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Eric Ansley Díaz

@geekboyeric

Just an opinionated Gen X gay nerd. Staff writer at Nerdist. Previously at Geekscape, Wizard Magazine, DC Universe, Topless Robot. He/him.

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'George Michael: The Faith Tour' Movie & New Album Get 2026 Release A new movie based on footage from the pop icon's 1988 tour is coming to cinemas, as is a new album.

Day one. deadline.com/2026/03/geor...

10.03.2026 16:53 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I also was lucky enough to meet him once, and he was a gem of a man.

10.03.2026 05:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This is so early in Superman’s existence, barely 2 years in, that his ‘S’ symbol had to have the word “Superman” over the shield, because not everyone knew who the character was yet. But this also shows how popular Superman was already, that he was a presence at a global event like the World’s Fair.

10.03.2026 05:54 👍 16 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

I remember when this came out (I still have this whole run in longboxes…we know it ain’t ever getting reprinted). I remember when this issue established Hal as middle aged, it made me wonder if Superman and Batman also were, since they were all contemporaries.

10.03.2026 05:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Lordt. I’ve had almost this same interaction. File this under “Things I Don’t Miss About Being a Single Gay Man.”

10.03.2026 05:11 👍 17 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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10.03.2026 03:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sowwy 😔

10.03.2026 03:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I only know of only one person who died and is walking around with no legs.

10.03.2026 01:06 👍 18 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

If you do nostalgia in such a way that it’s genuinely heartfelt fun, there’s no need to hate enjoying it. Nostalgia is really only bad when it’s weaponized.

10.03.2026 00:59 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I have my suspicions as to why that is, but we’ll likely never know

10.03.2026 00:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I was a struggle for me to write that obit.

10.03.2026 00:57 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What celebrity death hurt you the most?

These 4, easily.

09.03.2026 23:59 👍 25 🔁 0 💬 8 📌 2

I’ve been thinking this very thing; and as much as the Buffy cast has bad feelings about JW, the Firefly cast all love him. He obviously treated them differently. Whatever happens, I’m sure the internet will be extremely normal about it. My gut says he writes/doesn’t direct. He gets paid regardless

09.03.2026 23:50 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Its wild that paramount didn’t immediately greenlight it.

09.03.2026 23:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I would have very much liked a flashback scene of the OT trio in TFA, but Star Wars is very much a generational saga… I think they were right in focusing on a new younger group of character’s struggles.

09.03.2026 23:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I had a dream this morning that I saw an old movie on TV starring Ellen Barkin as a hippie burnout/recovering addict in early ‘70s San Francisco, where she’s stalked by a group of Satanists who seek to make her their ritual sacrifice, but no one believes her. I’m now sad this movie is all in my head

09.03.2026 15:54 👍 24 🔁 1 💬 6 📌 0
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I see Terry Matalas got a special Saturn Award. I don’t care what he does in the future, it could be zero, but I say he deserves it for making this moment happen, & making me ugly cry more than any other media has in recent years. Thank you sir. (Also how was this 3 years ago??) #Picard #StarTrekTNG

09.03.2026 08:12 👍 394 🔁 58 💬 37 📌 9

I must say though, this movie is super niche, and as gorgeous as it looks, I don’t know how they spent $80 fucking million on it. Niche movies were once made for niche budgets, wtf happened to that logic?

09.03.2026 05:52 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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So #TheBride is pretty messy, but also very my jam. It’s hard for me to resist a version of the Bride of Frankenstein that is a mix of Harleen Quinzel and Patsy Stone from AbFab. If I’d seen this movie at age 15, it would have become my entire personality.

09.03.2026 05:22 👍 39 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0

Oh it’s fine, thank you. 🤣 just a small cut on my foot.

08.03.2026 22:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I just hurt my foot outside, and before I even registered what happened, I tracked blood onto my carpet, and literally the first place my mind went to was to quote these lyrics…

08.03.2026 22:04 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Wac-A-Mole was exactly where my mind went.

08.03.2026 21:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It was total exploitation and cringe. But it was the only media at the time we were openly existing in… even if it was as a televised sideshow carnival for the amusement of straight people.

08.03.2026 21:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m sure he’ll have radical new policies in line with the western agenda. 🙄

08.03.2026 21:40 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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The power has been out on our block for 4 hours on a day where I would really like to blast the AC 🙄

08.03.2026 20:34 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ain’t nuthin’ good about it. Or almost nothing.

08.03.2026 20:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My four favorite Star Trek captains.

08.03.2026 19:19 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 2

I’m a gay Gen X nerd to my core, no way I wouldn’t include Jem.

08.03.2026 19:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy International Women’s Day…. I’m often not even sure if I like dudes at all, except for that one thing that’s beyond my control. 90% of everyone I’ve looked up to/tried to emulate were ladies. 🤷‍♂️

08.03.2026 17:37 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

As I suspected, my brain retained about 30% of what happened last season. I can remember the titles and dialogue from really old shows in my brain like a steel trap, but it just deletes so much new information from all these multiple TV narratives I now consume after a few months.

08.03.2026 17:23 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0