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Stasis Pod Episode 243: Collect 'Em All

The Corvicon Filch wants to steal all the shiny things Crown City has to offer – no matter how architecturally important they are! It’s Stasis Pod Episode 243: “Collect ‘Em All”!

The Corvicon Filch wants to steal all the shiny things Crown City has to offer — no matter how architecturally important they are! Meanwhile, Russell and Fixit have their hands full with a reality-TV frenemy of Denny’s who’s not above trespassing to get a look at Denny’s collection! Can the Autobots stop Filch before she causes any human casualties? Can Fixit figure out how a television…

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Stasis Pod Episode 241: W.W.O.D.?

Bumblebee knows he’s not the leader Optimus Prime was. Are big, dramatic speeches what he needs to turn his team into a cohesive fighting unit? It’s Stasis Pod Episode 241: “W.W.O.D.?”!

Bumblebee knows he’s not the leader Optimus Prime was, and it feels like his team’s antics are constantly reminding him of that. So as they go on a mission to retrieve a stasis pod that’s been found by a local museum, he asks himself, “What would Sky LynxOptimus Prime do?” Are big, dramatic speeches what he needs to turn his team into a cohesive fighting unit? Is he being too hard on himself? Is…

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Stasis Pod Episode 240: More Than Meets The Eye

Things are getting dull for the less combat-oriented members of the team, so Fixit decides he wants to tag along with the other Autobots! It’s Stasis Pod Episode 240: “More Than Meets The Eye” (the RiD 2015 episode one)!

Things are getting dull for the less combat-oriented members of the team, so while Denny talks Russell into joining the neighborhood kids’ football game, Fixit decides he wants to tag along with the other Autobots! Can Denny help him put together a believable human disguise? How does the bug combiner Chop Shop’s consciousness work? Do all the bugs have their own roles in the heist, like, is one…

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Stasis Pod Episode 239: Trust Exercises

Bumblebee and Grimlock go after the Sharkticon pirate Hammerstrike and Strongarm and Sideswipe track down the unreasonably sexy furry-magnet Steeljaw! It’s Stasis Pod Episode 239: “Trust Exercises”!

The team splits up to investigate double Decepticon sightings: Bumblebee and Grimlock go after the Sharkticon pirate Hammerstrike and Strongarm and Sideswipe track down the unreasonably sexy furry-magnet Steeljaw! But with the team still lacking in teamwork, will these Decepticons get the better of them? Where is Crown City even located that it’s getting Russian oil tankers right off its coast?…

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Stasis Pod Episode 237: Pilot (Part 1)

On patrol with the rookie Strongarm and the apprehended troublemaker Sideswipe, Bumblebee starts seeing visions of Optimus Prime! This week it’s Stasis Pod Episode 237: “Pilot (Part 1)”!

On patrol with the rookie Strongarm and the apprehended troublemaker Sideswipe, Bumblebee starts seeing visions of Optimus Prime — the Optimus Prime who gave his life to reignite the Allspark! And he wants Bumblebee to go to Earth! What new adventure awaits them there? What new human friends await them there? And how is he supposed to get anything done with all these people tagging along? Join us…

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Stasis Pod Episode 236: Introducing Robots in Disguise!

This week we’ve brought in our friends Greg Sepelak and Trent Troop from The Isle of Rangoon to give us a primer on Team Bee and their beastly Con adversaries! Join us for Stasis Pod Episode 236: Introducing Robots in Disguise!

With season 1 of Rescue Bots finished, it’s time to move on to Robots in Disguise! No, not the Car Robots dub. Or the IDW series. No, this Robots in Disguise is the post-Prime animated series with an anthro twist, and this week we’ve brought in our friends Greg Sepelak and Trent Troop from The Isle of Rangoon to give us a primer on Team Bee and their beastly Con adversaries!

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Stasis Pod Episode 235: Go-Go-Go-Bots

Before we shift from Rescue Bots to Robots in Disguise, this week we’re jumping back to Hasbro’s earlier attempt at a preschool Transformers cartoon! It’s Stasis Pod Episode 235: Go-Go-Go-Bots!

