We all remember and know that feeling, not being able to get to sleep the night before due to the pure excitement, the nervousness, the anticipation. Will Santa get it right? Has he listened to what you said when you met him in the shopping centre, on the train, or at the local village hall? Did he read that letter, and did Bernard (head elf), put you on the naughty or nice list? How will he get them down the chimney, and what brand of mince pies does he prefer?

So I hope you’re all listening, tucked up in your beads, having been very good boys and girls this year, as we take the wrapper off today’s episode, will it deliver joy and lifelong memories, or will it break straight away or just not come with the batteries? Yes, today we talk about that most wonderful, acquisitional time of the year, those Christmas toys that we loved as a kid, and that we still buy for ourselves as a bigger kid! Today we look at Christmas Toys, old and new.

Tech news

• Russian cosmodrome platform collapse 20 ton. Pin forgotten
• New Tomb Raider games - legacy of Atlantis (TR1) and new game set now. Young Lara and modern Lara

• Mr Inbetween, Disney+
• Colin From Accounts
• BBC model shop

We’ll be back with a new Season on the 9th Jan so look out for us then! Have a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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It’s Christmaaaaaaaaaas, well nearly. Yes it’s the run up to the silly season. Whether you’re of the religious persuasion or not, it’s still a time when there might be something interesting on telly, when you might get something you want, and will probably get things you don’t, when you can go “well tacky” with the decorations and completely get away with it and when you can over-eat and over-drink because, let’s face it, the diet is in January!

So grab that box of pretzels, the matchmakers, after eights and the Elizabeth Shaw mints, the Celebrations and the Doritos with the regrettably hot dip and slump into your chair, ready to be entertained whilst you much away in your ironically funny Christmas Jumper, even though you’ve just eaten 3 courses of unbelievably rich food, because today, we’re looking at Christmas Films:

Disney OpenAI Deal

McDonalds pulls AI advert

Gemini gaining on ChatGPT (650 vs 80p million users)

Kris:

• The Stringer: The Man Who Took The Photo (Netflix, 2025)
• Inside Job: Animated Comedy Series (Netflix, 2022)
• Thanks to Andi, loving Man on the Inside and Future Man
• Just started Season 3 of Resident Alien on Now TV.
• Kit Betts-Masters (e-ink reviews)
• Anthony Marinelli Music (hightly recommend the videos on scoring Wargames and Blue Thunder)

Andi:

• Memento Mori: Mexico City - Depeche Mode (concert film and live album)
• Landman - Paramount+
• Tested.com - the favourite things videos. Adam, Norm, Cayte

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Sometimes there's a film, a film that just chimes with you. Sometimes it's a low budget indie production, shot on a shoestring. Sometimes it's a triple A Hollywood production with a bigger marketing budget than it probably pulled back in release sales. Sometimes, just sometimes, it's that obscure film that you missed the first time around, but once you found it, you just can't live without it in your life.

Yes, today we look at those films that are either so bad, that they're actually good, or are hidden or massively underrated gems, that have gained a cult following fire to their utterly unappreciated brilliance. Or, they’re just bad but we love them anyway - a celebration of those weird, awkwardly-shaped films that for some reason just stick with you.

There will be honourable mentions, there might be disagreements. Either way it’s a Battle Royale at the Camp!

Kris:

• Rainy Sunday Afternoon, the Divine Comedy.
• The Monster of Florence
• Among Us: Crewmate Edition.

Andi:

• A Man On The Inside, season 2
• Obligatory Stranger Things mention. Not bothered, but I’ll probably enjoy it. Bit like that long planned event you know you have to go to.
• The Reunion - The Commitments - BBC Sounds
• War Of The Worlds - The Concert Tour

Wizard of Oz at the Sphere

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Some days, the news cycle alone makes a windowless concrete box 20 feet underground sound like a five-star spa. If I hear one more story about Putin's shirtless fishing trips, Trump’s latest bid to annex a golf course, or receive another passive-aggressive email from Heather in HR (“Just circling back”), I swear I’m digging a tunnel straight to my Cold War fallout bunker. Honestly, it’s starting to look like the only sane option. Give me 500 tins of baked beans, 300 cans of prunes in syrup (for that gourmet doom cuisine), a lifetime supply of toilet paper, and a hamster named Sir Whiskerstein powering my vintage record player. I’ll be down there listening to ABBA’s greatest hits while the surface world fights over the last Toblerone Dark, like it’s the Ring of Power. Call it escapism, call it nerdcore survivalism, call it time to actually get some peace and quiet, but whatever you call it, it’s time to crawl out through the fallout baby as today we look at cold war nuclear bunkers…

