‘Harry Potter’ Deemed Harry Potty-Mouth in Recent Profanity Study
Ever since the technology of the written word was invented there have been dicks that scream and complain that what was being recorded was not “appropriate” or “socially acceptable.” In recent times, the fantasy genre has gotten the shit-end of the stick, mainly from the legions of religious right-wing crazies. When I was a kid, [...]
Sin City & Machete Sequel Update: Rodriguez Tricks Fans & Gives Insight On the Artistic Direction for Both Films
In a recent interview with Empire Magazine, Director Robert Rodriguez discussed his two creative masterpieces, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For and Machete Kills, which starts production this summer. Robert Rodriguez’s discusses the direction he plans to take the Sin City sequel by stylizing it to match the comic book. “I really held back [...]
Neil Gaiman Delivers Fantastic Commencement Address
Around this time of year graduating ceremonies across the country are going on. These are important, scary, happy times for those graduating. If your lucky your school gets an interesting speaker. The class of 2012 at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia last Thursday were blessed with such a speaker. Neil Gaiman gives a [...]
First Trailer for ‘Skyfall’: Kill Em All and Let Bond Sort Them Out
“Some men are coming to kill us. We’re going to kill them first.” And it seems that just for starters. The first trailer for the upcoming 23rd James Bond adventure, Skyfall, was unleashed on the interwebs this morning, and damn does it look badass. Let’s roll the tape: Skyfall, directed by Academy Award winning director [...]
Nerdy Bits: Meet Tumblr Star – Doctor Puppet, New Cosplaying Series From The Nerdist Channel, Coors & ‘Prometheus’ Team Up (What?) and MOAR!
Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything [...]
‘The Avengers’ Torpedos ‘Battleship’ Out of The Water
While Peter Berg and Universal’s Battleship was solid in the international market this past weekend, pulling in a reported $226.8 million, it was its domestic release that would prove its worth. With a weekend haul of only $25.3 million dollars, Battleship was clearly a miss (see what I did there). While live-action Hasbro film was able to [...]
Karen Gillan Nicked Something From The TARDIS Once She Was Done With ‘Doctor Who’
If you had the opportunity to take something from the TARDIS, what would you choose? Karen Gillan, who plays the companion Amy Pond in the longest running British sci-fi TV series, Doctor Who, tells us what she took after having filmed her last episode recently. The Ponds (because that’s totally the way it works) will [...]
COMICS REWIND: ‘Batman and Son’
(Welcome to Comics Rewind, a weekly column devoted to discovering – or re-discovering – great comics published some time in the past. Here you will find looks back at comics published in every era, from the Golden Age to the Modern Age, as well as retrospectives on the work of important comics writers, lists of [...]
Picard’s Card Says What ?!?!
What’s Picard’s card say? This photo was recently smuggled out of a convention photo shoot, but the message written on Patrick Stewart’s card was unfortunately blurred beyond recognition. Since we at NerdBastards have not seen any news about Patrick since this picture was taken, you can imagine our concern. Help us out by submitting your thoughts on [...]
‘Do You Understand the Words That Are Coming Out Of Yo’ Mouth!’: Jackie Chan Announces Retirement from Action Films
Jackie Chan has been the face of Martial Arts since the 90′s, but today he hangs his cap. While promoting his latest film Chinese Zodiac at Cannes, Jackie Chan officially announced that he would be retiring from acting in action films. “[Chinese Zodiac] is my last action film. I tell you, I’m not young any [...]
Spoiler Alert! Walking Dead Season 3: Sneak Peek Shows Grimes & Friends In a New Setting for Upcoming Season
The last we saw of our band of zombie ambushed fellows, they were running for their lives from a horde of zombie wanderers. They ran from Hershel’s Farm, and headed into the woods and journeyed towards the prison. This next story arc for the show is pivotal and is one of the key areas where [...]
DC Response to Marvel’s Gay-Wedding: DC Familiar Face Will “Come Out of the Lair”
DC New 52, it was only nine months ago that this re-boot of the entire DC Universe set the comic book community a buzz. How much would the canon we all grew up with change and would it reduce the integrity of the characters? Well with the constant competition between DC & Marvel, there has [...]
Major X-Men Announcement on ‘The View?’ WTF Marvel?!
So yeah, I understand corporate synergy, but why oh why is Marvel making a “landmark” announcement about the comic book X-Men on The frakking View? Did Jimmy Kimmel think it was to gauche? The gang from Good Morning America only likes anti-mutant coverage? Well, whatever the reason, there’s going to be a big announcement about [...]
‘The Wolverine’ Will Begin Shooting in August
Hugh Jackman hit up his twitter account and tweeted that filming for the eagerly awaited The Wolverine will begin shooting in August. Directed by James Mangold, and written by Christopher McQuarrie and Mark Bomback, The Wolverine will follow the feral mutant portrayed by Hugh Jackman in four X-Men movies and 2009′s spin-off X-Men Origins: Wolverine, [...]
NerdBastards Shamelessly Conducts An Internet Nerdy Panty Raid
Everybody wears underwear . . . at least this NerdBastard hopes so, commando is only for special occasions. You could be in an accident for Pete’s sake. Nerds have always shown our love by wearing and even tattooing our bodies with our favorite things. So it should be no surprise to anyone that the [...]
REVIEW/RECAP: ‘Game of Thrones’ S2 E8 – “The Prince of Winterfell”
“The Prince of Winterfell” feels very much like a calm before the storm episode. We know from trailers (and from what the characters are saying and doing) that “Blackwater,” the much-hyped battle we’ve been waiting for all season, is on the way next Sunday, putting this week’s hour, by default, into prelude mode. So, with [...]
After ‘Battleship’: The Next Four Board Game Movies
In honor of ‘Battleship’, we came up with 4 board game movie mashup ideas, complete with synopses, casting, taglines, and posters. Twister + The Human Centipede? You’re welcome Hollywood.
Hey Aussies and International Travelers Have You Heard of ‘Oz Comic-Con’?
If you find yourself in Melbourne this June and feel like hanging out with Stan Lee and Patrick Stewart, you might want to drop by Oz Comic-Con. Hot on the heels of the phenomenally successful Avengers movie, which, as we all know, has been making a disgustingly large amount of money and has been met [...]
Dan Harmon Fired From ‘Community’ (UPDATED with Harmon Response)
The creator and show runner of NBC’s much-loved but under-watched comedy is leaving his post and their is already a new team in place from another nerd favorite show. What will this mean for the show? Will fans stick around or abandon the show? Read and speculate, speculate and read, but make sure you welcome ‘Community’ to the kingdom of bastards, because it’s daddy is gone…
Peter Pan Returns to the Big Screen: Disney Gives Iconic Fairytale Character a Makeover With Upcoming Film ‘Peter & The Starcatchers’
From Hardcover to Broadway, ‘Peter & The Starcatchers’ a series of bestselling children books, is becoming a huge hit. The Broadway play has received nine Tony Award nominations earlier this month, and Walt Disney Pictures has hired writer Jesse Wigutow to adapt the book into a movie with franchise potential. Wigutow is currently the man [...]
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