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Displaying items 11-20 of 214 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "tv shows".
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Episode 278: Only shooting stars break the mold
September 6th, 2023 | 1 hr 12 mins
80s animated, 80s movies, An American Tail, Beyond Good and Evil, Daredevil, Lenovo, Lucasfilm, MCU, Mario, Miyazaki, Netflix, Skull & Bones, Square Enix, Star Wars, TMNT, TV shows, Taylor Swift, The Walking Dead, Ukraine, aaron paul, adam driver, ahsoka, akira, amc networks, animalympics, barbie, bethesda games, bethesda softworks, boderlands 3, cdprojektred, charles martinet, chicken run, cyberpunk, dcu, disney+, doug bowser, ea sports, embracer group, final fantasy xvi, gen v, godzilla, handheld pc, late night hosts, max, mortal kombat, movies, nintendo, one piece, pete hines, red faction, redfall, rotten tomatoes, sag-aftra, saints row, stalker 2, stardew valley, starfield, stgray, super mario bros, the boys, the eras tour, the exorcist, the flash, the land before time, the little mermaid, todd howard, toho, ubisoft, video games, volition, warner bros, what if...?, wrc, x-men 97
Another summer ends, that means its new game season, and to start it off we have my early thoughts on Starfield, which is definitely going to be one of my favorite games. We also have a potential third strike coming as SAG-AFTRA looks to strike against the video game publishers. Doug Bowser opens up about Nintendo's future, and Skull & Bones hits another hurdle. Adam Drive, Aaron Paul and others speak out against the AMPTP, Toho drops a big new Godzilla trailer, and Ahsoka was amazing. Also my top 10 80s animated movies gets a shoutout.
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Episode 277: Have your pets spayed or neutered
August 30th, 2023 | 1 hr 10 mins
80s movies, 80s sci-fi, CBS, Fortnite, Harley Quinn, Highlander, MCU, Obi-Wan, PS Plus, Phil Spencer, Return of the Jedi, Rick and Morty, Star Trek, Star Wars, TMNT, TV shows, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Xbox, adam sandler, ahsoka, andor, arleen sorkin, back to the future, baldur's gate 3, batman, batman tas, bethesda softworks, bob barker, call of duty, chad stahelski, chinese theater, couch co-op, david ayer, dcu, disney+, district 9, dune, dune pt 2, empire strikes back, epic games, gamescom, godzilla, godzilla x kong, gran turismo, gremlins, happy gilmore, imagine dragons, james cameron, king kong, kobe, kobe bryant, lara croft, larian, lord of the rings, mamba mentality, mamba moments, marvel studios, modern warfare, monsterverse, moria, mortal kombat, movies, nba 2k24, neil blomkamp, paramount+, pokémon, ps5, robocop, saints row, scorsese, short circuit, sonic superstars, sonic team, sonic the hedgehog, sony playstation, star trek day, starfield, strange new worlds, suicide squad, the elder scrolls, the elder scrolls vi, the fast and the furious, the flash, the mandalorian, the old republic, the price is right, tron, video games, warner bros, warzone 2.0, wrath of khan, xbox series x|s, zendaya
Pour one out for the Homie Bob Barker, keeping all millennials and Gen Xers company on sick days. So more news out of Gamescom, including Baldur's Gate finally on Xbox, what Sonic's future holds, and how long it takes to follow the fellowship through Moria. Mortal Kombat isnt just rebooting its story, Sony jacks up its prices, and Imagine Dragons make a song for Starfield. Meanwhile, in Hollywood, WarnerBros delays movies, Disney releases streaming data, and the Late Night hosts launch a podcast. Also my favorite 80s SciFi movies.
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Episode 276: It'sa Not-a-me, Mario! Woo-Hoo!
