Tag Archives: Fans
Re-Serializing Sports Entertainment: Jeff Katz’s Wrestling Revolution
Professional wrestling is a storyteller’s medium. Case in point: I spent my middle school years running a fictional wrestling federation on the internet, writing out extensive recaps of fictionalized wrestling events complete with matches, promos, and everything else in between. … Continue reading
Achieving Authenticity: Unboxing (the Unboxing of) Game of Thrones‘ Maester’s Path
Achieving Authenticity: The Maester’s Path February 27th, 2011 This week, an assortment of critics and bloggers received what is considered the first part of an ongoing “experience” called the Maester’s Path, a transmedia initiative to support the April 17th debut … Continue reading
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Save this Premise?: The Premature Campaign to Save Lone Star
Save this Premise?: The Premature Campaign to Save Lone Star September 25th, 2010 When I realized that there was an online campaign to save Lone Star, I had two thoughts. First of all, I was bolstered: rallying around Kyle Killen’s … Continue reading
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Invasion of the Fan Perspective: So You Think You Can Dance’s Top 8
Invasion of the Fan Perspective: SYTYCD’s Top 8 July 7th, 2010 You could argue that tonight’s episode of So You Think You Can Dance is, in itself, fan service: after some have complained that the series’ switch to an All-Star … Continue reading
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The Lost Weekend: Reflections on Reviewing Lost
Reflections on Reviewing Lost May 22nd, 2010 There are a lot of articles floating around the internet right now about Lost’s legacy (including a great one from my brother), but I don’t necessarily know if I’m prepared to contribute to … Continue reading
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The Scourge of Fandom: Why Lost Owes Us Nothing
The Scourge of Fandom: Why Lost Owes Us Nothing January 28th, 2010 If you haven’t seen it yet (which seems unlikely, but whatever), The Onion’s fantastic bit of satire surrounding the final season of Lost making fans more annoying than … Continue reading
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