Katharine Trendacosta
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When Fandom Is The Problem
“Fandom” – the participatory community that grows out of a piece of media – has come to dominate pop culture. Fandom is not simply being a fan of something. Fandom is performing being a fan by creating transformative works, collecting knowledge, cosplaying, attending conventions, and, ever-increasingly, being vocal online. Some of this has been really…
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Stranger Things’ Second Season Lives Up To Its Incredible Expectations
Here’s the thing about Stranger Things season two: If you liked season one, and pretty much everyone did, then you’ll like this season just fine. Everything is turned up a bit, but the soul of Stranger Things remains what it was last season — a story about friendship, family, and giant piles of ’80s nostalgia.
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Thank God For Star Trek: The Next Generation
Last year, Star Trek celebrated its 50th anniversary. Today, Star Trek: The Next Generation turns 30. And while the original series is where it all began, modern Trek owes everything to TNG.
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CBS Won’t Allow Any Reviews Of Star Trek: Discovery Before It Airs
Welcome, friends, to the story that never ends: It’s Star Trek: Discovery and the flaming nightmare pile that has been every bit of PR for this show. It could be great, it could be bad, it has been impossible to tell. And it will remain impossible to tell, since CBS has reportedly made it a…