Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)

Episode 042: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) We’re talking Nicolas Cage’s… I mean, Nicolas Coppola’s very first screen credit, 1982’s Fast Times at Ridgemont High. The film stars Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Pheobe Cates, Forest Whitaker, and more! Thanks for joining us. Let’s hit it. Then we run our little computer […]

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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

Episode 035: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) This week, we’re covering a movie with just the longest title…. It’s not Bad Lieutenant. It’s Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans! The movie stars Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Xzibit, Jennifer Coolidge, Michael Shannon, and Fairuza Balk as well as Nicolas Cage, of course. […]

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Sonny (2002)

Episode 033: Sonny (2002) Did you know Nicolas Cage directed a movie? Well, he did! And that’s what we’re talking about this week on the show. Nic Cage’s only directorial outing is 2002’s Sonny starring James Franco, Mena Suvari, Brenda Blethyn, and Harry Dean Stanton. Cage does have a cameo role as well. We also […]

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SAG-AFTRA Announcement

Ryan and Derreck have a little announcement pertaining to the show and how we will handle it during the SAG-AFTRA strike. Subscribe & Support Our Show comingofcage.com Merch Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/derricostudios?ref_id=7261 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coming-of-cage/id1625687655 iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-coming-of-cage-97368854/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1mVw6A52QjbMeQicIlj4i7 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/coming-of-cage RSS Feed: https://derricostudios.com/feed/podcast/comingofcage Join our Film Forum for news, memes, spoiler conversations, tournaments, polls, and more: […]

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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Episode 003: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Hello and welcome to the third episode of the Coming of Cage podcast! This time, we enter both the worlds of animation and superheroes with 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse starring Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Zoë Kravitz, John Mulaney, Kathryn […]

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Falcon\Soldier Ep. 4 “The Whole World is Watching”

Episode 247: Falcon\Soldier Ep. 4 – The Whole World is Watching It’s all Falcon\Soldier this week as we dive deep into the series’ fourth episode! We get Bucky backstory, Wakanda’s Dora Milaje, more Zemo, and the turning point for John Walker’s Captain America! Have questions or comments? Leave us a voicemail by calling (913) 890-3007 […]

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WandaVision Ep. 8: “Previously On”

Episode 240: WandaVision Ep. 8 – Previously On It’s that time again! We’ve got your WandaVision analysis with an in-depth talk on the series penultimate episode, “Previously On! We talk story, characters, speculation, and more for this emotionally intense episode. But first, we talk news including Nickelodeon giving the creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender […]

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Merry Cagemas: Face/Off

Episode 231: Merry Cagemas – Face/Off Merry Cagemas to you all! We conclude our Cagemas celebration with 1997’s Face/Off starring Nicolas Cage and John Travolta! Plus, we talk The Mandalorian Season 2 finale, She-Hulk news, and the future of MGM Studios! Now available on Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Spotify, JioSaavn, Podcast Addict, and more: https://linktr.ee/screenheroes Live Stream […]

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Screen Heroes 5th Anniversary Celebration!

Episode 228: Screen Heroes 5th Anniversary Celebration! Hello and welcome to our special 5th Anniversary episode! Thank you for joining us! To celebrate, we break down some of our favorite moments from the last 5 years including our favorite movies, worst movies, favorite moments, topics we’d like to revisit, and more from our nearly 230 […]

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Lower Decks Ep. 6: Terminal Provocations

Lower Decks Ep. 6: Terminal Provocations Our animated journey continues with Star Trek: Lower Decks Ep. 6 “Terminal Provocations”! Holodeck malfunctions, rogue computer components, and voice cameos! Plus, we talk Star Trek Day panels including the new Discovery Season 3 trailer and some nuggets from the Strange New Worlds dicussion! We’ll be back each week […]

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Lower Decks Ep. 5: Cupid’s Errant Arrow

Lower Decks Ep. 5: Cupid’s Errant Arrow Our animated journey continues with Star Trek: Lower Decks Ep. 5 “Cupid’s Errant Arrow”! Alien girlfriends, new scanners, exploding moons, and a brand new starship! Plus, we talk some Star Trek news including Blood Wine, our two new Discovery cast members that include a non-binary and a transgender […]

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Kill Screen

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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie

Episode 216: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie 25th Anniversary IT’S MORPHIN TIME! Bad Movie Reviews returns for a 25th anniversary discussion on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie from 1995! Fun fact, it came out the same weekend as Judge Dredd! Plus, we cover the latest entertainment news including Morpheus not returning for Matrix […]

