rusty_halo | WTF, Fandom?

If you have any opportunity to see The Dark Knight in IMAX, go. It’s really just completely amazing; it feels like you’re in Gotham City.

I liked it better the second time. The pacing felt really weird the first time--why are we spending so much time on Harvey Dent? Where's the Joker? Is it done yet? Are they setting up a sequel? Now that I know it's more "the tragic fall of Harvey Dent" than the story of Batman and the Joker, I was able to appreciate it a lot more. It really is very well done, and I love the study of human nature, and of how everyone has a breaking point, and of how people react when pushed beyond their limits.

And Heath Ledger really is absolutely riveting for every moment that he's on screen.

Still really pissed off about the women in refrigerators thing, though. Rachel's death should have been about her, not just about what she represented to Harvey and Bruce.

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I've been following the recent fannish wank with an increasing sense of WTF. I mean, first a crazy chick outs other fans in real life as an attention ploy, which, okay, at least she's getting the shunning she deserves.

Then "cult of nice" vs "cult of mean," round 4938394, which I can see both sides of, though I firmly believe fandom is a better place when we can talk openly about our reactions to a work, whether it's created by a professional or a fan. IMO it's more respectful to treat fanfiction as deserving of serious critical analysis (both positive and negative), and it's disrespectful to assume that all fic writers are speshul snowflakes who can't take anything but unreserved praise. And sometimes it's not about the writer at all; it's about the community being able to learn and grow and understand itself better through discussion and analysis of fanwork and fannish trends.

But now the SPN wank just has me boggled. Can someone in SPN please explain this to me? A bunch of fans of one of the actors started a campaign about him being retarded and illiterate? And they were surprised when his management sent them a C&D? And they're wanking about their hurt feelings? But they're his fans? And this is how they showed their fannishness? Why? I'm ... confused. Just ... incredibly confused.

Current Mood: confused emoticon

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