Nerdmudgeon: Recent Episodes
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Three middle-aged college buddies, Jeff, Dave, and John, review all the Marvel movies – in chronological order – as a way of going back and re-evaluating the entire project that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
There's punching, bone crunching, and superhero drama galore when the Man Without Fear returns to Disney+! Join Steve, Nocher, and John as they hit the MCU's mean streets with Daredevil: Born Again season 2!
One iconic British comic book character, two completely different movies. Join Jeff, John, and special guest host John Nocher as we play judge, jury, and executioner with Sylvester Stallone's Judge Dredd and Karl Urban's Dredd!
The Guilty Pleasures series comes to a close with a bang -- literally -- as Jeff, Dave, Steve, and John talk about all the guts, gore, bug parts, Nazi overtones, and oh yeah, naked co-ed showers in Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers!
Oh sure, you may not like time travel stories, but after you hear the adorably sweet story behind why someone likes this time travel story, you may change your mind! Join Jeff, Dave, Steve, and John as we go backwards and forward and backwards and forward talking about The Time Traveler's Wife!
What happens when a C-list comic book character gets his own MCU show? Is it the greatest thing ever, or is it an expectations-missing disappointment? Find out when Jeff, Dave, Steve, and John give all the hot takes on the new Disney+ show, Wonder Man!
Just how much does John hate rom-coms? Find out when Jeff cleverly leverages this format to force him to watch "Four Weddings and a Funeral", arguably the greatest exemplar of the genre in history! Join us for our latest Guilty Pleasure, it doesn't even count if it only lasts for fifteen minutes while you're in college.
What happens when a genre you would normally dismiss gives you a personal all-time favorite movie? Join Jeff, Dave, Steve, and John as they kick off a series of shows talking about movies that are "guilty pleasures" with Guillermo del Toro's freaking awesome Pacific Rim!
Can Marvel finally break the Fantastic Four curse and produce a quality movie centered on the First Family? Will Steve make a shocking confession about the role children should play in society? And WHEN WILL WE GET A MOLE MAN FILM!? Find out what John, Steve, and Jeff thought about the latest entry in the MCU.
The new DCU takes flight with James Gunn's much-anticipated first movie for the Distinguished Competition! Find out who loved it, who didn't, and who's good at playing superhero guessing games! Join Jeff, Steve, and John as they talk all things Superman!
That's a wrap on the MCU's Phase 5! Join Jeff, Steve, and John as they look back on the movies and TV shows that worked best, and, well, perhaps not so best in this latest chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe!
Nerds are known for having strong opinions and boy howdy does that include Jane Austen! Join Jeff, John, and Angela and they bring a whole lotta nerd and wow a whole lotta mudgeon to Jane Austen's Persuasion!
'Tis time for a return to Regency era England as we embark upon yet another Jane Austen Extended Universe discussion! Join Jeff, John, and returning guest host Angela as we talk all things Emma!
The MCU's penultimate Phase Five project comes to the big screen with a group of ragtag misfits who discover the power of love as a means of conflict resolution. Not to fear, they do still punch things. Join Dave, Steve, Nocher, and John as they talk Thunderbolts!*
Return to the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen as Jeff, Steve, Nocher, and John wipe the blood from their face after watching Matt Murdock's bone-crunching MCU debut in Daredevil: Born Again!
It's the fourth installment of the star-spangled Captain American franchise, but the first with a new guy holding the shield! Join Jeff, Steve, John, and returning guest host Mr. Nocher as we talk about the highs, lows, and big, red, angry dudes in Captain America: Brave New World!
What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to listen to the Nerdmudgeon podcast about Conan the Barbarian! We welcome special guest host John Nocher to the show to talk about the final entry in our "Cheesy 80's Movies" series, the epic classic "Conan the Barbarian" featuring Arnold Schwartzenegger.
It's been a while, but we're finally back in the MCU! Join Jeff, Steve, and John as they release the nerd AND the mudgeon on What If...? Season 3! Bonus: we share some thoughts about Agatha All Along and this summer's upcoming comic book movies!
We continue our trip through the Jane Austen Extended Universe where we inevitably, finally, run into Hugh Grant. Join Jeff, Angela, and John as they mash up Aristotle, Tom Bombadil, and Bill Belichick in their discussion of Sense & Sensibility!
