Air Force One: Get Off My Plane!

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English - November 20, 2023 08:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
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On the podcast this time, Steven and Sean are fighting off evil terrorists while on board one of the most famous airplanes in the world. We watched the 1997 film from Wolfgang Petersen, Air Force One.

I know that nothing can ever be 100% secure and safe. That’s just not the world we live in. I’d like it to be, but there are certain trade-offs we all need to make if we want to be active participants in life.

That being said… You’d think that the vetting process for who’s allowed to work for the President of the United States and who’s allowed on their plane would be completely airtight.

In other words, how in the world could the president’s plane—ideally, the most secure vehicle in the world—be hijacked by ruthless terrorists?

Watching this film, it occurred to me that the security process for getting onto a commercial airline flight during the last couple of decades has been more stringent than what was shown in this film.

But, as always, the terrorists didn’t count on the unstoppable force that would spell their certain doom: Harrison Freaking Ford.

(Recorded on July 10, 2023)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

Air Force One - The Movie Database (TMDB)

Wolfgang Petersen — The Movie Database (TMDB)

Harrison Ford — The Movie Database (TMDB)

Gary Oldman — The Movie Database (TMDB)

Man of Steel (2013) — The Movie Database (TMDB)

United States presidential line of succession - Wikipedia

Battlestar Galactica (TV Series 2004–2009) — The Movie Database (TMDB)

Designated Survivor (TV Series 2016–2019) — The Movie Database (TMDB)

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