Never Been a Better Podcast 001: Mechs and Porn
Added 2022-06-01 14:11:36 +0000 UTC
Austin Walker and Dan Ryckert join Vinny and Alex as they talk about what makes a mech a mech, slipping and sliding, and of course porn.
CHAPTERS
00:00:06 Intro
00:02:30 Bidet all day
00:03:09 Peanut butter and shag carpeting
00:04:34 Welcome to the show
00:05:39 What has everyone been up to?
00:12:22 What makes a mech a mech?
00:20:37 Titan A.E.
00:31:18 American Movie
00:32:33 Is Billy Mitchell rich?
00:34:43 Decks and Slip n' Slides
00:38:43 Nerf and Super Soakers
00:41:24 Is paintball life?
00:44:53 Nobody will laser Dan's eyes anymore
00:46:30 Alex later said it was Gotcha! for the NES
00:46:48 Play sick video games or go out in the death sun?
00:48:32 Oh, are you talking about these nuts?
00:52:30 Dan forgets about the teenage years
00:53:29 Talking about sex with your parents
01:16:42 Wrapping up and thanks
Paid for an annual subscription earlier in the day but knew it was deserved once Dan discussed getting peanut butter out of shag carpeting. Best wishes in the new year.
The Terrifier
2023-03-12 01:15:06 +0000 UTC
I loved this. I've missed this.
Scott Leland
2022-06-11 06:42:20 +0000 UTC
It's so incredibly nice to hear you all talking together again in this capacity!
Skaen
2022-06-09 19:27:43 +0000 UTC
Love it!
mochagodzilla
2022-06-08 15:25:55 +0000 UTC
Great new podcast. Love it. Dan, Austin talking about anime, mechs and Billy Mitchell. Beast cast reborn.
Genji-Gloves
2022-06-07 07:23:56 +0000 UTC
Very nice to hear some new (old) blood on a new podcast, and I am totally on board with a rotating cast for this one. Hell of a first episode for a podcast, and definetly makes me keep my tier.
Regarding what was talked about during the episode… Titan AE seems like a nightmare of a production from reading about it. It began pre-production as a live action movie, with a bunch of screenwriters attached to it (including noted piece of shit Joss Whedon), and a whole design team just plugging away at ships and environments. Eventually it didn’t even have a director because Fox fired the director seemingly to cut costs. The decision to make it animation and hire Don Bluth as the director seem like a last ditch effort to get the movie made. For reference, Fox Animation Studios started in 1994, mostly to make Anastasia, which came out in 1997. By the time Titan AE started production, $30 million had been spent on developing it.
Bluth and Fox Animation Studios were given only nineteen months to finish the entire film (again there was not a finished script when Bluth was hired on), an insane time crunch for an animated feature, especially one this ambitious. Fox Animation Studios was officially closed ten days after the movie was released, only completing three features, one of them a direct to video Anastasia spinoff with Hank Azaria’s character Bartok.
(By the way anybody remember that first teaser for Titan AE a full year before it came out that was in front of Phantom Menace? Holy shit I was hyped for that movie knowing nothing about it then.)
You also mentioned Men in Black would make a great light gun game. It kind of was. The ride at Universal Studios was basically a combination ride and light gun game. It was based on the scene where Will Smith does target practice, except instead of this being a routine training exercise… OH NO! Real aliens are loose! You help defeat the aliens, and at the end of the ride you get neuralized.
Blockbuster cuts of movies weren’t as frequent as you’d expect, but still a weird part of 80s-90s censorship. If a movie was released NC-17 or unrated in theaters, you had to cut it down to an American R rating if you wanted it on Blockbuster shelves or sold at Wal Mart. Showgirls is the most prominent example I can think of, and Todd Haynes’ Poison is the weirdest example. In this day and age, if you’re watching these movies on streaming or Blu-Ray they are almost certainly the full uncut version. On a related note, Blockbuster caved to pressure and took The Last Temptation of Christ off their shelves, even though it had an R rating.
Robert Denby
2022-06-04 00:58:49 +0000 UTC
I can’t believe they’ve done this
Zeus Laser
2022-06-03 20:14:41 +0000 UTC
also when they talked about how there should be a men in black light gun game, I remembered there was something better at discovery zone
https://youtu.be/bLOspcSQd7k
Kyle Heckman
2022-06-03 19:20:21 +0000 UTC
Love this new podcast - Hope we can get them to be a bit longer in the future if possible :)
Jason Shirley
2022-06-03 15:19:45 +0000 UTC
i was on the fence about subscribing to this tier for a year, but the first 4 minutes of this podcast had me laughing so hard tears started rolling down my face, worth every penny and then some
Kyle Heckman
2022-06-03 14:34:40 +0000 UTC
may be the mechsiest podcast ep ever
animalrockets
2022-06-03 12:45:34 +0000 UTC
I really hope that for just one episode, at some point, you get everyone on in a single call. It would be chaos but probably really fun to listen to. Especially since the GB GOTY podcasts were still fun even with a ton of people.