“Nerdy stuff we love the most” usually means superheroes, science fiction, and fantasy around here. Today, however we talk about a totally new flavor of nerd as we travel to Regency-era England to kick off a new series about the much beloved work of Jane Austen! Join Jeff, John, and returning guest host Angela as we dive into Pride & Prejudice!
Imagine a movie about a comic book character crossing the border between super powers and horror, written and directed by none other than Wes Craven of "Nightmare on Elm Street" fame! That has GOT to be a recipe for success, right?! ... Right? Listen to John and Jeff discuss 1982's "Swamp Thing", the fourth entry in the "Cheesy 80's Movies" series and find out why giving Steve a hall pass to not watch it was an act of mercy.
Star Trek: The Next Generation was a big deal for a couple of young college nerds back in the day. Now, 35 years later, those same two not-so-young nerds get to return to the 24th century and indulge in all the nerdstalgia feels! Join Jeff and John as the boldly go where no nerd has gone before with Star Trek: Picard!
Being a 14 year old is difficult, but sometimes all you need is a half-naked love interest OR a pair of holstered ferrets and a black panther that's maybe a dyed tiger. WHATEVER. Join John, Steve, and Jeff as the Nerdmudgeons continue their look at Cheesy 80s Movies with 1982's "Beastmaster", featuring Marc Singer's unbelievably toned bronzed abs.
Some problems in life – or even in your local galaxy – can only be solved with the combined power of love, death frisbees, and Liam Neeson's giant axe. Join John and Jeff as the Nerdmudgeons continue their look at Cheesy 80s Movies with 1983's "Krull"!
Super-heroes and science fiction got their start as big-time movie genres in the late Seventies, but what was happening with fantasy films in that era? The answer is, very few shirts and lots of cheesy special effects! Oil up those muscles and join Steve, John, and Jeff as they take a look back at 1981's "Dragonslayer".
It's been a while, but we're back to talking MCU with a Sexiest Man Alive bromance! Who liked it, who didn't, and who hasn't seen it yet? Join the guys as they talk all the nerd and all the mudgeon about Deadpool & Wolverine!
What's it like to attend the world's biggest international sporting event in the one of the world's most amazing cities? Find out as Jeff and John talk to Steve about his experience at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games!
Whether its an MCU movie, a sports movie, a sci-flick, or anything inbetween, one of our favorite aspects of the movie-going experience is the soundtrack! Join Steve and John as they unpack their love for the music that makes the movies so great. Plus, Top Five Lists (with Honorable Mentions)!
Who says the French can’t do schlocky action horror? In this episode of Nerdmudgeon, John and Steve take a deep and scary dive into the River Seine to discover what monsters lie beneath Paris. Spoiler alert: it’s sharks. Lots and lots of sharks in this instant French classic, Under Paris.
It's time to crawl out through the fallout, baby! John, Jeff, and Dave talk about the Amazon Prime series "Fallout", but – shocker! – John has only seen the first episode. Listen as Jeff and Dave try to guide our Fallout Ingenue into deciding whether or not to continue the series.
Instead of capes, aliens, and Infinity Stones, we're talking food, swearing, and stress as Jeff, Steve, and John talk about one of our favorite non-nerd shows, The Bear!
Is the untold story of Pop-Tarts GRREEEAAAT, or a giant block of toasted wheat that takes up your entire bowl? Find out as Jeff, John, Dave, and Steve discuss the Netflix movie "Untoasted" and, just maybe, test your breakfast cereal knowledge!
From New York City to Oklahoma, join the boys as they hit the mean streets of the MCU in the latest MCU Disney Plus show, Echo!
Return to deep space with Captain Marvel, Monica Rambeau, and Kamala Khan, along with Skrulls, Kree, a whole lotta kitty Flerkens! Jeff, Steve, and John share some thoughts about The Marvels, along with Fantastic Four casting reactions and Oppenheimer!
If the internet is good at anything, it's good at sparking outrage! The boys came across a list of "legendary" comics creators that was so wrong, they had to take to the podcast to talk about it. Join Jeff, Steve, and John as they talk about what this list got right, what it got wrong, and who's on each of our Top 5 Most Legendary Comics Creators!
What if… there was a second season? Well, there is, and in this episode of Nerdmudgeon, John, Jeff, and Steve have joined forces to journey through the Multiverse once again to wrestle with the truly bizarre questions that The Watcher presents in What If? Season 2! (Bonus! The Flash and the Super Bowl!)
