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Next up on our Caped Classics: The Punisher. But not just any Punisher. 80s Dolph Lundgren Punisher. This was our first episode back in person after several weeks of early-pandemic quarantining and the energy in the Fortress of Poditude was electric. It certainly helped that Ebert chose an absolute BANGER for us. *The Punisher © 1989 New World Pictures The Punisher® and its associated titles, logos, and characters are registered trademarks of Marvel Entertainment LLC. This production is not sponsored, endorsed by or affiliated with Marvel Entertainment LLC or any subsidiaries or affiliated companies and/or third party licensors.
Phil & Jake rank the fictional vampire-hunter Blade, the first (and best) installment of The Matrix film franchise, and bricks on the List of Every Damn Thing.VOTE HERE to help choose which item on the List of Every Damn Thing should be re-ranked in an upcoming episode (you can vote once a day).If you have something to add to the list, email it to list@everydamnthing.net (or get at us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook).SHOW NOTES: We of course talk a lot about the Blade movies and Wesley Snipes. When reviewing Snipes' early work, we only mention Major League briefly and don't even talk about how he didn't come back for the sequel. We also mention Passenger 57 and Demolition Man. Sticky Fingaz from Onyx was the star of the short-lived Blade TV series. We talk about the history of horror themes in comics. We don't really get into EC Comics, Seduction of the Innocent by Fredric Wertham, or the U.S. Congressional inquiry and Comics Code Authority that followed, but we could talk for days about that if you let us. Here's the cover of Tomb of Dracula #10, featuring the first appearance of Blade. Marvel Comics characters discussed in this episode include Morbius (The Living Vampire), Werewolf by Night, the X-Men (especially Gambit), Ghost Rider, the Avengers and of course Dracula. We bring up John Woo, the Hong Kong-based action director. He's best known in the US for Face/Off and Mission: Impossible II. His HK work was very influential also. Yuen Woo-Ping is a director and choreographer based in Hong Kong who's also done a lot of work in American movies (The Matrix and Kill Bill for example). We talk about non-Marvel Cinematic Universe movies such as the 1989 Dolph Lundgren Punisher movie, Howard the Duck, X-Men and Ghost Rider. We do get into the MCU a little bit, with the upcoming Blade movie starring Mahershala Ali. We talk about a whole lot of other action movies, including Mortal Kombat (1995), John Wick, Speed Racer, Police Story, Drunken Master II and Die Hard. Daybreakers starring Ethan Hawke is a very smart (but also very dumb) movie that's a lot more fun than it needs to be. It's about a world where almost everyone's already been bitten by vampires and blood is getting scarce. We guess it's about oil? The recently-cancelled, long-running show The Venture Brothers' character of Jefferson Twilight is a Blade parody who specializes in killing vampires of African descent. Blacula is a 1972 film that Phil saw on broadcast TV as a child, but it fell out of rotation. Phil mentions, but forgets the title of, Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again. Here's the scene where he transforms. In pop-singer Bebe Rexha's video for "Sacrifice" she restages a couple sequences from Blade. The song has a real early 90s club sound to it, that's what the kids want these days. In the episode, Phil says you don't see a lot of references to Popeye in pop culture. We forgot about Ludacris' legitimately terrifying video for "Get Back". Laurence Fishburne is Phil's wife's favorite actor. When he shows up she always hopes it means everything up to that point in the movie was inside the Matrix. It's almost never true though. The Three Little Pigs should have a back-to-basics reboot. Kids only know the deconstructed versions now. There are deconstructed, ironic takes on the story going back to the 1930s! We just want a straight-up fable about planning ahead. We mention the Reginald Denny incident, which Ice Cube references in the song in “Natural Born Killaz”. Brickbats are bricks used as weapons. Here's an illustration of a member of the Dead Rabbits with a brickbat. Krazy Kat (AKA Krazy & Ignatz) is a comic-strip in which one character loves to throw a brick at the other. Brick chicken is chicken that you cook by putting a brick on it. You can use a similar method to make a panini as well. Usually people wrap it in foil but Phil doesn't. He's a wild man. Brick ovens are excellent for making naan bread or pizzas because they can get to very high temperatures. Note on the term “brick shithouse”: This is used with men as well as women. Phil remembers reading a description of Lebron James that said he was built like a brick shithouse. The song "Brick House" by the Commodores was written by Shirley Hanna-King, while her husband slept! Here's some discussion of why "Brick House" as a slang term never really took off. We think the main problem is the shit connection. Few people when they're talking about someone attractive want to also make a reference to an outhouse. Here's a pic of the “earthquake bricks” that Jake talks about. ALSO DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:Marv Wolfman * Gene Colan * Jim Brown * Guillermo del Toro * Nicolas Cage * Jackie Chan * Kris Kristofferson * Stephen Dorff * Twilight * Buffy the Vampire Slayer * Anne Rice * Interview With the Vampire * Queen of the Damned * Traci Lords * Randy Quaid * Popeye * Charmander * Dan Aykroyd * Will Smith * Boyz n the Hood * Apocalypse Now! * the Wachowskis * Keanu Reeves * Fight Club * Jackie Chan * Matrix 4 * Carrie-Anne Moss * Trading Places * The Truman Show * Batman: The Animated Series * The Three Stooges * Shakira * Bill Paxton * firefighters * Larimer Square in Denver * cubed ice * dilapidated shacksBelow are the Top Ten and Bottom Top items on List of Every Damn Thing as of this episode (for the complete up-to-date list, go here):TOP TEN:1. Dolly Parton - person2. interspecies animal friends - idea3. Clement Street in San Francisco - location4. Prince - person5. It's-It - food6. Cher - person7. Pee-Wee Herman - fictional character8. Donald Duck - fictional character9. Hank Williams - person10. air - substanceBOTTOM TEN:151. carpets - decoration152. broken glass - substance153. Jenny McCarthy - person154. Jon Voight - person155. Hank Williams, Jr - person156. McRib - food157. war - idea158. cigarettes - drug159. QAnon - idea160. transphobia - ideaTheme song by Jade Puget. Graphic design by Jason Mann. This episode was edited by Jake MacLachlan, with audio help from Luke Janela. Show notes by Jake MacLachlan & Phil Green.Our website is everydamnthing.net and we're also on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.Email us at list@everydamnthing.net.
