This week Zach, Chris and Brian talk about Chuck Norris, terrible video game movies, Contagion, tons of 80′s movie news, preview this Fall’s new TV and much more on this historic 75th episode of the Everything Actioncast.

• Show and Tell: Brian has been watching Breaking Bad, Chris watched The King of Fighters and Assault Girls and Zach watched Contagion, Ironclad, Leviathan and Forced Vengeance.
• News: Chuck Norris and Jean Claude Van Damme both confirmed for the Expendables 2, trailer for crazy Indonesian action movie “The Raid”, Top Gun getting converted to 3D, Ghostbusters coming to theaters in October, Point Break getting remade, RIP Andy “Spartacus” Whitfield and Nike actually making the Back to the Future 2 power lace shoes.  Plus, another jam packed New Release Round Up.
• Fall TV: The guys talk about what new shows they’re excited about like Person of Interest, Alcatraz and Terra Nova and what shows they’re excited to see come back like Fringe, the NBC Thursday comedies, Hawaii Five-0 and The Walking Dead.

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When you’re dealing with That Guys, you find that a lot of them fall into groups.  For August, I thought we could highlight some of the That Guys who exemplify movie douchebaggery, starting with Walter Peck himself, William Atherton.

William Atherton

Born: July 30, 1947

Number of Roles: 76

Best Known for Playing: Slimy, bureaucratic douchebags

First Appearance: Johnson in The New Centurions (1977)

Most Recent Appearance: Ned Bogden on Law and Order: SVU (2010)

Notable Roles:

• Walter Peck in Ghostbusters
• Richard Thornburg in Die Hard and Die Hard 2
• Professor Jerry Hathaway in Real Genius
• Bob Gminski in The Pelican Brief
• Dr. Noah Faulkner in Bio-Dome
• Franklin Murdoch in The Outer Limits “To Tell the Truth”
• Dr. Destiny on Justice League
• Winchester Rep in The Last Samurai
• CIA Agent Block in Into the Sun
• Mickey Rayborn on Life
• Principal Reynolds on Lost

Fun Facts:

• Claimed that due to the success of Ghostbusters, people would heckle him on the street by calling him “dickless”
• Almost injured by the 200 pounds of shaving cream that was dumped on him at the end of Ghostbusters.
• Sang “What’ll I Do”, the main theme for Robert Redford’s film version of The Great Gatsby.

If you’re a movie nerd then the answer is probably yes. In the newest issue of Toyfare (and I believe also mentioned on Slashfilm and The Totally Rad Show) a ridiculous amount of classic and cult movies came out in the year 1984.  Take a look and see if you agree.

• Ghostbusters
• Beverly Hills Cop
• Gremlins
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
• The Karate Kid
• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
• The Last Starfighter
• The Muppets Take Manhattan
• The Neverending Story
• Nightmare on Elm Street
• Police Academy
• Red Dawn
• Revenge of the Nerds
• Sixteen Candles
• Starman
• Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
• The Terminator
• This is Spinal Tap
• Toxic Avenger

All those plus the birth of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Macintosh and the Marvel Secret War, that’s tough to beat.  If you have any memories of 1984 (and please share since I was -2 at the time) or if you think there’s a year that beats it let us know.

5. Ray Parker Jr.’s “Ghostbusters” Music Video

The video for Ray Parker Jr.’s theme song is like pure concentrated 80′s being shoved into your eyeballs.  Parker Jr. is hanging out in a house where everything is covered in neon lights, he’s kind of harassing a young woman and random people jump out and yell “Ghostbusters” whenever he asks his pivotal question of “Who ya gonna call?”.  The highlight of the video is near the end as Parker Jr. actually joins the Ghostbusters for a stroll through Times Square.  If that wasn’t enough random 80′s celebrities start popping up to yell “Ghostbusters” culminating in Chevy Chase, which is something you don’t hear every day.

