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It's that time again! We celebrate the media of 2024 with the annual Morey Awards! Who will win? (fun stuff!) Who will lose? (No one!) Listen and hear the winners! Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives at  themoreyounerd.com Follow us on Twitter  @themoreyounerd Like us on Facebook

For our last episode looking at our Japanese super heroes' Christmas episodes we went all the way back to 1971! And then flashed forward to 2022! How much have things changed in holiday specials? Listen and find out! Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives at  themoreyounerd.com Follow us on Twitter  @themoreyounerd Like us on Facebook

Sometimes your podcast flies a little too close to the sun ... and sometimes your Christmas episode doesn't have that much Christmas. But sometimes ... SOMETIMES ... It's all about the CHICKEN! Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives at  themoreyounerd.com Follow us on Twitter  @themoreyounerd Like us on Facebook

We're back with another look at two more Tokusatsu Christmas specials! This week we're taking a look at episodes from two very different decades, the 1990s and the 2010s! We also look at what happens when the holiday special happens EARLY in the show vs late! Listen and find out! Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives at  themoreyounerd.com Follow us on Twitter  @themoreyounerd Li...

It's that time of year folks! Snow is on the ground, houses are decorated, and we're teaming up with our favorite Tokusatsu heroes like we do every year! What? You don't do that? Well sit back as we talk about our favorite pirate Super Sentai team save Christmas! Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives at  themoreyounerd.com Follow us on Twitter  @themoreyounerd Like us on Facebook

What happens when you are in the sunset period of your mega hit video game console? Your competition is already raising the bar with new 3D graphics and CD quality music, and even you have already announced your replacement to the venerable SNES ... Well, you go ahead and release one of the best platformers of all time! Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives at  themoreyounerd.com...

In this episode we step back to 1992 and one of the most interesting side scrolling platform games of all time: Flashback! But does this game, with all of its cutting edge elements hold up 30 years later? Listen and find out! Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives at  themoreyounerd.com Follow us on Twitter  @themoreyounerd Like us on Facebook

This week we dive into a game that Myles never got around to but Drew adored! Join us as we dive into the history of Japan, with monsters! But does this 20 something year old game stand up to the test of time? Listen and find out! Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives at  themoreyounerd.com Follow us on Twitter  @themoreyounerd Like us on Facebook

This month we're covering video games! But Specifically games we feel like we missed the boat on when they were fresh and new. This week's pick takes us back to those storied days when we thought full motion video was going to be all the rage! It's space, the final fronFEAR in Star Trek: Borg! Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives at  themoreyounerd.com Follow us on Twitter  @the...

We wrap up the month of October with a very appropriate film, Halloween! This movie skips a bakers' dozen of sequels and reboots, but does it earn its place in the franchise? Listen and find out! Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives at  themoreyounerd.com Follow us on Twitter  @themoreyounerd Like us on Facebook

Who said direct-to-video was a bad thing?! Well, a lot of people. But that's not going to stop us from checking out one of the highlights of the mostly straight-to-tape franchise Puppet Master! Does it matter that we skipped the first two movies? Listen and find out! Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives at  themoreyounerd.com Follow us on Twitter  @themoreyounerd Like us on Face...

Myles is finally back! And he's brought with him all your favorite Halloween frights, kicking off with one of the most popular films from everyone's favorite claw-handed nightmare ... Freddy Krueger! Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives at  themoreyounerd.com Follow us on Twitter  @themoreyounerd Like us on Facebook

Drew is on his own again, and this time the monologue turns to toys! Specifically, one of the coolest line of Transformers to ever exist: The Alternators! (And their slightly cooler Japanese cousins Binaltech) Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives at  themoreyounerd.com Follow us on Twitter  @themoreyounerd Like us on Facebook

Between illness, vacations, and now weather catastrophes Drew is back with a quick solo episode talking about something he could do for hours ... Star Trek! Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives at  themoreyounerd.com Follow us on Twitter  @themoreyounerd Like us on Facebook

We've reached the end of our color coded tokusatsu journey, and what better way to finish things off than by covering some of the shows that break the rules and do the things that no other Sentai shows could! Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives at  themoreyounerd.com Follow us on Twitter  @themoreyounerd Like us on Facebook

As the Power Rangers franchise falters in the US, Super Sentai remains strong in Japan, and this week we take a look at three series whose premises got passed over for conversion. But does that mean they should be ignored by western fans?! Listen and find out! Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives at  themoreyounerd.com Follow us on Twitter  @themoreyounerd Like us on Facebook

We're back with more Super Sentai content, and this week we're taking a look at some of the series that became Power Rangers shows in the Disney era: Dekaranger, Magiranger, and Go-Onger! These shows made were pretty popular adaptations, but how do the originals stack up? Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives at  themoreyounerd.com Follow us on Twitter  @themoreyounerd Like us on...

In this episode, we talk about three Super Sentai shows that were only slightly converted into a respective Power Rangers version. From the kung fu powered Dairanger to the ninja team Kakuranger, and rounding out 20 years later with the constellation based Kyuranger! What got adapted? What didn't? Are the originals better in the first place?! Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives...

We're back with more Super Sentai action! And this week we're covering a small sampling of some fan favorite shows, Bioman (which was almost the first Power Rangers installment!), Liveman, and Jetman! We've moved from the 70s all the way to the 90s! Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives at  themoreyounerd.com Follow us on Twitter  @themoreyounerd Like us on Facebook

After dipping our toes into the worlds of Ultraman and Kamen Rider, we're finally diving head first into the franchise that spawned the Power Rangers and so many other cultural touchstones. It's time for Super Sentai! And what better to start with than the very beginning: The Secret Squadron Gorenger! Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives at  themoreyounerd.com Follow us on Twitt...

The boys are 40 and so is this film! The fourth and certainly LAST in the franchise sees Jason Voorhees escape from the morgue and continue his killing spree! But really .. why did DREW challenge this?! Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives at  themoreyounerd.com Follow us on Twitter  @themoreyounerd Like us on Facebook

This week the boys dive into one of Myles's passions, the wide world of sports entertainment, as they check out a few notable matches from the past few years. Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives at  themoreyounerd.com Follow us on Twitter  @themoreyounerd Like us on Facebook

This week, instead of focusing a microscope on a topic we threw caution to the wind to talk about the birth of a media icon: the animation block Adult Swim! All kids out of the pool as we dive into the first seasons of the original lineup! Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives at themoreyounerd.com Follow us on Twitter @themoreyounerd Like us on Facebook

Week 2 of our birthday challenge month and we're diving into the world of indie but not so indie games with Dave the Diver! Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives at themoreyounerd.com Follow us on Twitter @themoreyounerd Like us on Facebook

The month of July happens to be smack dab in the middle on Myles and Drew's respective birthdays, and this year is the once in a lifetime moment where the two are finally showing their age. So this month we're dedicating the whole thing to birthday challenges! And we start out with one more than a year in the making, we finally got Myles to sit down and watch Shin Kamen Rider! Follow The More You...