GOIN' COMMANDO

FOLKS!!! We told you we'd be back to discuss the best sequel ever made after diving deep into 1984's THE TERMINATOR a couple weeks back and here it is. The boys don their best pleather jackets and sunglasses to talk about what it was like being a kid when Arnold and the Terminator character were engulfing all other pop culture around them. We discuss the big tonal differences between the two movies, highlight character growth and give props to Robert Patrick for one of the most terrifying performances in movie history. James did his homework for this one and comes out swinging with many tidbits of trivia about T2 you may or may not have known. We wonder aloud whether Arnold was already a star before T2 or if T2 made him a star. We give props to regional accents. We hope aloud that The Rock does not run for President. We talk about walkup music for baseball players. We check in on Michael Biehn and Edward Furlong. And more!

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It's a big week on GOIN' COMMANDO as the boys tackle one of the most influential movies of the 1980s, James Cameron's THE TERMINATOR. The show begins with a prepared essay from Bryne about the movie, which then dovetails into our usual bullshit, sidebars, and sidebars to sidebars. We discuss OJ Simpson of all people potentially being in the running to play the Terminator, we draw parallels between this movie and the slashers that came before it and influenced it, we pour one out for Michael Biehn, we dissect the movie's practical effects, and really, we try to hone in on how this little $6 million movie ended up catching lightning in a bottle and launching a franchise.

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Folks, on this week's episode we go back—waaaaaaay back—to 1981 to help celebrate the 40th anniversary of the John Carpenter classic ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK starring Kurt Russell in the now-iconic role of Snake Plissken. Snake is the most nihilistic, misanthropic action hero in movie history, but he has to save the President from Manhattan—now a maximum-security prison—or his neck will explode. Cool! We discuss everything that made this movie so influential, ruminate on its supporting cast and wonder if GCW Champion Nick Gage could beat Slag in a deathmatch. Plus, we talk about porn parodies, wonder if the Presidential Escape Egg is real, Bryne defends New Jersey against an army of imaginary foes from flyover states, which leads James to reveal his desire to do DMT in the Pine Barrens and hopefully not run into any Czechoslovakian interior decorators while under the influence. Bada bing.

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We told you we'd be back! After a small sabbatical Bryne and James return to discuss the 1993 political thriller IN THE LINE OF FIRE starring Clint Eastwood and John Malkovich. Malkovich was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role, which is worth noting since this is probably the only movie we will ever do for this show in which someone acting in it was nominated for an Oscar. He's great, obviously, a slimy, sadistic assassin who—get this—is trying to KILL THE PRESIDENT with only a doddering old Secret Service agent in his way. We get into the nitty gritty of age gaps between romantic leads in movies, Bryne tells a Clint Eastwood-related story about getting trolled on twitter, we dissect Danzig's thoughts on cancel culture, lay down the best etiquette for peeing in public, and do our best (?) Jack Nicholson and Christopher Walken impressions. Plus, Bryne tells a story about his new mug.

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It's the most chaotic episode in the long, storied history of GOIN' COMMANDO as Bryne and James convene in person again—this time, with 100% more tequila shots. The boys sit a respectable distance from each other and discuss the 1990 action sci-fi thriller I COME IN PEACE, starring Dolph Lundgren as tough Houston cop Jack Caine. Caine is investigating a series of drug-related murders, as well as a group of white-collar dealers literally named The White Boys, but what he *doesn't* know is...there are aliens there, also. 

We dive into everything that makes this movie a fun watch, but we also discuss fighting Tom Cruise, Scientology, Bagel Boss, the Expendables franchise, Bryne's first post-vaccine movie theater experience, and a lot more. There are some sidebars here, is what we're saying. Sidebars to sidebars, even. Cheers y'all.

It's a big milestone for the boys as they record IN PERSON for the first time ever! What better way to do that than by discussing the 1996 Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson action comedy THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT!!!

POINT BREAK turns 30 in a couple months and what better way to celebrate an absolute classic than to riff on it! On this episode we talk about everything that turns this movie into something uniquely sublime: Patrick Swayze's legendary, intoxicating turn as Bodhi; Keanu Reeves' still-green take on Johnny Utah; Gary Busey's all-time role as Agent Pappas; and Kathryn Bigelow's ingenious direction and writing that elevated this movie to a classic that's still talked about today. Plus Bryne makes a case for this being the most Saggittarius-centric movie of all time. We also talk about the point of view of this movie and how its platonic love story between the two leads and how that may have hurt its chances with the heterosexual male of 1991. The skydiving scenes, the iconic foot chase, the robberies. THE SURFING MONTAGES. It's all here. Ride with us.

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Folks, it was only a matter of time until we broached the subject of Hollywood's favorite conservative not named Kelsey Grammar, Kirk Cameron, James Woods or Scott Baio. It's roundhouse kick artist and noted dweeb Chuck Norris and one of his most successful movies, 1986's THE DELTA FORCE. This is a chaotic episode: We dive into the world in which this movie was made, where Reagan ruled, America was conducting covert operations around the world, and yuppies were rebelling against their hippy parents by working at hedge funds, driving sports cars, snorting cocaine, and cheering on Gordon Gekko without understanding the context of his character. Norris was a star for these times and these people and we wonder aloud if movies like THE DELTA FORCE served as a sort of propaganda that is ardently pro-American, pro-military and anti-Palestine. We address Robert Forster doing brownface. We award an honorary Oscar to the motorcycle with the rocket launchers on it. We salute Lee Marvin's eyebrows and talk about our own body hair. We reference the Walker Texas Ranger lever. We talk about how the action portions of this movie feel like a fake action movie within another movie's universe. We do a round of YouTube Comment Theatre. And so much more!

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On this episode we dive deep into a movie that's been largely lost to time, 1991's STONE COLD, starring ex-NFL linebacker Brian Bosworth in his movie debut as a tough cop who goes undercover to infiltrate a white supremacist biker gang led by Chains Cooper, played by the King, Lance Henriksen. STONE COLD bombed upon its release and arguably derailed the movie career of the Boz before it could even leave the station, and, watching this thing it's kind of easy to see why. It's a derivative, disjointed, bloody mess with a wooden performance from Bosworth, but Henriksen is great. We talk about his scene-stealing ability, the movie's incoherence, and the fact that the bad guy kind of wins in the end anyway. We also put a price on drinking the smoothie he feeds his pet lizard. Plus, we get into the genesis of "The Boz" as a character, James has a fun NyQuil story, and a lot more.

STONE COLD isn't on any streaming services but some brave soul did upload it to YouTube, if you want to watch it for free (which is exactly how much you should pay for it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN-pRNfp8cA

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Unlucky number 13 and it's a doozy! On this episode of the pod the boys dive into what Bryne refers to as a "dollar menu Lethal Weapon," 1989's TANGO & CASH starring Sylvester Stallone as a highly serious Beverly Hills cop (no, not *that* one) and Kurt Russell as his loose cannon counterpart. There's a lot to like here, primarily the chemistry between the two leads, but there's also a lot of tonally odd things in this movie that make it feel disjointed and like two very different movies sandwiched together. Bryne and James discuss that, as well as Cash's boot gun, Cash in drag, Teri Hatcher's, ahem, appeal, Stallone taking himself entirely too seriously while also taking over the direction of this movie, Jack Palance's turn as Perret and why he's not the main villian of the movie, and a lot more. Plus we fantasy cast a new Ocean's Eleven with '80s action stars that we promise will be TOTALLY different from the Expendables franchise.