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  There's a dearth of genuine people in Hollywood; Canadian actor-comedian John Candy was surely one of them. Larger than life on the screen, Candy passed away from a heart attack in 1994. But in his formidalbe wake he left a library of quality movies and television, so in this episode Bill and Chad remember such classics as Uncle Buck, Summer Rental, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, and others. Show Notes:03:39  - Uncle Buck.06:03 - The language of real life.07:08 - By way of comparison: Uncle Buck vs. Parenthood.11:38 - Really hits home watching the movie after having kids.13:56 - Losing John Candy was like losing a close friend.14:53 - Johnny LaRue16:04 - The toothpick guy.18:30 - One problem with Uncle Buck.19:25 - Planes, Trains and Automobiles.21:37 - YOU'RE GOING THE WRONG WAY!!24:43 - Summer Rental.30:49 - Stripes.36:13 - The Great Outdoors. (I meant to say spin cycle, not rinse cycle - Bill)43:13 - Only the Lonely + the unbearable 'acting' of Ally Sheedy.46:19 - By way of comparison: Molly Ringwald.49:55 - The Canadian Conspiracy. Thanks for listening! The Canadian Conspiracy on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEaFLdK_e64 Uncle Buck trailer:https://youtu.be/JQaeUz7K83w By way of comparison, the inevitable Uncle Buck TV show pilot from 1990, starring Kevin Meaney:https://youtu.be/h7s-nSto28M And don't look now, here's the pilot of the 2018 Uncle Buck TV reboot:https://youtu.be/68XCav_ivY4 Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter – writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick – writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/

  After appearing in Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi in a major role as rebel technician Rose Tico, Kelly Marie Tran has supposedly removed all of her posts on Instagram due to intense harassment and racist comments on her feed. But is this really the case? And is it the best course of action in the face of Internet trolls and a-holes? We talk it out in this episode, and for a positive spin Chad also points out some quality movies and TV shows he's been watching. Show Notes:03:33 - Don't accentuate the negative and eliminate the positive.04:49 - The Deadpool hypothesis.07:32 - The power of the dark side.08:51 - The problem of anonymity.13:05 - Case in point: How Nerdstalking handles criticism in its feeds.16:51 - Was trolling the REAL reason for Tran to drop off Instagram?21:09 - The price of stardom.22:52 - The democracy of numbers.25:18 - Chad's entertainment choices starts.25:28 - Remake of The Magnificent Seven.25:55 - The Killjoys.27:36 - You can't watch TV shows with your Mother these days.29:07 - Curb Your Enthusiasm.31:04 - Orphan Black.40:18 - John Wick 2: Electric Boogaloo.43:07 - The movie of the Planet of the Apes. Thanks for listening! Nerdstalking's review of Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi:https://nerdstalking.podbean.com/e/ep-26-why-star-wars-the-last-jedi-is-a-lousy-lead-in-to-episode-ix/ Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi trailer:https://youtu.be/TYRy5bCsWF8 Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/

  Although grossly unsung, Nicolas Roeg is one of the more interesting filmmakers in the history of cinema. Unsung, but in this episode Chad and Bill sing his praises loudly. Join us, won't you? Show Notes:01:57 - The Man Who Fell to Earth.06:41 - We throw a wrench at Rip Torn.12:29 - Hello, Thin White Duke.13:45 - Not quite as much death as Rogue One.15:03 - Don't Look Now.19:07 - The Bad Timing of Art Garfunkle.21:21 - All aboard for Track 29.25:59 - The significant Insignificance.30:52 - We uncover the shocking link between Roeg's The Witches and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books.36:57 - Roald Dahl.Thanks for listening!Trailer for The Man Who Fell to Earth:https://youtu.be/KUtJ5FnwfCkTrailer for Don't Look Now:https://youtu.be/AUWB-Kw4FiMInterview with Donald Sutherland about Don't Look Now.https://youtu.be/wKbjATtxS6w Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter – writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick – writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/

  People are asking, "Why make a Han Solo prequel movie?" Disney answers, "Where is the money, Lebowski?" So here we are reviewing a movie that doesn't really have a reason for existing. Or maybe, it exists so that we can review it! So we did that. Show Notes:05:05 - Solo's so-low box office performance.07:37 - So much empty fan service.08:18 - There's no reason for this movie to exist.10:11 - They blew their chance to really inform the character of Han Solo.15:19 - The fabeled Kessel Run.19:15 - When Han met Chewie.22:55 - The weird Lando moment.27:44 - Is this the Disneyfied Star Wars we all feared?28:38 - Donald Glover wasn't that great, but Alden Ehrenreich was pretty good!31:34 - Mother of Drag-ons.33:59 - Is Cersei from Game of Thrones a blonde or red-head?36:22  - Trump Blonde, now in the hair-colour aisle.37:06 - Shitty cinematography.38:10 - Han definitely shoots first.39:09 - Lando needs a smaller card hider.40:07 - Darth Maul and his baby legs.47:46 - Han was Han for a brief, shining moment.49:15 - Final verdict. Thanks for listening! Solo: A Star Wars Story trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPEYpryMp2s We review the disastrous Star Wars Holiday Special, starring Han Solo and Chewie:http://nerdstalking.com/2016/04/16/nerdstalking-podcast-ep-002/ Harrison Ford reveals his feud with Chewbacca on Jimmy Kimmel:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T0vs9gYydo Harrison Ford and Chewie settle their differences on Jimmy Kimmel:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDM4XVrAAgA Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter – writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick – writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/