4. Ghostbusters II

There’s a lot of hate out there for a number of 80′s sequels including Back to the Future 2 and this one.  Is it as good as the first? No, but then again what can be?  This one has it’s own charms including bad guy Vigo the Carpathian and his brainwashed henchman Dr. Janosz Poha, played by a scene stealing Peter MacNicol.  Also, they make the Statue of Liberty walk and control it with a NES Advantage.  It is kind of a bummer that they resort to slime guns instead of the trusty proton packs but the original cast is back and it’s still a fun movie.

3. Ghostbusters Toys

There’s probably not a kid out there who didn’t see Ghostbusters and instantly want a Proton Pack.  With the release of the series “The Real Ghostbusters” (which we’ll get to) there came a number of great toys, including replica Proton Packs, Ghost Traps and PKE meters.  There was also a great figure line that included all the Ghostbusters and a number of clever ghosts, including seemingly normal looking people who transformed into hellish demons.  One question though: Where is my Tobin’s Spirit Guide?

2. Ecto Cooler

Not until Surge had a drink developed such a fervent fan base as Ecto Cooler.  An essential in lunch boxes across the world during the late 80′s, early 90′s, Slimer’s drink of choice was a delicious citrus flavored, green tinted drink that was most easily found in juice box form.  The drink was originally just supposed to be a tie in product for The Real Ghostbusters but exploded in sales and lasted with Slimer on the package till 1997.  The drink itself remained Ecto Cooler until 2001 when it was renamed Shoutin Orange Tangerine and in 2006 renamed again to Crazy Citrus Cooler.  In 2007 the drink was finally discontinued but many fans still hold out hope of it being brought back someday.

1. The Real Ghostbusters

Started in 1986 and running until 1991, the Real Ghostbusters was a fantastic cartoon series that continued the adventures of Ray, Peter, Egon and Winston. To avoid legal trouble with Filmation’s Ghostbusters the “Real” was added to the title.  Slimer joined the gang as their sort of mascot/pet as they battled new ghosts every week, including tons from mythology like The Boogeyman, Tiamat, Marduk and even Cthulhu.  The show also featured a great voice cast including Arsenio Hall, Lorenzo Music, Dave Coulier and voice acting greats Maurice LaMarche and Frank Welker.  The show also had a number of smart writers, including future Babylon 5 and comic scribe J. Michael Straczynski, who wrote some of the smartest and darkest episodes in the series.

DVDs

Transformers- Complete Season One (25th Anniversary)

Lost Seasons One and Two (Blu Ray)

Spaceballs (Blu Ray)

Family Guy Vol. 7

Burn Notice Season Two

Ghostbusters (Blu Ray)

John Adams

Friday the 13th

Rifftrax Shorts Vol. 1 and 2

Video Games

Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Pretty much every console)

Guitar Hero Smash Hits (Wii, 360, PS3, PS2)

Let’s Tap (Wii)

Last week was the big gaming extravaganza E3 or the Electronic Entertainment Expo.  The big companies all revealed some awesome looking games and here are a few that caught our atttention.

Star Wars: The Old Republic

A completely ridiculous trailer that is pretty much better than most anything seen in the prequels. The game is going to be an MMO like World of Warcraft except of elves, dwarves and the like you’re going to be able to be bounty hunters, Jedi, Sith and more.

Splinter Cell: Conviction

Sam Fisher is back from a quite lengthy hiatus and it seems like nothing has gone right. He abandoned the super secret NSA group Third Echelon to go find and avenge the murder of his daughter Sarah. Someone at Ubisoft has definitely seen some 24 or Taken or Commando because Sam is showing no qualms about torturing dudes for information. One of the neater aspects of the game they showed in gameplay is the fact that important flashbacks or information shows up projected on the walls and mission objectives appear in the environment a la Fringe or Star Trek. The icing on the cake is having Michael Ironside back as the voice of Sam.

Super Mario Galaxy 2

Mario is back on the Wii times two. First up he’s back in the above game, which is a sequel to the plumber’s first adventure on the Wii. Looks to be keeping up the same gravity defying, planet jumping action seen in the first one but now Yoshi is in the mix. The second game for Mario is New Super Mario Bros. Wii which is a classic 2D side scroller but with up to 4 players playing cooperatively or competitively.

