General Nerdery

#055: Our Resolve Crumbles: Watching WW84 (w/ Tiffany)

January 25th, 2021  |  1 hr 32 mins

1984, dc comics, dceu, gal gadot, kristin wiig, patty jenkins, pedro pascal, wonder woman, ww84

Now that we're at the end of Wonder Woman 1984's initial streaming run, Your Generals have decided to check in with their fried Tiffany to see how they all felt about it.

#054: Nerds of Clay

January 11th, 2021  |  1 hr 52 mins

Back to Discworld! This week Your Generals, in honor of the new series on the BBC, take a look back in on the Ankh-Morpork City Watch and read Feet of Clay!

#053: The Mandalorian Season 2 Recap

January 4th, 2021  |  2 hrs 2 mins

ahsoka, baby yoda, boba fett, darksaber, din djain, disney, giancarlo esposito, grogu, moff gideon, pedro pascal, star wars, the child, the mandalorian, western

The Mandalorian Season 2 has ended, and with season 3 a year away Your Generals decide to talk about it now.

#052: Wookies in the Mist, A Star Wars Holiday Special Commentary (w/ Cece and Stephen)

December 28th, 2020  |  1 hr 47 mins

art carny, bea arthur, boba fett, carrie fisher, chewbacca, harrison ford, harvey korman, life day, mark hamill, peter mayhew, star wars, wookies

To close out the holiday season, Your Generals turn back to the Star Wars Universe, gather some friends, and talk all over The Star Wars Holiday Special.

#051: Disney News (and Further Accurate Ramblings About an Adaptation) (w/ Cece)

December 21st, 2020  |  2 hrs 45 mins

amazon, apocalypse, armageddon, david tennant, good omens, michael sheen, neil gaiman, terry pratchett

This was going to be an easy episode about the Good Omens adaptation, and then Disney had an investor meeting...

#050: The Nice and Accurate Ramblings of Three Nerds Over a Book (w/ Cece)

December 14th, 2020  |  2 hrs 23 mins

apocalypse, aziraphale, crowley, good omens, neil gaiman, terry pratchett

To mark our 50th episode The Generals are joined by General Zac's wife, Cece, to talk about the amazing Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett collaboration, Good Omens.

#049: Wizard at War (w/ Dickie)

November 15th, 2020  |  1 hr 58 mins

battle grounds, book discussion, chicago, detective, dresden files, dresdenverse, geek, harry dresden, jim butcher, nerd, peace talks, wizard

2020 saw the return of the Dresden Files in a big way thanks to the release of not one, but two books (but kinda one). So Your Generals have invited back their Summer Knight, Dickie, to talk about these latest offering from Jim Butcher.

#048: It's Not Easy Being Green

November 9th, 2020  |  1 hr 24 mins

al ewing, body horror, comic book, horror, hulk, jekyll and hyde, joe bennett, marvel, the immortal hulk

Turns out the World's Most Dangerous weapon can't be killed and has an all new personality. So this week Your Generals join in on tracking down and discussing The Immortal Hulk.

#047: Un Poco Coco

November 2nd, 2020  |  1 hr 26 mins

adrian molina, anthony gonzalez, coco, day of the dead, death, dia de los muertos, dia de muertos, disney, family, geek, latine, lee unkrich, mexico, nerd, pixar

This week Your Generals mark Dia de Muertos by viewing, and crying at, the Pixar film Coco.

#046: For a Few Mandos More (w/ Eustacia)

October 26th, 2020  |  1 hr 34 mins

baby yoda, din djarin, disney, geek culture, jon favreau, nerd culture, star wars, the child, the mandalorian, western

Last time we talked about The Mandalorian , the season was only half done. So this week we invite Eui back to finish the 1st season off in high anticipation of the second.

#045: It Can't Rain All the Time (w/ Danny)

October 19th, 2020  |  1 hr 49 mins

1994, 90s, brandon lee, caliber comics, comic book, goth, grief, james o'barr, sting, the crow, tragedy

Being in the dark and (somewhat) spooky season, Your Generals reflect on one of Tyler's favorites for this time of year, The Crow. And since it's getting closer to being spooky they bring in Danny from the Fried Squirms to help out!

#044: Top of the Pulps

October 12th, 2020  |  1 hr 58 mins

clark ashton smith, conan the barbarian, cosmic horror, cthulhu, geek culture, h. p. lovecraft, lovecraft, nerd culture, pulp fiction, robert e. howard, sword and sorcery, the rats in the walls, the return of the sorceror, the tower of the elephant, weird fiction, weird tales

This week Your Generals take a look back to the early part of the 1900s and talk about some pulp fiction from three of the masters: Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, and H. P. Lovecraft.

#043: B-List Batman Baddies

October 5th, 2020  |  2 hrs 1 min

batman, calendar man, comic books, dc comics, geek culture, hush, man-bat, nerd culture, professor hugo strange, professor pyg, rogues gallery, scarface, the ventriloquist

This week Your Generals head back to Arkham Asylum to check out some lesser known Batman villains. Of interest this time are Man-Bat, Hush, Professor Pyg, The Ventriloquist, Professor Hugo Strange, and Calendar Man.

#042: Unicron Attacks! The Transformers: The Movie

September 28th, 2020  |  1 hr 47 mins

1986, beast wars, eric idle, frank welker, geek culture, juss nelson, leonard nimoy, nerd culture, optimus prime, orson welles, peter cullen, robot, the transformers: the movie, toy, transformers

In disguise or not, when a robot the size of a moon approaches a world, people notice. When you get together this voice cast for a movie based on a pop culture landmark like the Transformers, Your Generals notice...and talk about it.

#041: Second Contact: A Voyage to the Lower Decks

September 21st, 2020  |  1 hr 28 mins

cerritos, eugene cordero, geek culture, jack quaid, lower decks, mike mcmahan, nerd culture, noël wells, second contact, star trek, tawny newsome

This week Your Generals tour the U.S.S. Cerritos and check in on what has been happening on Star Trek: Lower Decks.

#040: Black Panther Forever

September 13th, 2020  |  1 hr 41 mins

black panther, chadwick boseman, christopher priest, dune, geek, jack kirby, marvel, nerd, t'challa, ta-nehisi coates, wakanda

To honor Chadwick Boseman's passing, Your Generals decided this week to talk about the character he immortalized in nerddom. Black Panther