Before we shift from Rescue Bots to Robots in Disguise, this week we’re jumping back to Hasbro’s earlier attempt at a preschool Transformers cartoon, 2003’s Go-Bots! It’s time to dust off our VCRs and spend a little time on Earth with Aero-Bot, Speed-Bot, Beast-Bot, and an assortment of other obviously-named robot pals as they help defend humanity against… the egos and hubris of their own kind,…

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Stasis Pod Episode 229: The Haunting of Griffin Rock

Oh no, spooky ghosts are showing up all over town! Who ya gonna call? It’s Stasis Pod Episode 229: “The Haunting of Griffin Rock”!

Oh no, spooky ghosts are showing up all over town! Who ya gonna call? The Rescue Bots! But ghosts aren’t real, right? So who’s responsible for these Scooby Doo shenanigans? How deep will the Ghostbusters references get? And can Cody explain the concept of ghosts to the Bots without actually mentioning dead people? Join us this week for “The Haunting of Griffin Rock”!

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Iacon Underground Patreon Special: The Transformers: The Movie

Everything has been quite a lot for everyone lately, so we’re going into our Patreon archives for a movie we think is comfort food viewing for all of us: The original 1986 The Transformers: The Movie!

Everything has been quite a lot for everyone lately, so we’re going into our Patreon archives for a movie we think is comfort food viewing for all of us: The original 1986 The Transformers: The Movie! We discuss the movie from memory — no rewatching! — and still manage to spend twice the runtime of the movie itself discussing this gem of 80s action animation (which is why it’s a two-part…

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Stasis Pod Episode 210: Under Pressure

The people of Griffin Rock have been making very bad decisions for a very long time, as we discover when the island suddenly develops a bad lava problem thanks to an old man-made volcano! What the hell!? It’s Stasis Pod Episode 210: “Under Pressure”!

It turns out the people of Griffin Rock have been making very bad decisions for a very long time, as we discover when the island suddenly develops a bad lava problem thanks to an old man-made volcano! What the hell, people!? Can the Burns family get along with their new robot friends for long enough to save everyone from horrible, horrible deaths? Isn’t this an awful lot of mortal peril for…

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Stasis Pod Episode 209: Family of Heroes

This week we return to a higher quality of programming with the first episode of Transformers: Rescue Bots! It’s Stasis Pod Episode 209: “Family of Heroes”!

This week we return to a higher quality of programming with the first episode of Transformers: Rescue Bots! When a ship of non-combatant “Rescue Bots” answers Prime’s call and arrives on Earth, they’re assigned to work with a human rescue team that’s also a family! Can they adapt to life on this strange new world? How dangerous can Griffin Rock possibly be? And what connection does this show have…

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Im trying to not read this in Skeletor voice. It's not working. Nyeh-heh-heh.

I know Black Mask can genuinely be an intimidating villain (which I hope he is for the Birds of Prey movie) but the #1 version of him that I’ll always love is him in Under the Red Hood when he just has one banger line of dialogue after another. Also his beady little eyes are so fricken funny.

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the way he interacts with everyone is gold

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“Destroy him now!”

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Stasis Pod Episode 207: Transformers Prime Wrap-Up

After three seasons and a movie, we’ve reached the end of Transformers Prime. Who were our favorite characters? And what had we forgotten about since the show first aired? It’s Stasis Pod Episode 207: Our Transformers Prime Wrap-Up!

After three seasons and a movie, we’ve reached the end of Transformers Prime. Who were our favorite characters? What had we forgotten about since the show first aired? And will we ever see a main-line Transformers series go quite so dark? Join us this week as we share some final thoughts on the series!

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It's always Caturday at the HOUSE.

Hausu (1977) Dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi

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I love watching disaster movies.

Tumblr only has a few hours left to live.

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It's good to know the (sorta) father of SG Transformers approves of Gridman and tributes to it's SSSS greatness.

Check out @Mach_Dent’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/Mach_Dent/status/1058200546522341376?s=09