Multiplex Overthruster

• Blue Thunder: Summer of '83

  What happens when you put the director of Saturday Night Fever together with the star of All That Jazz? Sadly, it’s Blue Thunder. No it’s not Tropic Thunder, and it’s not Thunder From Down Under. It’s Blue Thunder. What is Blue Thunder? A depressed meteorological phenomenon? Nope, it’s a weaponized high tech surveillance helicopter that could be out there right now, surveilling you with weaponized high tech or something. It could have been a paranoid thriller from the 70s - a timely warning about the danger of blurring the line between the police and the military… but mostly it’s about the heights of exasperation that ensue when one of our hosts can’t tell the difference between a Trans Am and a Camaro, and another reveals himself to be “Team Airwolf” at an inopportune time. Join Paul, Javi, and the increasingly high tech and weaponized Producer Brad as their attempts to make sense of Blue Thunder become a far more entertaining experience than actually watching Blue Thunder! So strap in, throttle up, and prepare for some high tech snarkilicious goodness from your weaponized, high tech pals at Multiplex Overthruster! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Octopussy: Summer of '83

  For decades, Javi has maintained that Octopussy is a vastly underrated and quite entertaining entry into the James Bond oeuvre… now listen as this belief crashes in a malestrom of flaming regret as Paul and the ever patient and understanding Producer Brad bear witness to the end of one of Javi’s most cherished delusions! Octopussy may have been billed as “James Bond’s all time action high” but in this clear-eyed rewatch, the Multiplex Overthruster crew finds that surviving the experience of watching Octopussy may be as lethal, if not much more lethal, than James Bond’s travails as he tries to stop some rich bad guy from doing some awful things with a strange macguffin for no discernible reason… also there’s a woman with a really awkward nickname. On the plus column, there is a buzzsaw-yoyo wielding assassin, and a cool mini jet… which we wish we could have used to escape from this film! It’s Multiplex Overthruster’s all-time snark high as they enter the world of high stakes international espionage and emerge changed, but not entertained!Follow us!InstagramBlueskyemail: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• WarGames: Summer of '83

  SHALL WE PLAY A GAME? The Multiplex Overthruster crew has faced many dangers - wrathful space dictators, power-hungry fantasy wizards, horny suburban teenagers - but now they face their greatest challenge! Is it the artificial intelligence playing the titular War Games? Is it the military industrial complex that kept them in fear of the mushroom cloud for their entire childhoods… well, yes, it’s those things but it’s also (dun-dun-dun) NOSTALGIA! Marvel as Javi rediscovers his love for a pre-internet world that has long passed us by, thrill as Paul negotiates a much-needed social media detente with Javi, and wince as the long-suffering Producer Brad fights the never-ending battle to keep them on point! Is it Global Thermonuclear War, or is it… WAR GAMES? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Return of the Jedi (Part 2): Summer of '83

  The Grand Guignol of Geekery that is Paul, Javi, and - exasperatedly - Producer Brad’s deep dive into the final chapter of the first STAR WARS trilogy reaches its apotheotic conclusion in this, the second part of the first episode of our second season! Thrill as the intrepid Multiplex Overthruster crew braves not just the narrative wilds of one of the most anticipated movies of their childhood, but also the many decades of memories, opinions, and late night discussions of the saga that has defined popular culture for most of their lives! Marvel at Javi’s analysis of his misguided disdain for a movie he now realizes he loved all along! Witness in wild wonder as Paul’s gift for superlatives gets a workout for the ages! It’s a season premiere that will go down in Multiplex Overthruster lore - it’s RETURN OF THE JEDI!Follow us!Instagram Bluesky email: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Return of the Jedi (Part 1): Summer of '83

  At long last, the Summer of ’83 is here, and kicks off with the most anticipated sequel of the decade, RETURN OF THE JEDI! And since this is probably the only STAR WARS film we’ll ever get to in this podcast, it demands our first ever (and likely last) two-part episode! Buckle up as Javi, Paul and - graciously - Producer Brad dive deeper than they’ve ever dived before (what, you thought we couldn’t go deeper than STAR TREK II?) to discuss with dizzying delight the original May 25, 1983 theatrical version (Lapti Nek! Yub Nub!) of the triumphant finale of the STAR WARS trilogy for our gloriously geektacular second season premiere.Follow us!Instagram Bluesky email: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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