  For the love of Yentl, please take some time and listen to our review of Deadpool 2, starring the most potty-mouthed Marvel superhero after Logan, pre-impalement. You'll totter on baby legs, gasp at the X-Force's first mission, and laugh all the way to the Xavier mansion. Two disclaimers: We had an audio glitch for the first bit of the podcast, and we explore every nook and cranny of Deadpool and his movie, so SPOILER ALERT! Show Notes:01:21 - Baby legs!02:26 - Better pop-culture references than Ready Player One.06:44 - A whole crap-load of heart.12:20 - What happens to the X-Force.15:16 - Nega Longest-Name-Ever.18:26 - Audio fixed, all that 4th wall breaking.20:03 - For the love of Yentl.22:26 - Them's the jokes!27:27 - Oh, Domino.29:00 - BEST. END. CREDIT. SCENE. EVER.32:58 - Logan musical figurine, live!35:09 - Better car chase than Black Panther.38:00 - Some of Bill's patented nit-picks.44:10 - Quick news bits: Mysterio in Homecoming 2, waiting for Solo. Thanks for listening! Deadpool 2 trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20bpjtCbCz0 Chad's Bullshit Origin Story for Cable:http://nerdstalking.com/2018/05/21/bullshit-cable-origin/ Deadpool 2, The First 10 Years:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b5DBQeh1cU Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter – writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick – writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/  

  Killah cockroaches! A new ice-age! Blossoming mushroom clouds! This episode, Bill and Chad crawl out of their underground bunker and survey the blasted and irradiated landscape of post-apocalyptic films. You maniacs! You blew it up! Show Notes:01:11 - The end is nigh! The apocalyptic Doug Ford.02:44 - Chad reveals the horrific political skeleton in his closet.04:24 - A definition of the term "post-apocalyptic".05:45 - Environmental apocalypse: The Lorax.07:07 - The inevitable zombie apocalypse: 28 Days Later and Dawn of the Dead.16:17 - Escape from New York.17:45 - Still trying to get a grip on the meaning of "post-apocalyptic".20:45 - A Boy and his Dog.30:40 - The Mad Max films.34:48 - Damnation Alley.39:00 - Snowpiercer.45:09 - Yet more defining of "post-apocalyptic".47:39 - The 70's Charlton Heston post-apocalyptic cycle.53:01 - Mortal Engines. Thanks for listening! A Boy and his Dog trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkJV19sxKgc Official video for Tina Turner's We Don't Need Another Hero:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq4aOaDXIfY Dawn of the Dead (1978) trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd-z5wBeFTU Trailer for Mortal Engines:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fupYIggOq38 Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter – writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick – writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/

  Movie critics are people (until A.I. takes over), and sometimes people make terrible mistakes... like atomic weaponry, President Donald Trump, and now the movie reviews for Bright, starring Will Smith and Joel Edgerton as a human and orc cop team out to save the world from devious, magical elves. David Ayers' alternate world buddy-cop film drew heavy fire from critics, but is it deserved? Chad and Bill dive deep to illuminate you on this Netflix original movie. The usual caveat: we give our typical very thorough look at the film and its meanings, so SPOILER ALERT! Show Notes: 01:23 - Did we mention that critics suck?06:02 - The Suicide Squad effect.07:58 - More great worldbuilding.11:51 - The story of Bright.14:53 - Will Smith is very Will Smith-ish.18:04 - A character named 'Serling'.19:45 - A very ethereal Noomi Rapace.21:50 - The Ward vs. his Co-Workers scene.29:53 - The unused wife.31:55 - Funny scene: Jakoby spills the beans.35:18 - True Detective is Putin's favourite show.38:15 - David Ayers has redeemed himself.41:14 - Hoping for more stories in this world.43:18 - Slight digression: Heath Ledger as The Joker. Thanks for listening! Bright trailer: https://youtu.be/6EZCBSsBxko   Alien Nation trailer: https://youtu.be/d4aGxG-SBSE   Fox Alien Nation TV show ad: https://youtu.be/8r4-akn-7KE   Alien Nation TV Show opening and closing Credits: https://youtu.be/sxbtRx1mMWM   District 9 trailer: https://youtu.be/DyLUwOcR5pk   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/

  Bill and Chad felt the hairs on their arms stand up, heeded the call, and ran to the theatre with everyone else in the world to watch the culmination of 10 years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and 18 previous superhero flicks - Avengers: Infinity War. What's with Cap's beard? Can a CGI character make you cry? Is this the end of our intrepid heroes? Assemble around your podcast player of choice and join the Nerdstalking team as they drill down into the biggest cinematic event ever! WARNING: as usual for a Nerdstalking movie review, we examine many fascets of the film and don't skirt around plot points to give the most thorough, honest review. So SPOILERS ASSEMBLE! Show Notes: 02:23 - Your heroes are only as good as your villains. 04:05 - Can a Thanos make you cry? Yes he can. 05:35 - Confusing motivations with Thanos: Movie v Comics. 09:25 - A supremely weird ending. 10:52 - Where's Hawkeye? 12:41 - Avengers MVP: Thor. 15:41 - A better Wakanda than the Black Panther Wakanda. 17:28 - Why does Black Panther do that cross-your-arms thing? 18:58 - Doctor Strange. 20:40 - Thanos has good backup. 21:50 - Spider-Man continues to be great. 24:37 - Hulk impotence.  27:37 - Some digressions: Robocop. 30:07 - Ready Player One: the book. 30:55 - Donald Trump. 34:24 - Another great Thanos moment. 37:43 - The Vision and Scarlet Witch love story. 40:03 - This movie is an amazing achievement.  45:08 - Thor's new eye. 48:37 - Our final verdict.   Thanks for listening!   Avengers: Infinity War trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwievZ1Tx-8   Avengers: Infinity War blooper reel and funny cast stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GFAd2O_kg8   Robocop (1987) trailer: https://youtu.be/Uo7teJcvAA4   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/  

  So, have you ever finished watching a sci-fi or fantasy movie and felt you just didn't like that film, but you're not sure why? It could be that the filmmakers didn't put enough thought and effort into good worldbuilding. In this episode of Nerdstalking, we ponder what worldbuidling means, and look at some examples of it in action, good and bad.  Show Notes: 03:03 - What worldbuiding means. 04:33 - The future world of Back to the Future. 05:46 - The worldbuilding of Star Wars. 09:26 - Not ready for the crappy worldbuilding of Ready Player One. 11:44 - The mythology of Middle Earth in Lord of the Rings. 13:08 - Game of Thrones. 15:21 - Minority Report. 24:46 - The Fifth Element. 25:56 - Heavy Metal. 29:22 - Why is so much worldbuilding just Arabian markets? 32:24 - Blade Runner. 34:04 - A dystopian future built on still photos: La Jetee. 36:06 - Bill calls Chad by Bill's son's name. 37:22 - An example of lousy worldbuilding: Tron.  42:31 - Yet more crappy Ready Player One. 43:58 - The Alien movies.   Thanks for listening!   La Jetee captioned in English on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLfXCkFQtXw   Back to the Future Part. II trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdENmefJRpw   Blade Runner (1982) trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eogpIG53Cis   The Fifth Element trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ9RqgcR24g   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/  

