I have been more obsessed with Harry Potter this week than someone who has actually read the books or seen the movies. I have been completely fascinated by how something as inherently nerdy as Harry Potter, has completely lost its negative stigma. When I was younger and spoke about wizards and magic spells, I wasRead more
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News reports broke yesterday that Cartoon Network is looking to produce a live-action movie based upon the 90s cartoon Captain Planet and the Planeteers. The show debuted in 1990. Even though I was a 9-year-old boy and squarely in their target demographic, even I knew the show was utterly ridiculous. Ferngully had taught me thatRead more
The box office has been dominated by nerdy movies this summer. Some of the movies like Thor, X-Men: First Class and Super 8 were great. Some of the movies like Green Lantern and Transformers: Dark of the Moon left something to be desired. The movie theaters seem to be more and more populated with nerdclinationsRead more
Even though I spent the last two weeks in Honduras I have still been able to observe all the hype surrounding Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. In its opening weekend the movie had the biggest opening ever, making $168 million. Facebook was littered with statuses of people expressing grief and tears thatRead more
I was going to finish off this week with a post about the next group of nerdy summer movies. I don’t have a lot of time, though, so check out this video of the trench we dug in Honduras. It reminds me of the Death Star. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJTCPlAVTa4] Things are gonna be quiet around here nextRead more
I loved Transformers as a little kid. I would watch the cartoon and have epic battles between my Autobot and Decepticon toys. That excitement was rekindled when the first Transformers movie came out. That excitement was extinguished after the second Transformers movie. With Transformers: Dark of the Moon, my excitement for giant fighting robots wasRead more