Episode 386: Ménage à Troi Friend of the show Tanya Zerr makes her yearly appearance to join David this week to discuss the TNG season three episode Ménage à Troi. It's been a while since we've discussed Star Trek: The Next Generation on the show and I do believe this isn't an episode we ever really discussed before. This episode unfortunately does not depict a Ménage à Trois much to our great sadness. But this episode is one of the first to establish much of the Ferengi Lore we come to know for...
Dec 17, 2025•30 min
Episode 383: Dumpster Dive Tank Girl Guess what time it is? It's Dumpster Dive time. We are jumping from the 80's and Legend to the 90's to talk Tank Girl. This is a comic book movie we are surprised hasn't been remade with all the comic movies that have come out in the last 25 years. But join us for a fever dream that is Tank Girl. It has some interesting parallels or inspiration from DUNE. Tank Girl also has two direct ties to David's favorite thing Star Trek. Have you seen Tank Girl? What did...
Oct 08, 2025•36 min
Episode 382: First Impressions: 3 Shows, 3 Very Different Vibes As part of our new line up on how we present the show this week is our new show first impressions where we take three shows, watch the first few episodes then discuss how we feel about them so far and if we think we'll continue on with them or not. For our very first, First Impressions we watched Shogun, Silo, and Dead Boy Detectives. Where do you think we fall with these three shows? Have you seen any of these shows and more import...
Sep 24, 2025•47 min
Episode 381: Showdown War of the Worlds 1953 VS 2025 This week it's a movie showdown! We put the 1953 War of the Worlds VS the 2025 War of the Worlds. Which will win the classic film or the modern direct to streaming Ice Cube led film? After Legend and Mission Impossible we decided to spare you from another Tom Cruise film so we skipped the Tom Cruise War of the Worlds. Maybe the real War of the Worlds was the radio production all along? But as always if there is a show or movie you'd like us to...
Sep 03, 2025•41 min
Episode 380: Dumpster Dive Legend 1985 We have a new intro and now we are working on a newish format. We are bringing back the dumpster dive as well as a few other types of shows to add some organization to the chaos that is Synthaholics. This week's dumpster dive we are tackling the 1985 "film" Legend starring Mission Impossible's Tom Cruise and directed by Ridley Scott. Legend was Ridley Scott's wanting to make his own original fairy tale. Does it succeed? Did it fail? Tune in to find out. But...
Aug 20, 2025•36 min
Episode 378: Mission Impossible Let's take a journey back to the days of yore when movies were shot on film and when Hollywood was doing one of its earlier runs of let's remake old tv shows into movies. The year is 1996 the movie Mission: Impossible. This movie would go on to spawn 7 sequels and the crazy thing is, most of the films have been solidly entertaining. We will probably end up doing Mission Impossible films when we have some gaps between newer shows or movies we would like to podcast ...
Jun 25, 2025•35 min
Episode 377: Star Trek First Contact We are back after an unexpected impromptu summer break. It's been a while since we've touched on Star Trek and since 90% of Brian's Star Trek knowledge comes from lower decks I thought it would be good to have him watch Star Trek First Contact since the film was heavily referenced in one of the episodes of Lower Decks. This strategy seems to have worked so other future Star Trek discussions will likely have a tie into lower decks. I think Brian's perspective ...
Jun 11, 2025•38 min
Episode 376: Wheel of Time season 3 part 2 With the third season of the Wheel of Time rolling to a close we are able to bring you the second half of our review for the latest season of The Wheel of Time. Season three is a massive improvement upon season one and season two and if seasons one and two were as strong as this season I think we would have known by now if season 4 is green lit. As of this moment the show's fate is in Amazon's hands. With how much the show improved this season we are ve...
May 07, 2025•48 min
Episode 375: Invincible Season 3 Invincible is already back for a third season. Are you as surprised as we are? Not that it's a bad thing that we have a new season, it just feels like it wasn't nearly as long a wait as it was for season 2. We haven't read the comic if you have, please let us know how the show holds up compared to the comic. Have there been big cuts? We really enjoyed season 3. It felt like a much more complete season than season 2. If there is a show or movie you'd like us to di...
Apr 23, 2025•38 min
Episode 374: Wheel of Time Season 3 Part 1 The show loosely based on David's favorite fantasy series The Wheel of Time is back for its third season. This week we will be covering the first half of season three, and this season does not disappoint. Season three feels almost like a brand new show the VFX game has leveled up and while not 100 percent book accurate the show is making strides to more closely adhere to the lore of the source material and that is a welcome change. The Wheel of Time has...
