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November 02, 2020Is Oscar Isaac the Right Choice for Moon Knight? | Nerds Talk Movies #22
We are back with another new episode of Nerds Talk Movies. This week, we discuss a few stories revolving around MGM movies. Also, Johnny has a deep dark secret to share regarding the Rocky franchise.
In our story of the week, we discuss the possibility of Oscar Isaac playing Moon Knight in the Disney+ MCU series. Is this a good casting? Would it be shocking to see Isaac working under the Disney banner again after the Star Wars franchise? We get into all that and so much more.
And finally, we have our Lightning Round segment. This week, we share our impressions on Javicia Leslie’s Batwoman suit for Batwoman season 2 and Curran Walter’s Red Hood suit for Titans season 3.
Timestamps -
What Are We Watching? - 2:16
Arrested Development (Taylor) - 2:20
The Mandalorian, Scream, Scream 2, Archer (Johnny) - 4:33
Oscar Isaac in Talks to Play Moon Knight - 10:10
MGM Reportedly Attempted to Sell No Time to Die Streaming Rights - 21:04
Michael B. Jordan Could Direct Creed 3 - 31:10
Johnny Has Never Seen a Rocky Movie - 32:53
James Gunn Has Green Light to Kill Off Any Character in The Suicide Squad - 36:08
Joe Manganiello to Reprise His Role as Deathstroke in the Snyder Cut... - 43:38
... And Johnny's Take on Jared Leto Coming Back as Joker - 43:38
Matthew McConaughey Pitched to Play The Hulk (and Marvel Turned Him Down) - 52:30
Johnny and Taylor Fan-Cast McConaughey in the MCU - 57:00
Universal Drops One Last Trailer for Freaky - 1:00:30
Assassin's Creed Series in the Works at Netflix - 1:03:40
RIP Sean Connery - 1:09:36
Our Favorite Sean Connery Movies - 1:10:52
Nerds Talk Movies: The Lightning Round (Marvel Finds Director for Moon Knight, Batwoman Suit First Look, Red Hood Suit First Look, Tomb Raider 2 Delayed Indefinitely) - 1:16:06

Finally, If you like what you hear, don't forget to follow us on Twitter @NerdStashShow and Discord at The Nerd Stash Community. We can't wait to hear from you!
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1h 34min
October 30, 2020A Bonanza of PlayStation News | The Nerd Stash Show #37
Hello, and welcome back to a new episode of The Nerd Stash Show. We've got a packed show that makes us run long, but it's filled with some great conversation so make sure to listen to the entire episode!
Sony has dominated the news cycle this week dropping bits of PlayStation 5 since we last recorded. We also got some updates about Sony's interest in growing internal studios rather than buying them, Destruction AllStars getting delayed (but with awesome PlayStation Plus news alongside it), and Bugsnax moving to PlayStation Plus for the launch of PlayStation 5.
That's not all, we might FINALLY (but also not) have confirmation about Bethesda's (maybe, maybe not) exclusivity on Xbox. When will this story ever end? We have a long discussion about CD Projekt Red since Cyberpunk 2077 got a short and sudden delay, but there's a deeper conversation about the studio's culture. To round the show out, there's more troubling news about Halo Infinite and the upcoming Ubisoft games Far Cry 6 and Rainbow Six Quarantine (why hasn't the name changed yet?) both getting a delay due to COVID-19. Whew... So much news we had to cut a bunch of stuff out!
Timestamps -
What Are We Playing? - 4:15
Sony Updates - 13:25
Destruction AllStars Delayed and Moved to PS Plus - 13:25
PlayStation Plus November Games Revealed (BUGSNAX!!!!) - 24:20
Is Sony Buying More Studios? - 32:45
Another Hint at the Future of Bethesda Games - 43:15
Cyberpunk 2077 Shocking Delayed Again - 55:00
Another Halo Infinite Director Leaves - 1:13:30
Far Cry 6 and Rainbow Six Quarantine Delayed - 1:18:00
Finally, If you like what you hear, don't forget to follow us on Twitter @NerdStashShow and Discord at The Nerd Stash Community. We can't wait to hear from you!
