Breakdown The Universe

It's been a while, but we're back, and with a new topic - it's Monty Python. We have brief introduction to the 6 main Pythons (and Carol Cleveland) and discuss the concept of Stream of Consciousness comedy with no punchlines, some of our favourite sketches from the first season, the things you definitely couldn't do on TV today, and the impact Monty Python had on comedy. These ones are a bit short...

And we're back after... something, like, kind of a delay, but just... we're back! And we're here to discuss The Office, seasons Eight and Nine. For Season Eight, we discuss the new bosses, the issues Andy has in his new position, how Jim and Pam are "tested", the weird life of Robert California, the introduction of Nelly, the Dwight and Angela saga, the havoc caused by Robert...

F.U.C.K.S Eighteen is finally here, and it can finally buy booze on it's own (in Australia, at least). Straight off the bat, men are the worst (am I right?), we discuss the exciting stuff going on in our lives, Costco shouldn't still be a novelty in Australia, the podcast gets political... sorry America (not sorry), a Gladiator sequel prompts discussion of ancient Rome, we go over this wee...

Get ready for some for some Happy-Sad, because it's Michael's last season. Join us as we discuss Season Seven of The Office. We discuss the fact that Steve Carell probably didn't need to leave, that Andy becomes a main Character, Pam's genius manipulation into a new role, the possible identity of the Scranton Strangler, Michael and Holly's true love story, the long-goodbye to M...

We're starting to fuse episodes together, but here comes the the latest episode of BTU, the focus being Season's Five and Six of the The Office. Season Five is dominated by Michael and Holly's burgeoning relationship, the introduction of Charles Minor (Idris Elba) and the eventual creation of the Michael Scott Paper Company, the introduction of one of the best characters in the series...

He he he, 69. In todays F.U.C.K.S episode - the 17th edition - we start off with the unsurprising declaration that men suck, before moving into the usual stuff: We give love to Taika Waititi, long tunning film franchises, updates on our lives, eclectic musical tastes, a variety of feedback, X-Men movies and their fluctuating quality, more random marvel stuff, The Boys are back, and how good is Kar...

After a few weeks of technical issues, we are back... again. This season is shorter, but by no means lesser - welcome to Season Four of The Office. Today we discuss the good (and the bad) of Toby, the changing of the status quo between Jim and Ryan, the number of relationships (most of them toxic) that are going on at the start of the season, the reasons Michael should be in jail, and the introduc...

In this episode we officially start Seaon Three of The Office. Now we're getting into the meat of it... that's what she said. Topics for discussion today are a 3 Season synopsis, the problematic nature of the series, the changing up of the status quo, the toxic relationships of Dunder Mifflin, the new key characters, how this show compared to other sitcoms, the few times the show got emoti...

Welcome to F.U.C.K.S. Sixteen - these episodes can officialy get their L-Plates. We thought we'd struggle for content, but in this episode we discuss Birthday Brunch, The Acolyte opening up Star Wars lore, which is the worst retcon in The Rise of Skywalker, was it Agatha All Along, short TV seasons (and short episodes) suck, The Boys are back on Amazon, Deadpool and Thunderbolts* have updates,...

It's time for the second episode of our ongoing series on the US version of The Office. Who saw this being the most contentious topic yet? We're in Season 2 and Blaze and Henno do not agree on the quality of this show. But what we do discuss is: Michael is still a bit of a jerk but is starting to become less turdish, Toby isn't a bad guy (but HR sucks everywhere), Jim might not be the...

And we are back! After a brief hiatus we return to talk nonsense about stuff and things! After a brief chat about crying at Guardians of the Galaxy films, we discuss our return to the original release structure for the podcast, the changes going on in our lives, the birthdays just past and soon to be, and we get into too much Star Wars... again (this time ranking the movies, discussing our thought...

And we finally reach the last episode of the Original Trilogy and the Expanded Universe of Star Wars. And we go off the topic while also staying totally on the topic in this one. The discussion points for today (if you can call them that) are: things we might change in the OT, why are the lightsaber blades so thin in Rebels, will the Yuuzhan Vong ever enter join the fray, what should become canon...

