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It's a new month and a new theme! This month we are focusing on everyone's favorite hundred year old man, Mel Brooks! But we're focusing on his lesser known works starting with his adaptation of a 1920s Soviet novel ... The Twelve Chairs!
It's finale time! We have reached the top of the Japanese organized crime roller coaster and are now screaming to the finish line!
Just when you thought you knew where this story was going they throw you a huge change up!
We are back with more Yakuza! This time we go through the mid game story and then dip our toe into Side Quest City!
After falling in love with the franchise in much later entries, we're going back to the very beginning! Well, not the VERY beginning but close enough!
It's Myles's birthday! So he's decided to keep things decidedly on point PUN INTENDED as we talk about the latest movie from the world of John Wick, Ballerina!
It's another week with the Baba Yaga, and boy howdy are things somehow even more intense!
More cars. More guns. More FIGHTS! It's an action movie sequel and we're here to talk about it!
It's summer, and that means a return to some things we love ... action movies! So we're taking this month to talk about one of the newest, coolest action movie franchises to hit since the 80s!
You mean to tell me that during Ani-May there was an actual ANIME MOVIE in ACTUAL MOVIE THEATERS?! Yessiree bob! So we watched it and are gonna talk about it!
This week, we're continuing our tokusatsu meta-experience with a show that both is and very much ISN'T related to the Ultraman franchise! This time no guitar riffs are necessary to transform, but we can't guarantee Matthew Lawrence isn't involved!
We're meta on meta this week as we discuss a very similar but VERY different take on one of our favorite Tokusatsu franchises!
What a mouthful of a title! But this show may just do something completely unexpected ... listen and find out!
Way back in the early 00s, two up and coming creators made a show about clones. And then they went on to be two of the most lauded writers and directors in the industry. So we're going back to their first big project!
Hello. We're back. Yeah, we're talking about Daria, what of it? Does the show hold up? Who cares.
When it comes to highly influential animated projects, who would have thought that this would be one of the biggest. But does it hold up?
This month we're kicking off our conversation about the animation of MTV! MUSIC TELEVISION! But in the early 1990s they decided to expand their library with some experimental animation, and that's what we're taking a look at this week!
We wrap up the month with a look at a band that is probably the best known of the ones we've covered ... but maybe not OUR favorite band. So let's dive in!
Don't let the search in your music service get autocorrected, we're talking about the Scottish synth-pop group Chvrches!
Last week we covered Myles's favorite band of all time, this week we're focusing on Drew. But what happens when someone who doesn't have as deep an appreciation for music really has to dig in?
After the fun we had during the holidays making our special Xmas playlist we decided to expand it into something we've never done before! So here's our playlist of Green Day based on a limited selection of albums!
With the Oscars on the horizon, we brought in TV's Travis to finally get Myles to sit down and watch KPop Demon Hunters!
We're wrapping up this edition of The Wheel with a game that has surprises left and right, including what side of the road they drive on! Was that joke bad? Yeah ... but the jokes are much better in this game!
This week we journey under the sea to aid a little crab get his shell back! Hijinks ensue! Comedy abounds! And that stupid crab killed me again?!
It's been almost fifteen years ... fifteen long years since we discussed three typical average kids inside a haunted mansion ... But this time we're covering the Japanese original! How does this show match up not only to the American remake but its Metal Heroes brethren? Listen and find out!
We're back with more conversations about the Metal Heroes, those unsung characters of tokusatsu! And Robocop! But now that we've entered the Heisei era are the shows hitting as hard? Listen and find out!
Content availability strikes again! But we did what we could to cover one of the most popular entries in the Metal Heroes!
It's time to tackle the last pillar of Tokusatsu, the Metal Heroes! And we're kicking off with the very beginning, Gavan! How does this show compare to its siblings? Listen and find out!
It's the final episode of the year, and you know what that means! It's the Morey Awards!
We're wrapping up our holiday coverage this year (pun intended) with our own holiday specials!
We're back with more holiday music! And we're going to put everything together in to one great playlist!
Drew surprised Myles with a challenge that's right up his alley, creating the perfect non-traditional holiday playlist! But as often happens, we have too many ideas and opinions! So here's part one of our listen along and compilation of our number 1 best playlist!
We kick off our holiday coverage this year with a minty fresh movie from the faraway year of 2024! This movie is the very definition of a slice of life, but does that translate to a fun time for the holidays? Listen and find out!
We round out our coverage of content from the Orange Years with one of their most popular shows of all time! But will our reviews be glowing? Or will they wilt into a puddle ... listen and find out!
Nickelodeon, making reboots cool before the term reboot even existed (for media at least!). This week's pick takes a show from the 1970s and brings it to the Orange Years. But does this show fit the vibe? Listen and find out!
The Orange Years, as we've come to call them, were a time in children's television that were both all about experimentation but also finding the genuine voice of kids of the time. And that's where this show is odd ... odd that it seems to have all but disappeared from the public memory of shows at the time.
We're back with a very special Nickvember! This time we're focusing on the shows the are not the easiest to track down. This week we're focusing on the sci-fi show that defies expectations!
We've reached the finale of our REtrospective, and we've made it to a game that is simultaneously the next step in the franchise while also being a couple steps back. 25 years removed from it's launch, how does this game land? Listen and find out!
What happens when you have a whole library of titles in production but your biggest console platform NEEDS a main title? You rename one!
Every once in a while a game comes out that defines a genre. Some might say for survival horror that the game in question is Resident Evil, but not us! We think it's Resident Evil ... TWO ...
It's spooky season, and with a looming new game on the horizon we've decided to go back in time to the 1990s and revisit the game that put survival horror on the map, Resident Evil!
We're back after a little vacation to finally wrap up our coverage on the kickoff issues of DC's Absolute line of comics, and boy did we pick one to finish off with!
What do you do when one superhero name has been attributed to almost a dozen characters? INCLUDE THEM ALL!
Yeah we know it's not August anymore, but that doesn't matter! You wanted it, and you've got it, we're back for the next round of Absolute DC! *Please note there is an audio issue in this episode that we unfortunately did not detect while recording. Unfortunately we could not fix it before release, but we will have it all better by next episode.
We're wrapping up Absolute August with the last of the Trinity, the big ... well, not quite BLUE blue ... maybe navy? And while yeah he's not a boy but I wouldn't really call him a man yet ... you know what just listen and find out!
We're back with more Absolute DC, and this one is written by friend of the show Kelly Thompson!
Join us as we have a (largely) SPOILER FREE discussion about one of the best games of the last 20 years. But after the end credits roll ... SPOILERS AHOY!
Every once in a while comic book companies get a wild hair to reboot their characters in dramatic and unforeseen ways. Maybe Green Lantern is an Medieval Knight, Maybe Wonder Woman is a kaiju, and maybe this time Batman is one of the most down to earth sympathetic characters in franchise history ... Wait, is this real?! Listen and find out!
Once in a blue moon a comic company rebrands one of their principal characters into a new book to draw in new readers. TWICE in a blue moon they do it again ... for the same readers!
Super Summer may be over, but we're not quite done with the Family of Steel. For our first Comic Catch Up we're covering what might be THE definitive Supergirl story, and they're turning it into a movie! How is it, and how do we think they're going to adapt it? Listen and find out!
It's finally here! All summer we have been covering stories about the Big Blue Boy Scout and we have finally gotten a look at the film that's kicking off James Gunn's take on the DC Universe. We're kicking off with a little spoiler free review before a big warning that SPOILERS ARW AHEAD! AHOY!
In our second to last entry into Super Summer we cover the (almost) most recent live action Superman with a CW series that only ended within the last year. What does our elder millennial Superman have to say in this day and age? Listen and find out!
It's a new millennium, and what better way to celebrate than rebooting a classic hero! We're taking a look at a show that ended up lasting a decade, more than any other sci-fi tv series of the time!
It's a (an almost) new decade, and that means a new look at the Big Blue Boy Scout! But this time, Lois Lane is just as big of an influence on both his character and the show. But how does the Superman of the 1990s stack up? Listen and find out!
It's Myles's birthday, and he heard word that Drew had somehow after all these years never saw a movie that was extremely important to him! So we take a look back to the 90s to a previously unsung but now very sung Disney classic! Does it Stand Out? Will they see Eye to Eye?! Listen and find out!
Every so often a hero gets so popular that the multimillion dollar company that owns it decides to revoke the rights of anybody that's been making money off of it. And what do you do when that happens? Well if you're one of the Salkinds you pivot to another, younger, cooler, more hip with the kids version of that same character! And this time ... in Florida!
Look, up in the sky! It's a billboard, for a new Superman movie! And to celebrate, we're spending this summer talking all about the big blue Boy Scout, but we're not talking about his adventures on the silver screen, we're talking about all the different versions that appeared right in your very home! We're kicking off going all the way back to the 1950s and one of the very first superhero tv shows to appear. Do not adjust your TV set, this IS in black and white. But does it hold up? Listen and find out!
This year we have focused on the perception of what anime was thought of versus western animation in the early 90s, and hoo boy does this one have it all! This one has everything we've been warning you about!
It's the early 90s and fan-subbed anime is circling the country! You pop in a cassette and what do you see? Well there's a decent chance in 1991 that it was none other than this OVA series. But how does it hold up today? Listen and find out!
On this week's episode, the boys cover a show that's somewhat of a rarity in anime ... western high fantasy! Record of Lodoss War combines fantasy TTRPG characters with Japanese animation to create a whole new world.
Who needs a script when you've got storyboards?! Not this team, who put together a wild half parody, half slapstick, half alien invasion, third romantic comedy, with a quarter of NSFW content ...
For our final Trek-like experience we have to dive into a time portal to actually find a way to watch Paul Fieg's take on a sci-fi comedy adventure. With an all-star cast we take a trip into another dimension with a show that quite frankly deserved more time and space to grow.
For this week we take another look across the pond to see what the Brits can do with a comedy version of a space drama!
What do you get when you combine a Greek demigod and a tv pilot from the 1970s? A pretty fun first-run syndicated tv series! This week we cover a show brought from the past to the future in more ways than one ... but does it hold up? Listen and find out!
In the far flung past of the 1970s comes the far flung future of Moonbase Alpha as it is itself flung far away from the planet Earth! What crises, adventures, and space trauma awaits our crew? Listen and find out!
This month we're taking a look at shows that aren't Star Trek, but REMIND US of Star Trek, and the first is a show that asks the question ... What if Star Trek, but wet? We join Captain Nathan Bridger and his crew as they explore the mysteries and adventures found in the Earth's oceans.
It's the last spin on the Wheel of Indies, and it's sent us out to sea where we're checking out the Lovecraftian cozy horror hit Dredge!
This week we sit down and talk about one of the most Indie of Indie games as we join Mae returning to her small town where things have changed almost as much as they've stayed the same ...
Due to technical difficulties the Wheel of Indies will return next week, but until then listen as Drew enters a fugue state while talking about anime.
This week the boys are transported back to the mythical times of old ... the 1990s! They team up with a teen named Ali who's just trying to help out her mom by robbing everyone in sight!
This week we dive into not just a sequel, but a threequel, the third game in the Monster Prom series! But what happens when you take Beautiful Glitch's spin on a dating sim and turn it into a co-op game? Listen and find out!
We kick off our coverage of indie games the only way we can: randomly! So let's keep our feet on the ground as our character doesn't in the mountain climbing exploration game Jusant!
After travel and illness the boys kick back to talk about some of the random nerdy things going on.
What can Drew say about this movie that the internet hasn't already beaten to death? No idea, but because it's Trek he has to have his Piece of the Action (that's a reference!).
The Macross franchise is finally streaming in the United States! And of course Drew has chosen a specific piece to take an interest in!
It's a new year and we've got some new things to yammer on about for way too much time! But we're cool. Ish.
It's that time again! We celebrate the media of 2024 with the annual Morey Awards! Who will win? (fun stuff!) Who will lose? (No one!) Listen and hear the winners!
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For our last episode looking at our Japanese super heroes' Christmas episodes we went all the way back to 1971! And then flashed forward to 2022! How much have things changed in holiday specials? Listen and find out!
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Sometimes your podcast flies a little too close to the sun ... and sometimes your Christmas episode doesn't have that much Christmas. But sometimes ... SOMETIMES ... It's all about the CHICKEN!
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We're back with another look at two more Tokusatsu Christmas specials! This week we're taking a look at episodes from two very different decades, the 1990s and the 2010s! We also look at what happens when the holiday special happens EARLY in the show vs late! Listen and find out!
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It's that time of year folks! Snow is on the ground, houses are decorated, and we're teaming up with our favorite Tokusatsu heroes like we do every year! What? You don't do that? Well sit back as we talk about our favorite pirate Super Sentai team save Christmas!
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What happens when you are in the sunset period of your mega hit video game console? Your competition is already raising the bar with new 3D graphics and CD quality music, and even you have already announced your replacement to the venerable SNES ... Well, you go ahead and release one of the best platformers of all time!
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In this episode we step back to 1992 and one of the most interesting side scrolling platform games of all time: Flashback! But does this game, with all of its cutting edge elements hold up 30 years later? Listen and find out!
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This week we dive into a game that Myles never got around to but Drew adored! Join us as we dive into the history of Japan, with monsters! But does this 20 something year old game stand up to the test of time? Listen and find out!
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This month we're covering video games! But Specifically games we feel like we missed the boat on when they were fresh and new. This week's pick takes us back to those storied days when we thought full motion video was going to be all the rage! It's space, the final fronFEAR in Star Trek: Borg!
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We wrap up the month of October with a very appropriate film, Halloween! This movie skips a bakers' dozen of sequels and reboots, but does it earn its place in the franchise? Listen and find out!
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Who said direct-to-video was a bad thing?! Well, a lot of people. But that's not going to stop us from checking out one of the highlights of the mostly straight-to-tape franchise Puppet Master! Does it matter that we skipped the first two movies? Listen and find out!
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Myles is finally back! And he's brought with him all your favorite Halloween frights, kicking off with one of the most popular films from everyone's favorite claw-handed nightmare ... Freddy Krueger!
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Drew is on his own again, and this time the monologue turns to toys! Specifically, one of the coolest line of Transformers to ever exist: The Alternators! (And their slightly cooler Japanese cousins Binaltech)
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Between illness, vacations, and now weather catastrophes Drew is back with a quick solo episode talking about something he could do for hours ... Star Trek!
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We've reached the end of our color coded tokusatsu journey, and what better way to finish things off than by covering some of the shows that break the rules and do the things that no other Sentai shows could!
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As the Power Rangers franchise falters in the US, Super Sentai remains strong in Japan, and this week we take a look at three series whose premises got passed over for conversion. But does that mean they should be ignored by western fans?! Listen and find out!
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We're back with more Super Sentai content, and this week we're taking a look at some of the series that became Power Rangers shows in the Disney era: Dekaranger, Magiranger, and Go-Onger! These shows made were pretty popular adaptations, but how do the originals stack up?
