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fAnDom AWAkens TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2015 - The internet almost broke last week with the debut of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer. It was viewed over 30 million times in the first 24 hours, and caused Disney stock to go shooting through the roof. I was excited for this movie before, but am even more excited now. J.J. seems to have locked into what every Star Wars fan has been asking for and looks to have delivered an epic. Soaring John Williams music, desert locales, outer space dogfights, new droids, well-designed villains (Kylo Ren’s triblade), and the return of some original classics (I nearly lost it when Han says “Chewie, we’re home”). This is going to be huge. I wish it were December already! —Luis
no content We did not post our NYCC 2014 recap until June 15, 2015, and I thought that was a long time. I did not post much at all about pop culture anywhere in 2015, but the snippets here are from dinosaurgirly. blogspot.com when we thought we would post there more frequently. Blogs were already over, though. C’est la vie. —MV
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some hoW i Will mAke this hAppen TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2015 - I have to be sure to go this game—Game of Thrones jerseys at the Staten Island Yankees. —Luis
Art Department Weekly • Conventions 2015
in the office is a huge independent wrestling fan. For months now he has been trying to get me to watch old Kevin Steen matches. I like wrestling, but I like it to be well-produced WWEstyle, so I tend to shy away from the independent promotions. Kevin Steen then signed on with WWE and got placed at NXT as Kevin Owens. Now I see what all the fuss is about. Since his debut in December, Owens has steam-rolled the competition. He is incredibly agile for someone his size with a remarkable sense of ring psychology. His mic work is already that of a seasoned veteran. I feel like we are watching the birth of a superstar. All of which leads me to his NXT title match with Sami Zayn (which the WWE greatly packaged, leaning heavily on the past history and friendship of these two men). No one expected Zayn to drop the title he had fought so hard to finally snag from Neville. Yet here he was in his first title defense getting absolutely mauled by Owens. The sheer physicality of it all was amazing. Zayn selling every powerbomb as if he were near death. The refs stopping the fight and awarding the belt to Owens was reminiscent of the classic Bret Hart vs. Stone Cold match. Owens has star written all over him. I’m sure his stint at NXT will be short lived as the WWE knows they have a main event wrestler in their minors. —Luis