  Forget Ready Player One's appropriation of the famous DeLorean, Bill and Chad jump in their own time machine and go back to the past and examine the movies of the Back to the Future trilogy. Get ready for 1.21 Gigawatts of rollicking adventure! Show Notes: BTTF 1 - 01:51 to 21:38 01:51 - One of those perfect films. 03:08 - Marty McFly invented Chuck Berry. 04:06 - "Is it okay to go back and have sex with your mother?" 05:32 - Examples of how well put-together the film is. 13:47 - How did Doc & Marty start their bromance? 16:56 - Every dog should have a boy. 18:11 - Chad points out some anachronisms in the film. 21:38 - It's your cousin Marvin. Marvin BERRY!! BTTF 2 - 25:49 to 43:24 25:49 - Jennifer sleeps through the rest of the trilogy. 31:10 - Some good worldbuilding. 34:54 - A darker film. 36:27 - Chad meets the ape-shit crazy Chrispin Glover. 39:12 - Chad finds a visual homage to the 1960 Time Machine movie. 43:24 - The best part of BTTF 2: Marty goes to 1955. Again. 44:33 - Count Floyd arrives. BTTF 3 - 48:27 to 55:05 48:27 - Doc Brown's letter from 1885 doesn't make sense. 50:19 - At least BTTF 3 doesn't need a chalkboard lecture. 52:37 - Bill's insensitive Indian joke. 55:05 - The terrible train ending.   Thanks for listening!   Rocket 88, the first Rock n' Roll record: https://youtu.be/Gbfnh1oVTk0   A visit to the Back to the Future filming locations 30 years later: https://youtu.be/TDtynhvzBF0   Doc Brown and Marty reunite on Back to the Future day, 2015 on the Jimmy Kimmel show: https://youtu.be/Q0VGRlEJewA   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/ 

  This is part 2 of our review of Steven Spielberg's nostalgia-porn movie Ready Player One. In it we lament the lack of any real danger or even drama in the film, as well as laugh at its lack of knowledge of the actual nature of online gaming, and discuss how the changing nature of copyright and IP management these days has made this film easier to make. All this, and much more in the last of our two-parter on Ready Player One. Plus, it's dangerous to go alone, so take this warning along with you as you listen to this episode: we take a deep dive into the movie and explore many plot points, so be pepared for MANY SPOILERS! Here's a handy link to Part 1 of our Ready Player One review:  http://nerdstalking.podbean.com/e/ep-34-ready-player-one-review-part-1/   Show Notes: 02:50 - The myth of Parzival. 06:14 - The terrible acting of Mark Rylance. 11:34 - Put the f'ing key in the f'ing lock! 12:38 - The ghost in the machine. 16:02 - Is the movie saying video games should be revelled in or regulated? 17:24 - i-R0k! 18:37 - In the future, everyone lives in Columbus, OH. 19:24 - RP1 is an amazing technological breakthrough in drama-less movies! 20:17 - A funny joke in the movie: the Alien bit. 33:24 - Everybody loves to queue in a video game. 38:06 - How copyright has changed in the Internet era. 42:18 - Our final verdict.   Thanks for listening!   Video featuring the real-life Infinadeck VR treadmill featured in Ready Player One:  https://youtu.be/SVs7iegtDIk   If you have the stomach for it, here is a video with over 300 Easter eggs from the movie, the vast majority of which are not actually Easter eggs (protip: Easter eggs are hidden): https://youtu.be/PfeVH2bbzlw   A video review of Ready Player One, by the jerks over at RedLetterMedia:  https://youtu.be/_KkGRT_4its   A reporter from CNET tries out a RealDoll sexbot (in conversation, not what you were thinking, sicko!):  https://youtu.be/5pKczGG19uo   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/ 

  Ready Player One is so stuffed with pop-culture references, and our derision so strong for this hollow exercise, we can't even fit our review into one Nerdstalking episode! Log in and listen to Part. 1 of our review as we slag director Steven Spielberg for not understanding video games, knock the world-building of the film as being as shaky as the Stacks, and lament about the lack of heart in the film, among other complaints. And you might even find a couple of positive comments in here too; consider them the Easter eggs you have to search for. As usual here at Nerdstalking, we give the movie a thorough going over and dive deep into what it is and what it means, so also be on the search for MANY, MANY SPOILERS! Show Notes: 01:19 - Will they start patching movies next? 03:37 - Steven Spielberg: out of touch. 05:59 - Bill's favourite line of the movie. 07:33 - The real problem with video games these days. 11:27 - A case study in better world-building: Alexander Payne's Downsizing. 19:58 - Would the kids of this near-future give a shit about all this retro stuff? 29:31 - Missing in action: any character arcs. 36:13 - The movie lacks a solid heart. 41:51 - So much exposition! 43:24 - The best part of the movie: the Shining sequence.   Thanks for listening! Tune in next week for the conclusion!   Trailer for Ready Player One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixWL1BWi44U   A video detailing 138 different pop-culture references in the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYmfEx3taAM   Author of the novel, Ernest Cline, reveals every video game reference in the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zglevXKpJGY   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/ 

  Chad and Bill take a look back at a cult movie classic: the animated epic Heavy Metal. We examine its impact over the years, and break it down segment by segment. Smoke a bowl and join us on a fantastic magical mystery ride (with boobs!). Show Notes: 04:05 - The ultimate stoner movie. 08:18 - What does it all mean? 12:13 - Captain Sternn's Hanover Fiste as Paul Ryan. 14:54 - The movie's magazine roots. 16:22 - Elon Musk: Big fan of Heavy Metal. 17:00 - Explanation of the central plot. 18:20 - Death rays and taxi cabs. 19:32 - A look at the Den sequence. 21:16 - So Beautiful, So Dangerous, and so much plutonium nyborg. 23:54 - STERNN!!! 27:24 - B-17. 32:08 - The deep impact of Heavy Metal. 32:50 - Help Chad kill a singer.   Thanks for listening!   Trailer for Heavy Metal:  https://youtu.be/FDPBdswW3xU   Soft Landing sequence from the movie, with Elon Musk's Spaceman edited in:  https://youtu.be/bMPJWeIg6zw   Oliver Jewellers TV commercial: "The Cashman":  https://youtu.be/NSQVVHyvOZU   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/ 

