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Welcome to Famous Last Nerds - your one stop pod for all things pop culture covering comics, film, television, gaming and music with our own unique brand of knowledge and delirious enthusiasm. If you want to contact us, you can either reach us here: https://twitter.com/RoryGreenfield https://twitter.com/CaptainStu7 https://www.facebook.com/FamousLastNerds
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After a long seven year wait we've finally got our hands on one of the most anticipated game sequels of all-time - the follow up to 2013's smash hit survival game, The Last of Us. The game sees us catch up with Joel and Ellie some 4 or 5 years after the events of the first game still navigating a world plagued by infected people but now with the ad…
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We now finally have our first official look at the PlayStation 5 along with a good selection of games to be released over the first 12-18 months too. There's a bit of something for everyone, from children to lifelong gamers like us, plus a couple of really standout titles like Spider-Man: Miles Morales and the long awaited sequel to Horizon Zero Da…
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Ever since the quite indifferent response to it's release in 2017, Justice League has been plagued by one question... WHERE IS THE SNYDER CUT?? The fabled version lauded by original director, Zack Snyder, who unfortunately had to leave the project due to a family emergency and many fans on various social media platforms since Zack himself has spent…
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"After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in the Star Wars universe. The Mandalorian is set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order. The series depicts a lone bounty hunter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic." The Mandalorian has been a huge draw so…
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The latest in a long line of binge-worthy documentaries from Netflix takes us all the way to Oklahoma to follow the exploits of Joe Maldonado-Passge, aka, Joe Exotic - the self proclaimed Tiger King. What starts off as a light hearted look at his big cat zoo turns into a bitter feud with Carole Baskin, an animal rights activist with a similar love …
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When Sam Raimi released his first Spider-Man film in 2002 nobody could ever have imagined that it would be the beginning of an entirely new genre of films which would make billions each year. With Tobey Maguire in the titular role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Kirsten Dunst as his longterm love interest, Mary-Jane Watson, the trilogy exploded onto…
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For all you high functioning alcoholic scientists out there with a genius level intellect and a bit of time to kill - we've decided to pick our top five Rick and Morty episodes for your listening pleasure! Grab your Meeseeks Box, charge up your Portal Gun and strap yourself in!
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In any form of media a hero is only as good as the villain they're facing so for our latest episode we've decided to put together a list of our top five villains from movies, television shows, comics and videogames while trying to pick at least one from each. Let us know what you think over on Twitter and who your favourites are.…
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One of the cornerstones of science fiction, the Star Wars universe is preparing to release it's eleventh feature film in just a couple of months so we're taking this opportunity to look back at the rest of those now-iconic films and pick our top five moments. As you can imagine we could easily have done a top 50 as there are so many to choose from …
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For our first episode under our new name we're going to look at Joker - starring Joaquin Phoenix and directed by Todd Phillips, this non-canon psychological thriller follows the life of Arthur Fleck, a struggling comedian desperately clinging on to his sanity while the world around him crumbles and beats him down. As his grip on reality fades a dar…
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If, like us, you're a fan of true crime drama shows and anything which deals with serial killers then Netflix's "Mindhunter" is probably something you've already binged and fallen in love with us. Join us as we discuss the exploits of Holden Ford and Bill Tench as they break new ground in the pioneering field of Behavioural Sciences at the FBI.…
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Disney are diving head-first into the crowded world of streaming platforms with the impending release of the Disney+ streaming service and taking the huge step of linking it in with the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Star Wars universe that we've seen played out over the last few decades. If, like us, this move excites and intrigues you then you…
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Talc up your spandex and be sure to practise your finishing move before listening to our review of the third season of GLOW - the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling - shown on Netflix. With Alisson Brie (most famous for her role as Annie on Community) leading a star-studded ensemble cast this look at the women's wrestling movement in North America during…
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So it looks like Marvel and Sony have had a little falling out over the terms of the new Spider-Man sharing arrangement and the major casualty of this is ol' webhead himself! As it stands right now Spider-Man will not appear in the MCU or any other films produced by Disney - only films made and produced by Sony. Will things change in the future? Mo…