Back by popular demand! Looking for some non-superhero stuff to watch? How about a good book? Jeff, Dave, and John follow Steve's lead in sharing some recommendations for other good stuff they're enjoying right now. BONUS! For the first time ever, Nerdmudgeon sports talk!
Join us for a return to the center of the multiverse as Jeff, Dave, Steve, and John timeslip back into the Time Variance Authority in Loki season 2! BONUS: the boys share some thoughts about the MCU Netflix shows, aka "The Defenders Saga"!
Hey look! We're back in your podcast feed! Join Jeff, Dave, and John as they roll the dice and ask to trade sheep for wood talking about another kind of nerdy stuff they love the most, board games!
Skrulls. The last time we saw them, they were somewhat loveable, misunderstood and peace-loving people. Not anymore! At least, well, some of them are pretty angry and ready to launch a world war on Earth. It’s time for John and Steve to give their thoughts on Disney+’s latest MCU series, Secret Invasion!
Yes, there are still good superhero movies out there! Join Dave, Steve, and John as they join Miles, Gwen, and a bazillion other Spider-People for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse! Bonus! A few words about Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves!
In 2014, only the most diehard of Marvel fans knew who the Guardians of the Galaxy were. But now we know and love Quill, Rocket, Nebula and the rest of the ever-expanding crew. Or do we? Get our take on The Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 in the latest episode of Nerdmudgeon!
Who's more interesting: Kang the Conqueror, or Dr. Teeth of the Electric Mayhem? Find out as Jeff, Dave, Steve, and John get all quantumicious with Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania!
Remember Star Wars? We apparently don't, since our only Star Wars episode is The Empire Strikes Back. But the boys are getting back in the X-Wing to talk about Andor, with a round of Star Wars trivia to see what we remember about a “galaxy far, far away…”
The MCU's Phase 4 has come to a close (whew!), and Jeff, Dave, Steve, and John have thoughts! LOTS of thoughts! Join the boys as they talk about everything from Black Widow to Black Panther, and everything on the big AND small screen inbetween!
Join the guys as they go around the world and under the sea to discuss the final MCU Phase 4 movie, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever! Plus: Steve brings us French World Cup fever, live from Paris!
New faces! Familiar faces! Surprising faces! Dave, Steve, and John get into plenty of nerd AND mudgeon as they break down the latest Disney Plus MCU show, She-Hulk!
New faces! Familiar faces! Surprising faces! Dave, Steve, and John get into plenty of nerd AND mudgeon as they break down the latest Disney Plus MCU show, She-Hulk!
It's a very special episode of the Nerdmudgeon podcast as the guys take a break to recover from superhero burnout and talk about some of their other favorite shows available on streaming! Whether you want nerd, nerd-adjacent, murder, 80s nostalgia, or anything in-between, we've got a recommendation for you!
It's a very special episode of the Nerdmudgeon podcast as the guys take a break to recover from superhero burnout and talk about some of their other favorite shows available on streaming! Whether you want nerd, nerd-adjacent, murder, 80s nostalgia, or anything in-between, we've got a recommendation for you!
Is it possible to have too much of a good thing? Jeff, Dave, Steve, and John answer that question as they break down Thor: Love and Thunder!
Jeff, Dave, Steve, and John explore a whole new world in the introduction of the MCU's newest character, Ms. Marvel!
The multiverse explodes with more characters, cameos, and fan service than you can shake a Book of Vishanti at in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness! Join Jeff, Dave, Steve, AND John as they dive headfirst into the second solo movie for the Master of the Mystic Arts!
Special guest host Steve Leonard joins John to talk baseball, notable French thespians, and giant hippos as they review the first season of the new MCU Disney+ show Moon Knight!
Jeff and John go to the end of the universe and back as they continue the "Two American Noobs Watch Doctor Who" series with Peter Capaldi's Twelfth Doctor!
How many Spider-Mans can ya handle in one movie? Jeff, Dave, and John break down villains, heroes, and bad Sorcerer Supreme wigs in Spider-Man: No Way Home!
American noobs Jeff & John continue their review of Doctor Who with Matt Smith's swaggering, swashbuckling Eleventh Doctor! What makes for a good Doctor? What else should you be watching on streaming? Find out this episode, because you know it's true...bow ties are cool.