  What happens if you take TRON, mix it with The Last Starfighter, and throw in a pinch of references to every SF movie and video game of the last 30 years or so? You get Steven Spielberg's latest flick Ready Player One, based on Ernest Cline's love-letter-to-videogames novel of the same name. We anticipate the release of the film with all the giddy glee of kids waiting in line for Back to the Future in 1985. Plus we celebrate Sam Rockwell's 2018 Oscar win with a retrospective of his career, and take a look at Steven Soderbergh's guerilla feature filmmaking iPhone experiment Unsane.  Show Notes: 01:01 - We start in on Ready Player One. 01:33 - E.T.'s scrotum sack. 03:47 - Ready Player One compared to Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 07:38 - The nostagia train has left the station. 09:43 - Again with the Inception city-folding SFX. 11:58 - Ready Player One as TRON sequel. 15:13 - Where have you gone, Clint Eastwood of our youth? 17:26 - Sam Rockwell: real actor. 30:34 - Is Steven Soderbergh Unsane? 34:40 - Chad's dangerous obsession with Downton Abbey.   Thanks for listening!   Pure Imagination, from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ-uV72pQKI   The electronica version of Pure Imagination as used in the Ready Player One trailer:  https://youtu.be/XTPCwA1AcPk   Trailer for Who Framed Roger Rabbit?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpDaNqSXxp0   Bill's article on the history of the movie TRON, at The Dot Eaters: http://thedoteaters.com/?bitstory=games-on-film-i-tron   Bill's article on the history of The Last Starfighter, at The Dot Eaters:  http://thedoteaters.com/?bitstory=games-on-film-ii-the-last-starfighter   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/ 

  This episode looks at the classic cold-war computer hacker film WarGames, and the new interactive reboot based on the property. We also shine some light on the other black superhero, DC's Black Lightning, found on Netflix. Lastly, Chad latches onto the inexplicable Venom teaser trailer and tries to make some Spidey sense of it. Show Notes: 00:56 - We start with WarGames. 04:43 - A description of the reboot, and a look at the original movie. 06:53 - Chad starts in with Short Circuit. 08:22 - Dabney Coleman is a dick. 10:36 - Again with Short Circuit? 24:56 - Start of Black Lightning discussion. 29:03 - The unbearable deadness of James Remar. 37:31 - Chad breaks down the Venom teaser trailer.   Thanks for listening!   WarGames trailer:  https://youtu.be/hbqMuvnx5MU   WarGames web series trailer: https://youtu.be/ZfObVggo5QE   #WarGames interactive series website (also available on Steam and iOS): https://helloeko.com/wargames/episode-one-chasing-bryce/?autoplay=true&utm_source=verge&utm_medium=affiliate   Bill's article on the history of the film WarGames, at The Dot Eaters: http://thedoteaters.com/?bitstory=games-on-film-iii-wargames   Black Lightning series trailer: https://youtu.be/uoUlGwYa4QE   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/ 

  We focus our tri-corders on USS Callister, an episode of the great Netflix anthology SF series Black Mirror that deftly parodies Star Trek while presenting the usual futuretech dystopia that is the hallmark of the series. We also hold up DTube, a video sharing site that is being hailed as a YouTube killer, as proof that there is no redeeming features of mankind whatsoever. Enjoy! Show Notes: 00:42 - We start off with our analysis of USS Callister. 01:39 - A detour into The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, starring Ben Stiller. 18:25 - Chad questions what's wrong with baby-killing. 27:06 - We start talking about the dumpster fire that is DTube. 31:23 - Some choice morons on the DTube short bus. 34:46 - The mechanics of DTube. 42:21 - How to win friends and influence idiots. 44:31 -Deutsche Tube   Thanks for listening!   USS Callister Trailer: https://youtu.be/qgTtyfgzGc0   The Nerdstalking DTube channel: https://d.tube/#!/c/nerdstalking   Jack and Jill trailer:  https://youtu.be/oJVv3PBoPMc   I realize this presentation is an assault on the visual senses, but this is the full version of the TV play of Bertolt Brecht's Baal, by David Bowie. My recommendation to you is to zoom in to the window on the bottom left that contains the video, so you don't see any of the effects that are designed to throw off the content ID algorithyms of Google. As far as I can see, this is the only post of the TV show in its entirety. And the immense creative power of Bowie is not diminished by reducing the image. No Earthly confinement could ever do that:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_l6jBYsQ60   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/ 

  Bill and Chad can't conceal that they have a bad feeling about Solo following the first trailers for the next Star Wars story, then Chad hooks us up with a breakdown of the much-anticipated character Cable, soon to light up screens in the upcoming Deadpool 2. Tune in, turn on and drop everything and listen! Show Notes: 00:08 - Premiering the new Nerdstalking theme! 02:06 - The start of our Solo talk. 19:38  - We talk about the hilarious Deadpool 2 trailers. 22:25 - The start of our discussion of Cable. Who is this Cable guy? 32:30 - The powers of Cable. 37:12 - How will Cable fit into Deadpool 2? 40:11 - Demollition Man: A Retrospective.   Thanks for listening!   Solo: A Star Wars Story Trailer: https://youtu.be/K9PkToULL1c   Deadpool 2 Teaser Trailer: https://youtu.be/I4tFNfROlqk   Moss buys some women's slacks on The IT Crowd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujGCGZqwaSc   Deadpool 2 "Wet on Wet" Trailer: https://youtu.be/8-Cjsnq8kVU   Demolition Man Trailer: https://youtu.be/0B5v6QZ5R3g   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/ 

