The Getting Off Topic Podcast

21/06/2022

GOT #51 - "Stay Away From Froyo!"

It's an extra large serving of Getting Off Topic this week! Todd survives COVID to rejoice over a ton of gaming news. Tony gives Top Gun: Maverick two thumbs up and goes back to his bad boyfriend, The Predator. Meg worries about The Munsters movie and gives a Sleepy Hollow reboot a hard pass. Plus, Vader gets his groove back, Netflix doubles down on animation, and Beavis and Butt-Head ride again! (Minor spoilers for Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 5)

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01/06/2022

GOT #50 - "80s Fantasy Doesn't Play Around"

The gang gets excited over all the announcements from Star Wars Celebration 2022! The Mandalorian, The Bad Batch, WILLOW and more! Plus, Obi-Wan Kenobi premieres, Netflix announces a Horizon: Zero Dawn series, and Married... with Children attempts a comeback. All this and more on the latest Getting Off Topic!

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10/05/2022

GOT #49 - "Questionable Bacon"

We're back with a loaded Getting Off Topic Podcast! Todd and Tony break down the many styles of Trek with the season finale of Picard and the series premiere of Strange New Worlds! The gang also shares their final thoughts on Moon Knight, celebrates Natalie Portman's debut as The Mighty Thor, and nominates Tig Notaro as the new Flash! All this and more on our Mother's Day edition of Getting Off Topic!

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10/05/2022

GOT #49 - "Questionable Bacon"

We're back with a loaded Getting Off Topic Podcast! Todd and Tony break down the many styles of Trek with the season finale of Picard and the series premiere of Strange New Worlds! The gang also shares their final thoughts on Moon Knight, celebrates Natalie Portman's debut as The Mighty Thor, and nominates Tig Notaro as the new Flash! All this and more on our Mother's Day edition of Getting Off Topic!

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We're back with a loaded Getting Off Topic Podcast! Todd and Tony break down the many styles of Trek with the season finale of Picard and the series premiere of Strange New Worlds! The gang also shares their final thoughts on Moon Knight, celebrates Natalie Portman's debut as The Mighty Thor, and no...

04/04/2022

GOT #48 - "Jennifer Tilly Will Beat You At Poker"

The gang is both wowed and confused by Moon Knight, Andrew discovers the joy of Tucker & Dale vs Evil, Meg & Tony continue their Scream-athon, and Todd is in Star Trek heaven with season 2 of Picard! Plus, multiverses and horror franchises dominate the headlines. And a stop-motion master and the Muppet maestro himself return to screens. All this and more on this week’s Getting Off Topic!

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23/03/2022

GOT #47 - "Rob, The Family Friendly Zombie"

The gang returns after a month off to talk all the latest headlines! The Batman is killing it in theaters while HBO plans a Penguin series. Amazon buys MGM Studios and Tony wants to see a RoboCop show. Plus, Star Trek gets a new Kirk, The Mandalorian gets a Doc Brown, and Mike Myers (NOT Michael Myers) returns in the most Mike Myers way possible with The Pentaverate! All this and more on this week's Getting Off Topic!

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22/02/2022

GOT #46 - "STOP BLOWING UP THE ENTERPRISE!"

The gang gets all kinds of excited over the Peacemaker finale, some epic movie trailers, and the return of Star Trek on the big screen! Plus, FUTURAMA LIVES AGAIN (this time at Hulu), and Amazon casts an awesome lead for their Fallout show! Meanwhile, Netflix signals the end of Stranger Things, says goodbye to Marvel's Defenders, and hello to a Bioshock movie! All this and a bunch of nonsense on this week's Getting Off Topic!

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08/02/2022

GOT #45 - "Nobody Puts Boba In The Corner"

Todd, Tony, Meg and Andrew are back with the latest nerdy headlines! Fantasy vibes are in the air, as the gang celebrates a successful D&D kickoff and embraces the insanity of Centaurworld. The nostalgia train keeps chugging along with updates from Hocus Pocus 2, That 90's Show, another Scream sequel, and more. Plus, Valve's Steam Deck is a hit with developers, the Halo TV show is already stirring controversy (because of course it is), and The Book of Boba Fett can't decide whose story they're telling. Join the fun and nonsense on this week's Getting Off Topic!

