spent the evening watching "Hunt for Red October" (it's 25 years since it came out) and it's still so good i can overlook the presence of alec baldwin - ThreadSky

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brokentoys.social • 10 days ago

spent the evening watching "Hunt for Red October" (it's 25 years since it came out) and it's still so good i can overlook the presence of alec baldwin

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hakefishforger.bsky.social•9 days ago

I'm willing to declare it the best submarine movie. Even the VFX has aged well, except for a two second insert of a Tu-142 as it is dropping a torpedo, because that shit is clearly a model.

richweil.bsky.social•9 days ago

“Can you launch a missile horizontally?”

“Sure. Why would you want to?”

For some reason, this exchange as stuck with me.

brokentoys.social•10 days ago

"I will buy... a pickup truck! Or perhaps a recreational vehicle."

brokentoys.social•10 days ago

Also Tim Curry is such a great actor, he invested his essentially comic role with no little bit of pathos. "Captain, it's *SABOTAGE!*"

rindred.bsky.social•10 days ago

hmans.dev•10 days ago

Hate to break it to you, but it's been 35 years. We old :-p

But yeah, it slaps. Basil Poledouris' best work, too.

hakefishforger.bsky.social•9 days ago

how dare u sir, the Conan the Barbarian soundtrack is waiting for you in the parking lot

misterpedantic.bsky.social•10 days ago

That was before anyone knew or cared who Jack Ryan was, other than the poor souls who actually read Clancy's books.

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