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Nerd Legion

Nerd Legion is a weekly podcast exploring science fiction and fantasy TV shows and films as well as other aspects of nerd culture. Featuring long-time esports casting duo Erik "DoA" Lonnquist and Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles, the show highlights their years of established synergy and banter to lend humor and insight into the latest pop culture trends.

Is Project Hail Mary A Money Grab? Or Is It ACTUALLY Good?

51 mins; March 28, 2026

One Piece Season 2 Is the Best Live-Action Anime Ever Made

62 hours 41 mins; March 21, 2026

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is the Blueprint Every Franchise Needs

66 hours 8 mins; February 28, 2026

Sean Connery as a Glittering Green Knight?! | SWORD OF THE VALIANT (1984)

51 mins; February 14, 2026

Wonder Man is the Marvel Show That Shouldn't Work

50 mins; February 07, 2026

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Feels Just Like Game of Thrones?!

52 mins; January 31, 2026

Star Trek for Gen Z Doesn’t Work (Here’s Why) | STARFLEET ACADEMY

63 hours 47 mins; January 24, 2026

Avatar: Fire and Ash Is a Spectacle With Nothing to Say

59 mins; January 17, 2026

The Forgotten Kids Movie of the 90s | SUBURBAN COMMANDO

54 mins; December 21, 2025

The Movie Nintendo Tried to Erase | SUPER MARIO BROS (1993)

63 hours 4 mins; December 06, 2025

Star Wars Visions Vol. 3 Misses the Mark: But One Episode Shines

54 mins; November 29, 2025

What Happens When ALL Humans Merge Into One Mind? | PLURIBUS Review

59 mins; November 22, 2025

Predator: Badlands Is Shockingly Good

57 mins; November 15, 2025

What Went Wrong With The Witcher? | SEASON 4 REVIEW

72 hours 28 mins; November 08, 2025

Reviving The Original Series... But Is It Good? | SPLINTER CELL: DEATHWATCH

63 hours 11 mins; November 01, 2025

The Funniest Terrible Fantasy Movie Ever Made | ATOR 2: THE BLADE MASTER

53 mins; October 25, 2025

The Most Hardcore Samurai Film Ever? | Lone Wolf and Cub

39 mins; October 04, 2025

Is Samurai Champloo A Masterpiece OR Incredibly Frustrating?

42 mins; September 27, 2025

How Watanabe's SAMURAI CHAMPLOO Continues To Inspire

62 hours 12 mins; September 20, 2025

LADY SNOWBLOOD (1973): The Ultimate Samurai Revenge Story

42 mins; September 13, 2025

GHOST OF YŌTEI Inspirations: 13 ASSASSINS (2010) — The Most Brutal Samurai Film

44 mins; September 08, 2025

GHOST OF YŌTEI Inspirations: THRONE OF BLOOD (1957) — Samurai Ghosts & Cursed Destiny

52 mins; August 30, 2025

DEATHSTALKER (1983): The Sleaziest Fantasy Film Ever?

46 mins; August 23, 2025

ALIEN EARTH: First Impressions & Peter Pan Parallels

54 mins; August 18, 2025

STRANGE NEW WORLDS (SEASON 3): Is Star Trek Now An Inside Joke?

72 hours 12 mins; August 09, 2025

FANTASTIC FOUR FIRST STEPS: A Glorious New Beginning or Another Failure?

62 hours 34 mins; August 02, 2025

KRULL: The 80s Fantasy Cult Film That Was ALMOST An All-Time Classic

57 mins; July 26, 2025

SUPERMAN (2025): How Good is James Gunn's New Take on The Man of Steel?

76 hours 52 mins; July 19, 2025

THE DARK CRYSTAL: Puppetry Masterpiece or Childhood Relic?

44 mins; July 12, 2025

FIRE AND ICE: The Lost Animated Cult Classic

48 mins; July 05, 2025

THE LAST UNICORN: Does This Dark Fantasy Deserve to Be a Cult Classic?

57 mins; June 28, 2025

SORCERESS (1982): The Worst Fantasy Movie of ALL-TIME?

