nerd work
to do in depth research of someone and/or something, fiction or non fiction, involved with a comic, tv show, movie, and/or video game
"hey did you hear Jared Leto is going to play the joker in the new suicide squad movie?"
"what? i don't know if that will work, im gonna have to put in some nerd work on his previous movie roles to see if that was the right choice"
"what? i don't know if that will work, im gonna have to put in some nerd work on his previous movie roles to see if that was the right choice"