Author: Loryn Stone

Mark Hamill has weighed in via Twitter on the news that Carrie Fisher will appear in the upcoming Star Wars, sending out a tweet calling it “bittersweet.”  He also confirmed that he and Billy Dee Williams will be in the upcoming installment. “It’s bittersweet facing my final chapter without her-She is simply irreplaceable,” said Hamill. “I’m finding solace in the fact that she won’t BE replaced & would love the worldwide outpouring of affection from those who loved her when they heard the news.#CarrieOnForever According to a report from Deadline, Hamill’s tweets come after Todd Fisher, the brother of the late Carrie Fisher, said…

Amazon has found its Lord of the Rings duo. The Hollywood Reporter released an article that following an extensive search, Amazon Studios has tapped JD Payne and Patrick McKay (Star Trek 4, Jungle Cruise) to develop its forthcoming big-budget take on Lord of the Rings. Jennifer Salke, who made the announcement Saturday during her debut as head of Amazon Studios at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour, stopped short of saying Payne and McKay would serve as writers or showrunners. “The rich world that J.R.R. Tolkien created is filled with majesty and heart, wisdom and complexity,” longtime friends and writing partners Payne and…

This is a Nerdbot “Nerd Voices” contributor post from reader Tierney Hamilton. Follow her on Twitter! During the past decade or so, popular media has crowed that finally, it truly is “hip to be square” (see Weird Al, White and Nerdy, the first Sony Spider-man films, and so on in the early 2000s). Between revived Star Wars and Star Trek franchises, streaming services like Crunchy Roll and Twitch, and more fanart than Deviant Art can handle, we are in a golden age of fandom. But you’re really only experiencing the best of it if you’re a woman in the…

This is a Nerdbot “Nerd Voices” contributor post from reader Jose Ramos. Follow him on Twitter for more cartoon theories and nostalgia! The good guy. The bad guy. When you’re a kid, you think it’s pretty cut and dry. But as we get older and become more apathetic and cynical, we realize that maybe the “bad guy” wasn’t such a bad dude after all. Maybe there’s someone else lurking around the cartoon universe right alongside our main baddie that’s just a little more insane, such as in… 4)He-Man Masters of the Universe: Why were we watching Skeletor when…

PJ Masks: or as I’d like to call it “My First Superhero Show”. At first glance, PJ Masks is a delightfully simple premise. A set of three friends, all about six-years-old, discover a “crime” happening somewhere in their town. The show is painfully formulaic and exists on just about the world’s tightest budget, so “trouble” only occurs in one of four settings. The friends, Amaya, Conner, and Greg transform (always at night) into The PJ Masks, a trio of superheroes who are on their way into the night to save the day. While transformed into Owlette, Gecko, and Catboy, they…

“Y’all ain’t from around here.” This sentence is a familiar one. The idea that a person rolling through town is so foreign that they can be called out upon sight. Hell, we’ve all been tourists and likely, we’ve all felt out of place. It’s normal; it’s part of the human experience. We acclimate to our familiar home settings and become one with the people we complain about. We might even be more like the people who bug us than we think. What is it that’s so fascinating, this idea of a Stranger Coming to Town? How did this idea even…

This is a Nerdbot “Nerd Voices” contributor post from reader Jose Ramos. Follow him on Twitter for more cartoon theories and nostalgia! Nostalgia is a tricky situation for me. My childhood was filled with noble robots who turned into various trucks, other robots who could combine, and various anthropomorphic adventurers who filled my afternoons with glee. But I also understand that I watched these things with rose colored glasses. (As opposed to the whiskey filled ones I watch things with now). I realized that there’s some stuff you shouldn’t go back to. And there was one show that proved…

RETURNING AND NEW CAST MEMBERS WILL JOIN TOGETHER FOR THE FINAL INSTALLMENT OF THE SKYWALKER SAGA. Brand new announcements from Star Wars’ official website reveals Star Wars: Episode IX will begin filming at London’s Pinewood Studios on August 1, 2018. J.J. Abrams returns to direct the final installment of the Skywalker saga. Abrams co-wrote the screenplay with Chris Terrio. Returning cast members include Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Joonas Suotamo, and Billie Lourd. Joining the cast of Episode IX are Naomi Ackie and Richard E. Grant, who will be joined by…

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s–Dx1InQqU–/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/kxq6edceram5bxh8fsjy.mp4 Last summer, McDonald’s Japan rolled out a “Tokyo Roast Beef Burger.” The ads featured what looked like real slices of roast beef. That wasn’t necessarily true of the actual burgers. Ditto for the Tokyo Roast Beef Muffin that was sold during the same period. As reported by Kotaku and according to Asahi, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency recently said that McDonald’s broke the law, misrepresenting its products and misleading customers. It warned the fast-food giant, telling McDonald’s to take steps to prevent this from happening again. https://twitter.com/pokuripon/status/1021856768656257024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1021856768656257024&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fkotaku.com%2Fajax%2Finset%2Fiframe%3Fid%3Dtwitter-1021856768656257024%26autosize%3D1 This has made the national TV news in Japan. The commercials showed roast beef…

Legends of Localization is a website that exposes mistranslations in the video game world. Specifically, those from Japanese to English. The man behind the website is professional Japanese-to-English translator Clyde Mandelin, known on the internet as Mato. Not only has he translated video games (live on YouTube at that) and animes, but he’s the person behind the well-known Earthbound 3 fan translation project. We were so stoked when Nerdbot asked Clyde for an interview and he said yes! Let’s hit it!   How do you come up with the games or social mistranslated social trends (like your “Let’s” article) that…