Blue Thunder (1983)
Shat the Movies: 80's & 90's Best Film Review
Shat on Entertainment
4.5 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2022
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Before there was "Airwolf," before there was "Fire Birds," one movie stood alone as the epitome of helicopter action: "Blue Thunder." It's the movie that inspired Big D to be a pilot, showed us how to "dust" a perp, and made JAFO a household name.
It also taught a 10-year-old in the UK how to cuss. And that 10-year-old grew up to be Shat The Movies commissioner Omar, who somehow understood "Blue Thunder" was about the surveillance state and police militarization. We just thought it was about naked high-rise yoga.
Starring three legitimate badasses—Roy Scheider, Warren Oates and Malcolm McDowell—"Blue Thunder" illustrated what happens when combat veterans and single moms don't reach out for help, why it's weird to sexualize machines, how to dodge a missile in a crowded urban area and why looping a helicopter isn't all that useful.
Warning: Do not watch this movie while sitting between co-workers on a Southwest Airlines flight. Or, if you do, make sure your tray table is covering your lap.
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| 0:00.0 | Did you see her? |
| 0:02.0 | Yeah, but that's not a, that's not a thing. |
| 0:04.0 | She could have been like a catch. She was like cleaning herself. That's how flexible she was. |
| 0:08.0 | It's my gymnast always do their routines naked. |
| 0:11.0 | Right. |
| 0:12.0 | Remember when we first met John McLean? |
| 0:15.0 | Our God picked him up from the plane |
| 0:17.0 | And took him down the knack and told me tower |
| 0:20.0 | At the Christmas party |
| 0:22.0 | And the terrorists were over zealous |
| 0:25.0 | But it was sweet when they killed Alice |
| 0:28.0 | And with a little help from Alice |
| 0:30.0 | John McLean kicked out |
| 0:32.0 | Welcome back to Chat The Movies |
| 0:34.0 | The podcast where we answer the question |
| 0:36.0 | Where the movies we love and we are growing up really that good |
| 0:38.0 | Have you ever caught yourself thinking |
| 0:40.0 | Why don't the big movies that they're used to? |
| 0:42.0 | Can you still remember spending your Friday night searching for the perfect movie rental blockbuster video? |
| 0:45.0 | Do you know what blockbuster video is? |
| 0:47.0 | If you answered yes and this is the podcast for you |
| 0:49.0 | I am one of your host Jean Lions |
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