Snowflake Challenge #12

[pronker]

Hmmm, a 5-and-1 is what I came up with for recs ...

1. Movie Everyone Should See

Galaxy Quest, which is the most loving and fun and successful evocation of the fan experience combined with a thrilling plot ever. Honestly, the opening fan convention sequence doubles as introducing the entire cast as their lovably imperfect selves.

2. YouTube Channel Everyone Should Follow

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Nerd of the Rings for expert and fun lowdowns on all Things Tolkien. He's included fabulous fanart, and maps, and insights on each of the characters from the recent Rings of Power TV series on back to the first days of media exploration.

3. Song Everyone Should Hear

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This song leads into a show loaded with superb animation, hilarious situations and literally no actual dialogue after the initial song; it's perfect for the international market. I love the grunts, whistles and so forth in each episode.

4. Book Everyone Should Read

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. This combines all we love about Greek mythology: the sudden violence, passionate loves and inexorable decrees of the Fates. Truly a poetic read and worth all its acclaim.

5. Website Everyone Should Visit

MyInstantsDAHTKAHM Clicky for superb sound effects, wolves howling, bubbles, many other fun sounds. TW for the clicky because I grew up on Benny Hill. :)

Plus One.

Darker Pain, a fic by moi in the fandom boasting multiple interspecies pairings for the discriminating elite: Penguins of Madagascar. It's also got poetry by a favored poet, Don Blanding. I've an autographed book of his, "The Rest of the Road," and it's a treasure with some illustrations described as being like Erté. I'd add Beardsley as an influence, as well.

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Comments

[prisca]

Oh, I definitely should check out the RoP video. Thanks for the rec.

[pronker]

Yup, and you're welcome. I like Nerd's sense of humor and perspective. He really deep dives into details.

[kingstoken]

The Song of Achilles is such a beautiful book, and Galaxy Quest is a fun movie that really respects fans.

[pronker]

I agree, the fun never ended in my view. It also evoked non-fannish POVs, as when the kid's parents made him take out the garbage.

[tjs_whatnot]

I loved The Song of Achilles and really want to read her other one, Circe. Have you read that one?

[pronker]

Yes, I've read it; it's also lyrical and immersive in that worldview.

[switchbladeeyes]

My husband and I joke that Galaxy Quest is our favorite Star Trek movie ;-)

[pronker]

It's simply superb, with all Star Trek's tropes intact, the alien romance, the eeeevillll and powerful bad guys ...

[kitarella_imagines]

Love Galaxy Quest!

[pronker]

Love isn't too strong a word, ha! The only rival in loving parody, IMHO, is Rustler's Rhapsody.

[fardell24]

I definitely second Nerd of the Rings!

(And Galaxy Quest)

Thanks for reading!

[pronker]

Yes, true examples of the fun in different media!

[silveradept]

Galaxy Quest is such a fun movie, both about the kind of stuff that sci-fi shows get up to and about the convention experiences from the perspective of some of the Guests of Honor. Really funny.

[pronker]

Getting closer to fans and their lives would seem a mixed blessing for Stars, perhaps? After all, Stars did a job many years ago and folks still remember that and show up to meet/greet them. Who among us fans receives praise for work done long ago? I like how Galaxy Quest remained level in tone, not going into shrill parody but remaining basically gentle.

[silveradept]

There was plenty of stuff in there about how beloved characters often never die, and sometimes are the one that someone takes for the money, rather than the role. And how different actors react to that and embrace or avoid it. But yes, still a gentle movie in how it treated both the Stars and the fans.