There’s thousands of fan films out there, enough that it’s impossible to find time to watch all the “really good ones” that get raved about. Millions of people have watched the Chad Vader series, for instance, but I don’t know anyone who’s watched every episode. Nonetheless, good fan flicks tend to at least get attention, enough so that you hear about them and swear that one day, you’ll get around to watching ‘em (at least that’s what I do).
But somehow, Tomorrow’s Memoir slipped under my radar. It’s been around since 2004 and clearly it’s very well known, but for some reason, I had never heard of it until I accidentally Googled it while searching for something else.
In case you’re as ignorant as I was, the black and white, noir flick from Canada follows its geriatric protagonist as he goes through his empty daily routine; all the while, he narrates, reading from his memoirs. The dark, moderately depressing flick slowly reveals that the narrator is Superman in all but name, as he’s doggedly followed by Agent Wayne, a descendant of one of his old friends. Read More
Here’s a fan film that mixes Star Wars, Superman, Ring of Honor pro wrestling, Stephen King, X Files, Stargate, Lord of the Rings, Sliders, and romance. Yes, you read that right: romance. I can’t recall the last fan movie that featured that foreign substance, but it’s the driving force behind 
Sometimes it seems as if fans live in their own quiet ecosystem here on the internet, with some taking on creative endeavors—making films, fiction or whathaveyou—and others simply enjoying the bounty of those efforts.
The Holiday Season is upon us once again, filled with Christmas cheer and good will toward men, as shoppers shop, carolers carol and Santas…um…sant. None the less, the Holidays can also make you wish ‘Good ill towards man’—say, when some jerk steals your parking spot at the mall, or your in-laws insist on making you suffer through their battle-worn VHS copy of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation again. It’s right about then that the gift of a meat cleaver under the tree starts to sound pretty nice. 