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In this episode, we talk about three Super Sentai shows that were only slightly converted into a respective Power Rangers version. From the kung fu powered Dairanger to the ninja team Kakuranger, and rounding out 20 years later with the constellation based Kyuranger! What got adapted? What didn't? Are the originals better in the first place?!
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We're back with more Super Sentai action! And this week we're covering a small sampling of some fan favorite shows, Bioman (which was almost the first Power Rangers installment!), Liveman, and Jetman! We've moved from the 70s all the way to the 90s!
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After dipping our toes into the worlds of Ultraman and Kamen Rider, we're finally diving head first into the franchise that spawned the Power Rangers and so many other cultural touchstones. It's time for Super Sentai! And what better to start with than the very beginning: The Secret Squadron Gorenger!
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The boys are 40 and so is this film! The fourth and certainly LAST in the franchise sees Jason Voorhees escape from the morgue and continue his killing spree! But really .. why did DREW challenge this?!
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This week the boys dive into one of Myles's passions, the wide world of sports entertainment, as they check out a few notable matches from the past few years.
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This week, instead of focusing a microscope on a topic we threw caution to the wind to talk about the birth of a media icon: the animation block Adult Swim! All kids out of the pool as we dive into the first seasons of the original lineup!
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Week 2 of our birthday challenge month and we're diving into the world of indie but not so indie games with Dave the Diver!
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The month of July happens to be smack dab in the middle on Myles and Drew's respective birthdays, and this year is the once in a lifetime moment where the two are finally showing their age. So this month we're dedicating the whole thing to birthday challenges! And we start out with one more than a year in the making, we finally got Myles to sit down and watch Shin Kamen Rider!
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Since we don't have a theme right now, recent video game news has led us to talk about an old friend ... The Dreamcast! It wasn't here for a long time, but it was hear for a great time!
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This week, instead of focusing on a particular topic, two old men ramble about things they may or may not be into in this particular moment in time.
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We couldn't watch the entirety of the original series and NOT cover this! Join us as we review the original 1984 Macross movie with its gorgeous animation and great additions to the music of the franchise. And with this, we finally answer the question ... Do You Remember Love?
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We've made it, and I can't be any more excited! Here it is, our discussions of the final episodes of Macross (and a sneak peak at further stories!)
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We've reached a crucial point in the series ... the original finale! But the show was doing well so they made a few more. What happens after "happily ever after?" Listen and find out!
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We're past the halfway point and have met where the show really becomes groundbreaking. You're not getting any more details here, you need to go listen!
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We've reached the halfway point in our viewing, and this might just be one of the most personal and impactful (and longest!) episodes of our show that we've ever done!
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Last week we kicked off the first arc of the show and it was a great setup for what's to come. But this block of episodes is what makes sets Macross apart!
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In light of the recent news that the majority of the Macross franchise is coming to the world through Disney+, the boys are finally taking the time to go through the one show that is still hidden behind the curtain: The original Super Dimensional Fortress Macross! Join us as we cover the entire series with both a longtime fan and someone watching it for the first time!
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Here we are gang, we have finally made it to the end of X-Men the Animated Series! Join in as we recap the final episodes ... and take a peek at the new series X-Men 97!
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We're back with what at one point was meant to be the series finale, but the show's popularity kept it alive a small bit longer. Listen as we are almost to the finish line!
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We're back and we're past the halfway point! So sit back and relax as we cover the strongest episodes so far!
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We're back with more classic X-Men cartoons, and this week we have their adaptation of The Dark Phoenix Saga! Does it hold up? Listen and find out!
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We're back with part 1 of season 3 of X-Men The Animated Series, we're getting to the Phoenix Saga folks!
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We're back to talk about season 2 of X-Men The Animated series! Does it continue the trend of being better than we remembered? Listen and find out!
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With the sequel series just around the corner the boys decide to go in the Time Machine back to 1992 and revisit the first season of X-Men: The Animated Series. Does the show hold up after 32 years? DOES A MALL CHICK EAT CHILI DOGS?!
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You know we had to! You know if Drew had his way this whole month would have been about this game! Let's dive in!
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This week we take a look at a remake that is locked in time, and one that has a rollercoaster of reactions! Colonel! Snake? Snake! SNAAAAAAAAAAKE!
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This month we're taking a look at game remakes, so why not start with one of the best! The boys love the original RE2, let's here what they have to say about the new version!
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Yep. Myles and I are officially old this year, and to celebrate we're taking a look back at quite possibly THE most impactful year in media ... 1984!
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The boys take a dip back in time to talk about the TV shows that they spent the most time on.
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The boys dig deep into their habits and compulsions when it comes to video games. Whether it's hoarding items or logging in for daily rewards or going down a very specific path for a special item, we're going to get to the bottom of it.
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The boys have done this show for more than a decade, but Myles has finally gotten around to a mystery that has been a part of their friendship from the very beginning. What kind of music does Drew actually like?!
As part of this we're providing a Drew-specific playlist, what songs would you add?!
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The boys kick off 2024 by taking some time out to learn more about each other, focusing on the movies that they'd return to time and time again.
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It's that time of year again to give awards to our favorite things from the year! Join us as we give awards to the best movies, series, and video games of 2023!
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Spider-Man, Spider-Man swings around Manhattan, and even more boroughs in the sequel to the smash hit Spider-Man and its sequel starring Miles Morales. Insomniac has made 2 spectacular spider-games, does the newest one match up? Listen and find out!
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On this week's episode we're covering the most unique take on Venom yet, as Tom Hardy's Eddie Brock gets all gooped up on the streets of San Franciso!
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Whelp, here's a different take on Venom ... Boy do we have things to say ...
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We know we promised to talk about Venom this month, but something came along that we had to stop and cover!
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This week we move on to the second introduction to the black suit, the 1990s animated series! And boy were we surprised with what we found ... listen and find out!
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This month we're taking a look at one of the coolest characters ever to spring from the pages of comic books, Venom! And of course we had to start with this Marvel collection that condenses years of Spider-Man books into a manageable look at the start of one of our favorite villains. Listen, because we discovered elements we never knew before!
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After covering the original game in our very first Trunk or Treat, we just had to watch the brand new movie. Listen and find out what we thought, but beware because this episode is a SPOILERCAST!
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Disney takes a second shot at a film adaptation of their classic ride, will this one turn out better than the first?!
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We're back this week with a look that isn't exactly scary, but has a lot to say about society in New York City. Check out this fun and well reviewed take on vampires vs kids!
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We're stepping back in time to the 80s to look at a common movie that would show on late nights on cable. A young Stephen Dorff stars in this spooky scary kids tale about demons emerging from a hole in the back yard!
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I know what you're thinking ... the boys dedicating an episode to a theme park ride?! We've dug into the past to watch the made for TV movie ABOUT the fantastic ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios! It's got everything! Elevators, ghosts, and Steve Guttenberg!
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The guys talk briefly about how packed 2023 has been for games before diving into all the ones remaining for the rest of the year!
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The boys engage in a discussion about some of the times a movie or show is BETTER than the book! Do you agree? Listen and find out!
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Let's head back a couple decades to the days of cable tv and all the content that it brought us. But not everything was in the exact same form it was in the theaters or at the local Blockbuster. Let's talk about those pared down versions of movies that we grew up watching! This podcast may be edited for content
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Here we are, FINALLY we've reached the end point ... for now ... Tune in as we discuss the potentially penultimate Fast movie. But did we leave it Furious? Listen and find out!
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The Fast gang is back with another adventure, this time with one of the oldest tropes in the book. Between flashbacks and retcons this movie also features multiple returns, but on and off camera. But what did we think of it? Listen and find out!
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There comes a time in every film franchise's life when the cocoons of prominent side characters turn into the butterflies of their own films, and the Fast franchise is no exception. Join us as we digest the tale of Hobbs and his on again/ off again sparring partner Shaw as they take on an actual supervillain?!
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The supporting cast continues to grow in both amount and notoriety as we approach the second decade of the franchise. And this film definitely takes some big swings! But does it even make contact with the ball? Listen and find out!
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We have to take a break from fast cars and quarter miles and mysterious chips this week, so instead we decided to take a look at quite frankly the best crossover episode to ever grace our screens. It's Star Trek time!
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We've arrived at the bittersweet midpoint of the F&F franchise. It is difficult to discuss this film without talking about the real life tragedy that occurred during production, but I think it's safe to say this is a fantastic reference to all the films that came before it.
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We're cruising past the halfway point with the sixth film in the franchise ... but what could possibly surprise us anymore? How about everything! We've got spies, we've got military bases, we've got CARS!
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After the whirlwind events of the previous film, Dom is headed to prison and the gang can't have that! So they stage a breakout, and end up on the run in Rio from one Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson! These movies are on a different level now ...
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No history is not repeating itself, that's the name they actually gave the movie. The crew of the original movie returns in the film that gave the entire franchise a jump start. Definite articles are so last century!
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Here we are with the last of the setup films in the franchise. Gone are the main characters of the first two movies. And now we're halfway around the world ... with teenagers?! But is this movie as bad as we thought it would be in 2006? Listen and find out!
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We've been waiting for years for the sequel to what Drew proclaims "the best superhero movie of all time" and it's finally here! Forget turning things up to 11, this movie turns them up to at least 14! Join us for our spoiler filled talk about the movie and let us know what you thought about it too!
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Have you ever experienced an increase in CG effects? Questionable stuntwork that aims to outdo the first film? A script that takes everything good about the prior movie and replaces it with generic dialogue? You may have SEQUELITIS! Reach out to your director for more info ...
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Summer's here and we have decided to spend it behind the wheel! Join us as we start our quest through one of the most popular movie franchises of the last twenty years with the first installment: The Fast and the Furious. But we can't start this journey alone, our good buddy TV's Travis joins us to help podcast our lives a quarter mile at a time!
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Well folks we've come to the end of the line and I'm not quite ready to go yet. Sadly, our time with Lupin and the gang is over, but that doesn't mean we have to be sad! Listen as we quickly cover a slice of the two most recent Lupin series as well as a look at what we're taking away from this challenge!
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Lupin and company returned to theaters after almost 20 years with their first CG 3D animated outing and boy did it make an impact on us! Listen to what we thought, or better yet go see it!
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Lupin is back! For the first time since the 80s Lupin is starring in a brand new series set in San Marino Italy. What kinds of shenanigans will he and the crew get into? And who is this new Rebecca character?! Listen and find out!
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After almost 20 years the Lupin franchise returned with its first series since the 80s, and also its first spinoff! This prequel mixes the darker edge of the original manga with some of the most talented contemporary names in anime into something that is quite frankly pretty special. Come listen to what we thought!
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A few years have passed since the last series, and creators decided to take the show in some new directions ... but does it hold up? Listen and find out!
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It's not the first Lupin movie, and wasn't loved in its time. But today? Today it's a classic! And one that has influenced film directors across the globe!
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After a short first season, Lupin did what a lot of shows did back in the day ... gained a following in reruns! So of course that meant the chance at another go at a series. Part 2 was phenomenally more popular than the original and left a big mark on anime history. But what did we think? Listen and find out!
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It's an anime time of year around these parts, and this year we can't keep it to just one month! We're doing another scratching of the surface of one of anime's most famous characters, Lupin the III! Join us as we go back to the beginning to discuss the master thief and the adventures with his crew!
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What happens when you take a beloved fast food mascot and cross them over with one of the greatest super hero teams of all time? Capitalism! But also fun? Come check out our coverage of this sci-fi tale mixed with eleven herbs and spices!
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On one hand, you've got two factions of military robots that have been fighting a war for centuries ... on the other hand you've got ponies. Leave it to Hasbro and IDW to cross these two very different franchises together in a comic event that ... WORKS! We didn't believe it either! Come listen to our reactions!
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It's two great tastes that taste great together as the crew of Star Trek The Next Generation crosses over with Matt Smith's Eleventh Doctor as they face off against their cybernetic foes that have teamed up to conquer the galaxy! But how did we feel about it? Come listen
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It's the teenagers with attitude crossing over with the heroes in a half shell in our first comic crossover! The green ranger has gone missing, and the rangers follow him to New York where he's already encountered the turtles ... as well as the Foot Clan! Can our heroes set aside their differences to stop Shredder and his machinations with Rita Repulsa? Listen and find out!
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Change is in the air, and as two die hard fans of DC Comics we have to talk about it! In this episode we break down the recent announcements of the new DCEU and what we think might be in store!
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Video games, unlike most other forms of media, have an increased level of decision making and agency in what you can make your character do on screen. But how does that factor in when it comes to stories of love and romance? That's what this episode is all about!
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It's February and love is in the air! But what about in the night ... In this episode we have a candid discussion about the many loves of our boy Bruce Batman!
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As we wrap up our coverage on the giant of light we chose to look at one of the most widely promoted, yet pretty different takes: Production IG's Ultraman CG anime! Available on Netflix throughout most of the world, this show has had two seasons with a third on the way, so we had to check it out!
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Why focus on one show when you can take a look at four? This episode we take a look at the first episode of the shows in Japan's new Reiwa era: Taiga, Z, Trigger, and Decker. But only the FIRST episodes! Come along and check them out with us, Buddy Go!
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It wouldn't be our show without extremely convenient timing, and this week we were lucky enough to see the brand new limited theatrical release film Shin Ultraman! But we couldn't do it alone! Our old buddy Patrick (cohost with Myles on Kaiju Vs History) joins us to talk about Hideaki Anno's love letter to our giant gray rubber-suited hero!
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For this episode we flash forward thirty years to the 1990s, a time when it looked like peace and prosperity might be on the horizon. And with it, an organization called GUTS who stumbles upon an ancient prophecy about monsters and giant protectors ... join us to check out Ultraman Tiga!
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After our extensive Kamen Rider discussions you know we couldn't stay away from Japanese super heroics for too long ... We're back in 2023 with a dive into the third main pillar, Ultraman! Journey with us back to 1966 and some spandex vs kaiju combat!
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It's that time of year again, the end! And that means a look back as we award our favorites with the most prestigious award possible, a Morey!
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No, this episode we're not talking about South Carolina pubic broadcasting, we're talking about the ship that launched a dozen careers, Second City Television! We venture to the great white north to cover one of the earliest places John Candy found his way into American hearts.
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While not a holiday hit when it comes to story, we can't ignore this piece of cinema history. With an absolutely packed cast (that would go on to even bigger projects) and a heartwarming family story, this one deserves a watch!
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It's a happy holiday time of year, and we decided to take a look at one of our favorite comedy icons, the late great John Candy. And what better movie to start with that one that highlights a holiday we've just celebrated, Thanksgiving!
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Well here we are gang, our last entry into our beginning journey into the worlds of Kamen Rider. It's been an absolute trip and this show is no exception. What would you say if I told you this show was alllll about video games ... and DOCTORS?! Henshin with us!
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We've seen grasshoppers. We've seen beetles. But now we're seeing a combo of Sengoku-era samurai and FRUIT?! With dance battles? This series goes places, so come check it out with us!
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It might seem like a week, but for us it's been a DECADE as we take a look at the first Kamen Rider series since '89! Storytelling is different, visual effects are different, SO MUCH is different! Come and listen to what we thought!
