Aug 6, 2021The Timeline Episode 1.6: X-men First ClassWe are back with the next episode in the x-men saga. ThIn this episode we are covering the Men and Women of X in their developmental stages. Can the new mutants work with the CIA and save the world from the Bacon crisis. Listen as Linbert and Rob talk…1 min read1 min read
Apr 23, 2021The Timeline Episode 1.4: X-Men Last Standhttps://anchor.fm/robin-smith73/episodes/The-Timeline-Episode-1-4-X-Men-Last-Stand-evhbj7 In this episode of the timeline Rob and Linbert revisit 2006 and the last film in the original X-Men trilogy, The Last Stand. We discuss Mutant morality, video games, level 5 powers, abuse of powers, science, and wolverines inability to work as part of a team. …2 min read2 min read
Mar 30, 2021Lockdowns and the UK: The Year-long Path to 100,000 deathsJoin Rob as he reflects on the last year of Lockdowns in the UK. What were the events that lead to the UK having such a monumentally terrible outcome to the first year of a word in a pandemic. We look back along some key events of the timeline…Video3 min readVideo3 min read
Feb 18, 2021A Pessimist is Never Disappointed: Series 2 Episode 6 — Chat Magazine Reddit TrashRob and Nadia return to talk about life in the middle of the third national lockdown in the UK. Also, Bad video game demos, morality in struggle, work racists, magazine stars, and just what is hardcore pornography? Sometimes funny, sometimes heavy, it’s the return of A Pessimist is Never…1 min read1 min read
Feb 16, 2021Just can’t get you out of my headIt’s a terrible thing to feel trapped. Encased within yourself unable to find freedom. For the longest time I have been living in this sort of mental capsule, carrying baggage of ideas and thoughts that I just cannot make manifest. It’s not like having writers block, although I imagine that…3 min read3 min read
Jan 8, 2021The Timeline Episode 1.3 : X-Men 2 X2 : X-Men Unitedhttps://anchor.fm/robin-smith73/episodes/The-Timeline-Episode-1-3--X-Men-2-X2--X-Men-United-eon9g5 Rob and Linbert return to the mainline Fox produced X-Men films to track the timeline of X-Men 2, A.K.A. X2, A.K.A. X-Men United. We marvel at a well put together film with a great cast and brilliant script, and one of the greatest opening action scenes in the history of super hero cinema. Listen as we learn about White House furniture, The history of humanity, The human DNA project, and find out some shocking things a pair of 13-year-old boys got up to.X Men1 min readX Men1 min read
Nov 23, 2020Survivor Series 2020 — Bring out your dead!This is a review of the matches and overall show WWE Survivor Series 2020, originally aired sunday 22nd November 2020 and took place at Amway Center. Match 1: Men’s elimination match Team Smackdown v Team RAW — raw wins with zero eliminations. This was an interesting if narratively one sided…6 min read6 min read
Nov 23, 2020Dark Water 2002-ReviewDark Water (Honogurai Mizu no soko kara or “From the Depths of Dark Water”) is a slow moving and familiar reflection on the fringe memories of childhood abandonment trauma. …Review4 min readReview4 min read
Oct 19, 2020The Timeline 1.1 X-MenEpisode 1.1 The Timeline X-Men Rob and Linbert return to begin a new journey through the timeline of everything that has and will have been. …2 min read2 min read
Oct 18, 2020Having but never doing.Last night I spent a couple of hours looking at the sheer number of books and other media myself and my wife have managed to collect over the years. This collection has ballooned over recent years and I begin to wonder now why it is I’ve never had the time…5 min read5 min read
