Four Million Years Later

A story analysis show wherein two old friends (both TF fans since ’84) rewatch an episode of the original Transformers cartoon and convene to talk about what they saw.

The Heroic Autobots – Four Million Years Later, episode 27.1

Blog, Four Million Years Later, Podcasts / December 31, 2023 / Four Million Years Later, transformers, transformersg1

A bit of a break from the norm; before the new characters start showing up, we’re taking a minute to discuss the many Autobots we already know, as well as their little squishy friends. Don’t worry, I edited out the 2 hours Jerzy spent crying and muttering “How is Chip so good??”

And yep, that means next time we’re covering the Decepticons. Episode coverage will resume after that with “A Prime Problem”!

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More Than Meets The Eye, Pt 1 – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 01

More Than Meets the Eye, Pt 2 – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 02

More Than Meets the Eye, Pt 3 – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 03

Transport to Oblivion – Four Million Years Later Podcast episode 04

Roll For It – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 05

Divide and Conquer – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 06

Fire on the Mountain – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 9

Fire in the Sky – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 7

War of the Dinobots – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 10

S.O.S. Dinobots – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 8

The Ultimate Doom Pt 1 – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 11

The Ultimate Doom Pt 2 – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 12

The Ultimate Doom Pt 3 – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 13

Countdown to Extinction – Four Million Years Later episode 14

A Plague of Insecticons – Four Million Years Later, Episode 15

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The Core – Four Million Years Later, episode 27

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First off, please forgive the audio issues this episode, we were dealing with two separate audio problems teaming up!

So THE CORE is not a PRETTY episode, but is it a BAD one?? We found it’s NOT! You might just shut your eyes and listen to it. Chip Chase is BACK, and he’s got a PLAN! But so does MEGATRON! And Starscream has a SNIPER RIFLE and 6 Autobots in his sights!! Tune in and find out why we groaned at this episode as children but have a new appreciation for it as…. older children.

Song at 54:48-55:30 is “We’re In This Together” by Nine Inch Nails covered by Tara Rice. It’s fantastic!

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More Than Meets The Eye, Pt 1 – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 01

More Than Meets the Eye, Pt 2 – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 02

More Than Meets the Eye, Pt 3 – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 03

Transport to Oblivion – Four Million Years Later Podcast episode 04

Roll For It – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 05

Divide and Conquer – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 06

Fire on the Mountain – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 9

Fire in the Sky – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 7

War of the Dinobots – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 10

S.O.S. Dinobots – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 8

The Ultimate Doom Pt 1 – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 11

The Ultimate Doom Pt 2 – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 12

The Ultimate Doom Pt 3 – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 13

Countdown to Extinction – Four Million Years Later episode 14

A Plague of Insecticons – Four Million Years Later, Episode 15

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Enter the Nightbird – Four Million Years Later, episode 26

Blog, Four Million Years Later, Podcasts / December 19, 2023 / Four Million Years Later, transformers, transformersg1

Dr. Fujiyama (the famous scientist) has created a female ninja robot, which is definitely NOT an assassin, even though it has nunchucks, throwing stars, and sais! Definitely not!! Megatron MUST HAVE IT, and Starscream gets all kinds of jelly!! Good story, pretty good animation… it’s even got Rumble and Frenzy. All this, and Trailbreaker gets blasted across a huge auditorium!!

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More Than Meets The Eye, Pt 1 – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 01

More Than Meets the Eye, Pt 2 – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 02

More Than Meets the Eye, Pt 3 – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 03

Transport to Oblivion – Four Million Years Later Podcast episode 04

Roll For It – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 05

Divide and Conquer – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 06

Fire on the Mountain – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 9

Fire in the Sky – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 7

War of the Dinobots – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 10

S.O.S. Dinobots – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 8

The Ultimate Doom Pt 1 – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 11

The Ultimate Doom Pt 2 – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 12

The Ultimate Doom Pt 3 – Four Million Years Later Podcast, episode 13

Countdown to Extinction – Four Million Years Later episode 14

A Plague of Insecticons – Four Million Years Later, Episode 15

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Day of the Machines – Four Million Years Later, episode 25

Blog, Four Million Years Later, Podcasts / December 11, 2023 / Four Million Years Later, transformers, transformersg1

Well… Hoover had a lot of issues with this episode. Buuuuut, at least it wasn’t animated by Akom? Thankfully there were SOME redeeming things in here that we were able to call attention to. Still didn’t stop us from talking about it for an hour and a half. It’s got Frenzy, and it’s got Skyfire, so each of our hosts had SOMETHING to like. And it’s got… Paul??? Give it a listen!