Apr 09, 2025•47 min
Who's ready for more Arcane? Synthaholics are back to discuss Arcane season 2 the final season of Arcane but probably not the last Riot/League of Legends show or movie. Was it a step up from season one? Or was it more of the same? Are you a fan of Arcane? Let us know what you think in the comments! If there is a show or movie you'd like us to discuss you can leave a comment or email us at Synthaholics@yahoo.com or leave a comment. https://www.twitch.tv/synthaholics Subscribe to our YouTube Chann...
Mar 26, 2025•32 min
Episode 372: Dune Prophecy What happens when you take a blockbuster movie and make an HBO Max series set 1200 years before said movie? You get Dune Prophecy, a show seemingly for no one. If you saw the Denis Villeneuve movies and decides to check out the show you were probably lost much like Brian was this week. David having read some of the books was a bit less lost. Did anyone watch this show? If you did please let us know what you thought. If there is a show or movie you'd like us to discuss ...
Feb 26, 2025•37 min•Ep. 372
Episode 371: Star Trek Lower Decks Season 5 This week we get back to our Star Trek roots to discuss the final season of Lower Decks! Star Trek has been in a dark ages under the cruel yoke of Alex Kurtzman but Lower Decks has been the one bright jewel of the new trek shows that actually feels like Star Trek. It is a bitter sweet episode of Synthaholics as one of our favorite newer shows has come to an end. If there is a show or movie you'd like us to discuss you can leave a comment or email us at...
Feb 12, 2025•28 min
Episode 370: Starship Troopers The holidays are over but our discussion on Paul Verhoeven is not! This week we got into his big budget sci-fi film Starship Troopers. It is pretty incredible the last few podcasts have been on movies directed by the same man and they are all vastly different and strange in their own way. Going into this David was surprised to find what film of these three is the most rewatchable. Too bad Brain didn't watch the most rewatchable of the three films. In David's head c...
Jan 29, 2025•32 min
Episode 369: Showgirls It's that time of year again, the winter holidays like Christmas! In honor of the holiday and the number 369 we decided to get you the gift that unwraps itself Showgirls! We have long time listener and former guest Tawnya joining David this week as Brian is nowhere to be found for some reason? This movie was way better than I remember it being though it was quite strange at times. It has been 300 episodes since we've done a horny episode. You've waited long enough! Enjoy o...
Dec 25, 2024•58 min
Episode 368: RoboCop Let's take a ride back to 1987 with the original Paul Verhoeven film RoboCop! A classic film that David had never seen all the way through until this week. Yes shame on him but better late than never right? While not a deep film this is a great blast from the past. If Paul Verhoeven wanted to make a deep film he would have made a movie about a showgirl, or maybe RoboDetective! Remember toxic waste? RoboCop remembers! If there is a show or movie you'd like us to discuss you c...
Dec 11, 2024•27 min
Episode 367: Gladiator It is time to take a break from season two's of television. This week we go back in time to the year 2000 to discuss the Ridley Scott classic Gladiator starring Russel Crowe and Joaquin Pheonix. It was definitely wonderful to take a look back at such a classic early 2000's film. It really feels like they don't make movies like this anymore. This movie is old hat for David as he saw this film back when it opened in theaters and for Brian this was his very first viewing of t...
Nov 27, 2024•41 min
Episode 366: Wheel of Time Season 2 It's the season of season two's sorry we are a little late to the party on the Wheel of Time Season 2 but it works well with all the other fantasy shows that have been happening lately. This season of Wheel of Time combines parts of book 2 and book 3 into a single season. Is this season more successful than the first? We have to say yes. Is it a great adaptation of the source material? Well that's something different all together. Did you watch The Wheel of Ti...
Nov 06, 2024•45 min
Episode 365: Rings of Power Season 2 This week the Synthaholics sit down to discuss yet another second season of a tv show. This time it's season two of the most expensive show ever made, Rings of Power! If you remember our review of Rings of Power season 1 we are not kind to the show. Did Rings of Power Season 2 do anything to redeem itself or has it continued its dive into the never ending abyss? Did you watch season 2? What did you think? Before closing Brian and I discuss Tolkien's thoughts ...
Oct 23, 2024•49 min
Episode 364: House of the Dragon Season 2 Another episode, another season two to discuss, this time it's the Game of Thrones spin off show House of the Dragon. Does season two live up to the heights of its debut season or do we have a The Boys season 3 situation? Brian has probably the most confusing takes on a rating he's ever had on the show! Join us as not only do we talk about this season of House of the Dragon, but we also get into the essence of prequels, and the legacy of Game of Thrones....
