The Salty Nerd Podcast

Battlestar Galactica 33 review by the Salty Nerds has them looking at the premiere episode of the series and arguably, one of the show's best episodes ever.   The Cylons have been relentlessly pursuing the fleet for 5 days after the events of the miniseries, jumping in exactly 33 minutes after the fleet escapes them.  Nerves are frayed, exhaustion is rampant, and no one knows how the Cyl...

In this episode of the prequel series to Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon, the entire extended Targaryen clan comes together for Laena's funeral, and tensions come to a boiling point.  Aegon claims Laena's dragon for his own, which puts him at odds with Rhaenyra's and Daemon's children in a fight that has permanent consequences.  Then, Alicent and Rhaenyra force the court to choose s...

Galaxy Quest movie review from the Salty Nerds has them never giving up and never surrendering!   In what is arguably a better Star Trek movie than 90% of the Star Trek movies out there, Galaxy Quest is a hilarious and heartwarming movie about a group of washed-up TV actors who must embody their roles to help save an alien race from total annihilation.   Starring an amazing cast consisti...

CHET CHET everyone!  We are back at the good old House of Enlightenment for a fun little siege, all set to the dulcet tunes of Guns & Roses "Welcome To The Jungle."   Sybeth is back and this time she's making all the disgruntled Witchfinders forget about the fact that she destroyed their homes and killed their families, and instead enlists them back in her service with the simple arg...

The Princess Bride movie review has the Salty Nerds declaring Wuv, Twoo Wuv for this classic movie.   A story about adventure, intrigue, and romance, The Princess Bride is probably one of the most quotable movies ever made.  Based on William Goldman's novel and directed by Rob Reiner, the movie is about a poor farm boy who becomes a legendary pirate in order to win the hand of his true l...

Hey, guess who's back?  Everyone's favorite scantily-clad evil space princess, Ardala!  She's returning to get revenge on Earth, but she has something special in mind for Buck Rogers. After kidnapping Buck and Twiki, Ardala just can't get enough of the OG Buck Rogers, so she decides to clone him so she can have as many Buck boy-toys as she wants!  Obviously, Buck ain't having any of...

The Salty Nerds talk about all dem Targaryan babies that aren't really Targaryan babies and all the shenanigans Rhaenyra is getting up to over the course of 10 years.  Daemon and his new wife are up to no good in the Free Cities, and Ser Criston Cole is now aligned with Alicent and laying traps for Ser Harwin Strong.  Oh, and we also talk about the real life Royal Family in the UK and ho...

SEE Season 3 Episode 4 has people smearing poop on their face in an odd trend this season, but whatever, the Salty Nerds are here for it.   In this episode of the Jason Momoa epic series from AppleTV, Kofun walks around with a knife wound in his back the entire time, Sybeth is eating all kinds of weird stuff when she's not smearing horse dung all over herself, Harlan's F-buddy makes a very se...

Total Recall 2012 movie review is mostly the Salty Nerds talking about how many times they fell asleep while watching this extremely boring action movie.   This "reimagining" of the classic Arnold Schwarzenegger film from Paul Verhoeven comes to us from the creator of the Underworld franchise, Len Wiseman.  Starring Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, and Bryan Cranston, Total...

Total Recall 1990 movie review from the Salty Nerds has them all wanting to get their ass to Mars so they can unlock ancient alien artifacts and party with three-tittied hookers.  After all, they got 5 kids to feed!   Based on the Philip K. Dick short story We Can Remember It For You Wholesale, Total Recall marks the only collaboration between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Paul Verhoeven, an...

Buck Rogers In The 25th Century Space Vampire Review has the Salty Nerds marveling over how goofy the Vorvon villain is, and wondering why the show just didn't call him the "Unibrowpire"?   In this episode, Buck and Wilma are on their way to a sexy vacation getaway, but when they stop at a space station to drop off Twiki, they find themselves quarantined and fighting an army of "mostly dead"...

At the midway point of season 1, The House Of The Dragon seems to be losing some of its steam with a number of subplots and events that don't seem to be properly set up and actually confusing to the audience if they haven't read the books.  In this episode, King Viserys goes to Seastone to make nice with House Velaryon and to wed Rhaenyra to Laenor Velaryon.  Ser Criston Cole gets SIMPy...

Dredd Movie Review from the Salty Nerds has them geeking out over this "day in the life of Judge Dredd" movie from Karl Urban and Alex Garland.   Nowhere near as campy as Stallone's 1995 take on the Judge Dredd character, this film sees Urban's Dredd team up with Olivia Thirlby as a mutant rookie Judge as they take on a crime lord named Ma-Ma, played by Cersei Lannister herself, Lena Headey....

