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August 5, 2014 Trae Dorn Dirk Gently, Douglas Adams

Dirk Gently to come to American Television?

File this under “things Trae is pretty confident he doesn’t want to happen,” but The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that

August 5, 2014 Trae Dorn Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel

This guy played ‘Spot the Easter Eggs’ in Guardians of the Galaxy so you don’t have to

There were a lot of random things thrown into Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, and maybe you didn’t catch them

August 4, 2014 Trae Dorn Black Cat, Firestar, Marvel, Silver Sable, Sony, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman

Sony Working On Female-Hero Led Spider-verse Film

So with Kevin Fiege saying that they just don’t have time to do a woman led Superhero movie over in

August 4, 2014 Trae Dorn Cosplay, gaming4respect, jay justice

Website ‘GaminG4Respect’ shows none, writes bizarre, misgendering article about notable cosplayer

You have probably never heard of the website “GaminG4Respect,” and hopefully after you read this article you won’t think about

August 4, 2014 Trae Dorn Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel

‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Has Massive, Record Breaking Opening

So Marvel’s newest film premiered this last weekend, and it shattered expectations. Guardians of the Galaxy was originally only expected

August 3, 2014 Trae Dorn Studio Ghibli

Studio Ghibli Shutting Down

Studio Ghibli, best known for the works of Hayao Miyazaki, will be (for the most part) shutting down. As some

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August 3, 2014 Trae Dorn Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel, Special Episode

Special: Guardians of the Galaxy

http://otaku.trhonline.com/podcast/special3.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSSWe’ve been waiting with great anticipation since it

August 1, 2014 Trae Dorn Birdman, Michael Keaton, trailer

New ‘Birdman’ Trailer Makes The Film Look Really Weird, But Really Awesome

Birdman (or more appropriately “BIRDMAN or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance”) is a film starring Michael Keaton about a washed

August 1, 2014 Trae Dorn NASA, Science

Who wants to violate the laws of physics? NASA, that’s who.

Well, not so much “violate” as… “steal their lunch?” I don’t know. Anyway, say there was a way to build

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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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