46 mins; June 27, 2025

THE BEASTMASTER (1982): Hilariously Bad Barbarian Stereotypes & Tropes

54 mins; June 14, 2025

ANDOR: The BEST Star Wars Content Since The Original Trilogy

95 hours 30 mins; May 24, 2025

THE SWORD AND THE SORCERER: What Made This 80's Cult Classic a Hit?

65 hours 10 mins; May 10, 2025

CONAN THE BARBARIAN: The Genre-Defining Fantasy Classic

64 hours 22 mins; May 03, 2025

SEVERANCE SEASON 2: Big payoff or a shaky set-up?

78 hours 23 mins; April 17, 2025

ATOR THE FIGHTING EAGLE: The "So Bad It's Good" Conan Knock-Off

62 hours 46 mins; April 13, 2025

MICKEY 17: Does Bong Joon Ho's New Film Live Up to Parasite?

59 mins; April 07, 2025

DRAGONSLAYER: Disney's Dark, Grim, and Forgotten Film

60 hours 6 mins; March 22, 2025

HEAVY METAL: The Cult Classic That Shocked the 80s

50 mins; March 10, 2025

CAPTAIN AMERICA BRAVE NEW WORLD: Is it a worthy successor to Captain America?

62 hours 28 mins; March 10, 2025

HEAVY METAL: The Cult Classic That Shocked the 80s

50 mins; March 08, 2025

CAPTAIN AMERICA BRAVE NEW WORLD: Is it a worthy successor to Captain America?

62 hours 28 mins; March 01, 2025

WITCHER SIRENS OF THE DEEP: High Budget Anime Witcher Fans Will Love

62 hours 48 mins; February 22, 2025

SEVERANCE: Is it the BEST show on television? | Analyzing Ben Stiller's hit

64 hours 30 mins; February 14, 2025

SECTION 31: Is this the WORST Star Trek ever?

81 hours 56 mins; February 07, 2025

SKELETON CREW FINALE: The most UNDERRATED Star Wars of all time?

57 mins; January 31, 2025

DUNE PROPHECY: Gripping political intrigue or a weaker Game of Thrones?

69 hours 17 mins; January 25, 2025

SECRET LEVEL: A Cacophony of Video Game Stories: Is It Nostalgic or Cringe?

54 mins; January 12, 2025

SKELETON CREW: Why You Need to Watch This Star Wars Spin Off - It's Great!

63 hours 41 mins; December 24, 2024

THE PENGUIN (2024): The Surprisingly Good Batman Spinoff with Amazing Acting

71 hours 27 mins; December 15, 2024

ARCANE SEASON 2 FINALE: Was it rushed? Will Riot lean more into film?

91 hours 3 mins; December 08, 2024

UZUMAKI: A Genuinely Terrifying Horror Anime Plagued by Animation Studio Drama

51 mins; December 04, 2024

ARCANE SEASON 2: The Highest Budget Animation EVER. Good but Concerning

65 hours 12 mins; November 15, 2024

GUNDAM REQUIEM FOR VENGEANCE: The Netflix Gundam Animation for Everyone

68 hours 4 mins; November 13, 2024

EXCALIBUR (1981): The High Budget Arthurian Romance Film That's Horny?...

84 hours 36 mins; November 02, 2024

CLASH OF THE TITANS (1981): Greek mythology and mechanical owls in 80s fantasy

68 hours 16 mins; November 01, 2024

RETURN OF THE KING (1980): The Forgotten Lord of the Rings Musical Animation

61 hours 34 mins; October 16, 2024

HAWK THE SLAYER: A goofy and delightful 1980s fantasy film surprise!

72 hours 34 mins; September 25, 2024

WACRAFT MOVIE: Underrated or another trash video game film?

99 hours 36 mins; September 13, 2024

ALIEN ROMULUS: Fresh Sci-Fi Horror or What We've Seen Before?

80 hours 48 mins; August 27, 2024

Deadpool & Wolverine: Nostalgia bait or pure entertainment?

63 hours 50 mins; August 22, 2024

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON FINALE: Was Season 2 a Disappointment or a Triumph?

