Podcast Maximus
52 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsJust some Transformers fans who can't get enough of talking giant robots. Tagged as advisory because although content is generally family-friendly the source material (science fiction war with a death count) does contain more adult concepts. Comics clack is the usual focus but expect a bit of other stuff too.
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Podcast Maximus Episode 50 - Interview with Tom B Long
March 02, 2021 10:50 - 1 hour - 78 MBThe Letterer at the Beginning and at the End In our special 50th episode we interview Tom B Long, former IDW staffer, freelancer, letterer of thousands of comics and appreciator of art and eggs. Join us as we move through the craft and work involved in getting Lost Light #25 fit to read and mull over Tom's personal philosophies on lettering layout and craft, as well as how badge placement is done and the sad state of the comics industry. Guest-starring one hungry cat. Tom's autobiographica...
Podcast Maximus Episode 49 - Introduction to Revisitation
January 08, 2021 16:16 - 58 minutes - 60.2 MBIt was the winter of 2005. We say a sad goodbye to stalwart host and inspiration Marian and limp on with a discussion of Stuart’s new mega-project: Revisitation. He is going to review every issue of the original IDW Transformers comics, starting with Infiltration in the bewilderingly distant past of 2005. Has the pitch of ‘The Ultimates, but Transformers’ aged well? How does this old relaunch compare to any of the several other relaunches we have lived through since? Theme tune is ‘Resusci...
Podcast Maximus Episode 48 - Holiday Special 2020 featuring the Transformer Family survey results
December 29, 2020 12:32 - 2 hours - 124 MBThanks for traveling with me. As 2020 finally falls we spend a little time discussing which Transformers make the best friends, spouses, mentors or enemies. Thanks to a reader survey we have plenty to work with, ranging from naked thirst, heartfelt vulnerability and irreverent daydreams. Big thank you to everyone who filled out our survey and to everyone for watching and supporting over the years. Theme tune is ‘Resuscitation’ by Hazeltron. (CC BY-NC 2.0) Follow us on Twitter: @Podcast...
Podcast Maximus Episode 47
December 01, 2020 22:08 - 2 hours - 132 MBJoin the PodMax crew as they pore over issues 19-24 of the IDW mainline Transformers comic!
Podcast Maximus Episode 44
April 05, 2020 18:56 - 1 hour - 70.7 MBTWO DISTINCT FLAVOURS OF ENERGON POOP - Living in a resource-depleted police state on the brink of political collapse, Marian, Stuart and Tom catch up with IDW's Transformers Galaxies comic.
Podcast Maximus Episode 43
September 24, 2019 20:45 - 1 hour - 77.2 MBPodcast Maximus review the first 12 issue of the new IDW ongoing!
Podcast Maximus Episode 42
August 11, 2019 20:09 - 1 hour - 60 MBPodcast Maximus Episode 42 END OF AN ERA A very special episode that's been 12 months in the making (don't ask). The team got together at the end of 2018 and talked UNICRON and the end of the IDW continuity.
Podcast Maximus Episode 40
November 13, 2018 21:48 - 1 hour - 112 MBLOST LIGHT 25: How to say goodbye and mean it (part 2)
Podcast Maximus Episode 39
November 06, 2018 01:14 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBLOST LIGHT 24: Crucible VI (A Spark Among Embers)
Podcast Maximus Episode 37 (TFNation 2018)
September 02, 2018 18:09 - 1 hour - 63 MBPodcast Maximus talk TFNation 2018
Podcast Maximus Episode 36
August 21, 2018 20:08 - 1 hour - 130 MBLost Light 19-22: an epic 4 issue review!
Podcast Maximus Episode 35
June 24, 2018 14:54 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBThe team look at Lost Light #18: The Everlasting Voices III
Podcast Maximus Episode 34
June 10, 2018 11:24 - 1 hour - 75.5 MBThe team look at Lost Light 16 & 17: The Everlasting Voices 1 & 2
Podcast Maximus Episode 33
May 30, 2018 11:30 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBTRANSFORMERS: REQUIEM OF THE WRECKERS. The beginning and the end.
Podcast Maximus Episode 32 (Nick Roche interview)
May 30, 2018 00:03 - 1 hour - 67.9 MBPodcast Maximus interview Nick Roche, Transformers Wreckers scribe extraordinaire, a few days before the release of his new book, Requiem of the Wreckers.
