Category Suggestion: Helicopter (spoilers)

I am a new user of Movie Deaths, and one of my favorite parts of the site are the categories of deaths. But I think that a new one should be added: Helicopter-related deaths. Some may argue that this is covered by "Crash" but I think that it deserves its own separate category. This is due to the high amounts of this type of death in action movies.

Here is a brief list of just some movies where the main antagonist is killed in a helicopter (I'm sure there are many more):
-Sahara
-The Condemned
-Sudden Death
-Rambo: First Blood Part II
-12 Rounds
-Cliffhanger
-Die Hard: With a Vengeance
-Blue Thunder
-Mission: Impossible

I'm sure there are many more, not to mention the amount of other helicopter-related deaths. So please, consider adding this as a category. Thanks to anyone who responds!

Would that include helicopter as the killing object? Or do they just to be in the helicopter at the time of their deaths?

For instance, Phelps is hanging on the runner and gets crushed by the 'copter. Zanda falls out of the helicopter. Steranko falls out of the 'copter, and then it lands on him. And Milo simply falls into some chopper rotors. Would those count? How involved does the helicopter need to be?

If so, add to the list:

Darkman - Durant is in the chopper when it crashes
First Blood - Galt falls out of the chopper
If Looks Could Kill - Steranko falls from chopper, and is then crushed under it
The Last Boy Scout - Milo is diced by chopper rotors
Batman - The Joker falls from his chopper
Sheena - Zanda falls out of the chopper; the pilot is in it when it crashes
King Kong - Kong is shot by several choppers
For Your Eyes Only - Blofeld is dropped down a smokestack by Bond with a chopper
Jaws 2 - Pilot drowns in chopper
Toy Soldiers - Jack Thorpe is blown away by a chopper

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Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 04/28/2009 04:31PM by Kooshmeister.

I think some of those are valid, as long as the helicopter plays a major role in the person's death. The only ones I'm not so sure about are First Blood, Batman, Zanda in Sheena, and For Your Eyes only. Jaws 2 barely counts because the pilot was dragged under by the winch, otherwise he would have lived. I feel like the helicopter itself has to contribute directly to the death in some way.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/30/2009 04:32AM by Kevfent.

Kevfent Wrote:
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Jaws 2 barely counts because the pilot
> was dragged under by the winch, otherwise he would
> have lived. I feel like the helicopter itself has
> to contribute directly to the death in some way.

Actually the shark grabbed the runner and pulled the helicopter under.

And, if the helicopter has to contribute to the death, that rules out Podovsky in Rambo: First Blood Part II because he didn't crash or anything Rambo just shot his chopper with a rocket launcher. Same with Krieger in Mission: Impossible because it was the exploding gum that did it; Phelps, though, in the same scene, well, he counts I guess since the helicopter landed on him after blowing up.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/03/2009 03:02PM by Kooshmeister.

Actually, I think being blown up in a helicopter should count, just because it's used so often. Also, I disagree with you on Podovsky and Krieger. Yes, they were killed by explosives, but the helicopter exploded as a result of them. It's certainly a little complicated to define, but I don't think just falling from one should count.

Pair enough. I guess Steranko in If Looks Could Kill is the exception to the "falling out" rule, then, since it lands on him and crushes him after he falls out of it. The helicopter is the killing object, literally. XD

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One more in which the main villain dies in a helicopter explosion:
Charlie's Angels