Author: Adam Chmielewski

In case you don’t already know but the internet has wonderful personality called Obvious Plant, also known as comedian Jeff Wysaski. Until this past Saturday I wasn’t too familiar with his work but now that I’ve been to his “toy museum” I haven’t stopped talking about it. Before I dive into the core of this article, it’s probably a good idea to describe (to the best of my ability) exactly what Obvious Plant is. The best comparison would be Mad Magazine or Cracked when it was still a print publication. Art that’s part satire, part pop culture critique, part societal…

While drunkenly walking down the Las Vegas strip at 2:00 pm on a Sunday two weeks ago, my girlfriend and I discussed the absolute brilliance of Blink-182’s 2003 self-titled album. Undoubtedly their best album, though I feel there’s room for 2001’s Take Off Your Pants And Jacket to make a claim. By 2003, the band had shed their bratty, immature personas that coincidentally made them so popular. They grew up. The post hardcore sound of Tom DeLonge’s side project Box Car Racer trickled down into Blink-182, creating a darker, less pop more punk, opus which defined the earlier part of…

I’m interested to know your thoughts on “Sampling.” Look, I get it… sure it’s not real music in the traditional sense but I kid you not there is an undefined level of genius to the art form. For all of you music realists, that comment might be the end of you reading my stuff however I feel if you gave thr “Royal We” of electronica acts a chance, I guarantee there something you’d enjoy late at night while your significant other is asleep. Provided you’re wearing headphones of course. As I start writing more about music for Nerdbot, a piece…

One of the simple pleasantries I’ve always enjoyed is getting to use lines from movies in a real life conversation. Don’t deny it, placing a Hollywood constructed phrase at the ideal moment takes almost talent as it does to write the words themselves. Of course I’m joking, there are days I wish I had the ability to come up with a line half as great as “you had me at Hello.” When using dialogue from movies and television I cannot stress enough how the importance of timing is. Also, the setting. I have this friend who claims he said Obi-Wan’s…

Alright, now you’re about to hear me say words I never thought I’d ever say, especially after Spider-Man 3 but Topher Grace has been pretty God damn cool lately. Even I can’t believe I just wrote that. Yep… his for lack of a better term “weak” performance as Venom, and an even worse take on Venom’s alter ego Eddie Brock left a big time bad taste in my mouth. Hopefully it did for you as well. However that was over ten years ago, and Grace is having a little bit of a career renaissance. The guy we once knew as…

We all know that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has generated a whole mountain range of cash for Disney. However if you’re talking recognition from the Academy Of Motion Pictures, you’ll find an empty trophy case. Now all that has changed. At Sunday’s big celebration of Hollywood achievements, Black Panther, one of the most successful films of 2018, brought home three Oscars. Hannah Bleacher and Jay Hart won for Best Production Design while Ruth E. Carter won for Best Costume Design. “Marvel may have created the first black superhero, but through costume design, we turned him into an African king. It’s…

Time to get magically wasted!! No Phish fans, it’s not what you’re thinking. As Elitedaily.com reported on February 22nd, Smartmouth Brewing in Norfolk, Virginia will merge the worlds of childhood nostalgia and alcohol. This interesting concoction will take the form of their Saturday Morning Marshmallow IPA, a beer brewed with those little tasty treats that made cereal worth eating. The announcement came from Smartmouth’s Instagram and since us over here at Nerdbot love talking nostalgia, I felt this was something everyone needs to know about. Even though I think a beer inspired by cereal marshmallows is barely nostalgic… I still…

Do you like beer? How about Game Of Thrones? Hopefully you answered yes to both of those because Game Of Thrones, Rock Star Beer Festivals, Ommegang, Catalina Classic Cruises, and Stone Brewing have teamed up to bring us the Game Of Thrones Brews Cruise. Pretty awesome name for an event. I wish I could tell you there’s some mystery here but what will take place on April on 6th and 26th is exactly what is advertised. So let me break it down for you. Admission is $45.00, you get a commemorative sampling mug (I bet you can wear it around…

So we’re getting a new Ghostbusters movie… don’t worry, I totally forgot too. It seems like such a big announcement would be getting more media attention. I remember the story breaking, the teaser, and then crickets. This might be because the project is still in the early stages of development? Or maybe it’s because the Ghostbusters franchise has been a subject of controversy in recent years. You know what I’m talking about… believe me, we’ll get there soon. For now let’s focus on Jason Reitman. As ThePlaylist.net reported, Reitman recently appeared as a guest on Bill Burr’s podcast to highlight…

So I go to Vegas for two days and when I come home I discover that in less than forty-eight hours we’ve gone from the prospect of an Armie Hammer Batman… to no Armie Hammer Batman at all. Yes, it took longer for me to recover from my hangover than it did to quash this rumor. HypeBeast.com along with various other media outlets rushed to clear the air. Even Hammer himself joined the conversation via YahooUK; “No one who can actually give me the job has asked me if I’m interested. I don’t even know if they are done—they are…