Podcast Maximus Episode 31
May 22, 2018 12:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBTransformers 2007: Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me. Stuart reunites with Becka as they go back in time to 2007 to bring the rain to the first Michael Bay film, looking at its strengths and weaknesses and asking if it still stands up.
Podcast Maximus Episode 30
April 23, 2018 12:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBTRANSFORMERS: LOST LIGHT 14-15. Foraging For Facts. The team look at the Final Ever Scavengers story and try to spot the forest from the trees as we ask: where do babies come from?
Podcast Maximus Episode 29
April 15, 2018 18:52 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBTRANSFORMERS: LOST LIGHT 13 (Sardines) Parlour games: Marian, Stuart and Tom talk about worst fears, surrealism and everybody who has been inside Roller in their look at Lost Light #13. Also - the Universe is ending and how is everyone going to cope?
Podcast Maximus Episode 28
March 18, 2018 21:11 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBTRANSFORMERS: LOST LIGHT 10-12 (The Plotters' Club) The Pod Max crew go method as we cover the Mutineers' Trilogy whilst turning on each other.
Podcast Maximus Episode 27
March 18, 2018 21:01 - 1 hour - 43.4 MBTRANSFORMERS: LOST LIGHT 7-9 The team look at life after Megatron, and take a trip to Troja Major where we say a final farewell to the departed, make some new friends and run into an old enemy. All whilst asking: isn't it magnificent?
Podcast Maximus Episode 26
December 04, 2017 22:18 - 1 hour - 120 MBTRANSFORMERS 5: THE LAST KNIGHT Knight of the Long Knives. Stuart and special guest Becka look at the cogs within wheels of Michael Bay's latest Transformers film and ask: How many plots does one film need? Spoilers aplenty!
Podcast Maximus Episode 25 (TFNation 2017)
September 24, 2017 17:36 - 1 hour - 44.7 MBPodcast Maximus talk TFNation 2017.
Podcast Maximus Episode 24 (James Roberts interview)
September 08, 2017 17:18 - 53 minutes - 61.6 MBJAMES ROBERTS TFNATION 2017 INTERVIEW Podcast Maximus interview James Roberts, writer of IDW's More than Meets the Eye and Lost Light at the 2017 TFNation convention. Spoiler warnings for Lost Light and More than Meets Eye!
Podcast Maximus Episode 23
June 25, 2017 19:42 - 2 hours - 82.6 MBTRANSFORMERS: LOST LIGHT 1-6 Terrible punning! Pop culture references nobody gets! Rodimus bashing! Predestination, isolationism and Ctrl X + V warfare! It must be a James Roberts book review.
Podcast Maximus Episode 22
April 02, 2017 17:39 - 57 minutes - 19.1 MBTHE TRANSFORMERS 2017 ANNUAL: Podcast Maximus Unfiltered! The team meet in London for the Robots exhibition at the Science Museum and take the opportunity to talk Transformers Annual over dinner. Special guest appearance by Denyer! Perhaps.
Podcast Maximus Episode 21
February 19, 2017 22:25 - 1 hour - 39.1 MBTill All Are One - we talk about Scott and Pitre-Durocher's run on Transformers: TAAO
Podcast Maximus Episode 20
February 12, 2017 22:48 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBTFCON CHICAGO & TFNATION: Podcast Maximus is joined by TFNation to talk TFCon, drapes, and how to say "douchebag" in Japanese.
Podcast Maximus Episode 19
October 27, 2016 08:13 - 1 hour - 47.4 MBCOMICS CATCH-UP: Terome, Mort and Dalek catch each other up on the first TFNation, IDW's Revolution.and Titans Return.
Podcast Maximus Episode 18 (James Roberts interview)
August 27, 2016 17:06 - 1 hour - 53 MBPodcast Maximus interview James Roberts, writer of IDW's More Than Meets The Eye series (and soon Transformers: Lost Light) at the inaugural TFNation convention in 2016.
Podcast Maximus Episode 17
August 16, 2016 21:54 - 1 hour - 36.3 MBTRANSFORMERS: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE #55. Chekhov's Fusion Cannon! A series of decisions is made in a confined space as Stuart, Marian and Tom investigate MTMTE #55.
