Shadow Wolves June 2022
The boyz discuss what they're watching/reading, answer some calls from the ABZ phone line, and talk about American Gigolo (1980)!
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Hell yeah
From Portland (I know), and played a show in 2009 in New York at a goth club (I know), and I was 18 at the time. At the show was BOTH a shoe licker (named Boot Black) and a carpet pervert. The carpet guy was preeeetty round and it was a pretty big step up to stand on him. He was right in front of the main bar, so everyone had to stand on him to order a drink (or yell really loudly. It blew my mind at 18, totally wild. Haven’t been back to NYC since.
Regarding old shows coming back, I just got to work on Justified a couple weeks ago in some prison scenes, which is coming back as a mini series. I remember enjoying the show when it was originally on, but going back through episode descriptions, I barely remember a thing. I’m sure it’ll be good, though. Last week, I got to be a cop in season 2 of Mayor of Kingstown, which was pretty rad.
Reoccurring role?
patreon sucks shit I couldn't update my expired debit card to the new one. There are no better alternatives though.
flew through Red Carpet and it was incredible as advertised 🛐
As a resident on New York City, I can attest to the presence of the so called, “carpet pervert”. And look, I’m not trying to yuck anyones yum, but these fucking perverted morons make people trip and spill drinks all over everyone when he places himself on the ground in the middle of a crowded Shitty dive bar in The Lower East Side.
'Hardcore' free on Tubi, right now...
Rodgers going on and on and on about China is like that friend who just learned about Led Zeppelin and wont shut up about it. "Did you guyth kno that movieth are geared to the Chinethe marketh?"
Watched Klute right after American Gigolo. Made a nice double bill.
Hey Josh from Asheville, my spouse and I are thinking about moving there from Seattle to have kids and be closer to family, but the politics scare me. Am I overthinking it? Would you rather live there than Seattle?
Asheville is one of the more left leaning areas around here
Love Stanger's advice to Stone. Hope he puts those little shit heads in their place.
weiner watchers!!
Finally saw Maverick, listened to the H&M ep. Gabrus is right, it's made way too much money for there not to be a fuckin Rooster movie, especially with Creed as a recent example/template to point to ..I'd be into it if they killed Mav a la Goose or Obi-Wan so he can be his own character.. and they'll probably use the Alice in Chains song Rooster haha which is about war anyway
Terrible, terrible calls on this ep. Everyone needs to step it up next month.
I liked the themes of scuba and working at a waterpark, but the stories need to be better
My sisters friend was a Marine pilot in/around 1999. he had a really annoying laugh so his call sign was Janice.
Guy I went to high school with was a Navy pilot. Call sign- Millhouse
Brought my kid to JW Dominion and Mr. Rodgers came to mind because I felt like a nap was in order during that piece of shit.
Because of all the China talk I thought I'd point out some actually-good and subversive Chinese movies I've watched lately. "Summer Palace" is a great, super sexy movie about Chinese students before and after Tiananmen Square. It has a ton of hot, realistic sex scenes, possibly the most I've ever seen in a movie. It was made in China with European money and banned by the Chinese government, supposedly for not living up to their technical standards (obvious bullshit, the movie has a great visual style). The director was banned from making movies for about 5 years after. DVD is $150 on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Summer-Palace-Lei-Hao/dp/B0012680A8/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?crid=3H581EMRD17Z6&keywords=summer+palace&qid=1656542980&sprefix=summer+palac%2Caps%2C181&sr=8-7 Zhang Yimou (dir of Hero) has a really inconsistent record when it comes to his relationship with the Chinese government. He's made a lot of propogandistic movies but he continues to go back to the horrors of the Cultural Revolution as a subject. In the 90s he was banned after making "To Live," which is all about a family suffering through the Revolution. He touched on the same subject with "Coming Home." "The Road Home" is critical of the revolution in a subtle, indirect way. One of his most recent films, "One Second," is also quietly critical of the revolution and it was prevented by the gov't from screening at international festivals. I'm actually not aware of a way to watch that other than as an in- flight movie flying Air Canada, but it's terrific with a great story. I'd be curious if anyone knows if Red Carpet touches on Zhang Yimou at all? He seems like a subversive at heart, I'd love a BTS look at him.
Thanks for the recommendations, I will check them out. I recently saw Yimous Raise the Red Lanterns which was very striking and worth a watch.