74 hours 54 mins; August 15, 2024

TIME BANDITS (1981): Terry Gilliam's Fantasy Story with Monty Python Humor

71 hours 35 mins; August 13, 2024

THE BOYS S4 FINALE: Filler, plot armor, fake drama | Complete season 4 review

60 hours 56 mins; August 05, 2024

STAR WARS THE ACOLYTE: IT GETS WORSE... | Complete season review

67 hours 39 mins; July 21, 2024

MADAME WEB: The Worst Film of 2024

62 hours 1 min; July 17, 2024

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON: Better than Game of Thrones?

62 hours 27 mins; July 07, 2024

THE BOYS: Where it went Downhill

50 mins; June 30, 2024

Star Wars Acolyte: How did they mess up so bad?!

78 hours 7 mins; June 23, 2024

FURIOSA: The prequel nobody wanted from the Mad Max Universe

72 hours 8 mins; June 14, 2024

X-MEN '97: Nostalgia bait or is it actually good?

59 mins; June 07, 2024

DUNE (1984): Hilariously bad... but it's good? | Lynch's Dune 40th anniversary

69 hours 55 mins; June 03, 2024

SHŌGUN: FINAL REVIEW of the intrigue thriller | A wonderful period drama

62 hours 14 mins; May 20, 2024

REBEL MOON 2: Reviewing Snyder's DIASTROUS sequel | Why is it SO BAD?

73 hours 44 mins; May 11, 2024

FALLOUT: A GOOD video game adaptation?! | Jonathan Nolan's suspense and humor

70 hours 19 mins; May 04, 2024

NINJA KAMUI: TERRIBLE flashback storytelling & old tropes | NOTHING new

57 mins; April 28, 2024

3 BODY PROBLEM: Brains in space, an alien invasion & the Cultural Revolution

71 hours 4 mins; April 22, 2024

SHŌGUN: Political intrigue and murderous plots in feudal Japan

69 hours 10 mins; March 31, 2024

DUNE 2: The pinnacle of modern sci-fi cinema | Fremen, faith and false prophets

79 hours 6 mins; March 17, 2024

AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER: Successes and failures of the live-action adaptation

78 hours 47 mins; March 02, 2024

BLUE EYE SAMURAI: A thousand old tropes remixed into a new, beautiful whole

73 hours 45 mins; February 18, 2024

REBEL MOON: The TERRIBLE version of everything you've seen before

91 hours 6 mins; January 22, 2024

MONARCH: Why are there NO MONSTERS in the MONSTERVERSE? / What is MONARCH?

57 mins; January 02, 2024

SCAVENGERS REIGN: the BEST sci-fi of 2023? Adventures on a truly alien world

55 mins; December 19, 2023

LOKI: Final review on Marvel's time-skipping, multi-versal banger

52 mins; December 08, 2023

SURF NINJAS: The BEST 90's ninja movie? Unintentionally hilarious

59 mins; November 22, 2023

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER: A gruesomely fun and heavy-handed Poe tribute

54 mins; October 30, 2023

LOKI: Zany time travel, witty banter, and McDonald's product placement

56 mins; October 23, 2023

AHSOKA: Thrawn is an IDIOT, deus ex machina writing, giant plot holes

80 hours 57 mins; October 13, 2023

AHSOKA: The return of Anakin, stylish Jedi battles, and Kurosawa's influence

62 hours 30 mins; September 27, 2023

AHSOKA: REVIEW of Star Wars' newest show / Is it a RETCON of the sequel trilogy

64 hours 24 mins; August 30, 2023

STRANGE NEW WORLDS: the best episode yet, boy band Klingons, and a cliffhanger

72 hours 20 mins; August 25, 2023

WILLOW: does it still hold up 35 years later? / Reviewing a childhood classic

68 hours 29 mins; August 19, 2023

THE WITCHER: crippled Cavill, wizard battles, and inexplicable unicorns

54 mins; August 10, 2023

SECRET INVASION: the WORST Marvel film/show EVER?! / SNW x Lower Decks crossover

72 hours 3 mins; August 02, 2023

THE WITCHER: A good story badly told / Wizards, intrigue, and horny wine

65 hours 24 mins; July 27, 2023

Secret Invasion's MARVEL FATIGUE problem / SNW becomes REAL Star Trek!

69 hours 57 mins; July 20, 2023

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny REVIEW / Nostalgia bomb to end the series

64 hours 19 mins; July 11, 2023

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