After Lunch

Michael May, Rob Graham, and Friends discuss TV, movies, comics, games, and anything else they happen to think of.

367 | Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976) 06/02/2025

367 | Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976) Our James Bond project is complete, now let our Sherlock Holmes project begin. Rob and Michael are joined by Pax and Jacob Bean-Watson in order to explore the Great Detective as portrayed on Film and TV. We're not taking a methodical approach, but just taking turns picking whatever adaptation strikes our fancies. Rob is up first and chose the 1976 TV movie, Sherlock Holmes in New York starring Roger Moore as Holmes, Patrick Macnee as Watson, John Huston as Moriarty, and Charlotte Rampling as Irene Adler. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/36802360

366 | After Dinner Lounge – God Meets the Wolf-Man 05/30/2025

366 | After Dinner Lounge – God Meets the Wolf-Man Pax, Rob, and Michael continue this month's lounge talking about Cobra Kai, A Stitch in Time by Andrew J Robinson, Golden Age Wonder Woman, All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai, pop culture Mount Rushmores, and the Agatha Christie mini-series Towards Zero. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/36764850

365 | After Dinner Lounge – How Could We Make This Podcast Better? 05/26/2025

365 | After Dinner Lounge – How Could We Make This Podcast Better? Pax, Rob, and Michael talk about autograph collecting, Thunderbolts*, podcast wives, the podcast Heist with Michael Caine, the Goldie Vance graphic novels by Hope Larson and Brittney Williams, and more Sherlock Holmes. And Michael's son David stops by to talk about the One Piece manga and other things. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/36709850

364 | The James Bond Draft 05/19/2025

364 | The James Bond Draft To celebrate the conclusion of our massive James Bond project, our panelists Michael, Rob, and Karen welcome fellow Bond fans Becky Tyler, Jacob Bean-Watson, and Jody Collins for a fun game, reviewing our favorite elements of the series. We draft our favorite Bond actors, villains, gadgets, and features from a dozen other categories to create our own inter-era Bond mash-up films. We laughed, we gasped, and we hurt each other's feelings in this super fun episode about everyone's favorite super spy. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/36610075

363 | Fast & Furious 6 (2013) 05/16/2025

363 | Fast & Furious 6 (2013) Michael, Rob, and Pax get back in the cars to talk about the return of the Fast and Furious family as they try to rescue an amnesic Letty from the machinations of supervillain Owen Shaw (Luke Evans). /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/36526430

362 | No Time to Die (2021) 05/12/2025

362 | No Time to Die (2021) Michael, Rob, and Karen finish (for now) their James Bond movie project with the final Daniel Craig and the final Eon Productions entry in the series. It's No Time to Die, also starring Léa Seydoux, Rami Malek, Lashana Lynch, Jeffrey Wright, Ana de Armas, and the usual cast of allies. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/36524825

361 | After Midnight – Fangs / Rachel Rising: The Shadow of Death 05/09/2025

361 | After Midnight – Fangs / Rachel Rising: The Shadow of Death Michael and Jess talk about the comics Fangs by Sarah Andersen and Rachel Rising: The Shadow of Death by Terry Moore. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/36505010

360 | After Dinner Lounge – It Was a Good Friday 05/05/2025

360 | After Dinner Lounge – It Was a Good Friday Michael, Pax, and Rob finish this month's Lounge talking about an Irene Adler novel, Kraven the Hunter (2024), Anora (2024), Black Doves (2024), Young Guns autographs, and the scariest things to crawl on you and/or haunt your house. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/36420335

359 | After Dinner Lounge – I’m Not Okay With This 05/02/2025

359 | After Dinner Lounge – I’m Not Okay With This In the first half of this month's Lounge, Michael, Pax, and Rob are visited by Noel Thingvall. Topics include pets, death, Kraven the Hunter comics, Sherlock Holmes stories, Kamen Rider, X-Men comics, old Nerd Lunch episodes, Peter Dinklage as Hercule Poirot, and Ruth Ware's One Perfect Couple. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/36406505

358 | The Original Atomic Geeks Episode – Monkey, Robot, or Michael Caine 04/28/2025

