1. Is there anything you like only casually, only to mislead people into excitement when you mention it?
One time, I was telling a friend how The Umbrella Academy is filmed in my city. He hurriedly asked me who my favourite character was and I had to explain I've never seen it, I just like to keep the fun trivia of precisely how many creative projects are filmed where I live in my back pocket like a party trick.
That was a non-answer. I guess, not really? Either I'm into something enough to get excited about it or I'm not going to bother. Passive consumption isn't really for me.
2. Have you ever confused a casual fan with ALL the love and knowledge?
Quite a few times, but my absurdly good recall abilities are sometimes to blame. Or, how I learned that people don't like being corrected when they misquote a line of TV by one word, or, complicated lines of dialogue of the TV show Angel aren't fantastic for playing Hangman in the cafeteria at lunch.
3. What is your stance on the Star Wars sequels? Do you consider them canon?
The Last Jedi is my favourite. Bam, controversial opinion, ig--
Despite loving SW, I don't consider myself active in the fandom. I have no interest in debating the minutiae or writing fanfic or essays about whether or not Han was adept in the force without knowing it. But the themes and setting helped shape my preferences to this day (see my love of sci-fi, see my 14+ year loyalty to Ashe/Balthier).
Solo had a lot of interesting concepts but I went to see it in cinema when I was dead tired due to work, gave myself a legitimate migraine, and never really watched it again because I now associate it with my head trying to kill me.
4. What is a book, movie, or series you WOULD like to see a sequel or prequel to? Or, if it's already had one of those, do you think it could be done better?
Oh, where to begin?
Mass Effect deserved a better sequel than what Andromeda ended up being.
Sunshine by Robin McKinley and Starless by Jacqueline Carey are two books that set themselves up excellently for sequels; I don't know if I'll ever get them but I definitely pine to return to their expertly crafted worlds.
Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series started off reasonably strong but frustrated me more and more by the way it protected its heroine from all struggles. I still plan to continue it, but not without grumbles.
King Arthur: The Legend of the Sword is another one! I think I might be the only person alive who genuinely loved this film and while I understand why it wasn't greenlit into a franchise, I'm still sad about it.
And last, for now, but not least - I walked out of the cinema when Pacific Rim: Uprising[redacted for spoilers!!!] and I'm still so disappointed.
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One time, I was telling a friend how The Umbrella Academy is filmed in my city. He hurriedly asked me who my favourite character was and I had to explain I've never seen it, I just like to keep the fun trivia of precisely how many creative projects are filmed where I live in my back pocket like a party trick.
That was a non-answer. I guess, not really? Either I'm into something enough to get excited about it or I'm not going to bother. Passive consumption isn't really for me.
2. Have you ever confused a casual fan with ALL the love and knowledge?
Quite a few times, but my absurdly good recall abilities are sometimes to blame. Or, how I learned that people don't like being corrected when they misquote a line of TV by one word, or, complicated lines of dialogue of the TV show Angel aren't fantastic for playing Hangman in the cafeteria at lunch.
3. What is your stance on the Star Wars sequels? Do you consider them canon?
The Last Jedi is my favourite. Bam, controversial opinion, ig--
Despite loving SW, I don't consider myself active in the fandom. I have no interest in debating the minutiae or writing fanfic or essays about whether or not Han was adept in the force without knowing it. But the themes and setting helped shape my preferences to this day (see my love of sci-fi, see my 14+ year loyalty to Ashe/Balthier).
Solo had a lot of interesting concepts but I went to see it in cinema when I was dead tired due to work, gave myself a legitimate migraine, and never really watched it again because I now associate it with my head trying to kill me.
4. What is a book, movie, or series you WOULD like to see a sequel or prequel to? Or, if it's already had one of those, do you think it could be done better?
Oh, where to begin?
Mass Effect deserved a better sequel than what Andromeda ended up being.
Sunshine by Robin McKinley and Starless by Jacqueline Carey are two books that set themselves up excellently for sequels; I don't know if I'll ever get them but I definitely pine to return to their expertly crafted worlds.
Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series started off reasonably strong but frustrated me more and more by the way it protected its heroine from all struggles. I still plan to continue it, but not without grumbles.
King Arthur: The Legend of the Sword is another one! I think I might be the only person alive who genuinely loved this film and while I understand why it wasn't greenlit into a franchise, I'm still sad about it.
And last, for now, but not least - I walked out of the cinema when Pacific Rim: Uprising [redacted for spoilers!!!] and I'm still so disappointed.
MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU ALL.