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On this installment of our quick looks at Kamen Rider, we take a look at one of the most popular shows of the 80s, Kamen Rider Black! This show is the first real attempt at a reboot of the franchise and was super successful, until it wasn't ... Come and listen!
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It's a new month and a brand new theme as we dive head first into one of the most iconic Japanese tokusatsu heroes, Kamen Rider! And for our first stop we're going all the way back to the 1971 original. Join us as we help Takeshi Hongo fight back against the evil SHOCKER!
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For our final selection of this year's festivities, we decided we didn't want to take a trip back in time, but to FEEL like we did. Hubie Halloween is an Adam Sandler movie in the style of the early Happy Madison hits, but does it reach the same highs as the 90s? Listen and find out!
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What happens when a Halloween store animates the corpse of a fallen business? What happens when that zombified remnant marches towards relevancy?! We present our review of Spirit Halloween, the Movie! Does this low budget picture rise to the occasion of its holiday? Listen and find out!
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When it comes to Halloween tales aimed at a younger audience, we had to talk about the return of the Sanderson sisters! But we didn't want to do it alone. We are happy to welcome back Ranier Croft, founder of Horror4kids to the show to catch up and talk about this sequel thirty years in the making!
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It's that time of year again, and we're back to check out horror media intended for a younger audience. Our first pick is one that got so many complaints it was pulled from the yearly rotation on the Disney Channel! But is it really THAT scary? Listen and find out!
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Here we go, quite possibly the BEST Batman movie made so far! Come and here our reasons why as we wrap up our celebration of Batman The Animated Series' 30th anniversary!
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Plenty is said about the performances of Batman and the Joker in Batman The Animated Series, so we're taking the time to watch how well they portray the Caped Crusader's partner in fighting crime, Robin! Come listen as we explore this Emmy winning two-parter!
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It is shockingly the 30th anniversary of Batman The Animated Series, so we're going to take this month to cover the episodes that mean the most to us! Come join us to talk about one of the greatest animated series of all time!
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Today's is an episode of reflection as we take some time to get to know our good buddy Myles a little better. We've known for a long time what his favorite character is, but we've never really taken the time to ask why. That changes today!
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In this episode we talk about the hog so nice they tooned him twice, Sonic! Yes that's right, Sonic the Hedgehog had TWO cartoon series airing at the same time! But which one was better? Which one was more true to the games? Listen and find out!
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Couldn't help myself folks! With season three right around the corner I will take any opportunity to gush about this show. We dive into a little bit of the history of the show, and then basically spoil many of the great moments of seasons one and two, you've been warned!
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It took Nintendo another decade to bring together a cast like this! Here we have the first major video game crossover as Captain N leads his team through different levels of Videoland to save it from the evil Mother Brain! But does it hold up?!
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In days that seem more recent than they are, one game stood above all others. A game that changed the way other games tried to be. A watershed that revolutionized an entire genre. This is the story of one man's experience with that game, the changes that it brought to his life, and what happens when you can't go home again ...
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In this episode we flash forward a number of years to talk about a game that honestly doesn't get enough credit. Yes it's in the shadow of its super impactful older sibling, but in a number of ways Final Fantasy VIII eclipses its prior incarnation. Yes that was difficult to type! But it doesn't make it any less true!
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This week we focus on a game that is way more important, not just to us, but to the Zelda franchise as a whole. While it's not overlooked, it's rarely given its due as one of the greatest games of all time! It had an ocarina before ocarinas were cool ...
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It's summer 2022 and we've got ALL* the big news from all the largest announcements and hugest press conferences! It's so big we can't even fit it into an episode! It's bursting at the seams! Do podcasts have seams?
*We do not have all the news, just the stuff that directly interested us. As far as we are aware podcasts do not have seams.
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It's another missed classic in our Summer Games at The More You Nerd, and this time it's up to Drew to dive into one of the most iconic games of the Playstation 1 era, the game that put the -vania in Metroidvania, Castlevania Symphony of the night! Tsacdop is podcast spelled backwards!
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I'm not sure whether to call this a Birthday Challenge or a Missed Connection or a Sadaptation, but for Myles's B-Day we watched 2021's Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City and are here to talk allllll about it!
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This was a triumph! I'm making a note her, huge podcast episode! Well ... not that huge. Average at best. Our expectations were already set so low ...
Sorry! GlaDOS infected our notes there, but this week we put Myles through Portal for the first time! Does the game hold up? Listen and find out!
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Hoo boy, gang. Buckle up, because this one is a doozy. We have been known to partake in B Movies, but what about a C-? Maybe an F+? This week we cover Italian production Star Odyssey in a record short episode runtime ... Tune in to find out why!
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Take three parts Star Wars, and mix them with 3 ounces of Heavy Metal. Send overseas to bake on high for a few months and you get this movie. An animated film released during the "Disney Drought" that carries its own unique style. Is it really as much of a ripoff as some of the reviews claim? Listen and find out!
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For our second clone, we head across the pond to see what Japan has to say about Star Wars. Take the studio that brought you the shows that would become Power Rangers, add in an eclectic director of numerous Japanese crime dramas (that would inspire Tarantino!) and a cast from all over the globe. Mix that together and you have one of the most interesting spins on the Star Wars formula we've seen!
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This month, in honor of all the new Star Wars content coming out, we decided to dip back in time and check out some of those "could have beens," Some of those coattail riders. Cash ins. RIPOFFS?! And what better place to start than the B-movie ship that launched a thousand careers: Battle Beyond the Stars!
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It's the most popular show of the past couple of years, it's the highest box office for an anime film of all time, what more could the two of us possibly have to say?! Find out!
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Saitama is down on his luck and unemployed, but what happens when he decides to defend a young boy from a monster? He becomes a superhero! Not because he has to, just because he thinks it might be fun. We watched the first four episodes of One Punch Man, come check it out!
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What do you get when you cross 80s era Japanese manga, pop-art, and rock music? The most surprising thing the boys have seen this year so far. Join us as we discuss the first 4 episodes of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure!
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We know it's a month early but we couldn't wait, it's anime time! This month we're looking at anime missed connections, starting with one from the early Toonami/Adult Swim days: Inuyasha!
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The boys cover one of the biggest games of the last few years, Elden Ring! But what happens when a game this huge encounters the real life of two busy people?!
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Myles and Drew sit down to pitch their own Mario spinoff games, but what results is something completely unexpected ... (but let's be honest not THAT unexpected ...)
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Yes yes I know we said we were talking about video games all month. But then a BATMAN HAPPENED. THEEE Batman! You knew we couldn't resist!
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Guess what game is back again to grace your ears on our particular corner of the internet. That's right, Destiny rears its head once again as the boys talk ever so briefly about it's latest expansion while waxing nostalgic about online multiplayer games in general.
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As we begin a month focused on video games, we are joined by a creator who has tapped into the essence of what it means to be a full time game streamer. In the first film Livescream, and now in their second film Liverscreamers, Michelle Iannantuono reaches what it means to put yourself out into the world as a streamer, and what that can mean when things go too far. This is one of the most introspective episodes we've done in a while! You can pledge to the film at this link.
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In this episode we cover the wildest animated adaptation so far. You may know Highlander. Immortals. Swords. Jettators? We're joined by Audie and TV's Travis of the Let's Watch Highlander podcast to check out the far flung future in Highlander the Animated Series!
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The first Bill and Ted movie was a hit! So what do you do while you prepare for a sequel? Make a brand new cartoon of course! Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures is a rarity, Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves voiced their characters! But things are not always so radical dudes. Sometimes they are bogus. What did we think? Find out!
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It's time to initiate our three directives: Watch content. Research content. Discuss content in a public matter. Let's go back to 1988. Robocop is a big hit at the box office. So what do the suits in OCP do? Make a toy line! But how will we ever sell toys to gets for our bloody R rated film? MAKE A CARTOON! Check it out!
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It's a new month, and a new theme! This time out we're looking at some of the oddest animated adaptations of your favorite live action movies. First up, what happens when Daniel-san has no more karate tournaments to win? Well why not travel around the world in search of a magic shrine? What do you mean they NEVER EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT OF THE SHOW IN THE SHOW?!
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It's spoiler time once again for another of 2021's banner releases as a classic comedy franchise rises from the grave once again! Find out what we think as we dig in to Ghostbusters: Afterlife!
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It's been twenty years since the remnants of humanity faced off with the machines ... but can we ever go home again? The boys spend a little time discussing the original Matrix trilogy before diving head first into coding phrases and cool leather outfits as they discuss the latest in the cyberpunk saga!
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It's a new year and we're itching to go in depth with some of our favorites from the last one. After a brief NON-SPOILER section we talk about all of our favorite details from the latest adventure of the friendly neighborhood webslinger.
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This is the end my friends, we take a look at the final three episodes of Cowboy Bebop. How does the finale strike us after twenty years? Take a listen and find out! See you, space cowboys ...
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It's the end of the year and that can only mean one thing, the annual Morey Awards! This year as been steeped with new media and we've put together THE definitive list of all the award winners folks should check out!
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We're taking a side trip to a subject that happened years after the original run of Bebop, the Bebop movie! Though it was made later, it takes place during this part of the series and we couldn't resist. Does it fit? Does it hold up? Is it worthy of the Bebop name?! Listen and find out!
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We're nearing the end, and we have some big downs and some huge ups on our journey to the finale! The boys may have found their new favorite character in the show ... WHO? Listen and find out!
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Heck of a block of episodes to cover this week! From one of the zaniest to one of the most troubling to one of the most dog focused, this week has everything! But does every moment hold up? Find out!
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With Myles feeling a little under the weather, we only cover 3 episodes instead of our promised 4, but that includes one of the best episodes of the series so far! Check it out!
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We've reached the halfway point! Is this supposed classic still holding up for our intrepid space cowboys or are we ready to change the channel? When it comes to watching one of the most controversial episodes of the series our answer might surprise you!
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The boys take a look at the fantastic casts of Cowboy Bebop before diving head first into the next batch of episodes! Does "Radical" Edward still resonate the same way 20 some odd years later? Find out!
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After three solid starting episodes, is the show still hitting as strong? This round has some pretty big ups and pretty small downs as the guys continue going through the anime classic.
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What can be said about the anime classic Cowboy Bebop that hasn't already been said? Impossible to say, but we're going to share our take anyhow! Check out our impressions of the first three episodes of Cowboy Bebop!
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It's the final spooky podcast of the year, and what better way to spend it than by covering the movie version of one of the scariest collections of stories aimed at young people. Creepier than Fear Street! Spookier than Goosebumps! Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark has repeatedly been pulled out of school libraries ... but how does the movie stack up? Tune in to one of the most divisive reviews we've ever done!
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That big scary house across the street? Haunted? Nahhhh ... that house is a MONSTER! We take a look at the 2006 hit animated film Monster House!
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When Nickelodeon announced the return of The Midnight Society, the hopes and fears of millions of millennials rang out across the internet. Would it capture the fun of the original? Would it be a cheap cash in to exploit old fans foisting it upon their children? Take a listen and find out ... if you dare! spooky lightning sound effect
October is here again, and that means it's spooky season! The boys are joined by Ranier, owner of Horror4Kids, to talk about Netflix's new TV-PG horror flick for kids Nightbooks (based on a book by the same name). What happens when you have a team of people known for grown up scary movies makes one for kids? Listen and find out!
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After a few weeks diving into the official crossovers between Marvel and DC the boys have come up with their own pitches! Do either of our takes deserve the mainstream spotlight? Check them out!
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This is IT! THE FINAL SHOWDOWN of the two power houses of comic-dom! Surely there's not WAY MORE too this that could possibly cause our heroes to get over their differences and WORK TOGETHER! SURELY?! SHIRLEY!
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Ah the 90s ... a time when comic books were NOT on top! So what do the two premiere comic creation houses do? START A FIGHT! Let's talk about DC vs Marvel issues 1 and 2!
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There are TOO MANY MOVIES COMING OUT! Some that are more than a year old, we've got to watch these movies before they go bad! But we've also got brand new movies we need to see fresh! MOVIES! PANDEMIC! WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!
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It's Drew's birthday! But unlike birthday challenges of the boys are diving into something they've never seen before (but have always wanted to!). So join us to discuss the nearly forgotten 80s hospital drama from renowned horror author Garth Marenghi ... Darkplace!
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The boys get together to discuss video games big and small coming out anywhere between now and who knows when. TIME HAS NO MEANING ANYMORE!
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Myles and Drew take a little time off to discuss ALL of the new tv shows coming out for the next few months. Whether it be broadcast, cable, streaming service, or pure speculation we might just have you covered!
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We've reached the end of our journey with the Transformers (so far). In these last episodes of season 1 we're introduced to even more robots with even murkier backstories, we've got human characters left in dire straits never to be seen again, and we've got some of the funniest dialogue this show has to offer. Join us as we finish the first season of the Generation 1 Transformers!
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We're back with the introduction of one of the best sub-teams of Transformers, the Dinobots! Is their introduction as memorable as when we watched the show as kids? Find out!
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Recording bugs have taken the Space Bridge back to Cybertron as we dive into the first series episodes after the pilot miniseries. Things are definitely feeling better and more like the show we remembered from our childhoods! But what happens when you have a cartoon toy commercial for a toy that DOESN'T EXIST?! Find out!
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The boys dive into one of Drew's lifetime favorites as we kick off a month of watching Transformers! We're going through the entire first season starting with the pilot miniseries More Than Meets the Eye. Is this the shining gem that Generation 1 fans love to look back on? Check it out! (The Decepticons tried to stop us from recording this episode! They failed, but not without hitting us with a few Cybertronian technical issues during recording.)
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Don't move, creeps! If you change the channel there will be ... trouble. We take a look at another R rated film turned TV-PG series, this time in Canada! Robocop the Series takes place in a kinder, gentler Detroit but will OCP still get away with everything? Find out!
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Let's say you have an R-rated, crass, gross film comedy filled with subversive material, drugs, nudity, alcoholism, and many other things that would be deemed awful by society at the time but ALSO happens to be one of the biggest hit comedies of all time? Turn it into a TV show on ABC of course! We watched Delta House, the tv spinoff of National Lampoon's Animal House!
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The boys resurrect an old segment to talk about the video game happenings here in the middle of 2021 before diving headfirst into Myles' birthday challenge: PG Psycho Goreman! It's an off the wall horror comedy that warms as many hearts as it rips them still beating from chests. But what did Drew think? Find out!
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Time flies when you're having fun! In this episode Myles and Drew take a look back on the last 10 years of podcasting ups and downs, and MAAAAYBE there are a couple special g-g-g-ghosts to help us along the way. Nerd out!
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What do you get when you cross a smash hit teen movie with a hit TV network? A show so forgettable it has never gotten an official release on ANY home video format, despite its main character OR a member of its cast (who happens to be one of the most famous sitcom performers of all time). We dive into Ferris Bueller the Series so you don't have to!
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It's the finale for AniMay 2021 and we're taking a look that at a movie that was notably snubbed by the Oscars. What happens when two Japanese teens swap bodies with each other during pretty significant circumstances?! Listen and find out!
