Armchair Producers
210 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago -The weekly ramblings of Travis and George. Nerd-dom, cinophiles and shenanigans.
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Episode 51: The retro episode where we talk about old stuff
October 04, 2019 02:36 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBThis week Travis and George spend far too much time talking about older stuff... older games, older shows, older movies...
Episode 50: Plenty of Time Talking About Nothing
September 16, 2019 10:26 - 1 hour - 87.3 MBThis week George samples the two new 'big' shows on Netflix and Prime Video -- The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, and Carnival Row. Meanwhile, Travis finally got to watch Quentin Tarantino's latest movie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. This episode is brought to you by Vaugn: A Mystery Detective Thriller. Go and show your support for George’s first novel on Kickstarter. https://kickstarter.com/projects/65309794/vaugn-a-mystery-detective-thriller
Episode 49: New Shows and Tarantino
September 04, 2019 22:47 - 1 hour - 87.3 MBThis week George samples the two new 'big' shows on Netflix and Prime Video -- The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, and Carnival Row. Meanwhile, Travis finally got to watch Quentin Tarantino's latest movie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. This episode is brought to you by Vaugn: A Mystery Detective Thriller. Go and show your support for George’s first novel on Kickstarter. https://kickstarter.com/projects/65309794/vaugn-a-mystery-detective-thriller
Episode 48: Two Grumpy Middle-Aged Men
August 22, 2019 12:04 - 1 hour - 73.2 MBGreetings and Salutations! This week, George watched the Netflix special, Invader Zim: Enter The Florpus; he finally watched Spider-Man: Into The Spider-verse on Amazon Prime Video, and has ventured further into The Wheel of Time Saga care of Audible. Meanwhile Travis watched Season 2 of the Netflix show, Mindhunter, and the Dirty Harry movie, The Dead Pool. We also talk about Disney+ officially coming to Australia, the future of Spider-man and the MCU, and The Matrix 4.
Episode 47: GLOW dims slightly, and Wu Assassins mildly satisfies
August 15, 2019 22:27 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBHey folks, This week Travis and George didn’t have a huge amount of time to watch things, but they still cobbled together a show for ya! Travis spoiled himself by getting a wire-free Oculus Rift. He also dove back into the world of Far Cry 5 — or more specifically the Vietnam expansion missions. Next he watched Season 3 of Glow on Netflix. While it started well, he felt it lost a little gusto towards the end. Then Travis (and George slightly) talk about the new album from Slipnot; We Are ...
Episode 46: The Boys, '70's Movies, and NOS4A2
August 07, 2019 22:01 - 1 hour - 87.3 MBThis week Travis went down memory lane, visiting 1970's cinema-land and (in particular) San Francisco. He watched Dirty Harry, and Bullit. Both Trav, and George smashed through Season 1 of The Boys. While Travis really enjoyed it, George found that it was missing emotional gut-punching to pair with the more visceral imagery. George also binged NOS4A2, a supernatural, horror series featuring Zachary Quinto as the near-titular sucker. He's not your usual vampire, and the heroes of this serie...
Episode 45: Finally watching things again!
July 31, 2019 23:32 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBAfter a few weeks of house moving, and finishing a book, Travis and George actually had some time to watch some things. George has binge-watched Season 1 of Another Life on Netflix, he re-watched Alita Battle Angel (now available on physical and digital release), and Hellboy (2019). Meanwhile, Travis has met someone. . . or rather he's met a few someones. . . he's met The Boys (on Amazon Prime), and he's in love. He's also discovered enjoyment in a series called Shtisel, a series from Isr...
Episode 44: Zooming It!
July 24, 2019 03:37 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBThis week Travis does most of the talking as George has been deep into finishing my book. It’s also the first time we’ve done a remote show since G&T Podcast. . . so quiet a while!
Episode 43: Spider-Man: Far From Home Spoilercast
July 13, 2019 10:26 - 1 hour - 90.1 MBIn this new episode Travis and George talk through their thoughts of the latest Spider-Man movie, lament not having more of Jake Gyllenhaal. George talks a little about the new season of Stranger Things on Netflix, as well as two audiobooks, Too Like The Lightning by Ada Palmer, and The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Elsewhere, Travis continues to morph into an alternate reality version of himself as he has found yet another musical he enjoyed, Come from Away. He also lambasts the tr...
Episode 42: Is Travis being that which he so hates?
