Escape from L.A. (1996)
🕑 Added 2023-06-26 07:00:02 +0000 UTCThe ActionBoyz discuss Escape from L.A.
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Gordo
Reboot was a sick show. I’m with Gabrus!
uh oh, I hope the IMDb/letterboxd/google mini summary didn’t spoil Night Game for me 😥. I saw the 1988 version of D.O.A. recently and it really reminded me of the podcast lol. Thank you for all the hours you put into making this show. It wasn’t convincing me to not watch Escape from L.A. tho…
Degrassi Knoll
Plot twist: Aaron Ghomes is now an Actionboy.
Will See
Hell yeah
Taryn Reed
“I can’t wait to do Breakdown” are words I’ve been dying to hear since the first day I listened to this podcast. If that was sarcasm I’m gonna be devastated
Canadian Day Player
For me Escape from LA is a faithful milestone, start of the whole disappointing sequel / remake / reimagining era which we cannot escape from.
Nick C.
Man, the French Connection edit thing...I don't think the line should have been cut, but if you search for it all the frothing-mouthed "CENSORSHIP!!!" articles are from dog-whistle "news" outlets who won't say what the excised line was, even redacted. Which immediately puts me in an "Am...I on the wrong side of this?" headspace.
Alain Orozco
“Fox and the hound” 😂
Stephen Navarrete
"I mastuhbate a lot." - Cabbie
PaulieWalnuts
I would pay any premium to hear extended Ben Rodgers as friedkin. Sincerely. Its too good. I think I'm gonna write this comment until the Boyz give it a heart. I just need him to know how appreciated it is. It's so fucking funny. It legit reminds me of pft doing Herzog - it's just so on point
DebrafromHR
Wolverines backstory, post the James Howlett "Origin" reveal is all 1990's - 2000's edge lord bullshit pieced together from the rambles of college fanboy writers trying to be as cool as Frank Miller and Alan Moore...fucking Patch bro?
Adam Kronfeld
Just try to avoid Parris Island syndrome, where you get beat with pillowcases full of soap by your fellow Marine trainees
Data Janitor
keep your chin up
Eddie Arafat
The Queen Mary is in Long Beach not the OC
Matt Brown
"We all still respect Flugson, right?"
Matt Brown
I would probably weep in a Action boyz live show and get really depressed afterwards like tourists who get Paris Syndrome
BLeeC
Soldier is one of my favorite Kurt Russell movies… I’m scared to revisit it now 🤣
Megan
Yes we need a code because I would have to drag mine too. Actionwives!!
Jeremy Nathaniel
The fox and the hound.
Sneakaboard
Action boys please do a live show from the Astoria Theater in tbe town where I was born and also they filmed goonies and kindergarten cop.
Jenn
If I dragged my husband to a live show he would be very excited to see the star of CollegeHumor’s 2011 sketch, “Book Club.” I wonder what color bandana he would be assigned for that
From Parts Unknown
Robert Z'dar from Tango & Cash had cherubism. I believe this the 2nd time I've commented this, and now I feel it's my only purpose in life.
Bob Brown
If I never hear “Sweet Home Alabama” again it will be too soon.
bloodflart
ALERT: Stanger said 'might have something you can watch soon' at the end of this episode. Get hype for video tier
Movie Donkey
Thank you for trashing Smartless. Please also talk more shit about Bill Simmons(although I fully agree with his Harry and Meaghan grifter take)
Triumph44
Any other SPF 100 heads remember the ad for this movie running over and over again on Comedy Central? I saw Russell throw that can in the air so many times, and them leading with that really tells you what kind of movie it is.
Barbaricles
Shout out to Tool! I think this is the only movie with Tool in the Soundtrack.
patreon_member
Leaving a note here to remind the boyz there is indeed demand for a live show <3
The Buffmaster
Or Road Games..
Dan Mayhugh
I’m a pretty big Pearl Jam fan, but yeah that cover song the talk about is fucking AWFUL. It was a single that got radio play! Even when I was a kid I was baffled as to why it existed. My mom also liked Pearl Jam and knew the original song and hated both.
Sneakaboard
I think I was 12 and I LOVED this movie.
Melissa Joan Fart
Just want to remind everyone on the thread to check your drip today and #stayprayedup
john b
I literally got into basketball because of this movie 😂
shell
Hearing the boys talk about a movie with Stacy Keach made me think that I'd *love* if they covered Fat City on Shadow Wolves someday.
Seth Morton
One reason for Lynchburg is that it's the location of Liberty University -- Jerry Falwell, etc etc. It fits with the character of the president and the culture that the Boyz talk about re: televangilism. Also the name is just perfect for a dystopian hellscape. Great ep!
The Buffmaster
Been a while, but I remember Breakdown being an excellent thriller..
Adam Ross
I think it came too soon after CDs were mainstream and most people didn’t understand the technology vs the high price.
FiddlersGreenDay
After seeing Escape from New York, this was one of the first new Carpenters I was able to see when it was released. That and being 11 is, I think, why I liked it.
Prowsy
Hadn't considered it but damn it's a beautiful dream
Prowsy
Right? I was born in 93, smoking sections in Ohio feel like a fever dream
Prowsy
Has anyone here seen Rise of the Beasts? Do I need to see Bumblebee(2018) or is it a fresh start?
Data Janitor
Wow, I can't believe Stanger went ahead with the Chad fart story! This changes everything!
Keith Jarrett
Even when the general public had moved on from mini disks we used them in sound production for TV, great audio quality. They were great little things while they lasted.
StinkFist88
also smoking sections holy shit what a time. I remember the smoking section era of restaurants. Whole place was engulfed like a great white show
StinkFist88
This movie is like the Nickelodeon version of Escape from NY
Megan
Haven't listened yet but I could see Gabrus rocking the hell out of an eye patch at some point in his style evolution.
bloodflart
Stephen Dorff is in Righteous Gemstones his voice rules bet he can vape thick clouds
FoolishBandit
I was so shocked and pumped feels like I've been kicked in the balls
Christopher Myers
Another weirdly topical thing having a sub in the movie
bloodflart
Doctor Dookiestein
Jake
Big month for poorly designed submarines
jnortie
The Lynchburg, VA reference could be because Liberty University is located their. It’s a large Christian College.
Sam Riebesehl (Reeb-Uh-Shell)
‘96 and ‘97 were such bummers for bad sequels. This movie, Lost World, Speed 2, and Alien Resurrection. Such let downs for me as a teen
Haunted Screen
See JCs reaction to an Escape from LA hater at 5’18” 😂 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BKl0Mb1SODE
Dave McM
Prince of Darkness is too slow and uneven. ITMOM is a triumph for its time and considering budget constraints. Worth seeing for the ambition alone.
Dave McM
If they’d deliberately gone completely OTT and embraced camp then I think this could’ve worked, though undercut the original. Unfortunately it’s a plain old bad movie. PS: love Pearl Jam, probably one of my favourite bands, but if you can’t stand yarbler-in-chief Vedder they’re automatically unlistenable. Pretty pompous buggers too.
FoolishBandit
🤤
Last OP was for Stanger and he 100% understood everything I mentioned- but for real if you bout dat ABZ life and don’t know what the 1000/1500/2000 club are, don’t know what Murph is, and never heard of GoRuck- I dare say they are expanding into new demographics
Eugenio Triana
Agreed on prince of darkness, in the mouth of madness is a more successful Lovecraft/Carpenter mix although it came later
Big Junior
The most coherent thing you've said
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