I got linked to this via Twitter: 6 sci-fi conventions that need to die

At first I thought the author meant those events in which hordes of people in Star Fleet uniforms or Hello Kitty Darth Vader outfits invade some venue and awkwardly hit on each other in Klingon or make tasteless light saber jokes, but alas, that was not what they meant (I ( Read more... )

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I know, I know... into every generally awesome franchise a cringeworthily shitty-why-the-hale-did-they-make-this-but-goddamnit-I-can't-stop-watching installment must fall.  In light of Scott Bakula's recent appearance on Chuck and the new Trek movie coming up, naturally my thoughts turned to Star Trek: Enterprise, which is so disastrously ( Read more... )

I know there are quite a few Supernatural fans on my flist, and while I haven't kept up on the show in a while, I had to watch the latest episode, the one poking fun at the fandom.  I know, thanks to Fandom Wank, that the SPN fandom seems to be exploding right now and bringing great amusement in the process. Reading people's responses both on SPN ( Read more... )