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January 13, 2015 Pher Sturz CBS, obvious, Supergirl

CBS Reveals Details about “Supergirl” Show, Goes the Obvious Route

Back in September, we reported on Trae’s new-found “prophet of doom” powers, as well as the news that the Supergirl

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January 13, 2015 Trae Dorn Age of Ultron, Avengers, Avengers 2, Marvel, trailer

A New “Avengers: Age of Ultron” Trailer Is Here

So I could say a lot of stuff about the new Age of Ultron trailer. I could talk about how

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January 12, 2015 Trae Dorn Ant Man, Arrow, Batman v Superman, Con Scene, Conventions, CW, CW Seed, Daredevil, DC, DreamWorks, Evercon, Flash, Ghost in the Shell, Jessica Jones, Man of Steel 2, Marvel, Nezumi Con, Scarlett Johansson, Sony, Spider-Man, Vixen

Episode 38 – They Call It Fifing

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January 12, 2015 Trae Dorn Arrow, CW, CW Seed, Flash, Vixen

New Animated ‘Vixen’ Series To Be Set In The Arrowverse

Vixen, one of the most prominent women of color in DC comics, is getting her own animated TV series. The

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January 12, 2015 Trae Dorn Arrow, CW, DC, Flash, Supernatural, The 100

The CW renews ‘Supernatural,’ ‘Flash,’ ‘Arrow,’ and Pretty Much Everything

On Sunday The CW announced it was renewing pretty much everything under the sun. Both Arrowverse shows (Flash and Arrow)

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January 10, 2015 Trae Dorn Anime Milwaukee, Con Scene, Conventions, ECPS, Nezumi Con

Nezumi Con Now Officially Organized by Anime Milwaukee’s Parent Organization

According to announcements made earlier this week, Nezumi Con (one of our picks for best conventions of 2014) will now

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January 10, 2015 Trae Dorn Batman v Superman, DC, Man of Steel 2, Warner Bros

Hilarious Rumor: ‘Batman v Superman’ Might Be Split Into Two Films?

It’s been a while since we posted about a crazy-ass rumor that makes no sense, but the universe has provided

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January 9, 2015 Trae Dorn ABC, Agents of SHIELD, Edward James Olmos, Marvel, SHIELD

Edward James Olmos to Appear on Agents of SHIELD

Edward James Olmos, star of Battlestar Galactica, Stand and Deliver and that one episode of Starsky and Hutch, will appear

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January 9, 2015 Trae Dorn Jessica Jones, Marvel, Netflix

“Jessica Jones” Netflix Series Delayed To 2016?

Originally, Marvel stated that the Krysten Ritter led Jessica Jones TV series would premiere in 2015, but according to statements

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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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