Submersion

In Episode LXII the crew continues on their Classic Movie Cycle with 1943’s We Dive At Dawn. A group of British submariners need to intercept the newest Nazi warship, the Brandenburg. They’ll need to kick things into overdrive to ensure they’re in the right spot when it launches. Running at max speed burns all the fuel our crew has and they’ll need to figure out a way to make it home alive Hop on...

In Episode LXI the crew has docked the submersible, Merve, on the USS Wetfloater and are ready to continue their journey with full length movies. We had to ease back into things and with having just done Crash Dive and Crash Dive 2 the crew now tackles Crash Dive! Not the same Crash Dive as our earlier episode, this Crash Dive is from 1943 as we begin our classic movie cycle. A PT Boat hotshot is...

In Episode LX the crew loved doing a submersible pod so much last week that they continue on with another one. This week dive deeper into The Simpsons episode Simpson Tide in which Homer joins the Navy and is given command of a nuclear submarine. Hop on board the USS Wetfloater as we discuss the movie, trivia, The Phantom Zone where Jamie connects the TV show back to Ed Harris’ Phantom, and Brom’s...

In Episode LIX the crew takes a step back and questions their entire existence after having watched so many bad films in a row. After much deliberation they decide that it’s time for a Submersible Pod! The crew covers an episode of Street Sharks, the cartoon from the 90’s in which people are transformed into human/shark hybrids and can save the world. Hop on board the USS Wetfloater as we discuss...

In Episode LVIII the crew continues on their bad movie cycle journey with Crash Dive 2 or is it Counter Measures? Michael Dudikoff reprises his role from Crash Dive with a completely different character but don’t worry he’s the same Dudikoff we’ve come to expect. Russian terrorists are escorted by the US Navy while leaving a port in Croatia for Syria, and attempt to launch missiles at Russia. Jame...

In Episode LVII the crew continues on their bad movie cycle journey with Crash Dive. Michael Dudikoff is the star and hero of a submarine film where he is called upon to stop Middle Eastern terrorists from Yugoslavia from launching a nuclear missile at the United States. Hop on board the USS Wetfloater as we discuss the movie, trivia, The Phantom Zone where Jamie connects the movie back to Ed Harr...

In Episode LVI the crew continues on their action movie cycle with none other than world renowned martial art god Steven Seagal in Submerged, not to be confused with our earlier episode Submerged starring Sam Neill. Seagal is the world’s top assassin and is release from prison to stop an evil genius from using mind control techniques to kill US Ambassadors and other political leaders in Paraguay....

In Episode LV the crew moves on to a new cycle, however this movie smells strangely of the most recent cycle. It’s on to a bad movie cycle and with Sub Down, we’re trapped on the ocean floor one more time. Stephen Baldwin is some sort of genius and has designed a submersible that will be tested aboard a US Navy Submarine. A game of chicken with a Russian sub goes horribly wrong and Baldwin and the...

In Episode LIV the crew continues their journey of finding films in which our submarine is Trapped! A routine training exercise goes completely haywire and the Squalas is trapped on the bottom of the ocean floor. It’ll be up to Swede Momsen, played by Sam Neill, to rescue the crew. Hop on board the USS Wetfloater as we discuss the movie, trivia, The Phantom Zone where Jamie connects the movie back...

In Episode LIII the crew continues onto their third film in the Trapped! sequence. The third film, The Chamber, wastes no time getting its viewers down on the bottom of the ocean floor in the Aurora. An explosion renders our four crewmembers completely Trapped! Hop on board the USS Wetfloater as we discuss the movie, trivia, The Phantom Zone where Jamie connects the movie back to Ed Harris’ Phanto...

In Episode LII the crew continues on their journey of films in which we find our crew Trapped! The second film we cover is Morning Departure, originally a stage play it was turned into a film and stars Johns Mills and Richard Attenborough. Hop on board the USS Wetfloater as we discuss the movie, trivia, The Phantom Zone where Jamie connects the movie back to Ed Harris’ Phantom, Subs Worldwide wher...

In Episode LI the crew starts a new series of films, Trapped! All submarines/crew are trapped on the ocean floor and it’ll be up to some real heroes to save the day. The cycle kicks off with the 1978 drama Gray Lady Down, starring Charlton Heston and karate legend, David Carradine. When the sub that Heston is in command of is struck by a surface ship the only hope for survival is Carradine’s exper...