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I'm not sure the boys have ever had such an experience. An anime film they'd never heard of ... a reputation that film could never stand up to ... and yet ... MAGIC! It's time to race the REDLINE and the boys have a lot to say about this hidden anime gem!
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The guys take a look at a modern day classic about a girl who gains time travel powers but learns a lot in the process. I know that sounds diminutive but trust us when we say this is a movie that is WORTH YOUR TIME!
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The boys dive into the past to discover the founding movie of one of anime's most famous production houses: Gainax! Is this movie a classic in hiding, left in the shadow of the creators' later, more successful works? Find out!
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Well gang, this episode is certainly going to be an outlier for our show. We have always strived to focus on the positives with the content we choose to cover, but sometimes that just doesn't pan out. What caused such a shift in tone for us with this game? You're going to have to listen to find out!
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We take a spin around Mount Mobius, talking in circles about a blue hedgehog with a taste for chili dogs and a penchant for going fast in this out of context midquel game that we both loved as a kid. How did we feel about it after all this time? Don't wait, tapping your foot like our main man, come listen!
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The boys dive into a title in one of Drew's favorite franchises of all time, but one he's never even played! Zelda 2 took huge risks when compared to the original, and it stands out as one of the most unique games in the series. But how does it hold up today? Hey, Listen!
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They boys venture back in time to take a look at a classic video game that has largely been forgotten compared to the enormous success of its sequel, but that still carries a ton of weight. Not only is its story still referred to decades later, but it revolutionized the arcade fighting game experience! We're talking about the original Street Fighter!
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OH YEAH it's a knock down drag out fight between two of the biggest kaiju to ever walk the Earth. Will the great ape Kong rise to the challenge? Will the terrible nuclear lizard Godzilla reign supreme? Is there a third awful monster that will force the two of them to work together? Mothra! WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME?!
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The original Turtle Power! The boys take a look at 1995's Heisei relaunch of everyone's favorite spinning jet turtle, Gamera! How does it stack up to our other Monster March entries? Find out!
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The boys take a trip to a monster movie locale that is rarely seen as they take a look at 2010's Trollhunter, and we're not talking about the Netflix kids' show! How do the monsters of Norway's folklore match up to the giant beasts from across the pond? Listen and find out!
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The boys are joined by returning guest TV's Travis to discuss Academy Award winning director Bong Joon Ho's breakthrough monster hit The Host. Drew promises not to talk about Parasite too much as they discuss this non-standard but utterly compelling monster flick!
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March is here and that means the show is beset by fiends! Giant monsters from all across the globe! Our first stop is 2008's Cloverfield where a monster attacks New York! Myles is practically an expert on the complicated story surrounding the movie but it's Drew's first viewing, come have a listen!
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We've made it to the end of season one of Forever Knight! How did it end? How did it hold up? How did they resolve all of those lingering plot threads throughout the season?
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We're back in the saddle on our penultimate Forever Knight watch along! There's a lot to love but a lot to process in the race to the finish. Do they hold up nearly 30 years later?
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We take a step back in time to the ORIGINAL Forever Knight pilot movie from 1989: Nick Knight! Rock musician Rick Springfield steps into the role of our titular detective, but sheds the cold north of Toronto for steamy LA. What was different in this movie? What stuck it out and what got dropped completely? Check out our review of Nick Knight!
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Forever Knight is in full swing with 3 stellar episodes including the boys' new favorite. Which one is it? Certainly don't look at the episode art to find out!
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We're in the middle of the season where the show is trying to find its footing. Is it successful? Do they add any new characters or stories that will stand the test of time?
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Myles and Drew let their fan fiction instincts soar as they take a break from Forever Knight to pitch their own Star Trek series. You know where to find us CBS!
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Myles and Drew swim a little deeper into the pool of hard hitting detective work and vampire action. The show is finding its footing, check out what we thought of episodes six through nine!
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We dive in to the next episodes of Forever Knight and cover three standalone stories of Nick, Schanche, and the rest of the Canadian vampire/cop crew.
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You may listen to this and think you're hearing double, but no, this is a RERELEASE of the original Syndication September episode where we covered the first two episodes of Forever Knight. Don't worry, the next one is right behind!
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Myles and Drew go over some of our expectations, wants, and high hopes for the year 2021 when it comes to media.
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In our final look back at 2020 we reflect on the best 2020 television of the year! What made our list? Check it out!
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Myles and Drew discuss the best games of 2020, a banner year in video games! Or ... maybe we were just stuck inside too long ...
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It's the end of a decade of a year, so we're taking a look back at the cinematic accomplishments of the year in a world where most movies came straight to our homes. Find out what took home awards!
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We take a trip down video game memory lane to revisit one of the first game focused movies, The Wizard! Does it hold up? Do they cover games in any way that seems real to life? Will our hearts be warmed by Fred Savage and company?
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With our Quibi challenge out the window, we've decided in honor of the PS5's launch to take a personal look back at the Sony game consoles of the past. We promise not to ramble too much!
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We continue ... and END our look at Quibi with The Stranger, a series that we were really getting into right as the service prematurely pulled the plug. Check out our feelings on the show itself as we try to desperately navigate the last gasps of a streaming service that struggled to find its way.
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Streaming service Quibi is shutting down after only a few months of service, so we decided to see what was to blame. Was it the content or the platform itself? Our first look is 50 States of Fright, a horror anthology series that asks the question: Can you be scared by a 4 minute video playing on your phone?!
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We've reached our final Halloween selection for the year and we went back to an old favorite from the 1980s and 90s, Ernest P Worrell as he goes up against an ancient monster! Can Ernest save the children and defeat the evil Trantor? Come on over and check it out, knowwhatImean?
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The boys take a look at one of the most popular horror game of the last few years, yet one that's gained a ton of attention from younger gamers. Freddy Fazbear's games are typically rated in the teen category. Is that deserved? Did Myles and Drew survive their tenure as pizza restaurant security guards?
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For the first book we've covered on the show in years we take a look back at one of the first releases in the classic Goosebumps series by RL Stine: The Ghost Next Door! Did it frighten us as much as it did 25 years ago? Tune in to see!
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Our second selection for our more family friendly frights is a stop-motion animated film from the creators of Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings. Will it resonate with you and your family? Check this episode out!
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It's Spookytimes for all the Halloweenies, but we're taking a bit of a different path this year focusing on tricks and treats for all ages! Our first pick is the short-lived but very influential Eerie, Indiana! Tune in to see if it holds up and whether it deserves the love the series gets from other creators!
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Our final Syndication September competitor is here! Does one of the most violent and bloody video game franchises of the 90s survive the transition to syndicated tv? GET OVER HERE and find out!
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William Shatner adds William Shatner's name to a story only William Shatner can tell. Jake Cardigan is slightly chilly in the city of REDACTED after being released from prison for selling TEK, a VR drug of dubious effect that dominates the near future. But how will it rank in our battle of the syndicated all stars?!
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It's Florida Man vs Florida Man as Hulk Hogan teams up with a sci-fi boat to solve #TampaCrimes! But how will this one season wonder match up in our battle of Syndication All Stars? Find out!
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For our first selection for Syndication September we dive in to a premise that feels familiar: the reluctant vampire who desires to right their wrongs! Can Nick Knight overcome his bloodthirsty tendencies? Find out as we review the first two episodes! Remember that we'll be putting every show up for a vote at the end of the month to see what shoe we'll be covering in full soon!
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We conclude our Comic Crossover Cavalcade with a very recent series that pits 5 teenagers with attitude against the heroes in a half shell!
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We cover one of the least likely crossovers when the crew of the Enterprise meets up with those mutants from Westchester. How do they meet, and what shenanigans do they get into? Check it out!
BONUS LEVEL: Myles and Drew continue the Trek Talk with a review of the first two episodes of Star Trek Lower Decks!
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It's Drew's birthday! So we're celebrating on theme with a comic crossover he read during his youth. Batman parachutes into a jungle and encounters the Xenomorphs from the Alien franchise. But does the book hold up? You'll just have to listen to find out!
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Some said it could never happen, the two biggest comic book companies working together?! But Stan Lee and Carmine Infantino came together to create a story starring the two biggest characters in comics in the late 70s. We take a look at the first major comic book crossover Superman vs The Amazing Spider-Man!
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What else can be said to introduce our discussion over one of the most lambasted major motion pictures of all time? Is there anything that can be said positively about the movie that kept Batman out of theaters for almost a decade?! Tune in ... Same Bat Time, Same Bat Podcast Feed
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We've seen what happens when a studio pushes for a sequel to a surprise hit, but what happens when a cult classic finally gets a sequel fans have asked for for years? TVs Travis joins us to talk about Tron and its successful sequel and we discuss why more hasn't been made from this franchise.
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A fun premise, a talented cast, and a big jump from a vehicle you'd never expect. So much went into the hit action movie Speed! But what happens when a studio wants a sequel to a movie that even a director sees no franchise potential? Find out if there's smoke on the water in Speed 2: Cruise Control.
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What happens when you take some of the funniest comics of the day and pair them with sports? Classic film Caddyshack. What happens when you combine a surprise hit comedy and film executives? Something entirely different. We explore what happened to Caddyshack and its notable sequel in the first volume of Franchise Follies!
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We go back to the 90s to take another look at a groundbreaking game that utterly confounded us. Did we gain any wisdom in the intervening decades? Did we even scratch the surface of this classic story?
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Myles and Drew dive into a discussion of the recently revealed Playstation 5 before going all in on the 2009 Japanese film Fish Story for Myles' birthday!
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The Critic was a show just slightly ahead of its time, focused on New York intellectual film critic Jay Sherman as he takes in life in the city the never sleeps. Does this show filled with 90s pop culture references and non sequitur cutaways (years before Family Guy!) hold up to scrutiny in 2020?
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With our Final Fantasy 7 episode spawning so much discussion about this movie we decided to give it a second chance, the first of our looks back at things we've tried before and may have a different opinion on. Does it hold up? Or does it get cast into the uncanny valley?
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We've reached the finale of season 1 of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex! What will Tyler and Myles think of the reveal behind the mystery of The Laughing Man? Has Drew discovered anything new in this viewing of the show? Find out now!
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Our penultimate look at Stand Alone Complex! We dive into episodes 13 through 19 which just so happen to all be "Stand Alone" episodes. Will any of these make the exclusive Tyty cut?
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Myles, Tyler, and Drew dive in to our second installment of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. We've met the characters, we've been introduced to the main story arc of the season. Now it's time to see how it holds up as we cover episodes 7 through 12!
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May is here and that can only mean one thing, anime time! Drew leads Myles and special guest Tyler through the first six episodes of this groundbreaking series as we begin our first deep dive of the new era of the show!
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We do a bit of a dive into the history of one of the most important video games, Final Fantasy 7! We discuss its development, release, and ultimately its impact on the gaming industry as a whole.
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Myles and Drew are joined by returning guests Cesca and Mike, developers of the game StarCrossed! We talk about the magical girl roots of the game as well how their game promotes cooperative play in a time when we need it most. We also discussed the time that goes in to game development and what it's like to create games that might appeal to a broader audience than your typical big budget game.
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We continue our look back at those things that bring us comfort in these difficult times with a peek into a show that had a dedicated fan base but had largely vanished from the public consciousness until it returned with the launch of Disney Plus. The turn of the new millennium series about a girl and her family going from place to place in their mom's tour bus encountering the paranormal and supernatural: So Weird.
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We take time in this episode to explore some of the best episodes of Drew's favorite TV series of all time: The Simpsons. Through the thin veil of events we're experiencing at the moment, but really just to have a good time and share a few laughs at this classic series.
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With the times being what they are in early 2020, Myles and Drew decided to explore a few things that might take our minds off of all the stress and worry. Our first subject is a film that surprised both of them with how much they enjoyed it. A fun film for the whole family with shockingly high ratings: Paddington 2, the sequel to the equally beloved film based on the childhood favorite bear in his blue coat and red hat.
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Game Designer and martial arts movie fan Jason Anarchy returns to complete the No Retreat, Nor Surrender film series with a movie sometimes known as King of the Kickboxers 2, sometimes just known as Fighting Spirit.
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The X-men are one of the most popular comic series with iconic characters known the world over, but after years of being sidelined for the sake of trying to push other properties into the cinema spotlight the X-Men are back and better than ever
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2005's God of War for the Playstation 2 was one of the greatest games of all time, but what happens when the shine of the franchise starts to fade? Myles and Drew take a look at 2018's not-quite-reboot of God of War through the lens of its Game Director, Cory Barlog and examine how life changes can affect your work.
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The More You Nerd returns with our first Theme: Best Returns! And what better return than a film that reignited a beloved series and turned Star Trek into a multimillion dollar franchise, Star Trek: The Motion Picture. We cover how the original series ended and all the trials and tribulations of bringing new Star Trek back to screens around the world.
Find out where you can watch Star Trek: The Motion Picture
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Drew and Myles are back from their hiatus, with a new set of ideas for the show. Find out what's next for The More You Nerd!
For your San Diego Comic Con travels Ridiculously Nerdy returns to answer more of your pressing pop culture questions! And when the wealth of new nerdy content sparks a question you never thought to ask, make sure to send it in to themoreyounerd@gmail.com
The More You Nerd's Myles and Drew have teamed up with new friend and co-host Dan Peck to bring you Ridiculously Nerdy! We dare to answer the most obscure questions about your favorite pop culture franchises. And we want to get those questions from you! So please email them in to themoreyounerd@gmail.com or find us on Facebook or Twitter.
We finally arrive at the end of what's been released so far of DC's superlative animated series, Young Justice! Listen on as Myles and Drew break down how the show feels after a 5 year absence as well as announce some state of affairs for The More You Nerd in 2019!
Next Week's Challenge: TO BE CONTINUED
The last piece of the puzzle from Marvel Studios has arrived before Endgame as Captain Marvel is now in theatres. Find out how Myles and Drew felt about the introduction of Marvel's newest onscreen hero!
Next Week's Challenge: Young Justice Season 1 Part 5!
This week we discuss the latter half of Season 2 of Young Justice and how criminal it was to be left hanging like that for years on end.
Next Week's Challenge: Young Justice Season 1 Part 5!
Patrick's back so after a little Talk Nerdy, we jump into the first half of Young Justice Season 2!
Next Week's Challenge: Young Justice Season 1 Part 4!
Patrick's gone this week, so Drew and Myles have a general Talk Nerdy to Me conversation where the discuss current video games and movie trailers.
Next Week's Challenge: Young Justice Season 1 Part 3!
With much of the set up established, how does Young Justice fare when it's core story for the first season kicks off? Listen on to find out in a DC Comics filled episode!
Next Week's Challenge: Young Justice Season 1 Part 3!
Our first Leveled Up Challenge of 2019 find the nerds going through the highly acclaimed DC animated show, Young Justice, as we start with the first 13 episodes of Season 1!
Next Week's Challenge: Young Justice Season 1 Part 2!
