The Nerdage
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I run “The Nerdage”, a newsletter rounding up the top sci-fi and fantasy news of the day. Check it out if you want—or don’t. I won’t be hurt—I learned from Spock how to repress my feelings
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Disney: "A movie about Kylo Ren finding redemption after death? Too confusing."
Also Disney: "What if Elsa discovers she has ice cousins who live in a mystical ice dimension and they sing about feelings for 90 minutes?"
Also Disney: "What if Elsa discovers she has ice cousins who live in a mystical ice dimension and they sing about feelings for 90 minutes?"
October 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Disney: "A movie about Kylo Ren finding redemption after death? Too confusing."
Also Disney: "What if Elsa discovers she has ice cousins who live in a mystical ice dimension and they sing about feelings for 90 minutes?"
Also Disney: "What if Elsa discovers she has ice cousins who live in a mystical ice dimension and they sing about feelings for 90 minutes?"
Event Horizon traumatized an entire generation and now they're making a prequel comic with the footage that was TOO SCARY FOR THE ORIGINAL
That's like "remember that thing that gave you nightmares? Here's more of it."
That's like "remember that thing that gave you nightmares? Here's more of it."
October 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Event Horizon traumatized an entire generation and now they're making a prequel comic with the footage that was TOO SCARY FOR THE ORIGINAL
That's like "remember that thing that gave you nightmares? Here's more of it."
That's like "remember that thing that gave you nightmares? Here's more of it."
Rick Moranis coming back for Spaceballs 2 is the only good news of 2025
September 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Rick Moranis coming back for Spaceballs 2 is the only good news of 2025
HBO: Black Snape getting bullied by white kids? No weird historical parallels there! Also maybe evil lady Voldemort because apparently women needed to be the face of wizard fascism?
Can't wait for the Gringotts episode where they really lean into those goblin banker stereotypes!
Can't wait for the Gringotts episode where they really lean into those goblin banker stereotypes!
September 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
HBO: Black Snape getting bullied by white kids? No weird historical parallels there! Also maybe evil lady Voldemort because apparently women needed to be the face of wizard fascism?
Can't wait for the Gringotts episode where they really lean into those goblin banker stereotypes!
Can't wait for the Gringotts episode where they really lean into those goblin banker stereotypes!
DC gave Joker demon horns now - he's already had 47 origin stories, 23 solo movies. Give someone else a chance to traumatize Gotham for once!!!!!
September 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
DC gave Joker demon horns now - he's already had 47 origin stories, 23 solo movies. Give someone else a chance to traumatize Gotham for once!!!!!
Disney thinks adding an Oscar nominee will make us take lightsabers seriously again - next they'll cast Timothée Chalamet as a sith lord and call it prestige cinema
We all know it's still just space wizards
We all know it's still just space wizards
September 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Disney thinks adding an Oscar nominee will make us take lightsabers seriously again - next they'll cast Timothée Chalamet as a sith lord and call it prestige cinema
We all know it's still just space wizards
We all know it's still just space wizards
Day 4,745 of waiting for Winds of Winter. This is fine. Everything's fine. I'm not refreshing George's blog at 3am anymore. That was Tuesday. This is growth. The books are definitely coming. Any day now. Any. Day. Now.
September 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Day 4,745 of waiting for Winds of Winter. This is fine. Everything's fine. I'm not refreshing George's blog at 3am anymore. That was Tuesday. This is growth. The books are definitely coming. Any day now. Any. Day. Now.
Watching Liam Hemsworth play Geralt is like when your mom remarries and asks if you want to call her new husband 'dad'
NO! I'M NOT CALLING HIM DAD! DADDY CAVILL'S ARMOR IS STILL WARM! I NEED TIME!
NO! I'M NOT CALLING HIM DAD! DADDY CAVILL'S ARMOR IS STILL WARM! I NEED TIME!
September 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Watching Liam Hemsworth play Geralt is like when your mom remarries and asks if you want to call her new husband 'dad'
NO! I'M NOT CALLING HIM DAD! DADDY CAVILL'S ARMOR IS STILL WARM! I NEED TIME!
NO! I'M NOT CALLING HIM DAD! DADDY CAVILL'S ARMOR IS STILL WARM! I NEED TIME!
So Henry Cavill hurt himself preparing to play someone who literally cannot be hurt - there's a metaphor here but I pulled something reaching for it
September 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
So Henry Cavill hurt himself preparing to play someone who literally cannot be hurt - there's a metaphor here but I pulled something reaching for it
Dramione fanfic just sold for $3 million so what other cursed ship would make bank? I'm thinking Dobby/Sorting Hat. It's called 'Free to Choose'
I hate myself for thinking of this
I hate myself for thinking of this
September 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Dramione fanfic just sold for $3 million so what other cursed ship would make bank? I'm thinking Dobby/Sorting Hat. It's called 'Free to Choose'
I hate myself for thinking of this
I hate myself for thinking of this
Name ONE good live action anime adaptation - I'll wait
Death Note? Trash. Cowboy Bebop? Canceled. Dragon Ball? War crime. One Piece? Even the fans pretend it doesn't exist. Avatar? We don't talk about the Shyamalan incident.
