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Fanboys follows four Star Wars geeks as they try to break into Skywalker Ranch. In the slightly more real world, Shane Turgeon compiles Star Wars tats (Boba Fett as Virgin Mary) at tattoosandtoys.com and in his self-published book The Force in the Flesh. |
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For the absurdly dedicated (and wealthy) Trekkie, fanboy Tony Alleyne of 24th Century Interior Design (24thcid.com) remodels apartments to look like exact replicas of rooms on the Starship Enterprise. |
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At Mugglenet.com, fan-fiction writer Sparx has earned a spot as the site’s most-read and highest-rated author (among thousands of slash-fic contributors) for his story “The Unseemly Proposal,” in which Hermione is almost married off to evildoer Draco. |
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Kingmaker Harry Knowles (who has a cameo in Fanboys) is the buzz master before whom Marvel and DC tremble. The Ain’t It Cool News founder is fan-cult forefather, Comic Con royalty, and master of the icky rave: “Hot Fuzz trailer will make your balls sweat.” |
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Caroline van Oosten de Boer co-founded Whedonesque, one of the Net’s most powerful online fan communities, where Whedon is a regular guest and fans keep the kaput Buffy and Firefly alive, made Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog a hit, and may save Dollhouse. |
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In this most-democratic fandom, every girl and woman is a leader. See twilighters.org, where members describe such qualifications as “You occasionally bite yourself” and “You love your husband a little less because ‘he’s just not Edward.’” |
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For insanely hyperspecific analysis of flashbacks, literary references, and philosophical name-checks, you can’t beat Entertainment Weekly’s Doc Jensen, for whom no detail is accidental. Perhaps the last true believer in a Grand Unified Theory of Lost. |
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Godfather of fandom Forrest J. Ackerman, who died in December, was Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine’s founder and, in 1939, half of the first duo to dress weird for a sci-fi convention, making him the progenitor of anime cosplay (costume play) |
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