Nerd Nite Los Angeles X Extra Lives
Event description
Nerd Nite LA and Extra Lives have combined forces to bring you LAND OF ETERNAL SPRING: a live, interactive, choose-your-own-adventure concert, where you are the main character! Start off with a presentation by Nerd Nite LA, your local "TED talks with beer"-style event series, for an education for the ages (that age being 21+). Then, plunge into an exciting story with visuals, music, sound effects, and footage drawn from legendary video games. Your decisions determine the story and set list in the world's first Audience RPG!
PRESENTATION: It's Only One More Season: Anticipating Star Wars > Experiencing Star Wars
By Alex Gradet
Summary: From the first time I saw the Return (then-Revenge) of the Jedi teaser trailer on the 1982 rerelease of Empire, I was caught in the spell of anticipation of MOAR STAR WAR. This bore out to be true through the '97 Special Editions, the fool-me-once Prequels, and up to and including the trailer drop for Rise of Skywalker (the moment in which I realized that, however the movie turned out, that moment was *perfect*). This led me to realize that while many Star Wars properties have held the capacity to disappoint - even the *good* ones - almost no Star Wars *trailer* (and the period of speculation, discussion, excitement that follows) does, and I tend to regard with suspicion people who love Star Wars but are guarded in their anticipation
Bio: Over the course of his career, Emmy nominee ALEXANDER GRADET has created award-winning graphics, music, lyrics, screenplays, stageplays, comic books, commercials, promos and branding content for Blue Sky Studios, DC Comics, Disney Channels Worldwide, Mighty Atomic Industries, The Second City, and The American Museum of Natural History. He currently works as Executive Writer/Producer for Disney Branded Television (where his 2000 produced deliverables include the 2018 launch campaign for STAR WARS: RESISTANCE, which managed to be instantly despised by the internet.) A Baltimore native and lapsed New Yorker, he lives in Southern California’s beautiful San Fernando Valley, with his wife, son and dog.
Be there, Be square, and LEVEL UP!
FAQ's:
- Doors open at 8pm.
- The Brewyard Beer Company is a 21+ venue.
- There is free street parking surrounding the bar, but we recommend utilizing a ride share service.
Nerd Nite LA:
Nerd Nite is fun-yet-informative lectures at a bar. It's like TED Talks...but with beer.
Three experts from different disciplines share whatever gets them geeky in fun-yet-informative, easily-accessible, often-times-surprising presentations, all in a bar setting. Whether it’s detecting gravitational rays, secretly infiltrating illegal poaching operations, or designing a Ghostbusters Proton Pack from scratch; the only prerequisite is you gotta truly dig whatever you’re into! Be there. Be Square.
Extra Lives:
Extra Lives is the world’s first Audience RPG: a fully narrated, inclusive choose-your-own-adventure game where you are the main character. Plunge into an exciting story with visuals, music, sound effects and footage drawn from the legendary console games of the ‘80s, ‘90s and 2000s... and a live score provided by the lovable nerds of Extra Lives. At key junctures you'll get to vote on how the character proceeds, leading to special story branches. With multiple endings and 60+ possible variations depending on the audience's in-game choices, this immersive feast for the imagination will transport you back to your childhood. To the next level!