S03E02 - Warships with Dave Collier

Published: April 7, 2019, 11 a.m.

This week we’re joined by a guest who builds and operates on warships so we’re watching movies to match - first up is the USS Nimitz, sent back in time to the eve of the attack on Pearl Harbour in The Final Countdown (1980). Next up we’re bound for the east coast of Russia on patrol with Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman on the USS Alabama in Crimson Tide (1995). We finish off aboard the HMS Surprise under lucky Captain Jack and his good doctor friend Stephen in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) Also: Wibbly-wobbly swirly-whirly timey-wimey thing.James Farentino. Explodium™. The Philadelphia Experiment (1984). Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) vs. Pearl Harbour (2001). Vasili Arkhipov. FOST. The Silver Surfer. “Mission killed”. Roll Tide. Lipizzaner stallions. Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin series. Pirates of the Caribbean (2003). He who will not be mentioned. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Leeroy Jenkins. We play a game of “War! Ships, what are they good for?” and Dave plugs HMS Prince of Wales and Drachinifel.