This week the nerds take on the first offering from DC's streaming service, Titans, a modern, adult take on the classic Teen Titans team!
Next Week's Challenge: Young Justice Season 1
Better late than never is what we say around here, and nothing is later than our Aquaman SPOILERCAST! How did DC's newest offering fair? Listen on to find out!
Next Week's Challenge: Titans Season 1
2018 has come to a close, so you know what that means: the annual Morey Awards! The three Nerds offer up their favorites of the year in Literature, Video Games, Television, and Movies! What made the cut? Listen on to find out!
Next Week's Challenge: Aquaman Spoilercast!
We're staying in the 90's for just a bit longer as we look back at what some call the beginning of the comic book movie boom with 1998's Blade!
Next Week's Challenge: Aquaman Spoilercast!
We're back in the 90's for our final week of Nickvember, and we've truly saved the best for last. This week, we delve into all three season of the surreal, and compellingly authentic comedy, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, and try our best to cram as much (gushing) commentary and reminiscence as we can into a singular episode. How does it hold up? Listen on and find out!
Next Week's Challenge: Watch Blade
Taking a break from our regularly scheduled time hop into 90's Nick to bring you a brand new SPOILERCAST! Over the holidays, serendipity allowed that we all catch Disney's sequel to its delightful Wreck It Ralph, Ralph Breaks The Internet! So we're bringing you a good ol fashion spoiler-filled review to share our thoughts on it!
Next Week's Challenge: Nickvember Week 4: Pete and Pete
We move from the Darling house to summer camp as we enter Week 3 of Nickvember! This week we're covering the beloved kids sitcom, Salute Your Shorts. As with prior weeks, we dive into what makes this show work so well when it came out, and, surprisingly, still hold up today!
Next Week's Challenge: Nickvember Week 4: Pete and Pete
This week, we're moving from the Midnight Society's campfire to the Darling house as we continue Nickvember and take a look at the classic Nick sitcom, Clarissa Explains It All. Aside from seeing how it holds up, we take a look at its twist on the sitcom formula and how it resonated with kids at the time and whether or not the same material would now.
Next Week's Challenge: Nickvember Week 3: Salute Your Shorts: 1. Michael Comes to Camp (Season 1 Episode 1) 2. Zeke the Plumber (Season 1 Episode 2) 3. The Radio Call-In Contest(Season 1 Episode 7) 4. Counselor Budnick (Season 2 Episode 2) 5. Capture the Flag (Season 2 Episode 10)
The More You Nerd is traveling back to the 90's for the month of November and revisiting classic Nickelodeon shows that shaped our generation starting with one of Myles' all-time favorites: Are You Afraid of the Dark?! We'll be looking into what made these shows such cultural milestones for the youth of the time as well as seeing how they hold up!
Next Week's Challenge: Nickvember Week 2: Clarissa Explains It All: 1. Urge to Drive (Season 1 Episode 4) 2. Bully (Season 1 Episode 7) 3. Alter Ego (Season 5 episode 5) 4. A Little romance ( Season 4 Episode 8) 5. Life of Crime (Season 3 Episode 11)
We're coming home after a month in steeped in Japanese kaiju madness to watch the two American attempts to create Godzilla films! Is the '98 film really as bad as its reputation? And did Hollywood learn its lessons for the 2014 reboot? Listen to this week's ep to find out!
Next Week's Challenge: Nickvember Week 1: Are You Afraid of the Dark?: 1. The Tale of the Pinball Wizard (Season 1, Episode 13) 2. The Tale of the Dead Man’s Float (Season 5, episode 1) 3. The Tale of the Midnight Madness (Season 2, episode 2) 4. The Tale of Station 109.1 (Season 5, episode 3) 5. The Tale of the Dollmaker (Season 3, episode 5) 6. The Tale of the Super Specs (Season 1, episode 6)
This week, we take in two finales! That of the Heisei era in Godzilla vs Destoroyah and the Millennium era with Godzilla: Final Wars as we say goodbye to the Japanese iteration of the storied green Goliath in our month-long Godzilla Monsterthon!
Next Week's Challenge: Godzilla Monsterthon Part IV! Week 3: Godzilla (1998), Godzilla (2014)
Our Leveled Up Monsterthon continues as we end the Showa period with Terror of Mechagodzilla and enter a more modern take in Godzilla vs Biollante! Plus we have share some of the announcements that excited us most from this year's New York ComicCon!
Next Week's Challenge: Godzilla Monsterthon Part II! Week 3: Godzilla vs Destoroyah (1995), Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
October is here, which means the Spoopy Season is among us! For Halloween shenanigans, Myles has put together a month-long MONSTERTHON starring the one and only King of the Monster, Godzilla! This week we're watching the original Gojira, which Drew and Patrick have never seen, as well as 1965's Invasion of Astro-Monster!
Next Week's Challenge: Godzilla Monsterthon Part II! Week 2: Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975), Godzilla vs Biollante (1989)
We visit the 80's cult classic Buckaroo Banzai to see if the movie's charms hold up 30 years later to people who have never seen it!
Next Week's Challenge: Godzilla Monsterthon! Week One: Godzilla (1954), Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
This week, we travel back to the 60's to explore the influential British television show, The Prisoner!
Next Week's Challenge: Watch Buckaroo Bonzai
For Patrick's birthday, we watched the first two films of the iconic Predator series! Myles gushes about the new PS4 Spider-Man game and he and Drew talk about their first impressions of DC's new subscription service!
Next Week's Challenge: Watch The Prisoner
Drew, Patrick, and Rebecca went to DragonCon this weekend, so On The Outside Looking In Myles asks them about their experience after some extensive Talk Nerdy on Destiny's new expansion and audiobooks!
Next Week's Challenge:Patrick's Birthday Challenge:
This week, we take in Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening's new show on Netflix, Disenchantment! How does it fare in comparison to his prior classics? Listen in to find out!
Next Week's Challenge: DragonCon 2018
For Drew's birthday, we take a trip back to A Link to the Past, the beloved SNES classic in the Legend of Zelda series! How does the game hold up after all these years? Listen on and find out.
Next Week's Challenge: Season 1 of Disenchantment on Netflix
Our Twin Peaks Leveled Up finally comes to a close! So how does the show fair after returning from a 25 year break? Listen on to find out!
Next Week's Challenge: DREW'S BIRTHDAY: Play The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
While the Myles is away the cats will play, and this episode we take a break from Twin Peaks to pit some B List heroes against each other!
Next Week's Challenge: Twin Peaks Pt IV: Season 3
We're still lost in the Black Lodge, trying to suss out the meaning of the Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me for this weeks challenge, but we're splitting our efforts as we get transmissions from this year's San Diego Comic Con!
Next Week's Challenge: Twin Peaks Pt IV: Season 3
We've reach Season 2 of Twin Peaks, where we really start to experience the show's surreal and quirky reputation full stop. Did it maintain our interest? Or did our excitement from Season One wane? What exactly the heck do we think is going on? All that and a damn fine cup of Talk Nerdy complete this week's episode!
Next Week's Challenge: Twin Peaks Pt III: Fire Walk With Me and The Missing Pieces
Ant-Man and The Wasp has hit theatres, and as with most Marvel movies, we interrupt our regular challenge broadcasting to bring you this emergency SPOILERCAST! How does the film stand compared to the 2015 original and how exactly does it piece together in the metastory in the wake of Avengers: Infinity War? Listen on and find out! Next Week's Challenge: Twin Peaks Leveled Up: Season 2!
We're starting our second Leveled Up challenge by taking a trip up to the lovely town of Twin Peaks! This week we focus solely on the show's first season. With some of us viewing David Lynch and Mark Frost's seminal TV show for the first time, there's much to discuss about the hype of reputation, whether or not a show like this holds up after almost three decades, and well..what exactly is going on! Listen on to see how the show fares!
Next Week's Challenge: Ant-Man and The Wasp SPOILERCAST
We're back with the second part of our first Leveled Up challenge, diving into the Karate Kid franchise. This time, we watched the first season of YouTube's Cobra Kai. Was the series warranted? Does it live up to the original's reputation? Can the original cast still act? Listen on to find out!
Next Week's Challenge: Watch Season 1 of Twin Peaks
For our 300th episode, we celebrate Myles birthday! We dabble a little in E3 2018 during this week's Talk Nerdy To Me before diving into the challenge Myles gave to watch David Lynch's science fiction cult classic, Dune!
Next Week's Challenge: Watch Season 1 of Kobra Kai
At long last, our fabled Karate Kid "Leveled Up" Challenge is here after what feels like forever since we announced it! Drew, Myles, and Patrick watch and reflect on both The Karate Kid and The Karate Kid Part II and try to zero in on the films' influence and whether or not they hold up with modern viewings.
Next Week's Challenge: Myles Birthday Challenge - Watch Dune!
The new Star Wars film, Solo: A Star Wars Story, is out now, and you know it's going to be one that EVERYONE has an opinion on, so of course we're going to be tossing our hats in the ring as well! Listen on to see what our thoughts were in this spoiler-filled episode.
Next Week's Challenge: The Karate Kid Parts I and II
Surprise!! We all happened to catch Deadpool 2 this weekend so even though we were prepping for Karate Kid, we made a last minute decision to do one of our SPOILERCASTS! So listen on to hear how we felt about the Merc With A Mouth's newest adventure.
Next Week's Challenge: The Karate Kid Parts I and II
This week our challenge was to take a look at Netflix's adaptation of the cyberpunk/noir infused-novel, Altered Carbon. Does Netflix's magic touch persist? Listen on to find out!
Next Week's Challenge: The Karate Kid Parts I and II
With some recent turbulent schedulings behind the scenes, we decided to take a small one episode break to catch up on some Talk Nerdy as we hadn't done one in about a month! So the guys catch each other up on their nerdy goings on outside the show for a nice, relaxed nerdy chit-chat.
Next Week's Challenge: Altered Carbon Season 1 on Netflix
The superhero movie event of the decade has finally arrived! Marvel's massive crossover film they've been teasing for years, Avengers: Infinity War, hit theatres this past weekend and we are incredibly excited to bring you this special SPOILERCAST! Did it live up to our expectations? How did we feel when REDACTED happened to REDACTED. Tune in to find out!
Next Week's Challenge: Altered Carbon Season 1 on Netflix
This week, we're joined by Rebecca as she joined Myles and Patrick for this year's PAX East in Boston! We detail aspects of the con and talk about some of the cool and excited games we played that are coming down the pipeline.
Next Week's Challenge: Avengers: Infinity War SPOILERCAST
This week, we were challenged to watch the first ten episodes of yet another delightful offering from Cartoon Network, OK K.O.: Let's Be Heroes! So what Level did this show reach on our POW cards? You'll have to listen and find out!
Next Week's Challenge: PAX East! (No episode next week)
Given the brevity of this week's challenge and Game Informer's publication of their top 300 video games of all time in celebration of their 300th episode, the Nerds have an extended Top Nerdy to discuss the Top 10 Video Games lists each of them put together. Afterwards, they wake up for their challenge to watch the first episode of Rooster Teeth's live action post-apocalyptic show, Day 5!
Next Week's Challenge: Watch OK K.O.
After some more Nintendo themed Talk Nerdy, Myles and Drew try to wrap their feeble minds around Serial Experiements Lain, the avant-garde science fiction anime from the late 90's!
Next Week's Challenge: Watch Day 5
In a bit of a twist on our Challenges, we were challenged to watch the first season of the Syfy zombie drama, Z Nation, NOT because it's a beloved classic held dear by the challenger, but because it's a fun, ironically brainless romp of B-grade silliness. How did it hold up for the Nerds? Will they grant this show mercy? Tune in to find out!
Next Week's Challenge: Watch Serial Experiments Lain
WE'RE BACK! Due to flu-related issues, we've been out of commission for a couple of weeks, but now we've returned with our delayed SPOILERCAST to Marvel's first offering this year: BLACK PANTHER! As always we offer a "Spoiler Free" section at the top of the show for anyone that hasn't seen it yet, but then AVAST! THERE BE SPOILERS AHEAD!
Next Week's Challenge: Watch Season 1 of Z Nation
Myles bounces off the wall during Talk Nerdy to Me due to the release of The Cloverfield Connection while Patrick shares his enthusiasm for Netflix's dark new sci-fi gem, Altered Carbon. Drew forces us to shift gear and we get lost in the insane future of...1997! That's right, this week we were challenged to watch the genre-bending, instant cult classic film, Turbo Kid!
Next Week's Challenge: BLACK PANTHER SPOILERCAST!
Brian Michael Bendis' first foray into DC Comics has been announced, so the three Nerds chat a little bit about the comic company's current trajectory while Patrick basks in the glow of his new television. They then find themselves thrown into a strange and unknown future for this challenge, watching the first season of AMC's post-apocalyptic genre bender: Into the Bandlands.
Next Week's Challenge: Watch Turbo Kid on Netflix
Myles talks about his love of candid conversations thanks to his newly discovered favorite show, Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, during Talk Nerdy before the three of us discuss this week's challenge: reading the first two volumes of the both heartwarming and heartbreaking manga, My Brother's Husband.
Next Week's Challenge: Watch the first season of Into the Badlands
Drew and Myles fawn over the potential of Nintendo Labo in Talk Nerdy To Me before enrolling in the self aware visual novel, Doki Doki Literature Club! We couldn't delete Drew's character file before another round of his Star Trek Discovery talk-back, though.
Next Week's Challenge: Read the first two volumes of My Brother's Husband
We're back! And after talking some video games in Talk Nerdy, we enter our first challenge of 2018: Dreamworks and Guillermo del Toro's Trollhunters on Netflix! We know from our 2017 Wrap Up how Myles felt about the Netflix animated show, but how does it stack up for Patrick and Drew? Listen on to find out!
Next Week's Challenge: Play Doki Doki Literature Club
We wrap up another calendar year here at The More You Nerd with our annual MOREY AWARDS! We discuss our absolute top favorites in the categories of books, film, comics, video games and television. For the most part, all three of us had vastly different loves in 2017, which made for a fun, varied chat this year. We thank our listeners for another excellent year and can't wait to catch you all again in 2018!
Next Week's Challenge: 2018!
Star Wars: The Last Jedi has finally arrived! After years of conjecture and speculating, we have a new Episode of the Star Wars Saga proper! So what did the TMYN crew think? Listen on to find out?
Next Week's Challenge: 2017 YEAR END SPECIAL: THE MOREY AWARDS!
It's a trailer-infused Talk Nerdy to Me as Marvel has unleashed the trailer for the Miles Morales Spider-Man film as well as Avengers: Infinity War before briefly chatting about the possibility of a Tarantino-led Star Trek film! We then embark to the final frontier as imagined by Seth McFarlane for this week's challenge: the first season of The Orville!
Next Week's Challenge: STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI SPOILERCAST!
We had a few surprising pieces of news this week with Capcom announcing Mega Man 11 and Ryan Reynolds announced as the voice for Detective Pikachu for this week's Talk Nerdy to Me before we get lost in the woods with Cartoon Network's stellar Over The Garden Wall!
