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June 9, 2015 Trae Dorn Daredevil, Jon Bernthal, Marvel, Netflix, The Punisher

Jon Bernthal Will Play Frank Castle in ‘Daredevil’ Season 2

Marvel announced today that Jon Bernthal has been cast in Daredevil‘s second season as Frank Castle. Frank Castle, of course,

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June 9, 2015 Pher Sturz KITT, Knight Rider

KITT For Sale

Do you love the 80’s? Could you put a price tag on that love? Would that price tag be somewhere

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June 9, 2015 Trae Dorn Rainmaker Entertainment, reboot, ReBoot: The Guardian Code

The ‘ReBoot’ Reboot Marches Forward

Back in December, we reported that Rainmaker Entertainment was working on a reboot of ReBoot, their classic 90s computer animated

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June 9, 2015 Trae Dorn Akira, Marco J. Ramirez, Warner Bros

The American Live Action ‘Akira’ Remake Just Will Not Die

Akira is probably one of the most influential animated films ever made. If I had to explain that to you

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June 8, 2015 Trae Dorn Crowdfunding, indiegogo, kickstarter, Rampage, Rampage 3, Uwe Boll

Uwe Boll Tells Everyone To F*** Off, Might Quit Filmmaking

Uwe Boll is best known for making some of the worst films to ever hit cinemas and DVD shelves. Besides

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June 8, 2015 Trae Dorn constantine, DC, NBC

Stick a Fork in It, ‘Constantine’ is Done

Constantine was one of our favorite shows of this last season, and all of us were sad to see it

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June 7, 2015 Trae Dorn bethesda, Big Trouble in Little China, Con Scene, Conventions, Denver Comic Con, Disney, Fallout 4, FOX, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Marvel, Momocon, Tron, Tron 3

Episode 49 – Starting a Gen

https://archive.org/download/episode41a/episode49.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSSOn this fortnight’s excursion into the world of

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June 5, 2015 Trae Dorn trailer, Z for Zachariah

The ‘Z for Zachariah’ Trailer is Here

Z for Zachariah, an adaptation of the Robert C. O’Brien novel, debuted at Sundance earlier this year, and will see

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June 4, 2015 Trae Dorn Michael Bay, Paramount, Time Salvager, Wesley Chu

Wesley Chu’s ‘Time Salvager’ Being Adapted By Michael Bay

Paramount has decided they want to adapt Wesley Chu’s time travel science fiction novel Time Salvager into a major motion

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89. Starfleet Academy Prelude – So Much Child Death
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Do you hear the siren song of synergy?

That means we’ve got a brand new Star Trek show on the horizon and Miles and Charlie want in. With Star Trek: Starfleet Academy on the horizon, our brave lads are going to squeeze back into their school uniforms and try to remember how school works as they approach three episodes of Star Trek which deal with students at SFA.

In The First Duty, Wesley “THE BOY” Crusher gets in with a guy who looks nothing like Tom Paris and is really too invested in being with the cool kids for someone who helped saved the galaxy at least three times. Then, Jake and Nog end up on a ship with a bunch of cadets forced to grow up too fast in The Valiant and Nog drinks the kool-aid of a wanna be Kurtz just out of short trousers. Then we head into the 32nd Century as Tilly and Adira have to debate what’s worse, dealing with energy absorbing creatures on an ice-planet or dealing with a bunch of angsty kids with emotional baggage? Oh, and Michael Burnham helps save the Federation.

Again. Don’t forget to do your homework!

EPISODES DISCUSSED: The First Duty (6:50), The Valiant (35:42) and All is Possible (01:01:08)

TALKING POINTS: Grange Hill, the novels of John Darnielle, Mario Galaxy, Frollo from Disney’s Hunchback never gets invited to Villain hangouts, Wesley Crusher never pulled, Nick Locarno vs. Tom Paris, the two types of Starfleet Academy students, the absence of Wesley’s Mum, ‘The First Duty’ being the inverse of the typical Wesley Crusher plot, Worf’s son Alex isn’t allowed on the bridge, Nog and Worf are incredibly very similar characters, Miles gets to talk about both one of his favourite anime Mobile Suit Gundam AND his favourite novel Slaughterhouse 5, the illusion of glory in war, bye-bye Tilly, damn covid-lockdown-inspired emotional baggage, our honest feelings about the upcoming Starfleet Academy show, Michael Burnham has to do something every episode, why is David Cronenberg NOT the villain?

PEDANTS CORNER: Charlie has started playing Mario 2: The Lost Levels, the Genesis music video Miles can’t remember is ‘I Can’t Dance’ by Genesis.

[ Additional Show Notes ]

Music by Alfred Etheridge-Nunn. Read Miles’s blog or Charlie’s blog.

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