  At the expense of causing fur to fly, Bill and Chad smell something pretty bad in the kitty litter as they do an extensive break-down of the 2018 Black Panther movie from Marvel. Try not to get scratched as you listen! As usual, we examine lots of details of the movie to cover all the bases with our assessment of it, so THERE BE SPOILERS! Show Notes: 3:00 - We confront the white colonizer elephant in the room. 6:25 - How the filmmakers shortchanged Wakanda. 10:55 - An action film needs impressive set pieces. 16:53 - No buttons at the end of any scene. 22:40 - Talk of how Marvel cheaped out on not-so-special effects. 26:52 - Female empowerment. 30:45 - Hitting close to home, the Boko Haram scene. 33:21 - Paying tribute to the white boys. 38:35 - We point out some weak motivations. 42:23 - Summing up.   Thanks for listening!   Black Panther trailer -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxWvtMOGAhw   Nerdstalking presents Black Panther chasing Winter Soldier in Avengers: Civil War to the Benny Hill theme -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ulq30Qob6IM   A portion of this Nerdstalking episode with video -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFxyLk7zBl4   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/ 

  Chad and Bill examine the trailer for Marvel's Black Panther, and find it wanting. Bill also ponders the Amazonian (or not) nature of Wonder Woman Gal Gadot, we dwell on next year's Captain Marvel, and other pressing topics.  Show Notes: 00:00 - Intro, and we go right into our breakdown of the Black Panther trailer. 15:25 - The beginning of our thoughts on leaked set pictures of Brie Larson as Captain Marvel, as well as Chad sets up some comic book context for the character. 16:02 - Is Gal Gadot tall enough to be Wonder Woman? 23:40 - Chad gives a run-down on Fox's post-apocolyptic sit-com The Last Man on Earth. 26:10 - More Captain Marvel talk. 30:30 - We ponder what terrible thing Mark Hamill must have done to Rian Johnson to make the director force him to milk a sea cow in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. 33:46 - What in the Hell is cryptocurrency? 36:55 - After what Donald Trump would no doubt describe as a "fake sign-off", we really do sign off.   Thanks for listening! Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/ 

  Listen as Bill and Chad milk everything they can out of their breakdown of the go-nowhere middle episode of the current Star Wars trilogy. We also give our thoughts on the brutally excellent The Punisher Netflix series. *SPOILERS INSIDE, AND NO LOUNGING SEA CREATURES WERE ACTUALLY MILKED IN THE MAKING OF THIS EPISODE. Show Notes: 01:00 - The start of our discussion of Netflix's The Punisher. 04:55 - Shocking revelations about Punisher actor Jon Bernthal. 30:44 - The start of our discussion on The Last Jedi. 46:48 - A useless scene: Finn and Rose at the Cantina er I mean Casino. 56:13 - The singularly strangest scene in any Star Wars movie. 1:06:24 - Jokes that would have been rejected for a Marvel movie, put into a Star Wars movie. 1:16:32 - To be fair, a couple of not-so-lame jokes from The Last Jedi. 1:21:20 - How the much-better movie Rogue One helped recapture our lost youth. 1:24:52 - The Last Jedi makes Bill and Chad appreciate the prequels.... for opposite reasons. 1:27:30 - Did The Last Jedi include a reference to 1978 short spoof film Hardware Wars?   Thanks for listening!   The Punisher trailer -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMW_dPtm7Bo   The Last Jedi trailer -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0CbN8sfihY   Nerdstalking's funny video take on the Luke Milking scene from TLJ -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzKLD5RY2H8   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/

  Sure, DC movies have had some hard knocks over recent years, but at least they warned us that Kevin Spacey is, in fact, a real diabolical menace! The two Nerdstalking evil geniuseses Bill and Chad take a journey into Zack Snyder/Joss Whedon's darkened treatise on super friendship, Justice League, and lo and behold they find that there's light at the end of the DC tunnel after all! Plus some talk on the first series of TV's Star Trek: Discovery, and Chad relates his wondrous discovery of the films of SF movie extravaganza pioneer George Pal.  Show Notes: 04:59 - Talk begins on Justice League. 11:20 - The godawful CGI work. 13:45 - You don't dig up Superman's corpse. 15:35 - The Flash had the best effects in the movie. 20:05 - Wonderous Wonder Woman. 38:33 - A case study in better-done CGI: Rocket from Guardians of the Galaxy. 53:09 - Chad wins best line of Ep. 25. 1:00:45 - Some talk of Star Trek: Discovery. 1:08:23 - Our discussion of the fantastic works of George Pal.   Thanks for listening!   Justice League trailer -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH3eFGSxgq4   Chad's Justice League music video -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoVCbM0dUng   Nerdstalking visits the set of Aquaman in Austrailia -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qm2bqDeBf4   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/

  What rhymes with 24? Sore, gore, humidor... but also Thor, the God of Thunder! Gaze in breathless wonder, as minor deities Bill and Chad give their takes on the Marvel superhero extravaganza Thor: Ragnarok. What is Jeff Goldblum smoking? What's the deal with Thor's hair? Exactly how "big" is Hulk? Your noble quest for answers lies within Episode 24 of Nerdstalking, along with some talk of Stranger Things 2, The Punisher, and American Horror Stories.  Show Notes: 01:08 - Some nerdly news; Stranger Things Season 2, classic arcade video games, Dig Dug, et al. 05:37 - The start of our Thor: Ragnarok discussion. 07:07 - Is Thor a little bit TOO jokey? 13:08 - From what comic runs did the plot of the film come from? 17:19 - The REAL eternal battle: Marvel v DC. 26:51 - The character of Valkyrie.  48:32 - Thor as a female character. 56:09 - Some jokes from the film that worked. Thanks for listening! Bill demonstrates how the classic arcade game Dig Dug evolved over various gaming systems -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54gY58ppKT4   Thor: Ragnarok trailer -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue80QwXMRHg   Chad's thorough Thor tutorial -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54gY58ppKT4   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/