Next Week's Challenge: Watch The Orville Season 1
DC's team of superheroes are finally gracing the Silver Screen and boy howdy is the reaction polarized! So what did TMYN crew think of Justice League? Listen in and find out!
Next Week's Challenge: Watch Over the Garden Wall
Patrick and Myles quickly share their feelings on Thor: Ragnarok before the guys don their cloaks and descend into the Gothic horror realm of From Software's challenging masterpiece, Bloodborne.
Next Week's Challenge: Justice League SPOILERCAST
While Patrick's ill, Drew and Myles get a little loosey goosey! After an extended Talk Nerdy in which we discuss Nintendo's phenomenal new release, Super Mario Odyssey, DREW, that's right..DREW has taken it upon himself to create his own Power Rangers concept much like Myles did when Patrick took ill last year. Listen on as Drew delves into...POWER RANGERS: AERIAL FIGHTING FORCE!
Next Week's Challenge: Play Bloodborne
Our hunters are still slashing away for our Bloodborne challenge, but in the meantime, Netflix has released the second installment of the Duffer Brothers' instant classic, Stranger Things! Join us in the Upside Down as we discuss the references, theories, and SPOILERIFIC details of Strangers Things 2!
Next Week's Challenge: Play Bloodborne
This week, Myles and Patrick gush about their recent successful ventures in viewing Netflix Originals for this week's Talk Nerdy before our challenge takes us into the woods as we discuss Tucker and Dale vs Evil!
Next Week's Challenge: Play Bloodborne
After discussing some trailers that have us extremely excited in Talk Nerdy To Me, we adorn our crucifixes and chat about the vampire shenanigans in What We Do In The Shadows, the 2014 New Zealand mockumentary!
Next Week's Challenge: Watch Tucker and Dale Vs Evil
Surviving the crowds to obtain an SNES Classic, the TMYN crew discovers their Quirk for challenges as they take on the popular anime, My Hero Academia!
Next Week's Challenge: What We Do In The Shadows
At long last, THERE IS NEW STAR TREK "ON" TV! As we are all big Trek fans, we absolutely had to do a spoilercast on the first new Trek show in over a decade. How did it fare? Listen in to find out our verdict so far on Star Trek: Discovery!
Next Week's Challenge: First 7 episodes of My Hero Academia
To celebrate the gift of Patrick's birth, we the 1987 dark science fiction classic, Robocop, and its sequel! As with all "near futures" from yesteryear, we have plenty of fun comparing the ideas of the future to the real deal. Except this one is frighteningly not super off the mark!
Next Week's Challenge: Star Trek Discover Spoilercast
Drew and Myles talk about the new adaptation of Stephen King's IT and Fox's new humorous Star Trek-like show, The Orville, in Talk Nerdy this week before gushing over Bungie's follow-up to our three-year obsession: Destiny!
Next Week's Challenge: PATRICK'S BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE: ROBOCOP AND ROBOCOP 2
Paizo, the creators of the legendary tabletop RPG Pathfinder, recently released their science fiction themed RPG, Starfinder! We employ our friend, and player co-host of our new show, Cosmic Crit, Tyler Pearce, to join us in talking about our first impressions of the game and what we love about what Paizo has done with the genre. Additionally, we give so major love to Sonic Mania in our Talk Nerdy!
Next Week's Challenge: Destiny 2
Our longtime super best friend, forever time infinity writer and new cat owner Kelly Thompson, returns to the show to talk about...well, we're going to level with you: we mostly talk about cats for the first 25 minutes. After Cat Chat, though, we talk about her current bounty of comics output, including Jem: Infinite, Ghostbusters: Answer the Call, Hawkeye, and Captain Phasma!
Next Week's Challenge: Paizo's tabletop RPG, Starfinder!
Longtime friend of the show and Drinking Quest creator, Jason Anarchy, returns to the show for another entry in the No Retreat, No Surrender Saga. We see if the fourth film, under the name The King of The Kickboxers, will be the one to finally break our senses!
Next Week's Challenge: SECRET G-G-GHOST!
While we do a LITTLE bit of Talk Nerdy in reference to Cable in Deadpool 2, most of this week's episode is dedicated to Drew's favorite RPGs of all time: Final Fantasy VII and Chrono Trigger. Chrono Trigger was Drew's challenge, but Drew took advantage of Myles' recent foray into FF7 for a double birthday treat chat!
Next Week's Challenge: Watch King of the Kickboxers with Jason Anarchy
It's our first Talk Nerdy in a while, so we're catching up on what wowed us at this year's San Diego ComicCon as well Myles' recent dive into Final Fantasy VII before we travel back in time to the world of History Channel's Vikings!
Next Week's Challenge: DREW'S BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE: Play Chrono Trigger
Back from vacation, we're visited by our friend, writer Melissa Jane Osborne, in celebration of the collected paperback release of the acclaimed and award nominated book, The Wendy Project! We chat at length about the vulnerable time of being a teen, the impetus of the story, and what makes The Wendy Project stand out above the crowd of fictional stories in the YA realm.
Next Week's Challenge: Watch Vikings Season 1
On this week's episode we welcome The Drift Podcast's host Jason Sansbury to the show to talk about the upcoming Starfinder Roleplaying Game from Paizo. We discuss his podcast, the game, and our expectations for August in this interview. Plus the boy's (short one Myles) has an exciting new announcement.
Next Week's Challenge: Melissa Jane Osborne returns to talk "The Wendy Project"
Spider-Man has now entered the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Homecoming! Join us for a spoiler-fill episode as we review and argue over both Spider-Man and the MCU in general!
Next Week's Challenge: SPECIAL GUEST!
A metric ton of movie trailers released this week, so we cover some of the highlights during Talk Nerdy to Me before charging our Grief Seeds to take on our challenge to watch Puella Magi Madoka Magica, a dark take on the popular tropes utilized the "magical girl" anime genre!
Next Week's Challenge: SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING SPOILERCAST!
This week, we're talking RAINBOWS! We're talking PUPPIES! After taking out a Talk Nerdy segment with a SPIDER IN A TOP HAT BLAST, we dive headfirst into our challenge to watch Disney XD's incredible animated series, Star vs The Forces of Evil!
Next Week's Challenge: Watch the anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica
E3 occurred this week to lukewarm fanfare, but the boys talk about some of their favorite gaming announcements as well as pay tribute to the late Adam West in this week's Talk Nerdy to Me. In a change-up from his typical birthday challenges, Myles serves up one of his favorite movies that isn't more aligned with being incredibad and instead chooses a more shadowy path: 1998 the neo-noir science fiction film, Dark City, for this week's challenge!
Next Week's Challenge: Watch Star vs The Forces of Evil!
Summer is here and we've got a lengthy Talk Nerdy to let you know of all the fun nerdy stuff we're getting into while beating the heat. Most special of all, Francesca Carletto-Leon and Mike Flood from Contigo Games join us to talk about one of our favorite gaming experiences of PAX 2017, StarCrossed! We had a ball talking the origins of the game, the mechanics, and the value of quick, replayable, fun games throughout our friendly chat with these excellent game makers! Note: Francesca ALSO has a podcast: IndieComplete!
Next Week's Challenge: Myles' Birthday Challenge: Watch Dark City!
As with most of the world, we were completely taken by WB/DC's Wonder Woman. So of course our SPOILERCAST is dedicated to gushing over the Amazing Amazon herself!
Next Week's Challenge: Contigo Game's StarCrossed!
For the 40th Anniversary of Star Wars, we decided to forgo a review/spoilercast and instead had the hosts from the Fan Theory World podcast on the show to talk about our favorite fan theories from the storied universe of one of our favorite franchises of all time. Next Week's Challenge: Wonder Woman SPOILERCAST!
Destiny 2 had its content reveal with week, so you KNOW we had to talk about that. Star Trek: Discover had its first proper teaser this week, so you KNOW we had to talk about that. Basically,we've got a jam packed Talk Nerdy before we attack this week's challenge: the utterly charming manga, Hunter X Hunter! Next Week's Challenge: Star Wars 40th with Fan Theory World Podcast
This week we invade the 20th ward as we were challenged for the first seven episodes of the anime phenomenon, Tokyo Ghoul! We dive into what about this show has attracted such a large audience, and what worked and didn't always work for the three of us. But before that, we do a somewhat lengthy Talk Nerdy, which includes discussing the trailer for the sequel of one of Patrick's all-time favorite films, Blade Runner!
Next Week's Challenge: Read the manga Hunter X Hunter (first 4 volumes)
Like the obvious a-holes we are, we had to do a spoilercast for one of the most fun comic book film franchises: Guardians of the Galaxy!
Next Week's Challenge: Tokyo Ghoul episode 1-7
Following last week's foray into pulp heroes, we spent a little of our Talk Nerdy on the recent crossover between Batman and classic pulp vigilante, The Shadow! The rest, we spend arguing over TV adaptations before going into our 20th anniversary celebration of The Fifth Element! On top of gushing over this insanely fun film, we delve into some of the factors we think cemented this film as a genuine nerd and genre classic!
Next Week's Challenge: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 SPOILERCAST!
We take a blast to the past this week with a challenge that predates anything we've been challenged to do before! Going back to 1912, we read Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel, Tarzan of the Apes, and dig into the origin of one of pop culture's oldest heroes!
In the not too distant future, THIS Sunday A.D., we wade through all the massive recent events in the realm of Star Wars before diving into the crowdfunded resurrection of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 currently on Netflix! Next Week's Challenge: Read Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
We enter a realm we rarely delve into this week as we have Jen Briney, host of the Congressional Dish podcast, on the show to discuss her nerdy passions of researching and understanding Congress and the exact nature of the bills being passed! While we don't delve into the political realm often, we had a blast talking to Jen about the nature of the political beast! Next Week's Challenge: Read Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
This week exemplifies why the challenges are so important as we discuss Netflix's Bojack Horseman's first season. After chatting about the new Justice League trailer and the rumor of Joss Whedon directing Batgirl, we dive into the animated comedy starring Will Arnett and talk about the effect of its slow burning nature. Next Week's Challenge: Read Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
It's finally (morphin') time! Myles' most anticipated film of the year, the Power Rangers reboot, hit US theatres this weekend, and he, Drew, and Patrick are going to review and spoil the crap out of it. So grab your power coins, a Krispy Kreme donuts, and get ready for our hot takes on the newest iteration of Saban's Power Rangers!
Drew, Myles, and Patrick return from Boston (except Patrick cause he lives there) to gush about their experience with this year's Penny Arcade Expo and all the rad games coming on the horizon that they played. Next Week's Challenge: POWER RANGERS MOVIE SPOILERCAST!
Lauded game designer Bruce Cordell joins us this week to discuss the new Kickstarter for the deluxe boxed set for his and Monte Cook's tabletop RPG, The Strange, as well as his upcoming novel, Myth of the Maker. But before Bruce regales us with fantastical worlds, Drew and Myles excited talk about their initial impressions of the Nintendo Switch and gush over The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Next Week's Challenge: PAX EAST SPECIAL!
We're returning to our favorite Crystal Gems this week! This time, Patrick has cooked up a list of story and character-centric episodes of Steven Universe that showcase the emotional gravitas the show is known. Stuff you can't quite grab from the first 7 eps of our initial challenge. But before that we Talk Nerdy about the newly announced Nightwing film, and which actor could have the assets to fit the character.
Our Talk Nerdy segment this week is all movie reviews! For the first time in ages, all three nerds went to different movies for non-challenge flicks. Well, technically, Myles went twice. After that, we summon the power of Astra to discuss the truly excellent title from Dark Horse Comics, Zodiac Starforce! Next Week's Challenge: Patrick's Rewind Challenge: Steven Universe Episode Watch List: 1-12 "Giant Woman" 1-16 "Steven the Sword Fighter" 1-17 "Lion 2: The Movie" 1-20 "Coach Steven" 1-25 "Mirror Gem" (Part 1) 1-26 "Ocean Gem" (Part 2) 1-37 "Alone Together" 1-40 "On the Run" 1-45 "Rose's Scabbard" 1-49 "The Message" 1-51 "The Return" (Part 1) 1-52 "Jail Break" (Part 2) 2-01 "Full Disclosure" 2-06 "Sworn to the Sword" 2-22 "The Answer"
Our game designer buddy Jason Anarchy returns to the show for the latest in our series of episodes dedicated to the must-be-seen-to-be-believed martial arts franchise, No Retreat No Surrender! No Retreat No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers, as its predecessors before it, doesn't fail to live up to the hilarious hype we've set for these cinema masterpieces! Next Week's Challenge: Read Zodiac Starforce by Kevin Panetta and Paulina Ganucheau
After a grueling Talk Nerdy To Me, where Myles attempts to discuss his dissatisfaction with Rings, the third film in the American horror franchise, despite Drew and Patrick's attempt at a bit, the guys cannot help but gush over their newfound love of the truly excellent anime: Re: Zero - Starting Life In Another World! If you'd like to donate to help our listener with their dogs' medical bills, click here!
Next Week's Challenge: Watch No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
On this week's episode we meet some cool monsters and make a conscious effort not to fight them going against 30+ years of video game experience in "UNDERTALE"
Next Week's Challenge: Watch the new anime "Re:Zero"
Our old friend Ashley V. Robinson returns to the show to chat about her new coming, Jupiter Jet, currently on Kickstarter, as well as a variety of Nerd News topics!
Next Week's Challenge: Play Undertale!
After a rousing Talk Nerdy to Me, the guys dig into Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee's 12 issue run of Marvel's Inhumans.
Next Week's Challenge: Play Undertale!
After Myles inspires a lengthy Talk Nerdy to Me about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and his love for the Nickelodeon iteration, the guys joust over BBC's modern-ish period piece take on the famous legendary character, Robin Hood!
Next Week's Challenge: Read Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee's run of Inhumans by Marvel
The guys round up 2016 with our picks across movies, tv, comics and more!
Next Week's Challenge: The BBC series Robin Hood
Myles is quite ill, but like a good rebel, he attempts to power through as the boys give their impressions of the very first non-saga Star Wars film, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story!
Next Week's Challenge: 2016 Year End Special
Patrick, sadly, was taken by his Other Mother this week, so it's up to Myles and Drew to head into the wild world of Coraline, but not before they have a little video game chat about FFXV and The Last Guardian topped with a little Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer talk!
Next Week's Challenge: ROGUE ONE SPOILER CAST!!
We had a tooooon of video game stuff to cover for Talk Nerdy this week after taking a break before getting into a brand new realm for us: the world of Korean Dramas! We watch The Master's Sun, Coffee Prince, and Reply 1997! Join us as we venture into our first foray with Kdramas and our impressions of the cultural phenomenon.
Next Week's Challenge: Watch Coraline!
Once again, we give updates on our creative projects before drifting into a little Talk Nerdy. This week, we disucss our surprisingly positive reactions to the Ghost in the Shell trailer. Afterwards, we tackle our long awaited Starbound challenge, diving into what did or didn't resonate with us about the game, and sandbox games in general!
Next Week's Challenge: Finally play Starbound!
