Robots In Your Eyes

08/08/2025

Amazingly, I've just uploaded and scheduled the 100th episode of Robots In your Eyes! It will be out in October, with special guest Joe Ford. I hope you will listen and enjoy.

17/09/2024

Well, as today marks 40 years since the G1 Transformers cartoon debuted, this seems like a good excuse to post a link to our very first episode, in which we discussed, er, the very first episode!

Steven and Jason look back at the very first Transformers Cartoon from 1984! Are these robots from the past - or the future? How did Steven miss it all on first transmission? Is the fight on the dam the all-time high point of the Transformers? Will Jason be able to cope with the science of Cybertron...

11/08/2024

Amazingly, it's been a whole year since Jason, Steve, other Steve and Zoe tackled the lynchpin of the ongoing Transformers franchise, the 1986 Movie. And it's our most-listened-to episode so far!

JASON THOMPSON STEVEN ALEXANDER with STEVE WALKER and ZOE BAKER IN.... THE TRANSFORMERS THE MOVIE

29/07/2024

And so we reach the end of G1 Transformers! More new characters than ever before, Headmasters, Target Masters, and some huge Transformers, and the task of bringing all these to the screen fell to AKOM, unfortunately. It's 'The Rebirth'!

The end of an era, the beginning of a new golden age, you might call it a REBIRTH! The G1 Transformers cartoon comes to an end, but not before a few dozen new characters are thrown at us! Covers the episodes 'The Rebirth, parts 1, 2 & 3'

25/07/2024

Trip to Lush resulted in an appropriate purchase considering the latest episode of the podcast (featuring Steve Walker and Ellie Collins)....

22/07/2024

Cowabunga dudes! Ellie Collins joins Jason and Steve to discuss a classic that looked somewhat different on our side of the pond thanks to BBC censors.

Covers the opening 5-part miniseries 'Heroes in a Half Shell'.

Ellie Collins joins Steve and Jason to discuss a classic (albeit somewhat different from how we saw it in the UK back then), with mutant rats, ninja turtles, and Uncle Phil! Covers the five-part opening miniseries 'Heroes in a Half-Shell'.

15/07/2024

If these are the real Ghostbusters, who are the guys in the movie? When did Slimer join the team? Where are Dana & Louis? Jason and Steve are joined by Cooper Berryman to explore these questions and more.

Covering 'Ghosts R Us' & 'Killerwatt'.

If these are the real Ghostbusters, who were those guys in the movie? When did Slimer join the team? What happened to Dana and Louis? Well, one of those questions will be (sort of) answered as Jason and Steve are joined by special guest Cooper Berryman. Covering the episodes 'Ghosts R Us' and 'Kille...

08/07/2024

Robyn Watts returns to the podcast to discuss a Disney classic. How did this cartoon with two very familiar voice actors pass Jason by completely? It's a mystery!

Covers the 5-episode opening miniseries 'Awakening'.

Robyn Watts returns to the podcast to discuss a Disney classic. How did such a great cartoon with two very familiar voice actors pass Jason by completely? It's a mystery! Covers the five-episode opening mini-series 'Awakening'.

01/07/2024

Zoe and Conrad join Jason to talk about a character who may well be the greatest. Certainly he's fantastic. And wherever there is danger... oh, you get it. It's Danger Mouse!

Zoe and special guest Conrad Westmaas join Jason to discuss a cartoon character who could well be the greatest, and fantastic. Yes, it's Danger Mouse! Covers the episodes 'Rogue Robots', 'Who Stole The Bagpipes', 'Trouble with Ghosts' and 'Chicken Run'.

24/06/2024

A classic but surprisingly little known animated movie is this week's subject. Join me, Drew Wagar, Anita Wagar and Emma Zoe Thompson to hear about 'The Flight of Dragons'.

There were some sound issues with this recording, so bear with us.

Zoe, Drew and Anita talk with Jason about the 1982 animated adventure movie 'The Flight of Dragons', and ask how a movie with such gorgeous animation and a top-class voice cast get such little attention over the years?

17/06/2024

Pete Lambert comes up from the depths to discuss with Jason Thompson how a 30-storey high reptile creature conceived as the personification of nuclear destruction became an all-American hero! It's Godzilla!

Episodes: 'The Firebird' and 'The Eartheater'

Pete Lambert comes up from the depths to discuss how a 30-storey high sea reptile that was conceived as the personification of nuclear destruction became an all-American hero in the 1978 cartoon series 'Godzilla'. Covers the episodes 'The Firebird' ad 'The Eartheater'.

10/06/2024

Paul Monk joins Jason to discuss the Drak Pack in our latest episode. Available now!

Paul Monk joins Jason to discuss the antics of the Drak Pack, three teenagers trying to make up for the evil their ancestors did in those classic horror movies. And all apparently without any conspicuous level of intelligence.... Covers the episodes 'Color me Dredful' and 'Mind Your Manners, Dr Dred...