June 27, 2019 05:03 - 1 hour - 75.3 MBThis week, Travis reviews Toy Story 4, I am Mother on Netflix and the first few hours of The Last of Us on PS4 . . . he remains woefully m’eh! Meanwhile George started watching Hanna on Amazon Prime and is finding its pacing chances from the movie tough to digest.
Episode 41 for real this time: Black Mirror Season 5, recapping thoughts on Good Omens and Godzilla
June 20, 2019 02:55 - 1 hour - 79.8 MBReturning to the normal format, Travis gives his thoughts on Season 5 of Black Mirror and George tried to work out how he felt about the final season of Jessica Jones
Episode 41 ish: Good Omens and the King of Monsters
June 13, 2019 05:54 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBThis week George put a lot of effort into watching something that wasn’t 10, 15 or 20 years old. He watched Good Omens on Amazon Prime and checked out Godzilla 2 at the cinema.
Episode 40: Brightburn . . . or Brightbart?
May 30, 2019 08:47 - 1 hour - 83.4 MBThis week Travis gives his impressions on Brightburn, George has been rewatching the joyfully brilliant Studio Ghibli movies. Travis and George also consider what it could be if DC/Warner made an Elseworlds movie akin to Brightburn, but for Superman... and Clark Kent joined Brightbart, supported Trump and it all went weird.
Episode 39: John Wick and the End of Game of Thrones.
May 23, 2019 01:58 - 1 hour - 76.6 MBThis week George and Travis talk through their thoughts on the new Dark Crystal tv show trailer, Batwoman, John Wick and the end of Game of Thrones.
Episode 38: Chernobyl Pikachu.
May 17, 2019 01:35 - 1 hour - 81 MBTravis and George have kinda fallen in love with the HBO mini-series, Chernobyl. Also, George really enjoyed Detective Pikachu.
Episode 37: The First Part of the show!
May 02, 2019 00:40 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBThis week George is gonna talk about the sequel you never knew you needed… Titanic 2! He also offers his thoughts on Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 3. Meanwhile Travis smashed through season 1 of Black Summer and Roam Empire.
Episode 37.5: Avengers: Endgame Spoilercast
May 02, 2019 00:11 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBThis week we’re gonna be talking through our thoughts on Avengers: Endgame, so if you’ve not seen the movie are are spoiler sensitive, please come back to this episode later.
Episode 36: Star Wars Appeasment and TV Binge Watching
April 18, 2019 02:14 - 1 hour - 83.4 MBIn this week’s show, we talk through our thoughts on Star Wars Episode 9’s teaser trailer. Travis watched a limited release chiller/thriller movie called The Hole in the Ground. He also started watching Black Summer on Netflix — a spin-off show from Z-Nation, but more serious. George meanwhile watched the first episode of Game of Thrones Season 8, smashed through season 2 of Westworld, and began watching True Blood for the first time.
Episode 35: Shazam! Spoilercast and Billie Eilish
April 10, 2019 11:50 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBThis week we talk through our thoughts on the latest DC Comics movie adaptation, Shazam! (can't forget the exclamation mark, can we). We also take a dive into the unusual world of music and Billie Eilish
Episode 34: Loosely based on real life.
April 07, 2019 11:11 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBAs usual, intro and outdo music is graciously supplied by Aurora.
Episode 33: They're Gonna do it, so we might as well do it first!
March 29, 2019 09:18There is still time to support Travis’ World’s Greatest Shave drive! https://secure.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/registrant/FundraisingPage.aspx?fbclid=IwAR2GgI2ICBIe7O_-1y1C8LbTDmQkW4GusNk9m8NEmx-P5ZSBGQx32v6oB0I&RegistrationID=750827 As usual, intro and outdo music is graciously supplied by Aurora.
Pre-Episode 33: New ways to consume!
March 25, 2019 23:49Greetings folks! Just thought we’d let you know that Armchair Producers is now on Soundcloud (regularly and not intermittently) as well as Spotify Podcasts! So whatever OS you use, you can get access to our wonderful content! Also, Episode 33 will be the first attempt from us to stream the show live on Twitch. We are expecting this to be a bit of a cluster-truck, so please bare with us as we learn the platform and strive to improve every week. Thanks so much for your support thus far an...
