Rollerball (1975)

Its also a film about masculine friendships

The best thing about Rollerball is probably the aesthetic and James Caan's understated performance. I'm not sure its making the point it thinks its making about capitalism

Loved all the lounging😎 was jumping around to figure out were the sleeping pills(aka 2nd act) kicked in, and saw Caan in like 7 different seating arrangements 🤌

I find it genuinely endearing how many times Rodgers has told his Postman story, I like it every time

It’s kind of great that Houston is the energy city in this movie and the Texans now play at NRG stadium

Long time first time. Careful with those water bottles, or crinkle-crankles as my golden retriever knows them. Saw him swallow a top, took him immediately to the vet for a puke, and 3 tops came out. Vet said they are the perfect diameter to block his intestines, which is seriously life threatening . Love y’all

Am I crazy or has stanger bot/gorgon been leaving too quickly?

Picture-in-picture during the late 90s WWF/WCW Monday Night Wars was essential! Besides that, I used it mostly to play video games while also being able to watch TV.

Stanger Gorgon has a beautiful voice. It should sing more often. Mr Pibb actually lost his medical license. Very shady. Great episode. Later.

The Rollerball remake is absolutely awful. Instead I would recommend the Dean Cain movie Future Sport.

I am having a really bad day, being told I am losing my job. Oh, what a surprise, Action Boyz just released an episode about my favourite movie, Rollerball...what if they hate it? Well, mind as well get in the chute... They love it? Oh these 3 hours are going to be fun! :)

Jimmy Caan is king of septorts

I'd watch the shit out of Cockhou$e.

On a recent trip to LA, I booked a night in Hermosa Beach because my kid had never been to the ocean. The next day we migrated to Hollywood (nice little 80 minute/24 mile Lyft ride on a Saturday afternoon). Wish we could’ve stayed in Santa Monica to save time, but you need to be an executive like Rodgers to afford a hotel near the beach in that town.

Stranger: can you ask Gabrus to DM Rodgers and tell him I’m really looking forward to 10 Year Old Tom. I loved The Life and Times of Tim, and having Rodgers doing voices for the spiritual sequel is the cherry on top.

I was getting some heavy "The Apple" (1980) energy from this movie. Both filmed in 70s Germany as a setting for near future semi dystopia. Gotta do The Apple on shadow wolves. One of the first Cannon Films movies, directed by Menachem Golan, and completely insane.

I wanted to hear more about the past. The " I'm so old I still remember the NFL and World Cup!" And the Indianapolis bits got me

Any solder dogs out there want to re-solder my lawn?

Have these guys never heard of roller derby?

Rodgers would love the Blue Fin Tuna Festival in Zahara, Spain. SPANISH HAM-FREE ZONE.

Warren Moon shout out today!

In speaking about Chomsky and what sports says about society, I had a professor in college who said and I'm paraphrasing but "Look at societies through time and look at the biggest buildings they had and it will tell you what they value most." And that always stuck with me because when you look at modern societies biggest buildings its either skyscrapers that house commercial/financial interests, big malls, and sports stadiums. And Stanger bringing up the Roman Coliseum certainly also points to what was a point of emphasis in that society.

I used to feel silly about the raincoat I bought my dog, but now I realize it was a mundane practical purchase. Thanks Action Boyz!

Man I used to skip this movie so much while channel surfing back in the day. It doesn’t really lend itself to dropping in halfway through like other cable mainstays. I’m glad I finally watched it all the way through. Somebody else said it here or on Reddit, but within this two-hour runtime there’s a good 85-90-minute movie.

RODGERS PRONOUNCED "MODERN" PROPERLY?!?!!!! BEN! JA! MIN! BEN! JA! MIN!

When are we getting that 5000 subscriber extra episode? I worked way too god damn hard to get you guys over that mark to not get my extra episode.

James Caan rules. I love him. Like Gabrus i fell in love with him in Bottle Rocket. That super quick cut of him playing the piano "Hey there Bob you got a beautiful house" was the funniest thing i'd ever seen. He's a fun twitter follow too. Good old guy account.

Did one else think this while watching this? I had never seen this before and some of Caan's acting in the quieter moments reminded me a lot of Adam Sandler's acting when he goes soft and seriousish in some of his earlier roles.

I'm never trying to watch a movie on Pluto Tv again, so frustrating. Also, they burned like 5 trees for this fucking movie. I liked the movie, but these older movie productions did not give one shit. So many cars left at the bottom of lakes or cliffs, dead ferrets, burnt trees. Goddamn.

I usually take my nom-nom leaves in pill form

vazaleen

I liked this movie

I loved this episode! You really hit the nail on the head with the Everyman athleticism of Jimmy Caan.

It’s funny how the thing that dates this movie the most is the number font

Loading up to be a god damn fall harvest of Action Boyz content!

I heard in the sauna that Stallone was supposed to play Jonathan. Would have been way better than Caan sleepwalking thru this.

Thank you for recognizing the Septorts. Really means a lot.

I watched the whole movie, I look forward to the Boyz explaining it to me.

This movie rules. And yes, as someone who only knows about baseball from movies and TV shows, I can confirm that I now have a better grasp on how Rollerball works than baseball.

STANG-ER-BOT!!! STANG-ER-BOT!!!!

JON-A-THAN!!! JON-A-THAN!!!!