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cams posted:The new layout for Nerdist podcasts is loving HORSESHIT. I agree with you ten billion percent.
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cams posted:The new layout for Nerdist podcasts is loving HORSESHIT. I completely agree. It's loving confusing.
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Jun 1, 2014 04:20
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Yeah, the layout's absolute poo poo.
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Jun 2, 2014 00:21
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Goddamn. Today is Anthony Bourdain, Wednesday is Morgan Freeman, Friday is Tom Cruise, and next Monday is Jonah Hill.
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Jun 2, 2014 09:21
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I have no idea how The Nerdist has this much clout.
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Jun 2, 2014 16:35
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GrandpaPants posted:I have no idea how The Nerdist has this much clout. Lionsgate owns them so they use it as a platform to promote their own stuff.
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Jun 2, 2014 17:26
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Morgan Freeman and then Tom Cruise? Jesus Christ.
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Jun 2, 2014 17:58
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GrandpaPants posted:I have no idea how The Nerdist has this much clout. Combo of Lion's Gate owning them and Chris being a legit well liked guy that everyone knows is going to be a positive interview experience. It's a pretty strong mix to appeal to big names.
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Jun 2, 2014 18:35
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GrandpaPants posted:I have no idea how The Nerdist has this much clout. Not If Morgan Freeman didn't have Transcendence coming out and Tom Cruise with the Edge of Tomorrow these guests would probably take some convincing. Especially Tom Cruise I would imagine. e: On second thought not really sure what I'm talking about in this post, cool guests are cool guests.
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Jun 2, 2014 18:40
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I think there's a bit of a snowball effect. As they get good guests it makes the show more acceptable to other big guests. Combine that with the necessity to promote summer blockbusters and a host that people seem to like talking to and boom goes the dynamite.
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Jun 2, 2014 18:58
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The only real problem I have with the big guests thing is that they never want to step on any toes so the interviews generally feel like longer versions of what you'd see on Entertainment Tonight, when it comes to the A-list guests. Not that I expect Hardwick to corner Tom Cruise about Scientology or anything but I know going into that episode that there will just be a lot of "What was it like working with so and so?" "Oh, they're great, just totally great" type of poo poo and that bores the hell out of me.
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Jun 2, 2014 20:50
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The Berzerker posted:The only real problem I have with the big guests thing is that they never want to step on any toes so the interviews generally feel like longer versions of what you'd see on Entertainment Tonight, when it comes to the A-list guests. Not that I expect Hardwick to corner Tom Cruise about Scientology or anything but I know going into that episode that there will just be a lot of "What was it like working with so and so?" "Oh, they're great, just totally great" type of poo poo and that bores the hell out of me. I agree. Episodes like this just remind me of the DVD extras where "behind the scenes" interviews are just circle jerks.
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Jun 2, 2014 21:23
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GrandpaPants posted:I have no idea how The Nerdist has this much clout. Nerdist is a legit production/development company now. About 8 months ago I did a run to a space they just started renting. There was only one guy and his assistant at the time, but the place had two stages and enough space for 200 workers.
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Jun 3, 2014 00:43
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Zsinjeh posted:I don't remember where I read it but someone mentioned Nerdist turning into the E! for trendy nerds and it's really looking that way, it's become another press stop for celebrites like Reddit AMAs have become. They're even recording Nerdist episodes (or used to?) in the E! building They recorded at some pretty much unused radio space in the E! building because if I remember right Chris had a friend or was still working for the parent company so they got the space free.
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Jun 3, 2014 01:37
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The Berzerker posted:The only real problem I have with the big guests thing is that they never want to step on any toes so the interviews generally feel like longer versions of what you'd see on Entertainment Tonight, when it comes to the A-list guests. Not that I expect Hardwick to corner Tom Cruise about Scientology or anything but I know going into that episode that there will just be a lot of "What was it like working with so and so?" "Oh, they're great, just totally great" type of poo poo and that bores the hell out of me. That would be pretty boring but I guess Chris Hardwick would be way more into discussing Cruise's work ethic and stuff like that.
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Jun 3, 2014 03:43
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Geekslinger posted:Lionsgate owns them so they use it as a platform to promote their own stuff. Legendary Pictures. Ches Neckbeard posted:They recorded at some pretty much unused radio space in the E! building because if I remember right Chris had a friend or was still working for the parent company so they got the space free. A bunch of them worked at G4 and Jonnah wrote on The Soup.
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Jun 3, 2014 04:41
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I got through the first 20 minutes of the Morgan Freeman interview and am proud of myself for achieving that much.
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Jun 5, 2014 21:23
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The Berzerker posted:I got through the first 20 minutes of the Morgan Freeman interview and am proud of myself for achieving that much. I got through the whole thing, mostly because I was stuck in traffic in a packed bus. Who knew Morgan Freeman could be so uninteresting? I mean, I listened to an entire podcast of the sidekick from icarly or whatever and she seemed to have better stories than such an important acting figure as Freeman; that was dissapointing.
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Jun 6, 2014 00:48
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No comment
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Jun 6, 2014 08:49
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radlum posted:I got through the whole thing, mostly because I was stuck in traffic in a packed bus. Who knew Morgan Freeman could be so uninteresting? I mean, I listened to an entire podcast of the sidekick from icarly or whatever and she seemed to have better stories than such an important acting figure as Freeman; that was dissapointing. I think it's one of those things where they unfortunately get someone in straight PR Mode. Publicist set it up, Freeman obviously knows nothing about the show. It's like Woody Harrelson's Reddit AMA all over again.
