More Than Meets These Guys: A Transformers Podcast

Ed fell during the final fight of the karate regional finals and so Evan has a side episode with the engaging Jessica DiGiovanni, who played Windblade on Transformers Cyberverse. Enjoy a half hour of this extremely charismatic actor being interviewed by an awkward starstruck lunk. She's going places and is thankful for the Transformers fans. https://www.jessicadigiovanni.com https://podcasts.apple...

The Guys are back this week after a Triptofan heavy holiday of the American tradition of food and football. Apparently there's some tall tale about pilgrims and indigenous peoples that has something to do with surviving the winter. Anyways, the guys delve into the oft-maligned episode called The Core where Ed finally gets an episode full of Devestator...er Devastor. I hope he enjoys this roughly a...

We are finishing up that first mini-series, which is UK #8, or US #4 pt 2. Boo is filling in for Ed this week as he's under the weather, but that allows us to venture back into that epic Machine Man comic! But first, what will happen when the Decepticons lead an all out assault to finish the Autobots? Is Spark Plug going to live? Will Mirage be able to be besties with Mirage?? Find out in this epi...

Hey all! This week the guys are tearing into The God Gambit and the extensive legacy of Buzz Dixon. Yeah, the guy who wrote our childhood, THAT Buzz Dixon. Yeah, its an allegory of so many science fiction tales, and its been redone over and over, but for a 22-minute toy commercial, its enjoyable. Oh, and apparently they're mining "energy crystals" that are pure and clear blue. As always, thanks fo...

The Guys are back at it this week after some trials and tribulations involving being aging nerds. They prattle on about TV shows that they kept seeing the same episodes for and then they get into the episode "A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court," an episode that plays more like an old Star Trek episode than a 22-minute toy commercial. It's just ridiculous, but fun. Also, I am proud to get t...

Boo and Evan delve into the UK Issue 7 of the Transformers Marvel run just to see how much PTSD Spark Plug has from the Korean War after the Autobots almost kill him for trying to escape. Wait...the Autobots? Yep, they're kind of awful and have no concept of how organic life works or what walls of fire affects organic life. I guess Jazz never watched The Thing. Oh yeah! There's also Robot Roundup,...

Ed and Evan are tackling that blaster blues and what is that band that Spike, Carly, and Blaster are jamming out to? Dokken? Krokus? Is that Greg Ginn on the guitar? The guys delve into the classic episode, "Blaster Blues," which contains no blues ironically. Hey look, its Omega Supreme and Astrotrain kids. Missed their introduction? So did we! As always, thanks for being there for us and please r...

Ed and Evan return this week to tackle the second part of Desertion of the Dinobots, but they ramble on about stuff old guys ramble on about. Apparently, Carly is extremely adept at fiddling with Transformers and really terrible at faking a limp. There's something really odd about a sad Grimlock and Cybertron has laserdiscs narrated by Ken Burns? Find out in this week's enticing episode of More Th...

Ed and Evan talk a bit of nostalgia about the Satanic Panic and Ed reveals who the real master of the universe is. Then they delve into part 1 of Desertion of the Dinobots. Will the Autobots and Decepticons make it to see another day? Will the Dinobots return? Does Shockwave play with himself when he's alone on Cybertron? I mean...it WAS 4 million years. As always, thanks for being there for us an...

Ed and Evan tackle the often ridiculed and genuinely loved oddball of "City of Steel." Who are they to deny the pure joy of Soundwave, Rumble, and Frenzy muggin Autobots in Giuliani's New York City? The joy that Frenzy feels driving a subway train is palpable, and the nuanced Optimus Prime arm holding a Shoota. As always, thanks for being there for us and please reach out if you like what you hear...

Ed makes his triumphant return after battling his wisdom in his twilight years. Evan presents to Ed one of his guilty pleasure episodes from season 2 with "Auto Berserk." This whole episode if rife with mcguffins, Soundwave flexing his single dad lifestyle, toxic relationships, and Ironhide sounding like a guy trying to hit on a barstool at last call! What a ride! Red Alert shows Starscream that s...

Boo and Evan come back to tackle the web-slinging photographer with..a...mouth. Okay, that almost seems copyright infringey-land, so we'll just say it's a Marvel Team-up with a black suited wacky web slinging hero and a cantankerous old soul as they go on a rescue mission into the heart of Castle Ravenloft/Decepticon and they rescue Sparkie! Who is that you might ask? Wait until you find out! Oh,...

