1st Nerd Notes of 2026 (01-16)

After an amazing New Years Eve enjoying Game Changer Wrestling alongside friends and acquaintances the year began with taking mom home from Rehab. She was not ready, but rehab was not working and the facility had sudden issues on New Years Eve that preciptated an early discharge. It has been an experience taking care of her on my own. When not doing that which definitely is exhausting and life changing in terms of my regularness I have done my best to keep up with things in the world, especially in my own enterainment world and to that, here’s a new Nerd Notes full of movies, tv, gaming, music, books, comics, and more.

The Scholastic Spring 2026 Preview highlights some excellent stuff including a new AVI book, new Sidekicks by Dan Santat and a bunch of interesting Middle grade and YA novels.

Whuile watching Jacob the Carpetbagger’s cruise adevntures the thing that really caught my attention was Le Petit Chef, an AR dining experience. Located in cities all around the US and the world, the adventure I’d personally love to go on is in New Delhi, a vacation spot I desire highly where one of the best people I know period also live. Hopefully I will figure out a way to make this happen, 2026 looked so promising for this till my mother’s health took its tumble.

And now here’s some movie and TV trailers:

I honestly never became an ST fanatic, but I enjoyed the series and I like the idea of a cartoon exploring the universe itself further.

The most sensational inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational
This is what we call the Muppet Show! I can only hope. Kermit, get your hands off Sabrina’s behind! ANIMAL! YOU TOO! COME ON! I KNOW! I KNOW! IT’S THERE BUT STOP!

This feels so disconnected to the comics and the MCU but I’m still curious. Wonder Man as a character is so tightly wound around The Vision, so… we’ll see.

This looks cool.

I haven’t actually seen a Lee Cronin feature, but he’s a much talked about horror director so I’ll happily make sure people don’t miss this if they do.

I do not play Fortnite,but South Park Studios essentially made an original short for this that you don’t have to play Fortnite to enjoy the lore of the concept and also tying deeply into South Park video games.

Season one was awesome, season two looks like it goes BONKERS!

Gore Verbinski flick. Sam Rockwell being Sam Rockwell. Absolutely BONKERS!

Here’s some bad ass violence, drama and violence featuring bad ass people:

Here are two documentaries using old footage to tell stories of legendary musicians and people.

and here are two mini documentaries about the making of music.

Here’s a K-POP section:

Here’s a bunch of music videos I enjoyed:

Two wrestling things. One a deathmatch featuring Jun Kasai, who I am highly excited to see perform later this year in person and the other the start of a series of videos by Atticus Cogar which I believe will also culminate with happenings at the same events I’ll be seeing Jun Kasai in Las Vegas this April.

Two book things (sorta). A trailer for the newest book in a series I love and a video from a cartoonist whom I adore who is also a Youtuber celebrating their millionth fan on YT.