  Remember when Jim Carrey was funny? We do, along with a breakdown of the Captain Marvel comic book character, and a discussion of why things always end up sucking. All in this detours episode of Nerdstalking! Show Notes: 01:39 - We start our talk about Jim Carrey and his films. 04:03 - Why Ace Ventura: Pet Detective isn't great for kids anymore. 12:15 - Chad's rule of atrophy: Things always go to shit. 16:10 - Chad gives us the origin of Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers   Thanks for listening!   Jim Carrey's Unnatural Act, his first ever recorded stand-up special -  https://youtu.be/KQHsVPD5Ans   Ace Ventura: Pet Detective trailer -  https://youtu.be/ZGlFA-miRLw   The full leaked Captain Marvel movie -  https://youtu.be/iLpotsnvjoQ   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing with a ghostly Geekspeaker appearance by Duh Boss Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/

    Where we descend into the sewers to examine the 2017 film adaptation of Stephen King's magnum opus horror novel IT. We also dust off the grime of the Austrailian Outback as we recount our time on the Aquaman set where we traded beard grooming tips with Jason Mamoa, puzzle over the value of a non-canonical Joker movie possibly starring Leo DiCaprio as the Clown Prince of Crime, and Chad revels us with the backstory of Deadpool's buddy Cable in a new segment called Bullshit Origin Stories, among other news.    Show Notes: 02:06 - Nerdly News: Nerdstalking visits the Aquaman set, non-canon Joker film, Deadpool 2, etc. 10:57 - Bullshit Origin Story: Cable 16:53 - Game of Thrones season 7. 26:04 - Start of our conversation on IT. 29:03 - How the movie misses what the story of IT really is. 35:00 - Two good actors in IT. 37:41 - Just a series of jump scares. 41:29 - A wider discussion of King's works. 45:06 - We talk about John Irving books. 55:17 - The Conjuring movies compared to IT.   Thanks for listening!   IT trailer -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnCdOQsX5kc   Chad's Unreleased IT Theme -  https://youtu.be/0EdoZQ8GE7I   A portion of this Nertstalking episode cut with visuals -  https://youtu.be/sJeNx7N7aFw   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/

  In this episode of Nerdstalking, we respond to a message from listener BlueIncandesence, who had some issues with our breakdown of the Wonder Woman movie in Ep. 20. Other topics we cover include Bill arguing against the existence of a god, the firing of Phil Lord and Chris Miller from the Han Solo, uh, solo movie, the 35th anniversary of the original Tron, the demise of Batman's Adam West, and more. Then there's a big SPOILER ALERT for our in-depth breakdown of Spider-Man: Homecoming, what we liked and disliked, and our favourite moments from the film. Show Notes: 01:27 - We answer listener email about our Wonder Woman episode. 12:53 - Nerdly News: Chris Miller and Phil Lord canned from Solo, TRON anniversary, Hellboy reboot, the passing of TV's Batman star Adam West, OMNI magazine reboot, Daniel Craig signs on for BOND 25. 32:35 - We start our review of Spider-Man: Homecoming. 40:29 - Spider-Man film as John Hughes comedy. 50:28 - Movie gives good MJ. 55:02 - The great Michael Keaton. 1:11:25 - Captain America as high-school health instructor. 1:16:02 - Tony Stark: Biggest douche ever. 1:24:16 - Peter Parker's hilarious buddy.    Thanks for listening!   Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0D3AOldjMU   Chad's Spider-Man theme song -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89eHN9Uyzds   Michael Giacchino's official theme song from Spider-Man: Homecoming -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeX8TkHN6mE   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/

  Bill had a lot of problems with the 2017 Wonder Woman film; Chad, not so much. We don our satin tights and fight for our rights to complain in the Nerdstalking review of this important DC film. Show Notes: 02:49 - You'd expect more from Wonder Woman than the prerequisite loud, smash-up ending. 03:51 - Themyscira. 07:32 - Bill's logistical problems: How do Amazons age? 12:31 - Bill's logistical problems: Why is an island of super-women sworn to protect humanity hidden away? 17:11 - Chad's better origin story for Wonder Woman. 18:44 - Steve and Diana, sitting in a boat... 21:01 - Gal Gadot and Chris Pine: Perfect chemistry. 22:35 - The missing invisible boat gag. 30:03 - Does Wonder Woman have to fight a giant monster because feminism? 39:05 - Steve Trevor: Extreme Gentleman. 42:17 - Bill's logistical problems: What is the deal with Wonder Woman's costume? 52:09 - The best scene: No Man's Land. 53:56 - Marvel v DC. 01:07:11 - The Marvel Way 01:09:10 - The wonderful Gal Gadot. 01:11:47 - Bill's logistical problems: No smoking in the trenches. 01:13:06 - Bill's logistical problems: A barrage of plotholes. 01:19:07 - The lariott of awesomeness. 01:21:54 - Ares as mid to high-level British bureaucrat.  01:31:36 - Drunken Scottish guy. 01:36:38 - A case study in better character arcs: Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2. 01:38:12 - Final verdict.   Wonder Woman trailer: https://youtu.be/VSB4wGIdDwo   The No Man's Land scene from Wonder Woman: https://youtu.be/Yrdih26Dv_g   Blooper reel from Wonder Woman: https://youtu.be/b_U5bBfpSU0   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers:   Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/

  SPOILER ALERT: Hopefully you've seen the movie already because we spoil the hell out of it in our in-depth review. Will Starlord bond with his space-daddy? Does Drax really find Mantis repulsive? Can Rocket come to terms with his a-holery? These questions and more answered in our review of Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2. We also cover other topics in our monthly news segment, such trailers reactions for IT, The Dark Tower, Wonder Woman, and The Last Jedi; a nerdgasm moment in the new MST3K series; a look at the short promo movie for Alien: Covenant; the release of Logan on video and more. Show Notes: 00:48 - Mystery Science Theatre 3000: The Return. 02:54 - Wonder Woman trailer review. 07:42 - Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi. 13:18 - A look at Logan. 17:58 - 2nd trailer for Stephen King's IT. 26:09 - Alien: Covenant. 34:22 - The Expanse. 40:29 - Our Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 discussion starts. 42:18 - Finely calibrated jokes, and chaos. 44:53 - Drax and Mantis. 47:47 - Uncompromised characters. 50:43 - Tropic Thunder. 54:56 - Everybody has an arc. 58:41 - Comic v. movie. 01:02:45 - Rocket Racoon... 01:04:16 - Yondu. 01:06:52 - I'm Mary Poppins, y'all! 01:08:16 - An example of how well built this movie is.  01:15:19 - A funny scene: Yondu and Rocket in jail. 01:23:05 - Taserface. 01:29:00 - Too many end-credit sequences. 01:37:47 - Watchmen.   Thanks for listening!   Mystery Science Theatre 3000: The Return Netflix page: https://www.netflix.com/title/80128275   Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cv2ueYnKjg&t=44s   Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 "Inferno" music video, featuring David Hassllehoff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MMMe1drnZY   The plethora of end-credit sequences for GotG Vol. 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr_OGf7Xw84     Connect With Your Nerdstalkers:   Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/  

