Rod, Kriss and Karen discuss listener feedback, entertainment, James Gunn won’t be rehired, DC switches strategy, Blockbuster closing, MST3K crowd funding effort, Tyrese vs The Rock, black Buffy, Enter The Dragon remake, Venom, Altered Carbon season 2, Supergirl cast first trans superhero, Shiro is gay, Chris Hardwick is back, Fortnite makes 2 mil a day, Godzilla 2 changing monsters names, The Simpsons won’t recast Apu, Kat Graham playing April O’Neal, Fear The Walking Dead renewed, Patrick Stewart reprising his role as Picard, Ben Affleck still in The Batman, Roblox porn, Black Panther crosses 700 mil domestic, Netflix open to more spin-offs for Marvel shows, Claire won’t be in Iron Fist season 2, Zack Snyder wanted female Robin, Christopher Robin won’t be released in China, Quantic Dream loses legal battle, Flash movie, China has a laser gun, water on Mars, parents are paying for Fortnite coaching for their kids, Google hit with 5 billion dollar fine, Apple blocks passcode cracking tools used by cops, people can’t find the stars they bought and WhatsApp is leading to lynchings in India.
The Nerd Off: (Protected Content)
Wooooooow Aaron is out here slandering Kriss while he’s out taking care of business and representing Black press, and we find out he’s the one who switched up from the PS4 to the One X??? Crabs in a barrel man. No wonder he knows so much about scamming the system with these 4K TV prices that might as well have fallen off the truck. This web just gets deeper and deeper.
I was just gonna scroll past that news about Negan being in the new Tekken game. My man could barely handle Rick, what’s he supposed to do against real fighters? But then it hit me, this can be how we get the martial arts cinematic universe. I had to retire from fighting games a while ago but if you tell me niggas can pick up the sticks the next time they want to argue Bruce vs Jet Li? And once Hollywood gets wind of it there’s still a chance to get Tony Jaa and my nigga from The Raid on some projects together. It’s about time for the Kung Fu flick to make a comeback mainstream.
And nigga what?!?! China has lasers that set you on fire??? From a mile away? I thought Japan building gundams was bad enough, but this shit right here? Man when Skynet comes online I just hope they have the same problem as AI now and they can’t recognize Black faces.
Hello Nerd Off Crew,
I can’t believe it’s been like three weeks and we’re still talking about James Gunn. I thought we would’ve been done with that story by now. Guess y’all right and nobody gets cancelled but especially not white dudes.
I’m torn on the new Oscar changes. They’re moving up the date of the telecast (which will affect other film festivals and awards shows) and sticking to a three-hour show (which means some categories will get cut), in addition to the new category. I think Black Panther had a chance to be nominated in Best Picture, especially after more diverse filmmakers have joined the Academy. And if it’s not nominated for Best Picture, it’s got Best Costume Design (Ruth E. Carter) and Production Design (Hannah Beachler) on lock! We’ll see what happens.
Love the show,
Didi
Ok, I apologize upfront. This is long and I’m behind on shit.
On episode 110 “A COlt 45 Story”, Rod, you mention Dr. Nerdlove. I LOVE that dude, love his Youtube channel. Great to hear you like him, too. Definitely gonna check out “Death of Love”. Image Comics be on it!
Ya’ll also went in on my nigga Beast, tho! I wanted to defend him, but ya’ll were making good points. All the shit ya’ll mention, it makes sense to me now how Hank could become Dark Beast in the Age of Apocalypse TL (didn’t he escape to the regular 616?? Is he still around?).
Cloak and Dagger…in NEW ORLEANS?!?! This grabbed me more so than The Runaways, tho I may go back. Both have that YA vibe. That’s gotta be on purpose, so I look for that to crossover. And they dropped Misty’s name one episode of C&D, so we’ll see what develops with that.
How the culture of the NO is incorporated and the exploration of both of their powers was very interesting, especially with the origin of his cloak (I hope they bring it back). But the young nerd in me was really chomping at the bit for Cloak to pull people into that dark dimension and shoot “dark bullets.” One out of two ain’t bad!
The penultimate episode where Father Delgado’s lesson on The Hero’s Journey was used as a framing device for the episode was god-damn good.
Aight niggas,
Dazz
So, after listening to y’all talk about Tyrese, I just figured it out. Dave Bautista is the Tyrese of the Guardians cast. He probably been venting with other cast members behind the scenes, but he the only one dumb enough to risk his entire ass future with Marvel by publicly stepping out on that limb. Shit’s hilarious.