CW: Nudity, Sexual Harassment, Rape, Gore, Drinking and Driving, Vic Mignona

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- Troubled Productions

- Motorcycles!

- You Can't Call it Derivative!

- Give Women Rocket Launchers

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- Creepy Stalker Girl

- LoFi Beats to Commune to the Universe To

- The Merch Hall Review Theory

- Criminal Masterminds

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In this episode:

- Death and Destruction!

- Inception

- Kaiju

- Cube McGuffins

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In this episode:

- Betrayal!

- Flashbacks Inside Dream Sequences

- Chats with Bugs

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In this episode:

- A Well-Prepared Dead Guy

- A Totally Normal Kid

- Monev? the Gale??

- Style Shifts

- 4-way Fights on a Cruiseship

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In this episode:

• Bro-timate Reboots
• Speedrunning the Premise
• Backstory!
• CG Anime in 2020
• Getting Older
• Losing Imahori
• Stakes and Blenders

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Reviewing Satoshi Kon's 2023 holiday comedy.

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Transphobia, Homophobia, Alcohol abuse, Homelessness, Suicide, Self-Harm, and Child Abandonment

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In this episode:

• Broadcast Regulations
• Movie Distribution
• The Weirdness of Peak Manga Bubble
• Greatest Hits

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In this episode:

All that jazz

Idealisms

So many montages

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In this episode:

Crashing Down

Worms

Once Upon a Time in Carcasses

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Sailor Moon S Movie: Hearts in Ice, we talk about:

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In this episode:

The Ole Fake Vash Trick

Family Feuds

A Ship That Hasn't Crashed Yet

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Ultraman died for your sins

Bringing a sword to a gunfight

The backstory drop

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90's Spider-Man

Clip Shows: A Necessary "Evil"

Real Estate

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Killer Robots!

The Logistics of Blood Sports!

Whatever Was Going on with that Caravan!

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We discuss fashion, haircuts, lighting, and the Battling Pacifist trope

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We launch our new review series by introducing Justin to one of Scott's favourites from high school. Covering the first 5 episodes, we discuss nifty looking gear, bathos, using sexual harassment for comedy, the role of violence in society, and the Rule of Cool.

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In this episode:

- Side Gigs

- Set Up to Fail

- Reality Television

- But Why Does This Lie Matter?

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- Rough Days

- Running from Authority Figures

- That F*cking Guy

- What if Midjourney Stole Your Beer?

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In this episode:

- VHS History

- "good" vs "rad"

- Too many bad guys

- Running out of steam halfway through and writing polycule fanfic about demon ninja

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In this episode:

- Filler Part 2

- Recasting the Protagonist

- Extended Scenes

- Nudity!

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- International Customs Law

- Murder Edging

- Go. To. Therapy.

- Be My Wingman Anytime

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- Chequing Account Overdrawn at the Bank of Body

- Losing that Loving Feeling

- Closed Captions

- A Server Rack in a Ball Gown

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Before we get rolling on season two we need to discuss an issue related to a word fans use to describe long-running shows. In order to do that we have brought in MAHQ's Chris Guanche ( find more of him at https://bsky.app/profile/cguanche.bsky.social or https://www.youtube.com/@MAHQDotNet/streams) to help out.

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In this episode:

(content warning: stalking)

- Make Mars Great Again

- Dads and Such

- Cautionary Tales

- Is Pot Legal on Mars?

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