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March 1, 2015 Celeste Startwin Casting, Comics, DC Carnival of Sadness, Michelle Rodrigues, Racism

Michelle Rodriguez sick of Hollywood “Stealing all the White Superheroes”

After several weeks of rumors that DC’s Justice League film might cast Michelle Rodriguez as a Green Lantern, TMZ caught

February 27, 2015 Trae Dorn Leonard Nimoy, Star Trek

Remembering Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Nimoy passed away this morning in his home. His death was due to his battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary

February 27, 2015 Trae Dorn Christopher Cosmos, Red Sonja

‘Red Sonja’ Film Reboot Has New Writer

The long in development Nu Image/Millennium Films Red Sonja reboot seems to finally be moving forward. THR is reporting that

February 26, 2015 Celeste Startwin Arrow, Arrow-verse, Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Canary, Captain Cold, CW, DC, Firestorm, The Atom, The Flash, TV show, Victor Garbor, Wentworth Miller

New Arrow-verse Spinoff Has a Really Weird Character Lineup

It’s true that rumors of another Arrow-verse show have been bubbling up for a few weeks now but it has

February 26, 2015 Trae Dorn Danger Mouse, Inspector Gadget, Netflix

Netflix Rebooting ‘Danger Mouse’

Netflix is getting into original kid’s shows, and half the press is going nuts over their licensing a rebooted Inspector

February 25, 2015 Trae Dorn Age of Ultron, Anthony Mackie, Avengers 2, Falcon

Falcon to Appear in ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’

Yesterday the official Avengers twitter account tweeted out the new poster for the forthcoming second film in the series. As

February 25, 2015 Trae Dorn Fan Film, fanfilm, Power Rangers, Saban

Haim Saban’s Not Too Happy About That Dark and Gritty Power Rangers Fan Film

So the internet went nuts yesterday over a Power Rangers fan film put out by Adi Shankar starring James Van

February 24, 2015 Trae Dorn Calista Flockhart, Cat Grant, CBS, DC, Supergirl

Calista Flockhart Joins Cast of ‘Supergirl’

We know a lot about the cast for forthcoming CBS Supergirl TV series. We’ve known who is playing Supergirl, we’ve

February 23, 2015 Trae Dorn Bill Beckman Casting, Scams

Spotting a Scam: The Bill Beckman Casting Agency

Some of you may remember that back in January there was a weird buzz based around a suspicious casting call

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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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