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1h 24min
October 26, 2020Jared Leto's Joker Is In The Justice League Snyder-Cut | Nerds Talk Movies #21
The Fast and Furious saga is coming to an end. Jared Leto is playing Joker again. Tom Holland gives us our first look at the Uncharted movie. Also, Brandon makes his triumphant return to host and share some of his spoiler-filled thoughts on Lost. This is an episode you won’t want to miss!
In our Lightning Round, we talk about new release dates for a few movies and the trailer for Hulu’s Animaniacs reboot.
Finally, in the spirit of Halloween, we wrap up the show by listing our scariest movie villains of all-time. Be sure to check out the full show but if you can’t, we have timestamps for everything we talk about down below:
Timestamps -
What Are We Watching? - 2:58
Seinfeld (Taylor) - 2:58
Lost (MAJOR SPOILERS) (Brandon) - 5:57
Hubie Halloween (Brandon) - 14:02
Dragon Ball Super (Brandon) - 17:34
Fast and Furious 11 To End The Fast Saga - 23:45
Jared Leto Back As The Joker For Snyder's Justice League - 34:30
First Look at Tom Holland as Nathan Drake - 45:16
Back To The Future Co-Writer Explains Why There Won't Be A Sequel - 48:55
Quibi Shutting Down - 54:06
Nerds Talk Movies: The Lightning Round (New Release Dates For Multiple Films, Animaniacs Trailer Reaction, etc.) - 1:03:08
Who Are The Scariest Horror Movie Villains - 1:10:30
Finally, If you like what you hear, don't forget to follow us on Twitter @NerdStashShow and Discord at The Nerd Stash Community. We can't wait to hear from you!
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1h 29min
October 23, 2020Wait... Are Bethesda's Games Exclusive to Xbox, or No? | The Nerd Stash Show #36
Hello, and welcome back to another new episode of The Nerd Stash Show, our first since we celebrated our first anniversary! Taylor has the week off, so it's just Brandon and Johnny and while there isn't a lot of big, earth-shattering news, there's some Phil Spencer comments that are in desperate need of break down. Kotaku asked Spencer whether or not Microsoft can make back its $7.5 billion (!) investment in ZeniMax Media. The internet was set ablaze when Spencer said "yes," so does that put the nail in the coffin for PlayStation fans? Let's talk about it.
In other news, Sucker Punch seems to be hiring for a Ghost of Tsushima sequel, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez broke into the Twitch history books with her first stream of Among Us, and Nintendo decided to celebrate Fire Emblem's 30th anniversary better than Mario's. Take a listen!
Timestamps -
What Are We Playing? - 2:25
Phil Spencer Interview - 23:10
Halo: The Master Chief Collection Getting Xbox Series X Enhancements - 38:00
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Plays Among Us on Twitch, Breaks Records - 40:45
Is a Ghost of Tsushima Sequel Coming? - 45:50
Ubisoft Connect Announced with Cross-Progression and Rewards - 51:25
The Original Fire Emblem is Coming to Switch - 54:55
Finally, If you like what you hear, don't forget to follow us on Twitter @NerdStashShow and Discord at The Nerd Stash Community. We can't wait to hear from you!
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1h 11min
October 19, 2020Welcome Back Dexter Morgan! | Nerds Talk Movies #20
Surprise, (insert expletive here)! Television’s most beloved serial killer is back. Yes, we’re going to be talking about the limited return of Showtime’s Dexter. While we’re definitely excited to see a new season, we’re also a little concerned about how the series will continue after its abysmal finale.
Also on the show, we question our sanity over a few Marvel rumors, talk about the Monster Hunter trailer (unfortunately), and tackle a few stories in our Nerds Talk Movies: Lightning Round segment. Be sure to check it all out in the timestamps below!
