A Play On Nerds

The new live-action How to Train Your Dragon is out in theaters! To celebrate we're reviewing the film that obviously inspired it, 1994's Dragonworld! Plus: Fashionista killer monkeys, fake dragon movies, D&D maps that rock, the trailer for 2025's Frankenstein!Time Codes---------------Host Banter: 1:37Nerdy News: 10:46Film Review: Dragonworld: 14:18Game: Binge, Bin, or BS?: 35:31Radical Recommends: 42:20Trailer Review: Frankenstein (2025): 45:29

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, nobody believes Wembley that a creature will pop out of "Wembley's Egg." And Star Trek TNG episode, "Manhunt." Lwaxana Troi and fishy Mick Fleetwood are on the hunt for a man.

Karate Kid Legends is praying mantis-kicking into theaters, so we're honoring another old man teaching kids martial arts with 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up! Plus: Glowing rats, Tom Holland's beer, and Now You See Me Now You Don't trailer!Time Codes---------------Host Banter: 1:54Nerdy News: 9:19Film Review: 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up: 13:22Game: Cage Match: 38:31Radical Recommends: 46:11Trailer Review: Now You See Me Now You Don't: 48:26

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, the Trash Heap goes missing so Mokey tries to take over in "New Trash Heap in Town." And Star Trek TNG episode, "Up the Long Ladder." Irish stereotypes and pretentious clones must learn to live together.

Final Destination: Bloodlines is out in theaters, so we're breaking out our ongoing segment, The Rule of Three and reviewing Final Destination 3! Plus: Killer flamingos and the new Superman Trailer!Time Codes---------------Host Banter: 1:45Nerdy News: 7:10Movie Review: Final Destination 3: 9:20Game: Final Dumb-stination: 24:25Radical Recommends: 31:55Trailer Review: Superman: 36:09

In honor of the massive success of Marvel's Thunderbolts*, we are reviewing it's inspiration: A team of off the grid misfits must band together to save the world in 1982's Megaforce! Plus, the trailer for Tron: Ares!Time Codes---------------Host Banter: 1:21Nerdy News: 5:33Movie Review: Megaforce: 9:03Game: Megaforce Together: 27:52Radical Recommends: 35:02Trailer Review: Tron: Ares: 36:47

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, both the Fraggles and Sprocket must face their fears in "The Beast of Bluerock." And Star Trek TNG episode, "Samaritan Snare." The Pakleds just really want to make things go. Can you blame them?!

We chat about Kubrick films, recast the DCU, laugh at The Sims, and gush over stop-motion animation on Nerd Roll of Fortune! Plus: Talking sharks in the news, and the trailer for Fantastic Four: First Steps!Time Codes---------------Host Banter: 1:26Nerdy News: 8:42Nerd Roll of Fortune: 11:45Radical Recommends: 32:24Trailer Review: Fantastic 4: First Steps: Rebirth: 35:08

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, Mokey's friends are being mean so she fakes her own death in "Mokey's Funeral." And Star Trek TNG episode, "Q Who." Q is back and forces Picard and friends to meet the Borg!

Two live-action video game adaptations with zombies come out this week, The Last of Us season 2 and the Minecraft movie, so we're reviewing another zombie-video game classic turned film, Resident Evil: Extinction! Plus Happy Gilmore 2!Time Codes---------------Host Banter: 1:46Nerdy News: 6:52Movie Review - Resident Evil: Extinction: 9:09Game: Top 10 Milla Jovovich Films: 28:16Radical Recommends: 33:11Trailer Review: Happy Gilmore 2: Rebirth: 36:09

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, Gobo struggles between his destiny as an explorer or becoming a juggler in "Gobo's Discovery." And Star Trek TNG episode, "Pen Pals." Data breaks some serious rules by becoming buds with an alien child.

