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Breakdown The Universe

Breakdown The Universe

Breaking down the Universes... all of them... one at a time. Join us as we delve too greedily and too deep into all sorts of Universes, from Star Wars to Monty Python, from Narnia to Christmas classics. There"s something here for everyone (mostly our fellow nerds), and if you don"t care about the main topic, tune in to the Fortnightly Unfiltered Conversation and Knowledge Sessions, recorded Fortnightly (it"s in the name).

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01:13:12

102 Fortnightly Unfiltered Conversation & Knowledge...

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2025/01/30

Yep, we're using the correct spelling of "armour". We belatedly celebrate our 100th episode, go over what we did at Christmas & New Year, detour to Pokemon, go over what we look forward to this year, show our optimism for the new Superman film, and gush for ages about Ted Lasso. We hope you have a wonderful experience, but definitely don't guarantee one.

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00:36:37

101 Monty Python Episode Five - The Life of Brian,...

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2025/01/30

Sorry for the even more delay in episodes, but here we are - talking about The Life of Brian. It would be impossible not to mention the controversy surrounding this film, to the point a Beatle had to create a film studio to save it (George Harrison, we love you). We discuss the fact that Gender Identity was raised in this film, as well as the accidental Messiah, the legend of Pontias Pilate, the foiled final rescue, what satire is supposed to be, the ongoing legacy, and I last dig at co-worker

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01:20:41

100 Fortnightly Unfiltered Conversation & Knowledge...

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2024/12/31

It's our 100th official episode (which we don't mention at all) and we do the normal stuff.It's the Christmas / New Year period, so we go over our plans, we go over our favourite things from the year, we argue which part is the front of the desk, we talk the Star Wars TV show, the end of Sony's Marvel universe, and the future of the MCU. 100 episodes down, who knows how many to go? Anyway, Happy New Year. We can't wait to see what happens in 2025.

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00:17:01

099 The 12 Pods of Christmas Part Deux - Day Twelve,...

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2024/12/24

It's the last Pod of Christmas, and so today we discuss a weird, possibly offensive film about a Santa who has no problem with killing: Violent Night. This movie was better than it had any right to be, and surprisingly has a lot more Christmas spirit than some of the other Pods this year. Enjoy if you're okay with gore and Santa crushing skulls. Also, Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

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00:15:41

098 The 12 Pods of Christmas Part Deux - Day Eleven,...

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2024/12/23

It's the second to last day of Christmas, and we today discuss a fun semi-stoner film, The Night Before. Join Joseph Gorden-Levitt, Seth Rogen and Anthony Mackie on an OTT wacky adventure to party, but also grow up. One more to go...

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01:10:01

097 Fortnightly Unfiltered Conversation and Knowledge...

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2024/12/22

It's the 28th anniversary of our first F.U.C.K.S episode, so we celebrate this non-milestone by doing the usual nonsense. After a brief chat about our lives, we (rightfully) gush about the masterpiece of film-making that is Wicked (seriously, it's amazing), we talk Star Wars... for ages, and then pivot to Marvel... also for ages, before discussing the best TV show of the past 10 years: Taskmaster. Listen and absorb our ridiculousness at your own peril.

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00:17:16

096 The 12 Pods of Christmas Part Deux - Day Ten, aka...

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2024/12/22

We're in the double digits for this year, and on the tenth day of Christmas Blaze (not Henno, sadly) discusses the anime film Tokyo Godfathers. This film is pretty full on, but is also incredibly well done. Even if anime isn't your thing, have a look at giving it a go.

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00:14:29

095 The 12 Pods of Christmas Part Deux - Day Nine,...

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2024/12/21

Here we are at day nine, and on this ninth day of Christmas we watched a proper classic film from 1947, It Happened On 5th Avenue. If you can see past the black and white nature of the film, it is an absolutely charming love story, set across the backdrop of Christmas. It's a wonderful film. If you can find it, give it a go.

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00:33:02

094 Fortnightly Unfiltered Conversation and Knowledge...

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2024/12/20

We're officially in our second year of the podcast, and to celebrate we... talk the same shit a usual.There's the obligatory extended chat about everything Marvel, will we ever see an Avengers v Justice League movie, what's happening with our 12 year old co-worker, has Harry Potter found its Dumbledore, and is Star Wars all about nostalgia these days? Peruse at your own convenience.

