The Joys of Being a Fan
written by LeviBethune on Jul 10
Because we are fans of fans here at FanMadeDotOrg, this video is especially fitting.
We applaud you Daniel. You are a fan after my own heart.
(Hat Tip to Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing)
That Pretty Much Sums It Up
written by LeviBethune on Jun 04
This reminds me a lot of the Sweded versions of films, but instead of putting too much work into it, this site only dedicates 3 drawings.
Here’s the best version I’ve seen of Lord of The Rings in a long time:
3 Frame Movies isn’t going to give you the thrill of elaborate chase scenes or the intrigue and mystery of trying to find the villain. It certainly won’t give you the satisfaction of realizing the state of the human condition through the complex character development that takes place over the course of 90 minutes of film. But who has time for that anyway?
My personal favorites on their list of movies:
- Star Wars (of course)
- Back To The Future
- Jurassic Park
(we found this on NOTCOT.org)
“Sweded” Indiana Jones
written by LeviBethune on Apr 30
If there was ever a movie celebrating Fandom, it would be ‘Be Kind Rewind’ with Mos Def and Jack Black. In the film, the two lead characters remake popular films using household props and a cheap video camera after the entire collection of videos in their video rental store get magnetically erased. They claim the remade versions are special edition versions from Sweden, thus, they are ‘Sweded’.
AlwaysWatching.Net has compiled a list of 10 of their favorite ‘Sweded’ films as done by fans of fandom. However, the list has been chopped to shreds because of copyright claims and “YouTube Approved Music” (see *RANT, below), but there are a few gems still left shining.
This is one of my favorites (from swededfilms.com):
I love the Halo cameo and the “soundtrack”. Very well done.
*RANT: Why??? Why would a big corporation block, restrict, and shut down their own fans? Clearly these are people who do not love what they do. The fans pour so much time, energy, love, and money into a product, service, or story that they love, and the company shuns them? How dare they??! I can only equate it to spending hours making a birthday card for your best friend, just to have them rip it up and say they don’t love you anymore. (panting heavily) Ok, I’m done ranting. For now.
CRAIG SAYS: Here’s to fanmade.org never being shut down.