The Credible Nerds

We've reached the end of our reviews of the Indiana Jones films with our review of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny! We discuss this new adventure and how Indiana Jones as an older man plays out. We discuss the new characters of Helena Shaw and Jurgen Voller and how they fit in to the Indiana Jones Saga. Do we like them? Do we not like them? Also the return of fan favorites Sallah and Marion!...

We review and discuss Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi and how it holds up 40 years later. This year was the 40th Anniversary of this final film of the Original Trilogy and we reminisced and talked about the things we like about this movie.

Welcome back to More Than Meets The Eye: A Transformers Podcast! We review the sixth live action film in the franchise - Rise of the Beasts. We are introduced to the Maximals and the Terrorcons, as well as Unicron! Set on Earth in 1994, we are reunited from the Transformers from the last film - Bumblebee and are introduced to some new Transfomers. We discuss any connective tissues with Bumblebee a...

The Credible Nerds tackle the much maligned but secretly loved 4th movie in the Indiana Jones film series - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull! We discuss the off and on again start of the film and why it took so long to develop, as well as how big of a box office hit the movie was in 2008. We discuss the era that this story is set in, the late 1950's, and the effect it had on the...

We are back to talk more about the Man with the Hat! We get a Young Indy flashback and some great character building moments and a new adventure with young Indy! We discuss how much time has passed for Indy since Temple of Doom and how this movie fits into the overall Indiana Jones Saga timeline. We discuss our top favorite moments of the film, as well as our least favorite. We get into a discussi...

The Credible Nerds got a sneak peak of The Flash and we talk about the movie without spoilers! Is it any good? Is it worth seeing in theaters? How good is Michael Keaton? All these questions and more are answered! Subscribe and listen today! Spoiler filled review coming after the film is released in theaters.

We review Chapters 45-49 in Book One of The Wheel of Time - The Eye of the World! The heroes barely escape the Ways and Machin Shin, then make their way to Fal Dara. At Far Dara they rest and prepare to enter the dreaded Blight and to find the Green Man and The Eye of the World! We discuss the Ways and Machin Shin and how the taint of saidin has corrupted the Ways. We speculate on what Machin Shin...

We're back with a review of the Indiana Jones prequel - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom! Set one year before Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indy is on a new adventure with a sidekick - Short Round, and an unwilling traveling companion - Willie Scott. These three are shot at, chased, left for dead on an airplane, escape said airplane by jumping out with only a life raft for safety, and ride white wa...

The Fourth Ta'veren reviews Episode 8: The Eye of the World from Amazon Prime! This episode is the final episode of the season and is loosely based on the ending events of the book series The Wheel of Time - Book One: The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan. We discuss how the Rand decides to go to the Blight and find the Eye of the World by himself, but Moraine goes with leaving Lan behind. Lan and...

In preparation for the release of the fifth Indiana Jones movie - Dial of Destiny, we review the one that started it all - Raiders of the Lost Ark. We wax nostalgic as we discuss our first time viewing the film and what we thought. We also discuss how the film holds up over time over 40 years later. We discuss the characters and themes of the movie and how they have connected with us from when we...

We review the final two episodes of Season 3 of The Mandalorian - The Spies and The Return! We discuss the Shadow Council and who they are and what their individual missions might be! We discuss the reunification of The Mandalorian tribes and their reentry into Mandalore. Moff Gideon is back! We review and discuss what his master plan is and how it was thwarted by Din Djarin. We talk about how awe...

We discuss Chapter 22 of The Mandalorian - Guns for Hire! While we think that this is one of the oddest episodes of the series, there are some good things to discuss. From the cameos to references to Count Dooku and the Separatists to the duel to be the Mandalorian ruler there are some good things to see. We discuss the cameos of Jack Black and LIzzo and how we feel that there was potential for th...

