• more about #kristinbell
    SeeingI: I just saw this last night and boy, I have to say, Annalee, you were WAY too kind. This movie was terrible. Not a single original idea in the whole ... more »
    aspiringexpatriate: I kinda think it's hilarious that some of the people they pointed out at the end weren't anywhere near famous until after they held onto it in the vau... more »
    strider_mt2k: My wife and I have been waiting for this one. We both have armor because of all the elbowing we're bound to do. more »
    WinWordsClyde: I am shocked - SHOCKED - that no one has made this comparison/connection yet: Fanboys is to Star Wars what Free Enterprise is to Star Trek. And, I'm g... more »
    lightninglouie: I've wanted to say this for a long time, so here goes: FUCK STAR WARS. That is all. Thank you. more »
    Kpibca: Regarding Phantom Menace Hate: We were all kids (or so I will assume, or my argument falls apart pathetically) when we saw the original movies for the... more »
    Lassus: For all your even-handed fairness, Annalee, this film just sounds tremendously awful. It should probably have been about the friends taking Linus acro... more »
    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: HRm. Something tells me that shot of Kristen Bell may be the best thing in the film and you just saved me 10 bucks. more »
    Neon: I knew this would turn in a phantom hate thread. Take out Jar Jar, and you have a fun good star wars movie. The lightsaber battle was fucking epic, an... more »
    FuryOfFirestorm: Being both a geek AND a gay Mexican (and German, Navajo, Blackfoot, Aztec and Mayan) i'm so conflicted about seeing this film... however, if Kevin Smi... more »
    Alexis: I love the "we have a ridiculously hot girl around but we never notice her until 'this point'" plot device. /sarcasm more »
    braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Will it make me cry? I am pretty macho. Like, really macho. Like, I once knocked a guy out for drinking his Guinness like a sissy. more »
    ManchuCandidate: Annalee writes: What's so moving is that Linus' friends understand that what he needs to die happy isn't some stupid, generic encounter with spiritual... more »
  • #fanboysreview

    Fanboys Delivers the Best of Geekdom - and the Worst

    Fanboys, a bittersweet comedy about five friends searching for the meaning of life in Star Wars, is an uneven tribute to the bonds that make scifi fans a community rather than just a marketing niche. More »
  • #fanglam

    Seven Signs of the Rise of Fan Glam

    We used to have geek chic, which made emo kids hip and Web 2.0 dweebs rich. But fashions have moved on and now fans are the newly-discovered authentic underdogs in pop culture. Their obscure desires are being converted into ironic commodities, their tastes transformed into sellable goo, and their dark, secret haunts opened up to the light of media frenzy. Here are the seven signs that fans have become glam, and that the world of fandom will never be the same safe place to hide with your action figures again. More »