Mechinations

In Code Geass episodes 2 and 3, the boys discover only two certainties: war and school. If you think that will throw Ignis, pmc, and Stephen off Lelouch's trail, though, they've only got one message for you: not a chance. Start of Discussion Timecode- 27:18 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mechinations/support

Join Ignis Madax, Stephen Hero, and pmcTRILOGY as they travel back in time to cover the history of Code Geass and the inaugural episode, introducing us to Lelouch and company. Revelations abound including Stephen Hero's desire for a clean and well-lighted Pizza Hut, Ignis Madax's struggle not to bring up Hunter x Hunter every episode of the pod, and pmcTRILOGY's lust for anything to do with grappling hooks. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mechinations/support

Rounding out the first Patlabor timeline, the boys waddle through Wasted XIII, the 3rd Patlabor movie. The boys talk through the film's resemblance to Godzilla vs. Biollante as well as the film's own struggle of noir vs. kaiju. At the end of the day, all we can tell you is "Forget it, listeners, it's Patlabor." --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mechinations/support

Do you remember when you had that torrid affair with the Mechinations podcast? Don't mind the background noise, Stephen Hero insisted we record this while moving constantly inside an aquarium. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mechinations/support

The terms of the conflict spiral out of control once again as pmc and Ignis are left blindsided by a new dimension in the conflict that is Gundam Wing vs. storytelling. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mechinations/support

To hear pmc and Ignis tell it, Treize has infiltrated OZ, Duo has built the Wing Zero, Heero encounters Hilde, and neither of us can get anyone's name right during this week's podcast. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mechinations/support

With Stephen Hero abroad to escape the Eva discourse, pmc and Ignis tackle episodes 21 and 22 of Gundam Wing which appear to be instructional videos on how not to treat subordinates, how to make friends, and how to properly conduct video conferences. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mechinations/support

Good news, friends, the boys liked the first Patlabor movie a lot and spent two hours talking about it. You can get this recording from your local West Coast Video for $19.95. Cheers, Tom from Usenet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mechinations/support

After spending 30 minutes talking about e3 like a bunch of nerds, the boys settle down to cover the final Early Days OVA episode in which a goof trope episode and flashes of military thriller join forces to rankle everyone on the pod. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mechinations/support

The boys reach the big two-part thriller in the Patlabor OVA and work out their feelings about navigating a police vs. military confrontation. Just, whatever you do, don't call it a coup, okay? No one does that. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mechinations/support

Ignis and pmc left Stephen behind in Jaburo, totally by accident this time, we swear! As an emergency fill-in, the boys do a quick pod on episode 20 of Gundam Wing, which only serves to remind us that the show does not like Lady Une and doesn't know what to think about Major Sally. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mechinations/support

By a haunted and stormy lakeside, the boys share their thoughts on these two genre parody episodes of the Patlabor OVA. Ignis Madax brings the monster, Stephen Hero brings the energy, and pmcTRILOGY does not drink soda so good luck finishing this joke, suckers. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mechinations/support

With Stephen Hero stuck in Jaburo, our pilots pmc and Ignis return to Gundam Wing to unburden the knowledge of space they've been holding in all this time. They find peace in their two hearts, but that probably won't help them with the rest of Gundam Wing. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mechinations/support

The boys grapple with the reality of watching a 1988 anime in 2019, but at least everyone is in agreement that they would absolutely make the same decision as the blimp pilot. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mechinations/support

Here's a bonus pod of the boys discussing Avengers Endgame and some other pop culture tidbits. Happy Mother's Day! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mechinations/support

This week on Mechinations the boys are guided by Stephen Hero through a brief history of the origin of Patlabor before discussing the first episode of the OVA. Everyone on this podcast is now voiced by Frank Welker, which will hopefully make lawlessness and disorder easier to handle. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mechinations/support

The boys wrap up their discussion of the first season of gen:LOCK in this real 7.7/10 episode of the podcast. If you've made it this far with us, you're likely very comfortable with your sense of self, but maybe less so with the context in which the self exists.  Whatever the case, we'll just have to wait for the gen:LOCK fart episode to happen next season. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mechinations/support

Come aboard the ship (or boat) of Theseus for a journey into episodes 5 and 6 of gen:LOCK. Various exotic personalities will serve as your hosts, including Stephen Hero, who has apparently not been on the internet for 20 years, Ignis Madax, who is an extremely large bird that lands in your podcast and yells DIGIMON GARLIC CHAMPIONS, and pmcTRILOGY, who is applying reads like someone using a bucket to save a metaphorical ship from sinking. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mechinations/support

Others listen to podcasts using their ears, but we know that you, the listener to our discussion of gen:LOCK episodes 3 and 4, have discovered that the correct method is to embody your podcast device of choice directly so that there is no analog middleman. You know and we know that it was a better choice than growing an additional pair of arms. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mechinations/support

Prepare to upload your consciousness to your favorite audio device to listen to the boys opine on the first two episodes of gen:LOCK, a 2019 Rooster Teeth web series. Whether you're here to determine if parity exists in the conflict between the Polity and the Union or what really is the importance of tropes in the color selection of the main characters, we can guarantee you'll really need to holon to your horses. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mechinations/support