DAVE
2022-06-03 10:44:25 +0000 UTC
This is absolutely amazing!
Max
2022-06-03 03:20:14 +0000 UTC
Listened to this yesterday but I just want to say how great it was to hear you guys collab with Dan again on something. Even if this is a one off. Awesome stuff and I'm excited for future episodes.
Andrew
2022-06-02 19:08:12 +0000 UTC
Incredible!
The Spine
2022-06-02 18:49:59 +0000 UTC
If you're on an iPhone and using the base default apple podcast app just re copy and paste the RSS feed link. it worked for me.
Andrew
2022-06-02 14:05:11 +0000 UTC
I’m not seeing this in my podcast RSS feed either. Wonder if I need to delete and redo it?
Jake Burden
2022-06-02 09:29:42 +0000 UTC
Incredible! Even as a 10 dollar subscriber since the beginning, I would love for this to be available for the 5 dollar tier (or even free) - this podcast is so special it shouldn't be locked behind a paywall!
Anders
2022-06-02 06:09:05 +0000 UTC
As a guy of similar age growing up in England I can confirm that woods-porn was a cultural staple here too!
Simon
2022-06-02 06:02:28 +0000 UTC
Oh my god this was so good. Haven’t laughed so hard in a while.
Michael
2022-06-02 05:47:09 +0000 UTC
this was amazing
Matt Whan
2022-06-02 01:59:14 +0000 UTC
It would be cool if future episodes were slightly longer, since it's only once a month, but maybe I'm getting greedy.
Castor Troy
2022-06-02 01:05:43 +0000 UTC
Got a tear in my eye when Vinny asked Dan about his house :')
Cam McGiff
2022-06-02 00:26:14 +0000 UTC
This is what I'm talking about. Nextlander is about to take off. (again) I do hope we also get more video content. I still would like more classic "fast peeks" at new games that are interesting.
Castor Troy
2022-06-02 00:17:43 +0000 UTC
EvDangelion. It's right there.
Eric W
2022-06-02 00:13:23 +0000 UTC
Man, Abby missed a good one to start on
Nicholas Sherman
2022-06-01 23:20:10 +0000 UTC
Missed these days. The RPG over the holiday is nice but Austin and Dan on a Ramble Cast is beautiful. Can't wait for Abby.
Tom Marsh
2022-06-01 20:53:33 +0000 UTC
holy god LOL
Ron Jones
2022-06-01 20:33:38 +0000 UTC
I am so happy about this! I literally just canceled a couple days ago, instantly resubscribed as soon as I saw Austin Walker and Abby Russell as part of the show. So so so good to hear their voices along with Vinny and Alex.
Hen Arcade
2022-06-01 20:21:41 +0000 UTC
Blarp in the 1998 Lost in Space film is a real high point in bad CGI in big budget films http://basementrejects.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lost-in-space-1998-don-west-matt-leblanc-monkey-creature-review.jpg
Boogie
2022-06-01 20:11:18 +0000 UTC
Great podcast right from the start.
huss
2022-06-01 20:11:04 +0000 UTC
Y'all have no idea how excited I was to listen to this! Beaming from ear to ear!
Ron Jones
2022-06-01 19:40:17 +0000 UTC
Hearing all of you on the same podcast out a smile on my face. A monthly throwback pod is great.
Gamez
2022-06-01 19:15:47 +0000 UTC
So happy to listen to Austin with you guys again!
Jeff Cimprich
2022-06-01 19:03:30 +0000 UTC
Friggin A this is Amazeballs
MunnyShh
2022-06-01 18:55:39 +0000 UTC
Oh man its like a Beastcast round-up, love this group of people
Ben Frazier
2022-06-01 17:58:04 +0000 UTC
the smile that grew on my face with this drop and announcement today cannot be quantified- you guys are the best!
Tom DiGrazia
2022-06-01 17:45:37 +0000 UTC
You just saved me from cancelling. Love it!!!
Talal Farrukh
2022-06-01 17:42:03 +0000 UTC
My god this rules
Julian Spath
2022-06-01 17:37:23 +0000 UTC
b i g g e r
Ryan Clarke
2022-06-01 17:10:39 +0000 UTC
Yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Artist Alex Robbie
2022-06-01 17:05:46 +0000 UTC
DEEZ NUTZ
Mike Leiderman
2022-06-01 16:44:55 +0000 UTC
This news certainly makes my crap day better. Pumped to listen. Kudos all.
