The Launchpad Podcast

Dave Gibbons sits down with Matt to chat about possibly the greatest crossover comic of all time, Batman vs Predator. Listen to Matt and Dave Gibbons, and Steve Prince on Fanbase Press' Fandoms Week panel!https://youtu.be/pQqGwsky_9M Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rylend Grant joins us to talk about Suicide Jockeys, his "bonkers tokusatsu joint." We talk about tokusatu as a genre and some of our favorite entries in these Japanese action shows. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some kid's properties are one tweak away from a horror movie. Matt and Aaron take some classic kids stuff and twist it into a horrible nightmare of a movie pitch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Want to know the best way to scare someone. All it takes is 3 simple words. We also talk about a bunch of movies. Mitchells Vs The Machines, Army of the Dead, and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you think you could take an elephant in a fight? With your bare hands? How about a Xenomorph? We get into the strangest matchup hypotheticals on this weeks episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are back with more Gamera. That flying turtle has flown his way into our hearts...with awesome kaiju action! Matt and Aaron discuss Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris, and Gamera: The Brave. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Test your might! It's time to talk MORTAL KAAAHMBAAAT!! The 2021 movie delivered on its R rated promise but how did it stack up to previous attempts to bring this video game legend to the big screen? Also we talk about Gamera! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We snuck into a super evil cooperation's robotics lab and are bringing you the craziest kaiju news you ever heard. It's our spoiler filled Godzilla Vs. Kong discussion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Being trapped is the corner stone of many a suspenseful movie. The Rocketeers break down their favorite "trapped" movies...and "hip-hoperas." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aaron, trapped in time, must fix the past in time for St. Patricks Day. We talk what our ideal Leprechaun movie would entail. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt finally watched The Invisible Man 2020. So decided to dive into the large catalogue of Invisible Man movies! From the 1933 Universal Monster's classic, through the VFX spectacle Hollow Man. Watch us on You Tube for the un-edited recording session. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aaron convinces Matt to watch the trailer for Godzilla Vs Kong. Needless to say they get pumped beyond believe. Bring an extra pair of pants, the excitement is contagious. We also chat about "His House" and Matt's continuing obsession with Bruce Lee. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What makes a movie scene a masterpiece? The Rocketeers dive into their favorite movie scenes and try and define what takes a good scene to masterpiece status. Check us out on YOU Tube to watch todays episode unedited. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week starts off a with a little turbulence that derails the whole show. Matt and Aaron imagine what caveman stand up comedy would be like and talk about Bruce Lee movies, 30 Coins, Warrior, Christmas Horror movies, Freaky and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Part Two of our Mandalorian season two deep dive. We got Kyle Akahoshi in The Launchpad as we go into the nitty gritty of the Disney Plus Star Wars show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We do a deep dive into The Mandalorian Season 2 in a big two part episode. It wouldn't be a Mandalorian episode without our local Star Wars expert Kyle Akahoshi, he joins us to bring the deep lore and make sure we pronounce those names right. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Rocketeers celebrate holiday specials with one of their own. Making up a few holiday specials they wish existed, while waiting for some special guests to arrive! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Rocketeers talk about their favorite childhood Christmas movies. A Christmas Story, The Muppet Family Christmas, Some Rankin Bass weirdness and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Willis and Jeff Kent, the team behind Cicada! join us to talk about their crazy creature feature and talk Christmas Movies. It's a Wonderful Life, Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer, Christmas Vacation and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt and Aaron debrief after Thanksgiving. They talk Blood Rage, and 2020's Possessor and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a brief hiatus The Rocketeers are back! They talk about parenthood and playing pranks on their children. We chat about the new 2020 Witches, as well as Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and Bad Ronald! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt is flying solo with this review of Amityville Island (2020). It only has 1.6 stars on IMDB so let Matt fill you in on this (ghost?)(Shark?)(Haunted house?) (Possession?) movie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Schrader and Clay Adams join Matt to talk about Nightmare Theater their horror anthology comic and their favorite horror movies! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise with Caroushell director Steve Rudzinski. He made a movie about a killer Carousel unicorn, that became an instant Launchpad favorite. He loves the NOES franchise, so do we, its a perfect recipe for a great conversation about both! Check out Steve's other work at stevebuster.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The highly anticipated, most requested, 2020 Halloween Movie List around. We give you the good the bad and the gooey to feast your eyes on this October!Check out Aaron McLane on Letterboxd for The Launchpad Podcast October 2020 Watchlist. https://boxd.it/8Ttdc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk about some favorite spooky franchises: Child's Play, and Hellraiser. We talk about The Lift, and Midsommar. It's a smorgasbord of movie talk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peter Murrieta joins us to talk about his new comic book Rafael Garcia: Henchman! We discuss what evil organization we would be in, and what our own henchmen look like when we finally made it to the top. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ever see a product and wonder, "Who thought that was a good idea?" The Rocketeers imagine what the "pitch meeting" must have sounded like for some bizarre products and properties. Odd Star Wars toys, Rock Lords, A 7Up inspired video game, and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aaron and Matt talk about some recent watches. Wishmaster, Hell Night, Bill and Ted Face the Music, and Twilight. Yeah that Twilight, we discuss the relationship red flags put up by the sparkle vampires. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Rocketeers talk about their favorite board games from childhood. It's a trip down memory lane as we talk about Nightmare, 13 Dead End Drive, and get caught up in the Crossfire! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Death Becomes Her, Lord of Illusions, Mausoleum, Bloody Birthday, and Ninja III are the topic of discussion on this weeks episode of The Launchpad Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We dive into some of our favorite Television shows that never got the recognition we feel they deserved. Blade the TV series, anyone? Do you remember Reboot? We list of a bunch of shows that we consider hidden gems. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we talk the upcoming Batman: Death in the Family DVD, Primal, The Lighthouse, Inframan, War of the Gargantuas, and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Describe your favorite movie as boring as possible." This tweet by @redromina took twitter by storm. Romina herself, comes on the show to talk about this fun movie exercise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We wrap up our month long shark event, then we get sidetracked and talk about Tarantino movies for 20 minutes. Haxxan, Villians, Low Lifes, and more movie chats in this ramble-a-thon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Director of Ghost Shark, Griff Furst joins us to talk about one of our favorite low budge' shark movies! He gives some fun behind the scenes stories and insight into the totally underrated shark spirit flick. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can't find a copy of Ghost Shark to watch? We got you covered. The Rocketeers tell the story of the amazing 2013 Ghost Shark, just in time for their interview with Director Griff Furst! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A spoiler filled chat about the incredible Last of Us Part 2! Friend of the show Ryan Dempsey joins Aaron to talk about the Game of the Year contender. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We dip our toes into the ocean that is low budget shark movies. sharknados, sharkensteins , house sharks, shark dicks...we dredge the waters to search for hidden gems as we continue Shark Month on The Launchpad Podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jeffery Voorhees, who played that kid on the yellow raft who got ROCKED by JAWS, joins us on The Launchpad Podcast! We get some behind the scenes stories about acting in the 1975 shark classic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Talking giant monsters with Monster Matador's Steve Prince. Check out their Kickstarter at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monstermatador/monster-matador/?ref=kicktraq Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We take movies and recast them with Star Wars characters. Pulp Fiction, Green Room, Fargo, Deliverance, and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Another mini-sode, we talk about Silver Bullet, El Santo, Star Wars, Scarecrows, Doomsday Clock and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.