Super Fantastic Nerd Hour!
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Super Fantastic Nerd Hour!
The Super Fantastic Nerd Hour is a podcast dedicated to all the things that nerds love. We explore science fiction, fantasy, comic books, TV shows, movies, video games, and sometimes action figures. During the INFINITE CROSSOVER CHAMBER we mashup our favorite characters against each other to see who...
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Episode 73: Mr. Robot, Mr. Robot VS. Fight Club, Top 5 Unreliable Narrators
"The world itself is just one big hoax." We review season 1 of USA's critically acclaimed new series Mr. Robot! What makes Mr. Robot one of the most m...
Bonus Episode 2: How Much Is Too Much?
"We’ve been charged with telling new stories for a younger generation because they deserve what we all had — a mythology to call their own." Disney's...
Episode 72: Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Rogue Nation VS. Ghost Protocol, Top 5 Rogues
“Hunt is the living manifestation of destiny and he has made you his mission.” We (non-spoiler) review the fifth entry into the Mission: Impossible fr...
Episode 71: Humans, Humans VS. Ex Machina, Top 5 Warnings to the Future
“They are as close to humans as can be, and yet still people insist that forming a relationship with them or treating them with dignity is somehow per...
Episode 70: Ant-Man, Ant-Man VS. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Top 5 Animal Companions
"This is not some cute tech like the Iron Man suit!" We review the newest edition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe — Ant-Man! After over a decade of d...
Episode 69: Jurassic World, Jurassic World VS. Godzilla, Top 5 Hubris Stories
“That thing out there…that is no dinosaur.” We review the wildly successful Jurassic World! How does this 4th entry compare against Jurassic Park, The...
Episode 68: Tomorrowland, Tomorrowland VS. Pirates of the Caribbean, Top 5 Disney Rides
“I get things are bad, but what are we doing to fix it?” We explore Disney’s Tomorrowland! Does Brad Bird’s film live up to the vision of Walt Disney’...
Episode 67: Mad Max: Fury Road, Fury Road VS. Road Warrior, Top 5 Crazy Vehicles
“Oh what a day, what a lovely day!” We review George Miller’s long awaited Mad Max sequel — Fury Road! How does Fury Road honor its source material wh...
Episode 66: Multiversity, Multiversity VS. Watchmen, Top 5 Parallel Universes
“What if these comic books are bleeding through from parallel worlds?” We give a spoiler-free review of Multiversity, the Eisner-nominated series from...
Episode 65: Avengers: Age of Ultron, MCU Phase 1 VS. Phase 2, Top 3 Joss Whedon Moments
“There is only one path to peace — your extinction.” We kickoff the summer blockbuster season by reviewing Avengers: Age of Ultron! Does Marvel Studio...
Episode 64: Ex Machina, Ex Machina VS. Blade Runner, Top 5 Robots
“What will happen to me if I fail your test?” We review Alex Garland’s new film — Ex Machina! How does it reinterpret the famous Turing Test for Artif...
Episode 63: Netflix’s Daredevil, Daredevil vs. Gotham, Top 5 Worst Superhero Movies
“I’m asking for forgiveness for what I’m about to do.” Without spoilers, we review Marvel’s new TV series Daredevil! How did we get from a critically...
Episode 62: Furious 7, Fast and Furious VS. Mission: Impossible, Top 5 Guilty Pleasures
“The most important thing in life will always be the people in this room, right here, right now.” We discuss the latest entry into the Fast and Furiou...
Episode 61: Wonder Women: The Untold Story of American Superheroines, Wonder Woman VS. Jean Grey, Top 5 Female Role Models
“Make a hawk a dove, stop a war with love, make a liar tell the truth!” We discuss Kristy Guevar-Flanagan’s documentary Wonder Women: The Untold Story...
Episode 60: House of Cards, House of Cards VS. The West Wing, Top 5 Anti-Heroes
“Money gives power, well, a run for its money.” We discuss Netflix’s House of Card: Season 3! What happens to Kevin Spacey’s Frank Underwood when the...
Episode 59: Community, Community VS. Arrested Development, Top 5 TV Schools
“My umbrella concern is that you as a character represent the end of what I used to call ‘our show.’“ Community returns and we review the Yahoo! produ...
Episode 58: Black Mirror, Black Mirror VS. The Twilight Zone, Top 5 TV Anthologies
“The faker the fodder is the more you love it.” We explore (without spoilers) Charlie Brooker’s British anthology series Black Mirror. What makes this...
Episode 57: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Oscar Wao VS. Ready Player One, Top 5 Influential Media
“It’s never the changes we want that change everything.” We explore The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz. How does Díaz’s story about a...
Episode 56: Remembering Leonard Nimoy
“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory.” We depart from our regularly scheduled programming to reme...
Episode 55: Kingsman: The Secret Service; Kingsman VS. Kick-Ass, Top 5 British Exports
"Manners maketh man!" We discuss all things Kingsman: The Secret Service! Why did director Mathew Vaughn leave X-Men: Days of Future Past to make this...