Episode 32: Netflix's Latest Offerings
March 21, 2019 00:25 - 1 hour - 88.9 MBThere is still time to support Travis’ World’s Greatest Shave drive! https://secure.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/registrant/FundraisingPage.aspx?fbclid=IwAR2GgI2ICBIe7O_-1y1C8LbTDmQkW4GusNk9m8NEmx-P5ZSBGQx32v6oB0I&RegistrationID=750827 As usual, intro and outdo music is graciously supplied by Aurora.
Episode 31: Captain Marvel Spoilercast
March 14, 2019 04:15 - 1 hour - 141 MBPlease support Travis’ World’s Greatest Shave drive! https://secure.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/registrant/FundraisingPage.aspx?fbclid=IwAR2GgI2ICBIe7O_-1y1C8LbTDmQkW4GusNk9m8NEmx-P5ZSBGQx32v6oB0I&RegistrationID=750827
Episode 30: Michael Jackson Documentary
March 06, 2019 11:57 - 1 hour - 140 MBTravis has finally watched Alita: Battle Angel. We talk through some of our music options this week. Then we talk through Travis' early thoughts on the new Michael Jackson documentary.
Episode 29: Star Trek vs The Orville
February 28, 2019 01:19 - 1 hour - 134 MBTravis and George discuss "This Land" by Gary Clark Jr, as well as the new work from Greta Van Fleet and The Struts. Then Travis goes on an impassioned speech about how CBS messed up Star Trek Discovery and how Seth McFarlane got The Orville so right. Finally, George talks through his first 34 hours of BioWare's Anthem.
Episode 28: Anthem, Alita and Vice discussions
February 20, 2019 23:32 - 1 hour - 138 MBWe go through a plethora of Netflix shows we've smashed, as well as Anthem early thoughts, Tetris 99 and Apex Legends.
Episode 27: Russian Doll Syndrome
February 13, 2019 02:59 - 1 hour - 131 MBWherein we discuss our TV, Movie and music comings and goings as only we can.
Episode 26 - Is it possible to separate terrible deeds of artists from their work?
February 06, 2019 06:10 - 1 hour - 134 MBPre and post-show music is graciously provided by Aurora. Please show them support with the following links… https://aurora-acoustic.bandcamp.com https://www.facebook.com/owenandlouiseaurora/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv9g5f18b84bl9MekUhyslA
Episode 25 - Glass Review
January 30, 2019 05:19 - 1 hour - 120 MBThe weekly show from George Terran and Travis Croft where they talk through the movies and TV they've watched, the games they've played and the music they experienced.
Episode 24 - 2018 Retrospective and Ramblings
January 22, 2019 04:07 - 1 hour - 128 MBWe run through the movies, games Tv shows etc... that were memorable for us in 2018.
Episode 23 - The Forgotten Podcast
January 09, 2019 03:23 - 1 hour - 113 MBI forgot to upload an episode we recorded in November... so here it is.
Episode 22 -- Return of the Babble
November 06, 2018 00:44 - 1 hour - 101 MBAfter months off the pod-waves, George and Travis return to discuss what they've been doing, they talk about Venom, Dungeons and Dragons and the early days of Red Dead Redemption 2
Episode 021 - SPOILERCAST FOR AVENGERS
May 02, 2018 11:40 - 1 hour - 115 MBSPOILERCAST - AVENGERS: Infinity War
Episode 20
April 12, 2018 04:06 - 54 minutes - 74.5 MBTravis and George talk the talk and walk the walk.
Episode 019: George goes it alone.
March 25, 2018 10:41 - 45 minutes - 61 MBThis episode of Armchair Producers is brought to you but Fried Brain Productions. Head on over to www.patreon.com/friedbrainproductions to show your support for the show. In this week’s episode George goes it alone while Travis has adventures in the real world. George’s life has been overtaken by The Darkest Dungeon on Nintendo Switch. Then he talks about Jessica Jones Season 2. Finally, he gives his thoughts on the new Infinity War trailer and tries to explain why he doesn’t...
EPISODE 017: IMPROV COMEDY AND MCU MUSIC CHALLENGE
March 12, 2018 11:07 - 1 hour - 77.4 MBWe watch some stuff, George starts doing Improv comedy and Travis challenges George to NAME THAT MOVIE for some randomly chosen MCU music scores.
