Why So Sidious? A Nerd Podcast

Here's an origins & background overview of the God of Symbiotes: Knull. This villain came to the Marvel universe with a bang, bringing juicy lore into the mythology of Symbiotes, closely tied to characters like Venom, Carnage, and even Thor! His first big screen appearance will take place in Venom 3 The Last Dance so get to know the character!  Follow us on social media:  Twitter/Instagra...

In this episode we'll cover the confirmed projects and casting so far, and guess some potential stories, villains, yet-to-be confirmed projects, and elseworlds project possibilities!  Intro and favorite comics (Marvel, DC, & Indie)  07:10 Overall expectations of the DCU  11:50 Creatures Commandos  15:10 Waller  17:30 Booster Gold  20:35 The Authority  24:00 Swamp Thing  29:25 Paradise Los...

Cold Open: Deston Daniel Cretton (MCU Shang Chi director) is directing Spiderman 4.  06:50 Intro & Discussion  The Batman spinoff series starts with a bang. Colin Farrell brings a ruthless charisma to the screen, taking place right after the events of The Batman. Here's our review of episode 1 of HBO series, The Penguin.  Follow us on social media:  Twitter/Instagram/TikTok: @whysosidious...

After a cold open discussing the Venom 3 (The Last Dance) trailer which confirms Knull the God of Symbiotes' first on screen appearance, we dive into The Lord of the Rings spinoff series - episode 5 season 2 of Rings of Power. King Durin shows signs of corruption, Celebrimboor begins to suspect a darkness tied to the creation of the power rings, and drama in Numenor is heating up as we travel...

Nerd Therapy is our no holds barred conversation on nerd fandom topics full of fun, philosophical, theoretical topics, or anything that we find interesting to talk about. Cold Open: Ben Affleck’s Batman vs Chris Evans’ Captain America, Jason Vorhees vs Michael Myers, Homelander vs the Avengers  07:45 Intro  10:00 Desert Island: 1 - Jim Carrey, Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell. 2 - Star Wars, Avengers, D...

On our road to Sauron, we see the Stranger meet Tom Bombadil, Elrond and Galadriel leading an expedition to stop the evil lurking in Middle Earth, Arondir and Isildur run into Ents, & more! This is our review of Lord of the Rings spinoff show, Rings of Power - season 2 episode 4. Follow us on social media:  Twitter/Instagram/TikTok: @whysosidiouspod  YouTube: www.youtube.com/@whysosidiouspod?a...

Back to Middle Earth! All 3 hosts in studio to discuss the season 2 premier of Lord of the Rings spinoff series: Rings of Power. We'll dig into Halbrand's transformation into Annatar, his manipulation of Celebrimboor, Galadriel and Elrond's conflict regarding the rings, Numenor, The Stranger, Nori, Isildur, Arondir, & more! Follow us on social media: Twitter/Instagram/TikTok: @w...

Grant Morrison's Animal Man quickly became a classic. Tackling real world issues through a really fun story with one of the wildest twist endings in comic books. Here we review the comic, we talk about other comics along the way, and we even dive into some of these real-world issues that are addressed in the story. Special guest Yuhoo returns! Enjoy!  Cold Open: Grant Morrison's Batman f...

Marvel Studios cast Harrison Ford to play Thaddeus (Thunderbolt) Ross, replacing William Hurt - RIP. Thunderbolt Ross is a major Hulk villain, but not until Captain America Brave New World, have we seen him at his full strength, and by that we mean the Red Hulk. How, when, and why did Ross become the Red Hulk? From villain to Avenger, here's everything you need to know about the MCU's ne...

Week in Geek is where we discuss all the recent nerd fandom news. This episode includes a spoiler filled Alien Romulus movie review, and discussions on topics such as who might be cameoing in Daredevil Born Again, the Acolyte season 2 being cancelled, how Superman wraps filming/James Gunn doesn't need reshoots, D23 Marvel animation news, and our review of the latest Kraven trailer! We also ca...

Join hosts Caleb and David as we fill in for our good friend Andy on his podcast, The Galactic Core Podcast! And we are talking ALL things "The Rings of Power". We open the episode discussing the most common gripes from the fandom regarding season 1 of the series and if we agree with them or not, as well as what our own personal gripes were with the season. We also give our TOP 5 moments...

Join the crew as we do our first reaction live stream as we watch the D23 2024 announcements unfold! We start off discussing what we want to see in the DCU that hasn't been announced yet as we wait for the first D23 news to drop..and then we jump right into it! Star Wars released trailers and information regarding The Skeleton Crew, The Mandalorian and Grogu, and Andor Season 2. After that, M...