If the Internet says a movie is bad, does that necessarily make it so? Join Jeff, Dave, and John as they unpack all the new characters and big ideas in the MCU's newest team of super people, The Eternals!
"Two American Noobs Watch Doctor Who" continues as Jeff and John enjoy some well spent wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey with David Tennant's Tenth Doctor! Is Doctor Who better than Star Trek? Did John wash his jeans? Climb in the TARDIS and let's find out!
The Nerdmudgeon review of the "Hawkeye" series concludes with an INTERNATIONAL edition of the show! With Steve from Paris and John from Italy, Dave and Jeff close out the show with musical numbers (well, references anyway), laughs, and Deep Thoughts about all things MCU. We also rank the D+ shows released thus far so tune in for best friends talking about the nerdy stuff they love the most!
Dave and Jeff discuss "Hawkeye" Episode 5, dropping content and opinions like a Fat Man! We're the Kings of Pinning down our thoughts in this review, we hope you'll join us!
This week as we discuss "Hawkeye" Episode 4, special guest stars include Age-Related Mockery! Drive-by dissing of "A Castle for Christmas"! Wild speculation about Laura Barton's shaded past! And as always, best friends discussing the nerdy stuff they love the most!
Our first sponsored video, from "Daddy Water", the boys review "Hawkeye" season 1, episode 3 and take great glory not only in the derring-do but in pointing out that John is WRONG WRONG WRONG! Wish you were here, Lou Diamond Phillips.
What makes for a good martial arts movie: the punching or the dancing? Jeff, Dave, and John get into the details as they discuss the MCU's newest character, Shang-Chi! Is this Dave's new favorite Marvel movie? And what's up with Jeff and his thing about feet?
Marvel attempts to take over the coveted "Best Violent Christmas Movie" title from "Die Hard" with the first two episodes of "Hawkeye". Find out what three nerdy best friends think about the latest Disney+ series, and what secrets are told when the headphones come off!
Jeff and John boldly go where no Nerdmudgeon has gone before as they kick off a brand new arc featuring everyone's favorite Time Lord, Doctor Who! How did two Americans with no previous Who experience react to this staple of British pop culture? Find out as we trip the time vortex fantastic with Christopher Eccleston's Ninth Doctor!
Multiverses collide as special guest host Steve Leonard returns to help Jeff and John break down the What If...? finale, discuss the existential nothingness of corporate synergy, and look ahead to upcoming nerd projects you may (or may not!) want to see!
First rule of the multiverse: don't let the robot win! All the threads of the multiverse are coming together as Jeff and John have at it with the highs and lows of the penultimate What If...? episode!
It's a full episode of "nerd" AND "mudgeon" as Jeff and John ponder the relative merits of Party Thor, the What If...? season thus far, and the inscrutable delights that are munchkin balls!
What if a bad guy became a good guy? Oh, who are we kidding! Jeff and John talk about one of the MCU's all-time best villain STILL being villain, because that's what villains do! Also: the new Hawkeye trailer, and Doctor Who!
The What If...? after show continues as Jeff and John talk all things zombies, marriage negotiation strategies, and Harry Potter! Plus: streaming recommendations for your non-MCU needs!
It's a very special episode as John welcomes his wife Angela to the show as they report live from Atlanta's annual Dragon Con convention! Hear interviews from con attendees talking about their awesome costumes and enjoy a few words from Garrett Wang (Ensign Kim of Star Trek: Voyager) and Rob Paulsen (Animaniacs, TMNT)!
That got real weird, real fast! Join Jeff and John as they take on wormhole tentacles with some mystical punching and throw some cross-nerd-podcast shout-outs on the side in this latest episode of "What If...?"!
It's an action-packed episode this week as Jeff and John talk weaponized shrinking tech, break down the latest MCU movie trailers AND engage in a blistering game of head-to-head comic book trivia!
The guys welcome back one of the MCUs most beloved characters (no, not Howard the Duck) in this second "What If...?" after show! Bonus: the return of Comic Book Trivia!
Jeff and John dive into the newest Disney Plus MCU show "What If...?" while asking the question "What is Cin-ah-mah?" Buckle up for a side trip to Regency Era England, Anne of Green Gables, and the city of Monstropolis!
