Episode 23 // In part 2 of our discussion around the newly-announced Harry Potter TV series reboot streaming on MAX in the coming years, Tyler drops some bombshells. Get an exclusive scoop on what insiders are saying about the future of the franchise. Are the films really finished? Who wanted this reboot to happen? Warner Brothers? JK Rowling? CEO David Zaslav? Or is the answer much more complicated than we thought? Tune in to find out! // Season 2 Episode 7 //...
May 19, 2023•43 min
Episode 22 // The time has come, sooner than any of us really expected, for the Harry Potter books to be re-adapted as a live action television series for MAX. T-Zach and his friends have some thoughts on the matter. // -Max: The One to Watch // -The State of Streaming in 2023 // -Harry Potter's cultural impact // -JK Rowling's misadventures // -What happened with Fantastic Beasts? // -The doomed worldbuilding of the Wizarding World // -Fantastic Beasts 3 mini spoiler review // -Memories of the ...
Apr 21, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Episode 21 -T-Zach, Bobby and Jordan talk about the recent Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks, which was one of the biggest reported leaks in media history. -Reports say that all this Discovery maneuvering is all in the name of selling Warner Brothers in a few years...with the potential buyer being none other than Comcast/NBCUniversal. -There's drama on Twitch, now, too. -The boys get into geopolitics and how weird it all is.
Oct 01, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Episode 20 - T-Zach, Bobby, and the long-awaited official debut of Jordan (aka Serpent Monkey) to the podcast. Part 1 of a chill conversation about the Emmys, great television, most logged gaming hours, and grifters. Tyler is sick, Jordan is overjoyed to be on, and Bobby is Bobby as always. A very very chill episode for a weekday evening. Join us!
Sep 20, 2022•41 min
Episode 19 - We're coming in hot with a huge cast of wonderful pals to rip into some DRAMA. This is the hater episode. \\ Not only do regulars Bobby and Devin join T-Zach on this Friday's episode, but EMMA TAVOLACCI (!), whom you may remember from Episodes 3 and 4 (!) returns for our review/healthy roasting of Thor: Love & Thunder. We also continue to criticize and discuss the latest and greatest of Marvel's Multiverse of Mid-ness. I even got the superfans to start dunking on Marvel a bit. I...
Sep 09, 2022•54 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Episode 18 - Our first dedicated review episode is a double feature of two of the biggest summer movies this year: ELVIS directed by Baz Luhrmann, and NOPE directed by Jordan Peele. Sam Lamb (@samanthamlamb) and Bobby Hutchinson (@hobbybutchinson) join to talk about them, and wonder why haters are no fun.
Sep 02, 2022•39 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Episode 17 - We're back. Here's a nice little transition episode to get us back in the swing of things. -Welcome back -Plans going forward -MAIN Discussion: Streaming is Bad -Physical media? -Video essays -Other industries do this already -The death of the word "woke" and what to do about anti-SJWs -The Disneyplussification of entertainment -Insane national and international history that you've never heard of until a piece of media decides to portray it! -The next wheel -Talking too long about p...
Aug 29, 2022•54 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Moving on to everyone's second-favorite B-tier service, Paramount+! We discuss its merits and the surprisingly attractive lineup and catalogue. And show our Nickelodeon kid biases a little too much. We also discuss other recent recommendations like Bo Burnham: Inside, the Fear Street trilogy, HBO's The Outsider, and more! Episode 16
Jul 17, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 16
Continuing our discussion with the Streaming Wars, HBO Max, a long overdue (but still brief) review of Zack Snyder's Justice League, and many many other tangents about the state of the world. Keep an eye out as we return to a regular upload schedule! Episode #15
Jul 12, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 15
Today's main topic: HBO Max: was the experiment worth it? How's the state of those gaming consoles we keep hearing about (but hardly own any)? All this and more on a timely episode of T-Zach & Friends.
Jul 09, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 14
The podcast is coming back with a new miniseries to kick off 2021. The battle between streaming services is in full swing and now it's time to break down all the major services and the franchises they're going to milk into oblivion. In this multi-part series, T-Zach, Bobby, and Devin will discuss each major streaming service and the IPs that will sell them in the coming years. Starting with Disney+, we begin with Streaming Wars: The Marvel Episode. | WandaVision Episodes 1-4 Spoiler Review | | D...
Feb 01, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 14
(Bad Carole Baskin joke incoming) Hey, all you ghoul-bats and kittens. Me. Bobby Hutchinson. Kyle DeYoung. Betsy D'Aquila. Spooky scary stuff. It's all going down today! Get the scoop on CHAMBER 10: the new channel and production studio from Kyle and myself! We talk behind-the-scenes of our upcoming projects! Kyle DeYoung's The Paranormal Archives, releasing Halloween Day 2020. And my very own untitled horror film, currently filming! Then we all dive into our Halloween favorites from years past:...
