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

  • #031: Lore-full Kombat

    July 5th, 2020  |  2 hrs 20 mins
    defenders of the realm, ed boon, fighting game, geek, john tobias, mortal kombat, mortal kombat 11, mortal kombat x, nerd, video game

    Mortal Kombat has always delivered the violence, but story? General Tyler insists it's so, and regales us all.

  • #030: Threat Level Midnighter

    June 29th, 2020  |  2 hrs 2 mins
    action, apollo, authority, batman, comics, dc, gay, geek, midnighter, nerd, pride, relationship, sci fi, stormwatch, warren ellis, wildstorm

    To close out Pride month, Your Generals shine a spotlight on one of their favorite gay comic book heroes. Midnighter.

  • #029: Tear Apart the Sky: Our Look at Fast Color

    June 22nd, 2020  |  1 hr 42 mins
    2018, 2020, black, christopher denham, david strathairn, fast color, gugu mbatha-raw, julia hart, lorraine toussaint, saniyya sidney, superhero

    BlackLivesMatter and diversity in genre film is important, so this week your Generals try to do their best to shed a light on the fantastic superhero film Fast Color.

  • #028: Quarantine Tarantin-off (w/ Eustacia)

    June 14th, 2020  |  2 hrs 31 secs
    critique, debate, django unchained, geek, kill bill, nerd, pulp fiction, quentin tarantino

    As General Zac takes the week off, friend of the show Eustacia comes back to have their say about Quentin Tarantino. Will General Tyler's emotions hold up? Do Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, and Django Unchained hold up?

  • #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.

  • #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".

  • #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.

  • #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!

  • #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)

  • #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.

  • #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.

  • #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!

  • #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.

  • #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!.

  • #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.

  • #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.