CHET CHET y'all!  It's time to dig into episode 3 of AppleTV's SEE, starring Jason Momoa!   Crazy Sybeth Caine is on the loose, and Maghra is afraid her escape may lead to war with Trevantis.  But those darn renegade Witchfinders are at it again, and they almost kill Kofun!  Wren shows up and confirms that Trevantis is up to no good and there are a lot of bombs at the House of...

Judge Dredd Movie Review from the Salty Nerds have them marveling at just how many times Sylvester Stallone and Armand Assante can shout "LAW" at each other and make "Justice" puns.   Judge Dredd from 1995 is a guilty pleasure movie that sees Sylvester Stallone re-team with his Demolition Man co-star Rob Schneider and Diane Lane to uncover a very convoluted conspiracy plot, all while NOT wear...

Buck Rogers Planet Of The Amazon Women is probably one of the sexiest episodes of Television ever released to the general public.  Buck is sidetracked from a romantic dinner with Wilma Deering when two scantily clad sisters send out a distress beacon to lure Buck to a planet where men are in short supply.  Buck is quickly captured and auctioned off as a prime specimen of masculinity, and...

The Nerds are back to talk about episode 4 of the HBO original series (and Game of Thrones prequel) The House Of The Dragon!  In this episode, Daemon returns to King's Landing to make out with his niece, Rhaenyra puts the moves on Ser Criston Cole, Otto Hightower spreads some unseemly rumors, and Viserys has lots more wounds than when we last saw him!  Oh, and there are a TON of pornogra...

Big Trouble In Little China movie review from the Salty Nerds have them perplexed at this awesome cult classic movie from John Carpenter and Kurt Russell.  Kurt Russell plays the legendary Jack Burton who teams up with Dennis Dun and Victor Wong to fight the cursed Chinese sorcerer David Lo Pan (played by James Hong ) all the while romancing Kim Cattrall and dropping epic one-liners.   B...

The Salty Nerds have a bone to pick with the second episode of season 3 of AppleTV's Jason Momoa series SEE.  Actually, several bones as the show slides back into season 1 levels of glorious ridiculousness.  Kofun is still being a terrible father, Haniwa is being annoying, Boba Voss smells like poop, Maghra is the worst Queen ever, and Sybeth is back on the loose for no apparent reason....

The Golden Child movie review from the Salty Nerds has them talking about this 1986 classic from Eddie Murphy which went from being a serious mystical thriller to what essentially amounts to a supernatural version of Beverly Hills Cop.  This fantasy comedy film is a nostalgic favorite of the Salty Nerds and follows Eddie Murphy as private investigator Chandler Jarrell as he teams up with expe...

If you thought you knew what real science fiction was, then you haven't yet seen BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY!  The story of a US Astronaut who is cryogenically frozen in a freak accident and who wakes up 500 years in the future to help save all of humanity - and be SEXY while doing it!   Gil Gerard gives Captain Kirk a run for his money as Captain William 'Buck' Rogers, the suave, aw...

The Nerds get together to talk about the third episode of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon.  In this episode, Rhaenyra kills wild animals while fielding off marriage requests and being a bratty emo teenager.  Viserys celebrates his son's second birthday by killing deer and getting super drunk.  Alicent learns to play the Game of Thrones while being SUPER pregnant....

Stand aside, plebs!  The Salty Nerds speak to their QUEEN as actress Sylvia Hoeks graces us with her presence.  As the evil Queen Kane on Jason Momoa's AppleTV show SEE, the Salty Nerds have been praying to Sylvia for a long, long time.   In this interview, Slyvia breaks down how she was cast in the role of Queen, how she crafted her iconic character, and entertains us with funny st...

Tremors 3 Back To Perfection movie review from the Salty Nerds has them liking this Tremors sequel a little better than the second film, but not by much.   By this point in the Tremors franchise, Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward are nowhere to be found, so Michael Gross steps up to the plate as his character Burt Gummer is now the main character of the series.  We return to the small town of Pe...

Tremors 2 Aftershocks movie review from the Salty Nerds has them feeling like they were denied vital, need-to-know information, because this sequel falls far short of the classic original Tremors.   Fred Ward and Michael Gross are back for the second installment of the Tremors franchise, but Kevin Bacon is nowhere to be found.  This time, the Graboids evolve into a less scary version cal...