Turbulence 3 | Part 1
Podcast Episode
Episode 106 | June 7, 2023
Host
Brian
About
Brian didn’t have to think for too long when it came to choosing a movie for his two weeks as Motion Picture Men host. After all, there is only one film about a Marilyn Manson clone performing his last concert on a plane hijacked by his own impersonator.
Sent direct-to-video, Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal is full of the sorts of middle-aged entertainment writer misunderstandings of culture that the MPMs love. It also boasts a few memorable turns from veteran character actors like Rutger Hauer and Gabrielle Anwar.
The guys talk about how little behind-the-scenes information about this movie exists, how charming its star John Mann is, and the hit songs of the Slade Craven canon.
Highlights
-Three movies, three catchphrases: which is best?
-The perils of naming a Jimmy Buffett parody metal band
-The world’s greatest performer is given a stage befitting his stature
Turbulence 3 | Part 2
Podcast Episode
Episode 107 | June 14, 2023
Host
Brian
About
As the Motion Picture Men rejoin Turbulence 3’s doomed air concert, Slade Craven has been accosted in a bathroom (despite his politeness) and his only home may be thousands of miles away on land in the form of Nick the Hacker.
Nick stumbles upon Craven’s dilemma on accident after hacking into the plane’s concert livestream, but he has to convince the FBI to let him help before they haul his denim ass to prison for a litany of previous cybercrimes. Will Nick and FBI agent Kate Hayden be able to save the world’s favorite “death rock superstar”?
Later, the guys recap their experience as film analyzers before turning back into the Boob Tube Boys and announcing their next topic.
Highlights
-Duck genitalia facts? Duck genitalia facts
-Buffetthead has multiple meanings (yes, the Jimmy Buffett thing is still going on)
-The weakest name you could give a metal musician