Hey all! Sorry about the week off, but it seems there was an outbreak of old man teeth issues among the guys, so Boo and Evan are back with the 5th issue of the UK Marvel run where we learn all kinds of things, such as William Irving "Spark Plug" Witwicky served in the Korean War, Oregon University had a Star-Bellied Sneetches machine, and Spider Man is playing with the symbiote suit! As always, t...

Evan and Boo jump back into it with UK Marvel issue #4. as the Decepticons have constructed their new base made from the structure of the Harrison Nuclear Power Plant but they launch a full out assault to capture Mtichell...err..Spark Plug to be able convert Earth's power reserves to energon. Optimus Prime faces off against Megatron once again, and they don't need energon weapons! As always, thank...

Are we still doing this? Decepticon Day seemed like a much cooler day than Autobot Day. I mean, there's a rad Megatron cosp[ay! Ed and Evan talk of adult beverages (a little behind the pod look) and the complete garbage that they feed to their dirty nerd souls! What will the Autobots do to stop Megatron? What can they do? They have their fates in the hands of Cosmos! Wait, who? Oh yeah, new charac...

Guess who's back? Back again, Ed is back, tell your friends! The guys reunite after a bit to talk about how this Megatron plan, one might call it a MASTER plan, is finally a really good one! Hey, of course the Decepticons are after the energy, its green energy. This wacky and weird episode feels so close to things that could happen, or REAL WORLD FACTORS creeping into the writing, its almost as if...

Boo of the Axalonunderground.net joins Evan once again to explore the Marvel UK Transformers books! Yeah, it might SEEM like they jumped ahead to issue 3, but the Marvel US book was UK issues 1 and 2. So, only vaguely confusing. In this issue see what Buster and Spark Plug are up to in the middle of the night in the garage! What happened to Jessie and "O"? What happens when you attack a nuclear po...

Evan and Boo of the Axalon Underground take a deep dive into the first issue of the Marvel Transformers comic. Why not now, after the new Skybound treatment is incoming? They go into the genesis of the lore and see what art that original book had. Does Spike come out swinging? Wait, where's Spike? Oh no! From Aunty to Auto Launchers and from Autobots watching TV to going to see a drive-in movie! A...

The guys return to watch Optimus and crew tackle the Master Controller inspired...wait Ed has never seen Tron...uh the Gus Fring looking AI computer Torq 3 and his cadre of machines that look like if Battle Bots was an Atari 2600 game and this was the cartridge art, but you play with what you saw on TV. Pardon the flow of thoughts, but that's what "Day of the Machines" actually comes across as. Wi...

We had a scheduling conflict this past weekend, so the next episode review will come soon, but Boo of the Axalon Underground joins me to talk all about the new Transformers live action movie and there are a basket full of Easter Eggs abound! As always, thanks for being there for us and please reach out if you like what you hear! https://discord.gg/sKr8jwaAvh Check out the YouTube channel! https://...

Ed is back again and the guys chat a bit about the flea market and antique malls of their youth up until the present day. What are those weird finds and what are the hard passes? The guys then jump back into season 2 with the episode "The Insecticon Syndrome." Is this the episode that will break Ed's will? Are the bumpers that bad? As always, thanks for being there for us and please reach out if y...

This week Ed has some personal things to attend to, so the magnificent bastard Zab joins Evan for a lesson on Gundam, and...let me just say, they're using the broad strokes approach and it's still a long episode. Its hard to wrap up 45 years of a franchise in one episode, so these guys don't even try. As always, thanks for being there for us and please reach out if you like what you hear! https://...

Evan, in a trip to Target (not a sponsor, but DMs are open) discovers what can only be described as a bait and switch console in the world of Lego. Why do we think the Atari 2600 was great and why would someone drop 2 and a half Benjamins on a lego set when you can play those games on your phone? Well, if you think that was bleak, the guys get into the season 2 stinker "The Master Builder" and mee...

I had the distinct pleasure of sharing a half hour one afternoon with the amazing David Kaye. As a fan, this is something that I am grateful and honored to be able to have this opportunity. It's great when you get a chance to meet people you admire, but its so much better when you realize that they're fantastic people to boot. Thank you David Kaye, Samatha, and Michelle for this chance. Thank you...

Is this the best episode ever? Well, Ed may have to give you the business about speaking in such absolutes, but Evan thinks it probably is, because the guys are talking about Microbots this week! What's better than shrink rays and drunk Decepticons? Nothing! That's why its the best! As always, thanks for being there for us and please reach out if you like what you hear! https://discord.gg/sKr8jwaA...