will just LOL at the funny cameos. But he didn't give into that urge and that's what leaves you thinking at the end.

BMMachine wrote: »

that video is great and I'd willingly show it to my friends as regards why I like wrestling at my age.

thats a hard thing to do

D'ya know what? Maybe it's because public opinion has mellowed about WWE over here, or maybe I'm just getting older and more comfortable in my skin, but I don't find the snobbishness about wrestling that there used to be around any more. My housemate had a new girl he's seeing over tonight, a good-looking, successful girl who has no idea about WWE, and we started chatting to her about it, the parties we do etc. She loved it all. Wants to come to WrestleMania. I found that a very tough sell to people when we started doing it and, in spite of myself, felt almost apologetic while explaining it. Not anymore.

Same with people I work with etc, people are kinda copping on again (maybe due to social media) that there's something fun to wrestling that, even if they don't understand it, they want to be a part of. It's kind of cool again to be a fan, or at least to have been a fan at some stage. Maybe it's an extension of the whole geek chic trend.

I tried that, didn't work. It's ostensibly for non-fans, but it requires more knowledge than you realise still, gf didn't have a clue what it was on about.

Still good though!

Although Landis' voice is super annoying.

Moist Bread wrote: »

Also Trips is a ****ing ride.

Words I never thought I'd read on here, let alone actually agree with. Context is everything.

Ha look who's either side of the guy at 6:24 screaming ''We F*cking hate Triple H''. The World Tag Team Champions of the World!