Episode 342 : How do we bring the Fantastic Four and X-Men into the MCU?

Can the Fantastic Four and X-Men join the MCU smoothly?

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head right into the weekly raid (our news roundup).
Kicking things off this week, Claremont and Anderson are coming back to God Loves Man Kills, to tell us a whole new story in that comic timeline. Image comics thinks that there are too many comics published and we have a ton of game delays to go into.
Also this week, James Wan is coming back to Aquaman with a new animated series, and HBO MAX gives us an update on the Green Lantern TV show. We round out the news this week with a huge talk about all the major Super Smash Brothers announcements.
Our Boss Room this week is about how the Fantastic Four and X-Men could join the MCU.
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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Episode 315 : Box Office Blues

This week we talk about film fatigue!

Greetings adventurers! We are so sorry for the delay this week. This week on the show we have our news roundup and our main topic is about box office fatigue. Join us for an all-new episode!
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Episode 311 : The Final Word On Avengers Endgame

Spoiler Warning – We’re Talking Avengers Endgame!

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head right into the weekly raid (our news roundup).
Kicking things off this week, Twisted Metal is getting a television series and Uncharted has a movie already well into development. There’s also a Knights of the Old Republic movie being written right now but are we hyped for it?
Also this week, we dive into the new handheld console with a crank and DC is helping fans out by decreasing their number of double-shipped books to zero. We round out the news with a talk about the Overwatch League commissioner leaving to join Fortnite and there’s an “anti-lootbox” bill in the Senate that could very well be a game changer.
This weeks BOSS ROOM is a spoiler-filled talk about Avengers: Endgame
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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Episode 306 : Celebrating 11 Years of the MCU

We’re Finally in the MCU Endgame!

Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head right into the weekly raid (our news roundup).
Kicking things off this week, Capcom is going big with a new “mini” console that might be…a little too much. Konami has a new Castlevania collection that’s looking pretty good and SAGA is hitting its halfway point in a big way.
Also this week, we have the Russo brothers working on a documentary about Stan Lee, and Glenn Danzig is getting into the world of directing in a weird way. Our news wraps up this week with a big talk about the Playstation 5 announcements and if the console sounds like it could be a winner out of the gate.
This weeks BOSS ROOM is all about 11 years of the MCU and us just being huge fans of it.
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Episode 304 : The Straczynski Theory

Has J. Michael Straczynski found the reason that DC heroes work so well on the small screen?

Does Straczynski know the secret of super heroes in film?
Greetings adventurers, and welcome to this weeks installment of The Surly Nerd! After our prelude, we head right into the weekly raid (our news roundup).
New this week, Archie is coming back in a big way as he heads into Archie vs. Predator 2. Tim Burton finally puts Beetlejuice to rest, and John Cho is taking over space once again.
Bioware is front and center in the headlines again as they respond to articles that criticize (rightfully so) the way they treat their workers. Rounding out our weekly raid is a slew of new Borderlands news that shows us that there will be no rest for the wicked once BL3 is released.
This weeks BOSS ROOM is all about J. Michael Straczynski’s theories on why Marvel heroes work better in the movies, and DC just works better on television.
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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