Eagle-eyed FCT readers (there must be one somewhere) may have noticed that yesterday’s post on LOTR fan films linked to an old entry from 2007 that reviewed howitshouldhaveended.com. The thing is…er, that review wasn’t there before. See, way back in April, 2007, I got the contract to write Homemade Hollywood and instantly, I threw the [...]
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Yesterday, I mentioned that despite the worldwide popularity of J.R.R. Tolkein’s epic The Lord of the Rings trilogy, there aren’t tons of related fan films out there. It’s not all a barren wasteland, however—here’s some LOTR fan films that the fans swear by (or at, and occasionally even in): The smartest LOTR fan film I’ve [...]
Given the massive success of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkein’s epic book series, it’s a little surprising that there aren’t more LOTR-related fan films out there. Now it looks like you’ll be able to check out what might be a pretty cool dramatic flick by the end [...]
Fan films have long been a staple of sci-fi and comic book conventions, and that won’t be changing any time soon, despite the fact that the flicks are now all over the internet these days. It’s a win-win situation: If you’re a fan, you get to see some cool flicks on a big screen instead [...]
In case you hadn’t heard, there’s a movie coming out this week about a Caped Crusader guy who fights crime and stuff. Yeah, it looks like the world has been seized by another bout of BatMania, thanks to Friday’s debut of The Dark Knight. While Batman is always portrayed as a hero—a deeply flawed, ridiculously [...]
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Indy Mogul’s Hellboy “Good Samaritan” Gun
After yesterday’s story, it’s time to finish off the week with something a little happier and more upbeat—and, of course, what could be cheerier than a ludicrously gigantic gun? IndyMogul.com always has cool how-to’s on its website, usually in its great video series, Backyard FX; this week, host Erik Beck goes into how to make [...]
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Voting for the Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge closes out today, making this your last chance to vote for the Audience Choice Award, which will be handed out at the San Diego Comic Con, on July 24. I suspect that most of the fan film community feels the SWFMC is a good thing, but not [...]
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The Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge isn’t the only fan film contest in the news this week. Halo video games are played all around the world, and as if to prove the point, the European arm of Microsoft announced the winner of its Halo: Recut fan film contest on Monday. The top entry is Master [...]
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New Fan Film Websites
While every fan film seems to have its own website these days, there’s very few websites that cover fan films as a genre; take a look at the list of websites here on FCT’s Resources page and you’ll see what I mean. So it’s an exciting day when not one but TWO of them show [...]
Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge Returns
Well, it’s that time of year again—the time when the voting opens up for the annual Star Wars Fan Film Awards Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge (I still like the old name better). If you wanna cast your ballot for the Audience Choice Award, vote by July 10; winners will be announced at the San [...]