Oct 30, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 12
In this episode, ending the most recent session, Tyler, Bobby, Devin and Sonny touch more on the latest game reveals, including the long-time coming announcement of Hogwarts Legacy, the first truly original standalone AAA RPG set in the Wizarding World. And with that announcement comes unfortunately, more discussion about the morality of supporting a franchise with a problematic creator. We don't intend to portray ourselves as the final authority, but it's an interesting conversation nonetheless...
Oct 17, 2020•30 min•Ep. 11
Welcome to the next part of our first fall session, so to speak. This is the exciting middle part, where we talk more generally about a variety of topics, including but not limited to... Mulan on Disney+ - worth it? // Tenet is out...in some places. Bobby’s review! // Oh yeah, and The New Mutants came out. // WandaVision looks incredibly fresh // RIP Chadwick Boseman // Square Enix's Marvel’s Avengers...is it really that bad? // Microsoft buys Bethesda for 7.5 BILLION dollars // Next-gen console...
Oct 01, 2020•40 min•Ep. 10
In part one of our latest recording session, Tyler and Bobby are joined by newcomer Sonny Kumi, and returning champion Devin Little. Let's finally break down all the amazing trailers and announcements that came out of DC FanDome in the past several weeks! We've got: The Batman: WHAT A TRAILER!! // Zack Snyder's Justice League, aka The Snyder Cut: again...WHAT A TRAILER!! // Black Adam, The Flash, The Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman 1984, and more...all very exciting! // The multiverse: a great new f...
Sep 28, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 9
(This episode was recorded on August 13, 2020) I should probably get better at posting these backlogged episodes sooner, but anyway, here it is! Our continued discussions about redundant remakes, such as the upcoming Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender, and redundant review websites that can't seem to get over their biases. And also: Spongebob! anchor.fm/tyler-zachary
Sep 06, 2020•40 min•Ep. 8
Welclome back to the show! We're now switching to a shorter episode format! Every recording session will be split into smaller, more palatable episodes. In this installment, join Tyler, co-host Bobby, and childhood baseball buddy Ian Manley. There's streaming wars, human rights, space colonization, and time travel to talk about. Fun stuff! -The Bad Batch announcement | -Streaming wars in full force | -Gamer parents | -Trailers are an artform | -t i m e | -colonizing space | -the world we live in...
Aug 21, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 7
What happens when your favorite author decides it's a good idea to speak out against the very inclusive ideas their work promotes? Well, nobody wins, really. In this episode, we dive into the art vs. artist conversation, talk the Fantastic Beasts movies and where they might stand now, more horror movies, the horrors of a certain stage play, weird childhood memories, the future of consumption, comfort shows, and maybe a few hot takes of our own that aren't quite as...discriminatory. Lost connecti...
Jul 20, 2020•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 6
We're back. This backlogged episode covers our post - Snyder Cut discussion (another episode which will release in due time) about spoiler culture, censorship, childhood favorite games, and underrated horror flicks. Topics include... | Spoilers suck | Disney+ news | the final frontier | censorship | theaters opening up | Hannibal is on Netflix | Games games games | underrated CBMs | underrated Horror | Tyler - twitter: @tylerzachary22 | Bobby - @hobbybutchinson | Bryce - @bhogle98 | Devin - @IHa...
Jul 01, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 5
Welcome to Part 2 of our lengthy conversation with Emma Tavolacci! This time, we dive into alternate history, the wonders of virtual reality, and a few of the greatest shows and games that explore these concepts. And, as always, even more! Our co-hosts were flabbergasted at some of the topics and revelations in this shocking installment--and we think you will be too. // Topics include: // Indiana Jones 007 | The Third Wave and repeating history | What to Watch: The Man in the High Castle | WW2 &...
May 23, 2020•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 4
We're back! We have *much to discuss* as we welcome our next guest--Emma Tavolacci! She's been around the block when it comes to fulfilling geek dreams. This session went so well, it covers the next TWO episodes. In this installment, we talk a lot about Star Wars (as always), dive into the weird enigmas of the entertainment industry, try to interpret our dreams, debate over continuity, and so much more. Tyler finally lets off some steam when it comes to a certain cut of a film (but still holds b...
May 16, 2020•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 3
In this episode, we're joined by our first guest, Tyler's sister Brittany Zachary! We talk about a TON of different, movies, shows, life happenings, stuff we hate, stuff we love, and stuff we're indifferent to. Honestly, too many topics to timestamp properly. So have fun! | 1:30 Intro | 6:40 Quarantine Watchlist & many other movie topics | 26:45 We've gotta talk about Tiger King | 34:50 Brittany stuff: Life, trauma, and apologies to Germany | 54:05 Stunt work | 1:02:10 "They're alive...just ...
Apr 07, 2020•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 2
It's here! Our first episode. Tyler Zachary and Bobby Hutchinson talk about THAT thing that's going on, how entertainment is affected, the vacations they recently went on (pre-quarantine), the ideas trapped in their brains, and some silly childhood memories. This ended up being a monster of a first round, but there was too much good content to cut. Feel free to use the timestamps below to jump around to the topics you find most interesting! | 1:50 Intro | 2:40 The elephant in the room | 7:10 RIP...
Mar 29, 2020•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 1