August 24th, 2023 | 1 hr 33 mins
80 action movies, 80s movies, DC comics, Hulu, Lenovo, Mario, Microsoft, Netflix, Phil Spencer, Prey, Star Wars, TV shows, The Joker, The Terminator, Xbox, Xbox 360, abk, action hero, activision, activisionblizzard, age of empires, ahsoka, alan wake 2, amazon prime video, apple tv+, armored core 6, atari, atari 2600, atari 2600+, batman 89, bethesda softworks, blue beetle, call of duty, certain affinity, charles martinet, classic movies, cloud gaming, cloud streaming, commando, cyberpunk 2077, david ayer, dceu, dcu, diablo 4, die hard, disney+, dumb money, embracer group, epic, epic games, ewan mcgregor, fraiser, frozen 2, game stop, gamescom, gaming handhelds, godzilla, indiana jones, indiana jones and the last crusade, james gunn, kenobi, lethal weapon, lord of the rings, marvel comics, marvel snap, middle earth, miyamoto, modern warfare iii, monsterverse, mortal kombat 1, movies, nerf, nintendo, obi-wan kenobi, percy jackson, playstation 5, playstation portal, predator, ps5, quantic dream, remedy entertainment, robocop, rocky, rocky iv, rovio, sag strike, sega, sledgehammer games, sonic, sony playstation, star wars dark forces, star wars obi-wan, star wars visions, starfield, stonks, streaming, suicide squad, suits, super mario, superman, superman ii, tekken 8, the game awards, tolkien estate, treyarch, turok 3, twitch, ubisoft, unionization, video games, wga strike, workinman interactive, xbox game pass, xbox series x, zack snyder
If the title wasn't a giveaway, we have learned that Charles Martinet will not longer be the voice of Mario in future Mario games, tis a sad day in gaming. Yet at the same time Gamescom is currently going on in Germany, and we got a wealth of gaming news to talk about. Activision pulled the lid off of the Modern Warfare III, Atari is trying to make another comeback, and oh yeah, Microsoft is selling Activision streaming rights to Ubisoft. Meanwhile in Hollywoodland, the WGA continue their strike and call out the big three, Disney announces a slew of physical releases for digital only shows, and Ahsoka is the best live action Star Wars show, full stop. Plus I give my honest opinion about my top 10 favorite 80s movies.
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Episode 275: Puck Man Returns
August 17th, 2023 | 1 hr 10 mins
1980s, 80s comedies, 80s movies, Bethesda, Bruce Lee, Gal Gadot, Ghostbusters, Lucasfilm, MCU, Microsoft, Netflix, Playstation, Russia, Sony, TV shows, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Dark Tower, Tom Cruise, Tom holland, Xbox, activision, airplane!, ali g, amptp, ant-man, anthony mackie, assassins creed, barbenheimer, barbie, barbie movie, beverly hills cop, blizzard, bungie, caddyshack, call of duty, coming to america, dale gribble, daybreak games, dc universe online, dcu, destiny 2, epic games, hbo, house of the dragon, id software, indiana jones, james gunn, johnny hardwick, keith david, king of the hill, major league, marvel studios, max, metro 2033, metro series, mission impossible, modern warfare, modern warfare 3, movies, national lampoons vacation, nintendo, one crazy summer, overwatch 2, paramount, parks & rec, peacock, playstation studios, pokémon, quake, quake 2, rick & morty, sacha baron cohen, sag-aftra strike, savvy games group, scott pilgrim, sony pictures, spaceballs, stephen king, the embracer group, the emmys, the pokémon company, thq, thq nordic, three amigos, tmnt: the last ronin, toxic avenger, tron, tv viewership, twisted metal, ubisoft, uncharted, uncharted movie, video games, wga strike, wonder woman, xbox gamepass
Well Friends we are back for another week! And this time we have some Pokémon News, CoD news, and the identity of the Embracer Groups mystery almost investor, also Keith David joins another premier Bungie franchise. On the Hollywood side of things, the WGA and AMPTP seem to have gone back to the negotiating table, Wonder Woman 3 seems to be maybe happening, maybe not, Barbie continues to break records, and Hollywood accounting strikes again with Mission Impossible and Indiana Jones.
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Episode 274: Pokémon Presents: Tekken 8
August 9th, 2023 | 1 hr 10 mins
1970s, 8bitdo, Ben Affleck, Bethesda, EVO, Fallout, Hulu, I Am Groot, Jon Snow, MCU, Metroid Prime, Red Dead Redemption, Resident Evil, Ridley Scott, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV shows, The Godfather, Xbox, activision, adam devine, animal house, baldur's gate 3, barbie, barbie movie, batfleck, batman, blade runner, blazing saddles, bob iger, call of duty, capcom, charlottes web, chinatown, crayola, david ayer, dceu, dcu, disney+, edge of tomorrow, embracer group, emily blunt, eone, fatal fury, game of thrones, grease, groot, guilty gear strive, hasbro, hbo, infinity ward, james gunn, jaws, jonathan majors, kang, lin manuel miranda, lionsgate, little mermaid, loki, magic the gathering, marvel studios, mattel, max, metroid prime 4, modern warfare, monopoly, mortal kombat 1, movies, mtg, nintendo, nintendo switch, paradox pokémon, pixar, playstation 5, pokémon anime, pokémon presents, pokémon scarlet, pokémon violet, ps5, resident evil 2 remake, robin hood, rockstar games, sharknado, sonic the hedgehog, sony playstation, star trek strange new worlds, star trek the motion picture, steam, street fighter 6, suicide squad, superman, take two interactive, tcm, tekken 8, the aristocats, the ayer cut, the hulk, the phantom tollbooth, the pokémon company, the rescuers, the warriors, tiktok, turner classic movies, video games, wbdiscovery, wga strike, willy wonka & the chocolate factory, writers guild of america
We had some big gaming news over the last week between EVO 2023 and Pokémon Presents, thus giving us something to feast on before Gamescon. Meanwhile there has been a lot of movement out of Hollywood, not necessarily on the strike front, but news nonetheless. Barbie made a billion in under 20 days, Disney+ is following in Netflix's footsteps, and while Max is pulling a pandemic Netflix. Lin Manuel Miranda wants to adapt a classic for the stage, and Pixar isn't worried about the future. We cap off the show with the best movies from the 1970s.