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Batman Forever 25th Anniversary Review

Val Kilmer, Jim Carrey, Tommy Lee Jones, Nicole Kidman, Chris O’Donnell… and Jon Favreau? It’s time to celebrate 25 years of Joel Schumacher’s Batman Forever! Plus, we cover the latest entertainment news including Emmy Nominations, Comic-Con@Home news like Zack Snyder’s Justice League details, Jurassic World’s new cartoon, and DC’s first interactive Batman flick. Our live […]

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There’s Plenty of Letters Left in the Alphabet

Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of your two podcast hosts. This episode’s message, to explain to you the state of the Redshirts & Runabouts podcast and our plans moving forward, including some ideas we have for future Star Trek TV series! Don’t forget to join our brand new Facebook community! Facebook.com/groups/RedshirtsAndRunabouts Hey, […]

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Black Lives Matter: A Message from the HPN

This short statement is being released on all active Heroes Podcast Network podcast feeds. This week, there will be no Screen Heroes podcast. Echo Station will also released delayed, on Friday, instead of Wednesday. We do this in hopes of supporting and honoring the Black Lives Matter movement and those protesting police brutality throughout the […]

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Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 15th Anniversary

This week, we celebrate 15 years of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy film adaptation from 2005 starring Martin Freeman, Yasiin Bey, Zooey Deschanel, Alan Rickman, and Sam Rockwell. Plus, we talk the latest news in entertainment including AMC’s feud with Universal Pictures, Disney’s Star Wars social media gaff, Geoff Johns joining another Green Lantern […]

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Bad Movie Reviews: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

There’s entertainment news to discuss this week! Our main topic brings us back to our segment, Bad Movie Reviews! We travel to 2003 to discuss The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen starring Sean Connery. Before that, we talk the soft launch of NBC’s new streaming service, Peacock, as well as Netflix’s new deal with BOOM! publishing. […]

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 30th Anniversary Discussion

In this totally tubular episode, we look back at the righteous premiere of the live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on its 30th anniversary! We also discuss a bit from Secret of the Ooze and the other feature films. Of course, we kick things off with some news, however little there is, including move feature […]

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An Impossible Box Filled with Broken Pieces of Nepenthe

We return with an impossible box filled with broken pieces of Nepenthe. See what we did there? This week we kick things off with some news about Short Treks before diving back into the world of Star Trek: Picard! We cover episodes 6-8, also known as “The Impossible Box”, “Nepenthe”, and “Broken Pieces” as well […]

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Star Trek: Picard Final Prep & Premiere

Star Trek: Picard is officially here on streaming services! Greg and Derreck sit down to first wrap-up their #Prepping4Picard conversation by discussing some other important moments and episodes that didn’t make the original cut. Then, it’s off to an in-depth spoiler-filled discussion on the premiere of Star Trek: Picard! Don’t worry, we’ll give you a […]

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Short Treks: “Children of Mars” & the Animated Ones

Short Treks wrapped up last week with “Children of Mars”. This week, we sit down to discuss the three episodes we didn’t cover yet, “Ephraim and Dot”, “The Girl Who Made the Stars”, and “Children of Mars”. Don’t forget to join our brand new Facebook community! Facebook.com/groups/RedshirtsAndRunabouts What do you think of these episodes? Did […]

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Prepping 4 Picard #9: Season 7

#Prepping4Picard concludes with our 9th episode in the series! This week, we cover two Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 episodes off our Top 20 Quintessential Picard list. This week’s episodes include the two-part “Gambit” and the double length series finale, “All Good Things…”! Don’t forget to join our brand new Facebook community! Facebook.com/groups/RedshirtsAndRunabouts […]

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Prepping 4 Picard #8: Season 6 – Part 2

#Prepping4Picard continues with our 8th episode in the series! This week, we cover Part 2 of our Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 episodes off our Top 20 Quintessential Picard list. This week’s episodes includes four episodes, “Tapestry”, “Starship Mine”, “Lessons”, and “The Chase”! Don’t forget to join our brand new Facebook community! Facebook.com/groups/RedshirtsAndRunabouts […]

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Galaxy Quest: 20th Anniversary Discussion

We celebrate Galaxy Quest on its 20th Anniversary by discussing what we loved about the film, our favorite characters, thoughts on how the canceled show would have gone, and so much more! Plus, we talk the latest trailers including Black Widow, Wonder Woman 1984, and Ghostbusters: Afterlife. NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER SURRENDER! Now on Podcast […]

