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Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · Sep 1

The Exploding Helicopter podcast returns!

We're joined by @dougtilley.bsky.social from @cinemasmorgasbord.bsky.social to review THE NAKED GUN 33 1/3 - THE FINAL INSULT (1994).

We discuss the film's bizarre WWE tie-in and an almost unique exploding helicopter. Listen wherever you get your pods!🚁💥📽️🎧

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Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 1h

Watched REPTILIAN (2001) - aka Yonggary - the 6️⃣9️⃣7️⃣th film I've seen with an exploding helicopter.
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This film had a sensational 7️⃣exploding helicopters. Intriguingly, the dialogue mentions that 8️⃣helicopters were downed by the titular monster. Where did that missing one go?

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Matty Budrewicz @mattybudrewicz.bsky.social · 21h

New Schlock Pit!

My notes on DEEP CORE (2000); a decent little disaster movie potboiler from the Unified Film Organization.

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Deep Core (2000): Ya Dig?

Matty scratches the surface of a watchable UFO potboiler.

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Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 21h

I trust Letterboxd will get it sorted

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 21h

🙏 thank you!

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 1d

Cheers man. I know TMDB submissions are a bit of a ballache.

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 1d

In the film, he's meant to be on the skids yet he's still got a washboard stomach and massive guns.

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 1d

Does anyone know why Letterboxd is no longer showing the availability of anything on Tubi?

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Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 1d

We got one! Sort of. THE HANDYMAN (2025) would have become the 9️⃣3️⃣0️⃣th film with an exploding helicopter if it was listed on Letterboxd. Currently, it's only on IMDb.

Hopefully, it'll be added soon and I can update my lists.

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DTV Connoisseur @dtvconnoisseur.bsky.social · 1d

New review, "Timebomb" (1991), starring Michael Biehn, Patsy Kensit, Richard Jordan, Tracy Scoggins, Robert Culp, and our newest DTVC Hall of Fame inductee, the great Billy Blanks! dtvconnoisseur.blogspot.com/2025/10/time...

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Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 1d

Hooray for that!

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 1d

😂

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 1d

From THE BLACK SHEEP AFFAIR (1998)

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Drewcifer DIEtsch 🎃 @drewdietsch.bsky.social · 1d

It's 1982. Disney hopes TRON will be a huge hit and a franchise kickoff. It flops.

It's 2010. Disney hopes TRON: LEGACY will be a huge hit and a franchise kickoff. It flops.

It's 2025. Disney hopes TRON: ARES will be a huge hit and a franchise kickoff. It flops.

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Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 2d

His continued career is bizarre.

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 2d

Watched TRON ARES (2025) the 6️⃣9️⃣6️⃣th film I've seen with an exploding helicopter.
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My thoughts? Erm, it's a movie...

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Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 2d

Nice to see some Don the DW content in there!

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 3d

That’s right, and he’s always rowing with Ang.

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 3d

Den Of Thieves is on TV so inevitably I've turned over. #BigNickEnergy

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ALT: a man with a beard and a black jacket is holding a coin with the number 10 on it

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Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 3d

We got one! TRON ARES (2025) becomes the 9️⃣2️⃣9️⃣th film we've found with an exploding helicopter.
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This is about the most depressing news I've had this year. Now I'm going to have to see this redundant turd.

Thanks - sort of - to @thewykah.bsky.social for the tip-off!

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 3d

Watched DIRTY ANGELS (2024) the 6️⃣9️⃣5️⃣th film I've seen with an exploding helicopter.
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This wasn't Martin Campbell's or Eva Green's best work, but it was a lot better than some of the DTV crud I have to watch.

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 3d

Totally agree. It feels a bit old hat.

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 3d

Right, I’m off work for the next week so I’m kicking off my break with this. Directed by the best Bond director, Eva Green (woof), and an exploding helicopter.

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DTV Connoisseur @dtvconnoisseur.bsky.social · 4d

New review, "Brute 1976" (2025), starring Adriane McLane and Gigi Gustin, and featuring... a penis drill.
dtvconnoisseur.blogspot.com/2025/10/brut...

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Matty Budrewicz @mattybudrewicz.bsky.social · 4d

New Schlock Pit, and I’m back bangin’ my David DeCoteau drum again —

Some words on the maestro’s wonderfully weird erotic thriller, DEADLY EMBRACE (1989):

🔗 theschlockpit.com/2025/10/09/d...

Deadly Embrace (1989): Three-Way Dance

Matty gets grubby with David DeCoteau’s wonderfully weird erotic thriller.

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Todd Liebenow - Forgotten Filmcast @forgottenfilmz.bsky.social · 6d

Forgotten Filmcast Episode 275: White of the Eye forgottenfilmcast.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/f...

Forgotten Filmcast Episode 275: White of the Eye

It’s October, so we’re going to be focusing on Halloween appropriate films this month. We start things out with the 1987 horror thriller White of the Eye, starring David Keith and Cathy…

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