The world finally gets a trailer for AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY, but was it worth the wait?

This week the Nerds discuss the would-be, should-be event of DOOMSDAY. We break down the trailer, from returning characters, to the new reveals, the costumes and make-up choices, and the state of the MCU itself. Has the recent output from Marvel lowered audiences expectations?

What we are excited for is the recent announcement that THE PRESTIGE will have a re-release in January 2027 in 70MM!

And the latest trailer for DC’s CLAYFACE may have won one of us over!

Then we arrive at our feature discussion as we review Christopher Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY!

From the monsters, to the cast and characters, to our favorite moments, we cover it all (but careful, some spoilers abound).

All that and we get a mercifully quick take on the live-action MOANA, and Ed catches William Friedkin’s classic thriller, SORCERER in the theater!

All that and more, so sit back, relax and listen (or watch) our latest ep. Don’t forget to follow, like and subscribe wherever you find your pods, on youtube, and on social media! Don’t forget to leave a comment. Stay Tuned for more next week!

00:00 - Intro

02:30 - Avengers Doomsday Trailer

58:03 - The Odyssey

This week we discuss the latest Bloomberg article reporting Netflix’s drop in show viewership by the time of a second season drop. Is the streaming giant to blame for losing its own audience?

This week - the holy war begins with the first, full trailer for DUNE PART THREE!

We’re joined by our good friend and Westerosi expert Stephen Escobar to help us in our feature discussion, but before that we revel in the sheer scope and craft shown in the new DUNE 3 trailer, and cannot wait for its release in December.

Then we come to our feature discussion, catching up on episodes 2 & 3 from HOUSE OF THE DRAGON’s season 3. Has the show been holding up to expectations? How does it compare to the source material? Stephen fills us in (and more).

All that and more, so sit back, relax and listen (or watch) our latest ep. Don’t forget to follow, like and subscribe wherever you find your pods, on youtube, and on social media! Don’t forget to leave a comment. Stay Tuned for more next week!

00:00 - Intro / Dune Part 3 Trailer

23:01 - House of the Dragon Episode 3

After two years of waiting, HOUSE OF THE DRAGON is back with season 3! Was it worth the wait?

More to the point, was there a battle on the water? In a sense, but more on that in the episode.

This week, we return to Westeros, dragons galore. Before we battle it out with that season premiere, however, we catch up on the latest updates to our Summer Movie Wager! Has Toy Story 5 met our expectations?

Plus, we get into something perhaps a little out of character for us… we talk sports! Specifically the FIFA WORLD CUP ‘26!

Yes, we’re here for the football (that’s right, we said football), and we discuss the tournament so far as we near the end of the group stage - and boy what a group stage!

All that and more, so sit back, relax and listen (or watch) our latest ep. Don’t forget to follow, like and subscribe wherever you find your pods, on youtube, and on social media! Don’t forget to leave a comment. Stay Tuned!

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:53 - Summer Box Office Update

00:04:45 - Fifa World Cup

00:24:39 - House of the Dragon Season 3 Episode 1 Review

It’s Reviewing TIME! Marvel has finally released Thor: Love and Thunder and the final episode of Ms. Marvel and we are ready to finally let out our feelings about them.

Aside from a quick story from Ed about his back pains, we talk about the 74th Emmy Nominations, the pain that Marvel VFX artists are going through, the new Captain America 4 director, chat some trailers, and review the Blockbuster Box Office Numbers.

Finally we talk about what we’re into. Miguel chats Mad Men and Netflix’s “How to Build a Sex Room”. Ed chats Good Luck To You about HBO’s The Baby, Good Luck To You Leo Grande and Last Night in Soho. Luis talks about Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness, Umbrella Academy, The Boys, the Aldous Snow Duology (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek) and PopSockets Pop Puck.

Thor: Love and Thunder (Marvel Studios) stars Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Natalie Portman and Christian Bale. Directed by Taika Waititi.

Ms. Marvel (Marvel Studios) stars Iman Vellani, Aramais Knight, saagar Shaikh, Rish Shah, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur, Matt Lintz, Yasmeen Fletcher, Laith Naki, Azher Usman, Travina Springer and Nimra Bucha. Now available on Disney Plus

Stray: is an upcoming adventure game about a cat developed by BlueTwelve Studio and published by Annapurna Interactive. Will be available on Playstation (PS5, PS4) and Windows.

00:00 - Intro

01:14 - Ed’s Back Pain

05:01 - The Emmys

14:07 - Marvel VFX hates working with Marvel

23:22 - Captain America 4 Finds Director

26:02 - The Woman King

28:22 - Harley Quinn Season 3 Trailer (HBO Max)

28:39 - Stray

31:34 - Black Phone

31:51 - Bob’s Burgers The Movie

31:55 - Better Call Saul Season 6 Part 2 (AMC)

32:18 - The Gray Man

35:10 - Summer Blockbuster Update

41:28 - Thor: Love and Thunder (Marvel)

01:37:01 - God of War - Luis Update

01:42:11 - Mad Men

01:44:14 - Ms. Marvel Episode 6 - Season Finale (Disney Plus, Marvel)

01:57:27- The Baby (HBO)

01:59:20 - Good Luck To You, Leo Grande

02:03:22 - How to Build a Sex Room (Netflix)

02:04:27 - Good Luck To You, Leo Grande

02:05:33 - Leon the Professional

02:05:46 - Last Night in Soho

02:11:36 - Aldous Snow Duology (Forgetting Sarah Marshall & Get Him to the Greek)

02:14:34 - Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange and The Multiverse of Madness

02:16:37 - The Umbrella Academy

02:18:01 - The Boys

02:19:40 - The Pop Puck

This week, Edward is flying solo for a short, sweet, and slightly unhinged one-man Punch Drunk Nerd episode!

First up, Netflix’s Beef is back for season 2 with a stacked cast including Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Cailee Spaeny, and Charles Melton — and honestly? It sounds messy in the best way possible.

Then I settle an ongoing group chat debate once and for all: which awards show actually carries more weight these days — the BAFTAs or the Oscars? That naturally spirals into some early Oscar predictions, possible surprise wins, and why the whole thing is still kind of a glorified popularity contest anyway.

After that, we get into a review of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale. Is it a bold, stylish reimagining of Bride of Frankenstein… or just a gorgeous movie full of half-baked ideas?

And before we wrap, I shout out The Secret Agent (one of the last Best Picture nominees on the watchlist) and gushes over Gorillaz’ new album The Mountain, including some standout tracks and why it might be their best since Plastic Beach.

All that and more on this week’s awkward-but-lovely solo episode of Punch Drunk Nerd.

00:00 - Intro

01:00 - Beef Season 2 Trailer

2:05 - BAFTA vs Oscars

15:42 - The Bride! Review

21:15 - Gorillaz New Album (The Mountain)

Things get messy in this episode.

We move through time and space as we talk about The Batman 2 Delay, James Gunn, Chat GPT and of course Robert Eggers Nosferatu (Lily - Rose Depp, Bill Skarsagård, Willem Dafoe, Nicholas Hoult, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, Aaron Taylor - Johnson)

Sorry for the sound, we were flying free and blind.

Our podcast comes this March as we talk about all the nerd shit that we love! Each episode starts with the biggest nerd news of the week and then finishes up with us talking about some of the biggest movies, shows, and all the nerdy shit in between.

Our first episode in March will cover The Batman and everything else we have been watching that week.

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