Ultra Podcast Z 187 (The Rings of Power vs. House of The Dragon w/ Badman) Dragons, Elves, & More!11/11/2022 Live Broadcast:
November 8, 2022 6:00 PM PDT Hosts: Manuel Badman Description: Ultra Podcast Z is finally over the convention stuff that took us by surprise the last few weeks and we came back after the spoopy season to come back around for our second take on the recent fantasy TV shows that debuted this year: "Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power" and "House of The Dragon". Both are prequel series and we had a LOT to say about them before and just as much to say about them now that they have both wrapped. It's kind of clear which one we preferred, but we tried to take our critique of "Rings of Power" in totally different directions than most people online have. You can't really fight it that one of the shows was far more put together than the other, no matter if one of them started filming during the 2020 lockdowns. Anyhow, there are a lot of hot takes and a LOT of spoilers throughout but check it out and maybe we'll do this again next year when the second season drops but maybe with a bit more form to the episode itself. Also, we are nearing A-to-J's anniversary, and the end of the year, so keep watchin to see us wrap up 2022. Will Nyaru will return? We shall see! As always, take care of yourselves and each other in these trying times and stay healthy and safe! If you want to watch Ultra Podcast Z live then check out our twitch channel: twitch.tv/atojplays We are live every Tuesday at 6 PM PST! Ultra Podcast Z 182 (Nonsense w/ Badman) Nintendo Direct, House of The Dragon, Rings of Power, More!9/16/2022 Live Broadcast:
September 13, 2022 6:00 PM PDT Hosts: Manuel Badman Description: Ultra Podcast Z had an accidentally long break with both JD and co-host issues causing us to skip about three weeks of shows. We return however with the topic we planned to cover the week before: New fantasy TV in the form of "Rings of Power" and "House of The Dragon", continuations of the "Lord of The Rings" and "Game of Thrones" franchises respectively. During our break a Nintendo Direct was announced and took place the morning before the show so we also covered some bits of that before really diving into things. We didn't really cover all the fantasy stuff we probably intended too since we got some of the hotter takes out of our system before we went live, mainly so we wouldn't add to some nonsense already circling around these new shows. With that said, we had our critiques but they were far more than the "why did they cast THEM!" that you have probably heard in other takedowns of the show. Spoiler Alert: We weren't that harsh on them and we couldn't help but point out that we're comparing them mainly due to the timing of their launch and overall genre, but there really isn't much that you can compare here in general. Also, towards the end of the show we talked about our upcoming appearance at Pacific Media Expo and we wanted to point out that it is taking place at the San Gabriel SHERATON, not the Hilton. You can check out that convention's website below. Also, we missed the UPZ fifth anniversary, so maybe we'll cover that next week. We shall see... As always, take care of yourselves and each other in these trying times and stay healthy and safe! If you want to watch Ultra Podcast Z live then check out our twitch channel: twitch.tv/atojplays We are live every Tuesday at 6 PM PST! Ultra Podcast Z 179 (SDCC News w/ Badman) The Rings of Power, MCU Phase 6, Eighth Anniversary, More!7/29/2022 Live Broadcast:
July 26, 2022 6:00 PM PDT Hosts: Manuel Badman Description: Ultra Podcast Z returns from its recent one week break (where we actually had NO streams) and we were joined by Badman again as Nyaru sat this one out for reasons we teased live but we definitely aren't going to get into in-depth. We were supposed to talk all sorts of news and stuff that came out at SDCC and this basically became a "Rings of Power" and MCU discussion as that is what we spent most of the show talking about. We talked about recent stuff we've watched on streaming, and briefly covered A-to-J's eighth anniversary towards the end, but that was the big (accidental) focus of the show. It was fun stopping everything to check how long it took Frodo to get to Mount Doom and to rant almost non-stop about how MCU is missing opportunities left and right to bring Warlock into things, but maybe we're in a minority there. This was a bit of a hastily put together show as it was originally going to be ALL anniversary talk with Nyaru and guest, so maybe we'll just have to save that episode for November when we have our REAL anniversary. Yeah, we have two anniversaries because nothing at A-to-J can ever be simple. As always, take care of yourselves and each other in these trying times and stay healthy and safe! If you want to watch Ultra Podcast Z live then check out our twitch channel: twitch.tv/atojplays We are live every Tuesday at 6 PM PST! Ultra Podcast Z 163 (Fantasy February w/ Badman) RPGs, Game of Thrones, Rings of Power, Books, More!2/27/2022 Live Broadcast:
February 22, 2022 6:00 PM PST Hosts: Manuel Badman Description: Ultra Podcast Z is closing out February with a topic that we'd been tossing around for a few months now: Fantasy Media. This turned out to be a much bigger topic than we anticipated and Badman stepped in last minute to fill in for an AWOL Nyaru. Our "What Are We (Blank)ing" was supposed to be a stand-apart topic but we ended up talking TTRPGs and we just ran with it from there! We talked a lot about TV shows, namely Amazon's recent "Wheel of Time" adaptation and their upcoming "Rings of Power" show, the latter of which we discussed last week too but we made sure to update a bunch of things we were a little unsure of last time. We of course had to talk "Game of Thrones" too as it had one of the most controversial endings ever and boy did we have thoughts on this one! We wrapped this one up with a talk about Fantasy novels and it was here that both JD really took over and where we learned that Badman pretty much never reads! Type "S" in the comments for Badman to read one book! Anyway there was a lot of recommendations on this one so be sure to let us know if you end up checking any of them out and what some of your recommendations are. We didn't even talk video games here! We'll definitely be tackling this topic again... As always, take care of yourselves and each other in these trying times and stay healthy and safe! If you want to watch Ultra Podcast Z live then check out our twitch channel: twitch.tv/atojplays We are live every Tuesday at 6 PM PST! Ultra Podcast Z 162 (The Big Game w/ Dr. Wes) NFTs & The Metaverse, Rings of Power, Gaming, More!2/18/2022 Live Broadcast:
February 15, 2022 6:00 PM PST Hosts: Manuel Dr. Wes Description: Ultra Podcast Z is back after the "Big Game" with a big episode! Well, it would've been bigger but Nyaru decided this was a good week to kill her voice on Valentine's Day but we continued on with a last minute fill-in with Weston. This was probably for the best as he was really keen on the topics that we were going to cover even if he didn't use video per usual. Speaking of Weston, we had a misspelling on his name during the stream as "WestlySaxon" forgetting the "e" in the first part. Oops. There's also some minor audio issues but we fixed them where we could but this was a fun episode otherwise as we used the idea of the "Big Game" (damn that trademark lol) to talk about some tangentially related topics like NFTs, Facebook's Metaverse, and the upcoming Lord of The Rings show "Rings of Power". We also covered a lot about the Nintendo Direct that took place right after last week's episode and talked a bit about Valentine's Day and the game itself. Good times considering all the last minute issues we had with this episode. Let us know your thoughts on some of the topics we covered here and keep an eye out for some of our upcoming episodes since we have a lot of fun stuff planned in the future. Also, let's keep an eye out and hope that Nyaru doesn't cancel anymore and that we return to a more regular two-host schedule as the year is now in full swing for all of us. Maybe we'll advertise on next year's "Big Game"... Oh, and at one point we mentioned an older Valentine's Day episode of UPZ and it unfortunately turns out that that episode is one of the many "lost" episodes from our early days. RIP. As always, take care of yourselves and each other in these trying times and stay healthy and safe! If you want to watch Ultra Podcast Z live then check out our twitch channel: twitch.tv/atojplays We are live every Tuesday at 6 PM PST! |
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