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June 3, 2015 Trae Dorn Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, James Gunn, Marvel

The Script For Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Has a First Draft

According to a post on Twitter, James Gunn has officially completed the first draft for Guardians of the Galaxy 2.

June 2, 2015 Pher Sturz bethesda, fallout, video games

Bethesda Softworks Launches Website with Countdown, Fallout 4 Speculation Runs Wild

If you’re like me, you spent waaaaaaay too many hours back in 2008/2009 sitting in front of your 360, lights

June 2, 2015 Trae Dorn Big Trouble in Little China, FOX, WHY GOD WHY

‘Big Trouble in Little China’ Getting Remade… For Reasons

Big Trouble in Little China is kind of a perfect movie that needs zero modifications. So, of course, rather than

Convention News The Mega-Blog

June 2, 2015 Trae Dorn Con Scene, Conventions, Momocon

MomoCon Responds to Harassment Allegations… Sort of

On Sunday we reported on how Cosplayer Luna Lanie was harassed by MomoCon staff after complaining about… well… really gross

June 1, 2015 Trae Dorn FOX, Lumberjanes

‘Lumberjanes’ Film in Development

Lumberjanes, illustrated by Brooke A. Allen and created by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis and Noelle Stevenson, has been one of

June 1, 2015 Trae Dorn humor, Mashup, Stanley Kubrick, The Shining, Wes Anderson

A Wes Anderson/Stanley Kubrick Mashup To Start Your Week

After dealing with some serious stuff already this week, I thought we could all use some humor to lighten our

Convention News The Mega-Blog

May 31, 2015 Trae Dorn Con Scene, Conventions, Momocon

MomoCon Attendee Reports Harassment, Gets Harassed By Staff

When you find yourself being sexually harassed at a convention, you usually assume that reporting it to the con’s staff

May 30, 2015 Trae Dorn Disney, Tron, Tron 3

Tron 3 Officially Cancelled By Disney

The last we heard about Tron 3 (working title Tron: Ascension) was that it was going to begin production in

May 29, 2015 Celeste Startwin American Adaptations, Doozy Bots, gundam, Nick Izumi, Weird

Here’s the Doozy Bots Pilot For Some Reason…

Last episode I mentioned that in the early 1990s there was a push to bring the Gundam Franchise to the

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We make a bunch of podcasts at Nerd & Tie, we know it’s hard to keep up with all of them. So, with that in mind, we’ve decided to make a feed of all of them (well minus two)!

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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