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26/01/2022

GOT #44 - "Fantasy Math"

Todd, Meg, and Tony gear up to give D&D another shot, Microsoft becomes the all-powerful Disney of gaming, and Oscar Isaac stuns in an epic Moon Knight trailer! The gang also gets excited for animation with the return of Matt Groening's Disenchantment and the soon-to-premiere The Cuphead Show! Plus, a Weird Al biopic, Amazon's Lord of the Rings show, and --of all things-- the return of FINAL DESTINATION?! Find out what the deal is on this week's Getting Off Topic! (Watch out for those logging trucks, kids)

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17/01/2022

GOT #43 - "Funyuns and Mountain Dew"

Todd, Tony and Meg reminisce about Bob Saget, yawn through revisiting the Matrix, and get excited for a Fallout TV show (yes, it's actually happening)! Plus, The Boys gets a season 3 premiere date, Scott Pilgrim gets an animated series, and Mike Judge returns to destroy our brain cells with a middle-aged Beavis and Butthead. All this and more on this week's Getting Off Topic!

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05/01/2022

GOT #42 - "Thank You For Being A Friend"

Todd, Tony and Meg catch up after the holidays and bid a fond farewell to Betty White. Also, 90s sports movie talk, the return of Marvel's Kingpin and Daredevil, celebrities doing good for charity, and more!

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15/12/2021

GOT #41 - "Robotnik Stache"

The gang returns after an extra week off with a flurry of news from The Game Awards! Announcements and trailers aplenty including Alan Wake 2, Star Wars Eclipse, the return of Telltale and more! We also mourn the absurdly swift cancelation of Cowboy Bebop, celebrate the return of a Marvel favorite, and wonder what the hell is going on with Disney's overpriced Star Wars hotel. And last but not least, Dave Grohl unsurprisingly continues to make the world a better place, doing whatever cool thing he feels like in the moment.

See you Space Cowboy...

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24/11/2021

GOT #40 - "DadFlix"

The gang enjoys the first episodes of Netflix's Cowboy Bebop (sorry haters)! Arcane may be Todd's surprise favorite show of the year, and Meg & Tony finally get their Star Wars kicks at Disneyland's Galaxy's Edge! Also, Tom Holland ponders how long he has left as Spider-Man, meanwhile Henry Cavill declares he'll be Witchering for many years to come. Paramount teases new specials for South Park and Reno 911, but angers international Star Trek fans over streaming rights. Plus, the surprise return of everything from Stargate to the Predator (YES, ANOTHER PREDATOR MOVIE). All this and more on this week's Getting Off Topic!

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09/11/2021

GOT #39 - "Ranch and Beer"

Todd and Tony ramble on about some cool new TV & movie trailers, pet mishaps, top-of-the-line dual decks, and possibly the worst movie ever.

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26/10/2021

GOT #38 - "W***y Wonkaing It Up"

It's a full house this week with Todd, Tony, Meg and Andrew! The gang is hyped for indie gaming as Turbo Kid finds Kickstarter success, and Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone teases Haunted Chocolatier! Meg and Tony sigh through Halloween Kills, and Todd and Andrew gush over Dune. Plus, Will Poulter joins the Marvel Universe, Anakin "I HATE SAND" Skywalker returns, and Rob Zombie surprises us with another sneak peek from the Munsters movie. All this and more on this week's Getting Off Topic Podcast!

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13/10/2021

GOT #37 - "HELLO WISCONSIN!"