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Jun 6, 2014 14:34
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On the other hand Tom Cruise was great as expected. Im hyped about his new movie also, although sadly the chances of me finding the time to see it in the theaters are slim.
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Jun 6, 2014 15:22
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Yeah, it was pretty good. He gave some PR answers ("I watch all kind of movies" "I listen to all types of music"), but was very entertaining and interesting.
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Jun 7, 2014 01:03
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You can immediately tell people that understand what the podcast is and get into it vs the standard PR answer ones. Luckily the latter is actually quite rare on the nerdist.
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Jun 7, 2014 11:00
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I thought Jamie King was super interesting. Freeman aside I can't think of a miss they've had recently. I can understand why they're leaning heavily on entertainment guests but it'd be nice if they threw in a more interesting/nerdy guest more often like the linguist who invented the Game of Thrones languages.
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Jun 9, 2014 00:36
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radlum posted:Yeah, it was pretty good. He gave some PR answers ("I watch all kind of movies" "I listen to all types of music"), but was very entertaining and interesting. Although he did later admit that he was a big fan of Shaun of the Dead and pushed for Abrams to cast Simon Pegg in the last MI film.
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Jun 14, 2014 04:03
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cams posted:The new layout for Nerdist podcasts is loving HORSESHIT.
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Jul 2, 2014 19:57
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cams posted:Just wanted to bump this thread by reiterating this fact. The only Nerdist show I listen to on the regular any more is You Made It Weird, so every Wednesday I am reminded of the fact that this is one of the worst layouts for a well funded website I have ever seen. I still agree with you ten billion percent.
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Jul 5, 2014 01:12
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Point an aggregator (like feedly) at the RSS feed ( ) and you'll never have to visit nerdist.com again.
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Jul 5, 2014 01:21
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Yeah I use itunes but it's the same thing. If I had to manually download all my podcasts I would forget half of them.
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Jul 5, 2014 08:33
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Well thanks to Eli Roth I've learned that most actors are petty assholes*. Not that I didn't realise that already but now I'm wondering who it was in the Cabin Fever cast who was getting all the close ups, and which actress was trying to sabotage the other one. I hope they get Roth on again, or he has his own podcast. I could've done without the chipping in with jokes while he was telling his Fatty Arbuckle story. *Except Keanu Reeves.
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I am surprised how interesting the Eli Roth episode was. I had always thought he was creepy guy but turned out to be quite interesting. Also, I had no idea Todd Glass is gay. I dislike Matt Mira and the comic con episodes just augment that towards hate
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I liked the Eli Roth episode too, and I didn't know if I would. Great storyteller. He definitely overuses the phrase "it's so fun" though, he says everything in the world is or was fun. I'm about halfway through the SDCC episode and I really do not understand why they have Kyle in the room, or give him a microphone. I don't need to hear his garbage laugh all day.
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Jul 31, 2014 15:44
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Totally. I am convinced he laughs extra hard when he's off mic so he can be in the podcast
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Jul 31, 2014 16:03
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Raar_Im_A_Dinosaur posted:Totally. I am convinced he laughs extra hard when he's off mic so he can be in the podcast I've tuned out of several times because of this. I don't even know why he's in the room. I'm having trouble coming up with a reason to keep listening lately because the subject matter is all over the place. If you are going to be a podcast for nerds and nerd related material, file. Lately is seems to be mostly about the stand up comedy industry or a chance for someone to plug a book or movie. Bonzo fucked around with this message at 16:41 on Jul 31, 2014 |
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Jul 31, 2014 16:33
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The Berzerker posted:I'm about halfway through the SDCC episode and I really do not understand why they have Kyle in the room, or give him a microphone. I don't need to hear his garbage laugh all day. Its a bit he and Chris worked out on the podcast a week or so ago to piss off the "sister-wives".
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Jul 31, 2014 17:29
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Chris has mentioned a couple of times that Kyle's main job is to write down any funny anecdotes or bits that come up in the podcast for Chris to possibly expand on in his stand-up. There have been a lot of plugs and stuff coming up recently because this is movie season and all. Gotta keep that parent company happy with their Nerdist investment.
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Jul 31, 2014 17:30
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Geekslinger posted:Chris has mentioned a couple of times that Kyle's main job is to write down any funny anecdotes or bits that come up in the podcast for Chris to possibly expand on in his stand-up. Didn't he also mention that he has never looked at Kyle's notes?
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Jul 31, 2014 18:04
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Geekslinger posted:Chris has mentioned a couple of times that Kyle's main job is to write down any funny anecdotes or bits that come up in the podcast for Chris to possibly expand on in his stand-up. You know what he should do? Record the show. That way he could listen to it later and pick out those bits again! I'm a genius!
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Jul 31, 2014 18:31
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Bonzo posted:
??? The Nerdist podcast has always had stand up comedy at its core. All three hosts have done regular stand-up tours, and Chris's roots are in stand-up comedy. P much all the guests in the early days were stand-up comedians. I'm glad it's actually come back to more people who have a career in comedy, since Chris tends to have more chemistry with them than the A-list actors.
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ok. I've only listened for a few months but I guess I joined right when it was more "nerdy" subjects in a row
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