Snow White was rebooted into theaters by Disney, but what about its dark retelling from 1997, with Sigourney Weaver as the Evil Queen, and Sam Neill not chasing dinosaurs? We'll review it, along with a trailer review for In the Lost Lands and much more!Time Codes---------------Host Banter: 1:27Nerdy News: 4:57Movie Review: Snow White: A Tale of Terror: 8:50Game: Grimm or Just Grim?: 26:14Radical Recommends: 32:58Trailer Review: In the Lost Lands: Rebirth: 37:04

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, the Fraggles are under attack on two fronts in "The Garden Plot." And Star Trek TNG episode, "The Icarus Factor." Worf needs pain sticks and Riker kicks his dad's butt at Anbo-Jyutsu!

Robert Pattinson is multiplying in the all new Mickey 17 in theaters, so we're reviewing the obvious inspiration to that flick, Multiplicity with Michael Keaton! Plus: Astrology is crap, Jurassic Park: Rebirth, Twilight Zone Reboot and American Horror Story!

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, Margery tries to bring everyone together by hoarding all the radishes causing "The Great Radish Famine." And Star Trek TNG episode, "Time Squared." 2 Picards? Time travel? Say no more!

Today on the podcast we'll be discussing DIY geeky crafts, 90s game shows, what's up with Oscar-winning movies, CGI in movies, and urban legends, all for another segment of Nerd Roll of Fortune! Plus crazy massages and the new trailer for The Gorge!Time Codes---------------Feedback: 0:57Host Banter: 2:28Nerdy News: 13:09Nerd Roll of Fortune: 15:46Radical Recommends: 34:00Trailer Review: The Gorge: 39:43

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, Red must find her inner song to appease "The Minstrels." And Star Trek TNG episode, "The Royale." Will Worf, Data, and Riker be stuck in a cheesy casino for all eternity?

Captain America: Brave New World blasts into theaters this coming weekend, so we're reviewing the Cap's 1990s film romp in Italy, Captain America! Plus, war-created products, For All Mankind talk, and the trailer for Love Hurts!Time Codes---------------Host Banter: 3:34Nerdy News: 9:24Movie Review: Captain America (1990): 17:35Bit: World War By-Products: 50:36Radical Recommends: 53:47Trailer Review: Love Hurts: 56:26

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, Boober and Red get vulnerable when trapped in a cave in "Marooned." And Star Trek TNG episode, "Contagion." An alien computer virus takes over Data and the Enterprise while the Romulans lurk nearby!

Star Trek: Section 31 is blasting off onto Paramount Plus, so we're reviewing another film full of space intrigue and action: 1978's Starcrash! Plus: Sci-Fi 20 Questions, the trailer for The Legend of Ochi, and crabs!Time Codes---------------Host Banter: 1:13Nerdy News: 8:17Main Segment: Starcrash!: 12:11Game: Sci-Fi 20 Questions: 41:15Radical Recommends: 50:27Trailer Review: The Legend of Ochi: 51:51

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, the moon has gone missing and Gobo is going to steal it back in "Capture the Moon." And Star Trek TNG episode, "The Dauphin." Wesley gets his first chance to flirt with a girl, but turns out she's a 1960s space monster!

Animal-man hybrids are everywhere in the cinema these days, with Better Man and Wolf Man out in theaters, so we're reviewing the kangaroo-man Kung-Fu classic, Warriors of Virtue! Plus: Beast man improv, dolphin sex positions, and 28 Years Later!Time Codes---------------Host Banter: 1:37Nerdy News: 7:57Movie Review: Warriors of Virtue: 10:19Game: "Blank" Man: 33:39Radical Recommends: 37:29Trailer Review: 28 Years Later: 42:18

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, no one respects Boober or his lucky blanket in "I Don't Care." And Star Trek TNG episode, "The Measure of a Man." Is Data an autonomous being? Or just the property of Starfleet? A hearing ensues!

It's Christmas time so we're reviewing that classic film where a regular guy becomes Santa Claus, Santa With Muscles with Hulk Hogan! Plus: Holiday alcoholic drinks, Christmas movie 20 questions, and our review of the new Superman trailer!Time Codes---------------Host Banter: 1:31Reason for the Season: Holiday Adult Beverages: 8:48Movie Review: Santa With Muscles: 15:30Game: Christmas Movie 20 Questions: 37:11Radical Recommends: 47:24Trailer Review: Superman (2025): 49:52

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, Red challenges Gobo for leadership in "The Challenge." And Star Trek TNG episode, "A Matter of Honor." Riker gets his fill of Klingon food, women, and painful traditions, but makes some friends along the way!

