Breakdown The Universe

In our unofficial 50th episode we discuss the second part of The Return of The King and the end of The Lord of The Rings. We discuss the final destruction of the Ring, the immediate aftermath of the war and the many, many endings of the book (The Scouring of The Shire, I'm looking at you). Please enjoy.

And we are back! We finally get Ben back in the room to record content that some would describe as "on the internet". Starting with a brief discussion on Morbius and Madame Web, we delve into our favourite side characters, the dark days of relying on VHS, where did it start to go wrong, what are our least favourite episodes, plus some foreshadowing for the final episode in this series. Enjoy.

In this, a special edition of the podcast, we discuss the most popular fake brands of potato chips in Hollywood; Let's Chips From Gilmore Girls to New Girl, from Supernatural to Community, we dive into the shared universe of a random prop that appears in over 30 TV shows. Totally worth your time. Enjoy.

So, in this episode we cover a fairly large amount of stuff. Nothing too serious, but it's outlined below: New TV shows we've watched, what's up with our names, results of the poll, what should Henry Cavill do at Marvel (take two), immortality, the dead DC movie Universe, the Fantastic Beasts series, who should play Wolverine, X-Men and their future, plus other ramblings. You might lik...

And in today's episode, we get to the last book of The Lord of The Rings and discuss the first part of The Return of The King. We discuss a number of potentially confusing plot points; from cursed ghosts to forests full of stone-age men, from frightened pirates to dead Ringwraiths, this one has all of it. We're close to the end of this series, so enjoy before we move on to the next topic.

Yo homes, we're here to discuss Futurama again. We start this episode in quite a serious discussion, but as usual, it turns into a massive quote-fest. We go through our favourite episodes, and some of our favourite storylines that impact the entire series going forward. Have a listen, and judge us as you will.

"By rights we shouldn't even be here!" Today we discuss the Two Towers - Part Two, the slowest part of the series. But hey, it' still pretty good. We discuss the differences between the film and the books (as usual), plus bits in the movies that shouldn't be there, why Andy Serkis deserved an Oscar, the last Ring-Bearer, frustrated biscuit crushing and giant spiders. Peace ou...

Welcome to the 9th F.U.C.K.S episode, or to use the highly imaginative Fast and Furious nomenclature, "F9". Today we discuss a potential Battle of the Bens, stupid bets, Madame Web and Morbius, and random thoughts on Star Wars, Watchmen and Avatar. We also announce our third listener Poll, so feel free to get involved and pick as many as you feel - we need new topics! Enjoy.

And so it is that we reach Part One of The Two Towers, and in this episode we talk a lot more about the movies than the book. We shower the cast of the movie with praise, we discuss the new additions to the storyline - Rohan and the Ents - and we move into what would now be considered the "Epic" part of the story. Plus, multiple stories of how Viggo Mortenson risking his body (and his li...

Here we are at our third episode on The Simpsons and Futurama, and today we discuss The Simpsons specifically. This episode starts with a discussion of side characters, special guests and favourite episodes, but as usual we end up quoting the best parts of the series. Ben joins us again (yes, on the shit microphone. Sorry Ben) but we are moving toward an end point for this series... even if we don...

Today we finish the Fellowship of The Ring (and technically start The Two Towers) and discuss all of the elements that start the "epic" nature of The Lord of The Rings. Shocking deaths, betrayals in the Fellowship, Wizard-Vs-Demon battles and Fell-Beasts going out like punks; we discuss it all, as well as the more tedious stuff like Elven family trees, location breakdowns and teases of t...

Welcome to F.U.C.K.S Eight, or better yet, F8 Of The Universe! A lot of rambling today, as we start with a review of Blaze's Anniversary Twitch Stream, updates on living situations, Henno's film reviews, a Madame Web update, what's up with Henry Cavill, multiple Marvel announcements, and our hope for James Gunn's DC Universe. Enjoy if you will, or just pop us on in the background i...

And in today's episode, we move on to the first book in The Lord of The Rings - The Fellowship of The Ring, Part One. We discuss Tolkien's decision to lean completely into his own mythology to create a far more elaborate sequel to The Hobbit than anyone had ever anticipated. Included in today's discussion are: the far more extended timeline compared to the movies, the omission of Tom B...

