GBW #55: Piper's Pit (They Live / Sci-Fighters / Hell Comes to Frogtown)

<p>Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more!</p> <p>This week, Chris and Ryan dive into the films of the late <strong>"Rowdy" Roddy Piper</strong>, arguably the first professional wrestler to successfully translate from the ring to the big screen. We start with 1988's "<strong>They Live</strong>" - <strong>John Carpenter</strong>'s satirical horror-comedy that has cemented itself into the pop culture lexicon and is as sadly relevant today as it was in 1988 - that was #1 at the box office when it first came out and proved Piper to be a formidable leading man. Then, we move into the dour 1996 "<strong>Blade Runner</strong>"-lite DTV flick "<strong>Sci-Fighters</strong>," a film that cannot be recommended under any circumstance, but we praise Piper's performance as a Deckard-esque haunted detective, as he's playing against type and doing it well against a script that lets him down. Finally, we go back to 1988 for a slice of weirdness that plays up to Piper's persona from his days in the WWF, the inexplicably horny "<strong>Hell Comes to Frogtown</strong>."</p> <p>You can find this and future episodes on our website&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thegoodbadwhat.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">thegoodbadwhat.com</a>. You can subscribe to our show on&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-good-the-bad-and-the-what/id1554493814" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts,</a> <a href="https://anchor.fm/thegoodbadwhat" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Anchor.fm</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0RcsQUeNROydClA6p6P9ht" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-good-the-bad-and-the-what" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://iheart.com/podcast/78