October 10, 2022

Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation. Starring Curtis Armstrong, Robert Carradine, and Julia Montgomery.  The first of two TV movies in the Nerds series (according to Curtis Armstrong's memoir, these also served as backdoor pilots for Revenge of the Nerds TV shows that never got off the ground), Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation manages to introduce a lot of new characters but focuses more on the old ones. Now a reformed nerd, yuppie Lewis has to confront his nerd past when the bully Stanley comes back into his life as a friend. There are some fun cameos in here (Clancy Brown as a gas station attendant comes to mind), but the new nerds being a lot less well developed than the old nerds makes for a sometimes jarring plot. A court case at the end brings to mind the heroic speech at the end of the original film. For a sanitized made-for-TV version of the Nerds, Revenge of the Nerds III isn't half bad.  Sequelcast 2 and Friends is part of the HyperX Podcast Network. Follow the show on Twitter @Sequelcast2 Listen to Marc with a C's music podcast Discography Buy Mat's books (How to Buy a PlayStation 5 [Results not Guaranteed], Podcast You Nerd!)  Buy Thrasher's tabletop RPG supplements from DriveThruRPG Watch Alex Miller's YouTube series The Trailer Project Groundwork by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3832-groundwork License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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