I do not understand how they figure out when to release DVDs of movies. Sometimes they come out so soon it surprises me, and other times I seems to take forever before I can get my grubby mitts on a movie I just want to watch over and over again ( Read more... )

[Posted Saturday morning, because Friday did end up being a pretty decent day by the end of it ( Read more... )

So I've been picking away every night at a couple of scenes of Pacific Rim fanfiction (I have an idea, but I think I need to finish reading the novelization and then see the movie again this weekend ( Read more... )

I'm starting to wonder if fandom actually prefers badly written (or underdeveloped) characters because it gives them more freedom to imagine? I mean, it's easier to create your own story or art (or put yourself into the story) if things are vague and you can make things up as you go along without having to worry too much about being told "you're ( Read more... )

I originally had zero plans to see Pacific Rim. It’s about giant robots punching giant monsters. Two movie tropes that I have never really been able to generate any interest in. So I didn’t worry about reading stuff that I thought was going to be spoilers, because I had NO intention of seeing this movie. But after about a solid month of ( Read more... )

Yannow, I'm thrilled that so many crafters are making fannish stuff ( Read more... )

Dammit Joss, I shipped those two characters!

BUWAHAHAHAHA!

Fandom summed up in two GIFs

Aieeeeeee! I LOVE this! Redshirt gingerbread men.

(Via Wil Wheaton, who re-blogs all the coolest stuff on Tumblr).

According to Star Wars Aficionado there were female fighter pilots in the original Star Wars trilogy that ended up on the cutting room floor. The footage has been salvaged for the Blu-Ray release. It meant a LOT to my eleven year old self when Princess Leia turned out to be a self-rescuing princess who could handle a blaster and sit in the co- ( Read more... )