Fan Theory… How Spectre Reaffirmed the Brainwashed Bond Fan Theory 31 Jan 202031 Jan 2020 Thanks for reading another installment of Fan Theory Friday! They’re not every Friday—and they’re not always on Fridays—but they are on some Fridays, sometimes. I come to bury Spectre, not…
Fan Theories… Why Does Obi-Wan Kenobi Lie to Luke Skywalker So Much? 9 Nov 20198 Dec 2019 A new fan theory about an old question My favorite fan theories are those that seek to answer the unanswered question. There are many unanswered questions in the Star Wars…
Fan Theory… A Minor Fight Club Fan Theory About Life Insurance 20 Oct 201920 Oct 2019 It has been almost twenty years since the first time I saw Fight Club. I read the book a few months after first seeing the book. I think I was…
Fan Theories… When a Prediction Becomes a Fan Theory 29 Sep 20195 Jan 2020 For the last several years, I’ve been banging the drum for one particular, unusual cause: pedantry regarding the definition of “fan theory”. While you can read one of several longer…
Fan Theories… Is Captain America Ruining Grief Counseling? 6 Jul 201927 Sep 2019 A Very Minor Avengers Fan Theory There is a lot to be said about the latest Avengers film. To begin with: I liked it. A lot. However, there’s one scene…
Fan Theories… A Fan Theory on Chewbacca at the End of A New Hope 4 May 20198 Dec 2019 It's another Fan Theory Friday. Although this is a special one, on a Saturday, because today is Star Wars Day. Today's fan theory is in honor of Peter Mayhew, the…
Books… The Harry Potter Fan Theory That Explains Hogwarts’ Finances 8 Mar 201928 Sep 2019 Just another Fan Theory Friday I finished reading the Harry Potter novels at the age of thirty. I read the first four books as they were released, starting the first…
Fan Theories… Is the MCU a Meta Narrative Within the On Cinema Universe? 22 Feb 20199 Nov 2019 Another installment of Fan Theory Fridays The film-within-a-film trope has existed for a long time. Since before film, truthfully. Examples of this narrative style—in which one fictional narrative exists nestled…
Black Mirror… Anyone else still thinking about that Black Mirror guinea pig? 18 Jan 201929 Sep 2019 A Black Mirror Fan Theory This post is part of Fan Theory Fridays, in which we share and explore a new fan theory about a film, television series, book, or…
Bale… The Departed Fan Theory: Mark Wahlberg’s Dignam Used to Be Nice 11 Jan 201912 Jan 2019 Another edition of Fan Theory Fridays This post is part of Fan Theory Fridays, in which we share and explore a new fan theory about a film, television series, book,…