Timestamps -
Check Out Our Latest Episodes - 1:18
What Are We Watching? - 2:00
Finished Hannibal, Seinfeld (Taylor) - 2:00
The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor (Johnny) - 6:05
Dexter Is Coming Back!!! - 9:39
Are Tobey Maguire And Andrew Garfield In Spider-Man 3? - 22:18
Michael B. Jordan To Produce Static Shock Movie - 28:50
Mad Max Spin-Off/Prequel Movie Casts Furiosa - 35:21
Let’s Talk About The Monster Hunter Trailer - 43:45
Tatiana Maslany Isn’t Playing She-Hulk, After All? This Is Getting Confusing - 51:20
Nerds Talk Movies: The Lightning Round (George Lucas And His Version Of Star Wars: Episode 8, Neve Campbell Talks About The New Scream Movie, And I Know What You Did Last Summer Is Getting A TV Show) - 57:29
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1h 13min
October 16, 2020Developer Draft 2020 (Happy Anniversary!) | The Nerd Stash Show #35
Hello, and welcome to a brand new episode of The Nerd Stash Show! It's our biggest episode yet as we celebrate our anniversary! On October 11, 2019 (how times were simpler back then...) Brandon and Taylor decided to record the first episode of the newly rebooted show, LIVE! While we dropped the live format, we kept trucking on, bringing on a few others along the way, overcoming personal life zaniness, and bringing you a brand new episode of The Nerd Stash Show every week. We're so happy to be doing this, and it's because of you we've seen any amount of success over the past 12 months. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.
To celebrate, we decided to throw a developer draft party! We looked at a bunch of developers -- whether they're first-party, third-party, or indie -- and tried to create our best lineup if we had the chance to buy them. Who went number one? Did anybody steal a pick? Who found the darkhorse of the draft? What does the final list shake out to look like? Why not take a listen?
Timestamps -
Intro/Thank You - 0:30
Rules of the Draft - 5:16
Round 1
Santa Monica Studio, Sony (Taylor) - 8:35
Insomniac Games, Sony (Brandon) - 12:25
Nintendo EPD, Nintendo (Johnny) - 15:10
Round 2
Respawn, EA (Taylor) - 19:00
Guerilla Games, Sony (Brandon) - 22:10
Naughty Dog, Sony (Johnny) - 25:50
Round 3
Kojima Productions, Indie (Taylor) - 30:05
Creative Business Unit 1, Square Enix (Brandon) - 33:30
Extremely OK Games, Indie (Johnny) - 36:10
Round 4
CD Projekt Red, CD Projekt S.A. (Taylor) - 40:50
Double Fine, Microsoft (Brandon) - 43:20
Rocksteady, WB Interactive (Johnny) - 45:15
Round 5
Rockstar Games, Take-Two (Taylor) - 49:20
Bungie, Bungie (Brandon) - 51:35
Sucker Punch Productions, Sony (Johnny) - 53:50
Round 6
The Behemoth, Indie (Taylor) - 56:37
Young Horse, Indie (Brandon) - 58:20
Cloud Chamber, 2K (Johnny) - 1:01:10
Round 7
The Initiative, Microsoft (Taylor) - 1:04:30
Vicarious Visions, Activision (Brandon) - 1:06:20
NetherRealm, WB Interactive (Johnny) - 1:07:55
Round 8
Popcap, EA (Taylor) - 1:09:55
Consumer Development Division 1, Capcom (Brandon) - 1:11:50
Yacht Club Games, Indie (Johnny) - 1:14:00
Round 9
Obsidian Entertainment, Microsoft (Taylor) - 1:17:00
Inti Creates, Indie (Brandon) - 1:19:55
Retro Studios, Nintendo (Johnny) - 1:21:20
Round 10
343 Industries, Microsoft (Taylor) - 1:23:30
Japan Studio, Sony (Brandon) - 1:25:20
Rare, Microsoft (Johnny) - 1:28:00
Wow! A lot of developers, a few surprising ones, and three completely different lists. Is there a developer you think we missed? What's your list of 10 developers you'd draft? Let us know in the comments!