Assassin’s Creed 2

Assassin’s Creed was a pretty divisive game, some loved it and some hated it. Whatever your view it did really well and the sequel is on it’s way. The first game was set during the Crusades and your character went around performing assassinations on various nobles and the like. This time the game is set in Renaissance Italy and you continue the tradition of killing targets but you also get help from famous friends like Leonardo Da Vinci. The trailer looks pretty cool and hopefully it fixes some of the issues from the first game (like being too repetitive).

Metroid: Other M

Nintendo is handing off one of their biggest franchises to Team Ninja, the guys who made Ninja Gaiden, among others. This seems like an awesome idea because I would love to play a darker toned Metroid in 3rd person with combos and over the top kills. Not too much information from the trailer but it looked like some 3rd person and 1st person mixed together and a more involved story than any other Metroid. It raises the question though of where’s the Star Fox remake?

Modern Warfare 2

Everyone loved the first game and this new one looks to keep up the standard. MW2 looks to feature some more varied locations like the Arctic and underwater and some crazy vehicle sections like a snowmobile chase. Nothing has been said about multiplayer yet but you’d better believe it’s going to be in there.

God of War III

God of War I and II are some of my favorite games of all time. Epic scale and bloody, visceral combat combined with one of the most bad ass heroes in gaming with Kratos. God of War III is looking like it could up the ante in all areas. In the gameplay demo at E3 they were showing Kratos eviscerating a centaur and actually pulling intestines out and cutting down a Chimera piece by piece. The story so far is that Kratos killed Ares and became the new god of war but was becoming too powerful and was tricked by Zeus and lost all of his power. Kratos then teamed up with the Titans and at the end of II began a siege of Olympus. It’s definitely one of the best stories in gaming and hopefully they have an end worthy of the franchise.

Batman: Arkham Asylum

Coming out at the end of summer, Arkham Asylum looks like it’s going to kick ass. It’s a stealth action game in the vein of Splinter Cell but you’re controlling the Dark Knight himself as he attempts to retake Arkham Asylum from the Joker. Besides looking awesome graphically and control wise the game also feature the cast of The Animated Series which is a huge plus. Mark Hamill is easily one of the best Jokers and Kevin Conroy was fantastic as Batman. Plus who else can play Harley Quinn but Arleen Sorkin?

Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters III might start production this winter but in a couple of weeks you can see what a sequel might be like with the Ghostbusters video game. Most of the cast is back and Harold Ramis and Dan Akroyd co-wrote the script. It looks like you’re going to face off against some classic ghosts like Stay Puft, The Librarian and Slimer and also a bunch of new ghosts. I’ve heard some mixed reviews but hopefully it escapes the movie game curse of being awful.

If you saw something and want to talk about it let us know in the comments.

“Ghostbusters” by Ray Parker Jr.

Ghostbusters trailer:

The Ghostbusters get their first job, catching Slimer at a hotel:

A bunch of scenes from the movie:

That’s a big twinkie:

Learn about the history of Gozer:

“It’s true this man has no dick.”

Mr. Stay Puft!!!

Be Kind Rewind’s take on Ghostbusters:

The Real Ghostbusters intro:

Here’s a full episode, the Ghostbusters battle Cathulhu, an “old one”:

Here’s the forgotten Filmation cartoon that caused the name change:

The Ghostbusters end up in court in Ghostbusters 2:

The Ghostbusters commandeer the Statue of Liberty to battle Vigo the Carpathian:

The final battle of Ghostbusters 2:

Footage from the possibly cancelled PS3/360 game:

Speaking of video games, the Angry Video Game Nerd takes on the horrible Ghostbusters games that have come before:

Mentioned on the show: Head Over Heels Literal Version:

Brian tells me this is the episode that I mentioned Cool as Ice, so, here it is again:

Ghostbusters are “Saving the Day”:

They are also “On Our Own”:

Finally, let’s wash everything down with some Ecto-Cooler: