General Nerdery
The Generals gush about everything from Alpha Flight to Zardoz
About the show
Your Generals of Nerdery (Zac and Tyler) stop in every week to talk about some of their favorite things in the nerd and geek world as well as commentary on all the news in the world of genre.
Episodes
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#027: D'oh or Donut? The Simpsons Movie
June 8th, 2020 | 1 hr 42 mins
bart, geek, homer, lisa, marge, matt groening, movie review, nerd, pop history, simpson-mania, the simpsons
This week the Generals pop in and out of Springfield's past, more present past, and present, to talk about The Simpsons Movie.
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#026: Dancing With The Doctor
June 1st, 2020 | 1 hr 37 mins
billie piper, christopher eccleston, doctor who, geek, jack harkness, john barrowman, london, nerd, queer, rose, russell t davies, steven moffat, the doctor, the doctor dances, the empty child, world war 2
This week the Generals take a look back to the blitz and find hope in the Doctor Who two-parter, "The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances".
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#025: Batman's Silver Screen Rogues Gallery
May 25th, 2020 | 1 hr 52 mins
bane, batman, catwoman, clayface, comic book, dc, harley quinn, joker, killer croc, mr. freeze, penguin, poison ivy, ra's al ghul, rogue's gallery, rogues gallery, scarecrow, snyder cut, talia al ghul, the riddler, two face
If we're being honest, Batman relies on his foes quite a bit. This week the Generals listicle through those that have appeared on the silver screen.
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#024: General Nerdery vs. The Valiant Universe
May 18th, 2020 | 1 hr 59 mins
acclaim, archer and armstrong, bloodshot, comic books, comics, eternal warrior, geek, john shooter, livewire, nerd, ninjak, roku, shadowman, superheroes, valiant, x-o manowar
If Ninjak alone can take on the Valiant Universe then why not your Generals? This week Zac and Tyler ramble on about Valiant comics, characters, and castings!
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#023: Digging Digimon (w/ Tiffany)
May 10th, 2020 | 2 hrs 7 mins
2020, cosplay, digimon, digimon 02, digimon adventure, digimon tri, digimon: adventure, geek, nerd, reboot
Sometimes things getting rebooted makes sense, sometimes it goes full on insane. This week the Generals enlist help to look at Digimon Adventure: (2020)
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#022: Nerding Out in the Shadows
May 4th, 2020 | 1 hr 15 mins
cori gonzalez-macuer, geek, jemaine clement, jonathan brugh, mockumentary, nerd, stu rutherford, taika waititi, vampire, what we do in the shadows
This week, General Zac is introduced to Taika Waititi's vampire mockumentary, What We Do in the Shadows.
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#021: Now Entering Letterkenny
April 27th, 2020 | 1 hr 49 mins
canada, comedy, geek culture, jared keeso, k. trevor wilson, letterkenny, michelle mylett, nathan dales, nerd culture, small town
This week the Generals take a road trip up North and discuss the locals of a small town named Letterkenny.
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#020: Hey Kids! It's Jay and Silent Bob. (Reboot)
April 20th, 2020 | 1 hr 52 mins
420, 90s, ben affleck, geek culture, harley quinn smith, jason mewes, jay and silent bob, kevin smith, nerd culture, reboot, stoner
It's 4/20 and few stoners overlap as much with nerd and geek culture as Jay and Silent Bob. So this week the Generals take a look at Kevin Smith's Jay and Silent Bob Reboot!
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#019: Holy Rambling Richard Jokes Batman! Discussing Dick Grayson
April 13th, 2020 | 1 hr 23 mins
80th, agent 37, batman, bill finger, bob kane, dc comics, dick grayson, geek, grayson, nerd, nightwing, robin
Still separated from each other, your Generals gather digitally to discuss Dick Grayson.
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#018: BookVVyrms: Guards! Guards!
April 6th, 2020 | 1 hr 53 mins
carrot, discworld, dragons, fantasy, geek, geek culture, guards guards, humor, nerd, nerd culture, satire, terry pratchett, the watch, vimes
This week the Generals stop by Ankh-Morpork to check out their City Watch in the novel Guards! Guards!.
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#017: Paging Dr. Aphra
March 30th, 2020 | 1 hr 22 mins
beetee-one, black krrsantan, darth vader, dr. aphra, geek, indiana jones, kieron gillen, nerd, salvador larocca, star wars, triple-zero
Your Generals return to the Star Wars Universe to talk about one of their favorite new characters, Dr. Aphra.
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#016: Pokemon: The First Movie: General Nerdery Strikes Back (w/ Will)
March 23rd, 2020 | 1 hr 54 mins
1999, geek, geek culture, go, kunihiko yuyama, mewtwo strikes back, nerd, nerd culture, nintendo, pokemon, the first movie
For many, Pokemon helped define their childhood. The Generals are no exception to this and team up with a friend to stroll down memory lane and watch Pokemon: The First Movie.
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#015: Nerds from the Dwarf (w/ Jesse)
March 16th, 2020 | 1 hr 45 mins
british, chris barrie, craig charles, danny john-jules, geek, geek culture, grant naylor, lister, nerd, nerd culture, red dwarf, rimmer, robert llewellyn, sci-fi, science fiction, smeghead
Red Dwarf, a sci-fi comedy series that may just be Better Than Life. So your Generals bring in another seasoned nerd to dig into this more than the Jupiter Mining Corporation.
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#014: The Nerdery of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (w/ Sean)
March 8th, 2020 | 2 hrs 5 mins
breath of the wild, geek, geek culture, hyrule, link, nerd, nerd culture, nintendo, ocarina of time, the legend of zelda, timeline, twilight princess, zelda
Your Generals explore the legacy of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time with the help of a guide.
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#013: Brief News
March 2nd, 2020 | 1 hr 1 min
batman, borderlands, castlevania, dan didio, dc comics, geek, geek culture, kevin smith, kickstarter, nerd, nerd culture, planet of the apes
The Generals get together for a quick episode and talk a bit of Nerdy News. Batman, Borderlands, Big Shake-ups all inside!
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#012: Summer Knerds (w/ Dickie)
February 24th, 2020 | 2 hrs 7 mins
detective, dresden files, fae, faerie, fantasy, geek, geek culture, hard-boiled, harry dresden, jim butcher, modern fantasy, nerd, nerd culture, summer knight, wizard
The Generals enlist some help as they open up and dig into Summer Knight, from Jim Butcher's Dresden Files book series.