We talk a great deal about Marvel, DC, and a little Star Wars at the beginning. IF you only came for the comic book review, skip at to the 39 minute mark! Failsafe is about Batman's contingency plan for himself, in the past he created an ultron-like robot to take himself out under extreme circumstances. When the Penguin frames Batman for murder, Failsafe is released and wreaks havoc on Batman...

Join hosts Caleb and David as we cover the finale episode of season 2 on House of the Dragon, with our returning guest and friend of the show, Ben! We open up with some talk about other projects being worked on in the Game of Thrones universe, including the upcoming "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms". We then jump into the extra long finale episode that left a lot of people wanting for mor...

Join hosts Caleb and David as we tackle the penultimate episode of season 2 on House of the Dragon! We dive right into the episode, discussing Team Green's plans and failures and Alicent's midlife crisis. We also discuss the fantastic scene at Harrenhal with Daemon Targaryen and the lords of the Riverlands, led by Oscar Tully. Then its on to Team Black to discuss the red sowing! Rhaenyra...

Cold Open: Robert Downey Jr as MCU's new big bad, Dr Doom  Intro and Overall Thoughts  13:00 Gripes (like how it didnt do anything for the MCU)  19:30 Cameos and Wolverine variants: Johny Storm, Blade, Elektra, Age of Apocalypse, Days of Future Past, etc.   31:25 Thor and Deadpool in Secret Wars? & more cameo talk  34:45 Character Spotlight: Hugh Jackman's Wolverine  47:35 Easter Egg...

Marvel, DC, The Boys, Rings of Power, what was announced at SDCC 24 and what do hosts JD and Caleb think about the news? Cap 4 is finally bringing the celestial (poking out of the Indian Ocean) back to big screen, and its made out of adamantium!? This is the substance that Wolverine's skeleton is made of. Fantastic 4 has a title, Avengers 4 has a title and RDJ returns to the MCU, and much mor...

Here's our initial reaction to the first R rated MCU installment.  Intro  1:50 Does the movie meet expectations?  4:40 Did the cameos work? (still non spoiler)  7:00 Villain Cassandra Nova & is this a top 10 MCU movie?  11:00 Humor & Hugh Jackman as Wolverine  14:00 End Credit scene (there's 1) & closing thoughts  Follow us on social media:  •Twitter/Instagram/TikTok: @whysos...

Join hosts Caleb and David as we dive back into a galaxy far, far away to cover the very last episode of the first season of The Acolyte, Star Wars newest series on Disney+! We cold start the episode with some discussion about Emmy nominations for some of our favorite series of the year, before we get into the main topic. After that, we cover the finale episode of a very divisive season of The Aco...

DC and Marvel join forces to produce an epic crossover by Kurt Busiek & George Perez. Special guests Zane & Jose join the discussion on the JLA/Avengers comic book event.  Intro  2:30 Finding rare copies of this printing (only 7,000 copies printed)  8:00 Other Marvel & DC crossover comics  13:30 Jose's story involving juvenile hall and a shank  20:50 Comic book conversation  40:10...

Aemond fires his mother Alicent from the small council. Whoops, Rhaenyra feeds their last hope to a dragon. Seasmoke finds a rider, becoming a new last hope for team Black, & more!  Intro  2:30 Episode Discussion  Follow us on social media:  Twitter/Instagram/TikTok: @whysosidiouspod  YouTube: www.youtube.com/@whysosidiouspod?app=desktop  Email us questions/requests: whysosidious@yahoo.com  Su...

With returning special guest Mark Hennessey, covering a classic DC comic book written by Alan Moore and art by Brian Bolland. Cold Open: Captain America 4 Trailer (A Brave New World) 7:00 DCU Superman: set photos of Hawkgirl and Green Lantern 9:30 Intro 12:00 Is Batman that great of a character? 14:30 Comic Conversation 18:30 The philosophy of the Joker (One Bad Day) 21:40 The actual "killing...

Join hosts Caleb and David AND special guest Ben Donohue as fly over to Westeros to cover House of the Dragon, Episode 5! We open up introducing our guest, and going through their binge journey of Game of Thrones! After that, we naturally jump into a top 5 list of the biggest plot points that were simply just abandoned by D&D in the last two seasons... After that, we cover the House of the Dra...

Join hosts Caleb and David as we dive back into a galaxy far, far away to cover the Star Wars series on Disney+, The Acolyte Episodes 6 and 7! But first, we open up the episode discussing the trailers that dropped this week: Gladiator 2, Captain America: Brave New World, and Agatha All Along. We give our takes on the trailers themselves, and discuss what interest we have in these projects. After t...

Featuring Deadpool & Wolverine ***DISCLAIMER the host of the episode lost audio half way through the episode. So if the episode feels disjointed during the end and ends abruptly, its Riverside's fault and we did our best to edit the audio into a cohesive episode. We chose Rick Remender's X Force because of a certain big new MCU movie on its way. Deadpool & Wolverine are lead char...