Ascension To Ten

Ascension To Ten

A funny and entertaining Sci-Fi movie review podcast with childhood friends that uses a unique 11-point rating scale Ascension to 10. Your main hosts, JAD and Spenny, and their producer/occasional host Bry use their longtime friendship to tell stories of their younger years. They look for movies that have been lost or purposely forgotten and hope you will come on the journey with them.

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May 29, 2024 71 mins

We’re back!!! No amount of technical difficulties could stand in our way this time.  

Spenny had some assembly required and stranded himself, JAD tells not one, but two magnet stories as part of a larger story about seaming, and the Cold Case segment returns.

The bois discuss the movie Mayflower II, a story about getting lost in space.  Don’t watch it.

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Remember when we said we were back in a rhythm and on a strict recording and publishing schedule?  Me neither!!

Spenny kicked things off this episode by trying his best to get the show canceled, the bois talk about garage doors, and JAD makes fun of his wife.  We also talk about The Fifth Wave, which is a very bad movie.

Sorry this took so long to get out.  Thanks for sticking with us!

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Episode 54: I’m gonna kill these birds, right? || Birdemic: Shock and Terror Movie Review

Let’s do this! Birdemic is in the building, ladies and gentlemen! This has been long awaited, and we had to roll without Bryan to get it done.

Wowwie! This movie takes things to a new level. It starts off with lots of time watching a guy drive a rental Mustang and everyone achieving their career goals. A clear-cut happens when birds are everywhe...

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We’re in Season 2 at last!  That’s right, whatever conditions were previously set for Season 2 to start, uhhh, we met those.  Sure.

Anyways, we’re back after yet another long hiatus.  If you’ve stuck around, thank you for your patience!  We really appreciate your time.  On this episode, Spenny gets philosophical right away, leading the bois down a path discussing corn (maize if you will), palaces, and latin vocalizations at Ron Jon ...

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It’s a trio!  That’s right the whole crew is back and ready to talk about the movie 65, a movie about aliens fighting dinosaurs or something.  JAD talks about softball, gold scooters, staying visible at night, and he even gives an update to a fan favorite segment: magnet stories!  In addition, JAD prepared a new segment for the bois in which they discuss how close Artificial Intelligence is to taking over, not only the world, but t...

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Episode 51: Accidental Double Feature || Evil Dead & Army of Darkness Movie Reviews

Well, we finally did. We didn’t watch the same movie, and you’ll see JAD and Spenny scramble to put together a double movie review without the other ever seeing the movie the other watched. JAd watched Evil Dead, and Spenny watched Army of Darkness. Based on the movie's description, Spenny got the better end of the deal.

Spenny goes off on hi...

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The bois jumped through a time vortex and are back to do a bit of podcasting.   Highlander was on deck this week, but we’ve been gone so long, we forgot how to review it.  

That actually has more to do with all the stories we told.  Spenny went on a vacation that was fine, JAD solved his transportation problems, and the two remember an epic SPAM from 2002.  

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Episode 48: LoTR Poor Man Rewrite || In The Name of The King Movie Review

The bois have been sitting on this one for a while. Both pre and post production. Its finally time to unveil the most ridiculous movies we’ve watch in a while and that includes velocipastor. This week we review In The Name of the King Movie. They literally had to rewrite 70% of this movie because the story was so close to the Lord of the Rings movies. Either w...

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The bois did something new this week by reviewing a good movie.  Velocipastor might not have anything to do with velociraptors or pastors, but it does contain everything a movie needs in a convenient runtime.  The movie is basically animorphs, but we never mentioned that because I just thought of it.  Also, I did my best to make the show art for this episode reflect the production value of the movie.

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June 20, 2023 67 mins

Episode 46: Thumb War Jox

A movie about huge robots with a boring plot? Sounds like a good recipe for the Ascension To Ten podcast. The bois review Robot Jox from 1989. It was a lame version of Pacific Rim.

Spenny talks about karaoke and the bois reminisce about funny stories of t-shirts.