Episode 016: Black Panther Spoiler-cast
March 05, 2018 23:33 - 1 hour - 89.5 MBTravis and George talk through their thoughts on Black Panther
Episode 015 - The Ritual in many parts
February 18, 2018 07:37 - 1 hour - 89.1 MBTravis and George experience a Tommy Wiseau fan-made trailer for The Joker. George reviews The Ritual from Netflix. Travis reviews Darkest Hour - the Gary Oldman one, not the Emile Hirsch one. They also wonder why people are making Music from and Inspired by albums in the digital streaming/playlist age.
Black Panther Spoiler-cast Update
February 15, 2018 03:50Like, Subscribe and Share if you think its great... or a great torture device!
Episode 014: Trailer Talk
February 13, 2018 21:27 - 1 hour - 137 MB00:00:01 - 00:10:24 -- Intro and Star Trek Discovery 00:10:25 - 00:26:30 -- Cloverfield Paradox 00:26:26 - 00:32:12 -- Bright Sun Films on YouTube 00:32:13 - 00:36:57 -- Schitt's Creek and The Sinner 00:36:58 - 00:39:00 -- Altered Carbon 00:39:01 - 00:41:56 -- Mercenary Kings on Switch 00:41:57 - 00:46:49 -- They Are Billions Trailer Tale 00:46:50 - 00:54:51 -- Mission Impossible: Fallout 00:54:52 - 00:57:55 -- Jurassic World: Lost Kingdom 00:57:56 - 01:07:22 -- Solo: A Star Wars S...
Episode 013: Fever Ray and Black Lightning
February 05, 2018 22:54 - 1 hour - 94.8 MB00:00:00 Pre-amble and housekeeping. 00:08:30 What We've Been Watching and Playing 00:51:09 Mission Music - Fever Ray's Plunge 01:00:00 Challenge Mode. We are betting on Lawn Bowls and the terrible movie is The Ouiji Experiment on Netflix. Follow us on www.facebook facebook.com/groups/friedbrainproductions or on Twitter @eviltrav and @thefriedbrai
Episode 012 - The Greatest Actors of All Time
January 28, 2018 22:35 - 1 hour - 50.1 MB00:00:00 - Pre-show warm-up stuff - 00:02:58 00:02:59 - Intro and Housekeeping --> Greetings --> Facebook.com/groups/friedbrainproductions --> patreon.com/friedbrainproductions - 00:11:22 00:11:23 - What We've Been Watching --> Manhunt: Unibomber 00:17:50 --> Star Trek Discovery and Tarantino Trek 00:28:14 --> The Post 00:37:13 --> Hail, Caesar! 00:43:41 --> Godzilla (Netflix Anime) 00:48:45 --> Black Mirror San Junipero 00:57:20 00:57:21 - Deep Dive Topic: The Greatest Actors of All Time...
Episode 011
January 21, 2018 01:54 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBWe have our first 'proper' show introduction. We talk about Black Mirror and the difference between Science Fiction and Science Fantasy. Dirk Gently; The End of the F***ing World; Battle Chef Brigade; Never Stop Sneaking; State of Decay; Wish I Was Here & Going In Style. Deep Dive topic: Regarding Aldous Harding's Party. Travis reviews The Christmas Prince from Netflix.
The Armchair Producers are on Patreon
January 17, 2018 05:31Greetings Fried Fellows! This is just a quick update that we're going to be active on www.patreon.com starting from next week! There are a bunch of perks for backing us at a different levels, but we want to know what levels you would like to see. Permalink
Episode 010.5: The Second of The Two Parter - The Sequel
January 14, 2018 09:29 - 1 hour - 26 MBIn the second half of our mammoth return, we give our thoughts on Gary Numan's latest Album - Savage.
Episode 010: The Two Parter
January 07, 2018 21:49 - 1 hour - 29.1 MBWe return for the new year with Star Wars thoughts and Predictions for 2018
Friendly Reminder
January 05, 2018 00:39This is gonna be our 2018 look-ahead show with some crazy predictions for the entertainment industry for the best Armchair Produces in the backseat driving biz!
Episode 010 - Delayed
December 20, 2017 04:44Hey folks, Sorry that we've not been able to record and upload the latest episode of Armchair Produces for you yet. Life intervenes from time to time... that and I've been terrible at remembering to organize a recording sessions with The Man, The Myth and the Legend, Travis Croft. Nevertheless we will be recording prior to Christmas and we will have a huge breakdown of our thoughts on what appears to be possibly the move polarizing Star Wars movies of all time.