AARGH! MY OPTICS!

[DISCUSSION/REVIEW] Couldn't quite fit this all into one show, so here is part 2 of our deep dive into the Spider-verse movies. In this part Orion, Dave and special guest host Galactosh tell you what they really thought of Spider-man: Across the Spider-verse and do their version of a Spider-man movie hit parade! Tangents include, 90's comics, video games and of course... toys.

Credits:

Hosts: Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia

Guest Host: Galactosh

Editing and Production: Orion Ghia

Intro music, stings and TOTP music: Oliver Prime

Outro Music: The Vidiprinter

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[DISCUSSION/REVIEW] So Spider-man: Across the Spider-verse FINALLY came out. So we thought it was about time we FINNALLY get around to talking about Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse and it's sequel, cos we just haven't got the time to wait for the final one! Join Orion and Dave AND returning guest host Galactosh as we talk, Miles Morales, Spider-gwen, Peter B Parker, Spider-Ham etc etc as well how nonsensical Canon Events truly are.

Credits:

Hosts: Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia

Guest Host: Galactosh

Editing and Production: Orion Ghia

Intro music and stings: Oliver Prime

Outro Music: The Vidiprinter

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[DISCUSSION] Way back in episode 16 we made a rod for our back by talking about Transformers Armada, the first in a trio of Transformers franchises that would become known as the Unicron Trilogy. Thus dooming ourselves to talk about the subsequent two parts.... and this is episode covers the much maligned second part of the trilogy... Transformers Energon! We discuss the show, the 'plot' the bad dubbing, the Japanese Superlink show, the terrible pacing, the lazy theme tune, the surprisingly overlooked toys and much much more!

Credits:

Hosts: Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia

Clip of Episode 25 features: Simon Furman

Editing and Production: Orion Ghia

Intro music and stings: Oliver Prime

Outro Music: The Vidiprinter

Clips taken from: Transformers Energon and Transformers Superlink

Links

Transformers Energon episodes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33ww_XWhJ-Q&list=PLDDB6F272B52928F6

Transformers Superlink episodes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvCBKFpf6jM&list=PLPNHgwrrD-gjUCy6_rtUK0dPAkGlP5bfy

The 'missing' episode "Return! Our Scorponok": https://youtu.be/AwbazKWUzjw

TFwiki page on the comic featuring AARGH! MY OPTICS!: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_Energon_(comic)

Our interview with Simon Furman: https://youtu.be/BEEj48ciYM4

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[DISCUSSION] YO JOE! In this episode Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia get together with guest host and friend of the podcast James “Soap Star” Donovan to talk G.I JOE! More specifically G.I. Joe the movie. Expect insane battle cries, itty bitty ditty bags, giant stick insects, men turning into reptiles and much much more! 

Credits:

Hosts: Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia

Special Guest: James "Soap Star" Donovan

Editing and Production: Orion Ghia

Intro music and stings: Oliver Prime

Outro Music: The Vidiprinter

Links

Buzz Dixon Commentary: https://youtu.be/dckdGi-U2sI

Yo Joe! Database https://www.yojoe.com

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[DISCUSSION/INTERVIEW] Hot on the heels of Simon Furman we have yet another 'Conversation with...' podcasts, this time in the guise of TFNation Event Planner and MC David Wallace! Having worked the UK's premier on Transformers convention TFNation since it's inception David chats with us about the convention, it's origin, how he got involved, what we have to look forward to from them this year as well as massive tangents on Hasbro, DC comics, Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, various movies and his toy collecting habits. Frankly we couldn't shut him up!

Seriously thank you David for coming on, it was a blast!

Credits:

Hosts: Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia

Special Guest: David Wallace

Editing and Production: Orion Ghia

Intro music and stings: Oliver Prime

Outro Music: The Vidiprinter

Images borrowed from TFNation Ltd.

Links

TFNation Information and tickets: https://tfnation.com/

David Wallace on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kalelprime

TFNation on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfnationltd

TFNaton YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TeamTFNation

Thew Adams: https://www.youtube.com/ @toygrind 

Chris McFeely: https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisMcFeely

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[DISCUSSION/INTERVIEW] Continuing our new series of 'Conversations with...' podcasts, Orion Ghia sits down with the daddy of Death's Head, the genesis of Jhiaxus, the progenitor of Primus, the mastermind of Marvel UK… the one and only Simon Furman! Arguably one of the most influential creators and certainly the most consistently present and prolific throughout the now almost 40 years of the franchise, Simon chats with Orion about his work on the Transformers comics from the original Marvel run to Dreamwave to IDW... plus his creator owned work like To The Death, the forthcoming Astrobots and much more!

nb. Due to a nasty chest infection Dave was unable to attend the interview... but he is better now so we have a nice chat about Simon's work and the interview afterward.

