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Tag: Fandom
The Not-So-Secret Power of Fandom
OZY and JPMorgan Chase have partnered to take a deeper look at how businesses can impact society for the better. Enjoy the rest of our special series here. Everyone’s a fan of something: The World Cup? That new Netflix series? And as long as there have been fans, brands have known that they can make […]
The Ultimate Toxic Fandom Lives in Trumpworld
Donald Trump’s rise and reign was, and continues to be, anchored by an acutely corrosive variety of fandom. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b4e552d1037da0b6358c62e/master/pass/Trump-GettyImages-963634050.jpg
Daily Podcast: The Problem With Toxic Fandom And How We Can Fix It
On the June 7, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by weekend editor Brad Oman, writer Hoai-Tran Bui and special guest Lindsey Romain to have a discussion about the current state of toxic fandom, trolls, and our role in the film conversation. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, […]
Secret Little Haven Is About Fandom, Gender, And Discovering Yourself
Secret Little Haven is a game about self discovery through chat programs, forums, online friendships, fan sites, games, and exploring the internet. Using SanctuaryOS, players can play around with various games and tools, or set out into the web to talk to friends, steadily finding a world where you can finally be who you really […]
‘Juliet, Naked’ Review: Apatow-Produced Crowd-Pleaser Scores with Notes on Music Fandom, Second Chances [Sundance]
If there’s one popular writer who knows his way around stories of shaky romance and an almost unhealthy obsession with music, it’s Nick Hornby. So it should come as no surprise that Juliet, Naked – the latest film adaptation from the author of the source material behind High Fidelity and About A Boy – is replete with heartbreak, […]
How a ‘Star Wars’ Card Game Helped Keep Fandom Alive in the ’90s
My first published piece of film criticism came on May 20, 1999, two weeks shy of my fifteenth birthday. The night before, a group of my friends had spent the entire day camped out in front of the local movie theater waiting to purchase tickets for George Lucas’ long-awaited Star Wars: Episode I – The […]
Daenerys and Jon’s first meeting on ‘Game of Thrones’ is blowing up the fandom like nothing before
Helen Sloan/HBO Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Game of Thrones” season seven, episode three, “The Queen’s Justice.” Sunday’s “Game of Thrones” was so monumental that it’s hard for fans to properly get perspective on the epicness of what just played out on screen. Seated on her Dragonstone throne (the ancient seat of House Targaryen), Daenerys Targaryen […]
Samsung will reportedly release Note 7 ‘fandom’ edition soon
Samsung continues to deal with the fallout from its exploding Note 7 devices. The company has been sued for the problem, and has issued short-term fixes, apologies and a hurried recall to try and contain the damage to its brand. Apparently it’s working, as the Galaxy S8 has gotten a record number of pre-orders despite […]
The Reaction to Hillary Clinton’s Prison Labor Usage Illustrates the Failings of Politics as Fandom
Not a day goes by without some sort of Twitter controversy/shitfight any more, and while that very fact probably means that most of these 140-character slanging matches aren’t worth covering, they can occasionally illustrate a wider point that is worth discussing. So it goes with the argument that erupted earlier this week about Hillary (and […]