Finally, If you like what you hear, don't forget to follow us on Twitter @NerdStashShow and Discord at The Nerd Stash Community. We can't wait to hear from you!
Don't forget to subscribe to your favorite podcasting services of your choice and leave a rating and comment. We'd appreciate it, and it helps us immensely.
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1h 39min
October 15, 2020The Boys Season 2 Spoiler Talk (Episodes 4-8) | Nerds Talk Movies Special
The Boys Season 2 has wrapped up with an absolutely insane finale, and we at Nerds Talk Movies have a TON of thoughts on it. Which characters shined? Where will the show go in Season 3? Will Black Noir ever make a full recovery? We’ll talk about all that and so much more in this spoiler-filled discussion!
Timestamps -
What We Liked - 3:11
What We Didn’t Like - 17:35
Top 5 Craziest Moments Of Season 2 - 30:46
Top 5 Standout Characters/Performances - 37:06
Breaking Down The Season 2 Finale - 53:25
Lamplighter - 1:07:20
Our Quick Predictions For The Boys Season 3 - 1:13:14
How Would We Rate This Season? Better Than Season 1? - 1:21:27
Don't forget to listen to our full thoughts about the first three episodes of Season 2!
Finally, If you like what you hear, don't forget to follow us on Twitter @NerdStashShow and Discord at The Nerd Stash Community. We can't wait to hear from you!
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1h 25min
October 12, 2020Will Hollywood Get Resident Evil Right This Time? | Nerds Talk Movies #19
Welcome back to another episode of Nerds Talk Movies! In this week’s installment, we get into the news of Constantin Film taking another crack at making a Resident Evil movie. How do we feel about the cast? Can Hollywood get a Resident Evil movie right? We’ll somewhat answer that while we poorly attempt to hide our excitement!
Also on the show, we have some strange news regarding Spider-Man 3, the showrunners from GoT reveal their thought process on the ending of “The Long Night,” and so much more.
In our Lightning Round segment, we have a ton of horror, Marvel, and DC news to talk about, from Don’t Breathe 2 to Vincent D'Onofrio’s wanting to play Kingpin again.
(There are major spoilers for Game of Thrones, Spider-Man: Far From Home, and Avengers: Endgame in this podcast)
Timestamps -
What Are We Watching? - 2:02
The Boys (Taylor) - 2:02
The Boys, Over The Garden Wall, The Haunting Of Hill House, The Haunting Of Bly Manor (Johnny) - 4:38
Resident Evil Origin Movie In The Works - 9:20
Benedict Cumberbatch Returning As Doctor Strange In Spider-Man 3 - 28:25
Patty Jenkins Shoots Down Rumors Of WW84 Releasing On Streaming Platforms - 36:54
Details For The Green Lantern HBO Max Series Revealed - 44:56
David Benioff Reveals That Other Names Were Considered To Have That Big Moment In Game Of Thrones’ “The Long Night” (GoT Series Spoilers Ahead) - 51:44
Nerds Talk Movies: The Lightning Round - 1:00:35
Finally, If you like what you hear, don't forget to follow us on Twitter @NerdStashShow and Discord at The Nerd Stash Community. We can't wait to hear from you!
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1h 23min
October 09, 2020We've Seen the Inside of the PlayStation 5 | The Nerd Stash Show #34
Hello, and welcome back to a new episode of The Nerd Stash Show. Taylor has the week off, so it's up to Brandon and Johnny to keep this train going. After a bevy of technical issues, the episode goes (mostly) smoothly. There aren't a ton of big news stories to go over this week, but we did get to see the inside of a PlayStation 5, thanks to an official breakdown video posted by Sony. Let's talk about how Sony seems to be combating overheating and noise issues, whether there might be custom side panels, and whether or not this news get us any more excited about the PS5.