And here we have the second episode of our series on The Simpsons and Futurama - today's episode focusing specifically on Futurama. We welcome back Ben to discuss the companion series to The Simpsons, and discuss the origins if the series, and how it might possibly be the more emotional series of the two - Seymour and the Seven-Leafed Clover as proof. Enjoy, at your own peril.

"In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit..." And so begins our new latest topic - The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings. In the first episode we discuss The Hobbit and the origins of both Middle-Earth and the critically acclaimed book series. We also discuss how unnecessary it was to make three movies out of a 310 page book. Listen as we discuss the convenience of Eagles and the cons...

Here it is: F.U.C.K.S 7, just as imaginative (if not more so) than those car movies. So much to discuss today: The rental market, Big Long Drives, anniversaries for not-good movies, stupid pub crawls, Sonic The Big-Toothed Abomination and extended Twitch streams. Please enjoy, and if you're free from 15/02/24 till 18/02/24, feel free to tune in to Blaze's Twitch Anniversary Stream at the f...

It's our final episode on the Chronicles of Narnia, and in this episode we discuss the last battle in... well, The Last Battle. We go over the confusing end of Narnia and the conclusion of the 7 book series, paying specific attention to the the somewhat brutal attitude of multiple characters, the alarming fate of almost every main character in the whole series, and, of course, the awful treatm...

We asked you. You voted. So now we're talking about it: The Simpsons and Futurama. In this episode we welcome back friend of the show, Ben, to discuss The Simpsons, it's origins and some of the interesting facts surrounding the "Golden Age" of the show. Be prepared for quotes, impressions and a slight divergence regarding television censorship. Enjoy.

Grab a Coffee, Tea or Secret Scotch, because we're almost there. Welcome to the second to last episode of the series, about the second to last book about Narnia to be published, but also the first book in the series chronologically... confused? Fair enough, but here we are at The Magician's Nephew. We discuss the origins of Narnia and the White Witch, the fact that Polly might be the first...

Welcome to F.U.C.K.S Six, our Fortnightly ramblings to try and keep us somewhat topical. This episode we welcome Ben who will be joining us for our Simpsons/Futurama episodes and who sat in to help us talk nonsense. Amongst the nonsense we discuss Pub Trivia, too many Hobbit movies, will Madame Web not be terrible, Henno vs The Oscars, Blaze's escapades in playing not-Pokemon, and the random H...

And here we go, the book neither Blaze or Henno was looking forward to - The Horse and His Boy Join us for a brief discussion about the fifth book in the Chronicles of Narnia, the filler book that serves almost no purpose in the overall storyline of the series. Grab a drink (perhaps a hot beverage or a sneaky spirit) and have a listen, if you feel like it.

Welcome to our breakdown of The Silver Chair - won't you come with me to place in a little town; the only way to get there is to go straight down (sorry, it had to be done). We discuss the author's ongoing disdain for women, the continuing Christian allegories, and the most depressive character in the whole series - Puddleglum. Grab your beverage of choice and settle in.

Aloha and welcome to the the fifth installment of our Fortnightly Unfiltered Conversation and... ugh, welcome to F.U.C.K.S. Five! There's a lot to unpack in this one: we discuss the future of the podcast, our mutual love of musicals, our "Family Friendly" project, Blaze's deception of Henno, and Henno disassociates himself from his favourite fandom. The Competition is still live;...

Ahoy there? Welcome to the third episode of our series on The Chronicles of Narnia, specifically The Voyage of The Dawn Treader. Couple of things: the audio is a little glitchy (sorry), and this was our second attempt in one day to record this episode (sorry again). But we go through the limited character growth of the returning characters, the actual growth of the new main character, and we compa...

Here we are, the second episode of our series on The Chronicles of Narnia - discussing the book (and film) Prince Caspian. We discuss the major changes from the book to the film, we question some of the casting choices for the film, and we discuss the continuing influence of religion on the series. Go and get yourself a beverage, sit down somewhere quiet and have a Coffee, Tea or Hidden Whiskey an...