The War of the Rohirrim charged into theaters, so we're checking out another Tolkien film adaptation, Rankin/Bass's The Return of the King (1980)! Plus guess the fake Christmas movie sequel, and the new How to Train Your Dragon trailer.Time Codes---------------Host Banter: 1:51Nerdy News: 5:30The Return of the King (1980) Discussion: 9:37Game: Rankin/Bass or Crankin' Ass: 34:31Radical Recommends: 39:27Trailer Review: How to Train Your Dragon (2025): 42:00

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, someone gets in over their head when a love potion makes everyone say "We Love You Wembley!" And Star Trek TNG episode, "Unnatural Selection." Can Pulaski stop aging?!

In honor of Gladiator II battling its way into theaters, we're reviewing a movie about gladiators in the distant future of 2017, with the 1987 classic, The Running Man! Plus: Steve gives his own fantasy Running man Stalker lineup, and the Y2K movie trailer!Time Codes---------------Host Banter: 1:16Nerdy News: 15:44The Running Man Movie Review: 17:58Game: Character Select Screen: 38:01Radical Recommends: 42:00Y2K Trailer Review: 44:40

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, Mokie is forced into leadership in "The Finger of Light" And Star Trek TNG episode, "The Schizoid Man." A cantankerous old man plays bodysnatcher with Data and tries his luck with a younger lady.

The final season of Cobra Kai is kicking off on Netflix, so we're honoring the Rule of 3 and reviewing Karate Kid Part III! Plus: Obscure martial arts, What We Do in the Shadows, Only Murders in the Building, and The Invisible Raptor!Time Codes---------------Host Banter: 2:09Nerdy News: 10:26Main Segment: Karate Kid Part III Review: 15:30Bit: Obscure Martial Arts: 35:57Radical Recommends: 40:00Trailer Review: The Invisible Raptor: 43:47

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, Uncle Travelling Matt is MIA so Gobo has to "Catch a Tail by the Tiger." And Star Trek TNG episode, "Loud as a Whisper." A talented deaf mediator tries seduces Troi and has to find a new way to do his job.

What better way to celebrate spooky/creepy Halloween than to review the horrifyingly terrible film, Creepshow 3! Plus guess that 80s horror movie trailer from the voice over, and the new Wolf Man trailer!Time Codes---------------Host Banter: 1:12Nerdy News: 5:10Creepshow 3 Movie Review: 7:43Game: Rad Voices of Horror: 32:50Radical Recommends: 43:22Trailer Review: Wolf Man: 44:41

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, Gobo gets trapped in Doc's workshop in "Don't Cry Over Spilt Milk?" And Star Trek TNG episode, "The Outrageous Okona." A Han Solo wannabe gives the whole Enterprise herpes and Data learns how to be a failed comic.

Spooky season is upon us, so today we're revisiting the cult classic film, Monster Squad! Plus AI curing conspiracy nuts, Fear the Walking Dead, monster battle showdown, and the new Thunderbolts trailer!

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, an ancient map might lead to "The Lost Treasure of the Fraggles!" And Star Trek TNG episode, "Elementary, Dear Data." Data asks the holodeck for a Sherlockian challenge, and may have gotten more than he bargained for...

We're talking Battlestar Galactica, Spielberg, Dystopias, electric cars, and... football?! It's a brand new Nerd Roll of Fortune! Also, adult sleepovers, "smart" noses, and the trailer for Mickey 17!Time Codes---------------Host Banter: 1:48Nerdy News: 8:20Nerd Roll of Fortune: 10:48Radical Recommends: 37:09Trailer Review: Mickey 17: 40:26

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, nobody believes that Wembly has found "The Terrible Tunnel." And Star Trek TNG episode, "Where Silence Has Lease." A weird space baby has the Enterprise stuck in a black void!