  Now that the dust has settled, we dissect the latest King Kong film and consider its place in the wider world of Kong movies. We also throw Aquaman under the boat in our discussion of the Justice League trailer and take a trip to the Satellite of Love in anticipation of the new version of Mystery Science Theatre 3000. Kong: Skull Island discussion begins at 36:30 Show Notes: 00:37 - Nerdly News segment. 01:14 - New Mystery Science Theatre 3000 series! 03:50 - The teaser for the trailer of the preview of Justice League. 06:00 - Chad reveals his Aquaman fetish. 16:57 - Bill does some Stephen King sh-IT talking. 22:30 - Chad does some Iron Fisting. 27:22 - No self-respecting millionaire would drive a Hyundai. 31:45 - Killing Superman was a dumb move. 36:30 - Kong talk starts. 43:50 - Giant lizards and Geena Davis. 49:20 - Some issue, including a couple of intense, implied gore scenes. 57:00 - Bill’s Cong joke. 57:18 - King Kong and the Mandingo allegory. 01:02:22 - For a movie with ’Skull Island’ in the title, it really lacks a sense of place. 01:10:55 - The 1933 King Kong movie. 01:19:47 - More racial allegory in Kong films. 01:25:55 - The 1976 King Kong movie. 01:34:50 - The 1986 Kong Kong abomination King Kong Lives. 01:38:37 - We all agree, John C. Reilly was the best part of the film.   Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing with Special (and officially final) Geekspeaker visit by Duh Boss

  Where we take a few centons discussing the epic 70's sci-fi show that brought Star Wars production values to television. Also, Ross expresses his pleasure at having spent a few cubits to see The Lego Batman Movie, and the name Martha is said several times. Chad also explores a big fraking plothole in the Star Wars movies, and why George Lucas is full of felgercarb. Show Notes: 01:26 - The panel reveals a big plothole in the story of Star Wars. 07:32 - Some actually good, precient writing that Lucas did in the prequels. 10:53 - We helpfully re-write Star Wars so it’s better. 12:15 - Some talk about the Star Wars documentary I Am Your Father and David Prowse’s (Darth Vader) loose lips sinking star ships. 16:44 - Return of the Jedi director Richard Marquand discussing the Vader/Luke plot twist in an interview clip. 17:33 - Lego Batman movie discussion. 22:35 - Will the super-hero film craze ever come to an end? 29:35 - MARTHA! 31:47 - Battlestar Galactica talk starts. 37:17 - The many Mormon influences on Battlestar Galactica. 39:15 - The idiocy of the Cylons. 40:37 - Star Trek’s Gene L. Coon helped develop the series with Glen Larson. 43:29 - Some talk about the modern Battlestar Galactica show. 46:31 - Glen A. Larson, prolific programme producer. 50:25 - The abomination that was Galactica 1980. 53:50 - Looking forward to the Kong: Skull Island movie. 55:15 - Chad snorts crushed up Pringles off the table. 56:00 - A quick remembrance of character actor Miguel Ferrer, and some Robocop talk. 1:01:17 - Stupid is as Trump does. 1:03:17 - Paul Verhooven (Robocop) and the magnificence of his Starship Troopers. Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing with Special Geekspeaker Duh Boss

  Where we take a trip to Pandora and meet a bloated action star hiding in the jungle. With the help of Telly Savalas we also uncover the treasures from Cameron's other obsession, the Titanic, and ponder what it's like to be a nerd these days. Show Notes: 00:47 - James Cameron stole from his own movie Aliens for his later CGI extravaganza Avatar. 03:45 -  Is being a comic nerd better today? 05:57 - Chad finds Star Trek extremely boring. 08:10 - Chad’s daughter makes a cameo with a scripted Star Trek reference. 11:29 - We talk beaver. 14:50 - We pontificate on the disasterous fall of Steven Seagal. 18:21 - Since we’re always up on the latest trends, some Telly Savalas talk! 21:10 - We discuss an episode from the 80’s Twilight Zone about Elvis Presley, a holdover from our TZ podcast episode. 24:00 - Is Elvis alive and working at a KFC? 25:15 - The anthology series craze of the 80’s (Amazing Stories, Outer Limits, etc.) 28:10 - Bill actually comes up with an explanation for the big plothole in Star Wars. Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Special Guests: Laura Sheppard and Jacquie Pillon, actor, appearing as Cookie Falcone in Adult Swim's Fugget About It with Special Geekspeaker Duh Boss

