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The Credible Nerds

News, Commentary, and Reviews for the casual nerd. Join The Credible Nerds - Justin and Marc, as we talk about our favorite fandoms. We discuss Star Wars & Star Trek, DC & Marvel, Harry Dresden & Harry Potter, The Cosmere & Middle Earth, The Wheel of Time and more!

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01:07:28

Episode 100 - Review of Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot

The Credible Nerds ·

2023/03/22

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 the recently, 2022, produced film by James Wan that has yet to see the light of day. (dad joke)

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00:08:15

Episode 99 - Indiana Jones Review Series Preview

The Credible Nerds ·

2023/03/18

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?

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01:03:23

Episode 98 - The Mandalorian Chapter 17 - The...

The Credible Nerds ·

2023/03/18

We review the much anticipated first two episodes of The Mandalorian Season 3!! We discuss how much time has passed since Season 2 and what the fallout has been since Moff Gideon was captured. We revisit Nevarro and catch up with Greef Karga. We discuss Mandalore and the new Mandalorians that we are introduced to in the first few minutes of the episode. We discuss Bo Katan Kryze and her past role in the Star Wars Saga and we see what she is up to at this point in the story. We talk about the

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00:39:32

Episode 97 - The Bad Batch: S2 Ep 9 - The Crossing &...

The Credible Nerds ·

2023/03/18

We review Episodes 9 and 10 of Season 2 - The Crossing and Retrieval. This story arc consists of the crew going on another mission for Cid to search out a mine to see if it can be lucrative. While they are in the mine searching for ore, their ship, The Maurader, is stolen and they are stranded on a desolate planet. The Bad Batch have to figure out a way to get their ship back and get off planet. Along the way they make a new friend and liberate a colony of miners from an oppressive tyrant.

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00:58:04

Episode 96 - The Bad Batch S2 Episode 7 - Clone...

The Credible Nerds ·

2023/02/23

We review and discuss this two parter episode of Episode 7 and 8 of Season 2 of the Bad Batch - Clone Conspiracy and Truth and Consequences. 'What happened to the Clone Troopers between Episodes 3 and 4 of Star Wars?' has long been a question on Star Wars fans' minds. In Season One of the Bad Batch this question began to be answered, and these two episodes are a continuation of that storyline. We see how the Clone Troopers who were involved in the destruction of Tipoca City and Kamino can't stay

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01:22:53

Episode 95 - Cosmere Commentary - The Lost Metal Review

The Credible Nerds ·

2023/02/21

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 Mistborn Saga! This is the last book of Mistborn Era 2. We discuss how well this book wrap up this

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01:03:04

Episode 94 - The Bad Batch - S2 Ep 5 Entombed and Ep...

The Credible Nerds ·

2023/02/02

The Credible Nerds review The Bad Batch Episodes 5 and 6 - Entombed and Tribe! We discuss how these aren't filler episodes and how they do play in to the overall story and character arc of the Bad Batch. With Entombed we again have an Indiana Jones type episode where the Batch goes on a treasure hunt but instead find an ancient killer kaiju! WIth Tribe we are reintroduced to a Jedi Padawan, Genji the Wookiee Jedi, from the Clone Wars animated series! We also discuss whether Omega is Force sensitive

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00:30:57

Episode 93 - The Bad Batch - S2 Ep 4 - Faster Review

The Credible Nerds ·

2023/01/29

We review and discuss Episode 4 - Faster! This episode is a fun side story that develops some character arcs and also gives us some good action sequences.

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00:47:28

Episode 92 - The Mandalorian Chapter 16 - The Rescue...

The Credible Nerds ·

2023/01/27

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.

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00:35:15

Episode 91 - The Bad Batch - S2 Ep3 - The Solitary...

The Credible Nerds ·

2023/01/17

The Credible Nerds discuss Episode Three of Season Two of The Bad Batch! This episode focuses on the the lost clone of the Bad Batch, Crosshair. Crosshair has fallen out of favor with the Empire after the events of Season One and is being ostracized by his superior officers as well as his fellow clones. We are reintroduced to a Clone Wars hero, Commander Cody! Cody is working for the Empire and we see how he likes that. We also discuss how evil the Empire really is and to what lengths they go to

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00:40:05

Episode 90 - The Bad Batch Season Two Episodes 1 and...

The Credible Nerds ·

2023/01/17

Our favorite rogue clones, The Bad Batch, are back! Season Two premieres with two strong episodes as we are reintroduced to Clone Force 99 after some time has passed since the destruction of their home city, Tipoca City on Kamino. With a lot of Indiana Jones vibes we get to see the swashbuckling adventures of The Bad Batch. Our heroes go on a mission to steal Count Dooku's treasure out from underneath the noses of the Empire!

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00:51:49

Episode 89 - The Mandalorian Chapter 15 - The...

The Credible Nerds ·

2023/01/16

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!

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01:18:30

Episode 88 - Transformers - MTMTE - Revenge of the...

The Credible Nerds ·

2022/12/09

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 down how the history of Earth and the Transformers are intertwined and how First Contact with the

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00:49:33

Episode 87 - The Rings of Power: Review of Episode 8...

The Credible Nerds ·

2022/11/29

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

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00:32:49

Episode 86 - Preview of Brandon Sanderson's...

The Credible Nerds ·

2022/11/11

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-released chapters and we don't have any insider information - just theories.

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00:45:44

Episode 85 - The Mandalorian Chapter 14 - The Tragedy...

The Credible Nerds ·

2022/11/08

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! We are reintroduced to not one, but two characters whom we were lead to believe were dead in previous

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00:51:47

Episode 84 - Review of Stephen King's Carrie

The Credible Nerds ·

2022/11/08

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.

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01:11:36

Episode 83 - The Rings of Power: Review of Episodes 5-7

The Credible Nerds ·

2022/10/11

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 know about Galadriel’s family until a few short lines of dialogue in episode 7. We discuss Adar and who he

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00:58:06

Episode 82 - The Mandalorian Chapter 13 - The Jedi...

The Credible Nerds ·

2022/10/11

The Credible Nerds review chapter 13 of the Mandalorian - The Jedi. Who is Ahsoka and have we seen her before? Is she the Jedi we’re looking for?We talk about how sworn enemies, a Mandalorian and a Jedi, work together for a common goal, and we learn more about Baby Yoda - including his name! We also discuss the person who Ahsoka is trying to track down and who that is.

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01:16:43

Episode 81 - The Rings of Power: Chapters 1-4 Review

The Credible Nerds ·

2022/09/27

Marc and Justin review the first four episodes of The Rings of Power! We discuss what we liked about it and how it compares to the original films from Peter Jackson. We discuss Galadriel and Halbrand, Durin and Elrond, the traveling people, the Elves and Orcs, and who is the Stranger? Where is Sauron? We discuss the Numenorians and how they came to be on an island, who are the Southlanders, and where is Gandalf? We explore all of the fun speculations and different storylines!

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