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March 27, 2015 Trae Dorn Ben Mendelsohn, Rogue One, Star Wars

Rumor: Ben Mendelsohn to play Villain in ‘Star Wars: Rogue One’ Spinoff Film

So we’re all about the casting of potential villains this week at Nerd & Tie apparently, as Deadline is reporting

March 26, 2015 Trae Dorn Idris Elba, Paramount, Star Trek, Star Trek 3, Star Trek 3ish

Idris Elba May Play Villain in Next ‘Star Trek’ Film

The third Abramsverse (we need a better name for that) Star Trek film, or as we call it around here

March 25, 2015 Celeste Startwin Harmony Gold, Insanity, Robotech, Sony

Sony Wants a Robotech Film Franchise, Because That’s a Great Idea

If there’s one thing Sony is hopelessly obsessed with these days, its big franchises that they don’t know how to

March 25, 2015 Trae Dorn Batman v Superman, DC, Jesse Eisenberg, Lex Luthor, Man of Steel 2, Warner Bros

First Look at Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor

So one of the more interesting casting choices made for Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Infinite Crisis on Secret Earths

March 25, 2015 Trae Dorn FOX, Jennifer Lawrence, Marvel, Mystique, X-Men, X-Men: Apocalypse

‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Will Be Jennifer Lawrence’s Last X-Men Film

When Jennifer Lawrence was cast in X-Men: First Class she was a relatively unknown actress. Since then, she has blown

Convention News The Mega-Blog

March 24, 2015 Trae Dorn Con Scene, Conventions, Gen Con, Indiana, Indianapolis

Gen Con Threatens To Leave Indianapolis If Governor Pence Signs Controversial Religious “Freedom” Bill

Gen Con, arguably the most important gaming convention in the world, has written a letter to Indiana Governor Mike Pence

March 24, 2015 Trae Dorn Chris Carter, David Duchovny, FOX, Gillian Anderson, The X-Files

The X-Files Returning as a Limited Series

Over the last few months it’s been rumored that FOX wants to bring back The X-Files. Well it’s now been

March 24, 2015 Trae Dorn Fan Film, fanfilm, Star Wars, TIE Fighter

Watch ‘TIE Fighter,’ The 80s Anime Inspired Star Wars Fan Film

You guys know I love a good fan film, and that’s what we have for you. Uploaded earlier today, TIE

March 24, 2015 Trae Dorn Avengers, Avengers 3, Avengers 4, Marvel, Russo Brothers

Russo Brothers Definitely Directing Avengers 3 and 4

It’s been rumored for a while that Anthony and Joe Russo would be taking over the Avengers franchise, but it’s

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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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