Oct 09, 2024•47 min
Episode 363: Invincible Season 2 Summer "vacation" is over and Synthaholics is back to discuss the second season of Invincible. Two Amazon Prime superhero podcasts back to back? Are the Synthaholics turning back into superhero nuts? How did this season stack up was it a solid season or did it slump? Tune in to hear our thoughts and let us know what you think in the comments! To see the podcast live follow and to see us stream games follow us at Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/synthaholics Subscribe...
Sep 25, 2024•36 min
Episode 362: The Boys Season 4 We are back for another season of The Boys Amazon Prime's irreverent super hero show. Last season was, we hope, the lowest point for the show because if you didn't hear that podcast discussing season 3 we were both calling for the show to just be over. Our overall take is that season 4 is a solid step in the right direction and hopefully setting up a fantastic final season. Jump on into the podcast for more details. Let us know what you thought of season 4 of The B...
Aug 14, 2024•43 min
Episode 361: Furiosa A Mad Max Saga Her name has been spoken on many a recent podcast, but we have delayed and delayed but NO MORE! We have finally WITNESSED Furiosa and we are here to tell you what we thought of the latest entry into the Mad Max universe. I hope we have it in us to make it Epic. What did everyone else think of Furiosa did you see it or was it a hard pass? Did you like Fury Road because we absolutely loved Fury Road and this isn't more Fury Road if you aren't into 2 and ½ hour c...
Jul 31, 2024•39 min
Episode 360: Star Trek IV The Voyage Home Do your eyes deceive you? Star Trek topics two episodes in a row. How could this be? As we saw two weeks ago Brian loved Lower Decks season 4 and it just so happens the poster for Lower Decks season 4 paid homage to the Star Trek IV poster. So we thought Brian should see The Voyage Home. Do you think that Brian will like his first original series cast Star Trek film? I guess time will tell. Let us know what your favorite original Star Trek film is and wh...
Jul 10, 2024•41 min
Episode 359: Star Trek Lower Decks Season 4 You know what they say, "better late than never" well I think that applies to our review for the fourth season of Star Trek Lower Decks. Brian and David discuss yet another fantastic season of Lower Decks. We only had one episode this season we didn't super care for. Can you guess which one it was? We hope to have a more timely review for Lower Decks season five. That will unfortunately be the final season of this beloved show. Were you also late to th...
Jun 26, 2024•38 min
Episode 358: Final Fantasy VII Advent Children What happens when you are Squrenix and its 2005 and you want to milk Final Fantasy VII some more? You make a Final Fantasy VII movie and boy did they ever when they made Final Fantasy VII Advent Children. We go through the ins and outs on what we think this film was trying to say and our critique of the major elements of this film. Did releasing this film in theaters before FInal Fantasy VII Rebirth hurt the sales of Rebirth? Only Squareenix knows f...
Jun 12, 2024•29 min
Episode 357: The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes It's monkey mania or is it Ape mania? This week we dive into the latest of the Planet of the Apes saga The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Just when you thought they were done with Planet of the Apes they released a new one. Join us as we discuss this perfectly ok film. The movie is an enigma not pulling any strong feelings from Brian and David one way or the other. Are you passionate about Planet of the Apes? If you are, we would love to hea...
May 29, 2024•26 min
Episode 356: Fallout Season 1 Part 2 This week we are discussing the second half of Fallout season 1. Will this change our total mindset on how the show is and will we like it even more or even less now that we have the complete picture that is season 1. Have you see Fallout? Were you a fan of the games or did you watch Fallout without any prior knowledge of the games? Tell us what you thought in the comments. We have a new format with video game news as its own separate thing exclusively to You...
May 15, 2024•37 min
Episode 355: Fallout Season 1 Part 1 This week we are discussing the first half of Fallout season 1, from the studio that brought us classics hits such as Rings of Power and Wheel of Time!. Will Amazon turn in another quick cash grab and ignore all the lore? Well It turns out Amazon studios does not always throw out all of the lore. If only some of their other shows got the same treatment.Tune in to get our more in depth thoughts of Fallout! We have a new format with video game news as its own s...
May 01, 2024•39 min
Episode 354: Ghostbusters Frozen Empire As promised this week we have our review of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire rounding out our few weeks talking about Ghostbusters. This time Brian has also gone back to see the original Ghostbusters film. So we get our thoughts out on that film as well. Did you see the latest Ghostbusters films? What did you think? We have a new format with video game news as its own separate thing exclusively to YouTube. It'll also be on twitch if you happen to catch us live!...
Apr 17, 2024•34 min
