Action Movie History 1920 (The Mark of Zorro)
Finally, Pod Hard has reached the roaring twenties in tracing the roots of action movie history, and 1920 should be considered a seminal year for action aficionados. Buster Keaton becomes a leading man, producing and directing intricate set piece-driven comedy and Douglas Fairbanks enters his swashbuckling phase with gusto. One man is a stone face devoid of emotion, the other all smiles and grins. Jonas Högberg & Anders Hultqvist watches One Week and The Mark of Zorro, reporting on the action with characteristic guffaws and awe. Of note from the episode: Handy Hank turn out to be Handsy Hank, Jean-Claude Van Damme get's competition for the most epic car based epic split, super hero stories like Batman and Superman owe quite a bit of thanks to Fairbanks Zorro, there's simply no such thing as the "shot out of a canon"-jump and there's always time to stop for breakfast mid chase. "He isn't a man - he's a fish!"