There's also news about Sony rehauling Trophies a bit, Bugsnax launching on November 12th (with an impressive voice cast), xCloud might be making its way to the Xbox Series X/S, and some progress on Final Fantasy XVI.
We've also got a programing note about next week's show (it's our one-year anniversary!) and a final reminder about our Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time giveaway. Click here (bit.ly/CrashGiveaway if the link doesn't work for you) to enter before we pick a winner on October 12!
Timestamps -
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time Giveaway Final Reminder - 2:05
Programming Note About Next Week - 4:30
What Are We Playing? - 6:20
PlayStation 5 Teardown Shows the Console's Size and Cooling - 15:54
PlayStation Trophies Getting an Overhaul - 30:22
Bugsnax Coming November 12th, Goes Gold - 41:18
xCloud Coming to Console at Some Point in the Future - 45:35
Ghost of Tsushima: Legends and New Game+ Coming October 16th - 48:02
Is Final Fantasy XVI Coming Sooner Than We Thought? - 55:54
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remaster Coming Next Month - 1:00:57
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1h 10min
October 05, 2020Jamie Foxx Back as Electro in the MCU? | Nerds Talk Movies #18
We’re back with a shocking new episode of Nerds Talk Movies. In this episode, we react to Jamie Foxx playing Electro again and Iman Vellani being cast as Ms. Marvel for the upcoming Disney+ series. Also, we took some cues from the latest episode of The Nerd Stash Show by sharing our lists of 5 TV shows (and 1 movie franchise) we would want to have access to on a deserted island.
In the Lightning Round, we have some crazy stories to talk about including Disney green-lighting a sequel to 2019’s The Lion King, James Cameron’ providing an update on Avatar 2 and 3, Netflix’s criminally underrated Cobra Kai being renewed for a fourth season, and a whole lot more.
Finally, be sure to take part in The Nerd Stash Show’s current giveaway. We’ve partnered with Activision to give away five, yes FIVE, codes to the brand new Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, out now on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. You can enter here (https://bit.ly/CrashGiveaway if the link doesn't work for you) for your chance at one of five North America PlayStation 4 codes! The contest runs from October 2nd until October 11th, 2020 and we'll be picking a random winner on October 12th.
Finally, we had a few technical difficulties while recording this episode. We apologize for the quality of the audio and it should be corrected by our next episode!
Timestamps -
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time Giveaway - 1:16
What Are We Watching? - 2:02
Hannibal (Taylor) - 2:02
Succession, Schitt’s Creek, Archer (Johnny) - 4:15
Jamie Foxx To Play Electro Again, This Time In The MCU - 7:25
Disney Casts Iman Vellani To Play Ms. Marvel In Disney+ Series - 18:04
Nerds Talk Movies: The Lightning Round - 25:11
(2019's The Lion King Is Getting A Sequel, Netflix Renews Cobra Kai For Season 4, Our Thoughts On The Witches Trailer, Monster Hunter To Hit Theaters In 2020, etc.)
5 TV Shows And 1 Movie Franchise We Would Want Access To On A Deserted Island - 43:55
Black Sails (Taylor) - 44:40
Game Of Thrones (Johnny) - 46:47
Community (Taylor) - 50:48
Avatar: The Last Airbender (Johnny) - 53:00
Arrow (Taylor) - 56:40
Fullmetal Alchemist (Johnny) - 58:12
Supernatural (Taylor) - 1:02:54
It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia (Johnny) - 1:06:15
Psych (Taylor) - 1:08:38
Scrubs (Johnny) - 1:10:54
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (Taylor and Johnny) - 1:13:41

Finally, If you like what you hear, don't forget to follow us on Twitter @NerdStashShow and Discord at The Nerd Stash Community. We can't wait to hear from you!
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1h 21min

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