Credits:

Hosts: Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia

Special Guest: Simon Furman

Editing and Production: Orion Ghia

Intro music and stings: Oliver Prime

Outro Music: The Vidiprinter

Links

Simon Furman Profile: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Simon_Furman

Simon Furman Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonFurman3

To The Death! https://getmycomics.com/ToTheDeath

Astrobots Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0aoNJVZksc

Astrobots Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Astrobot08

Whatnot Publishing Astrobots Solicits: https://whatnotpublishing.shop/blogs/news/transformers-simon-furman-does-astrobots-whatnot-publishing-march-2023-solicits

Bleeding Cool Article on Astrobots: https://bleedingcool.com/comics/transformers-simon-furman-does-astrobots-whatnot-march-2023-solicits/

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[TOTB/DISCUSSION] Happy New Year! In this very special festive episode of AARGH! MY OPTICS! Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia get together IN REAL LIFE and discuss 2022. As part of their second annual Top of the Bots, Dave and Orion run down their favourite 10 action figures of the year, exchanging Christmas presents, share their highlights, Lowlights, disappointments, surprises, regrets and new years resolutions before hitting the pub! Featuring a special guest appearance from Virtual Amy and for the second year running the neighbour's dogs!

Check out Orion and Dave's Instagram profiles for images of their choices:

https://www.instagram.com/orion_ghia/

https://www.instagram.com/virtualdave26/

Credits:

Hosts: Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia

Editing and Production: Orion Ghia

Into Music and Stings: Oliver Prime

Outro Music: The Vidiprinter

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[DISCUSSION/REVIEW] Ho Ho Ho! And welcome to the AARGH! MY OPTICS! Christmas Party! Join Virtual Dave, Orion Ghia and a full complement of guest hosts as they get a bit merry and discuss Transformers Arrival From Cybertron! AKA the cartoon mini-series that kicked off the franchise on TV known by most as More Than Meets The Eye (parts 1-3). We've invited Virtual Amy, Michael Quintesson AND Galactosh back into the studio for a few festive drinks and nibbles while we deconstruct this iconic piece of Transformers Media.

Credits:

Hosts: Virtual Dave, Orion Ghia

Guest Hosts: Virtual Amy, Michael Quintesson and Galactosh

Editing and Production: Orion Ghia

Intro music and stings: Oliver Prime

Outro Music: The Vidiprinter

More than Meets the Eye part 1: https://youtu.be/Y1ujpoDlgRU

More than Meets the Eye part 2: https://youtu.be/NdskAJwHdLw

More than Meets the Eye part 3: https://youtu.be/V6XpDmtizL0

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[DISCUSSION/REVIEW] The topic of episode 22 of AARGH! MY OPTICS! was penciled in for the longest time and was recorded weeks before the tragic passing of Kevin Conroy. Now it serves as our tribute to the definitive on screen Batman. Featuring returning guest co-host Galactosh, our discussion of Batman Mask of the Phantasm covers the all the bases. From legendary voice actors to spolieriffic toys and everything in-between. Thank you Kevin, you were the the best goddamn Batman there ever has or likely will be.

Credits:

Hosts: Virtual Dave, Orion Ghia and Galactosh

Editing and Production: Orion Ghia

Intro music and stings: Oliver Prime

Outro Music: The Vidiprinter

Theme and opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xgDpesd428

Making of Batman Mask of the Phantasm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydv8TS2wids

Tim Curry as the Joker https://youtu.be/mgnbbiENLbQ from Stay Tooned documentary https://youtu.be/OyTiWwJtvw0

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[DISCUSSION] In Episode 21 Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia discuss 2007's Transformers Animated! the often overlooked and underrated Transformers series and toyline that, for those in the know, is now a firm fan favourite. In part two of this bumper podcast we discuss the cancelation, what might have been season 4, the theme tune, the toys and other miscellaneous nonsense!

Credits:

Hosts: Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia

Editing and Production: Orion Ghia

Intro music and stings: Oliver Prime

Outro Music: The Vidiprinter

Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/aarghmyoptics

TFNation 2019 Season 4 "Trial of Megatron" Part 1 https://youtu.be/sDO_0U7Fwcc

US Theme and Into https://youtu.be/8NWqFKHxW4k and outro https://youtu.be/MjbDfAEkCXw

Japanese Theme and Intro https://youtu.be/CXisqAk1VKE and Outro https://youtu.be/WxP0kRHEOoo

Japanese Otoboto segments https://youtu.be/Sd7NewDkgn4

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