Hard Times (1975)

I do think you're guys' observations on boxing are pretty funny considering you released this episode two days after Oleksandr Usyk vs. Anthony Joshua. Which did more in pay-per-view buys than 95% of UFC events. It's still super popular internationally. There aren't many great American heavyweight boxers at the moment because we've mostly funneled our best athletes into stick and balls sports. Which, because we do place a massive amount of reverence on the heavyweight title is why Americans don't care to much for boxing.

I think Coburn calls those things "palmers." Didn't look it up, but rewatched the scene.

Is Stanger doing pistol squats with kettle bells?

I'd love if yall did a Shadow Wolves episode on Fat City someday, great John Huston flick with Stacey Keach as a boxer past his prime training young Jeff Bridges

Love the Dick Wolf punt on the Speed Weed credit

I was curious about Stanger's modern period piece question as well and found Rodgers' irritated response to be much less entertaining than a considered response. Bit of a buzzkill.

James Coburn is always a bigger star for much longer in my mind than he was in reality. Crying shame. Would have loved him to be about for the audiobook era, his voice is great. Cracking film, I hadn’t seen it before, and it was a real treat.

It’s a tie rod #sorryrodge

Rusty: What is it going to take for me to put your blown out buttholes in a Honda Days diaper today?

Guys this one is so much fucking fun. I came years ago for the love of the action boyz, and I stay for the movies I would never watch otherwise.

Fist pack.....I hate myself.

I was thrilled hearing Stanger fight the battle of, “it’s appropriate to ask about movies on a movie podcast” but then he threw me off the fucking bus when he started in on the intimacy of hot beverages vs cold ones. Wild ride.

Haven't been able to concentrate on the episode since Rodgers said "lots of body shots in this one". Now all I can think of is Jill Ireland slurping tequila out of Bronson's leathery little belly button.

re: Bronson's physique. If you haven't seen Chato's Land, it rules and he's in a loincloth the whole time

The ideal ABZ male body type: 5’7”, 155 lbs max, 21 inch waist, and 30 inch chest. Additional points if the forearms are bigger than the biceps.

Laughing until my stomach hurt at the Stanger question discussion today. Just to go back into oyster talk too, fuck

Stanger's questions are the best. It's not a movie, but the first thing that comes to mind when I think of a great period thing is Boardwalk Empire. I just thought they got the 1920s right. Or I assume they did, since I wasn't there.

I listen to this pod almost exclusively for the erudite roundtable discussions provoked by Stranger's extremely salient observations, often challenging the other hosts by questioning the 'art behind the medium'... His poignant and directed questions seem to turn an inward spotlight on the psyche of the hosts themselves as they reevaluate the true nature of reality using Stanger's examinations as a proxy. This evaluation results in some of the podcast world's most intense and thought provoking exposition, staying with the listener for seconds, sometimes minutes after the too-beautiful-for-this-world dialogue has shifted and the listener anticipates what revelations lie ahead.

I used to park my motorcycle inside my apt. Kept it out of the rain.

Le Samourai would make a good Action Boyz for French February. It checks the box of having a handsome lead who’s now heavily in support of fascism.

The Bond stuff is hella weird. Connery did the first 5 Eon Produced Bond movies and then was replaced with an Australian model named George Lazenby for On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Imo that film is really fun and good but the press and Eon productions hated him because he was like a hippie. So they bring Connery back for Diamonds Are Forever that is super campy and good but in a completely different way than OHMSS. In the early 70s Eon Productions loses the rights to the character Blofeld until they eventually got him back in time for Spectre with Daniel Craig. Never Say Never or whatever its called is a non-Eon James Bond with Connery and the character Blofeld and it sucks. Theres a great I Was There Too with the actor who played Mr Kidd in Diamonds Are Forever. He wasnt an actor at all but a jazz bassist. They talk Bruce Glover and he is really something else

Would Stanger share the drink they drink in Big trouble in little China? The one that makes them feel good, kinda invincible. Also do you think that drink is hot, or cold? It does have steam coming out of it. Thoughts?

“Have punch, will travel” Season 1 episode 2 of Have Gun Will Travel has Charles Bronson and it’s a great episode. They’re all like 25 minutes long and they rule.

“Benedetta” is a very good period piece made in 2021.

Right after I watched this, my wife casually mentioned that she had a hospital patient who listed his job as "professional street fighter."

Cool thing about leaving the wife eater on is that it’s like he’s at work. Knock this chump out, clock out, and go back to eating Rosario’s cooking. Job’s a job.

Back when I was a rock star, I wrote the greatest song about Necrophilia called the Necrophiliac, enjoy Action Faction!...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2UMgy0cVtI

So I saw Emily the Criminal and then saw Rodgers in the credits…anyone know who he was???

She's got, James Coburn teeth

I can’t overstate how great it is having a new episode on a Monday morning. It’s a good start to the week!

The only time I ever saw the Rock say anything about the people he works with was when he said how happy he was to get the cinematographer from There Will Be Blood for Skyscraper because There Will was one of his favourite movies. I've never stopped thinking about it.