In Episode L the crew celebrates the gold anniversary of episodes with Goldmember! The movie in the Austin Powers franchise features a submarine base created by Dr. Evil. The 2002 comedy was directed by Jay Roach and stars Mike Meyers, Beyonce, Seth Green, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Mindy Sterling, Verne Troyer, Michael Caine, and Fred Savage. Austin will need to travel back to the 70s to save h...

In Episode XLIX the crew continues into the fourth week of 2018 In Review with the spring release, Submergence. Directed by Wim Wenders, this artistic film stars James McAvoy and Alicia Vikander. Our leading actress and actor meet on vacation and begin to fall in love. Work will take them their separate ways. Danielle (Vikander) must head north of Iceland to make a scientific discovery aboard a su...

In Episode XLVIII the crew continues into the third week of 2018 In Review with the Christmas superhero movie, Aquaman. Directed by James Wan, this huge blockbuster stars Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Nicole Kidman, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Temuera Morrison. A lighthouse keeper falls in love with the queen of Atlantis and they have a half blood son, Arth...

In Episode XLVII the crew continues into the second week of 2018 in review with the summertime giant shark movie, The Meg. Directed by Jon Turteltaub, this summer blockbuster stars Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis, Winston Chao, Ruby Rose, Page Kennedy, Robert Taylor, and Shuya Sophia Cai. A billionaire comes aboard his marine biology research base to witness the discovery of...

In Episode XLVI the crew sails on into the sunset after what is commonly referred to as one of the greatest sub movies. What now? Will they stop, nay… They must go on. Time to begin 2018 in Review month! The crew dive deeper into the submarine movie Black Water starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren. When Wheeler(Van Damme) is taken aboard a CIA black site submarine prison it’ll be up t...

In Episode XLV the crew continues closes out Cold War Movie Month with the most popular sub movie of them all. We dive deeper into the 1990 adaptation of Tom Clancy’s The Hunt For Red October. The Academy Award winning film was directed by John McTiernan and stars Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, James Earl Jones, Tim Curry, Courtney B. Vance, and Stellan Skarsgård. Captain Mark...

In Episode XLIV the crew continues into the third episode of Cold War Movie Month and dive deeper into the 1977 submarine centralized James Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me. The Academy Award Nominated film was directed by Lewis Gilbert and stars Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jurgens, Richard Kiel, & Caroline Munro. During the Cold War, a madman is stealing submarines with nuclear missiles on boa...

In Episode XLIII the crew continues into it’s second episode of Cold War Movie Month and dive deeper into the 1966 submarine comedy The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! The Academy Award nominated film was directed by Norman Jewison and stars Carl Reiner, Evan Marie Saint, Alan Arkin, and Jonathan Winters. During the Cold War, a Soviet submarine runs aground on a sandbar near an islan...

In Episode XLII the crew begins to navigate the waters of Cold War Movie Month and dive deeper into the 1965 classic The Bedford Incident starring Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, James MacArthur, Martin Balsam, and Wally Cox. The film is directed by James B Harris, who’s also directed the instant smash hit Cop starring James Woods. During the Cold War, a US destroyer stalks the Soviet submarine B...

In Episode XLI the crew dives deeper into the modern day brand spanking new 2018 submarine movie Hunter Killer. The film is directed by Donovan Marsh and stars: Gerard Butler, Linda Cardellini, Common, and Gary Oldman. Tensions ratchet up when a US submarine is shot down in the Barents Sea, a new submarine captain goes to investigate and finds out things don’t seem to be adding up. When a rogue mi...

In Episode XL the crew dives deeper into the German made submarine classic, Das Boot, directed by Wolfgang Peterson. An epic war film from 1981 nominated for 6 Academy Awards, this film takes you on a three and a half hour journey through the tour of duty of the U96 during WW2. Hop on board the USS Wetfloater as we discuss the movie, trivia, The Phantom Zone where Jamie connects the movie back to...

In Episode XXXIX the crew dives deeper into the TV show the The X-Files starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in a submersible pod. Clones fighting aliens, aliens fighting clones, deceit, lies, a long lost sister, people oozing acid, and A SUBMARINE make up these two X-Files episodes. Hop on board the USS Wetfloater as we discuss these episodes with host Jamie’s twin, Patrick, from BadMovie...

In Episode XXXVIII the crew dives deeper into the 1957 submarine movie The Enemy Below, it’s week 4 of WW2 month sailors. Robert Mitchum and Curd Jurgens square off as naval battle geniuses. One commanding a US battle ship, the other a German U-Boat. Get ready for movie trivia, the Phantom Zone where Jamie connects submarine movies back to Ed Harris in Phantom, Subs Worldwide where Kyle discusses...