Movie Reviews and Serious Nonsense, a Podcast from Another Universe with your hosts Greg Dyro and Tom Burka. They love to talk about movies and Streaming TV content. And on occasion speak with the creators of some of your favorite forms of entertainment. If you have a great idea for an interview they would love to hear about that person. If you have a favorite movie or streaming show real or not yet imagined they would love to hear about that even more.
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Murderbot
Hey, it’s Greg Dyro and Tom Burka, your hosts here at Serious Nonsense—the show where we take the absurd, the intriguing, and the just plain weird, and run it through the nonsense filter for your entertainment.
So let’s talk about this: If you think a cyborg with a bad attitude, corporate overlords, space colonies in chaos, and a metric ton of dry, cutting humor sounds like a good time, then buckle up, because Apple TV+ is about to drop something wild on us. It’s Murderbot, a brand-new series based on Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries—the sci-fi book series that’s already built a cult following among readers who like their robots snarky, their future dystopian, and their plots served with a side of chaos.
Now, Murderbot isn’t your typical robot hero. It’s a rogue AI, technically a “SecUnit,” who’d honestly rather binge-watch soap operas than save the galaxy. But too bad for Murderbot—because trouble seems to have it on speed dial.
The books are known for mixing sharp humor, social commentary, and a good dose of existential dread, all wrapped up in a future that feels a little too close for comfort. And now, we’re about to see how all that translates to the screen. Will it be the next sci-fi obsession that keeps us up past midnight, or a swing and a miss for Apple TV+? Either way, we’re here for it.
So grab your popcorn, charge your emotional support drone, and let’s dive into Murderbot.
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The last 6 episodes
Murderbot
Hey, it’s Greg Dyro and Tom Burka, your hosts here at Serious Nonsense—the show where we take the absurd, the intriguing, and the just plain weird, and run it through the nonsense filter for your entertainment. So let’s talk about this: If you think a cyborg with a bad attitude, corporate overlords, space colonies in
Saturday Night with Hopper Stone
In today’s episode, we’re thrilled to sit down with Hopper Stone, the unit still photographer from the iconic movie Saturday Night, to talk about those frantic, caffeine-fueled final 90 minutes before the very first broadcast of Saturday Night Live. Picture it: October 11, 1975, 11:30 p.m. The world was about to meet a fearless cast of comedians
Put some SUGAR on
In this episode, Greg and Tom dive into the Apple TV+ show “SUGAR,” starring Colin Farrell, Kirby, Amy Ryan, Dennis Boutsikaris, Nate Corddry, and James Cromwell. Join us as we follow private detective John Sugar on his quest to uncover what happened to Olivia, the missing granddaughter of Hollywood producer Jonathan Siegel. Along the way,
FALLOUT: the Episode
In this episode of our podcast, Tom and Greg dive deep into the highly anticipated Amazon Prime series, “Fallout,” which draws its inspiration from the iconic video game franchise of the same name. Set in a future, post-apocalyptic Los Angeles devastated by nuclear fallout, the series presents a stark vision where survivors are forced to
Indiana Jones: Crystal Skull or Dial of Destiny?
Send us a Text Message. Join hosts Greg and Tom as they welcome back special guest John Stanisci for an exciting episode dedicated to the legendary adventurer, Indiana Jones. In this episode, the trio dives deep into a spirited debate: which film holds up better—“Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” or the latest installment, “Dial of
Donnie Norden: More Stories of Hollywood Trespassing
The website “Phantom of the Back Lot“ Tom and Greg go for a sequel of sorts with our second interview with Donnie Norden Phantom of the Backlots. Some of Donnie’s own words to describe his adventures From that first time I poked my 10-year-old head through a hole in the tall fence surrounding the MGM
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Meet Your Hosts
Educated in the the sometimes Dark Art of photo chemical light responsive materials in Maine. Greg has been working in Hollywood for the last 25 years.
Greg started his association with Motion Pictures in the 7th grade in New England followed by 18 months in Cuba making Super-8mm films 3 minutes at a time. He only recently got involved in Podcasting with his movie making pal from the 1970’s Tom Burka.
Greg is the former Director of the Warner Bros. Studio Facilities Photo Lab and now lives with his wife in the foothills of the Tortolito Mountains in Southern Arizona.
In the alternate Universe he was the chief architect of the U.S. move to the metric system. He was only successful in this Universe with his work on convincing Elon Musk to reach for the Stars or at least Mars. He worked as a consulting subcontractor on the roll out of the European Euro but demanded his compensation in Bitcoin.
History will always record him as “An Extraordinary Gentleman”
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