Welcome to the latest F.U.C.K.S episode, the fourteenth, in fact. We cover quite a lot in today's episode, including (but not limited to): pub schnitzels, new Lord of The Rings movies, some possible new Marvel content, the dumpster-fire that was Inhumans, and the new Superman costume. We also remember the legendary actor Bernard Hill - vale, King Theoden.

It's the penultimate Star Wars episode (for now) and we are discussing the biggest story in the Expanded Universe - the Invasion of the Yuuzhan Vong. We discuss how Lucasfilm needed to find a limit to Luke Skywalker's powers, how the Yuuzhan Vong changed the entire status quo for the Star Wars Galaxy going forward, and how in turn it influenced the Disney-era films and television shows goi...

Welcome to our new topic, the only really good American adaptation of a British TV series: The Office. Today we discuss the starting point of the series; how the first 6 episodes were not indicative of what was to come, how the writers became actual characters, rounding out the whole cast, Ross and Rachel were on a break and that time Ross was right (I know, it's the wrong show) and how the sh...

Here we are today, to discuss.. well, Star Wars, but we'll use the games as the Framework. We discuss the Knights of The Old Republic, the reason lightsabers became so complicated, how the games relate to everything else, and parts of the games and old canon that might not have been the best. Please enjoy.

It's the Baker's Dozen for Breakdown The Universe, and we discuss... nothing overly important, but this episode is a little bit special. On top of being our thirteenth episode, this is our six month anniversary of doing the podcast (insert celebration noises here). Outside of discussing May the Fourth, The Star Wars Christmas Special, live action Disney, and how much it costs to make your...

Sorry to those who don't know/care about this stuff, but we're gonna have to do it. Welcome to the Expanded Universe. Today we will discuss Hennos' favourite... everything. Sorry Blaze fans, he will be taking a back-seat. We mostly discuss Grand Admiral Thrawn (the OG), the best character that never made her way to canon (Mara Jade, the GOAT), how much Lucasfilm pretended the EU was me...

It's the final episode of the Simpsons and Futurama, and it all comes down to this: three guys talking about cartoons. Ben joins us again today to go over the pros and cons of both series to try to decide which series is best... with interesting results. Ben forces Blaze and Henno to watch the worst episode of either show, and we go over adult animation as a whole. We hope you enjoy.

"I have a bad feeling about this." But not really. In this episode we discuss the third movie in the Original Trilogy, Return of the Jedi. Specifically: Jabba's taste in women, Boba Fett going out like a noob, gratuitous gold bikinis, was Obi Wan a liar, are Ewoks really that cute, is Han Solo really a dick, did the Rebellion kill a bunch of slaves, and can we give The Rise of Skywal...

*Please note due to the presence of a minor in this episode we will temporarily be renaming this our F.U.D.G.E episode* We welcome back Henno's daughter Chelsea to discuss school holidays, Wicked, the latest Taylor Swift album, memorabilia, and the harsh reality of watching Star Wars for the first time 47 years after it's release. We also discuss Blaze's hectic holiday, Deadpool &...

"Do or do not. There is no try" In this episode we discuss the best movie in the entire Star Wars saga (no arguments): The Empire Strikes Back. We discuss the second (but also somehow fifth) movie in the franchise, including the introduction of new important characters, new less-important characters, how to pronounce vehicle names, disturbing sibling activities and the usual gushing abou...

And here we are with the penultimate Simpsons/Futurama episode, today discussing Futurama. We welcome back Ben who wastes no time in slandering Henno (sorry Elizabeth Olsen). Aside from this, we discuss our favourite side characters, how it suffered from Fox's ill-advised cancellation, how TV has changed in general, and of course, some of our favourite quotes.

Well, we were always going to talk about it (officially), but here we are - it's Star Wars Time! Today we discuss the first film in George Lucas' not-totally planned out trilogy, with diversion to discuss The Acolyte, the worst kind of Star Wars fans, brilliant casting, the impact on Hollywood, a diversion to the Sequels and, of course, a long discussion of the plot. Sorry about the length...

It's our (official) 50th Episode! And how do we celebrate? With the same banal nonsense we normally do! Join us for a discussion of random golf, Blaze and Henno travel the country, Hollywood nepotism, and our major topic: trying to give the DC Film universe some love (Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman get the lion's share). In celebration, have a listen and then tell your friends to have a...