Author: Heath Andrews

One of the upcoming projects we’ve been looking forward to at Nerdbot is the Peacock series “Crystal Lake.” We do love us some “Friday the 13th” and it’s been far too long since we’ve had the opportunity to dive into the murky waters of Camp Crystal Lake. So, when a series was announced that was set to focus on Pamela Voorhees, the film’s original villain, it seemed like a promising premise. It did leave us wondering how much of a role, if any, her beloved son Jason would have in the story though. While we still don’t know for sure…

Never underestimate the allure of dinosaurs. Despite being extinct for hundreds of millions of years, these enigmatic creatures continue to captivate generations of children and adults the world over. They’re the reason why “Jurassic Park” exists let alone why the franchise keeps pumping out movies that draw in audiences time after time. The fascination with them extends to the scientific community as well, which is partly why a recent fossilized skeleton of a ceratosaurus just sold for over $30 million at auction. The ceratosaurus may not be as big of a name as the tyrannosaurus rex, but then again it’s…

“By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet!” Those immortal words have buried their way into the hearts and minds of many a child who grew up in the ’80s and early ’90s. “Captain Planet and the Planeteers” inspired a generation to help protect the planet against the evils of pollution, looting, and plundering. It also had a catchy as all hell theme song that is probably already going through your head. It’s been almost 30 years since the last new episode of The cartoon aired, but thanks to Netflix we may be getting some live-action planet saving in our…

After the success of “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”, the world held its collective breath to see if Nintendo’s other legendary franchises would be making it to the big screen. Sure enough, “The Legend of Zelda” wasn’t too far behind. A few big, lingering questions remained, including who was going to play the key roles of Link and Zelda. Now we know thanks to series creator Shigeru Miyamoto. Miyamoto took to Nintendo’s official Twitter (now X) account to make the announcement. When a message from Nintendo starts off with, “This is Miyamoto,” you know it’s probably going to be big…

Card games and gambling go hand in hand and have done so for centuries. Not all card games necessarily; you’d probably be hard pressed to see a casino in Las Vegas that’s offering up a high stakes game of Go Fish or Old Maid. Then again, maybe we should be keeping an open mind to those possibilities. As unlikely as it might seem to be, there’s a casual card game set to hit just off the strip this week and it’s the “one” card game you likely never would’ve suspected. As you probably surmised from the bad pun and the…

The film genre of horror is no stranger to trends. One slasher movie comes out, a bunch of them follow. You get one found footage pic, you get a bunch of imitators. It has always been this way and those trends will forever continue. The current kick that we seem to be on though is a bit of an unexpected one; public domain characters being twisted into horror showcases. “Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey” kicked the trend off launching the Poohniverse, and projects for Steamboat Willie, Peter Pan, and others have been released and announced. And just to make things a…

HBO and Larry David go back a long ways. Over 25 years ago the writer/producer/actor teamed with the network to create “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and planted itself as one of the most renowned television comedies of all time. The show wrapped up in 2024 and since then, Larry’s been a bit quiet in terms of the television front. Good news for his fans as that will be changing soon with the help of former POTUS Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama. The Obamas founded a production company called Higher Ground, and have roped in Larry David to create…

There’s no predicting the kinds of things that people will leave for donation at goodwill stores. Sometimes you find hidden treasures that make you wonder if someone actually was aware of the value of the item. On the opposite end of the spectrum are things that make you wonder why the store actually made self-space for this crap. Then there are things that make it into the donation bins that never make it onto shelves at all, like a dead body. At approximately 11:00 am on Tuesday, July 8th, police were called to a Pasadena Goodwill store due to reports…

Sometimes people are immortalized in song in a wonderful, beautiful way. Bette Davis of course lives on in the Kim Carnes song, “Bette Davis Eyes,” and both Marilyn Monroe and Diana Princess Wales received tributes by Elton John and Bernie Taupin via “Candle in the Wind.” Then there’s Lizzie Borden. She didn’t get so much of a song as much as she did a rhyme, “Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one.” It’s not a very fun way to be remembered but it has…

Where does one even start with Fyre Fest? Perhaps with noting that Billy McFarland, the founder of the infamous Fyre Festival, is a convicted felon, and fraudster. No one was surprised when Fyre Festival 2 was “postponed until further notice.” But we WERE a little shocked when the ‘brand’ was going to be licensed as a music streaming service, and laughed when it was demoted to a hotel pop-up experience. But if you thought that was funny, now the rights to the Fyre intellectual property are being sold by McFarland on eBay. There’s a level of absurdity to this that…