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January 30, 2015 Trae Dorn AKA Jessica Jones, Hellcat, Jessica Jones, Marvel, Netflix, Rachael Taylor

Rachael Taylor Joins Cast of ‘AKA Jessica Jones’ as Hellcat

We’re learning more and more about the cast for Marvel’s Netflix series AKA Jessica Jones, as it’s now being reported

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January 29, 2015 Trae Dorn Big Fish Casting, Syfy, Unnamed Reality Show

Syfy Casting a “Real-Life Version of The Big Bang Theory”

Big Fish Casting is apparently spamming the internet right now in search of applicants for Syfy’s next big reality show:

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January 29, 2015 Trae Dorn Escape from Monster Manor, Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: 3DO to Go – Escape From Monster Manor

Hey, we’re doing Throwback Thursday this week! That’s good, or something. Anyway, in this installment’s blatant recycling of old pre-Nerd

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January 29, 2015 Trae Dorn CBS, DC, Mechad Brooks, Supergirl

Mechad Brooks Cast as Jimmy Olsen in ‘Supergirl’

CBS’s forthcoming Supergirl has now cast a Jimmy Olsen with True Blood‘s Mechad Brooks. In the Supergirl series, Olsen will

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January 28, 2015 Trae Dorn Ghostbusters, Kate McKinnon, Katie Dippold, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, Paul Feig

Ghostbusters Reboot Has a Cast, Release Date

There have been a lot of rumors out there about the Paul Feig directed, Katie Dippold penned remake of Ghostbusters,

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January 27, 2015 Trae Dorn Fantastic Four, FOX, Marvel, trailer

The First ‘Fantastic Four’ Trailer is Here

So I’m not sure what I was expecting with the new Fantastic Four trailer. I mean, whether the film ends

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January 27, 2015 Trae Dorn Chris Weitz, Star Wars

Chris Weitz Will Take Over Writing First ‘Star Wars’ Spin-Off

So, if you recall, Disney’s plan for the Star Wars franchise is to milk the crap out of it. Between

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January 26, 2015 Celeste Startwin Baron Zemo, Captain America, Captain America 3, Casting, Civil War, Marvel

Will Cap 3 Introduce Baron Zemo?

A casting list from Captain America: Civil War reportedly indicates that Daniel Bruhl will be playing the good Captain’s hooded

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January 26, 2015 Celeste Startwin FOX, Marvel, Speculation, X-Men, X-men TV show

Fox confirms X-men TV Series in the Works

Well, they confirmed that they’re “exploring” the idea and they are “cautiously optimistic.” Which is honestly a smart move. There

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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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