By Classic Nerd | July 13, 2024
Richard Simmons, the beloved fitness guru and advocate for healthy living, passed away on July 13, 2024, a day after his 76th birthday. Known for his vibrant personality and "Sweatin' to the Oldies" series, Simmons inspired millions to embrace fitness with joy and compassion.
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By Classic Nerd | July 9, 2024
Everybody grab your spell books because Disney has dropped a teaser trailer for "Agatha All Along." Check out the spellbinding trailer.
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By Classic Nerd | January 9, 2024
More and more I've been thinking about spending my money on physical media instead of throwing it into the void of streaming where I might not even get to keep my purchase for myself. And Lionsgate is making that choice seem even more relevant with a couple of upcoming collectible releases of nostalgic movies. Both of these classic movies will be released via Steelbook, meaning DVDs that come inside steel cases instead of boring plastic ones. To refresh your memory, Kickboxer is a story of mar
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By Classic Nerd | December 12, 2023
As I was casually scrolling my social media feeds this morning (the platforms I use shall remain unnamed, because I don't like getting yelled at), simply looking for something to enrage me like any other normal person, something hit me harder than I ever would have expected it to: not only is E3 canceled, it's going away forever. pic.twitter.com/y6dtVkBvNI — E3 (@E3) December 12, 2023 For those unfamiliar with the Electronic Entertainment Expo, it was an annual convention put together by the
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By Classic Nerd | November 27, 2023
It's officially been a decade since those damn songs got stuck in your head. 10 years ago, on November 27, 2013, Frozen was released in theaters. The movie features the songs (among others) "Let It Go," "For the First Time in Forever," and "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" You sang those while reading the titles, didn't you? The film was inspired by The Snow Queen, a fairytale written by the iconic Hans Christian Andersen, originally published in December of 1844. The tale is considered among
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By Classic Nerd | August 18, 2023
When I was in college I had a friend we all simply called, "Heavy Metal Tim." Heavy Metal Tim had long curly hair, wore a devil's mustache and goatee, and — you guessed it — was really into metal. One time he invited me over to his house to watch an Iron Maiden video in his basement, which obviously I accepted (despite having about one-tenth as much metal in my blood). About halfway through, he said, "We should get out of the gas mask." The gas mask, it turns out, was an apparatus that Tim use
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By Classic Nerd | August 3, 2023
Despite the lack of major stars dressing up as their MCU characters and announcing the newest Marvel movies to 6,000 people who waited in line overnight, the 2023 Comic-Con International in San Diego was as busy as ever. Turns out, nerds still like getting together to talk comics, TV, buy collectibles, stand in lines, and yes, even discuss movies. After a weekend of doing all of the above, and then some, here are some of the coolest old-school things we saw this year. Animation was really di
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By Classic Nerd | July 28, 2023
I always wondered why Dungeons & Dragons, the Saturday morning cartoon inspired by the role-playing game of the same name that ran for three seasons from 1983 to 1985, was the way it was. Namely, why isn't it more similar to the game? "I had absolutely no time [and] I had never seen Dungeons & Dragons before in my life," says Mark Evanier, who wrote the initial premise and pilot for the animated series. He did so after being given just four days to save the show's chance at getting made. Yet
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By Classic Nerd | July 25, 2023
You've certainly heard about it before: The big mistake in Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope (or more simply, Star Wars when it first came out), in the form of a piece of dialogue written by none other than George Lucas himself. The line, uttered by Han Solo in disbelief, goes a little something like this: Solo: You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon? Obi-Wan: Should I have? Solo: It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs. Just one problem: parsecs are a measureme
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By Classic Nerd | July 18, 2023
It's the sweet treat we never knew we needed on a hot summer day — a scoop of ice cream inspired by a murderous, psychotic clown. I'm not sure how many hours I spent just rolling around in Sweet Tooth's ice cream truck, trying to blow up my friends and AI alike without mercy — and with a huge grin on my face. Such was life when the first Twisted Metal video game came out on the very first PlayStation. But let's say you saw an ice cream truck on the side of the road with a deranged-looking clow
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By Guest Contributor | March 31, 2023
How the legendary animation producer and director snuck Thor, Spider-Man, and more into the '90s X-Men cartoon.
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By Classic Nerd | March 30, 2023
There’s nothing quite like opening your doors to thousands of nerds in a confined space and pumping them full of sugar, caffeine, and nostalgia. WonderCon was back in full force for 2023, packing Anaheim with more cosplay and expensive collectibles than any sane person should possibly be able to handle — which is, of course, exactly what makes it great. Human innovation was on full display once again, and at every turn it was hard not to smile and say, “oh that’s neat!” I was only able to mak
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