The Launchpad Podcast

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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The Rocketeers are living that lock down life, but they have been watching a ton of movies! Annihilation, Highlander, Hell Comes to Frogtown, Darkman, Miami Connection, Child's Play 2019, Body Bags, Black Cougar, just to name a few.

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For a sweet episode about crazy comic book advertisements send $1.50 to P.O. Box 555 Launchpad Lane, The Moon, 42069. We talk about Charles Atlas, X-Ray Specs, hover cars, and how Sea Monkeys were funding some nefarious shit.

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Pick a movie, pick one character to stay human, the rest are Muppets. The Rocketeers Mupp-ify a bunch of movies to hilarious and terrible results.

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This episode is packed like a fully loaded supreme pizza. We watched a ton of movies while stuck at home. Cats, Tourist Trap, Brain Damage, Dolls, Time Cop, and Tremors. We reminisce on our favorite Rocketeer Birthday outings and we remember the films of Stuart Gordon.

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The gents from "On Wednesdays We Wear Pink" join us for some Freaky Friday Character Swap Action! What would Independence Day be like if Will Smith was his Genie character instead of ace pilot? What would Aladdin look like with an Ace pilot for a sidekick. Character swap baby!

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In a dimension where Leprechaun Returns is the only sequel to Leprechaun, The Rocketeers are trapped in the past. One month in the past to be exact. Can they find their way back to their dimension? Is Leprechaun Returns any good? These questions and more will be answers on todays episode of The Launchpad Podcast.

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On this mini-sode Matt can't get through the new Hellboy and Aaron catches up on some Hammer Horror.

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