Originally Posted by Dark One (Post 4830979)

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Do not deny the power of Broken Matt.

Originally Posted by Tom Guycott (Post 4830984)

Why must you hate fun?

Seriously, it isn't like it is backyard kids trying to get some sort of notiriety. No, this is intentionally B-movie material. I keep expect to see silhouettes of Servo, Crow, and Mike/Joel. This is the logical eventuality of Lucha Underground vignettes. This self-deprecating bullshit is far and away worlds better than the UNINTENTIONALLY bad regular bullshit TNA regularly produces. That's part of what makes this work so well.

Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4831006)

The bump is one of those good/bad type situations, the good being it was pretty larger in terms of percentages but also bad because of how small TNA's viewerbase is on POP TV.

Wonder if the Director's Cut being released very quickly might be a reason for why the bump was just 88k viewers. Almost all the real hype for the show was just for the Final Deletion so them releasing the video is sort of like Hulu replays for RAW. No need to watch the show if you missed it since the most important thing is officially online.

Originally Posted by Heisenberg (Post 4831079)

Originally Posted by screech (Post 4831082)

Just watched the director's cut.

That was goddamn ridiculous.

Originally Posted by Dastardly Dale Newstead (Post 4831099)

You know what. It is absolutely horrendous. But one has to assume that Matt and Jeff embraced the wrestecrap nature of the whole thing and just ran with it. It's certainly no worse than the Sid, Vader, midget, Bulldog and Sting fiasco (in fact I'd say it's better because at there seems to be a certain awareness). J.R.s praise for it is kind of... odd.... but I do have the distinct idea that Matt and Jeff were in on the joke.

I would have cut it by a few minutes, but it's certainly better than a half an hour of Stephanie McMahon putting herself over during a RAW segment. That's not saying very much though. And one must wonder with all that effort placed into something absolutely batshit insane, what could be accomplished if they placed all that energy into creating a great product with clear focus and easy to follow storylines.

But I will never in my life watch that again, lol.

Originally Posted by Dastardly Dale Newstead (Post 4831099)

You know what. It is absolutely horrendous. But one has to assume that Matt and Jeff embraced the wrestecrap nature of the whole thing and just ran with it. It's certainly no worse than the Sid, Vader, midget, Bulldog and Sting fiasco (in fact I'd say it's better because at there seems to be a certain awareness). J.R.s praise for it is kind of... odd.... but I do have the distinct idea that Matt and Jeff were in on the joke.

I would have cut it by a few minutes, but it's certainly better than a half an hour of Stephanie McMahon putting herself over during a RAW segment. That's not saying very much though. And one must wonder with all that effort placed into something absolutely batshit insane, what could be accomplished if they placed all that energy into creating a great product with clear focus and easy to follow storylines.

But I will never in my life watch that again, lol.

Originally Posted by Matt Hardy

I'll be honest, the people who are gonna give me feedback across social media, this character really isn't out to catch them. It isn't out to attract them. This is out to attract more of a casual fan. And that is what Impact Wrestling has to do to grow right now. Because the audience that we get weekly - we get between 300 and 350 thousand live viewers and between 500 and 600 thousand by the time they watch it on DVR or whatever the number is - we have to add casual viewers. That is where TNA has to go if they want to grow because we lost those casual viewers after the Spike era and we're trying to get those casual viewers back and bring them to POP TV. That is what we're working on now and my character is definitely someone who is there to attract casual viewers, not the smart mark fans.

Originally Posted by Droford (Post 4831146)

He's crazy if he thinks that's going to get casual fans to watch. I think you have to be die hard fan to not think that it was stupid.

Originally Posted by Droford (Post 4831146)

He's crazy if he thinks that's going to get casual fans to watch. I think you have to be die hard fan to not think that it was stupid.

Originally Posted by Anybody Thrilla (Post 4831161)

Fuck you guys.

Originally Posted by reddit

Maxel's hair style is the same as Matt's, though not streaked.

Reby can speak to "Senor Benjamin" in Spanish and they exchange knowing glances. Is he really their gardener? or is this Matt's delusion and they are both going along with it?

Benjamin's gift of the Extraordinary Xylophone is relevant to the story, as musical instruments have played a key role. Matt uses them to summon Jeff. What will happen when Maxell plays the Xylophone?

Matt Hardy Vanguard 1 (call back to Matt Hardy v1)

V1 drone lists Jeff's alias as "Jimmy Jack Tomkins" and maksed [sic] mountain character he played when he was a kid.

V1 also lists Jeff's signature move as "phony twist of fate"

Drone somehow rings a doorbell

There are seven drones in all that come to Jeff House. This number is the amount of Tag championships the Hardys have won.

The violin summons Jeff. This symbolises the call of addiction. Edit: Others have pointed out the Emperor Nero reference:this makes more sense.

The ring has two large trees next to it, one for each Hardy. Jeff climbs the one on his corner, showing that during their career he has been the one to take more risks. The Flashback near the end also has a reference to "Union pines" school. Of course, this "union" of brothers is now broken.

The ladder is of course call back to the ladder matches that got the Hardys their initial fame.

Not sure what the Trellis represent?

Matt attacks Jeff with fireworks This symbolises when Jeff was injured by fireworks on smackdown

The Dilapidated Boat symbolises their leaving the WWE and coming to TNA. While TNA has struggled with finances, it still provides a place for wrestlers to work and protects them from unemployment.

Willow is Willow.

Matt uses the torch in the darkness, this symbolises his lowest point, when he was unemployed after leaving WWE and searching for purpose.

Senor Benjamin shows he is more than just a gardener by tazing Jeff. Is he the real puppet master here?

The match started at sunset and finished at sunrise. They fought all night.

The candle from Maxel's cake comes back to save the day.

"Son's first birthday"= Sun's first birthday. The sun is rising as Matt says this and "the Sun's first birthday" means the first day of a new era. Alternatively he could be celebrating Maxells first day without the malignant influence of his evil Uncle Nero.

The flashback has images from posing as teens, winning the TNA tag titles, outside Union pines highschool (remember the two pines next to the ring?) Swanton from the heavens, picture as kids.

Jeff falls onto the dirt, the same place where he hurt his leg in a dirt bike accident, the accident that triggered everything. The Hardys were in the middle of their first ever TNA world tag reign, when Jeff injured himself. This led to Matt making a quest for the World title, a quest that would eventually consume him.

Originally Posted by owenbrown (Post 4831616)

Without watching a second of this abomination, I think if or when Matt and Jeff return to the WWE, I am almost certain they will have 2 Wellness strikes a piece automatically against them. Also, Hasney should be deleted along with this thread for even bringing this up.

Originally Posted by owenbrown (Post 4831616)

Without watching a second of this abomination, I think if or when Matt and Jeff return to the WWE, I am almost certain they will have 2 Wellness strikes a piece automatically against them. Also, Hasney should be deleted along with this thread for even bringing this up.

Originally Posted by owenbrown (Post 4831616)

Without watching a second of this abomination, I think if or when Matt and Jeff return to the WWE, I am almost certain they will have 2 Wellness strikes a piece automatically against them. Also, Hasney should be deleted along with this thread for even bringing this up.