Finally! The MCU makes its triumphant return to theaters! Find out which Nerdmudgeon went to the theater, which one stayed home, and which one's spouse loved it more as Jeff and John get kicked in the face by Black Widow!
Jeff and John welcome guest host Steve Leonard to the show to ask the burning question after the conclusion of Loki season one, namely, "Where on earth do we go from here?" Join the guys as they deliver their final thoughts on episode six, "For All Time, Always"!
How many Lokis can ya handle in one episode? Join Jeff and John as they go on an MCU Easter egg hunt, make Bold Predictions (TM), and unpack Loki Episode 5!
Whoa! Things kick into high gear as Jeff and John discuss character studies of super-villains, make more bold (and probably wrong) predictions, and wonder where-oh-where is the Superhero of Love?
John and Jeff dive into the character study of two Lokis dodging meteors, metaphors for love, and waking up in the shower with Patrick Duffy as they discuss Loki episode 3, "Lamentis"!
Dave Monteith returns to talk about his love for Loki, mixing in Jack Sparrow, the Joker AND flexing his previously unforeseen comic book trivia muscles! Join the boys as they dive into Loki episode 2, "The Variant"!
Our newest after show series kicks off with the third MCU Disney+ show, Loki! Join Jeff and John as they delight in all things time-travelingly mischievous, with shout-outs to Indiana Jones and Dragon Con along the way!
On a very special episode of the Nerdmudgeon podcast, Jeff reveals his love for pencil-thin mustaches and 1930s-era haberdashery as the boys share their thoughts on Netflix's latest original series, Jupiter's Legacy!
The episode we thought would never happen! Join John and Jeff as they break down the good, bad, and the ugly of DC's SnyderVerse of movies in #TheSnyderCut!
The team is back together, as John, Dave, and Jeff gather 'round to dissect the final installment in "The Falcon And the Winter Soldier"! Find out what they think went right, what went wrong, and most importantly, what John thinks about the new Captain America costume!
John returns to delve into what IS the truth; whether or not this is the greatest game of Frisbee ever played; and what else we can learn about Sam Wilson's journey to becoming the TRUE Captain America!
David Monteith returns to talk about "The Falcon and The Winter Soldier" Episode 4! What is evil? Is violence always the dividing line between good and evil? These question and more will be discussed as we try to marry our opposing world-views!
David Monteith makes a very special guest appearance on the show as we discuss the third episode – or is it the FOURTH?! Don't ask Jeff – of "The Falcon and The Winter Soldier! Can the male bonding and buddy-cop hijinks moments keep up with the action and adventure? Tune in and find out!
Can a chin be a White Supremacist while the rest of the body is a hero? Join John & Jeff as they talk about the second episode of "The Falcon and The Winter Soldier" and all things that involve fighting on top of moving semi-trucks full of super-steroids!
Join John & Jeff to mock their wildly inaccurate speculation; to share their excitement of this fantastic program; and most of all, to have fun enjoying the things you love as they talk about the first episode of "The Falcon and The Winter Soldier"!
John and Jeff thumb-wrestle to see who will get to be Falcon and who will be Winter Soldier this cosplay season, prep you for the newest upcoming Disney+ series, and flagellate themselves over their many and sundry WRONG predictions in WandaVision!
It's Nerdmudgeon's 50th episode! The guys saved one very special movie for this very special episode -- join John, Jeff, and Dave as they revel in 2017's "Wonder Woman"!
Dave's pick rounds out the Non-Nerd Faves arc as the guys travel back to the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in awe of the epic "miracle on ice" in 2004's "Miracle"!
The WandaVision series comes to its Inevitable conclusion! Whose Vision will come out triumphant? Which witch wins?! And what do the guys think about the show now that it's over, as well as what it portends for Phase 4?! Tune in and find out!
It's time for John's pick in the Non-Nerd Faves arc as we try a little tenderness in visiting a band of plucky Irish youth looking to the be the saviors of soul in northern Dublin. We'll do our best to treat her right as this chain of fools reviews 1991's "The Commitments"!
It's the Scarlet Witch Origin Movie you've wanted all along, now in streaming TV form! Prepare for action, heartbreak, and SO MANY answered questions as John and Jeff break down – like, seriously, this episode will BREAK YOU DOWN – the latest on all things WandaVision!
