Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll play it again: Romance of the Jedi, a trailer that remixes footage from ROTS to present it as a love story between Anakin and Obi-Wan.
Also be sure to check out the trailer for Shining, a heartwarming family tale starring Jack Nicholson! (via SF Signal)
ETA: The original link is dead: here’s another.
Fallen behind on your fanfic reading? Fear not! You can read every fanfic ever written in just minutes. No need to start reading that unfinished epic-length angstfics ever again!
There’s a lovely TheForce.Net flamefest regarding clones and numbers in the EU that ended up on Fandom Wank this weekend… Where it is unmercifully mocked. And you all know how much I love the mocking: I can’t help but share.
Warning: Not for the sensitive, faint-hearted, or anyone offended by mention of Jedi having sex. Fandom Wankers are notoriously distracted by the possibility of Ewan getting it on.
MTV interviews Harry and the Potters:
With song titles like “The Foil (Malfoy)” and “Voldemort Can’t Stop the Rock,” 18-year-old Joe and 26-year-old Paul have watched in stunned amazement as their “goofy” idea has turned into a full-fledged, touring band. Strumming their guitars and belting out lyrics like “Draco Malfoy, what’s your problem?/ All your friends think you’re rad/ ‘Cause you treat me so bad,” the DeGeorge brothers have combined broomsticks with Blink-182. And the outfits help too.
That’s it, CJrs: we totally have to revive The Dead Daalas.
Chris Doyle of Reasonably Clever builds a LEGO Serenity and documents the process quite throughly. He even made the crew.
Watch this for Erwin Beekveld’s trance techno look at the kidnap of the Hobbits. You’ll laugh. I promise.
On eBay, a fan is auctioning off a crocheted R2-D2 hat for charity. All money from the auction will go the Red Cross for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. The high bid is currently $305.
As for CJrs caught in Katrina… We’ve heard from both James and Bobbi, and they and their families are all right. We’re still waiting to hear from Dave R., but we’re hoping and praying he’s safe.
I urge you to donate to to the Red Cross, Salvation Army, Humane Society, Noah’s Wish or any other disaster charity you trust, if you haven’t already. On Livejournal, Oulangi has been posting links and advice for the fandom community, and Limyaael has a list of writers and artists doing things for charity. There’s also a community devoted to such efforts – Fandom Charity.
ETA: We’ve heard from Dave and family, and they’re safe.
The Church of Waru. There are people on TFN who have a sense of humor! A hundred and thirty five pages worth! Okay, so it’s mostly a chat thread… Still! Praise Waru!
What is Mara Jade’s Canon Length of a SSD in Vergere’s Potentium? If you’ve ever spent any time at all on an Expanded Universe forum, this is hilarious. Although sadly the thread on the whole fails to live up to the title when people actually start taking things semi-seriously. Oh TFN, will you ever change?
Katie Johnson, daughter of 501st founder Albin Johnson, passed away this week after a long battle with cancer. She was 7 years old. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family.
The Johnson family is accepting donations for funeral costs and the Make-a-Wish foundation at ForKatie.org