Halloween decorations are up, Tony and Meg are on the hunt for the new OLED Nintendo Switch, and Todd demands roundhouse kicks from the Walker reboot! The gang also gets tentatively excited for the return of Red & Kitty Forman, Hulu's Hellraiser remake takes a bold new direction, and our beloved Mr. Bean returns to the big screen! All this and more on this week's Getting Off Topic! (Part of your balanced podcast diet)

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28/09/2021

GOT #36 - "This Ain't No Game"

The gang gets excited for a massive amount of news in the wake of last week's Nintendo Direct and Netflix's TUDUM event. A new Mario Bros movie is actually happening, Cowboy Bebop gets a glorious opening credits reveal, and elder millennials are getting even more 80s classic reboots that NO ONE ASKED FOR. Plus, the CW's original Superman returns to action alongside BRENDON FRASER, a couple geek icons celebrate their 70th birthdays, and The Orville is finally, FINALLY, set to return to our screens! ...Also, there's a potential massive union strike on the horizon that may shutdown all film and television production across the country, so take all this tentative news with a big grain of salt.

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25/09/2021

SEE YOU SPACE COWBOY...

It’s time to blow this scene. Who’s in? Cowboy Bebop arrives Nov. 19.COWBOY BEBOP is an action-packed space Western about three bounty hunters, aka “cowboys,...

14/09/2021

GOT #35 - "Return of the Cyber Goth Ninja"

Grab your patent leather long coats kids, because we're plugging back into the Matrix! The Matrix Resurrections trailer is out and we're pondering what the immortal Keanu has in store for us this time. Also, Sony's PlayStation showcase brings a ton of gaming news, including a Knights of the Old Republic remake, Spider-Man 2, God of War Ragnarok and more! Then it's off to TV & movie news with heartbreaking cancellations, epic movie car auctions, fun times with the Muppets, and Teddy Ruxpin: MURDER BEAR. All this and more on a Super Deluxe Burrito Supreme-sized Getting Off Topic!

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31/08/2021

GOT #34 - "3, 2, 1, Let's Jam!"

The gang gathers for a TON of movie headlines thanks to last week's CinemaCon in Vegas: The Matrix Resurrections, Jurassic World, Dune, MI7 and more! How will Tom Cruise try to end himself on camera this time?? Plus, our glorious first looks at COWBOY BEBOP and SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME! And everything old is new again as we witness the returns of the Candyman, Axel Foley, Ninja Turtles arcade games, and a coked-up bear from 1985! All this and more on this week's Getting Off Topic!

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24/08/2021

GOT #33 - "Good Guy Thanos"

Todd and Tony praise the first two episodes of Marvel's What If? Meanwhile, Tim Burton's Batman returns in a new comic series, a Fallout TV show lands at Amazon, and Reno 911 rides again! Also, Todd and Tony pay tribute to a martial arts legend and go down the rabbit hole of forgotten 80s B action movies. All this and more on this week's Getting Off Topic!

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11/08/2021

GOT #32 - "Neutral Blue Milk Hotel"

Todd and Tony deep dive on James Gunn's The Su***de Squad and their unabashed love of Kevin Smith's Masters of the Universe: Revelation (spoilers ahoy)! Also, Disney announces new exciting ways to wreck your wallets, Netflix announces their new Gomez Addams, and South Park is officially here to stay until the heat death of the universe. All this and more on this week's super fun Getting Off Topic!

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03/08/2021

GOT #31 - "I Assure You, We’re Open"

Scarlett Johansson sues Disney, Kevin Smith has a very special birthday, Bruce Campbell returns to TV, and the gang gives thanks to the eternal hotness of Rachel Weisz. All this and more on this week's Getting Off Topic!

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28/07/2021

GOT #30- "Comic-Con Longing"

Special guest Andrew Saldin joins as the gang covers all the headlines from Comic-Con@Home weekend! We discuss the glory days of convention-going, Old Dune vs New Dune, manifesting Daredevil and Kingpin back into the MCU, the current glut of zombie content, meme collectibles and more!

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20/07/2021

GOT #29 - "Mr. Jones"

Tony is haunted by a certain 90s alt-rock hit he would rather forget, while Todd basks in the nostalgic tracks of Fear Street 1994. Valve announces the Steam Deck, its PC gaming answer to the Nintendo Switch. Chucky get a new TV series, HBO continues to plan 147 Game of Thrones spin-offs, and Loki steals our hearts with a multiversal game-changing finale!

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