358 | The Original Atomic Geeks Episode – Monkey, Robot, or Michael Caine Following up on our C2E2 conversation about things that could be improved by monkeys, robots, or Michael Caine, please enjoy this special rerun of the first time that topic appeared on the Atomic Geeks podcast. With special thanks to Carlin Trammel for the idea and Christian Nielsen for the audio and permission. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/36321800

357 | C2E2 Special – Monkey, Robot, Michael Caine 04/25/2025

357 | C2E2 Special – Monkey, Robot, Michael Caine You don't put Christian Nielsen, Michael DiGiovanni, Carlin Trammel, Shawn Robare, William Bruce West, Rob Graham, Michael May, Jeeg, and Paxton Holley in a room together and not record a podcast. While at C2E2, the group (minus Jeff Somogyi who sadly was not feeling well that evening) gathered in Christian and DiGio's hotel room to revive the classic Atomic Geeks topic: "Monkey, Robot, Michael Caine." Each person suggests a movie, TV show, event, etc. and discuss what would best improve it: a monkey, a robot, or... well, you'll see. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/36239380

356 | Podcast Pals C2E2 Meetup Diary 04/21/2025

356 | Podcast Pals C2E2 Meetup Diary In 2015, the . Ten years later, it's time to get together again with even more friends. The group this time included Carlin Trammel, William Bruce West, Jeeg, Paxton Holley, Jeff Somogyi, Shawn Robare, Michael May, Rob Graham, Christian Nielsen, and Michael DiGiovanni. In this audio diary, we learn about how the trip came together, check in with the attendees at various points of the weekend, and tease a very special podcast episode that we recorded there and will be Coming Soon. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/36232470

355 | Recasting Silverado 04/14/2025

355 | Recasting Silverado Michael and Rob invite Michael DiGiovanni, Christian Nielsen, and Paxton Holley to help cast an imaginary remake of Silverado. Each of our five casting directors have scoured Hollywood for the perfect actors to update the roles of Emmett, Paden, Mal, Jake, Rae, and Cobb, plus other characters we wanted to think about. We've brought our top candidates to the conference room to make final decisions, but also to discuss possible tweaks to the script and even suggest a director. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/36028570

354 | Spectre (2015) 04/07/2025

354 | Spectre (2015) Michael, Rob, and Karen discuss the penultimate Craig Bond film, Sam Mendes's Spectre, co-starring Léa Seydoux, Christoph Waltz, Andrew Scott, and Dave Bautista. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/36021565

353 | After Dinner Lounge – I’ve Got a Bad Feeling About This 04/04/2025

353 | After Dinner Lounge – I’ve Got a Bad Feeling About This Rob, Michael, and Pax wrap up this month's Lounge talking about The Lost Adventures of James Bond, Mothra, podcasts, Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Treason, Snow White (2025), and finding a Holy Grail. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/35954585

352 | After Dinner Lounge – I Know a Little German 03/31/2025

352 | After Dinner Lounge – I Know a Little German Rob, Michael, and Pax talk about many things including The Electric State (2025), Sherlock Holmes, Space Ghost comics, “every second counts,” ‘70s JSA comics, and Companion (2025). /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/35921615

351 | Unlikely Sitcoms 03/24/2025

351 | Unlikely Sitcoms Inspired by the 2001 sitcom Emeril, Michael, Rob, Carlin Trammel, and Tim Lybarger assign each other similarly unlikely celebrities to build sitcoms around. Get ready for pitches for shows starring Bob Ross, The Cure's Robert Smith, Willie Nelson, and Theresa Caputo so that you can decide... would you watch this show? /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/35820840

350 | After Midnight – "Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?" / The Ring manga 03/21/2025

350 | After Midnight – "Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?" / The Ring manga Michael and Jess talk about the comics "Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?" by Harold Schechter and Eric Powell and The Ring, Volume 1 by Hiroshi Takahashi and Misao Inagaki. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/35803105

349 | The Green Hornet (1940) 03/17/2025

349 | The Green Hornet (1940) Happy Saint Patrick's Day! We're celebrating with that most Irish of superheroes: The Green Hornet! Michael, Rob, and Pax watch and talk about the 1940 serial starring Gordon Jones and Keye Luke. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/35708175