Agatha All Along is coming to Disney Plus, so let's review other film with a Marvel magic user... Dr. Strange! But not that one, the one from 1978! Also: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice review and the trailer for Sonic 3!Time Codes---------------Host Banter: 1:34Nerdy News: 8:07Dr. Strange (1978) Discussion: 10:42Game: Remake it or Fake It: 30:41Radical Recommends: 36:08Trailer Review: Sonic 3: 40:24

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, Red gets super jealous of Mokie on "I Want to be You." And Star Trek TNG episode, "The Child." Things get very problematic when a space ghost enters Troi's chambers...

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is scaring up tickets soon, so we're reviewing another film about a young girl haunted by a ghostly old man, Poltergeist 3! Plus: Huge T-Rexes and Gladiator II!Time Codes---------------Host Banter: 1:15Nerdy News: 7:50Poltergeist 3 Discussion: 10:01Game - Who Am I: Ghost Edition: 30:49Radical Recommends: 36:09Trailer Review: Gladiator II: 38:48

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, you gotta eat those Doozer constructions on "The Preachification of Convincing John." And Star Trek TNG episode, "Neutral Zone." The Romulans are back, baby!

Alien: Romulus is out in theaters! To celebrate we're watching a cult classic that is totally not a ripoff of Alien, Galaxy of Terror! Plus: Poop-eating flies, Smartypants, and Transformers: One!Time Codes---------------Host Banter: 1:40Nerdy News: 9:12Galaxy of Terror Discussion: 11:44Game - The Only Thing to Fear is Terrible Monsters: 37:20Radical Recommends: 42:36Trailer Review: Transformers: One: 45:40

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, Wembley needs a job for "The Thirty-Minute Work Week." And Star Trek TNG episode, "Conspiracy." Space worms are getting it on with admirals everywhere.

Today on the podcast we're honoring the release of Harold and the Purple Crayon by reviewing another flick about a kid that creates worlds with his imagination, Neverending Story III! Plus: Flying hippos, Captain America: Brave New World, and Acolyte!Time Codes---------------Host Banter: 1:32Nerdy News: 6:20Neverending Story 3 Discussion: 10:20Game - Character Conversion: 29:42Radical Recommends: 33:35Captain America: Brave New World Trailer Review: 36:14

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, if you want to be brave, "You Can't Do That Without a Hat!" And Star Trek TNG episode, "We'll Always Have Paris." Things get steamy-weamy for Picard and timey-wimey for the rest of the galaxy.

In honor of the biggest film release of the summer, Deadpool and Wolverine, we're talking about another buddy cop favorite, Cop and a Half! Plus: Lucifer, mind control and Robert Zemeckis' Here.Time Codes---------------Host Banter: 2:01Nerdy News: 5:55Cop and a Half Discussion: 9:48Game - Squeal Piggy Squeal: 28:28Radical Recommends: 33:51Trailer Review of Here: 36:49

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, no baths for the Gorgs and no pool party for the Fraggles, the water's out! With "Let the Water Run." And Star Trek TNG epsisode, "Skin of Evil." Yar bites the big one and the mud monster is lonely.

It's the 200th episode of A Play On Nerds! And what better way to celbrate than to rank the top 10 geeky fandoms with a pool of 200 points for each?! Plus: Flaming Doritos, shrinking whales and Nosferatu!Time Codes---------------Feedback: 1:54Host Banter: 4:05Nerdy News: 8:05200 Points of Geekdom!: 9:40Radical Recommends: 48:52Trailer Review: Nosferatu: 51:10

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! This episode of Fraggle Rock has poor Wembley captured by the Gorgs! And Star Trek TNG epsisode, "Symbiosis." Some glowy-handed addicts can't fix their starship...

A Quiet Place: Day 1 is tip-toeing into theaters, so we're reviewing another 3rd film in an alien invasion series, Species 3! Plus talk of DnD, Gen V, tribal WiFi and Venom: The Last Dance!Time Codes---------------Host Banter: 1:24Nerdy News: 10:24Species 3 Discussion: 12:41Game - Tagline Showdown: 31:47Radical Recommends: 35:38Trailer Review of Venom: The Last Dance: 37:57

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! This week we expand our journey through the Jim Henson universe with Fraggle Rock! And we review the pilot episode "Beginnings." And brand new segments! Plus Star Trek TNG episode, "The Arsenal of Freedom."