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Episode 273: Be sure and tell ’em Large Marge sent you
August 2nd, 2023 | 57 mins 18 secs
007, 1960s, Discord, Final Fantasy, Gal Gadot, Ghostbusters, MCU, Microsoft, NASA, Netflix, Nickelodeon, Nicki Minaj, Planet of the Apes, Playstation, Square Enix, Star Wars, TMNT, TV shows, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, alien, bad boys, baldurs gate 3, barbenheimer, barbie, billy dee williams, call of duty, classic film, dcu, dead by daylight, disenchantment, disney+, divinity original sin, dolly, donald glover, dungeons and dragons, final fantasy 14, from russia with love, goldfinger, hello, incredible mr. limpet, james bond, karate kid, kraven the hunter, lando, lando calrissian, larian, loki, mario + rabbids, mary poppins, modern warfare 2, modern warfare 3, movies, nasa+, nickelodeon all star brawl, nintendo, nintendo switch, one hundred and one dalmatians, oppenheimer, paramount, path of exile, paul reubens, pee wee herman, playstation 5, pollyanna, ps5, respawn entertainment, sag strike, sakurai, sony pictures, sony playstation, spider-man beyond the spider-verse, star wars jedi: survivor, stephen amell, sucker punch, super mario, super smash bros, the jungle book, the odd couple, the parent trap, the sound of music, the sword in the stone, to kill a mockingbird, turner classic movies, venom 3, video games, warzone 2.0, wga strike, wonder woman, yellow submarine, zack snyder
Pour one out for the realest, PeeWee Herman, we lost a real one this week. PlayStation 5 continues to match its predecessors, and outsells its competition, and Microsoft decides to start selling you parts to fix your controllers. The WGA and SAG-AFTRA Strikes we are not talking about new movies so we have a list of my favorite movies from the 1960s, also news from the picket lines, Sony comes out with the first major delays, and Donald Glover ist aking over writing duties for Lando. Let's take a listen.
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Episode 272: A movieless Comic Con
July 27th, 2023 | 55 mins 49 secs
Christopher Nolan, Kevin Smith, Lucasfilm, MCU, Microsoft, Nickelodeon, Rick and Morty, Ryan Reynolds, Star Trek, Star Wars, TMNT, TV shows, Xbox, abk, activisionblizzard, alfred hitchcock, andor, animators, ash ketchum, bandai namco, barbenheimer, barbie, beetlejuice 2, borderlands, captain marvel, comic con international, cyberpunk 2077, disney+, dolphin, dreamworks, ftc, gamecube, godzilla, gundam, high on life, homelander, insomniac, invincible, jabba the hutt, kart racing games, marvel studios, marvels spider-man, mortal kombat 1, movies, nintendo, north by northwest, omni-man, oppenheimer, peacemaker, peter pan, playstation 5, pokémon, ps5, rear window, riot games, secret invasion, shrek, singing in the rain, sony playstation, star trek lower decks, star trek strange new worlds, star wars outlaws, steam, the boys, the marvels, ubisoft, venmo, video games, walt disney animation, walt disney studios
What happens when all the major studios pull out of comic con? nothing really, it keeps going because comic con is more then movies and television. We also learned about some major Ubisoft shakeups, kart racers are making a comeback, and Sony's Project Q leaks. Plus Barbenheimer makes for the 4th biggest box office weekend, MOVIES are in fact back! Also due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA Strikes, i have dedicated some time talking about old movies, this week we have my favorite movies made in the 1950's.
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Episode 271: Your Mission If you choose to accept it....
