Shadow Wolves- August

Any other book recommendations? I've just bought the Friedkin Connection and I've read the Jon Peters book Hit and Run (which Ibelieve one of you mentioned in another podcast).

CLOSING DOWN QUESTIONS. SAVE YOUR STUPID SHIT FOR NEXT MONTH. THANKS MIJO

Have you tried Bubbly over LaCroix? (Just a suggestion to keep you hydrated during the show)

Not a question but an idea: you should repost all the original high and mighty actionboyz episodes here on patreon. Those are some classic premium content baby!

Do you have any good stories about bombing at an improv show?

Any thoughts on Stallone's movie coming out next year that looks like a 90s action movie? STREET JUSTICE

Have you guys ever considered putting out any content for YouTube? Maybe you can get some interviews with anyone involved in some the movies you reviewed so far. I guess the dream would be to get the big dawgs like Arnold, Stallone, JCVD and etc. Now that you have an army of Shadow Wolves we could help make it happen. I only brought up youtube, since it could be a way to grow the audience. Thanks.

No question this month- just a big ol’ pile of thank you. But next month- one of the DUMBEST questions, for sure.

Any update on Rodgers’ Lindsay/Leslie situation? Also, requesting CLIFFHANGER!

Have any of you guys ever been squibbed for anything?

In the Heat episode you mention the great sound design. What are some other movies that standout to you guys as having great sound design? Side note: I thought the sound effects in the bathroom fight of the new Mission Impossible really helped make the scene feel awesome.

MMA Questions: Are you guys fans of MMA, do you follow Buffalo or Long Island based fighters? There hasn’t been a truly great MMA movie. What would ABZ Productions pitch to a studio?

Action sports?

I maintain this is a book club for retards.

Fathers seem to be a topic that comes up on this podcast pretty often, with that in mind what is your favorite movie you've ever seen with your dads? Like the movie you both enjoyed so much that you still quote it to this day. (Sorry Gabrus)

When I do squats it feels like my calf are doing all the work, got any pointers?

Cheers from Long Island, boyz. Arnold’s commentary track for Conan kills me. Do you have any other favorite commentaries to recommend?

We know they're garbage, but what's the "best" remake or late franchise installment of an ActionBoyz movie, and what's the worst?

Do you have any plans for future merchandise releases? "Stanger Things" tanktop would be a buy from me.

Do the Action Boyz collect anything (besides worthless trade paperbacks) ?

Hey, Gabrus. Why did you leave jizz-filled condoms on your girlfriend’s coffee table when you knew her parents were coming home? You dumb fuck.

What kind of combat training do you mooks have? I know Gabrus learned some karate in fuckin' Freeport or whatever but have you guys done any adult self-defense/combat stuff?

We’re all huge fans of the ‘silver age’ of Van Damme—everything after Universal Soldier up to JCVD—but in your opinions should he had maybe done fewer movies? Would it have been better for his career? Should he have sacrificed Sudden Death and Double Team and Street Fighter to get better roles in better films? Seemed to work for Stallone?

Other than the Rocky franchise, are there any action movies that get you guys jacked to go workout?

What is your favorite Tom Cruise action movie?

Let’s say the Boyz are offered roles in a new Seagal movie, which also features a cameo by Donald J Trump and you share a scene with him. Do you take it?

Who are your favorite action movie directors?

What are your favorite memories of watching action movies with your dads?

Which Steven Seagal is your favorite? Italian, Native Amercian, Cajun, Russian, etc.

THEY GAME MASON THE KEROSENE, WASHERS, ETC IN THE ROCK HE DIDN'T ASK FOR THEM YOU CUNTS

All three of you have to compete in The Cannonball Run with Burt Reynolds "Hello!" What's your vehicle of choice?

Wolves, this is a lot of questions!

What was Rodgers' IKEA story that he never got around to telling?

You've alluded to it many times in the past, but how do you guys feel about professional wrestling? Do you think it's stupid (it is!), Do you consider it an artform (it is!), Did you only like it in the mid eighties and late nineties?

Is there anything more to Stanger's story of dating a stripper at 17 and running into his teacher at a bar?

What's the most "action movie experience" you've had in real life?

Who's the biggest bitch when it comes to spicy foods and who prefers to eat the food so hot they shit flames?

Can we get a Rodgers facial hair update? Is he still bringing back a mouth mirken that exudes such powerful machismo that it would give even Selleck pause for thought?

Making my way through the First Law trilogy. When I’m done which of the three side stories should I read first?

Gabrus' what's your battlenet

MMA Questions Hi ABZs, My ABZ buddy Alex got me into MMA about 3 years ago. It’s really the only sport I follow now and it inspired me to train BJJ and a bit of Muay Thai (shoutout to my fellow Dumbbells). I’m looking forward to an all time great MMA movie. When you guys start ABZ Film Productions, what will your MMA movie pitch be? Do you guys watch combat sports at all? Every time the UFC puts on a card in Long Island or Buffalo I’m always tempted to shout out you guys. Long Island seems full of fighters—Gabrus, did it seem like there were a lot of fighters around your neighborhood?