Our dear friend, Kelly Thompson, returns to the show to discuss her new comic from Boom Studios, Mega Princess! We then catch up with what's been going on in Jem and her future projects for Star Wars and Hawkeye for Marvel before talking about writing in general (and even some NaNoWriMo stuff)! A much needed solace to remedy the craziness of this week!
Next Week's Challenge: Finally play Starbound!
Before we conjure up spoilers for Marvel's newest film, Doctor Strange, Drew, Myles, and Patrick give updates on how their NaNoWriMo projects as well as celebrate the return of the animated show, Young Justice!!
Next Week's Challenge: Read Mega Princess #1 with guest Kelly Thompson
We're back!! After talking about the new Nintendo Switch and NaNoWriMo, we delve into our Halloween special feature: It Follows. The guys go back and forth in what tricks worked and what treats didn't (we all know Myles loved it) as they discuss the 2014 modern horror classic.
Next Week's Challenge: Doctor Strange SPOILERCAST
New York ComicCon happened last weekend, where a number of incredibly exciting announcements and reveals took place. After some Talk Nerdy To Me, the boys dive right into all of the comic, TV, and movie news that happened at the con this week. Spoiler: Myles goes nuts for the Power Rangers trailer.
Next Week's Challenge: A one week break, then our Halloween Special: Watch IT FOLLOWS
Marvel and Netflix release the first season for their third Defender, Luke Cage, so we prepared one of our special SPOILERCASTS for the occasion. Drew, Myles, and Patrick dive into what they absolutely loved and what didn't always work for them about the show, all while engaging in a group cup of coffee.
Next Week's Challenge: New York ComicCon Roundup
This week we travel back to the late 90's as we read the Marvel Knights volume of Black Panther written by Christopher Priest. We delve into how this book reintroduced the Black Panther to a new audience, how this works even now without being dated, and why it's still a great superhero comic even today!
Next Week's Challenge: Watch the first season of Marvel's Luke Cage for Netflix
The day we've been waiting for has finally arrived! Destiny's new expansion, Rise of Iron has released, and, boy, do we have some impressions. But first! Quentin Weir and Dan Reiss from Elderwood Academy join us to discuss their new products currently lighting up Kickstarter, the Scroll and Codex dice and rolling tray! We get into how the company got their start and talk about their process on making products that spice up the tabletop gaming experience!
Next Week's Challenge: Read the first volume of Black Panther (1998) on Marvel Unlimited
This week Patrick lays down a Double Film Feature presentation for his Birthday Challenge: To watch both "Escape From New York", and "Escape From L.A." directed by John Carpenter. We track Snake Plisskens tours through the world of Metropolitan Maximum Security Prisons as he warns us about the downfalls of the Electoral College in U.S. Politics.
Next Week's Challenge: DESTINY: Rise of Iron First Impressions
Justine Prado and Jenn St-Onge, the writer and artist of Emet Comics' Finding Molly: An Adventure in Catsitting, join us this week to discuss the inspiration behind their hilarious and sincere book as well as talking about their new Kickstarter to fund the Finding Molly graphic novel! It's a rare treat to have both creators of a comic aboard, and we had an absolute blast talking about comics, cats, and comics about cats!
Fortnight's Challenge: Escape From PATRICK'S BDAY CHALLENGE!
Once every ninety years, Myles and Drew completely agree on something, so it only makes sense that Patrick doesn't! This week's challenge to read The Wicked and The Divine brings about this rare occurrence! But before that, we talk about a little nerdy movie news in Talk Nerdy To Me!
Netflix's Stranger Things has taken the world by both surprise and storm, and the guys are no different. This week we talk about our experiences with the show and how it succeeded every expectation we had!
Fortnight's Challenge: Read the first volume of The Wicked and Dive from Image Comics
It's Drew's birthday! In celebration, he challenged us to watch the two hour pilot and first episode to an old favorite show of his: Babylon 5! After some Talk Nerdy To Me, we discuss the merits of the science fiction cult classic, and why it still works over twenty years later.
Fortnight's Challenge:Watch Season 1 of Stranger Things on Netflix.
DC's newest cinematic offering, Suicide Squad, is in theatres now! Drew, Myles, and Patrick take on some of DC's baddest villains to see how they translate to screen!
Fortnight's Challenge: Drew's BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE: Babylon 5!
This week we wrapped up all of the cool stuff that was unveiled at the annual San Diego ComicCon International! And for the first time in years, it seemed, to us, anyway, DC stood out the most. Why? Listen on and find out!
Fortnight's Challenge: Suicide Squad SPOILERCAST
Spoilers: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Nerd. Its continuing mission to expand nerd horizons by engaging in weekly challenges. This week, the crew finds themselves face to face with the brand new offering of a beloved franchise: Star Trek Beyond. Will the Kelvin universe consume them?
Fortnight's Challenge: San Diego Comic Con News Special
Last time game master Monte Cook visited the show, poor Patrick was sick and had to miss out chatting with one of his heroes. Luckily, Monte kindly took time away from prepping for GenCon to chat with us more about role playing culture, what inspired him to create Numenera, as well as gifting us the ability to give a little surprise to our listeners!
Fortnight's Challenge: Star Trek Beyond SPOILERCAST!
After expressing their excitement for the release of the Pokemon Go app, the guys discuss their enchantment and bemusement by the French animated film, Jack and the Cuckoo Clock Heart!
Fortnight's Challenge: Star Trek Beyond SPOILERCAST!
This week, the nerds dissect Marvel's classic original run of Brian K. Vaughn's Runaways! While Myles still holds the same level of love from when he first read it, Drew and Patrick recognize the series' merits while still giving the series modern criticism.
Fortnight's Challenge: Watch Jack and the Cuckoo Clock Heart on Netflix.
With Patrick out, Drew and Myles postpone talking about Runaways. Instead, inspired by the excellent reboot of Dreamworks and Netflix's Voltron series as well as the recent bit of Power Rangers movie news, Drew challenges Myles to make his own Power Ranger show! Though on the spot, the two come up with a fun assortment of their Ranger colors, themes, Zords and villains. If any of our listeners are artists, we'd LOVE for you to interpret these ideas! Go go Power Rangers!
Fortnight's Challenge: Read the first 18 issue run of Marvel's Runaways!
What better way to celebrate Netflix and Dreamworks' outstanding Voltron reboot than with a member of that incredible cast? Voice actor Neil Kaplan, who plays the nefarious Emperor Zarkon joins the party to talk about the show, voice acting, and generally have an all out blast! You may now consider TMYN the subjects of the great Galran Empire!
Fortnight's Challenge: Read the first 18 issue run of Marvel's Runaways!
For Myles' birthday challenge, we dust off the Full Moon B-sci-fi/horror classic, Arcade. Much to his surprise, Drew and Patrick had more fun with it than expected! Before that, though, the boys swoon over the recently announced Destiny DLC, Rise of Iron, as well as more DC Rebirth books!
Fortnight's Challenge: Watch Dreamworks and Netflix's reboot of Voltron!
It's our 5th ANNIVERSARY! In celebration, Patrick conducted a game of "Dungeons and Dragons" (technically Pathfinder) for Myles and Drew to figure their way through. It's an interesting learning experience for the RPG noobs as well as a fun adventure. Here's to 5 more years!
Fortnight's Challenge: Myles Birthday Challenge! Watch the Full Moon Pictures Film: Arcade
This week, the boys gush over DC's recently released Rebirth #1 and what they hope this new direction brings to the comic publisher. Shortly afterwards, they find themselves in the quaint town of Bemidji for this week's challenge, unraveling the superb first season of FX's Fargo.
Fortnight's Challenge: THE MORE YOU NERD 5TH ANNIVERSARY!!
When guest plans fall through, we take advantage to do an old school Talk Nerdy To Me, in which we talk about the non-show nerdy things we've been doing lately. On top of that, all three of us created Nerd Off trivia games for each other to test each other's nerd knowledge for the first time in a long time!
Fortnight's Challenge: Watch Season One of Fargo
Talk Nerdy To Me is back as the guys celebrate Supergirl's renewal and move to The CW, which spawns a long talk about DC's television possibilities before moving onto our challenge: watching the gorgeous anime Mushi-shi. Being so different from so many other anime shows we've seen, we had a lot of fun taking in this one!
Fortnight's Challenge: Watch Season One of Fargo
Civil War has arrived! However, The More You Nerd crew is not divided on how awesome the newest Marvel film is! Listen on to hear all our thoughts and (minor) criticisms for the newest superhero outing!
Fortnight's Challenge: Watch the first ten episodes of the anime Mushi-Shi
Last week brought in another fantastic PAX East, and our very out Patrick was there in attendance to talk to us about some of the great games coming to us on the horizon. Additionally, we have Jason Kim, creator and producer of one of those games, Children of the Zodiarcs, on board to talk about the genre bending tactical RPG! Disclaimer: Skype messed with Jason's audio for the first part of the interview, but it DOES normalize. Apologies for that.
Fortnight's Challenge: PAX East Special!
Our wonderful friend, the talented Melissa Jane Osborne, joins us to talk about The Wendy Project #2, out now from the fantastic folks at Emet Comics. We discuss coming of age stories, teenage rebellion, and even look back on our own collective youths.
Fortnight's Challenge: PAX East Special!
The second in a an ongoing series of fireside chats/challenges with our good friend, Jason Anarchy, in which we tackle the cult martial arts franchise: No Retreat, No Surrender! After our experience with the first film, we thought there was NO way the second film could be more ridiculous/amazing. We. Were. Wrong.
Fortnight's Challenge: Special g-g-g-ghost!
Our first sequel challenge! Due to listener and fan feedback and encouragement, we got completely caught up with RWBY, focusing particularly on the darker Volume 3. But first, Drew and Myles talk briefly about their trip to SC ComicCon, and then all three extensively discuss the newly revealed Rogue One: A Star Wars Story trailer!
Fortnight's Challenge: Watch No Retreat No Surrender 2!
It's our 200th episode! In celebration, we have the immensely talented Brenden Fletcher (Batgirl, Black Canary, Gotham Academy) along with podcast BFF, Kelly Thompson (Jem, A-Force) to talk about their upcoming Power Rangers mini-series for Boom! Studios, PINK, a six issue book focused on the original Pink Ranger, Kimberly Hart!
Fortnight's Challenge: Watch RWBY Vol 3
It's a clash of the titans as the boys heatedly discuss the release of the long awaited film, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice!
Fortnight's Challenge: Special G-g-g-ghosts!!! 200th EPISODE!!
Our good buddy, Jason Anarchy, stops by to talk about the excellent-looking follow up to his Drinking Quest trilogy, Drinking Quest: Journey Into Draught, a tabletop RPG currently rousing up success on Kickstarter! Afterwards, Drew, Myles, and Patrick dive into Grant Morrison's Supergods, discussing the book, the nature of comics, and some of Morrison's philosophy on the medium.
Fortnight's Challenge: Batman v Superman SPOILERCAST!
Batman/Superman Month is here! To kick it off, the boys dissect the merits of the oft-overlooked Silver Age throwback animated series, Batman: The Brave and the Bold! Not only that, but in our Talk Nerdy To Me this week, they take a look at the new Civil War trailer, celebrate Resident Evil's 20th Anniversary, and discuss Ubisoft's recent offering, The Division!
Fortnight's Challenge: Read Supergods by Grant Morrison!
Ava's Demon creator, Michelle Czajkowski, returns to the show with a challenge to watch one of her favorite anime films, Paprika! After catching up with Michelle, we discuss the interesting nature of entering dreams, what separates Paprika from a lot of anime, and got into some of the flat out craziness of this amazing film!
Fortnight's Challenge: Watch Batman: Brave and the Bold, specifically the following episodes! * 1.6 Enter the Outsiders * 1.18 Color of Revenge * 1.25 Mayhem of the Music Meister * 2.4 Aquaman’s Outrageous Adventure! * 2.8 Sidekicks Assemble! * 2.9 The Super-Batman of Planet X! * 2.11 Chill of the Night * 2.17 The Mask of Matches Malone * 2.22 Cry Freedom Fighters * 2.23 The Knights of Tomorrow * 2.25 Bat Mite Presents: Batman’s Strangest Cases * 3.3 Night of the Batmen! * 3.9 Bold Beginnings
We got into the nitty gritty in this week's Talk Nerdy to Me: going over the Batman v Superman R-rated controversy, X-Files Season 10, The Witch, and Drew's recent PS Vita acquisition. Then we welcome to the show writer/director DG Brock, who just released her new comic, Spoilerland, for our friends at Emet Comics! We dive into her influence and inspiration for her sci-fi tale, and talk about the differences between writing scripts for film and comics.
Fortnight's Challenge: Watch Paprika
Our buddy Steve Sunu returns to the show to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the very first Pokemon releases, Red and Blue! Before we get started, he tells us of his thrilling new job for the upcoming digital comics service, Stela. After a little talk nerdy, we dive into the pop culture juggernaut that is Pokemon: discussing our personal experiences with the game and culture, the games' appeal, and some of our favorite aspects of the incredibly accessible RPG.
Fortnight's Challenge: Watch Paprika
Comic book legend Jimmy Palmiotti (Harley Quinn, Painkiller Jane, Super Zero) joins the boys this week to discuss his creator-owned Kickstarter project, Hype! Additionally, we had a blast talking candidly about comics and what makes Harley Quinn so endearing to so many. There's even a cameo appearance by sensational artist, Amanda Conner! This episode was an absolute treat for us. We hope you have as much fun listening as we had making it!
Fortnight's Challenge: Pokemon 20th Anniversary Special
Ashley Victoria Robinson and Jason Inman return just after releasing the very last episode of The Red Shirt Diaries EVER! We talk with them about making the second season, favorite moments, and what it's like to have the project completed. Afterwards, we break down our DC love by talking about the current and potential future of the DC TV universe!
Next challenge: Read All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka
This week, it's a combo of both challenge and interview as Ava's Demon creator, Michelle Czajkowski, joins us to discuss her popular webcomic! We discuss the origins of her story, her work ethic, and pick her brain about the inspiration and influences of her sensational work.
Next challenge: The Red Shirt Diaries' Ashley Victoria Robinson and Jason Inman
The guys start off with a massive Talk Nerdy to Me session, but unfortunately Patrick took ill before the arrival of our guest of honor: Monte Cook! Monte is a legend in the tabletop gaming and game design world, and Myles and Drew hang out and talk about the nature of tabletop RPGs, the culture surrounding them, and what makes them so compelling to become the increasingly popular genre we have today.
Next challenge: Watch Steins;Gate
What a way to start the New Year! Our best friend, writer Kelly Thompson (Jem), came to hang out with a challenge: read the entire 12-issue run of Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen's cult Marvel comic, Nextwave: Agents of H. A. T. E. We catch up with Kelly on her new Marvel and IDW projects for this year as well as talk about Jem and general nerdy talk for a doozy of first episode for 2016!
Next challenge: Watch Steins;Gate
Drew, Myles and Patrick close the book on 2015 by going through some of their favorite things this year! From movies to comics to even favorite challenges, the boys offer mini "Best Of" lists before ringing in the New Year. BONUS: We announce and SING the winning entry for our Nerd Holiday Carol Contest! Enjoy and see you in 2016!
