220 - Commando and Predator

Eavesdropping at the Movies · Apr 3, 2020 · 36m

Hollywood action in the Eighties was a world unto itself, and we look back on two specimens of one of the genre's icons, Arnold Schwarzenegger. One a delightful, over-the-top romp, the other a macho, moody sci-fi, we compare and contrast Commando and Predator. We're in agreement that Predator is the better film, but that Commando offers the better time. José describes this era as his awakening to the fact that heterosexual men were checking out each others' bodies - Arnie and co. are put on display, made to flex their muscles in absurd ways, their bodies painted in glistening sweat, for the…