Wes Makin Delta Strike Force Action News Team. AKA the Dirty Dozen
It was not an easy task selecting this elite fighting force. I received over a hundred emails filled with even more nominees but alas I could only pick 12. That’s not to say that the people left off couldn’t head over to North Korea to kick some ass with the Action News team, just that they didn’t make the first cut. Let’s lay down the ground rules for making the team as laid out by listener Wes Makin for whom the team was named for.
No superheroes, aliens, sci-fi gadget dependant folk, etc. (Note that you could take Dutch from Predator or Ripley from Alien, but you can't have Col. Steve Austin from the Six Million-Dollar Man.)
Characters from the past can learn to use modern equipment. Old west figures can learn to use C4 instead of TNT etc.
An actor can only show up once. Though a character can be from all movies (John Rambo) or Ripley from the Alien movies
12. Leonidas from 300 (Gerard Butler)-In a monumental moment for the Dirty Dozen we have made an addition to the team. While I said that I would never change the list, anyone that listens to the show knows thats my hypocrisy knows no bounds. I am sad to announce that Maxiums will not be coming with us to fight the North Koreans. His role will be filled by none other than Leonidas from the movie 300. Not only will he be added to the team but he will lead us into battle. I feel bad about demoting Dutch and booting Maximus but there is just no other man I feel comfortable with entrusting the lives of my men. Not only did he do nothing but kick ass the entire movie from child to king, in victory and death. He had about 15 different chill moments in the movie that sent shivers up your spine and made you want to fight by his side. He just might be the coolest man in movie history. Ropp made a useless attempt to block his addition with William Wallace and took me to the people's court where he lost a landslide decision 6-1. Wallace is a great man but he is no Leonidas. This team now feels complete and I can rest easy knowing King Leonidas is at the helm.
11. John McClane from Die Hard- He may not be the pure bad ass that others on this team are, but he’s got guts and sometimes that’s enough. Fills the law enforcement slot as well. Let’s be honest, there are some that aren’t making it out alive, and you know McClane will lay it all on the li, ne for the News Team.
10. Rambo John J- Possibly the easiest choice on t, he team. He might not need the other 11 t, o take out the entire North Korean Army. He’s that bad. In the words of Col. Troutman, " If you send that many men after Rambo, just , remember one thing……a good supply of bags."
9. Major Scott McCoy /Chuck Norris from Delta Force- He’s Chuck Freakin Norris, enough said. He fills so many roles on the team, demolitions, karate expert, rocket motorcycle, and kick ass beard. The tag line to the Delta Force movie is, "they don’t negotiate with terrorists, they blow them away."
8.Major Dutch from Predator-. You knew Arnold was going to make the team, it was just a mater of who he was going to show up as. Dutch beat out both Conan and John Matrix from Commando to make the team. After all he killed the Predator, how can you argue with that. He will be 2nd is command after Leonidas.
7.Beatrix Kiddo /Uma Thruman from Kill Bill- I know there has to be a hot chick on the team, but I will only allow one, which made this a tough competition. Ripley from Aliens was brought up a lot, Linda Hamilton from T2 was a popular c, hoi, ce, but I need a Ninja on this team and Kiddo is the deadliest women in the , world.
6.Jack Bauer from 24-The onl, y TV man to make the team. How can you go fight the North Koreans without Jack. He just might be the toughest SOB in TV history.
5.Rooster Cogburn / John Wayne from True Grit –Again not a easy desicion to choose my old west member. There were many worthy but only one was chosen. I had to go with the Duke. Plus his name is Rooster,. He’s a one eyed drunken US Marshal who goes double shotgun walking into a gun fight.
4. Casey Ryback/ Steven Segal from Under Siege- Yes its Steven Segal, but this was before he started to super suck. He kicked a lot of ass in Under Siege, plus he was a cook and the Action News Team needs to eat.
3.Sargent Barnes / Tom Berenger from Platoon- Flat out the scariest character from a war movie ever. That scared face screams let’s go kick some ass. He served like 4 voluntary tours in Nam, that gets you on the team.
2.Martin Riggs / Mel Gibson from Lethal Weapon – Former Special Forces man with nothing to lose. Doesn’t fear dying because he’s S**t house nuts. This was a hard one, Mel had tough competition from himself in William Wallace and Mad Max. Wallace would have made it but I already had Maximus. Riggs is a solid choice here. Every team needs a crazy Murdock, Riggs is mine.
1. Blaine/ Jesse the Body from Predator- Maybe the most controversial figure on the list. I went back and forth on this one for over an hour, but the bottom line is this. I don’t want old painless in the jungle with me, I NEED old painless in the jungle with me.
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