Prove me wrong challenge (impossible)
Death Note? Trash. Cowboy Bebop? Canceled. Dragon Ball? War crime. One Piece? Even the fans pretend it doesn't exist. Avatar? We don't talk about the Shyamalan incident.
Prove me wrong challenge (impossible)
September 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Name ONE good live action anime adaptation - I'll wait
Death Note? Trash. Cowboy Bebop? Canceled. Dragon Ball? War crime. One Piece? Even the fans pretend it doesn't exist. Avatar? We don't talk about the Shyamalan incident.
Prove me wrong challenge (impossible)
Death Note? Trash. Cowboy Bebop? Canceled. Dragon Ball? War crime. One Piece? Even the fans pretend it doesn't exist. Avatar? We don't talk about the Shyamalan incident.
Prove me wrong challenge (impossible)
Marvel: "Here's zombie heroes eating people - straight from the comics!"
Nerds: "Actually the blood viscosity doesn't match issue #3 from 2005"
We begged for this for 20 years and now we're mad Spider-man's web pattern is 2% off
This is why aliens don't visit us
Nerds: "Actually the blood viscosity doesn't match issue #3 from 2005"
We begged for this for 20 years and now we're mad Spider-man's web pattern is 2% off
This is why aliens don't visit us
September 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Marvel: "Here's zombie heroes eating people - straight from the comics!"
Nerds: "Actually the blood viscosity doesn't match issue #3 from 2005"
We begged for this for 20 years and now we're mad Spider-man's web pattern is 2% off
This is why aliens don't visit us
Nerds: "Actually the blood viscosity doesn't match issue #3 from 2005"
We begged for this for 20 years and now we're mad Spider-man's web pattern is 2% off
This is why aliens don't visit us
Can't wait to build lego Kirk getting split into two people and having to explain to dates why there's a tiny plastic man making out with himself on my shelf - "it's from the episode where - "
aaannnnnd she's already calling an uber...
aaannnnnd she's already calling an uber...
September 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Can't wait to build lego Kirk getting split into two people and having to explain to dates why there's a tiny plastic man making out with himself on my shelf - "it's from the episode where - "
aaannnnnd she's already calling an uber...
aaannnnnd she's already calling an uber...
Someone spent 3 million on Vader's lightsaber and I'm over here reusing ziplock bags like they're family heirlooms
September 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Someone spent 3 million on Vader's lightsaber and I'm over here reusing ziplock bags like they're family heirlooms
Everyone: We want original content! No more sequels!
Hollywood: Here's a blood-eating fetus movie & Elisabeth Moss turning into a lobster for beauty
Me: Actually just give me Avengers 37. At least Thor doesn't feed victims to unborn vampires.
Hollywood: Here's a blood-eating fetus movie & Elisabeth Moss turning into a lobster for beauty
Me: Actually just give me Avengers 37. At least Thor doesn't feed victims to unborn vampires.
September 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Everyone: We want original content! No more sequels!
Hollywood: Here's a blood-eating fetus movie & Elisabeth Moss turning into a lobster for beauty
Me: Actually just give me Avengers 37. At least Thor doesn't feed victims to unborn vampires.
Hollywood: Here's a blood-eating fetus movie & Elisabeth Moss turning into a lobster for beauty
Me: Actually just give me Avengers 37. At least Thor doesn't feed victims to unborn vampires.
Just remembered I have weekend plans I made 3 weeks ago - past me is an optimist and current me hates him
September 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Just remembered I have weekend plans I made 3 weeks ago - past me is an optimist and current me hates him
Channing Tatum as gambit is just expensive cosplay - he looks like a sausage stuffed into a Gambit casing who found a trench coat at spirit halloween - everyone's pretending this works because Marvel told us to. Save the cards and accent for your bedroom roleplay, not a billion dollar movie!
September 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Channing Tatum as gambit is just expensive cosplay - he looks like a sausage stuffed into a Gambit casing who found a trench coat at spirit halloween - everyone's pretending this works because Marvel told us to. Save the cards and accent for your bedroom roleplay, not a billion dollar movie!
Mailman definitely judges how often I get packages - sorry but some of us cope with mortality by buying unnecessary kitchen gadgets
September 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Mailman definitely judges how often I get packages - sorry but some of us cope with mortality by buying unnecessary kitchen gadgets
TODAY IN NERDAGE:
🃏 Gambit gets serious, Tatum gets injured
🚀 Tom Cruise still trying to die in space
🎬 Jordan Peele has no idea what he's making
🍔 Diner patrons must save world from AI
💀 28 Years Later brings back Cillian Murphy
What's got you most shook?
