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Fan Filmmakers: Making The Leap
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Fan Filmmakers: Making The Leap

When the trailer for our brand new, original, feature film titled “The Long, Slow Death of a Twenty-Something” hit 1,500 hits after a few days online, the guys were thrilled.
Rewind a few years. Our crudely animated fan film “Nintendo: Oldschool Revolution” was getting 6,000 hits an hour. This went through my head as I stared [...]

Published by on September 3rd, 2010 at 08:09 am
The Fanboy Influence
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The Fanboy Influence

I remember flipping through an old “Wizard” magazine back in the early or mid-90′s. The magazine pretended to cast a would-be Spider-Man movie that most of us knew would never happen. John Cusack was Parker. Howie Long was Brock/Venom. That’s all I remember off the top of my head. Again, it was an interesting [...]

Published by on July 28th, 2010 at 07:07 pm
Is Superman Still Relevant?
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Is Superman Still Relevant?

Write a story where Superman isn’t strong enough to solve a problem and you’ll be called “creative”. Write a story where Batman isn’t smart enough to solve a problem and you’ll be roasted alive by a legion of angry fanboys. This leads to the question, “Why the hell is everybody so hard on Superman?” [...]

Published by on July 1st, 2010 at 07:07 am
“WHOA” is me
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“WHOA” is me

The articles I write for “Fan Film Follies” generally have something to do with fanboy stuff, be it video games or actual “fan films”, themselves, but this time is different.

Published by on May 27th, 2010 at 08:05 am
The Golden Age of the RPG
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The Golden Age of the RPG

When you ask most casual fans or gamers what they’re favorite roleplaying game is, a lot of them will answer “Final Fantasy 7″ simply because it’s the only one they really know or even played. Truth be told, “7″ is the title that had people actually saying the words “Final Fantasy” in school [...]

Published by on April 29th, 2010 at 05:04 am
Independence Day 2
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Independence Day 2

“Independence Day” recently dubbed “Greatest Sci-Fi Movie of All Time” by film scholars and fans.
When “Independence Day” was voted the greatest science fiction movie of all time, not one single person was shocked or disappointed.

Published by on April 1st, 2010 at 03:04 pm
Animated Fantasy Films
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Animated Fantasy Films

Hey, Larry here with another exciting edition of “Nerd With Girlfriend.”
I realize the last article I wrote about fan films came off as being a bit harsh and I truly didn’t mean for it to. I stand by what I wrote, but I don’t want to sound like a know-it-all because I most [...]

Published by on March 6th, 2010 at 10:03 am
Fan Films. Why?
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Fan Films. Why?

Hello and welcome to the first ever edition of “Nerd With a Girlfriend”. I’m Larry Longstreth. Just so you know, you might want to check out the short film “Grayson” by John Fiorella before reading any more. See it HERE.

Published by on February 19th, 2010 at 06:02 am