Quote from: Nobody on February 22, 2026, 06:19:06 PMI saw Zardoz last week, and at the time it was the weirdest movie I'd ever seen. But today I saw Everything, Everywhere, All At Once, and it was far more weird than Zardoz! I don't think it would be possible to make a movie more weird than that! Lucky for me I dearly love weird movies! 🤗

E,E,AaO was a bunch of vignettes stuck together IMNSHO. I sat through it to  please Boss Lady. "Different strokes." :cheers:

THE PENIS IS EVIL!

Yeah. No shit.

Quote from: Hydra009 on Today at 12:21:46 AMThe Murder Drones fandom was really excited about new content - a Murder Drones comic book!  Kickstarted for $1.8 million with a goal of $5,000.  Sooo...a bit of a Star Citizen situation.

Unlike Star Citizen, the comic is out and...*yikes* not great.  Very disappointing.

So an Age of Scorpius situation.

This is why I've recently been watching this.

Why did they even need a Kickstarter? It can't be more expensive to produce a comic than it is an animated series. Are they not making enough profit with their merch or ad revenue? And don't they have the subscription service, with bonus side content?

But wait, there's more!  Even more drama.


The Murder Drones fandom was really excited about new content - a Murder Drones comic book!  Kickstarted for $1.8 million with a goal of $5,000.  Sooo...a bit of a Star Citizen situation.

Unlike Star Citizen, the comic is out and...*yikes* not great.  Very disappointing.

Apparently, it's literally a shot-for-shot adaptation of the animated series.  Never in my life have I seen a fool's errand quite like this.  Imagine The Avengers movie but in comic book form.  Oh, and you can stream the Avengers for free - with awesome CGI and music and actors.  A shot-for-shot comic book adaptation could never possibly hope to compete against that.  So why go that route?  The comic could've filled in backstory or parts between episodes (trust me, there's a LOT that could go in there that would be meaningful) or what if scenarios or even sequel territory.

And who on earth would a shot-for-shot adaptation be for?  No one is interested in the comic who hasn't already watched the free show.  So who's the audience for this?

And the cherry on top is that there are some pretty serious errors in the comics adaptation.  Slight differences in the scenes that don't make sense in-character or in-universe.  Also, they got my boy Thad's name wrong.  I'm 90% sure it was unintentional - must've been autocorrected or a typo or something.  But still, definitely a good idea to proofread before it goes into print.  Little mistakes like that really irk people.  It's me, I'm people.

Anyway, I was *this* close to helping to fund this thing and I'm unfortunately pretty happy that I didn't.  And these sorts of things are really starting to sour me on Kickstarter as a whole.

The only good thing is that we got some amazing cover art.  Hopefully, we'll eventually get some imaginative scenarios as well.  But until it stops being a shot-for-shot adaptation and until it's more accurate to what was on screen, I can't recommend it to you guys, which I'm very disappointed about.

Only if lucky.

the wiZARD of OZ! 🤣

Sooo...there's been fandom drama.  One of the wonders of the internet.

Basically, The Amazing Digital Circus creator Gooseworx talked to fans online and told 'em that the show really only has two main characters - Pomni and Jax.  As you might imagine, people who are big fans of other characters (including yours truly) were somewhat disappointed (but I learned about that quite a while after the incident, so I wasn't involved).  There have been unconfirmed allegations that some fans crossed a line in expressing their displeasure (alternatively, that Gooseworx took criticism a bit too personally).  Either way, Gooseworx pitched a fit about it, reddit pitched a fit about it, drama ensues. [insert dog surrounded by fire saying "This is fine" here]

Instead of staying confined to just the one fandom, now other creators are jumping in and talking about their own experiences.  Vivinne Madrano (Hazbin Hotel, Helluvaboss) expressed her frustrations in fan interactions.  Matt Braly of Amphibia also gave his experience with alleged hatemail he received.

So here's my two cents:

I know it's tempting for creators to be very active in their show's fandom, but I would caution against that - especially on Twitter and Reddit.  It's especially ill-advised for creators to do this while the show is still ongoing and for the creator to answer questions about upcoming plot details.  This can easily start a flame war among fans, spoil the series, etc.  Vivinne Madrano took a lot of questions about her series, and it was like a game of telephone with each outlet subtly warping the answer until youtube videos came out that had little to nothing to do with her answer.  So my best advice is to keep a lot of distance until it's wrapped up and then you can maybe clear up misconceptions if you feel like you must.

None of the above should be construed as blaming the creator for fandom dramas - they can happen without warning over very little.  Hell, there was a bit of a kerfuffle about Jax appearing in the show in a maid outfit and one fan ran with it and depicted Jax as a trans woman and got a bit too spammy about it on reddit and mods got involved and someone wanders on the fandom wondering why pro-trans posts are getting deleted and didn't understand the context and there was big drama over that.  *sigh*

So let's imagine that only one out of a thousand people are assholes (.1% asshole rate).  Let's say you have a million fans online.  As a creator, you're going to be interacting with a thousand assholes.  Can you handle that?  I probably couldn't.  It's no surprise that there's a big need for either a moderating team or a very liberal use of the delete key.  It's the stereotypical "I like oranges" met with a "Why does the creator hate lemons??!" response.

I like interacting with fandoms.  I love the talent and creativity that goes into fanart and fan music and fan theories.  I even like fan criticism on occasion.  However, a lot of the takes these people have (except mine, which are without flaw /s) are colossally dumb, create unnecessary conflict which then explodes into flamewars and factionalism.  If you've seen shipping wars, you know exactly what I'm talking about.  If you're a fan or creator, I ask you to please not engage with this sort of stuff - downvote and move on, delete the email and move on, block and move on, etc.  Don't engage.  Don't get baited or riled up.  Obviously, creators are people too and should be treated with respect and kindness online.  But when that's not the case - which is often - there has to be a backup plan.

You would have died of dysentery.