Scott’s Blog of Doom

“Hey Scott, I know I’m a little late with this but I just recently bought the
Bret Hart DVD and came up with what I hope would be a ideal listing for a
sequel, complete with dates and your star ratings.  Anything you would add
or delete on this list?
(Note: I tried to find a Rougeau Brothers/Hart Foundation match but none’s
been released on Coliseum Video as far as I know, except for the Brother
Love as referee one which was funny but didn’t really show off how well they
could work together.)”

You wound me.  You’re forgetting the obvious Coliseum video to check, namely the Hart Foundation one I just reviewed a couple of months ago.  Shame!

Anyway, on with your list.

Bret Hart: Excellence of Execution Fantasy DVD Listing
- 09/14/85  Bret Hart vs. Dynamite Kid   [1 of 1, no star rating given]
- 09/23/85  Hart Foundation vs. British Bulldogs  [From Best of the WWF Vol.
7, no rating from you that I could find.]
- 04/28/87  Hart Foundation vs. British Bulldogs [2/3 Falls] [1 of 1, no
star rating given, “Really good match” you said.]
- 11/11/87  Bret Hart vs. Randy Savage [***3/4]
- 03/89  Bret Hart vs. Ted DiBiase [****]
- 08/28/89  Hart Foundation vs. The Brain Busters [****1/4]
- 08/27/90  Hart Foundation vs. Demolition Smash & Crush [2/3 falls]
[***1/2]
- 07/21/92  Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels (ladder match) [****1/4]
- 10/12/92  Bret Hart vs. Ric Flair (Hart wins WWF World Title) [****1/2]
- 11/25/92  Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels [****1/4]
- 08/30/93  Bret Hart vs. Doink the Clown & Jerry Lawler [****]
- 01/11/94  Bret Hart & Owen Hart vs. The Steiner Brothers [****3/4]
- 08/29/94  Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart (steel cage match) [*****] [I know this
match is already on the Bloodbath & Heavyweight Championship DVDs but I
figure if ‘Hogan Vs. Andre the Giant’ can be on, what?  5-6 DVDs now?  This
match deserves to be on three.]
- 11/17/96  Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin [*****]
- 02/16/97  Bret Hart vs. Vader vs. Undertaker vs. Steve Austin [****1/2]
- 07/06/97  Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Jim Neidhart, British Bulldog and Brian
Pillman vs. Steve Austin, Goldust, Ken Shamrock & LOD.  [*****] [Can you
think of a better match to end a Bret Hart DVD?]
Extras: - 06/16/94  Owen Hart vs. The 1-2-3 Kid [****1/4]
         : - 02/26/97  Owen Hart vs. British Bulldog [Finals of European
Championship Tournament]
         : - 03/24/97  ”Respect”  Bret Hart’s Speech on Raw
         : - 03/31/97  Owen Hart vs. British Bulldog [No contest]; Bret
Hart reunites the Hart Foundation.
         : - 07/26/98  Owen Hart vs. Ken Shamrock [Dungeon Match] [***]
         : - 08/30/98  Owen Hart vs. Ken Shamrock [Lion’s Den Match] [****]
Easter Eggs: - 1987  ”Bitch” Hart Foundation promo on the British Bulldogs
now being managed by Matilda
                 : - 1991  Pre-match promo with Hart Foundation before
Wrestling VII tag title match with the Nasty Boys.
                 : - 1993  Pre-match promo with Bret Hart Vs. Mr. Perfect
before semi-final match at King of the Ring 1993.
                 : - 1994  4 minute pre-match interview with Owen Hart
before Cage match (included on Bloodbath DVD too but what the hell.)

It’s fucking hot today and theaters are air-conditioned, so that equals MOVIES! 

First up, we checked out Transformers, and indeed there was more than met the eye with this movie.  As in, I went in hoping for a few explosions and the transforming noise, and I got probably one of the best summer blockbusters of the decade.  Seriously.  This is exactly the kind of big event movie I’ve been dying to see since, well, the first Spider-Man movie.  While not Oscar-worthy by any stretch of the imagination, it’s fantasically entertaining, with enough character development to make you cheer for the humans and then enough action to keep your attention for the remainder of the 2.5 hour running time.  It’s like someone took a Michael Bay movie and then combined it with the heart of a Steven Spielberg movie.  Oh, wait, that’s exactly what it is.  It rules, go see it.  Amazingly, Shia LeBeouf is quite convincing acting up a storm against the green screens.  Even the nitpicky geek stuff didn’t bother me too much, even the “Bumblebee as a Camaro” stuff.  

Then, because the house remained around 40 degrees (Celcius, duh), we went to the midnight show at the cheap theater and checked out Disturbia as well to complete the Shia double header.  Kind of a weird one, because I was expecting one kind of movie and plot development based on the way the movie was going for the first two-thirds or so, and then suddenly it turns into this totally different and unrelated movie starring the same actors or something.  I know that we’ve already had a million remakes of Rear Window already, but they could have handled it a bit smoother, is all I’m saying.  Still, Shia carries another one on his back, even if the character was a bit of an annoying little sleaze at times and Carrie-Anne Moss was totally underused, and the result is a good popcorn movie instead of a really intriguing psychological thriller like it could have been.

So overall, the heat sucks, but it was a good day at the movies.