Next challenge: Read Nextwave #1-12 by Warren Ellis and Stuart Immomen
It's finally here!! Star Wars: The Force Awakens has arrived, and we're going to spoil the crap out of it. So if you haven't seen it, do NOT listen to this episode yet!
Next challenge: 2015 Year End Special
We take a look back at the impact Star Wars has had culturally as well as our first experiences with the historic franchise. Joining us in our discussion are Anthony Breznican (Brutal Youth, Entertainment Weekly) and Jason Fry (Jupiter Pirates, Star Wars novels) to weigh in just how monumental Star Wars is to us all as we impatiently wait for The Force Awakens. Music from Live From the Cantina by the Andrew Allen Trio available on Amazon and CD Baby
Next challenge: STAR WARS SPOILERCAST
Talk Nerdy To Me is jam-packed this week thanks to new trailers for Captain America: Civil War, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and the remake of Final Fantasy VII, all of which we were dying to discuss after being on holiday break. Afterwards, we delve into our self-assigned challenge of binge watching the excellent first season of Marvel's Jessica Jones. Listen on to find out what we thought!
Next challenge: STAR WARS RETROSPECT EXTRAVAGANZA
This week was packed for Talk Nerdy To Me with Fallout 4, W/ Bob and David, and the resurrection of Mystery Science Theater 3000! To the surprise of no one, all three of the boys fell head over heels for the crazy world of Steven Universe!
Next challenge: Survive Style 5 +
To get into the Halloween spirit, much to Myles' delight, the boys brave the tension and terror of the first season of the cult internet phenomena, Marble Hornets. Tyler Pollock of GWW and The Geek Gaze joins their spooky good time to discuss the series, what makes an effective horror experience, and how the Slender Man grabbed the attention of so many.
Next challenge: Watch the first seven episodes of Steven Universe
Actor/writer/producer Melissa Jane Osborne joins us to dive into her creator owned comic, The Wendy Project, debuting this week from Emet Comics, a new publisher focused on female creators. We discuss the inspiration and drive behind her interpretation of the Peter Pan story as well as our excitement of CBS' new Supergirl show.
Next challenge: Watch the first season of Marble Hornets
Writer Kelly Thompson joins us again as we give her the "Best Friend of the Show" designation! We talk about her original graphic novel, Heart in a Box, reflect on her first year and the upcoming arc of Jem, and talk about some of the big goings on that happened the prior weekend at the New York Comic Con. We also received our first voicemail in ages!
GREAT SCOTT! On October 21, 2015, Marty McFly is opposed to arrive from 1985! In preparation, Drew, Myles, and Patrick take a look at the classic sequel, Back to The Future Part II. We discuss the film, but, more importantly, compare and contrast the visions of what writers from the 1980's thought what 2015 would be like.
Very rarely will you see the boys from The More You Nerd succumb to a little nerd rage, however, Edge Magazine's "Top 100 Video Games of All Time" list elicited very passionate responses from our hosts. We discuss the nature or lists and our problems with them before touching on Nickelodeon's new 90's nostalgia block, The Splat. After calming down, we return to Pandora to discuss the many choices offered by Telltale's adventure game, Tales From The Borderlands!
Trapped on a desolate planet, with nothing but their wits about them, Drew, Myles, and Patrick should be using their only communications to summon a rescue party. Instead, they use their dying signal to talk about Andy Weir's wildly successful science fiction novel, The Martian. There's even just enough power left for a little Talk Nerdy To Me, with Myles talking about seeing previous guests, Crunk Witch last week!
For Patrick's grand birthday bash, our friend Steven Sunu, returns to the show! We chat a little bit over our current obsession, Destiny's new expansion, The Taken King, before diving into Patrick's birthday challenge of playing the legendary collectable card game, Magic: The Gathering. We discuss in depth the game's origins, mechanics, the culture its developed, as well our personal histories with the game. Have to say we tapped an excellent conversation!
Can you feel the love tonight? We certainly could as we chronicled our love affair with Gravity Falls, Disney's hit animated series and to date our most challenged show! But the love fest doesn't go just to this wonderful series alone. Drew finally gets his moment in the sun to talk about his favorite game series and the new release of: Metal Gear Solid V!
Ashley V. Robinson and Jason Inman return to the show to talk a bit about season two of their successful YouTube show, The Red Shirt Diaries as well as their respective creative endeavors like DC All Access, Geek History Lesson and Apollo IX. What transpires is a huge nerding out that jumps all across the board from Star Trek to comics to 90's cartoon themes! Not to mention a crazy game of Comic Book ABC's with DC characters!
Myles, Patrick, and Drew are stuck inside a podcast with no way of logging out! Luckily, Mitch Hutts, owner of The Drunken Moogle is here to help. Mitch and the guys discuss the popular anime, Sword Art Online as well as the nature of MMORPGs and what the series gets right about them!
We're joined by Writer/Director, Jason A. Wallace, and Director of Photography, Brett A. Frager, to talk about their fantastic horror film project, The Ice Cream Man, which is currently on Kickstarter now! We had a blast discussing filmmaking, the industry, and what makes an effective horror film!
Holy annual celebrations, Batman! It's Drew's birthday! This year, we held a live event where we watched the 1966 classic, Batman: The Movie, in honor of the event. Instead of simply reviewing it, we did a live conversation/commentary of the entire film. This episode works best if you watch along with us. Don't worry, we tell you when we begin the film.
There's been quite of bit of nerd news the last few weeks! To aid us in sorting through it, we enlist novelist, senior staff writer at Entertainment Weekly and new #secretbestfriend, Anthony Breznican, to discuss the new Deadpool movie, Star Wars, X-Men, reporting nerd news for EW, as well as his stunning acclaimed debut novel, Brutal Youth.
Chris from the Nerds on Tap Podcast joins us this week as we take a tour of the hallowed halls of DC's Gotham Academy.
On this SPOILERCAST, Drew, Patrick, and Myles shrink down to size to discuss Marvel's newest cinematic venture, Ant-Man. If you can't tell by the title, THAR BE SPOILERS AHEAD.
This year's Comic Con hammered us with wave after wave of announcements and trailers, we couldn't tackle them on our own. Indomitable writer, Kelly Thompson (Jem, Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps), comes to our aid as we try to tackle as much of the news onslaught as possible while taking some time to talk about her current and upcoming projects and our mutual love for the new Archie book.
Jason Anarchy rejoins us with the very first guest-submitted challenge! He brought to us what he considers "the best worst B-movie," and we're inclined to agree. We delight over the 1986 cult martial arts "classic," No Retreat, No Surrender, starring a bunch of dudes and Jean-Claude Van Damme (sort of). By all means, listen to our overjoyed reactions, but we IMPLORE you to watch this majestic film!
For Myles' birthday, the guys watch the 1993 'classic' (according to Myles) martial arts comedy, Surf Ninjas. Though, Patrick and Drew drag the good Surf Ninjas name through the mud, hysterics are still had and they all walked away learning a little something about themselves and the meaning of life: Moto surfing.
Luke Crane, creator of Burning Wheel and the Games Lead for Kickstarter, joins Drew, Patrick, and Myles to talk about the culture of table top gaming before spiraling into an impromptu history lesson!
After all the excitement from this year's E3, Myles, Drew and Patrick try to pick just ONE announcement they're excited about. They fail. This week, they turn their attention to one of the most underrated animated shows of all-time: Disney's Gargoyles!
Nerds! Have we got a very special guest for you this week! Literary powerhouse, Jim Butcher, took time out of his insane writing schedule to chat with us about the first book in his new upcoming series, The Cinder Spires, his writing process, and, of course, the wizarding world of Harry Dresden.
Jason Fry crash lands into the Nerd Cave this week as we talk about his novel, The Jupiter Pirates: Hunt for the Hydra, as well as the work he's done and has planned for the Star Wars Universe. We tried our best, even threatened to make him walk the plank, to get him to spill details on the new Star Wars film, but Mr. Fry was immune to our ways of making people talk!
Comic book workhorse, Cullen Bunn, invited us to visit the quaint little town of Harrow County, filled with rustic farmlands, babbling brooks, and, oh, slumbering evil! We talk about Harrow County, his newest hit comic from Dark Horse as well as how those old rural tales influenced his writing, horror in general, comics, and, of course, the King himself, Godzilla!
Drew & Patrick get to talk with comic book writer David Gallaher, creator of 'The Only Living Boy' and 'High Moon' comics. We chat about his Convergence: Green Lantern Corps tie-in, how to properly GM a game of Marvel RPG, and the new Supergirl trailer. We also talk about comic books.
Joss Whedon unleashed Avengers: Age of Ultron this past weekend, the rabidly awaited Marvel event film that sets the course for the next phase of their cinematic universe. Drew, Myles, and Patrick share their thoughts and unwavering love in a fashion that would sooth even the Hulk's anger. WARNING: Contains massive spoilers for the film!
Myles is in much need of cheering up in the wake of the Silent Hills cancellation, so it's a good thing this week's challenge is to watch the pure enjoyment that is Rooster Teeth's phenomenal anime, RWBY.
The man known as a "game guru," "game god," or just ... "game designer," Mike Selinker returns to the show to discuss his new game on Kickstarter, Apocrypha ... eventually. Mike and the boys get caught in cavalcade of pop cultural tangents before staying the course to talk about his new tabletop RPG/card game hybrid that will assuredly involve cartoon dinosaurs learning valuable life lessons and NOT unspeakable horrors.
Before Myles delights in the tales of terrifying woe told by Drew and Patrick in their first experience with Amnesia, the boys take a step to defend the Batman v Superman trailer. In the midst of all this, Jason Anarchy, creator of the fantastic Drinking Quest, stops by to chat about his new tabletop RPG, Haiku Warrior, currently setting Kickstarter abuzz!
Since JJ Abrams and the good folks at Disney decided to show us a sneak peek at Star Wars: The Force Awakens, we, too, thought it would be a fun idea to give you good people a teaser of our inevitable Star Wars: The Force Awakens episode coming this December as we all hail our new nerd overlord: BB8.
We got to sit down with one of the creators of Cards Against Humanity, Max Temkin, to talk about what the CAH crew are currently working on; the Science Pack of cards that is raising money for the Science Ambassador Scholarship to the board game show Tabletop Deathmatch. To Drew's delight we hold an in-depth Star Trek conversation. Plus, we had the audacity to challenge Max to a game of "Onion/NotTheOnion". Spoiler Warning: Max is good at games.
It's our 150th Episode and we have a very special guest to commemorate the event! Kelly Thompson, writer of IDW's hit relaunch of Jem and the Holograms as well as the upcoming OGN Heart in a Box for Dark Horse, joins the party to talk about her projects, the process of revitalizing an older property for a modern audience, and just general shenanigans. It was so nuts, Myles briefly became a robot!
As preparation for the upcoming Daredevil series on Netflix, The Nerds Without Fear read the seminal story, "Born Again." In the midst of the discussion, Eric Peterson drops by to talk about resurrecting the innovative PC classic, Descent!
The insanely talented writer, Alex de Campi, joined us this week! We picked her brain about her brilliant, off the wall crossover, Archie vs Predator, and dove down the rabbit hole comic book conversations tend to take us with one of the industry's sharpest talents.
During Talk Nerdy To Me, Myles goes over his positive experience with the iZombie premiere and his first impressions of the long awaited Final Fantasy XV demo before everyone gushes over their experience with the second iteration of the anime, Fullmetal Alchemist.
It's PAX (Penny Arcade Expo) Mania this week! We had a ball with the amazing creators of Dragoon, a table-top game taking Kickstarter and PAX East by storm! Nick Berbece, creator of the insanely fun and equally PAX-popular video game, Move or Die, joined our little party to talk about the progress of his game and give insights on how much fun the PAX experience is. We hope you have as much fun listening as we did talking to all the phenomenal creators!
This week we were forced say goodbye to the legendary Leonard Nimoy. As a pick-me-up to shake off the somber mood, the boys talk about one of their favorite new films, Big Hero Six!
Poor Steve Sunu. The warm, friendly and insightful Publicity Coordinator for Dark Horse Comics (what!?) graciously stopped by the week that BOTH a popular new Power Rangers fan film was released as well as news of Neil Blomkamp's official announcement to replace Alien 3?! Drew and Patrick try to keep Myles at bay as Steve tells us what Dark Horse has in store this year!
This week, Myles couldn't help but bring up the news that accomplished genre director Neil Blomkamp's Alien film is actually happening! Patrick and Drew threw him a bone so they could move on to talking about the pure fun of Atomic Robo.
Our friends Ashley V. Robinson and Jason Inman from The Red Shirt Diaries are back to update us on their current projects before diving whole hog into the universe defining movies DC as well as Spidey's new position at Marvel Studios. BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE! We also interview Leah Rifkin, executive producer and director of Revolution 10, a sci-fi drama viewers can control with their mind. WHA?!
Live action Pac Man! Walter White! Liam Neeson hawking bad games! That's right! The boys tackle the entertainment aspect of this year's Super Bowl! Before delving into The Dresden Files for this week's challenge, they also discuss the merits of Marvel's new Daredevil trailer.
Have we got some specials g-g-ghosts for you! James Ernest and Mike Selinker are here, creators of Unspeakable Words, a Cthulhu Mythos-based word game with a wildly popular Kickstarter for the Deluxe Edition. We talk a little Marvel and Star Trek 3 news before diving in headfirst into the world of table top gaming. And boy, do they have some stories to share!
The boys bring up the exciting possibility of new X-Files episodes as well as try to figure out what the "new" Marvel Universe being promoted will be. After that, they hunker down and try to make sense of noted sci-fi film, Primer. Now with 100% less Lucas impressions!
This week, we talked to the outrageous musical duo, Crunk Witch, about their new album and upcoming tour. The band graciously played along with our Nerd News shenanigans, talking about the Oscars and the craziest Archie crossovers! Check out the video for Crunk Witch's "Moonbase Blues" here!
Before getting into the nitty gritty on what they thought of Star Wars: Rebels, the guys discuss their thoughts on the recent casting announcement upcoming for the Ghost in the Shell movie as well as the film itself.
Hard to believe another year has flown by! The guys talk about some of their favorite releases and moments of 2014 and what they're looking forward to in 2015.
Brandon R. Chinn, author of the the Kognition series, joins the guys to talk about his fantastic books, then engages them in a conversation on the state of the way video games are released today as well as sigh Star Trek.
After pondering over the newly released character names for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the guys make an attempt to travel back in time to 1988 in order to tackle the classic science fiction RPG, Wasteland. Will someone please tell us what happens to the dog!?
In this week's Nerd News, the boys try to make sense of Nintendo's Amiibos in Super Smash Brothers and discuss the new trailers for both Jurassic World and the highly anticipated Star Wars: The Force Awakens. NOT ONLY THAT! But Drew and Patrick go head to head with Noah Tarnow, creator of The Big Quiz Thing!