Stallone 6-Pack & Feels & Unspooling $200 Million Art/Gambles

Ninety For Chill: The #Podcast with @CatBusRuss

Episode 179: Stallone 6-Pack: The 90-Minute Traumas & Feels

The king of action movies that run between 70-100 minutes is ⁠Sylvester Stallone⁠. If the feature was focused on action over drama in the 80s, they were brief affairs. Some were good, some were bad, but they all benefit from their sleek runtimes.

⁠CatBusRuss⁠ has tackled four* of Sly's features before, but did not have any representation from the current decade. So, he decided to bring back his reviews of "beloved" features like "⁠Nighthawks⁠", "⁠Cobra⁠", "⁠Over the Top⁠" and "⁠Judge Dredd⁠", and sandwich them between a two-picture binge. Our host takes 2022's superhero feature "⁠Samaritan⁠" and the 2021 re-edit of his favorite "Rocky" feature, "⁠Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago - The Ultimate Director's Cut⁠".

Russ goes through the entire range of emotions though out this episode. He pities the fans of Stallone's attempts to connect with kids, tears up for the relatable heroes, loves all of the outrageous moments, and experiences PTSD with the director's latest decisions. This podcast may be the emotional roller coaster that the icon has tried to deliver since the original "Rocky".

Episode 180: Unspooling $200 Million Art/Gambles with ThePoeticCritic

After “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’s” failure to succeed financially at the box office, CatBusRuss wonders “Why did it get made?” ThePoeticCritc states that it is IP and is happy that the funds were not put towards a super hero movie. Amy Nicholson from the “Unspooled” surprised Paul Scheer with how George Miller’s previous installment in his series lost $40 million for Warner Bros. The two still admired Miller’s 2015 film (as did the Academy and our host) and emphasized how great an artist he is. BUT, how can anyone justify spending nine figures on something that DaVinci only needed a literal canvas and paint for? ThePoeticCritic tries to explain the math.

Follow me on Twitter @catbusruss. If you want to be on the show, contact me on Twitter or send an email to russthebus07@gmail.com. All we need is a theme, movie, director, or actor and a focus on sub 100-minute material. As long as the credits start before the 1:39:59 mark on the runtime bar, the movie qualifies.