Salvador (1986)

Hell yeah

Do people with iron deficiency live longer or have less chance of Alzheimer's

Sorry Rodgers but it isn't possible to drive from North America to South America as there is no road connecting Panama and Colombia through the Darién Gap. You might want to edit that out and reupload the ep.

I am 26 and have been listening to ABZ since its inception and the boyz are very spot on in assuming that the average person in my age demographic does not understand 99% of the references from the ABZ universe. My problem is the ABZ bits and movies I love are constantly on my mind and I will pull our references to Seagal, Arnold, Charles Bronson, and Clint Eastwood to dead silence. It’s especially excruciating around girls. I have one other friend who is on the same wavelength and most group outings end up with me and him cracking ourselves up doing robocop impressions at the end of the bar while the rest of the group looks at us like we’re insane.

Whenever I eat watermelon I end up thinking to myself why am I even eating this. It's impossible not to for some reason.

Trivia: In order to prepare for their roles in this film, both James Woods and Jim Belushi lived for years as shiftless lying scumbags with substance abuse problems. 0 out of 4900 found this interesting

Not a watermelon fan.

This movie reminded me of the book The Quiet American, which sadly never got a good adaptation, just a couple of weird ones.

The story for Crocodile Dundee 2 is nuts compared to the first ones straight forward rom-com fish out of water. It’s about Sues ex who also is a photo journalist! capturing a drug dealer killing people on film and mailing it to her and Dundee before he dies. And would be a great action boyz pick

ABZ with the weird timeliness and topicality again with the film choice given chaos in Afghanistan and press coverage. I followed up Salvador with The Killing Fields while doom-scrolling. Fun Monday night. 😎

Snake Eyes being white made slightly more sense in the 80s as it fitted in with the trope of “Vietnam vet who stayed in Asia”. Nowadays it makes no sense whatsoever. Fun fact: Joe comic writer and character creator Larry Hama is who Tunnel Rat is based on physically and autobiographically. 🤓 0/3 found this interesting.

No doubt many wives and girlfriends are disgusted by Stanger Bot and the podcast in general, but the reaction from boyfriends and husbands listening for the first time is an intriguing angle. “I’ve been seeing this woman and she’s really into some podcast where these dudes talk about Sylvester Stallone and quim.”

John Heard in CHUD is a close second for sweatiest Photojournalist in a movie.

I haven't watched the movie yet, because I'm a freak who waits to see how the Boyz react before deciding if it's worth the 1.99-2.99 to rent, but I definitely want to check this one out. For those who don't know, it sounds like Stone (director, not kid) did a decent job of dramatizing what was happening during the Salvadoran civil war. I'd recommend anyone who liked the movie to read up on the life and teachings of Saint Archbishop Romero, who is still a hero to Salvadorans to this day. You will find murals of him all over the country. I was lucky enough to go to San Salvador in college, and saw the small Church where he was killed. The garments he wore are still hanging in the Church, stained with his blood. His murderer was never caught, but it's an almost certainty that they were a member of the far right party ruling El Salvador at the time. The same elements were also responsible for the murder of six Jesuits on the campus of Central American University. And they were trained (no surprises here), directly by our Department of Defense at an organization called "The School of the Americas." Anyway, sorry for the bummer of a post (especially after such an exceptionally funny ep.), but the story of the Salvadoran civil war looms large in my mind, and is sadly pretty typical of the US' involvement in Latin America in the 80s. It's a story worth telling, and props to Stone (again, director not kid) for being bold enough to sort-of tell it.

Not really a conspiracy guy but I always wondered if maybe the whole story about Capa’s D-Day photos being ruined in the darkroom to be a coverup. Those photos would have probably caused a massive reaction from the 1944 American public. I mean, those first few waves were a meat grinder. This might be a common theory but I also might be talking out my butt, who knows…

John Doe also had a great small role in Boogie Nights as the exhusband of Julianne Moore's pornstar in the custody hearing scene

scrolled the comments to make sure the boyz were corrected about Billy Idol's band, they were and his 1st band was called Generation X, not X. there are three X's in the music world worthy of note, X from LA, X from Japan and X from Australia. Jon Doe is one of the founding members of LA's X. I'm a bit of a music buff myself

Vicki Vale being left out of the photo journalist conversation is let down. Her work really spoke to the joker.

Yiddish has a word for dirtbag mooches like James Woods and its "schnorrer". Its a very specific term that doesnt really have a translation and i wish i could it use more often

Rodgers talking about chair buying/reselling was too real. Also I have an Elvis lamp, my only slam dunk purchase I will never part with.

Love you guys Love the podcast Can't wait to listen to the episode but, man, FUCK this movie

I confuse Salvador and Walker by Alex Cox very often.

The ABZ Library: They didn't specify which Capa book it was, so I added Slightly Out of Focus, which he wrote: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/162873.The_Action_Boyz_Library

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Fire_(1983_film) possible double bill?

I was always on the lookout for a copy of ‘Outrageous Conduct’ since it’s out of print but every one was like $250. Finally found one for $60. Would have donated to the ABz library but resold it for $150. Definitely worth the read if you can find it.

Billy Idol‘a band was Generation X.

What even is this movie?

Shirtless Belushi in the beginning giving off major Gabrus at the beach vibes…..

Move over Firefox.

Another interesting movie that passed me by, glad I checked it out first. Can't wait to hear this

I love to imagine an alternate reality where Gabrus and Rodgers are racist cops but they're also more in touch with their feelings than the ones in our reality, so after murdering Nicole Byer they drive over to Stanger's house and finally give him some kisses.

FilmFan would have loved this one.

The fact that Jim Belushi comes out of this being more likeable, speaks volumes to James Woods scumbaggary. What a fucking chest vagina.