(THE VAXXED & THE) FURIOUS 7!
WE DON'T GOT FRIENDS.
WE GOT FAMILY.
This Week In Nerd Stuff 8.19.21: Pokémon Legends Stunfisk (with special guest Skip Schwink!)
Mikey & Shushy welcome Skip Schwink onto the show and interview him about his burgeoning acting career, from Minari to C.I. Ape to the upcoming films Flowers Of The Killer Moon and Reagan. He talks about working with Martin Scorsese and Dennis Quaid and how moving to Oklahoma actually helped him succeed,
In addition, they all watch the trailer for Pokémon Legends Arceus and complain about it, as well as Venom casting rumors, Robin comes out as bi, the new Eternals trailer, roasting the Citizen Kane Criterion Collection cover, and a hilarious Donda update.
The Film Simps 8/17: Censor
The Simps welcome Joe Palana onto the show to review Censor, a wild indie horror movie that they all had a fun time with. Also Joe talks about his Criterion viewing habits.
News items: Free Guy's opening weekend box office numbers, Bob Dylan and Horatio Sanz both get Me Too'd with varying levels of evidence for each.
Trailers: C.I. Ape (four times total), Midnight Mass, Dear White People: Volume 4, Impeachment: American Crime Story, AP Bio season 4
VAXXED & FURIOUS 6
Dave, Jere, Tooky & Shushy all reconvene months later to review the sixth Fast Saga movie. Shushy kinda liked this one but Tooky absolutely didn't.
This Week In Nerd Stuff 8.12.21: DONDAWATCH DAY 384. WHERE IS DONDA, KANYE?
It has been 384 days since the first time Donda was delayed, and there is no end in sight. When will Kanye drop Donda? It's the only question that crosses our show's mind. It's what keeps us awake late at night, wondering and waiting. Donda. Donda.
Donda Donda Donda.
Mikey and Shushy welcome Dan Harrold back on to the show to review the week's Donda news and speculate just when that incredible album will be available for mass consumption.
Also: Sony has purchased Crunchyroll, James Gunn teases major MCU deaths, Taika Waititi gives an Akira update, and more trouble for the CW Powerpuff Girls reboot.
The Film Simps 8/10: The Suicide Squad
The Simps welcome Lauren Culp and Will Martin into their squad to review The Suicide Squad, and while everyone really likes it Jere does think up a better ending for the film.
News items: RIP Trevor Moore, The Suicide Squad's depressing opening weekend, Marvel & DC are terrible at paying the people who create their superheroes.
Trailers: Doom Patrol season 3, Y: The Last Man, Dopesick, SLAXX
This Week In Nerd Stuff 8.5.21: DONDAWATCH
Mikey & Shushy welcome Clay Fernald to the show to gush about Kanye. Like seriously they cannot stop sucking Kanye's dick for like two and a half hours. Get ready for a whole ton of Kanye: talking about why he's great, reading Lou Reed's review of Yeezus out loud, watching snippets of a silent livestream he was broadcasting from his bedroom in Mercedes Benz Stadium, and finally, at the end, a special video from friend of the show Dan Harrold where he breaks down his favorite Kanye albums.
Also: Jeffrey Wright discusses doing characters in both the MCU and the DCEU, an Activision Blizzard update, Nintendo updates its list of the ten best-selling Switch games, the new Harley Quinn HBO Max series tie-in comic book, #BowserDay2021, Colin & Casey Jost are writing the next live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie (as well as a visual preview of what their comedic style might be like) but mostly Kanye. Like even with all that it's still like 75% Kanye.
This Week In Nerd Stuff 7/29: Pizza Cutter Edition
Mikey & Shushy welcome AJ Hapenny to the show to recap the week's events and watch an AEW clip that may be the most amazing/disturbing Domino's commercial of all-time.
In addition, they discuss Scarlett Johansson's lawsuit against Disney over Black Widow's theatrical release, James Gunn's hopes for a Marvel/DC crossover event, Nintendo's embarrassing new offerings on its SNES Online service, Snoop Dogg's silent Twitch streams, Netflix's rumored live action Pokémon series, Jared Leto's jarring look in Ridley Scott's upcoming film House Of Gucci, Jeremy Renner's first interview (as well as early promo photos) for the upcoming Hawkeye series and take a deep dive into the Activision Blizzard sexual harassment allegations (and marvel at the so-called Cosby Suite one of their devs ran.)
Also we catch up on what Kanye's life has been like since not releasing Donda last week. Spoiler alert: it's hilarious.
The Film Simps 7/24: Fear Street Trilogy
In a special Saturday night episode, The Film Simps welcome Ben Scurria and Roxanne Celeste on the show to review Netflix's Fear Street Trilogy and debate whether they were just a series of glorified Disney Channel Original movies.
In addition, they each name their five favorite all-time horror movies and discuss how they feel about a long list of modern horror classics like Get Out, Hereditary, Midsommar, The VVitch, Us, and more.
This Week In Nerd Stuff 7.23.21: DONDA Edition
Mikey and Shushy do a quick show before Kanye West's Apple-exclusive DONDA Listening Party and rank all of Kanye's albums in a tier list.
Also: Netflix wants to take over mobile, controversial Batgirl casting and non-controversial Black Panther casting, movie theater owners are pissed at Disney over Black Widow's lackluster box office, and an update on Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl.
The Film Simps 7/21: Space Jam: A New Legacy
The Simps welcome Becky Doucette on board to review the shallow money-grab that is Space Jam: A New Legacy and also check up and see where the original Space Jam is quality-wise 25 years later. (Also Shushy shows Becky a sketch from I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson season 2 and she does not find it funny.)
News items: should awards shows have gendered acting categories?
Trailers: Reservation Dogs, The Last Duel, Jackass Forever, Ultra City Smiths, Vacation Friends, John & The Hole