348 | After Dinner Lounge – Sniff My Top 50 03/10/2025

348 | After Dinner Lounge – Sniff My Top 50 Pax, Rob, and Michael finish this month's Lounge talking about the Star Wars Holiday Special, Captain America: Brave New World, the Star Wars: Clone Wars / Revenge of the Sith viewing order, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Daisy Ridley in Cleaner (2025), and more. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/35596865

347 | After Dinner Lounge – Olive Water 03/03/2025

347 | After Dinner Lounge – Olive Water Pax, Rob, and Michael talk about many things including Universal Studios Florida, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, the Siskoid Cinema Battles podcast episode about Bond Girls, Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller's new movie The Gorge, a comic called Major Holmes and Captain Watson, and the niftiness of subscription services like Marvel Unlimited and DC Universe Infinite Ultra Extreme Radical Far-Out Super-Cool. All this and more, including a special guest appearance by William Bruce West! /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/35495370

346 | After Midnight – Cat Burglar Black / Yon & Mu 02/28/2025

346 | After Midnight – Cat Burglar Black / Yon & Mu Continuing a year of horror comics, Michael and Jess talk about Richard Sala's Cat Burglar Black and Junji Ito's cat diary, Yon & Mu. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/35453980

345 | Skyfall (2012) 02/25/2025

345 | Skyfall (2012) Michael, Rob, and Karen are halfway through the Daniel Craig era as we talk about the series-changing film Skyfall by Sam Mendes. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/35419185

344 | Top 10 Years Later: 2015 02/21/2025

344 | Top 10 Years Later: 2015 Michael, Pax, and Noel Thingvall talk about our favorite movies from ten years ago. 2015 was a great year for blockbusters, but a lot of smaller films made our lists as well. We also talk about some stinkers and honorable mentions. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/35304365

343 | Fast Five (2011) 02/17/2025

343 | Fast Five (2011) Michael, Rob, and Pax talk about Fast Five, basically the Avengers of the Fast and Furious series in which characters from all the previous films team up to pull off a heist while avoiding capture by The Rock. This is where the series becomes The Series and we're excited to finally be here. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/35297360

342 | Quantum of Solace (2008) 02/10/2025

342 | Quantum of Solace (2008) Michael, Rob, and Karen return for a look at the first direct sequel in the Bond series: Marc Forster's Quantum of Solace. While the Bond films have always been nominal sequels to each other, Quantum of Solace closely continues Bond's story begun in Casino Royale. Bond fans had never seen anything like it and not everyone appreciated the new experience. We talk about that and editing and villains and Olga Kurylenko and everything else. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/35212635

341 | Nerdstradamus 2025 02/03/2025

341 | Nerdstradamus 2025 Kay, Robert Zerbe, Pax, and Michael look back at their favorite movies, shows, and books of 2024, check in on their pop culture predictions and resolutions from the year, and make new ones for 2025. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/35111660

340 | After Midnight – Chance or Providence / Witch for Hire 01/27/2025

340 | After Midnight – Chance or Providence / Witch for Hire Michael and Jess talk about a couple more horror comics this month. First is Becky Cloonan's dark fantasy short story collection, By Chance or Providence. Then Witch for Hire, a high school mystery by Ted Naifeh. And we also talk a little about the movies Nosferatu (2024) and I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957). /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/35006310

339 | After Dinner Lounge – Bdellophobia 01/24/2025

339 | After Dinner Lounge – Bdellophobia Michael, Pax, and Rob wrap up this month's Lounge talking about Ghost Stories: Stephen Fry's Definitive Collection, Batman: Resurrection by John Jackson Miller, Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, Sure I'll Join Your Cult by Maria Bamford, what makes a good Sherlock Holmes pastiche, and more. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/34990070

338 | After Dinner Lounge – Introducians 01/20/2025

338 | After Dinner Lounge – Introducians After a loungeless December, Michael, Pax, and Rob are back to talk about lots of things including the TV series Rome, stand-up comedy albums, Transformers One, Red One, Wicked, and another superhero TikTok game. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/34908835

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