Reacting to the “Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” Trailer in Real Time

Peter Jackson, huh? I guess that means it’s not Amazon. I could be into this. Anime Lord of the Rings? How has that not already been done? I mean it kind of has, right? This looks really cool. I like the character design. FUCK YEAH HELM HAMMERHAND LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOO Helm’s Deep wooooo wait Who’s the… Read More Reacting to the “Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” Trailer in Real Time

Stuck Culture, the Microcosm: Variety Writes about Mean Girls Like It just Came Out.

I don’t know why October 3rd is Mean Girls Day, and I have no intention of finding out. Such things have become loathsome to me (especially Star Wars Day, which was funny once, and is now agonizing, especially when the deeper dorks pair it with “Revenge of the Fifth” on Cinqo de Mayo. No one… Read More Stuck Culture, the Microcosm: Variety Writes about Mean Girls Like It just Came Out.

P.T. Barnum is Become Death, The Destroyer of Worlds: How Velma Ate Your Hatred and Crapped Out a Season Renewal

There are few things on this earth worth caring about less than Scooby-Doo. As mentioned on the Twitter, Scooby-Doo is entertainment for bored children of the 1960’s -70’s who didn’t huff enough Carbona to sit through H.R. Puffenstuff. It’s a cut above other Hanna-Barbera product of that time, such as Honeymooners, BC and Atomic Age… Read More P.T. Barnum is Become Death, The Destroyer of Worlds: How Velma Ate Your Hatred and Crapped Out a Season Renewal

Destroy all Fandoms

I’m gonna be crystal-clear on this: being a fan is a market-induced mentality. The word is derived from “fanatic“, which is an early-Modern Latin derivative referring to religious zealotry. Late Modernity, having removed religion from the public square, substitutes devotion to entertainments as simulacra to the epics and sagas of old. That’s why they’re using… Read More Destroy all Fandoms