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The Boys is Amazon Prime's dark and gritty look at the world of corporate superheroes based on a comicbook by Garth Ennis who is known for putting a violent, unforgiving tone of comics for both Marvel and DC in the past. The show follows the adventures of "The Seven" - a gang of world famous superheroes backed by a global conglomerate, Vought Inter…
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Another year, another San Diego Comic Con comes and goes and another set of jaws hit the floor as we get some sneak peeks and trailers of what's to come over the next few years on television and the big screen. 2019 saw the return of Marvel to Hall H after missing last year and, as expected, they made quite an impact this year and stole all the hea…
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As the dust settles on "Avengers: Endgame" and the world comes to term with "the snap" (or "the blip" as they know it) we join Peter Parker, our friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man, as he struggles to come to terms with the loss of his mentor, Iron Man/Tony Stark. Far From Home sees Peter and his classmates take a trip around Europe to see the sights…
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The finest program produced by Netflix is back for it's much-anticipated third season and it's broken records in a matter of days. 40M+ households started the show and 18M+ completed it within the first three days of release. That should go someway to showing how popular this show is as we travel once again to Hawkins, Indiana to follow El, Mike, W…
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We stumbled across this small independent film franchise - "Lord of the Rings" - and it's by some guy called Peter Jackson who frankly we've never heard of before and we thought it was only fair to give it a quick review. It turns out it's alright really... *cough* Not hard to see why this is one of the most highly rated trilogies of all-time and d…
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And so the curtain has finally come down on the biggest, most popular television show of all-time and in typical Game of Thrones fashion it's been divisive to say the least. Some loved it, some hated it and some decided to sign a petition demanding that it be remade only to be shot down by Sansa Stark herself... which camp are you in? Whatever you …
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We're now one step closer to the last EVER episode of Game of Thrones with episode 5 having aired this last weekend and to say it was another groundbreaking episode would be quite the understatement. We've seen Daenerys finally descend into fully blown Targaryen madness, so much bloodshed, more dragonfire than ever before and we finally got to see …
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Defying convention with a short episode (I know, we're as shocked as you are) to cover one of the major plot points of Season 8, Episode 4 of Game of Thrones: have we just seen the true start of Daenerys' descent into madness? Is she now about to embrace her inner Mad Queen and channel her Father? Come listen to Stu as he gives you his thoughts.…
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Avengers Endgame, the final film in a 22-film saga spanning 11 years, looks set to be the highest grossing film of all-time after taking an incredible $1.2bn in it's first four days as people across the globe all scrambled to see the final film in what's been dubbed "The Infinity Saga" by Marvel and we were no different. We could not wait to watch …
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The long awaited Battle of Wintefell - the battle between the combined allied forces under Daenerys Targaryen and the Army of the Dead led by the Night King - is finally upon us and it delivered on it's promise to be the most epic battle ever seen in either television or film. What we got was an 82 minute spectacular the likes of which we might nev…
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Following on from last week's season opener, episode 2 of Game of Thrones centres around the final moments before the imending Battle of Winterfell between the combined forces of the North, the Unsullied and Dothraki plus two dragons against the Army of the Dead with their one dragon. Obviously this episode contains spoilers for the episode so you …
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Direwolves, dragons and violence... oh my! The final season of Game of Thrones is finally upon us and now we'll find out who will sit on the Iron Throne when the dust settles after the battle against the Army of the Dead. This is the television event of the year - and arguably of all-time - so it only seems right that we review the first episode, l…
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Well we finally managed to defeat the Skrulls who had been impersonating us and procrastinating so it seems only fitting that we come back with our slightly overdue review of Captain Marvel! Oh and be warned this is a long episode even by our standards. Carol Danvers is a Kree warrior with incredible powers... or is she? There's more than meets the…
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Netflix does it again, another smash-hit TV show adapted from a comic book but this time it's "The Umbrella Academy" - written by Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance and published by Dark Horse Comics and naturally we couldn't keep away from it. They're not like any reluctant heroes you've ever seen before, this is definitely not a mainstream comic o…
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After a disappointing second season, HBO's "True Detective" has fired back onto our screens with a welcome return to form in the third season starring Mahershala Ali and Stephen Dorff. If you love weird, occult true crime drama then this show is definitely for you.