A long time ago, I’d watched the Dolph Lundgren “Punisher” and thought it was awesome (I was a kid, so sue me). I also remember this awesome Nintendo game where Continue readingEp 61 – Daredevil V Punisher The post Ep 61 – Daredevil V Punisher appeared first on Apathetic Enthusiasm.
The Punisher | Punisher: Warzone – Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! This week Phil, Dehart and myself are once again joined by co-host and editor of the Nerds on Film podcast, Sean Moriarty! Per Sean’s request, and having previously podcasted the Dolph Lundgren Punisher movie, we decided to to roast through … Continue reading "MPM: Ep. 179 – In Mother Russia, Waldo Finds You"
Couple of things to mention right off the bat here: One, we tried out doing a live streaming episode where Punisher fans could listen in and chat while Jake and I do the show. The format gave us a chance to address viewers in a much more immediate fashion and even allowed for some visual aids while we discussed the comics. There was a delay that caused us to talk over ourselves sometimes, so it's definitely a format-in-progress, but we had a good time and hope to make future shows even better. Like it? Hate it? Contact us through email, twitter, the site, the facebook fanpage, or twitter if you want us to not get back to you. Second, we're going to try some "double-shipping" with the podcast, where the next episode will be out in the next eight days, so keep an eye out for that. Introduction - Jake talks about his recovery from strep throat and his dealings with Japanese language recruiters, while I recount my new job and how a bum gave me a mysterious sigil. News - News - Punisher fan Stewart Loud made a Captain Punisher costume, and he was cool enough to show some WIP photos of the shield. Cool costume, man! We also learn that Norman Reedus will be voicing the Punisher in the upcoming Iron Man: Rise of the Technovore animate feature. Finally, I read a segment from decorated Navy SEALS sniper Chris Kyle's autobiography American Sniper, whose platoon used the Punisher skull as a mascot insignia during their tours in Iraq. Mail Call - We empathize with the struggles of David, who back in the pre-Youtube days had to go on a Lord of the Rings-style journey to see even the trailer to the Dolph Lundgren Punisher movie. We also give our take on future Thunderbolts stories. Bullet Points - We cover Fury MAX #9 and Thunderbolts #4. Flashbacks - We cover the "Final Days" arc of Mike Baron's Punisher, issues 53-59. It had it's ups, downs, and plastic surgery gone gloriously wrong. Discharge Papers - Jake talks up Netflix's original show House of Cards, and I talk about the mess that was The Man with the Iron Fists. Special thanks to Kevin MacLeod for the intro bumper music.
Everybody knows the Dolph Lundgren Punisher movie sucks, right? Well, apparently Mike missed that memo, because he's here to defend it! Make sure to visit the Earth-2.net store: http://store.earth-2.net
Everybody knows the Dolph Lundgren Punisher movie sucks, right? Well, apparently Mike missed that memo, because he's here to defend it! Make sure to visit the Earth-2.net store: http://store.earth-2.net
Everybody knows the Dolph Lundgren Punisher movie sucks, right? Well, apparently Mike missed that memo, because he's here to defend it! Make sure to visit the Earth-2.net store: http://store.earth-2.net
Everybody knows the Dolph Lundgren Punisher movie sucks, right? Well, apparently Mike missed that memo, because he's here to defend it! Make sure to visit the Earth-2.net store: http://store.earth-2.net
Sean, Greg, Lynn and Gary talk about some unfortunate comic book adaptations, like the 1994 Fantastic Four that never saw the light of day, the disastrous Justice League TV pilot, the Dolph Lundgren Punisher and various Captain America movies. The Joel Schumacher Batman films also rear their ugly heads. Plus there's some more talk about sex in space and the upcoming TVAMD World Weird Tour.