Episode 82 - Airplane!

This week Ben is joined by Andrew from Partly Robot Industries for an appropriately timely conversation about a vehicular method for domestic and international travel… with OR without the exclamation point!  Andrew’s going to Italy (and on a side quest or two), so Ben wants to assist in his mental preparation and support him in any way he can.  What’s the best way to prepare for the perils of air travel… is the answer watch airplane themed movies?  Who’s to say?  The hosts discuss the movies they watched to get themselves in the flight headspace, so to speak: Snakes on a Plane, Airplane II: the Sequel, Soul Plane, Mad Max Beyond Thuderdome, and Zero Hour!  In the video games section, Ben and Andrew talk about River Raid, After Burner, 1942, Microsoft’s Flight Simulator franchise, and Airplane Mode.  To close the show the hosts each share an air travel story from their past.   00:00:21 - A shepherd of wayward wizards, up the hat game, sacking Rome, and Scott Bakula 00:05:00 - The current state of downtown Portland, to Croatia by paddle boat, and Ben’s news 00:08:19 - Special preparations, a masseuse theory, cheesy moons, and astronaut ice cream   00:10:40 - Some time in the 1920s, flying buttresses, dirigibles, and the Pima Air Museum 00:13:07 - Ben watched “Zero Hour!” the movie that made the PG rated movie “Airplane!”  00:19:12 - The lasagna, see it if you’re a fan, and Ben recommends watching “Police Squad!” 00:21:22 - Andrew watched “Airplane II: The Sequel” and “Soul Plane” to prepare for the show 00:26:14 - A critics’ summary of “Soul Plane,” a different take, and a great idea… lockers! 00:29:52 - A movie featuring ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales.   00:33:24 - A horrible plan, a warm baby in snake vision, and what boa constrictor snacks on 00:36:40 - An excellent theme for a child’s birthday, and platypuses on a hovercraft  00:39:20 - Airplane action, opposite of “Lord of the Flies,” and the George Miller movie timeline 00:42:31 - The Kevin Bacon game, Ben’s got a lay-Bacon number of two, and Colm Meaney 00:45:35 - Activision game patches, River Raid, Space Shuttle, and two possible outcomes  00:48:09 - After Burner, something that 8th graders tell 7th graders, and boot discs  00:50:16 - Capcom’s 194X series, shoot em’ ups, bullet hell, and game or joke 00:52:26 - AMC Games’ “Airplane Mode,” meal includes fish option, and Ben’s promise 00:56:00 - Ben will play Assassin’s Creed 2 while Andrew is in Italy, and airplane stories 00:57:23 - Ben’s Story: Cleveland, Grandma, flooded Cadillac, hot towels, and cold feet 01:00:20 - Andrew’s Story: Computers, lessons learned, mood slime, and being late  01:05:17 - Nearly universal, angel and devil on shoulders, and the waiter from The Buena Vista  01:08:24 - In closing… Ben’s airplane quote from a movie about submarines  For more information on what Andrew is up to, check out https://partlyrobot.com and https://partlyrobot.com/link-in-bio/ for his social media links! Follow Two Vague on… Our website: http://www.twovaguepodcast.com  On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/two_vague_podcast On YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@twovaguepodcast On Twitter: https://twitter.com/TwoVaguePodcast For show appearance and other inquiries, contact us at: [email protected]