See You in July!
May 22Comic-Con has just added a bunch of kick-ass guests. Recent awesome additions include Gail Simone, Kurt Busiek, Linda Medley, Amanda Conner and MORE! (What a completely adorable photo of Amanda Conner, too. Not that anyone else’s is not adorable, Amanda’s is just particularly adorable.)
Go! Look! See!
Holy crap
May 22I have an IMDB listing! When the hell did that happen?
I guess I should make, like, a movie or something.
UPDATE – Sarah’s had the cracking idea of adding trivia. I can add up to 5 pieces of trivia (I don’t know if that’s total or in one go, but let’s assume total for now.) I’d like them to be based on fact, but as fantastic/mundane as possible. Maybe I’ll leave the fifth as a completely made up, Chuck Norris-esque fabrication.
So, suggestions (either for the completely made up one, or what my “truthful” ones should be?)
UPDATE 2: I have one.
“Chris Stewart is physically and mentally incapable of telling The Aristocrats joke.”
This is… FACT!
In the Clubhouse
May 22A couple of lines from Chris’ Ghostbusters post stood out to me, provoking further thought (and listen, fankids, Chris is The Source for real GB updates, so quit yer bitchin’):
Some have even gone so far as to say that I hate Ghostbusters and that I’m not a true fan.
Well, they’re right – if they’re the true fans, I don’t want in the club.
Because we geeks always need A Club, don’t we?
Before I begin my Ranty McRant, please understand: what I’m going to talk about doesn’t quite apply to the sitch Chris is describing — that seems to be more of a case of folks just willfully not listening to the facts (and a few Major News Outlets actually using WENN as a legit source — people, have you read WENN?! It’s on IMdB every day and it’s basically a tabloid. Entertaining, but…well, I wouldn’t take anything on there at face value. Ever). But those two sentences, those words, made me want to discuss how we geeks always need to be The One True Fans.
When I was writing extensively about Buffy, and I would, say, give a negative review for an episode, I would receive the inevitable Emails of Protest (especially if said negative review involved picking on Spike, jeez).
“You are not a true fan, because you don’t totally love EVERYTHING ABOUT EACH AND EVERY EPISODE. I am a true fan, because I do! Why are you even watching the show? You Don’t Get It.”
I’ve seen this argument put forth to other writers/critiquers/what have you, about other shows/comics/movie franchises, etc. The argument goes thusly: unless you mindlessly adore everything your beloved franchise spits out at you, you are not a true fan. You are not in the clubhouse.
It cuts the other way, too. Fans on the critiquey side will point out that, it is, in fact, those lovers-of-it-all who are not the true fans, because they don’t pick everything apart — they’re the ones who Don’t Get It. Boo! Hiss!
The whole thing is dumb, and I feel like it speaks to our geekish need to be oh-so-exclusive about the things that we love. We have to keep somebody out. What about, you know, just being OK with disagreeing with each other and allowing that everyone can be in the club if they so desire? What about having fun arguments about stuff? What about not being so quick to hit the “You Don’t Get It!” button (even though it’s one of our favorites)?
I’m just saying that I think fandom sometimes seems insular and uninviting because of stuff like this: everyone wants to be the #1 uberfan and no one will shut up and just listen to another point of view. And that’s a shame, because we could definitely use more nerds among our ranks.
WRONG!
May 22Well, sorta. That’s the international version. Not THAT much different from the US version. But the ending is worth the download time. Trust me.
(I think my favorite thing from this flick I’ve seen so far is that little exchange from the trailer with Lois and Lex. That is crazy-ass genius Lex Luthor to a TEE. God bless Kevin Spacey.)
The internets lied to you about Ghostbusters 3
May 22I’ve been running a Ghostbusters fansite for just under 10 years. Initially Ghostbusters was just a nerdy incentive to learn HTML. Then it became a personal challenge – to keep a website running consistantly, while others would come and go. Now it’s just habit. The point is, if they were going to make a third Ghostbusters movie and you wanted to double check the information, who ya gonna call? (Sorry, I couldn’t help it.)
Well, here we are – the net is in an uproar over Ghostbusters 3. But it’s nothing more than bad journalism, amplified by lazy blog paraphrasing, and the desperate desires (both for and against a third film) of fankids.
