If you've been keeping up with the Star Wars rumor mills then you may have heard that there’s a clever hidden meaning behind the dual Kylo Ren and Rey 'Vanity Fair' covers...
It's that time of the year again! It's time we try to sit down and come to a consensus about our Top 25 Albums of the year. It's a lengthy discussion full of eccentric picks and notable snubs.
Season 20 of South Park has really shown why Trey Parker and Matt Stone don't get enough credit for their creative genius. Beneath all the crude, vulgar humor, they've been able to deliver some of the most pointed and insightful social commentary to ever grace a television screen, time and time again. It's a voice that's needed now more than ever in a time and climate this divided and uncertain. They manage to perfectly reflect our feelings about how we, as a country, are dealing with change in one of the most clever ways possible. Star Wars.
Journey into the life of Captain Phasma and discover how she represents the evolution of the beloved Star Wars franchise. On screen (December 2015) we were only given a taste of her personality, her potential within the franchise. However, like many Star Wars fans, I was left wanting more… Captain Phasma! Discover how a character who appears in Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens for less than five minutes is shaking up the Star Wars culture! What can we expect from Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi?
Fandom, clearly, is broken, in a lot of key ways and it really needs to get back to loving the movies, and getting joy out of them, and not using them as a platform for irrational hostility.
"Ready Player One" may be the latest most egregious manifestation of nerd-pandering to date, but entertainment directed at nerds and geeks, clearly, isn't going anywhere, nor should it. A lot of it, after all, is quite great. I just ask filmmakers, and the studios supporting them, to be more respectful of their audience, and the audience, in turn, to dial back the toxicity.
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