Jaws is obviously #1, so what would be the #2 shark movie? This week we dive into all the shark movies and spin offs that are vying for the honor to be second best. What more do you want? It's super fun!

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Talking giant monsters with Monster Matador's Steve Prince. Check out their Kickstarter at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monstermatador/monster-matador/?ref=kicktraq

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Star Wars toys, there isn't another toy line out there like it. Chris Krahn from The Fans Strike Back joins us to talk about Star Wars toys and creating the figures that never were. Enter promo code: launchpadpod at checkout for 15% off any purchase from thefansstrikeback.com

We take movies and recast them with Star Wars characters. Pulp Fiction, Green Room, Fargo, Deliverance, and more!

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The Star Wars Prequels are a problem that will vex these podcasters probably till the day they die. We come at this conundrum with a few years under our belts, a little wiser, but definitely not more mature.

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Another mini-sode, we talk about Silver Bullet, El Santo, Star Wars, Scarecrows, Doomsday Clock and more.

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We got Lily to watch Star Wars for the first time, as well as The Phantom Menace. We see the maligned movie through fresh eyes on its 21st anniversary. It's still a hot steaming pile of cinematic puke but at least Lily liked it. What have you seen recently for the first time?

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We talk Nemesis, Species, Escape From New York, Anime, Underwater, Buckaroo Banzai, and more! We've consumed an obscene amount of media, let us regurgitate some of our opinions into your ear.

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Pick on to protect you the other 8 will try and kill you. Its the sequel to one of our favorite episodes, The Bodyguard! With special guest Andy Curtis we dive into 9 new pop culture characters and find out which one would be the best Kevin Costner to our Whitney Houston.

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The movie is over and the song that plays over the credits is oddly specific to the movie you just watched. It's a strange sub genre of song that, as we discover, has lots of layers. The "wrap up rap", the "opener", the rare but interesting "middle of the movie plot drop" we look at them all in a very musical episode of The Launchpad Podcast. Spotify Playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/79QEl45cwQfRnDsoWdiJoO?si=pNWW-x_ISAimzZA1cgUyTwSong Credits“Dream Warriors” - Dokken - A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 (1987)“Nightmare On My Street” - DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince - Unaffiliated“Ready For Freddy” - The Fat Boys - A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 (1988) “The Blob” - The 5 Blobs and Burt Bacharach - The Blob (1958)“Arthur’s Theme” (The Best That You Can Do) - Christopher Cross - Arthur (1981) “Ben” - Michael Jackson - Ben (1972)“Ballad of Harry Warden” - Paul Zaza - My Bloody Valentine (1981)“Killer Klowns” - The Dickies - Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)“Adam’s Groove” - MC Hammer - Adam’s Family (1991)“Men in Black” - Will Smith - Men in Black (1997)“Wild Wild West” - Will Smith - Wild Wild West (1999)“Deepest Bluest” - LL Cool J - Deep Blue Sea (1999)“Ninja Rap” - Vanilla Ice - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)“TURTLE Power” Partners in Kryme - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)“Party Time” - 45 Grave - Return of the Living Dead (1985)“Cleaning Up the Town” - The Bus Boys - Ghostbusters (1984)“Ghostbusters” - Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters (1984)“Lose Yourself” - Eminem - 8 Mile (2002)“Venom” - Eminem - Venom (2018)“Pet Sematary” - The Ramones - Pet Sematary (1989)“Theme from Shaft” - Isaac Hayes - Shaft (1971)“Man Behind the Mask (He’s Back!)” - Alice Cooper - Friday the 13th Part IV: Jason Lives (1986)“Friend Like Me” - Will Smith and DJ Khaled - Aladdin (2019)

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