July 19th, 2023 | 58 mins 23 secs
MCU, Microsoft, Netflix, Playstation, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV shows, Tom Cruise, Xbox, activisionblizzard, assassins creed mirage, baldurs gate 3, bob iger, bungie, call of duty, casablanca, citizen kane, classic cinema, classic movies, cnbc, disney+, dumbo, ea sports, ea sports fc24, equity, ftc, grand theft auto, gta 6, guardians of the galaxy vol. 3, guerilla games, hitchcock, horizon forbidden west, horizon zero dawn, house of the dragon, larry hryb, major nelson, max, mission impossible, mission impossible dead reckoning part i, movies, nick fury, overwatch 2, paramount+, peacock, pinocchio, ps5, rockstar games, sag-aftra, sag-aftra strike, secret invasion, sega, sega saturn, skrulls, snow white, sony playstation, spock, star wars outlaws, strange new worlds, team fortress 2, the walt disney company, ubisoft, video games, vulcan, wga, wga strike, wizard of oz, xbl, xbox live gold, xbox series x
In solidarity with the WGA & SAG-AFTRA Strike this will be our last week reporting on new and newly released TV and Movie content, so we will go out with a bang a review of Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part I. Also the Xbox-Activision acquisition is one step closer to completion, finally. Also we will start talking about old movies, and going over things that are already out to you san enjoy content without being a scab! Lets all take a listen!
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Episode 270: Comic-Accurate Suit
July 12th, 2023 | 1 hr 1 min
Black Panther, MCU, Mega Man, Microsoft, Ridley Scott, Ryan Reynolds, San Diego Comic Con, Sony, Star Wars, TV shows, Xbox, abk, activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, ashoka, baldurs gate 3, barbenheimer, barbie, black noir, blade, blue beetle, bob iger, call of duty, capcom, classic gaming, coen brothers, dcu, deadpool 3, disney+, doom patrol, ea sports, elektra, emilia clark, exoprimal, ftc, gex the gecko, godzilla, green lanter, guy gardener, homelander, hugh jackman, insidious 3, james gunn, jurassic park, kit harrington, kobe bryant, limited run games, marvel games, max, mcui, metal gear solid, mister terrific, modern warfare ii, mortal kombat 1, movies, napoleon, nathan fillion, naughty dog, nba 2k24, neil druckman, nick fury, peacock, rebel moon, sdcc, secret invasion, sega, sega of america, shang-chi, simu liu, skrulls, stephen spielberg, street fighter 6, super mario bros movie, the boys, the emmy awards, the fast and the furious, toho, twisted metal, ufc 5, universal studios hollywood, video games, walt disney company, walt disney studios, warner bros, warzone 2.0, wga strike, wheel of time, wolverine, x-men, zack snyder
If the title doesn't give it away, Wolverine is finally wearing his comics accurate suit. THIS IS NOT A DRILL! 24 years later and its finally happening. Anyway, Microsoft seems to have won its case against the FTC, and its acquisition of ActivisionBlizzard should be able to go through. The Emmys have announced their nominees, Ashoka released a trailer, and Bog Iger isn't going anywhere anytime soon. That and a whole lot more.
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Episode 269: I drank a Grimace shake and recorded this episode
July 5th, 2023 | 1 hr 1 min
Assassin's Creed, Christopher Nolan, EA Games, Gal Gadot, Hulu, Insecure, Lucasfilm, MCU, Netflix, Psychonauts, Russel Crowe, Star Wars, TV shows, Xbox, activisionblizzard, alan arkin, alan wake remastered, amazon prime video, anime, annapurna interactive, apple vision pro, ark: survival evolved, assassin's creed black flag, baldur's gate 3, barbenheimer, barbie movie, barney, bloober team, boba fett, cleopatra, cma, crunchyroll, daedalic, disney+, double fine, ea sports, ea sports fc, elgato stream deck, fifa, football manager, friday the 13th the game, ftc, ftc v xbox, fx on hulu, games with gold, gattaca, gladiator, gollum, greta gerwig, hbo on netflix, hot wheels, indiana jones, indiana jones and the dial of destiny, issa rae, james mangold, jon favreau, kevin bacon, larian, max, movies, one piece, oppenheimer, playstation 5, ps+, sag-aftra, secret invasion, sega, sex education netflix, shaun of the dead, simon pegg, speed, stray, suicide squad isekai, the bear, the chronicles of narnia, the mandalorian, the sims, the sims 5, tim schafer, ubisoft, video games, warrior nun, wild card football, wo long: fallen dynasty
Happy Fourth of July! Well the FTC v Xbox case ended, and yeah, the FTC doesn't know what they are doing. The Sims could be the next game to go F2P, and Stray is finally coming to Xbox, and Ubisoft is remaking Black Flag just in time for Skull n Bones. Jon Favreau opens up about Din Djarin, Kevin Bacon heads back to TV and Netflix seems to be getting HBOs best hits? All hail the rise of Barbenheimer, Indy makes a small whip in the box office, and stop asking Russel Crowe about Gladiator 2. Plus we have a spoiler filled review of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.