GalaxyCon STL's 1985 Action Movie Triple-Threat Match & Kpop Demon Hunters vs. Chris Benoit

  

I Dig Crazy Flicks with @CatBusRuss

Episode 258: "Subway" to GalaxyCon's St. Louis's 1985 Action Movie Triple Threat with Nix Eclips

Like the "Great American Bash" in the late eighties, "⁠⁠I Dig Crazy Flicks⁠⁠'s" 1985 Action Movie Triple-Threat Match: Stallone v. Arnie v. The Cannon Group (⁠⁠Dudikoff⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Bronson⁠⁠, Norris) continues its tour. It had arrived at ⁠GalaxyCon St. Louis⁠ on October 12, 2025. ⁠⁠CatBusRuss⁠⁠ was joined by ⁠⁠Nix Eclips⁠⁠ of ⁠⁠Cinema Shitshow⁠⁠ to determine who was the TRUE action hero of the last year where an action film could be violent just for the sake of it.

⁠Arnold "John Matrix" Schwarzenegger⁠ left ⁠GalaxyCon Des Moines⁠ winning his first "⁠1985 Action Movie Triple-Threat Match⁠". No one left ⁠ATL Comic Convention's Triple Threat⁠ with their hand raised, but it was determined that two of the ⁠Cannon Group⁠'s heroes fell to ⁠Sylvester Stallone⁠ and The Governator. (It was also determined that ⁠Chuck Norris⁠ left unscathed as per the rules of the Internet.)

Saint Louis was a fun environment. They had their own candidates of who was the baddest, the meanest, and the master. ⁠CatBus⁠ left the city that he has an unspoken rivalry with (Go Cubs Go!) knowing that perhaps "⁠The Last Dragon⁠" ⁠Taimak⁠'s Converse's should be kissed.

Russ will be heading back to Show-Me State for another edition of this cinematic brawl. To be prepared for the ⁠Missouri Comic Con⁠ in Springfield, he is looking for other action flicks from 1985 that he may have missed. This led him to continue filling his Letterboxd with ⁠Christopher Lambert⁠ movies.

"⁠Subway⁠" was sold as such. It was ⁠Luc Besson⁠'s sophomore feature effort. He would be the director of "Lucy", "The Fifth Element", and "The Professional", so that would lead one to believe that this would be action-packed cinema. What is certain, it fits his ⁠Cinema du Look⁠ aesthetic.

Episode 259 - Criterion's "Kpop Demon Hunters" v. Chris Benoit for the Hall of Fame

CatBusRuss⁠ and ⁠ThePoeticCritic⁠ get ready for ⁠B-Fest 2026⁠ by having a conversation about an overblown b-movie premise, "⁠Kpop Demon Hunters⁠". The feature is about to get a blu-ray release. Our host does not have an issue with that. What he takes issue with is that it gets to hold a spot in the ⁠Criterion Collection⁠.

Russ would refer you to ⁠Screen Junkie's Honest Trailer⁠ for this feature to support his argument. His big sister thinks its okay to let Netflix have its fun. And then she suggest that it will get the Oscar for best animated feature, which that leads to CatBus on a it would be better for Chris Benoit to be in the WWE Hall of Fame rant.

This conversation also serves as a birthday gift for TPC's little brother, so she seems a little more patient with his controversial takes. She provides a means of reason, but how can she deny the damage this fad of a flick will cause. Kids will just throw around copies of "Kagemusha", "Killers", and "Koko: A Talking Gorila" to fight over the tale of Rumi, Mira, and Zoey".

At least the other animated features in the Collection are further away in the alphabet. Films like "⁠Fantastic Planet⁠". This may have been one of the first Criterion blu-rays he had purchased, but he thinks there is a particular mood one may need to be in to watch a French film that has a trailer with gives off "⁠Mad God⁠" vibes. To be done, done, done with the Huntrx, the mood has been found.

 

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