🃏 Gambit gets serious, Tatum gets injured
🚀 Tom Cruise still trying to die in space
🎬 Jordan Peele has no idea what he's making
🍔 Diner patrons must save world from AI
💀 28 Years Later brings back Cillian Murphy
What's got you most shook?
Gambit's Serious Now + Other Signs the World's Ending
Dive into Hollywood's chaotic world: Channing Tatum's Gambit drama, Tom Cruise's space quest, and Jordan Peele's mystery project in this hilarious, unfiltered nerd newsletter!
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September 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
TODAY IN NERDAGE:
🃏 Gambit gets serious, Tatum gets injured
🚀 Tom Cruise still trying to die in space
🎬 Jordan Peele has no idea what he's making
🍔 Diner patrons must save world from AI
💀 28 Years Later brings back Cillian Murphy
What's got you most shook?
🃏 Gambit gets serious, Tatum gets injured
🚀 Tom Cruise still trying to die in space
🎬 Jordan Peele has no idea what he's making
🍔 Diner patrons must save world from AI
💀 28 Years Later brings back Cillian Murphy
What's got you most shook?
Scrolling food delivery apps like im not gonna just order the same thing as always
September 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Scrolling food delivery apps like im not gonna just order the same thing as always
Someone brought a typewriter to starbucks - hemingway didnt die for this
September 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Someone brought a typewriter to starbucks - hemingway didnt die for this
TODAY IN NERDAGE:
🧱 Clayface set photos: man literally melting
👶 Steve & Peggy had kids, broke reality
🎤 Lady Gaga teaching Wednesday now
🧛 Secret Buffy pilot exists apparently
🤖 Military AI in Tron (what could go wrong)
What's got you most shook?
🧱 Clayface set photos: man literally melting
👶 Steve & Peggy had kids, broke reality
🎤 Lady Gaga teaching Wednesday now
🧛 Secret Buffy pilot exists apparently
🤖 Military AI in Tron (what could go wrong)
What's got you most shook?
Melted Faces + Multiverse Babies
Dive into Hollywood's wild updates: Clayface movie leaks, multiverse babies drama, Lady Gaga's unexpected crossover, and one writer's chaotic post-Labor Day brain in this unfiltered nerd newsletter!
thenerdage.beehiiv.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
TODAY IN NERDAGE:
🧱 Clayface set photos: man literally melting
👶 Steve & Peggy had kids, broke reality
🎤 Lady Gaga teaching Wednesday now
🧛 Secret Buffy pilot exists apparently
🤖 Military AI in Tron (what could go wrong)
What's got you most shook?
🧱 Clayface set photos: man literally melting
👶 Steve & Peggy had kids, broke reality
🎤 Lady Gaga teaching Wednesday now
🧛 Secret Buffy pilot exists apparently
🤖 Military AI in Tron (what could go wrong)
What's got you most shook?
Just got a "u up?" text at 7pm
August 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Just got a "u up?" text at 7pm
Afternoon coffee isnt working - considering switching directly to whatever theyre having in mad max
August 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Afternoon coffee isnt working - considering switching directly to whatever theyre having in mad max
TODAY IN NERDAGE:
💰 RDJ vs Reynolds feud except... they've never met??
🤡 Art the Clown gets Lynch-style origin story
🦾 X-Men movie happening, details classified
🌊 Namor demoted to cameo status
🎬 Test audiences' hearts exploding at 200 BPM
What's got you most shook?
💰 RDJ vs Reynolds feud except... they've never met??
🤡 Art the Clown gets Lynch-style origin story
🦾 X-Men movie happening, details classified
🌊 Namor demoted to cameo status
🎬 Test audiences' hearts exploding at 200 BPM
What's got you most shook?
Feuds That Don't Exist + Origin Stories Nobody Asked For
Dive into Hollywood's wild rumors: RDJ vs. Ryan Reynolds' non-existent feud, Art the Clown's bizarre origin, and X-Men news in this unfiltered nerd newsletter that'll make you laugh!
thenerdage.beehiiv.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
TODAY IN NERDAGE:
💰 RDJ vs Reynolds feud except... they've never met??
🤡 Art the Clown gets Lynch-style origin story
🦾 X-Men movie happening, details classified
🌊 Namor demoted to cameo status
🎬 Test audiences' hearts exploding at 200 BPM
What's got you most shook?
💰 RDJ vs Reynolds feud except... they've never met??
🤡 Art the Clown gets Lynch-style origin story
🦾 X-Men movie happening, details classified
🌊 Namor demoted to cameo status
🎬 Test audiences' hearts exploding at 200 BPM
What's got you most shook?