John, Dave, and Jeff take a bit of a tangent with this new arc, as each of them shares their favorite NON-nerd movie of all time! We begin with a story of jealousy, genius, and fabulous wigs in the Best Picture winner, "Amadeus"!
WandaVision breaks the fourth wall OF OUR HEARTS and busts into all new realms of delightful weirdness, troll-ish goodness, and MCU-style awesome storytelling with the latest installment! Check out what John and Jeff get right, what they get wrong, and what you might have missed with our Deep Nerd Takes!
The "Game Changers" arc concludes with a look at 1986's "Aliens" by John Carpenter. Acidic slime will be discussed, M. C. Escher will be idolized, Sigorney Weaver will take her place among the great action heroes of all time, and someone might or might not confess to having watched this through fingers tightly wrapped around their eyes when watching it as a kid!
The hallowed tradition (see what I did there?!) of the sit-com "holiday episode" gets the full MCU treatment in "WandaVision" episode 6! Check out our quick-hitting review of what we learned, what we get wrong, and just how bad Jeff's knowledge of Billy Joel's songbook really is!
John, Dave, and Jeff never talk faster than they can hear, and Jack Burton never drives faster than he can see in this review of the delightful Eighties classic "Big Trouble In Little China"!
Minds. Are. Blown. Questions are answered, but give rise to MORE questions! Who's in control, what counts as "real", and how unreal IS Kevin Feige! All this AND MORE on the NerdMudgeon review of "WandaVision" episode 5!
Controversy ROCKS the podcast as not all of our hosts agree that "Superman II" is, in fact, a gamer-changer! Tune in to hear the nerd rage roar and to find out who thinks what, who stays friends, and who will KNEEL before ZOD!
Well that took a turn! Join Jeff and John as they unpack WandaVision episode 4, "We Interrupt This Program"!
The guys dive into the movie Jeff has seen more often than any other in history, "Raiders of the Lost Ark"! Is this even a nerd movie?! Whatever, it's GREAT, check out why we think this is a Game Changer!
The guys get into the unfolding mystery in episode 3 of Marvel's Disney+ show, WandaVision!
Take a wild, trippy, bondage-themed drive down memory lane with the guys as they talk about the game-changing movie (mostly by virtue of what it did NOT lead to) "Flash Gordon". He'll save every one of us!
A new era of Nerdmudgeon begins with our first ever after show! Join the guys as they talk about the first two episodes of the all-new MCU Disney+ show, WandaVision!
The guys take on a new arc, examining nerd movies that changed the game for them with the little-known cult classic, "The Empire Strikes Back"!
John and Jeff share some podcast programming updates for the coming months, and talk a bit about the recently announced MCU Phase 4 and MCU Disney Plus shows!
The Nerdmudgeons venture into the final frontier this week! Join us as we explore Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and the original series episode that spawned it, Space Seed!
Continuing their examination of the theme of Aging Heroes, the Nerdmudgeons jump into the ring with Rocky and Creed in this week’s episode. Join the fray!
The guys take on the theme of aging and time in the context of super-hero movies, looking at how the character of Logan/Wolverine changes between his appearance in "X2" and "Logan".
What? This guy again? The Pre-MCU Milestones arc concludes with the John, Jeff, and Dave talking about YET ANOTHER Batman movie, Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins!
The Pre-MCU Milestone review continues with the first big screen appearance of everyone's favorite wall-crawler! The guys discuss everything to love (and perhaps NOT to love) about 2002's Spider-Man!
After years of false starts and laying eggs (get it?), Marvel stepped into the new millennium with their first legit big-screen hit, X-Men! Join the guys as they break down Marvel's band of uncanny mutants!
The Pre-MCU Milestones arc continues as we ask the burning question: "Does this podcast need an enema?" Join the guys as they dive into 1989's Batman!
The Pre-MCU Milestones arc kicks off as the guys take a look at the first superhero movie of the modern era, Superman: The Movie!
Snap on your hat and get ready for the utter insanity of "LEGO Batman" as the guys finish up asking "Can an animated super-hero movie be as good – or better than! – their live-action counterpart?"!
Toonmudgeon tackles the question of whether animated super-hero movies can be as good – or better than! – their live-action counterparts with the head-turning choice of "Despicable Me".
Toonmudgeon continues to explore whether animated super-hero movies can be as good – or better than! – their live-action counterparts as the guys review "The Iron Giant". Is this even a super-hero movie?! Tune in and find out!
