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September 4, 2014 Trae Dorn misogyny

Quick Aside About Misogyny in Geek Culture

So we’ve been pretty quiet about the undercurrents of misogyny that permeate some corners of geek culture — and it’s

September 4, 2014 Trae Dorn Dale Eaglesham, DC, Gail Simone, Ken Lashley, Secret Six

“The Secret Six” are officially back!

The rumors of DC finally bringing a New 52 version of “The Secret Six” into print have been rampant for

September 4, 2014 Trae Dorn Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood's End, Syfy

Syfy to adapt “Childhood’s End” into a Miniseries

Syfy is, much to everyone’s actual surprised, pursuing more actual science fiction productions. Besides the upcoming Ghost Brigades series (based

September 3, 2014 Trae Dorn Black Adam, DC, DC Carnival of Sadness, Dwayne Johnson, Shazam

Dwayne Johnson confirmed as Black Adam

Speculation has been rampant as Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has been hinting at his involvement in the “Shazam” film for

September 3, 2014 Trae Dorn Batman, Batman v Superman, Benedict Cumberbatch, DC, DC Carnival of Sadness, Man of Steel 2, Superman

Benedict Cumberbatch won’t deny he’s joining the DC Carnival of Sadness

Look, the rumor that Benedict Cumberbatch would appear in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is probably completely bunk. It

Convention News The Mega-Blog

September 3, 2014 Trae Dorn Con Scene, Conventions, DashCon, EmotiCon

DashCon Rebrands as EmotiCon, Hopes You Won’t Notice

For those of you who don’t remember, DashCon will likely go down as the worst managed convention of 2014. Even

September 2, 2014 Trae Dorn Syfy, The Wil Wheaton Project, Wil Wheaton

“The Wil Wheaton Project” Cancelled

So apparently The Wil Wheaton Project, Wil Wheaton’s nerd-culture TV show which cribbed much of its format from E!’s The

September 2, 2014 Trae Dorn Blade, Blade 4, Wesley Snipes

Wesley Snipes to star in Blade 4? Not buying it.

So The New York Daily News is reporting that Wesley Snipes will reprise the role of Blade in a fourth

August 31, 2014 Celeste Startwin Amazon, SPOON, The Tick

The Tick Returns?

SPOOOOOOOOOON!!! The Tick may be making a comeback! (Although if you’ve been reading the Tick comics, you know he’s never

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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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