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00:35:13

093 Monty Python Episode Four - The Holy Grail, aka...

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2024/12/20

Welcome to the fourth episode of our series on Monty Python, and in this episode we switch from the TV series to the feature films. Today we discuss Monty Python and The Holy Grail. We go over our favourite moments, the best quotes, the genuinely cinematic nature of the production and then, weirdly, a short rant on Airplane / Flying High. If you don't listen to this then we fart in your general direction.

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00:10:16

092 The 12 Pods of Christmas Part Deux - Day Eight,...

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2024/12/18

As we enter the eighth day of Christmas, we decide to watch the sequel to one of our first Pods of Christmas, and put ourselves through Bad Santa 2.Not good, not bad, but entirely unnecessary. Please enjoy.

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00:12:06

091 The 12 Pods of Christmas Part Deux - Day Seven,...

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2024/12/18

Day Seven is here, and we discuss the "classic" Christmas film, A Christmas Story.Not much to say in this one, but the word "classic" has been stretched to its limit here. Finally, something the hosts agree on. Enjoy the episode, but avoid the film. It sucks.

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00:16:11

090 The 12 Pods of Christmas Part Deux - Day Six, aka...

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2024/12/16

It's the sixth day, and instead of swans swimming we've got stoner's smoking, in A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas. This, like the other Harold and Kumar movies, is a pretty weird, yet ultimately repetitive story. It's a bit of fun, but definitely not for the kiddies.

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00:12:58

089 The 12 Pods of Christmas Part Deux - Day Five,...

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2024/12/15

On this, the fifth day of Christmas, we watch a "polarising" film (get it?) - The Polar Express. If you like generic Christmas films, made entirely in motion capture before the technology had been properly refined, resulting in some creepy-arsed, expressionless zombie-children, then this movie is for you.

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00:15:44

088 The 12 Pods of Christmas Part Deux - Day Four,...

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2024/12/14

On the fifth day of Christmas we discuss an absolute classic: Rudolf The Red-Nosed Reindeer. It's the story we all know, but do we remember that most of the characters are assholes? No, neither did we, but that's what we're here to talk about.

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00:14:12

087 The 12 Pods of Christmas Part Deux - Day 3, aka...

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2024/12/13

It's the Third Pod of Christmas, and today we discuss the classic Jim Carey vehicle, How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Full plot, fun facts and some Dr Suess film facts make up this episode. it's a bit of fun. Enjoy.

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00:31:41

086 The 12 Pods of Christmas Part Deux - Day Two, aka...

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2024/12/12

It's the movie we were always going to do. It's Love, Actually. Blaze, totally against. Henno, mostly for. This movie has become an absolute favourite for some, a source of hated for others. But no one can question the fact that it's become a classic Christmas film. Feel free to love, or hate, actually.

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00:19:13

085 The 12 Pods of Christmas Part Deux - Day One, aka...

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2024/12/11

The 12 Pods of Christmas are back for 2024. On day one we watch a new release film, a Netflix film called Hit Frosty. This is an... interesting film, with the... interesting plot line of a snowman brought to life who falls in love with a lonely widow. Yep, it's just as... interesting as you think.

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04:09:16

084 Fortnightly Unfiltered Conversation and Knowledge...

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2024/12/11

So, it turns out we've been doing this for a year, so we bring you a supersized Anniversary Special. In this episode we welcome a very special guest, Internet Personality (I think that's what we settled on) Kittentik, who joined us in the "studio" for a slightly different episode. During a 4 hour live Twitch stream we discussed a multitude of random topics, ranging from Community to Dagwood Dogs. Settle in for this one - it goes places.

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00:31:58

083 Monty Python - Episode Three, Flying Circus...

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2024/12/11

It took us a while but here we have it - the last episode on Monty Pythons Flying Circus. We discuss how bizarre the show became, even while the episodes finally started to have a cohesive story. We also go over John Cleese' departure, the fact that several jokes just went for too long, and there was even more stuff you just couldn't do these days. Please enjoy.

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