Back to the Eighties - Episode 211

This week sees the nostalgia TARDIS (with full crew of Glenn, Phil, Sam and Jii) land in the peaceful serenity of the Evergreen Forest. That is, until Bert Raccoon wakes up. The merry hell breaks out. That must mean the this week's spotlight regards the brilliant Canadian 80's cartoon, The Raccoons!

There's also news of a Mattel kind, with new PR management possibly already making it's prescence felt, and new heads for your Skeletor figure, as well as all the Turtles, Thundercats (including some weird ideas for the original series) and Star Wars news!

Oh, and if you ever wondered if there were any series that have let the guys down when they went back to watch them, well, here's the place to be! 

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Back to the Eighties - When the Music Stops: The A-Team - Follow That Chicken

In this week's readalong adventure, it's up to everyone's favourite soldiers of fortune to clear the name of a young man who has been framed for a crime he didn't commit...so basically, business as usual, really.

Just as an aside, the "Rainbow" calling card at the start of the audio may whisk you back to being 5 years old again in less than a nanosecond. You have been warned.

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Shut Up and Watch This! - Doctor Who: Robot (Commentary)

Note: this commentary was originally produced as episode 33 of the SU&WT podcast, back in April 2012.

In memory of Elisabeth Sladen, Timey & Ms. Slick talk over Tom Baker's debut in the role of the Doctor.

 

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Shut Up and Watch This! - Doctor Who: The Three Doctors (Commentary)

NOTE: this commentary was originally produced as episode 4 of the SU&WT podcast, back in february 2011.

In memory of Nicholas Courtney, Timey, Dreadwind & Soundwave SG1 talk over one of the Brigadier's finest hours in the serial where for the first time ever, three of the Doctor's incarnations team up!

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Back to the Eighties - Episode 210

This week's episode sees Glenn and Sam looking at YOUR experiences of Masters of the Universe through the ages, from the first toys in 1982, to the Filmation and New Adventures era, and even the 200X series, to today! It's a long and winding road, that may be leading to a new movie? Possibly? We'll have to see.

There's also lots of news of a Transformery nature, as well as an interesting question posed on our brand new forum! Yes folks, we have officially moved premises, and BTTE Towers is no longer located at the Nerdsphere. We'd like to thank the Nerdsphere for being our home for the best part of 5 years, and obviously thank Timey and Grufflock for helping set up our new home, which can be found at backtotheeighties.freeforums.net!

Please do join us there on the forum, and post as many questions and homeworks as you can! It's all very much appreciated.

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Back to the Eighties - Cybertrax: War of the Dinobots

After about a year away, it's time to welcome back Cybertrax! Continuing Glenn's quest to do a commentary of every episode of G1 EVAR, ths week he's joined by everyone's favourite paleo, Mikey, (aka GWolfV1) to have a look at the extremely influential episode that is War of the Dinobots!

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The Control Zone - Episode 28 – It’s 1993 again

Welcome to the first episode of 2015!

This episode sees Rikki discuss his newly acquired Xbox One, whilst Rob goes all retro and revisits Megadrive classics Alien Storm, ESWAT and Ristar!

Plus all the latest news, an awesome custom NES, and a discussion on classic 90s teletext magazine Digitiser!

The Control Zone – Happy New Year!

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Bloody Comics Ep 17 - MLP Friends Forever # 5

In this edition of Bloody Comics I am once again joined by MorningStar as we take at look at issue 5 of MLP: Friends Forever.

In this issue Fluttershy and Zecora team up to investigate why all of the other animals in the forest have suddenly started talking.

Shut Up and Watch This! - Dredd (2012) (Commentary)

Note: this commentary was originally produced as episode 77 of the Shut Up & Watch This podcast, back in late 2012.

Timey, Andrew Turnbull, Simon & Mellski chit chat over a movie that really deserves a sequel....

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Back to the Eighties - Episode 209

This week sees the return of Harriett Greene, aka Mangagirl232 to BTTE Towers, as she joins Glenn, Phil and Jii in sitting down and reminiscing about the wonder and the glory that is Masters of the Universe. So pull up a pew, and join us as we get all misty eyed about He-Man and the gang, and also speculate on the future of one of our favourite franchises.

There's also news! Not much news as it's just after Christmas, and the news hounds all seem to be on a diet. But news, nonetheless, of Masters, Turtles and even a bit of interesting Spider-Man news. Or should I say...Supaidaman news?

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Bloody Comics Ep 16 - MLP Micro Series # 10 Luna

In this edition of Bloody Comics, Morningstar was kind of enough to join me in discussing/reviewing the last issue of the IDW's MLP micro series.

Issue #10 focused on Luna and boy was it a joy to read. Shame we didn't get more episodes of the show written like this.

Technical note: This episode like with the recent RCP was recorded with the original set up before the upgrade.

RCP Episode 229 - The Adventures of Mark Twain - Podcast Review

In this edition of the Random Crap Podcast (recorded before our microphone upgrade) I decided to show the gang 'The Adventures of Mark Twain' or 'Comet Quest' over here in the UK.

Overall we enjoyed the movie, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is a fan of claymation or stop motion. Well worth hunting down if you fancy something different to watch.

Back to the Eighties - Episode 208

Well, hello 2015! Yes folks, this is the year when Hoverboards and flying cars finally become possible! When Mr Fusion first makes an appearance, and self tying Nikes come about...or maybe not, we'll see. By the end of the year, certainly. We hope.

In the meantime, Phil and Glenn are going to talk about what they got for Christmas, and we're going to read out what you lovely people got as well. As far as we can tell, it's been a bumper year!

There's also an armful of Transformers news, a smidgin of Turtles, a dash of Ghostbusters, and lots of discussion about all manner of things. You know, the usual.

Happy 2015, everyone. It's gonna be a big 'un.

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RCP Episode 228 - Beetleborgs Metallix - Podcast Review

In this edition of the RandomCrap Podcast, we take a look at the opening story arc to Beetleborgs Metallix and sadly the show has not aged well.

For me it was definitely a case of remembering this show with rose tinted spectacles whilst the others just weren't too sure what to make of it.