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Atlantis, Arise! Four Million Years Later, episode 24

Blog, Four Million Years Later, Podcasts / October 20, 2023 / Four Million Years Later, transformers, transformersg1

In this exciting episode, if IMDB is to be believed, the DECEPTICONS MAKE FRIENDS UNDER THE SEA! It really doesn’t go quite that way… but there’s plenty of Autobot cars-on-waterskiis, Subatlantican telepathy, and bad guys turning on other badguys action! So grab your speedo and scuba mask like Spike and dive in!!!

In this episode we mention the TOY GALAXY HISTORY OF ENTERTECH video.

We also mention the old serial THE CRIMSON GHOST.

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The Autobot Run – Four Million Years Later, episode 23

Blog, Four Million Years Later, Podcasts / October 11, 2023 / Four Million Years Later, transformers, transformersg1

There’s…. well, there’s a lot of sighing in this episode. This is another one of the AKOM-animated episodes, and it… it looks pretty bad. Very bad even. So the challenge is, can we find the good in it?? Well, we found some!! It’s got Chip Chase, so you know Jerzy ferreted some good out. And it’s got some nice Skywarp action, so Hoover was pleased with that at least. What else was there to like? LISTEN AND FIND OUT!

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Season 1 Wrap-Up Pt 2 – Four Million Years Later, Episode 16.2

Blog, Four Million Years Later, Podcasts / June 27, 2023 / 80scartoons, transformers, transformersg1

Part two of our Season One Wrap-up includes a lot of praise from listeners! Comments come in from Chris Giarrusso (yes, THAT Chris Giarrusso, of MINI MARVELS and G-MAN), David Cabal (of the RETROCABAL podcast), Miguel @LogosMinor/@BoricuaConvoy, Rick Heinichen (of the podcast JEFF AND RICK PRESENT UNPACKING THE POWER OF POWER PACK), Guy Jessop-Braithwaite, Ashley Knapp, and Rob Stenzinger (of the LEAN INTO ART podcast). The sites we recommend in this episode:

The sites we recommend in this episode:

Thanks to everyone who’s ever left a comment, posted a review, sent an email, or recommended the podcast. You make this all worth it.

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Eurythman Harmony T-Shirt

Blog, Four Million Years Later / June 26, 2023 / transformers, transformersg1

New t-shirt in the Four Million Years Later TeePublic store!

If you are a G1 Transformers fan who enjoyed the Three Wolf Moon shirt, my FMYL podcast co-host Hoover and I have something for you.

For those who get the latter but not the Transformers reference, these are characters from what is considered the worst episode in G1 Transformers, Carnage in C-Minor:

And here is our discussion on the episode:

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Season 1 Wrap Up Pt 1 – Four Million Years Later, episode 16.1

Blog, Four Million Years Later, Podcasts / June 19, 2023 / 80s cartoons, Four Million Years Later, transformers, transformersg1

So we went to do a season wrap-up show not sure we’d have enough to talk about, and it ended up being twice as long as usual, so we decided to post it in two parts, as I’d be very surprised if anyone wanted to listen to us for 2 1/2 hours in one sitting! In this half, we set the scene talking about the cartoon and toy landscapes of 1984, and how Transformers changed so many things, being an innovation, and literal worldwide phenomenon. You’ll get to hear Jerzy discover UHF stations! Experience young Hoover shocked and excited that a GIRL collected Transformers!! And learn the terrible tragedy slash CBS Special Event that forever distanced Jerzy from his family!!! YOUR LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AFTER THIS EPISODE!!!! (Ok, so it probably will, but hey, you never know…)

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Closing theme by Nick Mehalick

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Heavy Metal War – Four Million Years Later, episode 16

Blog, Four Million Years Later, Podcasts / June 5, 2023 / 80s cartoons, cartoons, Four Million Years Later, transformers, transformersg1

Prime channels Judge Dredd! Megatron cheats! Starscream won’t shut up! Two Constructicons don’t talk at all! Wait, what are Constructicons?? Find out in this episode of FOUR MILLION YEARS LATER!!

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Closing theme by Nick Mehalick.

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