80s vs 90s Action: The ULTIMATE Movie Tournament Draft

About this episode

The episode features a tournament-style debate between iconic action movies from the 1980s and 1990s.

MOTN Random Select! It’s the war to end all wars, and we’re doing it for the glory of the Nerdiverse! In this corner, wearing the neon headbands and smelling of gunpowder and hairspray: The 1980s. In the opposite corner, rocking the leather trench coats, slow-mo wirework, and CGI revolutions: The 1990s. We’ve taken 8 of the most iconic, bone-crunching, explosion-heavy action masterpieces and threw them into a Randomized Sudden Death Tournament. There are no scripts, no mercy, and no nostalgia passes.

People in this episode

Host: Mike G

Topics covered

• action movies
• 1980s cinema
• 1990s cinema
• movie tournament
• Nerdiverse

Keywords

• action movies
• 1980s
• 1990s
• movie tournament
• explosions
• iconic films

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: 80s vs 90s Action, MOTN Random Select, 1980s, 1990s

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