Nerd Rating

Category: Media

  • Ichabod Crane Returns

    Yet another Sleepy Hollow revival is in the works and will be airing on FOX this fall (Mondays at 9pm ET for those of you who care). And though I believe this trailer looks absolutely fantastic, I fear getting too invested in the show. After all, it’s a FOX show, right? It’ll be cancelled before it even airs.

    However, if it does make it to prime time, the show won’t get a full season; ‘The Following’ is expected to take over the time slot mid-year. So perhaps FOX is changing things up. Maybe they’ll put real effort into a fewer number of episodes and the show will actually be as cool as it looks.

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  • Game of Thrones Timeline Announced

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    Game of Thrones producer Frank Doelger recently revealed a (very) rough timeline for GoT, predicting that it will continue for four more seasons, concluding with seven in total.

    We’ve already been told that book three will be divided between seasons three and four, which immediately poses a problem.  Seven books are expected to complete the series, but that suggests at least one season will contain two or more books.  Now I haven’t read the books, and so I do not know the plausibility of such a decision, but it seems rather premature to state that seven seasons will be the limit.  I guess that’s why it’s a rough timeline and not a final decision.

  • Stay Classy Watching The New Anchorman 2 Trailer

    Ron Burgundy and the Channel Four News Team have a new trailer for you to look at with your eyeholes. And yes, Brick has a special message for everyone as well.

    Anchorman 2 finally……finally releases on December 20th.

  • Listen Up Nerds! Trailer Round-Up for May 18, 2013

    Over the years, it has come to my attention that there are quite a few films out there that never really get much exposure; usually these are title from the smaller production houses, where every penny spent on marketing is one less spent on the project itself. Today, I bring you a small selection of trailers that you might never see just going to the movies.

    The Colony

    Morpheus, The Day After Tomorrow, and the Walking Dead collide with Bill Paxton.

     

    The Phantom

    Ed Harris, Mulder and Phil Yagoda go on a secret submarine ride.

     

    Into the White

    Ron Weasley is a downed British airman who must play nice with Nazis.

     

    That’s all for now. If you see something interesting in the videos on the YouTube sidebar, post it in the comments!

  • The Assassin’s Creed Movie Has A Release Date

    Photo courtesy alphacoders.com
    Photo courtesy alphacoders.com

    It looks like the Assassin’s Creed movie is going to be a really real thing. 20th Century Fox has set a May 22, 2015 release date for the film which has X-Men: First Class star and all-around badass Michael Fassbender starring in and producing with a script from Michael Lesslie.

    Let’s hope that Ubisoft can make an Assassin’s Creed game that I will want to finish all the way through before then.

    I am going ahead and giving warning that everytime someone dies in this movie I am going to yell in the theater “Fassassinated!!”.

  • The Forgotten Art of Short Films

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    Earlier this week I watched a stop-action short film.  It’s a few years old, and so I’m surprised to just now hear about it.  A Ride Towards the Sea is a story about a man’s failed journey into the real world, and was reportedly inspired by Pixar’s Finding Nemo.

    I’ve always been interested in short films — it’s amazing how such a grand story can be told in only a few minutes.  Think of what Pixar has done — their numerous independent short stories — even the heartbreaking introductory scenes to Up. 

    After seeing last year’s The Girl is Mime, starring Martin Freeman, my interest was renewed substantially, and I’ve been on the lookout for equally inspiring and heartbreaking stories, hence my recent discovery of A Ride Towards the Sea.

    I dare you to watch either of these films and then admit that you felt nothing.  Short films are truly a forgotten art.

    Please share any short films you know and appreciate.

  • A Girl’s Perspective on Captain America (or maybe just Chris Evans)

    So let me tell you something.  I had to be dragged, kicking and screaming, to go to the midnight premiere of Captain America.  I was not interested.  I was not amused.  And I was very tired.

    But let me tell you something else.  I sat moping in the audience, sending the occasional glare to Trey, and waiting for the movie to start so that it could finally end.  But when that steam dissipated and Chris Evans stepped out of that crazy metal magical muscle maker, my opinion changed drastically.

    In case you need a reminder…

    Yup.  I like this movie.

    Mind you, I am not opposed to the rest of the film.  I found the story compelling and interesting (and I wanted to slap that bitch who kept eyeing up my man).  Keeping in mind that I never read the comics or knew the general concept, I was pleasantly surprised when he survived the crash, and I honestly look forward to next year’s sequel.

    Speaking of which…I found out recently that they’ve started filming for The Winter Soldier, and I got excited.  I mean, the sooner they film, the sooner we watch, right?

    Wrong.  Turns out they’re filming in Washington DC.  I live really damn close to DC.  I could be there in minutes (speed limits are just guidelines, right?).  Apparently I’ve been wasting my time working and studying for finals (who needs a degree anyways?) when I could be stalking watching Chris Evans.  The filming is going to continue for a few days, so I’ll have to resist that temptation.

    But I truly am excited for the movie even though I wasn’t in DC yesterday watching him repeatedly get in and out of a car (which was apparently being driven by Scarlett Johansson for those of you who bat for the other team).  The Marvel franchise is only getting stronger, and the movies only seem to get better (there was an Iron Man 2?).

    And yeah, I know that Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Hemsworth are out there smiling and looking sexy…but my allegiance has yet to falter.

    I mean…look at this guy! LOOK AT HIS BODY.

    For the record, I promise not to have too many muscle-oriented posts.  I just couldn’t resist.

  • New Trailer For Riddick Looks To Recapture That Pitch Black Magic

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    2013 is turning out to be a weird year for me theatrically. As much crap as I give Vin Diesel I am more than ready for his two movies this year. Fast & Furious 6 will be out in a few weeks and this September sees the return of my favorite of his characters, Riddick.

    Yes, I am an unapologetic Riddick lover. Deal with it.

    The new trailer for Riddick really gives the movie a more Pitch Black feel than the slightly bloated The Chronicles of Riddick. There are three simple reasons why I will be seeing this beyond the gratuitous violence:

    1. Riddick

    2. Katee Sackhoff

    3. Batista (Dave Bautista to be proper)

    Riddick releases on September 6th.

    http://youtu.be/tDxDEjDMreA

  • Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. First Trailer

    CHLOE BENNET, ELIZABETH HENSTRIDGE, IAIN DE CAESTECKER, CLARK GREGG, MING-NA WEN, BRETT DALTON

    Now that ABC has officially picked up Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (was there any doubt?), we can all begin salivating over the trailer that was just released for it and not so patiently wait for September to exactly figure out how Coulson lives.

    Joss Whedon directed the pilot and will consult and produce the rest of the first season.

  • New Man Of Steel TV Ad Brings Yet More Footage

    Another Man of Steel commercial. Someone save me from myself because I have watched them all multiple times so this must be my self-induced punishment from all the commercial skipping with my DVR.

    Man of Steel releases on June 14th.