Anáil nathrach, ortha bháis is beatha, do chéal déanaimh*
My geek credientials are solid. Here’s my fangirling around the web.
I’ve written on many assorted fandoms. They are oddly evergreen because I’m not usually writing about the fan ‘verse. It’s more how the fan ‘verse relates to our ‘verse.
I’ve started collecting the off-Medium ones here. (The Medium ones are above, on the Fangirl Fare page.)
May the Force Be With You
J.J. Abrams has written something completely different than fans expected. The books of the Extended Universe, which had told the stories after “Return of the Jedi,” have been disavowed. In this blank slate, someone still commands Stormtroopers and TIE fighters even though the Rebels defeated the Emperor and Vader at the end of “Return of the Jedi.”
Even the title confuses. The force awakens — from what, exactly? In “Return of the Jedi,” Anakin and Luke Skywalker defeated the Dark Side, and we left Luke assuming that he would do what Yoda instructed — pass on what he learned. So what happened in the intervening 20 years that had Stormtroopers in power and Rey and Finn (also conspicuously lacking a last name) thinking that the Force was just a story? [Of course now we know that it was a reboot, not a sequel.]
Winter is coming.
This is not an odd story as noble family power plays go. Look to the time of the Norman Conquest or the War of the Roses, and find that George R.R. Martin liftedSansa’s story — and most everything else but the dragons and the ice zombies — off the dusty pages of history books.
From days of long ago….
“Voltron, Legendary Defender” is one of the better myth cartoons to come out in the last decade. I can’t quite decide if that makes me excited or depressed.
You’re a wonder, Wonder Woman
If we look at other movie offerings, such as the superhero reboots and the insatiable appetite Hollywood has for franchises with established fan bases, then continually bumped dates for the “Wonder Woman” film project — from 2011 to (currently) 2017 — lends a lot of credibility to those feminist fans who allege the project keeps getting postponed because of sexism. And it’s not just the movies. In 2011, David E. Kelly produced a much-hyped TV pilot that only NBC seriously considered and then passed on when they saw that pilot. At casual glance, it looks like Hollywood doesn’t want to do a female superhero project. I suspect, however, that Hollywood is simply having trouble figuring out how to write this female superhero.
Clearly, that one needs an update. It’s on my list to get to.
Crossovers
*If the title stumped you: Breath of the serpent, spell of life, the song for the maker.
