Author: Loryn Stone

Crossing the line. Passing its peak. Pooping the bed. Jumping the shark. Whatever you want to call it, it’s the moment when a show you love surrenders to the suck are you just can’t get back into it. Like that moment in Happy Days when Fonzie…you know…literally jumped over a shark on jet skis. It really doesn’t get worse than that. So today, we asked our readers to cite that specific moment a show lost them, and their responses ranged from jumps to full-on dive-bombs. 21) Married with Children The first time I ever realized that a thing I…

Deadline reports that Warner Bros. made it official today that their New Line genre fare will stake out the post-Labor Day weekend through 2022; a 3-day period they initially made lucrative in September 2017 when they opened It to a record $123.4M for the month, and did so again this year when they bowed Conjuring spinoff The Nun to the month’s second best domestic B.O. debut of $53.8M. Already, New Line has It: Chapter Two from director Andy Muschietti opening on Sept. 6 next year, but now they will open an untitled Conjuring universe movie on Sept. 11, 2020 followed by untitled horror movies on Sept. 10, 2021 and Sept. 9, 2022. It’s…

This is a “Nerd Voices” contributing piece from Nerdbot reader Chris McAuley. You can find him on his video game and comic book blog or Facebook! Playing through Castlevania: Symphony of the Night I am struck by how the visuals have stood the test of time.  It was indeed a clever move by Konami to shrug off any pressure that they felt to jump on board the 3D train for this iteration of Castlevania.  Indeed the 32 bit era was a time for transition in the game industry.  The Sony PlayStation introduced widespread use of 3D graphics, leaving many…

https://youtu.be/GsGMkAWB6lY Okay, now I’m excited for the new She-Ra and the Princesses of Power after seeing this new full-length trailer. Even if the thumbnail for the video reminds me of this screen cap from Sailor Moon R: Promise of the Rose film. In my last breakdown of the teaser trailer that dropped last month, I’d made mention of how the new She-Ra really shows that much of the art team was inspired by the late 90s surrealist (sword fighting) anime Revolutionary Girl Utena. I’d jokingly mentioned that She-Ra’s costume janked Utena’s right down to the bike shorts. Which was a tongue in cheek reference. But now,…

This is a “Nerd Voices” contributing piece by Nerdbot reader Aaron Russell. You can find  him on Twitter. He also has a website devoted to his Photoshop hilarity. Like many of my fellow nerdologists, I was skeptical when WB announced a stand-alone Joker movie, but the film does have a lot going for it. First, we have Todd Phillips, of Stu’s Song fame, directing the movie. And if any person can tap into the depravity of man, it’s the guy who gave us The Hangover Trilogy and Starsky & Hutch. Next up, we have one of the greatest actors alive,…

Our time on this planet is limited and we’re never sure what could happen tomorrow. There are some people out there who are convinced you need to be nice to everyone in the world because you never know which words to them will be your last. Whether it’s a battle in Stand-Up Comedy, a Fight Among Foodies, or a Battle in Late-Night, these celebrity feuds all have one things in common: they were never closed up before someone involved passed away.   3) Jon Lovitz blames Andy Dick for Phil Hartman’s Death Before Jon Lovitz bought his (now closed) Jon…

Reported directly from Star Wars’ official website, production on the first Star Wars live-action streaming series has begun! After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in the Star Wars universe. The Mandalorian is set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order. We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic. The series will be written and executive produced by Emmy-nominated producer and actor Jon Favreau, as previously announced, with Dave Filoni (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels) directing the first episode. Additional episodic directors include…

Can it be true? Is Toys R Us returning? Well, not quite, but the first signs of how the financial firms who carved up Toys R Us plan to resurrect the iconic brand from the ashes of its bankruptcy have started to emerge, says a report from USA Today. The lenders who own a key piece of the old Toys R Us have revealed that they are keeping the corporate brand names and intellectual properties, (as Nerdbot has previously reported) including Geoffrey, the brand’s giraffe mascot, and are dipping their toes back in the toy business with a wholesale venture…

A movie centered around the only arcade game that matters, Dance Dance Revolution is currently in the works. Again. According to Variety, Greg Silverman’s new company Stampede is behind the film which is being made in partnership with producers J. Todd Harris and Marc Marcum from Branded Entertainment as well as Konami who still own the intellectual property. I repeat…again. Dance Dance Revolution appears to have been taken quite literally as the movie is set to take place in a world where their only chance of survival is to unite through the power of dance. While the internet and other websites reporting this…

Nintendo plans to release a new version of its Switch video game console next year to maintain the sales momentum of the device, according to suppliers and others with direct knowledge of the plan. A report from The Wall Street Journal shows that sales of the Switch, introduced in March 2017, are still solid but are no longer delivering the favorable surprises that marked the machine’s first year on the market. Nintendo shares, which rose sharply last year, have trailed the broader stock market this year. The move to update the Switch suggests the Kyoto, Japan, company is moving quickly to ensure…