Should online streaming platforms be banned from film festivals and awards?

We love you, Netflix

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where we give you a very special mini-epilogue this week thanks to Marvel Comics. There’s some fantastic (4) news, what’s new for the Inhumans and even the X-Men have tons talk about during this special Marvel take over!

Heading into level two, Sony is dropping the price of the PSVR but does that spell the death of VR? There’s also some sad news for Amazon’s Breakaway game and Square Enix is making some bold moves with their new gaming studio.

Over in the world of entertainment, there’s some tragic news for everyone who was excited for The Dark Phoenix and New Mutants movies. Stephen King takes over the second half of our entertainment section with news about the upcoming Tommyknockers movie and some possibly less exciting news about the upcoming adaptation of The Stand.

Our epilogue this week is about streaming services being banned from film festivals and awards.

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All about Our epilogue topic: https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2018/03/27/banning-netflix-amazon-from-festivals-and-awards-is-wrong/#194e95357bf6

Check out PSVR!: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/explore/playstation-vr/?emcid=pa-pe-97928

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When will we grow tired of Superhero films?

Will Infinity War be too much?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where DC is going to be having a ton of crossovers both with Archie comics AND Hanna-Barbera! Level one gets wrapped up with Marvel’s newest talent acquisition…and boy is it one hell of a doozy.

Heading into level two, micro-transactions are back on the table as we break down what extra costs might just be in Far Cry 5. Valve is getting BACK into game creation and Microsoft is looking to mix things up at this years E3.

Over in the world of entertainment, there’s potentially sad news on the horizon for Ash vs The Evil Dead. Tony gets his horror geek card out for all-new Rob Zombie news and the Alamo Drafthouse is bringing back VHS’s like its 1989!

Our epilogue this week is about the superhero movie bubble.

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All about The Devil’s Rejects: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Rejects

Check out Far Cry 5!: https://far-cry.ubisoft.com/game/en-us/home

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It’s Harley’s 25th birthday, and we’re ready to celebrate!

It’s time to celebrate the clown princess of crime!

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where Batman and the Ninja Turtles are getting back together! We also have a great Rocko’s Modern Life announcement and it’s time to find out who’s taking the lead on the newest Spider-Man comics.

Heading into level two, James’ gets way too excited for a Zone of the Enders announcement, and Square Enix tells us how they plan on making games going forward. Level two winds down with a breakdown of how Steam is going to change their rating system post having issues with “review bombing”.

Over in the world of entertainment, Sabrina is coming back in a HUGE way. Our team argues about the latest Terminator news and we try and decide if we love the New Mutants announcements while arguing about Legion.

Our epilogue is week is all about the clown princess of crime – HARLEY QUINN!

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All about Harley Quinn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Quinn

Check out Zone of the Enders: http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/zoe/english/index.html

Batman cupcakes!: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/batman-cupcakes

How can comics keep going, when they are so inaccessible?

Marvel Legacy could ruin everything

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head into comics where we break down IDW’s new digital platform. We also get into the new Wet Hot American Summer comic, and we tell you about Chip Zdarsky’s new Marvel variant covers.

Heading into level two, we celebrate the life of Daniel Licht, and tell you everything that’s wrong with the upcoming Metroid game. We also have a huge Xbox announcement, and theorize about how Skull and Bones’ single player campaign will work.

Over in the world of entertainment, we have a huge Netflix announcement, and an awesome documentary on indiegogo you should support. Level three winds down with a discussion about Marvel movie villains, and why they are never as strong as their heroes.

Our epilogue is week is all about what’s currently wrong with comics, and how we could fix it.

As always, we appreciate all our adventurers who listen to the show every week and we look forward to your feedback on what we discuss! (info@thesurlynerd.com!)

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All about Marvel Legacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Legacy

Check out DC Rebirth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Rebirth

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“I steal from every single movie ever made. If people don’t like that, then tough tills, don’t go and see it, all right? I steal from everything. Great artists steal, they don’t do homages.” -Quentin Tarantino

When is it stealing art, and when is it an homage?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we kick things off in comics, where IDW is bring both Star Wars and a new young reader line out that has us excited. Also in comics we have all things Harley Quinn as she’s about to turn 25 and we break down what the hell is still going wrong with Wizard World.

Heading into level two, Blizzard continues killing it with what their plans are for Starcraft Remastered and we tell you what the gaming division of Marvel is planning to do to make their games like the MCU going forward.

Over in the world of entertainment, we finally have more information about the remake of American Werewolf in London and we continue our discussion about practical effects as we tell you what’s new with the brand new Hellboy movie. Entertainment wraps up with a talk about what’s new with the Batman film franchise and how it could very well be a game changer for the DCEU.

Our epilogue is week is all about how pop culture influences all modern works, and why that’s ok.

As always, we appreciate all our adventurers who listen to the show every week and we look forward to your feedback on what we discuss! (info@thesurlynerd.com!)

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All about Quentin Tarantino: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000233/

Check out George Lucas: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000184/

Batman cupcakes!: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/batman-cupcakes