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Breakdown The Universe
by Breakdown The Universe
Breaking down the Universes... all of them... one at a time.Join us as we delve too greedily and too deep into all sorts of Universes, from Star Wars to Monty Python, from Narnia to Christmas classics.There's something here for everyone (mostly our fellow nerds), and if you don't care about the main topic, tune in to the Fortnightly Unfiltered Conversation and Knowledge Sessions, recorded Fortnightly (it's in the name).
Episodes
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124 Harry Potter Episode Five, aka "Put A Pin In That"
In our first official Part Two, we finish the second half of The Goblet of Fire. And buckle up, because every book from now will have more than two parts. At this stage Harry's life has improved a bit, Rita Skeeter is getting scoops, Sirius is back, wizard poverty makes no sense, Harry sees so…
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123 The 12 Pods of Christmas 2025 - Day Twelve, aka "George Lucas Slumming"
So... turns out this one never uploaded when it was supposed to, so we're only, oh, 96 days late. Anyway, here it is, and it's... truly awful. We watched the Star Wars Holiday Special, the TV special that George Lucas tried to kill, that Carrie Fisher tried to save, and that featured extended...
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122 The 12 Pods of Christmas 2025 - Day Eleven, aka "Kurt Russells Hijinks"
Day Eleven is here, and we're doing another modern movie. Today we discuss the Kurt Russell vehicle The Christmas Chronicles. Yet another take on Santa and his astounding ability to deliver gifts to billions of people every year, but this time he's Kurt Russell. Join two kids as they help Santa...
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121 Harry Potter Episode Four, aka "We Haven't Seen You For Six Months!"
Merry Christmas Mrs Blaze's Mum! I know you've been waiting for this one, sorry it took so long. In what is our first (but by no means last) split episode we begin our discussion on the fourth Harry Potter novel, The Goblet of Fire. Outside of a plot breakdown, we discuss Harry's possible powers…
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120 The 12 Pods of Christmas 2025 - Day Ten, aka "Cameron Diaz Weeping"
Which self-respecting men will declare to the world that they like a sappy Rom-Com? These self-loathing guys, that's who! Join us in our discussion of the modern-classic Christmas movie, The Holiday. Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Jack Black all come together for an ultimately...
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119 The 12 Pods of Christmas 2025 - Day Nine, aka "First Lady Santa"
Look, it's not as "woke" as you might think, but this is the story of a young woman, and the mantle of being Santa that was kind of thrust upon her. This is Noelle. It's hard to hate either Anna Kendrick or Bill Hader, so just don't, and then watch this pretty serviceable Christmas movie. Yeah…
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118 The 12 Pods of Christmas 2025 - Day Eight, aka "Lindsay Lohan Peaking"
So, we tried to pick a terrible Hallmark-style movie, but we accidentally picked a kind of okay, slightly charming Christmas Rom-Com. Today is the Lindsay Lohan vehicle Our Little Secret. So, the family dynamic is a bit weird, and it's a little tough keeping track of who is banging who, but it's...
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117 The 12 Pods of Christmas 2025 - Day Seven, aka "Miracle On 34th Street"
So, it might not be the original, but this remake is totally worth the time - it's time for Miracle On 34th Street. This 1994 remake of an absolute classic is totally worth your time - yeah, it's a bit cheesy, yeah, it's very corny, but also... yeah, it's kind of great. Do the watching, feel the...
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116 The 12 Pods of Christmas 2025 - Day Six, aka "Christmas Carol Slaying"
'Tis officially the halfway mark - welcome to the Sixth Pod of Christmas, where today we discuss the Musical-Comedy film "Spirited". This is one of our only disagreements - Blaze didn't like it and Henno kind of did. But if you like Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds and want to hear them try to sing…
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115 The 12 Pods of Christmas 2025 - Day Five, aka "Just The Same Thing"
Hello, hello. Here we go again. It's day five of our Pods of Christmas, and we discuss the first sequel of the year - the follow up to the hijinks of Kevin McCallister, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. Despite a cameo by one of shittest blokes in history, this is a serviceable sequel, whilst also...
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114 The 12 Pods of Christmas 2025 - Day Four, aka "A Colossal Turd"
Oh, hi people. Welcome to our Fourth Pod of Christmas, today discussing the classic film It's A Wonderful Life. In a moment of total agreement, neither Blaze nor Henno really liked this one - it's questioned why this movie is so beloved. But anyway, have a listen and if you watch it you can tell…
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113 The 12 Pods of Christmas 2025 - Day Three, aka "Kevin Bacon"
Welcome to the third day/pod of Christmas this year. In an effort to bridge our normal nerdiness and our Christmas theme, we discuss The Guardians of the Galaxy Holidays Special. Loo, it gets nerdy, and yes, there might be some prior knowledge required, but this is a fun watch. Please use this...