Episode 54: The Man in the High Castle, The Man in the High Castle VS. Agent Carter, Top 5 Made for Streaming Programming
“We lost the war.” Join us as we discuss the newest Philip K. Dick science fiction adaptation — Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle! How does Amazon c...
Episode 53: Predestination, Presdestination VS. All You Zombies, Top 5 Film Plot Twists
“I know where I came from — but where did all you zombies come from?” We discuss Ethan Hawke’s new science fiction film — Predestination! How does its...
Episode 52: SyFy’s 12 Monkeys, 12 Monkeys (TV) VS. 12 Monkeys (Film), Top 5 Movies to TV
“What if you could take it back? All of it? A reset switch? You'd hit it right?” We review SyFy’s series premiere of 12 Monkeys! How has the story dep...
Episode 51: Marvel’s Agent Carter, Agent Carter VS. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Top 5 Agents
“During the war I had a sense of purpose - now I connect the calls but never get to make them.” Join us as we review the series premiere of Marvel’s A...
Episode 50: What is a Nerd, Nerds VS. Geeks, Top Nerdy Moments of 2014
It’s our 50th episode spectacular! We bring back your favorite guests to answer the essential question of what is a nerd? How are nerds different from...
Episode 49: Into the Woods, Into the Woods VS. Les Misérables, Top 5 Fairytale Retellings
“Anything can happen in the woods.” We review Disney’s film adaptation of Into the Woods! Is this a fitting adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s classic B...
Episode 48: SyFy’s Ascension, Ascension VS. REDACTED, Top 5 TV Miniseries
“In the 60s your father was convinced that the U.S. could launch an interstellar spaceship — I think he did it." We review SyFy Channel’s Ascension! H...
Episode 47: The Theory of Everything, The Theory of Everything VS. A Beautiful Mind, Top 5 Biopics
“There should be no boundaries to human endeavor.” Your favorite nerds review the Stephen and Jane Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything! Are the po...
Episode 46: The Martian, The Martian VS. MOON, Top 5 Survival Stories
“As with most of life's problems, this one can be solved by a box of pure radiation.” We discuss Andy Weir’s breakout scifi novel The Martian! How did...
Episode 45: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, Katniss Everdeen vs. Sarah Connor, Top 5 Things to Watch on Thanksgiving
“Fire Is Catching!” We review The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1! Can Suzanne Collins’s slim novel be adapted into two films? What’s Mockingjay sayi...
Episode 44: Big Hero 6, Disney vs. Pixar, Top 5 Animated Films
“Flying makes me a better care provider!” Your favorite nerds review Big Hero 6! How did this Disney film about Marvel superheroes come to be? Is this...
Episode 43: Interstellar, Interstellar VS. Contact, Top 5 Space Epics
“Mankind was born on Earth. It was never meant to die here.” Join us as we explore Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar! What makes the film a spectacular...
Episode 42: Birdman, Birdman VS. Fight Club, Top 5 Celebrity Comebacks
“You mistake love for admiration." We review Birdman, the new film from director Alejandro González Iñárritu! How does the film parallel Michael Keato...
Episode 41: Constantine, Constantine Vs. Ripley, Top 5 Monster Hunters
“I'm a nasty piece of work!” We review “Non Est Asylum”, the pilot episode of NBC’s Constantine! What makes this DC comic book antihero unique and wha...
Episode 40: The Walking Dead Season 5, Rick Season 1 VS. Rick Season 5, Top 5 Walking Dead Characters
“We were trying to do something good. We were being human beings.” We discuss the return of AMC’s The Walking Dead! What makes this show unique in the...
Episode 39: New York Comic Con, Harley Quinn VS. Captain America, Top 5 Ways to Improve NYCC
We recap our journey to what just became the largest fan gathering in the country — New York Comic Con 2014! Did the ambitious NYCC Super Week experim...
Episode 38: Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: Rebels VS. Star Wars: Clone Wars, Top 5 Animated TV Shows
“If all you do is fight for your own life than your life is worth nothing.” We review Spark of the Rebellion, the pilot episode of Star Wars: Rebels!...
Episode 37: Pulp Fiction’s 20th Anniversary, Pulp Fiction VS. Sin City, Top 5 Non-Linear Movies
"Just because you are a character doesn't mean that you have character." We celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction! How di...
Episode 36: Gotham, Gotham VS. Smallville, Top 5 Batman Villains
"Fear doesn't need conquering. Fear tells you where the edge is." We start the nerdiest season ever on TV with our review of Fox’s Gotham! What were w...
Episode 35: LOST's 10th Anniversary, LOST VS. Battlestar Galactica, Top 5 LOST Characters
“Live together, die alone.” 10 years after its television premiere, we revisit LOST! How did the show get its start? What made it a success among crit...