General Nerdery Podcast — Nerdery Posts

2020 saw the return of the Dresden Files in a big way thanks to the release of not one, but two books (but kinda one). So Your Generals have invited back their Summer Knight, Dickie, to talk about these latest offering from Jim Butcher.

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizNovember 15, 2020Nerd, geek, book discussion, Jim Butcher, Peace Talks, Battle Grounds, Harry Dresden, Wizard, detective, Chicago, Dresden Files, DresdenverseComment

#048: It's Not Easy Being Green

Turns out the World's Most Dangerous weapon can't be killed and has an all new personality. So this week Your Generals join in on tracking down and discussing The Immortal Hulk.

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizNovember 9, 2020Marvel, comic book, Hulk, The Immortal Hulk, Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, Horror, body horror, jekyll and hydeComment

#047: Un Poco Coco

This week Your Generals mark Dia de Muertos by viewing, and crying at, the Pixar film Coco.

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizNovember 2, 2020Coco, Disney, Pixar, Mexico, Dia de Muertos, Dia de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, family, death, Anthony Gonzalez, Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina, deek, nerd, latineComment

#046: For a Few Mandos More (w/ Eustacia)

Last time we talked about The Mandalorian , the season was only half done. So this week we invite Eui back to finish the 1st season off in high anticipation of the second.

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizOctober 26, 2020The Mandalorian, Jon Favreau, Disney, Star Wars, nerd culture, geek culture, western, Baby Yoda, The Child, Din DjarinComment

#045: It Can't Rain All the Time (w/ Danny)

Being in the dark and (somewhat) spooky season, Your Generals reflect on one of Tyler's favorites for this time of year, The Crow. And since it's getting closer to being spooky they bring in Danny from the Fried Squirms to help out!

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizOctober 19, 2020The Crow, Brandon Lee, 1994, 90s, James O'Barr, grief, Caliber Comics, comic book, goth, tragedy, StingComment

#044: Top of the Pulps

This week Your Generals take a look back to the early part of the 1900s and talk about some pulp fiction from three of the masters: Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, and H. P. Lovecraft.

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizOctober 12, 2020nerd culture, geek culture, Weird Tales, Pulp Fiction, Weird Fiction, Sword and Sorcery, Conan the Barbarian, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, H. P. Lovecraft, Lovecraft, Cthulhu, The Rats in the Walls, The Return of the Sorceror, The Tower of the Elephant, Cosmic HorrorComment

#043: B-List Batman Baddies

This week Your Generals head back to Arkham Asylum to check out some lesser known Batman villains. Of interest this time are Man-Bat, Hush, Professor Pyg, The Ventriloquist, Professor Hugo Strange, and Calendar Man.

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizOctober 5, 2020nerd culture, geek culture, DC comics, comic books, Batman, Hush, Man-Bat, Professor Hugo Strange, Professor Pyg, Calendar Man, The Ventriloquist, Scarface, Rogues GalleryComment

#042: Unicron Attacks! The Transformers: The Movie

In disguise or not, when a robot the size of a moon approaches a world, people notice. When you get together this voice cast for a movie based on a pop culture landmark like the Transformers, Your Generals notice...and talk about it.

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizSeptember 28, 2020geek culture, nerd culture, Transformers, The Transformers: The Movie, 1986, toy, robot, Optimus Prime, Beast Wars, Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, Orson Welles, Juss Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Eric IdleComment

#041: Second Contact: A Voyage to the Lower Decks

This week Your Generals tour the U.S.S. Cerritos and check in on what has been happening on Star Trek: Lower Decks.

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizSeptember 21, 2020nerd culture, geek culture, Star Trek, Lower Decks, Cerritos, Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noël Wells, Eugene Cordero, Second Contact, Mike McMahanComment

#040: Black Panther Forever

To honor Chadwick Boseman's passing, Your Generals decided this week to talk about the character he immortalized in nerddom. Black Panther

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizSeptember 13, 2020Black Panther, T'Challa, Marvel, Jack Kirby, Christopher Priest, Chadwick Boseman, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Wakanda, nerd, geek, DuneComment

#039: Nerds at Arms

This week Your Generals revisit Discworld and the Ankh-Morpork City Watch when they talk about Men at Arms.

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizSeptember 7, 2020nerd culture, geek culture, Terry Pratchett, Discworld, Ankh-Morpork, City Watch, Carrot, Captain Vimes, Fantasy, police, race, Men at ArmsComment

#038: Ryme City Mysteries: A Look at Detective Pikachu (w/Stephen)

With a detective presumed dead and his son looking for the truth alongside his Pokemon partner, Your Generals weigh in this week to say "Holy Crap! Did you see the size of that Torterra!?" To do so properly they'll need help. So enter Stephen as we watch Detective Pikachu. Plus DC Fandome news.

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizAugust 31, 2020geek, nerd, Detective Pikachu, pokemon, Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Bill Nighy, Ken Watanabe, DC Fandome, DC comics, DCU Comment

#037: Into the Spider-verse

No reason to hide it, this week Your Generals ramble on about one of the things they love most in life. Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse.

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizAugust 23, 2020general nerdery, spider-man, spider-verse, animated, spider-people, miles morales, peter parker, miguel o'hara, Stan Lee, geek, comic book, marvel, sonyComment

#036: Nerds of the Dragonlance Heroes

Recently General Zac became acquainted with seminal fantasy series Dragonlance. So it's off to Krynn we go to talk about the Heroes of the Lance.

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizAugust 17, 2020Dragonlance, Dungeons and Dragons, D&D, Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman, Margaret Weis, Heroes of the Lance, Chronicles, Raistlin, nerd, geekComment

#034: Elements of Avatar (w/ Griz)

This week, Your Generals recruit some help as they dive into Avatar: The Last Airbender, and look at some episodes that help define the series for them.

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizAugust 3, 2020nerd, geek, ATLA, Avatar, Last Airbender, Boy in the Iceberg, The Headband, Secret Tunnel, Sokka's Master, The Blind Bandit, GaangComment

#033: Your Obedient Servants: The Generals watch Hamilton

With it's arrival on streaming services, Your Generals have had the chance to watch Hamilton. Welcome to us gushing about it.

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizJuly 20, 2020geek, nerd, Hamilton, musical, Broadway, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Phillipa Soo, Alexander Hamilton, historical fictionComment

#032: So Your Fave is Problematic...(w/ Will & Áine)

In this episode Your Generals recruit some help to tackle a tricky subject. How we handle it when our favorite things are made by people that suck.

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizJuly 13, 2020Nerd, geek, diversity, asexuality, lesbian, POC, problematic, Lovecraft, Wagner, J.K. Rowling, Orson Scott CardComment

#030: Threat Level Midnighter

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

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizJune 29, 2020Midnighter, Pride, Warren Ellis, nerd, geek, Apollo, Wildstorm, Stormwatch, gay, relationship, batman, Authority, action, sci fi, comics, DCComment

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

#Black Lives Matter 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.

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizJune 22, 2020Fast Color, 2020, 2018, Julia Hart, superhero, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lorraine Toussaint, Saniyya Sidney, Christopher Denham, David Strathairn, blackComment

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

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?

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizJune 14, 2020geek, nerd, Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Django Unchained, debate, critiqueComment