Podcast Maximus Episode 16
July 03, 2016 21:09 - 39 minutes - 12.1 MBTRANSFORMERS: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE. Podcast Maximus Unfiltered! Hit hard by Brexit, the team meets in the cafe of the Science Museum in London to do some proper strategising and talk about MTMTE #54.
Podcast Maximus Episode 15
June 29, 2016 23:11 - 1 hour - 42.5 MBTRANSFORMERS: SINS OF THE WRECKERS 4 & 5. Netflix and Kill! The crew look at the concluding two issues.
Podcast Maximus Episode 14
June 09, 2016 20:53 - 53 minutes - 35.2 MBMORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: Stuart, Marian and Tom complete a thorough autopsy of a certain Turbofox before the sun sets sifting through Chromedome and Rewind's relationship, Baldrick's poetry and what Rodimus was thinking with that present for Megatron.
Podcast Maximus Episode 13
May 02, 2016 22:59 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBMORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: Terome, Mort and Dalek make their surprise full page arrival to talk about issues 51 and 52, narrowing down the identity of Tarn to the 500,000 most likely candidates and going dreamy-eyed at Drift's smile.
Podcast Maximus Episode 12
April 21, 2016 00:22 - 1 hour - 33.1 MBSINS OF THE WRECKERS: With the series due to kick back off, the Triumvirate reflect on the first three issues and why nobody can quit Prowl.
Podcast Maximus Episode 11
March 13, 2016 22:40 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBMORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: Despite several accidents with a nudge gun and a white hole, issue #50 got released for Terome, Mort and Dalek to chew over and expound on. Nobody touch that thing again, okay? Despite several accidents--
Podcast Maximus Episode 10
March 02, 2016 01:10 - 49 minutes - 25.7 MBHOLIDAY SPECIAL: Dalek and Terome kill Christmas and your childhood as they look back over the first IDW seasonal celebration issue in an episode recorded in January. There are a few audio problems at the beginning.
Podcast Maximus Episode 9
February 27, 2016 14:07 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBMORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: An extended episode in which Terome, Mort and Dalek have a lot to say about the recent Getaway and Skids/DJD flashback story arcs as things Ratchet up towards the event of the 50th issue.
Podcast Maximus Episode 8
February 02, 2016 20:27 - 48 minutes - 23.5 MBCONQUERORS: Mort, Dalek and Terome look at the most recent arc of the comic formerly known as RID to find out if it's still on Track(s), and ask if it's possible to grow a beard during a Blackrock speech.
Podcast Maximus Episode 7
December 18, 2015 20:47 - 1 hour - 32.2 MBSCAVENGERS: Terome and Dalek are joined by Mort as they unpack the complexities of the fan-favourite 'Cons in More Than Meets The Eye #45-46.
Podcast Maximus Episode 6
December 17, 2015 19:51 - 1 hour - 29.8 MBINFILTRATION: Ten years on, how well has the first IDW story arc held up? And more importantly where the hell did those ten years go?
Podcast Maximus Episode 5
October 25, 2015 13:31 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBWINDBLADE: In which Dalek and Terome discuss the first and second Windblade series, and Terome is outed as John Barber in a wig.
Podcast Maximus Episode 4
October 18, 2015 20:28 - 50 minutes - 23.1 MBTOY CHAT: Mixing both hosts and subject up a bit, join Clay and Hound on the other side of the pond as they talk about all things Transformers in the plastic crack dept.
Podcast Maximus Episode 3
October 04, 2015 20:59 - 1 hour - 32.8 MBCHAOS THEORY: Dalek and Terome look back at this initial two-parter by James Roberts, discussing the script, the early timeline of IDW continuity and transitioning from fan writing.
Podcast Maximus Episode 2
September 13, 2015 20:21 - 34 minutes - 18 MBMORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: Dalek and Terome get together with honorary UK-er Hound to give their take on #44 and More Than Meets The Eye in general.
Podcast Maximus Episode 2 - MTMTE #44
September 10, 2015 21:28 - 34 minutes - 18 MBMORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: Stuart and Tom get together with honorary UK-er Hound to give their take on #44 and the IDW More Than Meets The Eye comics in general. Support Podcast Maximus on Ko-Fi