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September 25, 2014 Trae Dorn AnimeCon.org, Animinneapolis, Chrono LC, Con Scene, Conventions, MetaCon, Robert Carl Goodew, Ryan Kopf

An Animinneapolis and MetaCon (Ex)Staffer is a Convicted Predatory Sex Offender (Updated)

Update: AnimeCon.org staffer Cay Combs has posted a response to this article stating that they were until recently unaware of

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Celeste is BestThe Mega-Blog
September 25, 2014 Trae Dorn Lucky Star, Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: Nick Izumi takes on “Lucky Star”

So, it’s a Thursday, which means I yet again dig into our collective vaults of weird material and find something

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The Mega-Blog
September 24, 2014 Trae Dorn Arrow, CW, DC, Flash, Teen Titans, Titans, TNT

Will TNT’s Titans take place in the Arrowverse?

With Gotham, Arrow, and Flash on this season (and a Supergirl and Teen Titans series in development), DC Comics properties

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The Mega-Blog
September 23, 2014 Trae Dorn Kaiju, Otaku Tonight, Tiffany Grant

Watch Nick Izumi’s Kaiju Movie (Featuring Tiffany Grant)!

Nick co-directed a short film with Brad Rabbie entitled “Nyanzilla vs. Kawaii Kong” and… well… it is a thing. It

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September 23, 2014 Trae Dorn Star Trek, Star Trek 3, William Shatner

Shatner to Appear in Third Abramsverse Star Trek Film?

Now that J.J. Abrams isn’t involved in the new Star Trek films, we really need to come up with a

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September 22, 2014 Trae Dorn Livestream, ustream, webcast

Thoughts on our Live Webcasting Experiment

So we didn’t make a big deal out of it, but we decided to start an experiment in webcasting the

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The Mega-Blog
September 22, 2014 Trae Dorn Gwen Stacy, Married With Sea Monsters, Marvel

Band Covers Song From “Edge of Spider-Verse #2”

So “Edge of Spider-Verse #2” features alternate-reality Spider-woman Gwen Stacy, and in it Gwen plays drums in a band called

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September 21, 2014 Trae Dorn Agent Carter, Avengers 3, Captain America, CBS, Chris Evans, DC, Deadpool, Firefly, FOX, Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel, Obi-Wan Kenobi, SHIELD, Star Wars, Supergirl, Teen Titans, The Verse, TNT

Episode 30 – Prophet of Doom

http://archive.org/download/episode32_201507/episode30.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSSOn this episode of Nerd & Tie, we

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The Mega-Blog
September 19, 2014 Celeste Startwin CBS, Supergirl, Trae is an evil prophet

Supergirl Finds a Network (Also: Trae May be a Prophet of Destruction)

Good News: The Supergirl TV show has found a Network! The Bad News: Its literally the network we, specifically Trae,

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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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