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June 1, 2023 57 mins

Another week, another setup change.  This is the first episode the bois finally implement the technology JAD has wanted this entire time: green screen editing.  The bois are the only thing holding themselves back at this point.  This week we briefly talk about the movie Jupiter Ascending after discussions involving selling things on Facebook marketplace, camping, gas cans, and windows.

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May 17, 2023 63 mins

So we did another low-budget Steven Seagal movie (“Code of Honor” if it even matters).  This one is so bad that Spenny had to put JAD in a timeout and restricted his movie selections moving forward.  It’s a real stinker.  Hopefully this episode is better than the movie itself, or we may lose what audience we have.  

Anyways, JAD shows up in costume, Spenny got a headstone,, and the bois discuss a new favorite show that hits too clos...

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May 10, 2023 54 mins

Episode 43: The Clown Quest

Well, well, well, another Van Damme film, this time The Quest. Frankly, we don’t really know what the real plot line was, but it's obvious Van Damme didn’t either, as this was his first film as director. Its something about being a clown on stilts but ending up in this epic fight tournament that reminds you of cheap mortal combat. 

The Bois also discuss funny stories, including the show Tanked and Fir...

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May 3, 2023 70 mins

Hello?

Is anyone there?

We’re back!

After a three month break, the bois get back in the studio to do very  important things, such as talk about clothes, hair, running indoor marathons, a critical lack of magnets, paying to park, drinking, and its consequences.

We also discuss the movie Street Fighter, which is obviously based on Street Fighter 2. 

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February 22, 2023 54 mins

Episode 41: Phantom Summer to Forget

With JAD out of pocket for a minute to enjoy little baby Sloane. He leaves the fate of the show to Spenny. In Turn, Spenny calls in a familiar face to help, and Bry answers the call! This week we are reviewing The Phantom (1996). It is a great movie to review and talk about all the craziness of this film.  Billy Zane got his chance to be a leading man in an action film. He did his best, but it di...

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February 15, 2023 24 mins

Spenny and JAD sit down for a special episode announcing JAD's first child, Sloane.  No movie or clowning this week, just happy words on becoming a dad; although Spenny does manage to sneak in a TD. 

While A2TEN isn't going anywhere, the next couple episodes may be a bit different with JAD taking some time off.  Spenny will carry the show forward though so no worries.  As always, thank you for tuning in.

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February 8, 2023 57 mins

Episode 40: Black Adam Bad?

This was another listener's recommendation to do Black Adam. Thank you, Zach and Derek. It was surprisingly a really enjoyable film. JAD and Spenny didn’t have much to say about it other than they enjoyed the movie and the visuals. The bois poked fun at a few concepts, like a nanobot girl making tornadoes and the atom smasher being a total throwaway character. However, on the whole, the film was pret...

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February 1, 2023 78 mins

Episode 39: BatBoi vs. IcedMan

This movie is another fan recommendation from our listener, Doug. We are reviewing Batman and Robin. Man, this is a sequel to Batman forever, but they lost Val Kilmer to The Saint, so they got a TV actor named George Clooney to play Batman. It was his first leading role. Unfortunately, it didn't translate to success. Batman almost met his match this time! He will refund you your money if you tell ...

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January 25, 2023 76 mins

Episode 38: Winning by Tying

We had an incredible fan recommendation from a show friend, Taylor. Cosmoball (2020). It is a Russian Sci-fi film. The premise is around this game called Cosmo Ball, which is soccer meets Tron. It took the bois by surprise. It is a visually strong film, and the dubbed English and subtitles were another level of entertainment added to this film. The dub only matched the subtitles 50% of the time and was e...

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January 17, 2023 62 mins

Episode 37: Ascensions are Easy

Spenny picked the movie this week; Earth Girls Are Easy (1989). It stars Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carry, and Damon Wayans. It is over the top Sci-fi musical comedy. It has weird furry aliens that somehow can shave off colored fur and look like completely normal humans. The bois try to get through this without too much of an issue. Unfortunately, there was an issue this week with our software. W...

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