Archive for the ‘Fandom’ Category
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Read moreThe Ambivalence of Content
Posted by A couple of months ago while browsing Netflix with my son, we stumbled on the Dreamworks reboot of Voltron. 6-year-old me was a fan of the original in the 80’s. I remembered little of why, just that I was and desperately wanted a lion figurine (but never got one). With my son’s interest in Transformers (sigh), […]
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Read moreOn Loyalty
Posted by It takes a lot to invest your time into a TV series when there are so many to choose from. If a show doesn’t connect in its first episode, many (i.e., millions of) viewers will give up immediately. Each episode each week needs to further this connection by giving more to those who’ve been invested […]
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Read moreThe Return of Firefly
Posted by “When your miracle gets here, you just pound this button once. It’ll call back both shuttles.” – Wash, ‘Out of Gas’ It’s been an exciting week for Browncoats. Unless you’re living on a border planet, you’ll have undoubtedly seen this from Captain Tightpants himself Nathan Fillion in a recent interview on EW, discussing the return […]
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Read moreEnough With The Cancelling
Posted by The Stages of TV Show Grieving. Why is a speculative show that really speaks to you cancelled? Why are dull ones renewed season after season? And what could networks be doing to spare us? Stage 1: Denial How can a show that I love not be considered worthy of air time, when stupid ad-grabbing reality […]
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The (Well, My) Verdict on “Glimpses”
Posted by In the early chapters of Lynn Flewelling’s first novel, Luck in the Shadows, wayward protagonist Seregil assesses his new companion Alec and concludes: “The lad was neat-handed, and there was a familiar quickness about him that had little to do with training. And he asked questions.” Fans, as a general rule, are like Alec (lacking, […]