The aesthetics & sensibilities of animator Peter Chung are not for everybody, but at heart he's always been pushing the medium to fulfill its potential to the utmost in the diversity of stories it can tell. MTV's experimentation with animation blocks such as Liquid Television in the 90s provided a welcome outlet for his blend of sci-fi allegory and kinky humour courtesy of the sexy secret agent Aeon Flux.
In their hunt for a new futuristic franchise in a post-Matrix world Hollywood took notice of some of that, spying a similar combo of dystopian philosophising and martial arts action without picking up on the sardonic nuance essential to the formula. It's a sadly familiar tale of violated visions, cratered careers and executive dysfunction that'll have you so wound up in our telling you won't know whether to shoot us or kiss us!
18 Sept 2026
Show #11: The Transformers: The Movie (1986) VS Transformers (2007)
With the passing of the years comes also the passing of a legend, as the nigh-on peerless voice actor Peter Cullen departs our mortal realm to join his deceased co-stars in that great recording booth in the sky. Suffice it to say our preplanned podcast celebrating 40 years of the animated cinema outing for the Transformers is tinged with more emotion and poignancy than initially expected!
Nonetheless, we must do our best to set our melancholy aside and soberly survey Michael Bay's first live-action attempt to bring the Autobot-Decepticon conflict to the big screen. Maligned in many quarters for its tone and design philosophy; celebrated in others for its spectacle and the window it afforded into the wider Transformers universe. Can slick Hollywood pizazz measure up to rugged cartoon charm? It's a colossal clash of corporate cynicism in which one shall stand and one shall fall!
19 Jul 2026
Show #10: Alienators: Evolution Continues VS Evolution (2001)
Maudlin, ill-advised attempts to recapture the spirit of Ghostbusters may seem a recent phenomenon, however examination of the pop culture fossil record shows evidence of this practice dating back to at least the turn of the millennium!
An extraterrestrial spin on the premise was the next logical step, even corralling attractive weirdos such as David Duchovny and Julianne Moore, and such was their confidence that a marketing blitz incorporating shampoo promotion and of course an animated spin-off followed close behind.
Could this relative throwback adapt to the harsh environments of the early 2000s, when big film franchises were evolving more sophisticated traits? Magnificent monsters, fart jokes and soft drink spokespersons are examined under the microscope, while a deadly parasitic earworm is mercifully prevented from corrupting our dear listeners.
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