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July 17, 2014 Trae Dorn alex kurtzman, chris morgan, Dracula, dracula untold, mummy, Universal, universal monsters

Universal creating “Cinematic Universe” for Monster Movies, because that’s totally what we needed.

Combined Cinematic Universes are very “in” right now with the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and DC’s weird dual

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July 17, 2014 Trae Dorn Con Scene, Conventions, indiegogo, Nezumi Con

Help Pay For Nezumi Con 2015

So there’s been a lot of negative stuff on Nerd & Tie about rumblings in the convention scene. From the

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July 17, 2014 Trae Dorn Squashing of America, Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: The Fourth Squashing of America

Back when I lived in Eau Claire, we used to occasionally do something stupid called “The Squashing of America.” The

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July 17, 2014 Trae Dorn 12 Monkeys, Syfy, trailer

Trailer for Syfy’s TV Adaptation of 12 Monkeys is… very 12 Monkeysish?

So January of 2015 will see the twelve episode television adaptation of the Terry Gilliam cult classic 12 Monkeys air

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July 17, 2014 Celeste Startwin Captain America, Comics, Marvel, Sam Wilson

A New Captain America Rises!

So after the announcement of Female Thor, people have been watching Marvel with a bit of curiosity it seems. And

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July 16, 2014 Celeste Startwin Age of Ultron, Avengers, Marvel, Phase 2, Spoilers

Entertainment Weekly Reveals the Face of Ultron

The wait for news on Avengers: Age of Ultron has been very exciting. Marvel seems to have mastered the hype

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July 16, 2014 Trae Dorn humor, Music Video, Weird Al

Weird Al’s Eight Days/Eight Music Videos Continues with “Word Crimes” and “Foil”

On Monday we mentioned Weird Al was putting out eight new music videos from his new album “Mandatory Fun.” The

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July 16, 2014 Trae Dorn TMNT

William Fichtner is not the Shredder

We all know he said he’s playing Shredder in the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot, but we are now

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July 15, 2014 Trae Dorn Power Rangers, Robert Orci, Star Trek, Star Trek 3ish

Robert Orci: Not Actually Hired to Direct Star Trek 3, Producing Power Rangers?

We’ve gotten into the habit of referring to Robert Orci as the director of the third Abramsverse Star Trek film

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96. It’s a Metaphor for Capitalism!
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Happy Monday, everyone! To celebrate the start of the working week, we’re looking at Star Trek episodes where people mess with the memories of our cast and put them through menial, awful work.

O’Brien must continue to suffer in Hard Time, where he’s lived through decades of prison time just for being a bit nosey. Can he deal with the mind-shattering prison sentence, or will he still be traumatised and we’ll never speak of this after the episode’s end?

Then our main feature is a two-parter where the crew of Voyager are brainwashed into factory jobs (apart from Paris who couldn’t even manage that). Watch the rivalry between the Emergency Command Hologram and Harry Kim! Janeway has a romance plot and there’s some bad CGI!

Timecodes:
03:30 What Non-Star Trek Thing We’ve Been Enjoying
09:02 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Hard Time”
41:43 Star Trek: Voyager “Workforce”

Talking points include: Poirot’s facial hair, talking Miles down from reading Ayn Rand, Mark Morrison, No Gods No Mayors, a harsh burn from Miles, DS9 has a counsellor? What is Miles’ middle name anyway? A bee gets loose in Charlie’s room. Buffy. Farscape. Tek War. Isn’t it good that prisons aren’t run for profit in the real world? Prestige TV ghosts of the mind. David Cage wishes he could get this emotional. Bryan Fuller doesn’t get weird with it. Tom can’t even hack being a brainwashed labourer. Just be Janeway’s consort, Jaffen! Charlie’s upsetting second Voyager: Across the Universe playthrough. Anything can pull rank on Harry. Charlie got contacted by Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Oh, and occasionally Star Trek.

[ Additional Show Notes ]

Music by Alfred Etheridge-Nunn. Read Miles’s blog or Charlie’s blog.

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