manny239

I don't know how anybody who looked as this can say all it is is "Human degradation, because what makes the fact that 11 guys go onto a football field or the ground or astroturf and pound each other to death for a trophy and a small ring any better? And to call the wrestlers "characters" defeats the purpose with that logic then Bruce Willis or Will Smith are "Characters" since they do essentially the same thing the wrestlers do, entertain. The wrestlers do this for the love of the sport just like athletes do for "professional" sports, and this documentary is a great look at the lives these WRESTLERS not characters live to earn a living and build a sport that they love and millions of people love. To say you would rather watch real contests with unreal violence is wrong since Boxing and Football are "real" contest with anything but "unreal" violence. Now how perverted are you? It does a great job of feeling in the story lines in this, something non-wrestling fans can't and won't appreciate. I recommend this to the true wrestling fan not someone who doesn't already hate the sport. It goes to show these are REAL people not fictional people, and they bleed, cry, hurt and die and need to make a living just like all of us. It's far from degradation it shows the feelings and stories of athletes that don't get nearly the respect they deserve.

I liked Freakylinks, it has a ton of potential as long as it continues to branch out. The one problem I have is that the show needs to develop the individual characters more so that we can relate to them and like them better. It seems like the show rushes to the action part, when we should be getting to know the characters a little more so that we can see how they react, what they are all about, and just give an overall personality to the characters and the group. Overall a solid show, and if they clear up those flaws and improve on them, they can easily develop a Star Trek, or X-Files or Xena or Hercules-type cult following that cashes in and becomes a big hit for years to come.

One of the new breed "Old School" detective shows, Mike Hammer was one of my favorite shows ever. The tough, hardboiled tough-as-nails detective that actually had to DO detective work to get his man! He wasn't afraid to pull out the fistcuffs, and he wasn't superhuman and invulnerable. They just don't make shows like this anymore!