Just to clarify, Wolf Warrior 2 is the one that became the highest grossing film of all time in China and for any listeners you do not have to watch the first 1. Just rent Wolf Warrior 2 as it is legit batshit insane. A bit like the Boyz I’ve been low key obsessed with how China has handled their entertainment industry and slowly used their economic power to push through soft power films and just ultimately flex on the rest of the world. One thing I wanted to say though is the Wu Jing, the guy who directed and starred in Wolf Warrior and Wolf Warrior 2 recently starred in a movie called The Battle at Lake Changjin which went on to become the highest grossing film of all time in China. It’s a historical drama that shows what we (Americans) know as The Battle of Inchon. Interestingly this movie came out almost at the same time as the most recent Spider-Man movie, ‘No Way Home’ and I’m low key convinced China banned it from being released in China because they wanted a pro-China film to have the top box office around that time as The Battle at Lake Changjin was specifically made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China. I posted this in another action Boyz post but if you’re not going to read the book Red Carpet its at least worth listening to this interview with Erich Schwartzel he did on NPR a while ago. https://www.npr.org/2022/02/21/1081435029/china-hollywood-movies-censorship-erich-schwartzel The only other thing I'll add is that I think its pretty funny/interesting how I've noticed some right wing american commentators talk about how Top Gun: Maverick is showing you don't have to bow to China and change your movie to make a big hit. However, I have zero faith that Hollywood will take any of the right lessons about the success of Top Gun: Maverick.
I thought it was funny that Ben was giving the American movie industry credit for the Dirty Dozen 55 years ago to take a shot at Chinese propaganda, when American military movies now are like Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty, Lone Survivor, fucking American Sniper, Act of Valor, Top Gun: Maverick, the entire MCU, etc. all undeniably propagandistic. What was the last mildly subversive movie about the military, Three Kings? Not even touching on copaganda lol. I don't like China's censorship at all. It's odd tho to act like we have significantly different outcomes in that regard with the illusion of a free expression filtered through corporate ownership, market access, and military/police state collaboration. It seems to me that American capitalists wanted the short-term profits of the Chinese market, China used that to its advantage, and now the industry workers and consumers are panicking about scary China instead of the American executives that willingly did all of that.
I’m like 95% sure that the wrestler that called in is Tracy “Hot Sauce” Williams. Tracy if you’re reading this, I saw you on an Evolve show a few years ago in Joppatowne, MD against Keith Lee, and you were awesome.
Amen, and I agree - Hot Sauce rules.
I hate to bring this up, and I'm sorry if someone already has, but Joe Bob Briggs is like two shades light of a Nazi. He's proto- alt right, and regularly (or recently anyway) writes some stunningly transphobic stuff for Taki's. Bummer.
Taki's? Hot Cheetos? I've heard things but never seen anything concrete, got a link?
The Kids in the Hall reboot is great!
I've seen Georgio The Human Carpet many times at clubs in NYC. The NY Times wrote about him: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/fashion/14carpet.html
Also with failed TV revivals it's crazy there was a Breaking Bad sequel movie that came out in the middle of the Better Call Saul run that nobody cared about, the Netflix movie curse.
It was good tho, great stuff from Plemons
RE: reboot/legacy tv shows: The Wet Hot tv shows were fun/worth it, I'm hoping the Justified one is too.
I just got to work in Justified a couple weeks back!
ABZ Library (added 2 books): https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/162873.The_Action_Boyz_Library The Black Phone is based on a short story in 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill Spiderhead is from the short story collection Tenth of December by George Saunders
George C Scott's reaction scene, in Hard Core, is a masterclass in face acting.
Who’s read the Fletch books and how would you think the new movie sticking more to the books would differ from Chevy?
also was able to get the red carpet audiobook from one of my library apps 🛐
can confirm the ybor city shoe licker existed
Alec Guinness also has WW2 years ageing him. His Wikipedia entry says: “Guinness then commanded a Landing Craft Infantry at the Allied invasion of Sicily, and later ferried supplies and agents to the Yugoslav partisans in the eastern Mediterranean theatre.”. That’s going to put a few lines on your face and grey your hair! 😳
It sucks It sucks Welcome to Shadow Wolves!
China’s economy is still growing faster than the US with covid zero, meanwhile they’ve saved 3-4 million lives by controlling each outbreak. I know which plan sounds better to me lol
Yes we must kill people’s pets and shutdown entire cities
I know I've heard tales of The Human Carpet before but I can't remember where. Maybe on a Best Show call or something?
Steve Coogan's great Gere impression - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3YH5USzz14