The new Disney Star Wars doesn't suck ... THE FANS SUCK!!!!1!!!

[gnome]

"Weaponized trolling" == being a meanie on the internet.

Tough shit if they say your sucky movie sucks.

And plenty of people said the second trilogy sucked (or was "too political") without Lucas having hissy fits and descending into conspiracy theories.

But this is about an academic paper by someone with a PhD Abdul!!

Don't get that reference.

It's not about specifically movies, or presidents, or anything. And it's no huge conspiracy. They've noticed that they can get us riled up by stirring the pot. Even if it's over stupid shit it has effects.

One to the other... one to the other...


If you've seen the episode you know it is not the Russians I am mad at in my analogy.

[Anaxagoras]

Was anyone crying out for a reboot of Mary Poppins?

Sure, it's a classic, but I'm not really all that shocked that people are not exactly stampeding to theaters to see this thing.

[Nyarlathotep]

I just am confused because this Mary Poppins is kinda hot and that makes me feel very confused and conflicted

[Nyarlathotep]

Those fucking teeth.

Live action Sonic is creepy as fuck

[Anaxagoras]

The Rise of Skywalker Is So Bad It Actually Makes the Trilogy Worse

Reviewer accuses filmmakers of capitulating to toxic fans.

[gnome]

So basically whatever they do, they'll be accused of "pandering" or "capitulating" to some kind of fans, that are bad.

[Nyarlathotep]

Meanwhile, on Arrakis....

The Only Good Online Fandom Left is Dune

So all you Star Wars fans can suck it.

In the contemporary internet sense, the Dune discourse is wild and wide open, without the warring-camp, protect it at all costs mentality that plagues so many other geek-culture staples. If you say “The spice must flow,” you aren’t risking hours of replies from angry pedants the way you might if, oh I don’t know, you point out that in Justice League, Aquaman’s trident (from the Latin for “three teeth”) has five points instead of three. Unless you try very hard, you’re also unlikely to encounter anyone complaining that Dune has been ruined by SJWs and soyboys, or that critics who like it have been bought off by that sweet De Laurentiis money. Yet it’s still a sprawling invented world that provides you with all the esoterica and trivia and map-reading and jargon-slinging joy of any other. You can get stoned and stay up until the wee hours making dank Duncan Idaho memes with your friends, or with no one at all, completely unmolested.

[Nyarlathotep]

Dune fandom -- Too bad the original material sucks.

I just finished a re-read of the original novels. I have always enjoyed them.

[Nyarlathotep]

As long as what sucks isn't the fans, it's all good.

Ever read Frank Herbert's AWF Unlimited?

That's a short story about women astronauts. Very "past is a foreign country" stuff.

I know the whole run of Galaxy Magazine is in the Internet Archive, but I don't feel like hunting for it right now.

Nope. The only Herbert books I have read are the ones in the Dunce series.

[Anaxagoras]

Nope. The only Herbert books I have read are the ones in the Dunce series.

Saved for posterity.

[Nyarlathotep]

Fuggin’ autocorrect

[Pyrrho]

[Anaxagoras]

Saw the Uber-broey-neckbeard take on The Witcher. It's not actually a review of the show since he spent the whole video bitching about the media critics. Very little useful information about the show itself.

[Nyarlathotep]

Saw the Uber-broey-neckbeard take on The Witcher. It's not actually a review of the show since he spent the whole video bitching about the media critics. Very little useful information about the show itself.

Critics have snobbier tastes than the general public. Film at 11.

It has nothing to do with being woke like this dumbass implies, it has always been so.

And his definition of “toxic fandoms” is pretty self serving too. It isn’t just “fans who criticize the show” like he says. Lots of ‘fandoms’ have critical, even loudly critical, fans. It’s bullshit like organizing campaigns to drive the stars of the show off of social media. Only certain ‘fandoms’ have that.