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Prepping 4 Picard #6: Season 5 Episodes

#Prepping4Picard continues with our 6th episode in the series! This week, we cover our Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5 episodes off our Top 20 Quintessential Picard list. This week’s episodes include “Darmok”, the two-part Spock episode “Unification”, and “The Inner Light”! Rae returns to help Derreck discuss these Picard focused episodes. Check out […]

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Bad Movie Reviews: Batman & Robin (1997)

We return to our Bad Movie Reviews segment to discuss the 1997 film that ended the first live action Batman film franchise, Batman & Robin. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, yeah the villain got top billing, this George Clooney led Batman flick took things from Batman Forever even further with more toy-based set pieces, worse fighting, and more campy […]

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Prepping 4 Picard #4: Season 3 Episodes

#Prepping4Picard continues with our 4th episode in the series! This week, we cover our Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3 episodes off our Top 20 Quintessential Picard list. This week’s episodes include “Yesterday’s Enterprise”, “Captain’s Holiday”, and “Sarek”! Plus, we talk about our first look at Admiral Picard’s uniform from the IDW comic cover […]

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Zug Zug

Video games!  We talk a whole lot about World of Warcraft Classic, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, and Control!  Oh yeah, and I guess there was a big Nintendo Direct this last week or something. Big shout-out to our hero of the week for this week: The twitter account “Can You Pet The Dog!“ Got questions […]

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Shadow Luigi

This week Thomas and Kam dive back into the old and familiar! We talk the Pokemon TCG, Hearthstone, Destiny 2, and get into some of our most formative and favorite gaming memories. Go check out your Hero of the Week: The J-Music Ensemble! Got questions to ask the hosts?  Hit us up on twitter (@GamerHeroesPod) […]

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E3 2019 Recap

It’s time!  E3 2019 has come and gone, and you get the opportunity to have it summarized by three guys who didn’t attend! Come hang out for TWO HOURS while we talk about our favorite moments from the show! Links are below for the articles we used for our recap!  Go give ’em a click! […]

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Puzzling Bonds

Apologies for the audio quality issues!  They’ll be fixed next week, we promise.  🙂 Also light spoiler warning for Undertale in the first half of the episode.  Just FYI. This week, Thomas played Undertale on a livestream with no commentary! Kam is hopelessly addicted to manual labor and social interaction in Stardew Valley!  An eternal […]

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Slingin’ Drinks

This week! Kam falls in love with the legendary waifu bartending simulator VA-11 HALL-A and FINALLY commits to playing Stardew Valley!  Thomas talks about a cool game with a cooler name: Astro Bears Party, and gives Kam some welcome advice on proper digital farming.  Xbox talks how to not be terrible on the internet!  VICE […]

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Kill Your Past

Knock Knock!  Who’s there?  VIDEO GAMES.  This week, we talk the new Enter the Gungeon and Hearthstone expansions, and more The Division 2!  Thomas is also overjoyed that he can now get rid of his terrible PSN name!  I guess some Star Wars happened too. Feel free to give us some feedback by hitting up […]

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Gorilla Warfare

This week, Kam is still playing APE OUT and still isn’t that great at it!  Thomas talks more about his latest adventures in Dungeons and Dragons!  We also talk difficulty scaling in different games and learn what each other’s first gaming experiences were!  Also EA proves that you can be less involved with E3 than […]

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Baseball 2

Thomas and Kam are joined this week by their friend Liang to discuss the news of the week!  Enjoy truly riveting conversation on the new Pokemon games, the nature and legitimacy of eSports, and a look at their most anticipated games of 2019! Why is the title of this episode a very small, very dumb […]

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Nitpicking Spider-Man (2002)

This week, we kick off our brand new segment, Nitpicking, by looking back at the 2002 Spider-Man movie starring Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, and James Franco! Plus, we talk the 2019 Oscars and the latest on ShazamGate including the continuing Rotten Tomatoes controversy surrounding Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel. Don’t forget ShazamGate with a brand […]

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Direct to You

This week, Thomas and Kam discuss the latest announcements from Nintendo, the Activision-Blizzard Layoffs, and more! Will Kam ever shut up about Tetris or Kingdom Hearts III?  Is Thomas still madly in love with Apex Legends?  Is the word “Boomshakalaka” uttered at least three times?  I guess you’ll just have to tune in to find […]

