Episode 5: My Little Pony Tutorial

Episode 5: My Little Pony Tutorial

Topic: My Little Pony

This week we discuss the history of My Little Pony and the most current incarnation, "Friendship is Magic", en-route to a future discussion on 'Bronies' and why an older demographic fell in love with a show about colorful horses meant for a younger, female audience. 

History:

1981 My Pretty Pony

• 10 inch tall, very large by comparison
• Didn’t sell very well

  

1982 – 1992 My Little Pony (Gen 1)

• More iconic version from the 80s/90s
• Smaller
• First incarnation of symbol on backside/cutie mark.
• Animated series in 1986 & 1987, various movies
• Very collectable

1997 – 1999 (Gen 2)

• Slimmer, turning heads
• Not as popular in west, popular in Europe

2003 – 2009 (Gen 3)

• A re-launch
• Childish, aimed as a much younger audience
• Many of the hallmarks from 1986/1987 animation

2010+ Friendship is Magic

• Created by Lauren Faust
• Desire for more complex/in-depth characters, Adventurous settings
• Stories resolve around friendship/relations, with some adventurous/action elements

Characters

• “Mane Six Ponies”
• • Twilight Sparkle (Purple Unicorn, Magical Bookworm)
    • Spike (Pet Dragon)
  • Rainbow Dash (Blue Pegasus, Rebellious Tomboy)
  • Rarity (White Unicorn, Glamorous/Fashion)
    • Sweetie Bell (Little Sister)
  • Fluttershy (Pale Yellow Pegasus, Shy/timid)
  • Pinkie Pie (Pink Earth Pony, hyperactive/social)
  • Applejack (Orange Earth Pony, hard working Tomboy)
    • Apple Bloom(Little Sister)
    • Scootaloo (Friend)
  • Princess Celestia (White Alicorn, unicorn + Wings) & Sister Princess Luna (Black Alicorn)
  • 200+ minor background characters
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  • Derpy (Fan favorite Grey Pegasus, named such for an accident with her eyes)

My Little Pony: Equestria Girls

• Spin off from “Friendship is Magic”
• All characters are humans, but colored like original counterparts
• Takes place in a Highschool
• Meant for older girls, while original for younger

Review Material

Netflix or The Hub

Season 1:

• Episodes 1 & 2
• Episode 6
• Episode 13
• Episode 25

Episode 4: Captain Marvel Review

Episode 4: Captain Marvel Review

Topic: Captain Marvel 

Last week, we discussed the various incarnations of Captain Marvel in Comic Books in anticipation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Movie coming out in Theaters. We're back to discuss the movie with spoilers, but Spoiler, we liked it! Please check out Episode 3 for more information on Captain Marvel various incarnations and Carol Danvers's long history in Comics.

Review
 Spoilers Ahead (What is a Spoiler)

Released on International Women’s Day, 3/8/2019

Cast

• Carol Danvers / Vers / Captain Marvel – Brie Larson
• Nick Fury – Samuel L Jackson
• Talos / Keller – Ben Mendelsohn (Skrull)
• Korath – Djimon Hounsou
• Ronan the Accuser – Lee Pace
• Supreme Intelligence & Mar-vell/Dr. Wendy Lawson - Annette Bening
• Yon-Rogg - Jude Law

Thoughts:

• Lots of Kree, both Blue and Pink variation.  Wonder if Kree is a title/organization alignment or race of creatures. 
• Yondu – Kree 
• Carol Danvers being so Loyal doesn’t appear human. 
• Surprised by Skrull narrative 
• Not really happy about the Avenger’s Endgame appearance/Mid-credit.  Would have liked to see her with Shorter Hair. 
• Binary Form? Origin different than original 
• Names! 
• The Cat (Goose), We Love Him!
• Nick Fury loss eye(Kinda of disappointing)

What Next?

• Avenger’s Endgame 
• Future Movies? 
• Place in the MCU?

Review:

• Watch Movie when it comes out.
• Amazon Prime for Comicbook barrowing
• Comixology (Lots of comics/manga)

Episode 3: Captain Marvel Tutorial

Episode 3: Captain Marvel Tutorial

Topic: Captain Marvel

In Preparation for the new Marvel Super Hero Movie, Captain Marvel, coming out on March 8th, 2019, we look in to the history of Captain Marvel, in all Her's and His's forms.

"Show Notes"

History

Shazam (Fawcett 1940)

• Billy Batson (10 years old)
• Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury
• Sued Out of Publication
• DC licensed in 1972
  

Mar-vell (1967)

• Captain Marvel (Name strangeness)
• Kree Spy sent to earth to see if Humans are a threat to Kree
• Kree(Some blue, some pink skin)
• Trapped in negative zone
• Cosmic BS in Marvel

Carol Danvers (A.k.a: Miss Marvel/Captain Marvel)

70s

• Airforce Office > CIA Agent > NASA?
• Power from Explosion and shielded by Mar-vell / Kree/Human hybrid
• Super Strength , Stamina, Durability, Agility, double reflexes
• Flight
• Cosmic Awarness/Precognition
• Energy Manipulation, Projection, molecular manipulation,
• Self Comic very socially progressive

80s

• Avengers 200
• Brainwashed, Marcus, Birth, disappearance
• Unhappy with Avengers for allowing this to happen

90s

• Rogue Steal powers/memories
• Binary (Powered by a white hole[Opposite of black hole])
• Loss of powers reverts to original powers > Warbird

2000s

• Rejoined avengers, becomes a common player amongst comics

2010s

• Civil War 2
• Ultimates (Proactive defense) VS Avengers(Ironman / Protection)
• Change the Future vs Protect the Future (Minority Report)
• Ulysses > Sees the future/perceives possible future
• Carol uses Ulysses to stop crime/save world
• Ironman tries to stop Carol, leading to fighting
• Ironman worries that knowing the future will cause it/punish wrong people
• Carol thinks even a small chance should be taken to save the future
• In the end, US President offers to give Carol what ever she needs to lead Super Heroes, Ironman in coma, sends his AI self to a young black girl who is mirror to him in creativity, new female Ironman(IronHeart)

 
Unique Flavor

• Movie, What about it?  What do I think will happen?