Argh, Pirates! We review and discuss Chapter 21 of The Mandalorian, the one where pirates attack Nevarro! With the New Republic being ineffective, the Mandalorians step in to help a planet under attack. Gorian Shard and goons invade Nevarro and kick High Magistrate Greef Karga and his people out of their own city. What will Karga do now? He calls on an old acquaintance for help, who then calls on...

We discuss Chapter 20 of The Mandalorian - The Foundling! We get to see the Mandalorians working together against a common foe and how they are able to rescue one of their own. A dragon-like creature has attacked the Mandalorians and taken captive a foundling. The Mandalorians mount a rescue mission with Bo Katan taking charge of the mission. While out on their rescue mission, Grogu stays behind w...

Justin and Jordan discuss Stephen King's second novel, 'Salem's Lot. We discuss the various characters and story points and the overall story. We talk how faith and religion, or lack thereof, plays a part in the story and how it affects the vampires. We also discuss the two made for TV shows that have been made, as well as the strange movie that came to be released as 'Salem's Lot 2. We discuss th...

We briefly discuss the Indiana Jones films and that we will be doing a review series of the already released four films in preparation for the upcoming fifth movie, Dial of Destiny. Which one is your favorite?

Book Giveaway! The Credible Nerds are giving away a copy of The Lost Metal - signed, stamped, and numbered (#1468). Make sure you like and subscribe to our channel to be entered in to the giveaway. We will do the giveaway once we hit 500 subscribers. We recap our Dragonsteel Con 2022 experience and what we liked about it and then move into the book review. We also review The Lost Metal - Book 7 of...

The Credible Nerds review the final episode of Season Two of The Mandalorian - The Rescue! By now it's no secret that Luke Skywalker shows up to rescue Mando and the gang! We see Luke Skywalker in his Jedi prime battling Dark Troopers and saving the day. This is a pretty awesome episode that sets up Season Three pretty well.

We break down the latest adventure of Din Djarin, The Mandalorian. Now that his little buddy, Grogu, has been kidnapped by The Empire who does our hero turn to for help? The Mandalorian gets the gang back together to rescue baby Yoda, but also gets some additional help from Boba Fett and Fennic Shand! But one more person is needed, they must bust Migs Mayfeld out of the New Republic prison!

We review Michael Bay’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and discuss how it compares to the previous two films in our More Than Meets The Eye series. The adventures of Sam and Makayla continue with the introduction of some new characters as well as reuniting with old friends. We discuss the new Transformers that are introduced in this film and also discuss the Fallen and who they are. We break...

In our review of the final episode of The Rings of Power, we discuss the reveal of Sauron and more hints we get regarding The Stranger. We discuss the Mystics from Rhun and who they may be. With the announcement of a Season 2, we also discuss the direction the series seems to be taking and some expectations moving forward with the sto

We discuss the upcoming Dragonsteel Convention that takes place on November 14 and 15, 2022! The Credible Nerds will be there and we talk about how big it will be and what we will be doing there. We also spend some time speculating about The Lost Metal and give a few predictions of what we might read about in the story. There are no spoilers here, just predictions. We haven't read any of the pre-r...

Another step in the journey of Din Djarin's attempt to reunite Grogu with his kind - the Jedi. They make it to Tython and find the Seeing Stone that Grogu can sit on on to reach out in to the Universe to contact another Jedi. Seems simple enough, right? But of course that's a boring story and there's got to be some surprises and barriers to success along the way. And yes there are some surprises!...

The Credible Nerds review Stephen King's first novel, Carrie. We discuss the story and the events that lead up to Carrie murdering her high school peers. But the question remains - Is Carrie the victim in this story? Or is she a cold blooded killer? The answer isn't black and white. We discuss the movies that were made based on the novel and what Stephen King's position is on these movies.

Justin and Marc review episodes 5 through 7 of The Rings of Power! We discuss what is going on with the Southlanders and how they are able to hold off the Orcs with the help of the Numenorians. We discuss Galadriel and where the heck is Celeborn? Plus it’s revealed that Galadriel has a daughter? Oh yeah, we knew that already because you know, Arwen, however just watching this show you wouldn’t kno...