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King Mickey

2019 is starting off strong start! Turns out that Kingdom Hearts III and Resident Evil 2 are pretty good! In news, Xbox Live is coming to…the Nintendo Switch? Respawns announced and released their new project; a free-to-play battle royale called Apex Legends that we can’t wait to get our hands on! Have you gotten your […]

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NPC Star Wars

Put on your roleplaying hats because Kris and Ian are creating their own NPC’s in the Star Wars universe! The crew of Echo Station have decided to cast themselves in the Star Wars universe, including what species they would be, the occupation they would hold, weapons their character would use and so much more. After […]

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GH72: All Access

In this special episode, we take our first deep dive into a topic that’s near and dear to us – gaming accessibility! We discuss the unique barriers disabled gamers face, the industry’s progress toward becoming more inclusive and why designing with everyone in mind is the difference between mediocrity and greatness. We briefly talk about […]

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RR48: Star Trek (2009) Kelvin Review

Alright Acting Captains. It’s time to punch it, fire everything, and elicit some emotional responses! We take a trip over the Kelvin timeline this week with our review of Star Trek (2009), the reboot\sequel\prequel from J. J. Abrams. Before beginning our Kelvin journey, we talk some news, specifically the details surrounding the newly announced Star […]

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RR46: Star Trek Insurrection Review

We continue our Star Trek: The Next Generation era movie reviews with Insurrection, the third installment from Picard’s Enterprise crew. Rae and Zach join Derreck for this movie review continuation. We discuss budgeting differences between the TNG era films, overall plot, how Insurrection might just be the most “Trek” of the TNG films, things we […]

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GH66: Dock Socks

In this episode, our heroes discuss the new hit online card game Magic: The Gathering Arena and potential augmented reality (AR) opportunities with other card games, they discuss the re-release of the Switch, they inform us all of the “Dock Socks” and much more!   Tell us your answer to this week’s question of the week […]

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GH63: Spider-Man, Spider-Man Does Whatever a Spider Can

In this episode, our heroes discuss web-slinging across New York in the new Spider-Man game for PS4, strange diseases in Two Point Hospital, and the worst placement for an appendage in the Kingdom Death: Monster board game. Hear the response to the previous week’s Question of the Week “What is your funniest video game addition […]

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GH58: Octopath Traveler & Gaming at SDCC 2018

Amazon makes changes to video game pre-orders, we bring SirynRae on to talk about Octopath Traveler for Nintendo Switch, Derreck discusses his latest experiences with Horizon Zero Dawn, and then Jon breaks down his gaming experience at San Diego Comic Con 2018 which included an exclusive play through of the new Resident Evil 2 remake, […]

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RR37: TNG Mek’ba Season 2 Silver Linings

We conclude our Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 2 Mek’ba challenges with our favorite note so great episodes that have silver linings! Show co-host Derreck defends his episode, “The Royale”, while our guest, Zach Story, defends his pick, “Pen Pals”. We also discuss the results of last week’s listener poll for our Best Pulaski […]

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RR36: TNG Mek’ba Season 2 Best Pulaski

We continue our Star Trek: The Next Generation series of Mek’ba challenges with the Best Pulaski episodes of Season 2! Show co-host Greg defends his episode, “Unnatural Selection”, while our guest, Timothy Jackson, defends his pick, “Up the Long Ladder”. We also discuss the results of last week’s listener poll for our Best Riker of […]

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RR25: Section 31, Obsidian Order, and Tal Shiar

With all three hosts back in the studio for the first time in over month, Greg, Jeremy, and Derreck sit down to talk about Star Trek’s most secret and covert organizations, Section 31, the Obsidian Order, and the Tal Shiar. Who are these organizations? Well, three of the galaxy’s biggest groups, the Federation, Cardassian Union, […]

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GH48: Red Dead Tycoon

We’re back with an all-new format! We’ve got news including Anthem, Red Dead Redemption, Nintendo Switch news, plus Atari’s weird Roller Coaster Tycoon investment opportunity. Then, it’s on to games we’re currently playing like Rocket League, Super Meat Boy, Super Mario Odyssey, and Wolfenstein: The New Order. 02:40 – New Format 05:30 – News: Red Dead Redemption, […]

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RR18: What’s Lorca’s is Saru’s