  Where we celebrate (and vilify) the highs (and lows) of 2016. We update previous Nerdstalking topics such as Batman v Superman, The Twilight Zone, and Stephen King, and pick at the scabs left by the many celebrity deaths of 2016 including Carrie Fisher. To top things off, we put the "Death" in "Death Star" with a spoiler-filled examination of the tale of how the plans of that technological terror were stolen, in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Show Notes: First, Recap of Some of the Topics We Covered Over 2016 01:09 - Is Batman v Superman still godawful (according to Ross)? 04:39 - How about Suicide Squad? Still an affront to human decency? 08:54 - Stephen King’s resourgent year, including the upcoming IT movie. 12:30 - Ross triggers Chad by mentioning the Rocky Horror TV remake. 17:29 - New ways to visit the classic Twilgiht Zone show. 19:03 - Which leads us into talk of the excellent Black Mirror anthology show. 23:14 - Bill evicerates Ghostbusters 2016. 25:14 - Some Star Trek talk, TOS, Discovery, Beyond, etc. 36:23 - Talk of the Roddenberry Vault, a collection of Star Trek memorabilia. 40:24 - Following up on the Alien franchise, with Covenant news. 41:47 - What we’re looking forward to in 2017: Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Thor Ragnarok, Wonder Woman, some other DC crap, the Netflix stuff, Avengers movies etc etc. 52:52 - We read the celebrity death roll call for the singularly hard-hit 2016. 1:01:49 - We throw a particular light on the passing of Carrie Fisher. 1:07:50 - Some Force Awakens talk. 1:11:54 - We boggle at the fact that Ross hasn’t seen Spaceballs! 1:13:06 - Rogue One talk starts. 1:15:50 - This is a MOVIE! 1:16:25 - Everybody dies. 1:19:05 - The sacrifices made during Rogue One enable the stars of A New Hope to triumph. 1:26:10 - The moment in A New Hope that changed your life. 1:27:44 - Ross wishes the main characters had been spared…. and spent the rest of their days being tortured in an Empire penal facility. 1:30:01 - Chad has a beef with Vader’s helmet in this movie. 1:34:27 - Some bones to pick with The Force Wakens. 1:37:26 - We re-write the ending of Rogue One to save Ross some tears. 1:41:47 - Some of Rogue One harkens back to the very first synopsis and draft of the original Star Wars movie. 1:44:47 - Fake Tarkin and fake Leia. 1:52:16 - The wonky Death Star weapon in this movie. 1:57:00 - A tasty out-take at Chad’s expense. Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing with Special Geekspeaker Duh Boss

  Where we review the many dimensions of Marvel's latest superhero flick, featuring the Master of the Mystic Arts. We start off though talking about America's latest supervillain, Donald Trump, the Wonder Woman movie, the announcement of the Nintendo Switch game console, the Lego Batman Movie, Guardians of the Galaxy 2: Electric Boogaloo, Chad's run-in with Amy Acker, and the stand-alone Star Wars film Rogue One. Strange talk starts around 34:20 Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing with Special Geekspeaker Duh Boss

  Where we discuss the five major flicks in the Alien movie franchise: Alien (1979), Aliens (1986), Alien3 (1992), Alien: Resurrection (1997), and Prometheus (2012). The AvP movies get the occasional mention, but we decline to discuss them in-depth. We start out the show covering some upcoming and imminent genre stuff, such as Marvel's Doctor Strange, and TV shows like the new season of Supergirl. Alien discussion starts at the 17:00 mark. Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing with Special Geekspeaker Duh Boss

  Where Chad flashes his "#1 Elvis Fan" badge, Ross waxes on - waxes off, Jacquie shouts from her Wookie treehouse, Bill plays the Fall Guy and Ross and Chad leave their cake out in the rain. Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Special Guests: Laura Sheppard and Jacqueline Pillon, Actor, appearing on Fugget About It on Adult Swim with Special Geekspeaker Duh Boss

  Where Bill and Ross gleefully examine the most influential TV show of all time, and Chad spends his spare time during the episode building an Enterprise model out of hot dogs and baloney. Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing with Special Geekspeaker Duh Boss

  Where Chad and Ross talk Ghostbusters 2016, Jacquie contemplates head a-holes, Evan says "Screw Frank Miller", and Ross relates his fateful meeting with Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip. Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Special Guests: Evan Dean and Jacquie Pillon, the voice of Cookie Falcone on Adult Swim's Fugget About It with Special Geekspeaker Duh Boss

  **BIG SPOILERS FOR SUICIDE SQUAD AND OTHER DC/MARVEL PROPERTIES** Where the Nerdstalking panel dissects Suicide Squad, Ross takes on Mike Tyson, Chad disses the Yugo and special guest Evan props up the crumbling DC movie empire. Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Special Guest: Evan Dean with Special Geekspeaker Duh Boss

  **BIG SPOILERS FOR VARIOUS TWILIGHT ZONE EPISODES** Where we discuss the greatest television show ever made, Bill names every actor in Hollywood, Chad materializes out of thin air and Ross sparkles like in that other Twilight. Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing and on loan from the Twilight Zone, Special Geekspeaker Duh Boss

  **BIG SPOILERS FOR VARIOUS STEPHEN KING BOOKS AND MOVIES** Where Bill pontificates about the Master of Horror, Ross shares his fear of clowns, and Laura gets out the wooden block and sledgehammer. Your Nerdstalker: Bill Hunter - writer at Fandom, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Special Guest: Laura Sheppard with Special Geekspeaker Duh Boss

  **BIG SPOILERS FOR BvS** Where we drive home after seeing Batman v Superman and give our opinions on the film, Bill puts his tentpole into one of the characters, Laura eagerly awaits Justice League and we almost brand an idiot motorist. The Passengers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing  Special Guest: Laura Sheppard with Special Geekspeaker Duh Boss

  Where we take two iconic superheroes and make them kiss, Ross's voice changes, and Chad has a thing about Joss Whedon. Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Special Guests: Jacqueline Pillon, Actor, appearing on Fugget About It on Adult Swim and Special Geekspeaker Duh Boss

  Where we talk about some remakes and reboots including Total Recall and Halloween, Chad insists George Lucas should have cast Nina Hartley in Return of the Jedi, and both Deadpool and Rob Zombie get reamed. Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing

  Where we spoil the everliving heck out of the latest Star Wars movie. Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Special Guests: Laura Sheppard and Jacqueline Pillon, Actor, appearing on Fugget About It on Adult Swim with Special Geekspeaker Duh Boss  

  Where we talk about the worst two hours of television ever made, Chad somehow brings up David Bowie twice, Jacquie (and everyone else) does Walken and Wookiees grunt incessantly. Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Special Guests: Laura Sheppard, Jacqueline Pillon, Actor, appearing on Fugget About It on Adult Swim with Special Geekspeaker Duh Boss

  Nerds talking nerdy things. In this, inaugural episode, we talk about the upcoming Star Wars film The Force Awakens, and we adhere to nerd equal time laws by also talking about Star Trek. Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Special Guests: Laura Sheppard, Jacqueline Pillon, Actor, appearing on Fugget About It on Adult Swim with Special Geekspeaker Duh Boss