Toonmudgeon continues to explore whether animated super-hero movies can be as good – or better than! – their live-action counterparts as the guys review "The Incredibles".
Toonmudgeon kicks off with a deep dive into "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse" as the guys explore whether animated super-hero movies can be as good – or better than! – their live-action counterparts.
We did it! We reviewed all 23 MCU movie to date. Now, we offer our definitive final thoughts on the experience that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe!
Phase Three of the MCU comes to a close! Join the guys as they put a bow on the MCU to this point in Spider-Man: Far From Home!
The entire MCU as we know it comes down to this! Join the guys as they wrap their heads around Avengers: Endgame!
But wait! There's more! The guys had yet more to say about that last movie. The mics were still hot and captured the after-hours banter in this bonus episode for Avengers: Infinity War!
The beginning of the end gets underway as the guys wrestle with big purple dudes and their evil ways in Avengers: Infinity War!
Get ready for some quantum heist hi-jinks in this second quantum-rific installment of the MCU's smallest hero in Ant-Man and the Wasp!
Join the guys as they make a final (really, really final) visit to Asgard for a little family squabble that gets somewhat out of hand in Thor: Ragnarok!
It's the King of Wakanda's turn to take MCU center stage as the guys talk about all things Black Panther!
The Master of the Mystic Arts expands our minds and the outer boundaries of the MCU with his first solo movie! Join the guys as they dive into the world of Doctor Strange!
The newest iteration of your friendly neighborhood wallcrawler swings into his first MCU stand-alone film in Spider-Man: Homecoming!
Phase 3 of the MCU kicks off with another big Avengers movie! Er, no, wait, it just felt like an Avengers movie. Which is fine, because the guys all loved this third Captain America movie, right? Ah...right?
Of all the new characters Marvel could introduce, they chose...Ant-Man? Yes they did, and the guys talk all about it in this gripping close to Phase 2 of the MCU!
Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has come to a close, and the guys have additional thoughts! Join Jeff, Dave, and John as they hash out all that was left unsaid about the middle innings of the MCU!
If there was one movie the guys had to review in this MCU retrospective, it's this one. Which one of the guys loves it? Which one of the guys, well, doesn't quite so love it? Find out as they talk about Avengers: Age of Ultron!
Saddle up for more Guardians talk as the guys go straight into the second movie featuring Marvel's band of cosmic adventurers in Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2!
What studio in their right mind would make a blockbuster space comedy action movie featuring characters nobody knows? Marvel, that's who. Join the guys as they talk about the Guardians of the Galaxy!
Cap's second movie finds him taking on Hydra and standing up for everything good and right! Is it the greatest MCU ever? Tune in and find out as the guys talk about Captain America: The Winter Soldier!
Return to the mystical realm of Asgard as the guys review the second outing for the God of Thunder in Thor: The Dark World!
The guys kick off Phase 2 of the MCU with Tony Stark's final solo movie (but not his final MCU appearance) with Iron Man 3!
The guys pause the chronological review of the MCU to look back at the first phase of this new movie-making experiment with some additional thoughts and brilliant insights. We laughed, we cried, it was better than Cats.
The movie these three middle-aged college buddies NEVER expected to see in their lifetime! Did it really happen? Was it was good as we remember? Find out as the guys talk about Marvel's The Avengers!
The guys take on everybody's favorite big green rage machine with their review of the "forgotten" MCU movie, The Incredible Hulk!
How will guy in a bright red cape, swinging a big ol' hammer, work in the MCU? Find out as the guys talk about our first visit to Asgard in Thor!
Didn't get enough Iron Man talk in the last episode? The guys talk more Tony Stark with the next movie in our MCU chronological order, Iron Man 2!
Our chronological review of the MCU brings us to the movie that started it all, the first Iron Man. Join the guys as they hash out whether or not this movie still stands up 12 years (!) after its original release.
Our second episode is the movie most out of place in regards to chronological order and release order. The guys take a trip back to the '90s (Hey! We remember the '90s!) to discuss the first female-led MCU movie, Captain Marvel.
In this inaugural episode of the Nerdmudgeon podcast, John, Jeff, and Dave begin their review of the Marvel Cinematic Universe -- in chronological order, not release order. First up in that chronological order, the guys talk about Captain America: The First Avenger.