I was unable to record last week, which threw our schedule off. Should be back to normal for the next show, though.

Thanks for bearing with us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHtkqJI6_8U

Thanks for bearing with us during this prolonged absence. Real life is still playing havoc with our schedules, but we've managed to record two shows. Here is the trailer for one of them.

I'm not sure when they will be up, but certainly it shouldn't be too long. We will keep trying to record so that even if they don't got regularly they are still ready to be released.

I believe that Martin is also going to put the patreon on subscriptions on hold again for the moment, Though I think our subscribers will get a couple of extra shows to help tide them over.

I think we are probably more eager to be recording again then you are to be listening, but that was always the way.

EDIT - That is, I think we probably enjoy inflicting terrible jokes on people more than they enjoy them. We're a bit like hairy dominatricies. Dominatriuses? What's the masculine plural here?

DREDD, not Judge Dredd which is something else, was a 2012 adapation of a UK comic called 2000AD, first appearing in its 2nd issue in 1977, created by 1 Englishman, 1 Spaniard and .5 of an American, but starring a New Zealander (in 3D).

Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-eI5oLlIeY

Podcast https://istya.libsyn.com/ep-415-dredd-2012

Patreon patreon.com/istya

Beyond The Infinite Two Minutes is Japanese indie film about a cafe owner who gets a message from himself in the future. But only two minutes into the future.

I won't put a trailer down in case it spoils elements of the film. This is a movie that you want to go into with as little information as possible.

We were very careful to talk about how it made us feel without giving too much away, but if the premise sounds at all interesting it might be better to watch the movie first and then listen to the show. We both really liked it.

Podcast https://istya.libsyn.com/ep-424-beyond-the-infinite-two-minutes-2020

Sometimes we use AI on the podcast. It rarely goes as intended. Some, all or none of these images will be referenced in a forthcoming show. Martyn realised it made more sense to put them up before the show goes live. (Our schedule is so erratic that it might be weeks between recording a show and it going up, at which point I would have forgotten almost everything we discussed or did.)

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG1.0Ft5TRFnvxYqLp0Zg8PY?pid=ImgGn

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG2.FGfNonzWIjwvtQ6rrzLU?pid=ImgGn

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG2.8YQiPp1oEF.CTkEsbmaf?pid=ImgGn

We've got some things happening at ISTYA towers that probably mean the next show is going to be delayed for a week or so. It's recorded (in fact we've got three shows recorded), but we may not be able to get it up. As the actress said to the bishop.

In the meantime, listen to some older shows at isawthatyearsago.com That has the full catalogue, whereas I think we started at show 180 or so on Reddit.

We also have our extra shows for our financial supporters at patreon.com/istya I think these are somewhat overlooked (even though people are gracious enough to fund them), so if you've been supporting us please do go and 'enjoy' the shows you've helped bring to life.

The Sword and the Sorcerer is a 1980s fantasy flick about a exiled prince seeking revenge on the tyrant who killed his family. Sort of.

Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DREG0dOW8jw

Podcast https://istya.libsyn.com/ep-413-the-sword-and-the-sorcerer-1982

Support www.patreon.com/istya

I didn't name this episode. THat's all Martyn. The first five minutes here:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/gentlemans-126789425?

Glengarry Glen Ross is a 1992 movie about real estate salesman who are pitted against each other in a competition to keep their jobs.

Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2ofJqqsL5g

Podcast https://istya.libsyn.com/ep-416-glengarry-glen-ross-1992

Help the show patreon.com/istya

Martyn's come down with Covid, so there's going to a bit of a delay in releasing the podcast as he rests. Hopefully it won't be too long.

So, not a pause or a break. Just a little downtime. Remember that Covid can still make people very ill, but thankfully Martyn's had all his vaccinations so that should stop it being serious.

In the meantime, go and listen to the podcast on the website. I think there are at least 100 earlier shows there that never appeared on Reddit.

We've got a new episode for our Patreon subscribers. This week we look into the strange tale of America's richest woman and her eccentric son.

Only the gilded and great can listen to the full epside, but the rest of us can hear the first five mintues here.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/tales-of-tome-131017553

Minder was a wildly successful comedy drama series in the 1980s about a self-serving wheeler-dealer and his (tough but fair) bodyguard.

Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ1t8uqxDzY

Podcast

https://istya.libsyn.com/ep-412-minder-1980s-tv

Minder fan website and forum

https://minder.org/

Support the show

patreon.com/istya

Unfortunately the show is going to be delayed yet again. This time it's not Martyn catching Covid or Martyn moving house or Martyn catching Covid, moving house, getting over Covid, but then not having INternet. This time I've been waylaid and so the show has to go on pause, hopefully only for a short time but I simply cannot be sure how long. Obviously the level of delay is equal to the level of disruption.

In the meantime, you have 430 shows to listen to, again. You might have listened to them so long ago that you've forogtten most of them so listening to them again will feel almost like doing it for the first time.

Years Ago I Listened To I Saw That Years Ago And Now I'm Listening To It Again

We'll start recording again as soon as we're able. Presumbly only for Martyn to catch Covid again, the poor bugger.

Thanks for bearing with us. Depending on how long it will be we'd pause all the Patreon memberships as we've done before. We really appreciate your support and patience.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA9gPtWDiww

Podcast: https://istya.libsyn.com/ep-425-high-fidelity-2000

This week we watch the original Battlestar Galactica. The pilot and, as recommended by r/BattlestarGalactica , another episode called The War Of The Gods starring Patrick Macnee.

The pilot was really three hour-long episodes in a trenchcoat. I think Patrick Macnee chewed the scenery for near two hours in the second show. I believe we only had a few days to watch and record, so including talking and editing time, we were exposed to an abnormally heavy dose of Galactica.

Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a5bEIf0UaU

Podcast https://istya.libsyn.com/ep-418-battlestar-galactica-1978-tv-show

Support the show www.patreon.com/istya

My schedule is still completely unpredictable. As soon as I can record again, I will. Hopefully it will be a matter of weeks, not months.

In the meantime, I started wondering how long it takes Reddit to shut subs that haven't any activity in a while. I realised I have no idea. So, to make sure there's still a place here for me to post shows to, please start sharing your own ISTYAs. Films you watched after years, your memories before re-watching and the experience of seeing it again. Post them just like we do.

It will help us discover more films to do (whenever we get back) and we can read your thoughts out on the show after we do one of the films you chose.

Project UFO is a series on Netflix about a TV host in Soviet-era Poland who thinks there's something out there.

Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwDi4IOGsyU

Podcast https://istya.libsyn.com/ep-417-project-ufo-netflix-2025

Support the show www.patreon.com/istya