Kris:

• Once Upon A Time in Space
• Daisy May & Charlie Cooper's Nightwatch
• Monster: The Ed Gein Story
• Ed Byrne Needs a New Hobby
• Threads BBC
• Alpaka Clutch - Daily Carry
• Olight Pens & Torches

Andi:

• PlayPhrase.me: Site for cinema archaeologists.
• Fallout Season 2 Trailer: Lucy and Ghoul Prepare for War in New Vegas
• Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters, season 2 teaser
• Once We Were Spacemen podcast

Andi

• Future Man is coming to Netflix

Kris

• Alpaka - Zip Clutch
• Olight: Pens, Torches & EDC accessories

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As Halloween approaches, and we leave behind the 50th Anniversary of Spielberg’s two-note themed horror epic Jaws, we look at another director, one with many iconic horror films under his belt, and one who is not shy of using the two-note theme tune. A Director who has become synonymous with this time of year , but who has also taken us to outer planets as well. A director who is as well known for also creating the soundtracks to his films, as the films themselves. So get ready for Halloween, look out to that Dark Star and hope that, if that Thing comes to get you, you’ll be able to Escape from New York.

If you haven't guess already, in honour of Halloween, this week we take a deep dive into the career of John Carpenter.

Amazon glasses

Kris:

• Dark Star (1974).
• The Penguin Lessons
• Chrome: Dark Reader extension.

Andi:

• Slow Horses, Apple TV+
• Love, Death + Robots - The Other Large Thing - Netflix
• The Rise of the Synths - Wikipedia
• Send your name around the Moon on Artemis II Send Your Name to Space
• How to Beat ChatGPT: How to Not Say AI killed my job. eBook : Nicholas Bate - Kindle Store

• Moontrap (1988) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p] - YouTube
• Banned in the 80s: Moments That Shook Music - BBC iPlayer
• John Carpenter on Live Concerts, Unreleased Projects and Love for Cinema

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Welcome to Episode 15 of Nerdist Camp. Yes, we built this episode from scratch, it was a stream of consciousness, so crank up the handle as we take you for a spin on a voyage of disc-covery which you may like a bit if you can work out the algorithm. It’s gonna be a reel joy, but I won’t give you any spoolers just yet, so lets cue the tape and hit record…

If you haven’t guessed it already, this episode we’re talking about all things music formats.

• Spotify to add AI

• Elgato bought out a bigger prompter (Why?)

Kris:

• Monster: The Ed Gein Story
• PSB Night Flight, The Last Flight remixes
• Excitedly awaiting the new Tron Ares soundtrack

Andi

• Discover. Track. Share. - Trakt
• The Orb - ‘Buddhist Hipsters”
• Tron Ares
• Watch Drew: The Man Behind the Poster | Prime Video (Drew passed on 13th October)
• Celebrity Traitors on BBC
• Merlin’s Café Bar | Birmingham’s Alternative Bar & Restaurant – Cocktails, Food & Events

• How a Suzanne Vega Song Helped Create the MP3
• Suzanne Vega - Reverse MP3
• Spotify to add AI

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Today, we’re planning a score of our own. Every good heist story starts with assembling the team — and lucky for you, we’ve got just the right mix of brains, charm, and ok, maybe a touch of chaos. We’ll walk through the meticulous rehearsal, the nail-biting nerves before the job, and that perfect moment when everything clicks like clockwork… until it doesn’t. Because in every great heist film, there’s always a spanner in the works. Will we get away clean, sipping cocktails on a beach somewhere? Or will we be telling this story from behind bars? Stick around — because in this episode, we’re cracking open the vaults of the greatest heist movies.

Kris:

• Only Murders in the Building Season 5
• The Last of Us (late to the party with this one)
• Fallout
• David Gilmour at Circus Maximus.

Andi:

• MusicBox: Save Music for Later on iOS/macOS.
• ‎Watch Pilot - Acapulco (Series 1, Episode 1) - Apple TV+ (UK)
• Epic Ride review | Epic Universe docuseries on Peacock
• GoldenEye 30th Anniversary
• Filmumentaries – Podcasts * Documentaries * Books
• Mark Ronson has a new book out - Mark Ronson on being a night person - and Lady Gaga trashing his car - BBC News

Article on Huntington's Treatment

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