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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 Larry Longstreth on May 27th, 2010 at 08:05 am

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My apologies for the delay in this fourth installment of my Who fan film column – a couple of topics I’ve been preparing aren’t quite ready for publication just yet, but more importantly, the new season of “real” Doctor Who has recently debuted on the BBC (and BBC-America) after quite a long hiatus, bringing with [...]

Published by JE Smith on May 19th, 2010 at 08:05 am

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Singing Iron Man Versus

Flying into US theaters Midnight on May 7th is Iron Man 2. I mean do I even have to throw out that little tidbit of information? Even if you aren’t an Iron Man fan you can’t help, but to find an advertisement in every magazine, television show, and website relating to the soon to be [...]

Published by Christopher Moshier on May 5th, 2010 at 09:05 am

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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 Larry Longstreth on April 29th, 2010 at 05:04 am

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Mash It Up

Films not normally posted on the Fan Film Follies are MashUps. A mashup is a series of professionally done film clips grabbed from a movie, television show, or a variety of other media and woven together to tell a cohesive narrative.

Published by Christopher Moshier on April 15th, 2010 at 09:04 am

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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 Larry Longstreth on April 1st, 2010 at 03:04 pm

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Doctor Who Fan Films: A Primer

The sheer volume of fan films – in any genre – can often be daunting in this everything-on-the-internet age. Having recently re-acquainted myself with the Star Wars fan film universe, I popped over to TheForce.net and faced pages and pages of links and wondered to myself, “Which are the good ones? How many of these [...]

Published by JE Smith on March 31st, 2010 at 10:03 am

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Ten Fan Films That We’ll Never See

I’ve been covering fan films for an extremely long time. And in that time I’ve seen some spectacular productions. Along the way I’ve also seen quality concepts that just couldn’t make it to completion for one reason or the other.

Published by Christopher Moshier on March 21st, 2010 at 05:03 pm

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10 Questions for Adam Manning

Although I’d been exploring fan films for several years, and had even seen a few Who-related ones, I wasn’t aware of any gathering place for fan film fans and filmmakers until signing on to the now-defunct Outpost Gallifrey website, back in the early days of this century.

Published by JE Smith on March 10th, 2010 at 08:03 am

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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 Larry Longstreth on March 6th, 2010 at 10:03 am