Fiction
Well yes, of course. I've never been able to visit it before now, but I've got all sorts of souvenirs. Copies of all the advertising satellites that have ever been sent out. All the posters. I had a long correspondence with one of the founder members too, soon after it started. Although I never got to see the early days, I know it's not as good as it used to be but I'm still terribly interested.
—Whizz-Kid, "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy", Doctor Who
I hear that some fanatical members of the Cult of Kefka insist on spelling Kefka's name with Cs instead of Ks.
—Figaro Castle guard, Final Fantasy VI (GBA translation)
Geeklog Date: 11.26
Mood: Ranty
The sun is bright outside so I'm going to stay in and watch "The Blubbening".
Season One has better writing and voice acting than the later seasons.
I mean, COME ON. Everything went totally downhill after the big dream sequence.
Still, the animation in the scenes where Tubba Blubba battles robots is schweet.
Season Three was obviously just a vehicle for selling action figures and vehicles!
I never understood why they changed the sound effect when the princess appears.
It was "Deet-dinga-deet-ling!" then suddenly it was "dinga-deet-dinga-ling!"
As if no one would notice! Pffft! True fans care about important stuff about that.
They should totally run the show without commercials and let fans suggest story lines!
That's what fans want, and we're the only ones that matter.
I guess I'll still buy "The Blubbening" box set. The preorder bonus is a costume!
While I wait for it to come, I'll go online and tell everyone it's stupid.
Mood: Ranty
The sun is bright outside so I'm going to stay in and watch "The Blubbening".
Season One has better writing and voice acting than the later seasons.
I mean, COME ON. Everything went totally downhill after the big dream sequence.
Still, the animation in the scenes where Tubba Blubba battles robots is schweet.
Season Three was obviously just a vehicle for selling action figures and vehicles!
I never understood why they changed the sound effect when the princess appears.
It was "Deet-dinga-deet-ling!" then suddenly it was "dinga-deet-dinga-ling!"
As if no one would notice! Pffft! True fans care about important stuff about that.
They should totally run the show without commercials and let fans suggest story lines!
That's what fans want, and we're the only ones that matter.
I guess I'll still buy "The Blubbening" box set. The preorder bonus is a costume!
While I wait for it to come, I'll go online and tell everyone it's stupid.
— Entry of Francis' Geeklog, Super Paper Mario
Reviews
For as much as we may hate Raiden's inexperienced, ignorant, and shallow personality, I believe these qualities were intentionally designed to reflect a very specific demographic of Metal Gear fan: those who also clamoured for 'VR Missions' after the original Metal Gear Solid and took such pride in beating all of the challenges. Raiden brags to Solid Snake about his digital accomplishments, listing off some of the exact mission numbers from VR Missions while images of the game play in the background, clearly winking at players who may share his attitude...a passive-aggressive commentary about the problem with gun-crazy gamers? A tongue-in-cheek jab at all the whiny fanboys who missed the point of the anti-war story and just wanted more shooting?
—Terry Wolf on Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, "Substance Abuse"
I suspect that the Valeyard was a piece of criticism of the show, as imagined by (Robert) Holmes. The Valeyard seems quite a bit like toxic fandom. When the Doctor ventures into the Matrix, he finds that the Valeyard has taken over 'the Fantasy Factory' and turned it into something toxic. It’s run by bureaucrats, insisting on rules and procedures, more interested in simple mechanics than any sense of fun. Mr. Popplewick protests, 'There are procedures to follow, sir. Necessary routines to be completed.'
The Valeyard is a character who wants to sit in a courtroom and watch Doctor Who. Despite his aggression, it’s hard to argue that he’s not a fan. Inside the Matrix, the Doctor finds himself in surroundings that hark back to The Talons of Weng-Chiang. He is almost drowned, in a shout-out to The Deadly Assassin. The Fantasy Factory is nothing but a collection of bland and familiar retreads of familiar concepts, instead of something new and brave and exciting. Holmes has gone on record and explained that he is not fond of reliving past glories, so it seems reasonable to suggest that he included these iconic shout-outs for a reason.
The Valeyard is a character who wants to sit in a courtroom and watch Doctor Who. Despite his aggression, it’s hard to argue that he’s not a fan. Inside the Matrix, the Doctor finds himself in surroundings that hark back to The Talons of Weng-Chiang. He is almost drowned, in a shout-out to The Deadly Assassin. The Fantasy Factory is nothing but a collection of bland and familiar retreads of familiar concepts, instead of something new and brave and exciting. Holmes has gone on record and explained that he is not fond of reliving past glories, so it seems reasonable to suggest that he included these iconic shout-outs for a reason.
It is really lovely to welcome back Jolie Jenkins as the perky and effervescent Leyla Harrison, one of the more successful characters to be introduced in the show's final couple of seasons. Unlike other reviewers I don't think it would have been a smart move to bring her in full time because I would never want to get to the stage where her enthusiasm for the X-Files gets wearying. Besides it means her occasional appearances are something of a treat. She clearly has no idea about boundaries (placing a picture of a bloody corpse on Scully's lunch)...Harrison constantly mentioning old X-Files cases that this one reminds us of is a sly nod that sometimes this show can be derivative.
—Joe Ford on The X-Files, "Scary Monsters"
on The X-Files, "Scary Monsters"Archer and Trip also play the role of nitpicking fans as T’Pol tells her story. Occasionally interrupting the narrative to offer their own criticisms or point out glaring plot holes...“Every school kid knows that Zephram Cochrane met the Vulcans in Bozeman, Montana, on April 5th, 2063.” He resists the urge to flash his Star Trek continuity merit badge.
—Darren Mooney on Star Trek: Enterprise, "Carbon Creek"
on Star Trek: Enterprise, "Carbon Creek"We all know that as a writer, Geoff Johns has used his stories to take pot-shots at comics readers before — specifically ones who complain about comics on the Internet. That is quite literally what the Superboy Prime stuff is about. And here, he's doing it again, but he's made it about comics readers complaining about Smallville because it doesn't match up to the comics. The Legionnaires know about Lois, Lana and Jimmy Olsen because they're the ones that are in the comics, but they have no idea who Chloe is because she isn't — or at least, she wasn't until Nick Spencer brought her in — so their solution is to MURDER HER WITH A KNIFE because she doesn't fit into the continuity of the stories they read when they were kids.
— Chris Sims on Smallville ("Legion")
Smallville ("Legion")Lois Lane makes an appearance to ask some of the same questions the reporters ask, but since she has sex with Superman he dismisses her with a slightly warmer flavor of condescension. She’s the good fan, the one willing to trust in Straczynski/Superman that this whole walk-across-America really is a good idea, and not just an empty high-concept pitch line. The rest of the reporters are the bad fans, the small-minded ones who wander away a few pages later, complaining that 'You can’t make a story about a guy walking down a street.'
—Jason Michelitch on Superman: Grounded, "The 5 Worst Comics of 2010"
