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May 7, 2015 Trae Dorn Netflix, Sense8, The Wachowskis, trailer

The Trailer for Netflix’s Sense8 is Here

Sense8, a Netflix original series created by the the Wachowskis, just got a new trailer today. The series follows eight

May 7, 2015 Trae Dorn BBC America, Orphan Black

‘Orphan Black’ Renewed For Season Four

BBC America’s Orphan Black is probably one of the best shows to come out in the last decade. The show’s

May 7, 2015 Trae Dorn CW, iZombie

iZombie Gets a Second Season

The CW’s iZombie is probably my favorite new show of this year. Adapted from the Vertigo comics by Veronica Mars‘s

May 7, 2015 Trae Dorn CBS, DC, Supergirl

CBS Officially Picks Up ‘Supergirl’

No one’s really surprised (since the network would have faced financial penalties if they hadn’t), but CBS has officially picked

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Lucasfilm Planning Fifth ‘Indiana Jones’ Film

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‘Myst’ TV Series Coming to Hulu

If you had a computer with a CD ROM drive in the mid-nineties, you’re very familiar with the game Myst.

May 5, 2015 Trae Dorn Captain America 3, Civil War, Martin Freeman, Marvel

Martin Freeman Joins Cast of ‘Captain America: Civil War’

Martin Freeman, like his Sherlock co-star Benedict Cumberbatch, apparently is determined to appear in just about everything imaginable. I mean,

May 5, 2015 Trae Dorn Joss Whedon

Joss Whedon Quits Twitter, I Don’t Blame Him

Well, it’s official — Joss Whedon has quit twitter. And honestly? That was probably a really, really good idea. Whedon’s

May 5, 2015 Trae Dorn Boba Fett, Star Wars

Second ‘Star Wars’ Spin-off Movie to Feature Boba Fett

So, the Star Wars feature film plan is pretty damned busy. If you haven’t been paying attention though, Disney’s current

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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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