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112 The 12 Pods of Christmas 2025 - Day Two, aka "Too Small A Heart"
Third second episode, here we go. Short episode, short "movie". Today we discuss the 1966 TBS Christmas Special of How The Grinch Stole Christmas. You know how this goes. If you don't, have a listen. It's a bit of fun.
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111 The 12 Pods of Christmas 2025 - Day One, aka "The Rock In A Christmas Movie"
Ding Dong Merrily On High! It's the 12 Pods of Christmas for 2025. In today's episode we talk about the big-budget, action-adventure Christmas caper, Red One. With a massive amount of star power, an interesting premise and some kind of fun set pieces, this movie exceeds expectations without…
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110 The Second Anniversary Reunion Special
And we're back! It's been a long time between drinks, but here we are. Back on the microphones and recording nonsense again. We have our usual life catch up, look forward to some future gaming, have the obligatory Star Wars and Marvel discussions, go over some issues we have with Fandoms, review…
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109 Harry Potter Episode Three, aka "A Ginger That's Got Anger Issues"
Hello there. No, this is not General Kenobi, and we are not at all discussing Star Wars. We're discussing the third book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban. In our deep dive of this book (and to a lesser extent, movie) we discuss the abundance of new themes for…
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108 Fortnightly Unfiltered Conversation & Knowledge Session Thirty Three, aka "Sorry Mrs Henno"
Yes, we know, it's been ages since we released an episode. But never fear, here we are with a brand-new episode... just this one is totally out of date and in some ways not even relevant anymore. Welcome to F.U.C.K.S 33! Today we have our usual catchup, Henno wonders if he can watch things with...
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107 Harry Potter Episode Two, aka "Those Floating Cakes"
Oh, hello to the people who are still listening. Yes, we're still here... for good or bad. Please note: this was recorder well before the passing of Dame Maggie Smith. Any discussion of her is intended to be only complimentary. Today we will discuss the worst book (and film), but that doesn't =...
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106 Fortnightly Unfiltered Conversation & Knowledge Session Thirty Two, aka "Fast Approaching Middle Age"
Oh, hello. Wow. Sorry, nothing too elaborate to see here. It's F.U.C.K.S 32, and we are here to spread the good news... actually, very little is good, most is just stuff. In this episode we discuss the world's attempts to force Henno into having a supposedly important party, our experiences with...
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105 Harry Potter Episode One, aka "The Dursleys Were A Very Ordinary Family"
Welcome to our latest (and at this point, by far the most comprehensive) topic - Harry Potter. Firstly, the book we are discussing is Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone, not The Sorcerer's Stone - like in so other ways, America is totally wrong. More importantly, we a podcast (and as decent...
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104 Fortnightly Unfiltered Conversation & Knowledge Session Thirty One, aka "This'll Be Good Listening"
Hey, hey , hey... nothing interesting to see here, except for our new logo. This episode we get feedback about our subject matter (sorry, but not sorry Meg) and about our swearing (sorry Henno's mum, but tough). We later discuss some App scams, some MCU and Star Wars updates, a frank discussion...
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103 Monty Python Episode Six - The Meaning Of Life, aka "I Didn't Eat The Mousse"
Oh, hi there everyone. Keen on this episode? No? Oh, well... here it is anyway. We discuss the last project the Pythons ever did together - The Meaning Of Life. What is this film about? Well, the stages of Life, of course. We don't need to break them down, but it ranges from Birth, through to…
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102 Fortnightly Unfiltered Conversation & Knowledge Session Thirty, aka "Plot Armour"
Yep, we're using the correct spelling of "armour". We belatedly celebrate our 100th episode, go over what we did at Christmas & New Year, detour to Pokemon, go over what we look forward to this year, show our optimism for the new Superman film, and gush for ages about Ted Lasso. We hope you have…
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101 Monty Python Episode Five - The Life of Brian, aka "The Most Blasphemous Film... So Far"
Sorry for the even more delay in episodes, but here we are - talking about The Life of Brian. It would be impossible not to mention the controversy surrounding this film, to the point a Beatle had to create a film studio to save it (George Harrison, we love you). We discuss the fact that Gender...
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100 Fortnightly Unfiltered Conversation & Knowledge Session Twenty Nine, aka "I Retract My Apology"
It's our 100th official episode (which we don't mention at all) and we do the normal stuff. It's the Christmas / New Year period, so we go over our plans, we go over our favourite things from the year, we argue which part is the front of the desk, we talk the Star Wars TV show, the end of Sony's...
