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The world's leading authority on films where helicopters explode. Check out our podcast and website: https://www.explodinghelicopter.com/

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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

@cinemastrikesback.bsky.social 😂 Malick may never have filmed one, but I now feel like I’ve seen his exploding helicopter scene.

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 2h

Couldn’t he go all magic realist and throw one in anyway? I don’t want his film career to count for nothing.

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Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 2h

Hurry up Terry!

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Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 3h

Watched A HIDDEN LIFE (2019). I've almost completed Terrence Malick's filmography and I'm beginning to worry that he's never made a film with an exploding helicopter.

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Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 5h

Hey everybody, I continue my tour through the Blue Thunder TV series with a look at episode 3, Arms Race. Check out my review on @bulletproofpod.bsky.social

Bulletproof Podcast @bulletproofpod.bsky.social · 5h

Will from @chopperfireball.bsky.social puts an episode of the Blue Thunder TV series to The Checklist test...
www.bulletproofaction.com/2025/10/16/t...

The Checklist: Blue Thunder (S1 Ep3) “Arms Race”

Hey, you know what we haven’t done in a while? Put an episode of the Blue Thunder TV series to the Checklist test. 1. Does the episode pose an awkward dilemma for Frank Chaney as his professional a…

www.bulletproofaction.com

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DTV Connoisseur @dtvconnoisseur.bsky.social · 20h

New podcast, episode 232, "Rourke to Oblivion" with Ty from Comeuppance Reviews.

We're continuing our "On the Skids" series, but we thought "on the skids" wasn't strong enough for Rourke, so we're going with "to Oblivion." The two films are, "Jade" and "Hunt Club"

open.spotify.com/episode/1Ur7...

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Cinema Smorgasbord @cinemasmorgasbord.bsky.social · 2d

What?! A classic, untouched Eric Roberts film for us to cover? It's here thanks to our returning guest @yckmd.bsky.social who let us know about 1986's NOBODY'S FOOL, a dark romantic comedy with Rosanna Arquette! All that and the latest ER news!!

www.cinemasmorgasbord.com/episode-295-...

Episode 295 – Eric Roberts is the Man – Nobody’s Fool (1986) (/w Dan Gorman) » Cinema Smorgasbord

We're back in CLASSIC ERIC ROBERTS era with the darkly comedic romantic drama NOBODY'S FOOL from 1986 featuring Rosanna Arquette as a quirky, traumatized waitress who finds her life turned upside-down...

www.cinemasmorgasbord.com

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Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 1d

I know. No one’s doing more…

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 1d

So far this year, there have been 15 films released with an exploding helicopter. Last year, there were 21 films released with an exploding helicopter. Can we get there before the end of the year?

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Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 2d

Cheers buddy!

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 2d

We're now officially at 9️⃣3️⃣0️⃣ films with an exploding helicopter as THE HANDYMAN (2025) is now on Letterboxd.
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Thanks to @thewykah.bsky.social for the administrative assist!🙏

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 3d

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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Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 3d

New Schlock Pit!

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

🔗 theschlockpit.com/2025/10/13/d...

Deep Core (2000): Ya Dig?

Matty scratches the surface of a watchable UFO potboiler.

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Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 3d

I trust Letterboxd will get it sorted

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 3d

🙏 thank you!

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 3d

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

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 3d

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

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DTV Connoisseur @dtvconnoisseur.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 3d

Hooray for that!

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😂

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 3d

From THE BLACK SHEEP AFFAIR (1998)

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Drewcifer DIEtsch 🎃 @drewdietsch.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 4d

His continued career is bizarre.