This week, Greg and Jeremy go it alone to discuss Star Trek: Discovery Episode 13 “What’s Past is Prologue”. Derreck is on an away mission but there’s plenty to discuss like Lorca’s ruthlessness, Saru captaining the Discovery, the possibility of Lorca wanting to eat Saru, and just how action-packed Discovery is compared to the previous Star Trek […]

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GH42: Stick it to the Man and Black Friday

Sony wins big during Black Friday, Microsoft wins with PUBG, Nintendo wins with Switch, everyone loses with Marvel Heroes Omega, plus initial reactions for Stick it to the Man on Nintendo Switch from Zoink Games and Ripstone. 01:10 – Nintendo Switch Eyeing the Wii 08:30 – Sony Dominates Black Friday 18:50 – Big Announcements 21:30 – Marvel […]

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GH38 – Super Mario Odyssey First Impressions

Super Mario Odyssey has hit the shelves, The Last of Us: Part 2 gets a trailer of sorts, Rocket League gets a Switch release date, and Nintendo accidentally enables a classic console’s controllers. 01:00 – GameStop’s Power Play Rentals 12:45 – The Last of Us: Part 2 Trailer 23:10 – Rocket League Switch Release Details 27:30 – Nintendo’s […]

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RR03: The Tardigrade Cares not for the Discovery’s Cry

What alien species was the most misunderstood? Whose motives did we not quite get? We discuss this and then take a deep dive into Star Trek: Discovery Episode 4 – “The Butcher’s Knife Cares not for the Lamb’s Cry”. We talk about the tardigrade, dilithium, the Klingon plot, Captain Georgiou, and how the design of […]

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GH29 – SNES Classic Meltdown

The SNES Classic pre-order launch was a complete disaster! But before we rant about the details, we talk about several other noteworthy items including Age of Empires’ resurgence, the Xbox One X pre-orders and optimized games, Overwatch’s new Junkertown map, plus the latest non-DC characters to hit Injustice 2! 02:50 – Junkertown comes to Overwatch 07:10 […]

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Gamer Heroes 06: Street Fighter Goes First Person

Pokemon Go finally releases some Gen 2 Pokemon along with some other gameplay changes. Crash Bandicoot returns this summer. Street Fighter enters the FPS world for some reason. Bethesda looks to make us all Prey, and finally, what’s the deal with DLC? All this and more on this week’s episode! 1:30 – Street Fighter Goes […]

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Superhero Fall 2016 TV Prep

It’s that time of year again, time for the new TV season! With so much premiering in the months of September and October, we’ve decided just to focus on superhero themed TV series that premiere in those two months. This includes Marvel and DC related series. We’ll talk ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., FOX’s Gotham, Netflix’s Luke Cage, and The CW’s Arrow, The […]

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Pitching a Marvel Netflix Series

To date, Marvel and Netflix have joined forces for two seasons of Daredevil and one season of Jessica Jones with two new shows on the way, Luke Cage and Iron Fist. So far, this relationship has worked out incredibly well with the Marvel Netflix series earning more praise and support than the major network series on ABC A.G.E.N.T.S of Shield and Agent Carter. Much […]

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Captain America’s Twist & DC’s Rebirth

We hit the ground running with some current events covering Disney and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, plus some talk about how fans are handling Arrow’s season finale. After that, we dive headfirst into our two major topics, Marvel’s Captain America #1 comic book twist and DC Comics’ Rebirth #1. We’ve got tons of spoilers ahead so stop now if […]

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Captain America: Civil War Review

Marvel’s massive superhero showdown, Captain America: Civil War, hit theaters last weekend, so this week we sit down to talk about the story, characters, motivations, special effects, expectations, and the upcoming films including Doctor Strange and Infinity War. It’s important to note that this episode will contain tons of heavy spoilers for the film, so if you have […]

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Daredevil Season 2

This week, we break down the Netflix Original Series Marvel’s Daredevil season 2. Joining us this week is special guest Noah of Noah Smith Images. There’s plenty of spoilers in this one, so if you haven’t watched the second season of Daredevil yet, you’ll want to hold off on this episode. We also provide the details on how you […]

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Screen Heroes Ep. 1 – MCU: The Good with the Bad

Welcome to the first episode of Screen Heroes, a new superhero themed podcast series from The Grid: A Sci-Fi Frontier. Screen Heroes will cover everything we see on the big and small screen dealing with superheroes. That means the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), the DC Comics Extended Universe (DCEU), and anything else production companies throw at us. The […]

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