Kenneth Frost
2022-06-01 16:39:31 +0000 UTC
The Men in Black light gun game you all pitched is basically the MIB ride at Universal, right down to players getting Neuralized at the end.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5vh9TZEyc0U
Edwin Davies
2022-06-01 16:28:04 +0000 UTC
WHAT A SEASON. WHAT. A. SEASON!
Tom Caffrey
2022-06-01 16:25:30 +0000 UTC
we're back, baby
Nikhil S Bhat
2022-06-01 15:53:53 +0000 UTC
This is so great! After GB went the direction it did this is a perfect dose of old Beastcast energy!
Chris Tocco
2022-06-01 15:20:32 +0000 UTC
Love this
farks
2022-06-01 15:20:20 +0000 UTC
so happy they are bring the beastcast back
Cody Kluska
2022-06-01 15:15:18 +0000 UTC
It pops up in the normal feed :)
Michael Bach
2022-06-01 15:01:59 +0000 UTC
I have been listening to old beastcast episodes and literally just hit the episode where Dan is "visiting" and Austin came back and did the podcast after leaving GB. This is like a weird flash forward!
Brian P
2022-06-01 15:01:45 +0000 UTC
Will this show up in my regular Nextlander feed on my podcast app or how do I do this?
Dirk
2022-06-01 14:59:08 +0000 UTC
Holy shit this is the best.
The Spine
2022-06-01 14:55:37 +0000 UTC
I hoped they'd add something to $10 tier to balance changing ramble and this is perfect.
Trevor Lewis
2022-06-01 14:55:17 +0000 UTC
My dreams are coming true! Thanks to everyone involved for making this podcast a reality!
EDIT: Not even two minutes in and it's already going places. Amazing.
EDIT 2: Holy shit. This is Beastcast quality and then some. I love this so much.
hjort
2022-06-01 14:54:55 +0000 UTC
Best news of the month already!
Stefan Karius
2022-06-01 14:43:44 +0000 UTC
Oh hell yeah!
Lucky
2022-06-01 14:40:02 +0000 UTC
Oh hell yeah
Matt M.
2022-06-01 14:39:13 +0000 UTC
So happy!
Richard Welsh (a.k.a. HiredN00bs)
2022-06-01 14:39:00 +0000 UTC
Raised my support! Can't wait to listen. This is awesome.
Andrew
2022-06-01 14:38:00 +0000 UTC
It came on the same RSS feed for me as the other podcasts!
Skyler Crowl
2022-06-01 14:36:19 +0000 UTC
Oh man, this is so awesome
josh r
2022-06-01 14:32:57 +0000 UTC
Hot diggity damn!
Cody Carey
2022-06-01 14:30:53 +0000 UTC
Yeeeaahh buddy!
IeuanRees
2022-06-01 14:29:28 +0000 UTC
I NEED NEW PANTS!!
Mike
2022-06-01 14:27:43 +0000 UTC
I let out a huge audible OOOOOOHHHHH once I got an email about this. So excited to check this out.
119 griffith
2022-06-01 14:24:26 +0000 UTC
This is that good good
Jonathan Rosales
2022-06-01 14:23:16 +0000 UTC
Never been a better patreon notification, this is fucking sick
kittykatman93
2022-06-01 14:21:26 +0000 UTC
no RSS feed?
a secret boss
2022-06-01 14:20:49 +0000 UTC
Oh shiiiiiiiiiiit!!!!
Tom Grundy
2022-06-01 14:20:14 +0000 UTC
This is epic!
Andy Finney
2022-06-01 14:18:06 +0000 UTC
Fuck yeah
imprison bobby kotick
2022-06-01 14:17:02 +0000 UTC
Damn this owns
Platzkart
2022-06-01 14:16:18 +0000 UTC
Wait.... What is this? VINNY??!!?
Chris Mate
2022-06-01 14:16:08 +0000 UTC
What a gift!!!
Matthew Myers
2022-06-01 14:15:26 +0000 UTC
WHAT IS THIS!!
Pretty Dece
2022-06-01 14:14:14 +0000 UTC
Amazing, awesome idea!
Trevor and Adrienne R
2022-06-01 14:13:14 +0000 UTC
wooooow
Colin De Groote
2022-06-01 14:12:21 +0000 UTC
im calling the cops
Forrest Covington
2022-06-01 14:12:17 +0000 UTC
Let’s goooo!
Chris
2022-06-01 14:11:51 +0000 UTC