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Aquaman, the latest DCEU offering from Warner Bros, was one of the surprise success stories of 2018 having now taken over $1bn worldwide! Following hot on the heels of Wonder Woman, Aquaman tells the story og Arthur Curry - half human, half Atlantian - as he struggles in a world where he isn't quite sure whether he belongs on land or under the sea …
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For our first episode of 2019 we wanted to review Sony's "Into The Spider-Verse" which was a stunning way to end a brilliant year for comic-related film and television. The film also started 2019 by winning the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film and all while receiving global praise for an interesting, exciting new look at a character we a…
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Finally the most anticipated film of 2019 has it's name - Avengers 4 is officially titled "Avengers: Endgame" and we have our first teaser trailer too! Picking up sometime after the events of Avengers: Infinity War, Endgame will see the remaining Avengers dealing with the consequences of Thanos' now-infamous finger snap which wiped out half of all …
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Just two months before Avengers 4 hits cinemas, we get our first solo outing with Captain Marvel - confirmed as being the most powerful hero in the entire MCU - and a chance to see her powers before we see them being put to use trying to defeat Thanos. The film is groundbreaking for Marvel as it will be their first Hollywood blockbuster starring a …
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Season 9 of The Walking Dead, AMC's smash hit post-apocalyptic zombie TV series, is now at the halfway point and having aired the mid-season finale this past weekend now seems a good time to look back at this season in context with the rest of the show. Have you enjoyed the new direction? What did you think of the shocking character exits we've see…
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Stan Lee rose through the ranks of Marvel Comics (then known as Timely Comics) starting as a lowly assistant before becoming a writer, editor and ulimately becoming the driving force behind some of the most well known and beloved comic characters of all-time. Superheroes were always seen as untouchable and Stan successfully broke that mould by maki…
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It's been a long 8 years since Rockstar's "Red Dead Redemption" first made waves on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 and finally one of the most sought after sequels of all-time has finally landed to critical acclaim. With an estimated 60 hours minimum of gaming time needed to fully explore this huge ever-changing map it's little wonder that sales of…
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Unless you've been living in a cave somewhere you've probably heard about "Making A Murderer", the smash-hit true crime documentary series from Netflix which looks into the questionable conviction of two men, Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey, over the murder of a young woman, Teresa Halbach. The first season delved deeply into the history of Steven,…
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Marvel Netflix have already released two seasons of Daredevil to critical acclaim with both being praised as true high points for not only comic TV shows but TV in general and with the recent release of season three it seems only right that we do a spoiler-filled review to talk about our favourite moments, the characters, the overall arc and just h…
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In this week's episode we're taking a look at some of the growing role of female superheros and women in superhero films in general. We'll cover the major basis like Black Widow and Wonder Women, look at films which have already been made and those currently in development.
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The two early 90s gaming heavyweights - the Sega Megadrive and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (aka SNES) - were released within a few years of each other and would go on to shape the lives of many young aspiring gamers. They gave us cultural icons like Mario and Sonic and set the stage for all consoles which have tried to follow in their f…
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Welcome to the first episode of the all-new Let's Talk podcast! Brought to you by Rory Greenfield and Stuart Bridson, formerly of the AI Comic Pod. To start things off and give new listeners a little introduction our tastes we've come up with our top five TV shows, movies, games, albums and comics. We would absolutely love to hear your feedback so …
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