Action is a genre that has been co-opted by the superhero movie trend. With fewer and fewer films being made by major studios each year, do you guys think “pure action” films will ever have a resurgence?

Are you guys fans of the old school UFC where they had the one night tournament with no weight classes? If so what were some of your favorites fighters and events, and would the Boyz ever consider doing an episode where they covered one of them?

Is there an ACTIONBOYZ P.O. Box?

Would Wesly Snipes and Keenan Ivory Waynes make a great team-up for the Bad Boys movie series or as potential competitors against that series?

And here's a few that are on my list to track down: "Nothing Lasts Forever" (Die Hard), "Who Goes There" novella (The Thing), "To Live and Die in LA" and "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" ...

gabrus what's the longest you've ran since training for the half marathon?

any movies you guys have talked about and specifically decided you will never watch for the pod?

Do you have any favorite novels that inspired an action movie? I love "Eaters of the Dead" by Michael Crichton, which was the inspiration for The 13th Warrior, as well as "First Blood" by David Morrell. I'm also a sucker for any vintage 007 or Conan novels.

Not at all related to the podcast. It’s boy problems that I’d love advice from the Boyz about. There’s this incredibly frustrating phenomena (that I feel the apps/extended texting facet of modern dating has enabled) where guys will actively pursue you and talk to you for a long time, and then when it comes time to actually ask us out on a date they pull this cowardly shit of not actually *asking you out*, but still trying to get you to agree to meet up, as if it’s a friend hangout we both planned. NO! *You* messaged *me* and are the initiator of any of this, man up & own the role of actually asking me out instead of just saying “we should chill sometime.” Like, I don’t understand where and how guys my age lost the art of asking women on dates. It drives me and all of my single gal pals crazy. A guy will be doting on you for weeks and telling you how into you he is and he’ll then be like, “So, when are we gonna hang out?” or “Let me know when you’re free and maybe we can grab food or something.” NO NO NO NO!!!! That is such a cowardly way to ask a woman who YOU initiated romantic contact with out. And then when we reply with when we’re free they’ll just say, “Sure, that could work.” AS IF *I* JUST ASKED *THEM* OUT!?? How and why do they flip it on us all the time like this?? Why don’t guys my age understand that we just want to be classically asked on a date by a grown man who is confident enough to say what he wants? Do you have any insight to offer on this? Is it that they’re so concerned with appearing cool and like they don’t care either way, like they could take us or leave us, because they think we’ll find earnestness unattractive? It is a weird alpha thing of trying to trick us into doing the work of planning even though *they* pursued *us*? Ugh. Any advice from my favorite Boyz, no matter how brutal, would be dearly appreciated. Love always, Liz 💕✨

Your recent podcast got me to read up on the SUPERMAN THE MOVIE production. At a point, Charles Bronson was offered the role of Superman but it fell through. If he had been cast, I wonder what it would have sounded like?

Are there any movies that one of you really wanted to cover but the others have vetoed? Or otherwise rejected proposals?

What makes for a good shootout scene? Camera work? Sound? Believableness?

Indiana Jones 5 - Use facial de-aging tech on Harrison Ford for the entire movie, the film is guaranteed to be the highest grossing movie ever, regardless of anything else, agree or disagree?

I got to do something a few years ago with both of the guys who directed John Wick, and in the course of our conversation they told me that they hate The Raid movies. I mean they REALLY hate them, they ripped them apart. Those are up there with my all time favorite action movies, along with John Wick, so this bummed me out. Do you have any good "don't meet your heroes" stories where you got bummed out by someone you admire?

I always hope fantasy-type action movies will turn out to be good but it seems like they are universally hated. Are there any recent ones that are secretly good? What is the problem/how could they make a good fantasy action movie?

What is up with Stanger's weird ass, frosted-tips, paraplegic twitter profile pic?

What modern day director would you like to see filming a classic action film? Also, if you could interview one director from the golden age of action films, who would it be (and why?) :)

Do you boyz have a favorite bit from the show? “I’m your dad” and Mr T’s roommate Jason get me every time

When can we expect a Dungeon and Dragons-esque RPG oneshot where each of you play one of Arnold(Barbarian)/Seagal(Monk) and JCVD (Fighter)?

Also, can we get Rodgers' opinion on Bon Appetit's rankings of the best wings in Buffalo? They go: 3rd/Mammosas, 2nd/Elmos, 1/Gabriel's Gate - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78_EFkDY-5E" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78_EFkDY-5E</a>

One of my favourite specifics is Stanger's ongoing fascination with old school Hollywood power players like Swifty Lazar and Bert Fields. What are good books you guys have read that go beyond actors and directors and cover more inside baseball stories about the industry? And apart from Stanger's time hanging out with Burt Reynolds, have you guys gotten to meet or had any encounters with the people who contributed or acted in the movies you watched growing up?