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099 The 12 Pods of Christmas Part Deux - Day Twelve, aka "Santa's Hammer Clubbing"
It's the last Pod of Christmas, and so today we discuss a weird, possibly offensive film about a Santa who has no problem with killing: Violent Night. This movie was better than it had any right to be, and surprisingly has a lot more Christmas spirit than some of the other Pods this year. Enjoy…
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098 The 12 Pods of Christmas Part Deux - Day Eleven, aka "Seth Rogen Imbibing"
It's the second to last day of Christmas, and we today discuss a fun semi-stoner film, The Night Before. Join Joseph Gorden-Levitt, Seth Rogen and Anthony Mackie on an OTT wacky adventure to party, but also grow up. One more to go...
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097 Fortnightly Unfiltered Conversation and Knowledge Session 28, aka "A Love-Fest For Wicked"
It's the 28th anniversary of our first F.U.C.K.S episode, so we celebrate this non-milestone by doing the usual nonsense. After a brief chat about our lives, we (rightfully) gush about the masterpiece of film-making that is Wicked (seriously, it's amazing), we talk Star Wars... for ages, and then...
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096 The 12 Pods of Christmas Part Deux - Day Ten, aka "Ten Babies Screaming"
We're in the double digits for this year, and on the tenth day of Christmas Blaze (not Henno, sadly) discusses the anime film Tokyo Godfathers. This film is pretty full on, but is also incredibly well done. Even if anime isn't your thing, have a look at giving it a go.
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095 The 12 Pods of Christmas Part Deux - Day Nine, aka "Old School Romancing"
Here we are at day nine, and on this ninth day of Christmas we watched a proper classic film from 1947, It Happened On 5th Avenue. If you can see past the black and white nature of the film, it is an absolutely charming love story, set across the backdrop of Christmas. It's a wonderful film. If…
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094 Fortnightly Unfiltered Conversation and Knowledge Session Twenty Seven, aka "Disney Money"
We're officially in our second year of the podcast, and to celebrate we... talk the same shit a usual. There's the obligatory extended chat about everything Marvel, will we ever see an Avengers v Justice League movie, what's happening with our 12 year old co-worker, has Harry Potter found its...
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093 Monty Python Episode Four - The Holy Grail, aka "Absurdist Comedy Isn't For Everyone"
Welcome to the fourth episode of our series on Monty Python, and in this episode we switch from the TV series to the feature films. Today we discuss Monty Python and The Holy Grail. We go over our favourite moments, the best quotes, the genuinely cinematic nature of the production and then,...
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092 The 12 Pods of Christmas Part Deux - Day Eight, aka "Bad Sequel Milking"
As we enter the eighth day of Christmas, we decide to watch the sequel to one of our first Pods of Christmas, and put ourselves through Bad Santa 2. Not good, not bad, but entirely unnecessary. Please enjoy.
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091 The 12 Pods of Christmas Part Deux - Day Seven, aka "Young Kids a-Shooting"
Day Seven is here, and we discuss the "classic" Christmas film, A Christmas Story. Not much to say in this one, but the word "classic" has been stretched to its limit here. Finally, something the hosts agree on. Enjoy the episode, but avoid the film. It sucks.
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090 The 12 Pods of Christmas Part Deux - Day Six, aka "Six Stoner's Smoking"
It's the sixth day, and instead of swans swimming we've got stoner's smoking, in A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas. This, like the other Harold and Kumar movies, is a pretty weird, yet ultimately repetitive story. It's a bit of fun, but definitely not for the kiddies.
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089 The 12 Pods of Christmas Part Deux - Day Five, aka "Abducted Kids"
On this, the fifth day of Christmas, we watch a "polarising" film (get it?) - The Polar Express. If you like generic Christmas films, made entirely in motion capture before the technology had been properly refined, resulting in some creepy-arsed, expressionless zombie-children, then this movie is...
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088 The 12 Pods of Christmas Part Deux - Day Four, aka "Santa Is A Turd"
On the fifth day of Christmas we discuss an absolute classic: Rudolf The Red-Nosed Reindeer. It's the story we all know, but do we remember that most of the characters are assholes? No, neither did we, but that's what we're here to talk about.
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087 The 12 Pods of Christmas Part Deux - Day 3, aka "A Mean Sketch Man"
It's the Third Pod of Christmas, and today we discuss the classic Jim Carey vehicle, How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Full plot, fun facts and some Dr Suess film facts make up this episode. it's a bit of fun. Enjoy.
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086 The 12 Pods of Christmas Part Deux - Day Two, aka "Actually Love"
It's the movie we were always going to do. It's Love, Actually. Blaze, totally against. Henno, mostly for. This movie has become an absolute favourite for some, a source of hated for others. But no one can question the fact that it's become a classic Christmas film. Feel free to love, or hate,...
