Weekend Reading 07/02/23

Every weekend, I like to share a curated list of retro, geek, & nostalgia-themed articles, stories, and posts that I’ve come across in the last week. It gives you a chance to escape the daily grind, and just sit back and pass the time reading about the good old days. So with that in mind, here are some things I wanted to share with you.

In the News

• Tom Cruise is Working on Days of Thunder 2 (BVM Sports)

• The Latest Update on ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’ Reboot Starring Rick Moranis (Do You Remember)

• PlutoTV Has Added a 24-Hour Godzilla Channel (Nerdist)

• Hasbro’s Iconic Furby Returns With a New Look (The Toy Book)

• Atari is Back With a Brand New Game (Cool Material)

• General Mills Announces First New Monster Cereal in 35 Years (Geek Tyrant)

Retro & Nostalgia from around the web

• Indiana Jones and the Movie Clones (The Retro Network)

• Nick at Nite and Me in 1993 (Yester Year Retro)

• 10 Most Important Green Lantern Milestones in DC Comics (CBR)

• 70s and 80s Memories of Breakfast at MDonald’s (The Retro Dad)

• Old HBO Was Revolutionary Television (Click Americana)

• Brownie Chocolate Drink (Middle-Aged Fat Kids)

• Hollywood’s Most Memorable Disaster Movies (The Retro Network)

• 10 Facts About Strawberry Shortcake (Mental Floss)

• 30 Years of Prehistoric Nostalgia: Welcome to Jurassic Park (Nightmare Nostalgia)

• Shawn Michaels and the Night of the Infamous Syracuse Incident (Pro Wrestling Stories)

• 10 Behind-the-Scenes Facts About Indiana Jones (Listverse)

• I Just Bought the Only Physical Encyclopedia Still in Print and I Regret Nothing (ARS Technica)

• Mall Stores From the 80s and 90s You’ll Never Shop at Again (The Retro Network)

• 5 Awesome Things on eBay This Week (Plaid Stallions)