In the inaugural episode of Subgenre Season 1, host Josh Dasal is joined by his guest host, Deep Thought, to discuss the expansive and taut 1990 political action-thriller, The Hunt for Red October, directed by John McTiernan, and starring Alec Baldwin and Sir Sean Connery. Topics of discussion include Josh's definition of a submarine movie, the story of Sean Connery's $20,000 hairpiece, the classified government program allegedly revealed in the film, and the pros and cons of watching John McTiernan films.
Guest host: Deep Thought
00:00:00 Episode intro
00:03:40 Our Feature Presentation, pt. 1
00:12:45 Ad break
00:13:47 Our Feature Presentation, pt. 2
00:29:10 Ad break
00:30:58 The Geek Out
00:45:05 You Can't Handle the Truth
00:50:38 The Deep Dive
00:54:15 Rave, Rental, or Refund
00:55:44 Episode outro
Read more about The Hunt for Red October at:
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099810/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunt_for_Red_October
Mental Floss: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64931/14-deep-facts-about-hunt-red-october
Our theme music: Still Room on the Night Train by Ketsa feat. Soularflair
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