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085 The 12 Pods of Christmas Part Deux - Day One, aka "A Low Point For Boyle & Doug Judy"
The 12 Pods of Christmas are back for 2024. On day one we watch a new release film, a Netflix film called Hit Frosty. This is an... interesting film, with the... interesting plot line of a snowman brought to life who falls in love with a lonely widow. Yep, it's just as... interesting as you think.
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084 Fortnightly Unfiltered Conversation and Knowledge Session Twenty Six, aka "The Anniversary Special"
So, it turns out we've been doing this for a year, so we bring you a supersized Anniversary Special. In this episode we welcome a very special guest, Internet Personality (I think that's what we settled on) Kittentik, who joined us in the "studio" for a slightly different episode. During a 4 hour...
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083 Monty Python - Episode Three, Flying Circus Seasons 3 & 4, aka "Too Random"
It took us a while but here we have it - the last episode on Monty Pythons Flying Circus. We discuss how bizarre the show became, even while the episodes finally started to have a cohesive story. We also go over John Cleese' departure, the fact that several jokes just went for too long, and there...
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082 Fortnightly Unfiltered Conversation and Knowledge Session Twenty Five, aka "Uncle Blaze"
We're finally up to date. Welcome to F.U.C.K.S 25. So, we start off with an announcement: our next F.U.C.K.S episode will be recorded while live-streaming on Twitch. In another announcement, Blaze is now an Uncle, while Henno celebrated the wedding of a close family friend. We get into a…
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081 Fortnightly Unfiltered Conversation and Knowledge Session Twenty Four, aka "The Episode With The Stupid Bug"
So close to being caught up... welcome to F.U.C.K.S 24 After the usual life updates, we jump right into it with a non-spoilery review of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, we go over the Sony Villain-verse and some more Spider-Man stuff, we pay our respects to the legendary Maggie Smith, Henno's mum gives...
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080 Fortnightly Unfiltered Conversation and Knowledge Session Twenty Three, aka "Prove Us Wrong"
So, at the start we accidentally call it F.U.C.K.S 22, but it's not. It's F.U.C.K.S 23. We're not sure about The Office Australia, we discuss Rings of Power and The Hunt for Gollum, Agatha All Along has released, we go back to the Harry Potter TV series, and then move on to the Narnia reboot. We...
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079 Fortnightly Unfiltered Conversation and Knowledge Session Twenty Two, aka "The Wise Warrior Monk"
So, what do we decide to discuss today? First up, it seems that the Festive Season might be the time for making babies, then we have a fascinating discussion of weather, survival and cannibalism, an in depth look into Green Lantern in film, a somewhat negative review of Rings of Power S2, a look...
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078 Fortnightly Unfiltered Conversation and Knowledge Session Twenty One, aka "Shazamming The Mystery Songs"
It's time for F.U.C.K.S 21st - shame we didn't throw it a party. We have a quick catch-up on our lives before discussing the new Lord of The Rings film War of The Rohirrim, Sonic 3, a bit of love for actor James Marsden, Henno's continued fury with Star Wars trolls, a Thunderbolts* update, and a...
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077 Fortnightly Unfiltered Conversation and Knowledge Session Twenty, aka "Cultural Osmosis"
It's our Emerald F.U.C.K.S episode, as today we celebrate (with no actual celebration) our 20th edition! In this episode we go over our recent activities (possible collabs, Blaze ate some "fun fungus" and Henno drank several free beers at a beer launch), we discuss Robert Downey Jr's casting as...
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076 Monty Python - Episode Two, Flying Circus Season 2, aka "It Was A Different Time"
What? Another episode already. Yes, because we're playing a massive amount of catch-up. In the second Monty Python episode, we discuss both the origins and post Python careers of the group, the amount of cross-dressing that went on, whether or not a show like this could be made these days, the...
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075 Fortnightly Unfiltered Conversation and Knowledge Session Nineteen, aka "There Has Been An Announcement"
It's a F.U.C.K.S episode that was recorded several fortnights ago, so some of the stuff isn't quite as relevant as it should be. We give our spoiler-free thoughts on Deadpool and Wolverine, we discuss the announcement of the new Dr Doom, we start fan-casting the new Harry Potter TV series…
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Breaking down the Universes... all of them... one at a time.Join us as we delve too greedily and too deep into all sorts of Universes, from Star Wars to Monty Python, from Narnia to Christmas classics.There's something here for everyone (mostly our fellow nerds), and if you don't care about the main topic, tune in to the Fortnightly Unfiltered Conversation and Knowledge Sessions, recorded Fortnightly (it's in the name).
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