The three best podcasts out there right now, Action Boyz, Doughboys and Hollywood Handbook are fairly intertwined. The only crossover that hasn't happened yet is HH guys on Action Boyz. Ben what movie do you think Sean would want to do for Action Boyz for when they come on? Also have you considered forming some sort of 7 man supergroup?

What's something really frustrating about being in entertainment that you wouldn't have known about/expected until you started working in 'the biz'?

Do you guys follow film franchises when their sequels are released direct-to-video? Do you think some franchises would have benefited from going direct-to-video, like the recent couple Universal Soldier movies?

Who would win in a three way gladiator fight to the death? And what weapons would you choose?

I would like to recommend the classic (made for TV) action movie Rapid Fire (2006) starring Action Boyz favourite Jason Gedrick, known for his breakout role of Tim Krizminski in Backdraft (1991). Despite it's 2006 airing date this movie retains a classic feel due to its 80s setting and the fact it is not even available in HD. For myself, it's outstanding quality is that I have already spent the time and money to watch it due to it being the only digitally available Rapid Fire in the UK. You too can marvel at how Jason Gedrick really doesn't look Asian.

How famous could JCVD or Seagal have been had their personal issues, coke and narcissism respectively, not derailed them? Are we talking a tier just under Stallone/Arnold or something similar to where they ended up? Any other stars from the movies youve done that you feel didn't reach their full potential or should have been in more action stuff?

Please make me watch Death Wish 4

In an early episode you had mentioned possibly covering The Seven Five, which would definitely be a format breaker given its 2014 release and it being a documentary, although the subject matter is definitely in the ABZ wheelhouse. Any chance it’s still on the table, and any other documentaries you’d ever consider?

Did you guys have any memorably uncomfortable movie-watching experiences with your dad/parents? My dad made my brother and I watch Porky’s when I was maybe 10 or 11, and I was mortified when the main character measures his boner in the first minute and a half of the movie. Also, I watched American Beauty with my whole family as a teen, which was torture.

The Doughboys, famously, have never done McDonalds, are you guys at all regretful that you've already done Terminator 2 and Predator and Bloodsport? Is there a movie you have in mind that you haven't done and IS the McDonalds equivalent? Also, as a request: if you ever do return to movies you've done I'd love to get regular eps for the movies you've done commentary over.

What movie do you want people to stop requesting and why?

Can you guys pitch your version of what you would want Top Gun 2 to be?

Do the Expendables movies transcend Action and just become parody at some point?

Is there some property that you love (book/comic/tv show) that has never had a movie that you think could make a great action movie?

I'm training for a triathlon, which involves a ton of swimming, riding, and running. It only leaves one day a week for lifting. If I make the lift routine full-body, is it okay to only do it once per week, and what are the 5 critical lifts for a full-body routine?

There are easy trends and tropes to hate in new action movies. But what are some new trends you like that past action movies don't have?

What is your favorite video game movie adaptation? They are all terrible but I have a soft spot in my heart for super Mario brothers

How about a month of action-horror movies for Halloween? Dead Heat, The Terminator...shit like that.

Mostly a Gabrus question, I recently got a weed delivery service in Brooklyn. Do I tip the delivery guy? If so, how much? I’ve never tipped anyone whose brought me weed before and I don’t know if I should be now.

Are there any action movies that you loved at some point but upon rewatch just can’t stand? Or vice versa? An example of the latter, I saw Broken Arrow in the theatre as a kid and thought it was dumb. Watching it again recently, it’s actually really good. The female lead actually has agency, Travolta is great and Mr. Kuffs never disappoints. Ok, bye love you.

Gabrus can you tell us about your Man Vs Food audition process and your feelings on being the runner up?

Gabrus has said he was more of a Kung Fu household. Any more foreign language favorites? (Or was it mostly Seagal, Van Damme, & Roberts)

What are some of your all-time favorite bad guy deaths? One of mine is definitely Dolph Lundgren in Universal Soldier. A movie I would love for you guys to cover.

Are there any actors that you think haven't had a career defining role that is good enough for their ability? For example, I think David Alan Grier and especially Michael Peña haven't been given good enough roles.

Since it seems most of the best action movies currently are DTV/VOD, who are some of your guys favorite stars, directors, choreographers, stunt performers , etc?

Besides just reducing reliance on CGI, what do you guys think directors have to do in order for their to be another "golden age" of action movies like the 80's?

No specific movie just any more Kurt Russell films coming up soon?

Are there any historical time periods or geographic locations that you think have been neglected by the genre or you would like to see more action movies take place ?

Any awkward movie related dates you guys been on would be fun to hear about.

After listening to Rodgers improbably defend “ Firefox” as a good film. Are there any movies Gabrus and Stanger would defend to the death as actually good when they are clearly not ?

What are your guys’ all time favorite movies? Not necessarily action but just favorite movie in general?

Have you ever been an accidental hero? And did you confess that it wasn't intentional?

After it was all said and done, what did you really think about season 4 of Banshee? (separate to the whole podcast shenanigans). Also I recommend a korean movie called "The Man From Nowhere"! Thanks!