Review:

• Watch Movie when it comes Out.
• Comixology  (Amazon Prime Members can Barrow up to 10 books at time for no Additional Fee)

Episode 2: Anime Review

Episode 2: Anime Review

Episode 2: Anime Review
Topic: Japanese Animation(Anime)

Recap:
We discussed the following Anime, in quite a bit of detail:

• Sailormoon Crystal 8
• Kuroko no Baske 42
• Rascal does not dream of Bunny Girl Senpai 1
• Promised NeverLand 1
• Gundam Iron blooded Orphans 37

"Show Notes"
Sub VS Dub
 Why?

• Discuss link to childhood cartoons. 
• Mature / Sophmoric / not XXX
• Pretty picture / Interesting Stories & Topics / Foreign = Cool

 What do Nerds Do?

• Merchandise (Gunpla, Figurines(big and Small), DVDs, Stage Shows, Books)
• Watch / Clubs
• Conventions / Cosplay
• Forums / Best Girl Debate

 Support
Ask/Vent (Nerds sometimes just want to let out knowledge)

Get In to?
Visit Crunchyroll.com for more Episodes and More Free, Legal Streaming of Anime

Check out a Local Convention in your area/visit an Anime store near you.

Episode 1: Anime Tutorial

Episode 1: Anime Tutorial

The First Episode of Nerd Tutorial Podcast.  

Topic: Japanese Animation(Anime)

Review Material: 

All episodes are available for Free, Legal Streaming on Crunchyroll. 

Kuroko no Basket – EP 42 (Basketball/Sports/Shonen) 

Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai Ep 1 (Supernatural/Slice of Life/School)

Sailor Moon Crystal EP 8 (Shoujo/Magical Girl/remake of old classic)

Promised Neverland EP 1 (Surprise)

Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans EP 37 (Senin/Mecha)

“Show Notes”

History

• Started in 1917s, more popular after snow white in 1937, Osamu Tezuka, Astro Boy, 1963. 
• Expansion in the 70s with expansion of manga and genre.  Real Robot Genre, Gundam 1979, Macross(Robotech) 1982 
• 90s, Dragonball Z, Sailormoon, Pokemon/Digimon, Gundam Wing, Akira, Ghost In the Shell(Matrix) 
• 2000s Spirited Away 2002, Cartoon Network(Adult Swim), Cowboy Bebop, Big Three(Bleach, Naruto, One Piece) 
• Mid 2000s Haruhi Suzumiya, Inuyasha, Higurashi, Full Metal Alchemist, Gurren Lagann, Death Note, Code Geass 
• Streaming and simulcast in 2010s, Attack On Titan, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica, Fate Series 
• Genshiken(Way over Dramatization, but still True)

Unique Flavor

• Faces, body proportions, bright colors, more mature art direction
• Not always funny or slap stick, more varied topics, often topics not really dealt with
• Not meant for children… all the time
• Focus on tropes and genre at times.  School Life! 
• Hentai?

Apologizes for the Audio, it is getting better.

Welcome!

In listening to our podcasts, especially the initial ones, the audio issues are going to be biggest regret in this.  Learning while on the move can certainly be difficult, and listening to the first few episodes being recorded and played back, I can certainly see that they’re not exactly sounding right.

So the first episode on Anime was recorded in Mono, which meant that I wasn’t picked up to well, but mom was, so that was a bummer, but we might re-record this in the future if it’s audio isn’t up to snuff for our listeners.  At worst, I think listening in on to it, you’re going to listen to us grow in to better podcasters in the future.

Second episode on Anime was better, recorded in Stereo this time, so clearly going to get a better result.  Down side here, is realizing that I don’t sound like what I think I sound like.  I never really realized how gravelly my voice is, or perhaps I’m just sleepy perhaps, but I also don’t sound too energetic, this is something I need to definitely work on. 

We get to the 3^rd episode on Captain Marvel, it sounds better and I seem more energetic, but I clearly am way to close on the mic while Mom is too far away.  Time to bust out some rulers.  I’m noticing the echo as well, which doesn’t help in my particular location as being anything more than unavoidable.  Vaulted ceilings, lots of places for things to bounce off of, this isn’t a great way to record.  I might also want to test the Mics as well, perhaps there is a way in Audacity that you can limit the intake so we get less background and echo noise.  A learning process to be sure.

I’m sorry for any initial problems we might have here in the beginning.  Hopefully, we’ll get to the point where we become seasoned professionals, some of which will involve more tech and equipment in the future. 

After much hemming and hawing, I’ve finally chosen some intro and ending music, which I think is very retro and fun.  We’re nearly ready to publish some of our first episodes, hopefully everyone will be thankfully patient with me for taking my time on this, but they’re coming soon.

The Nerdy Tutor