December 5

Meta meta meta

I see posts here asking if anyone would like to discuss a particular item. Is there a reason to not just toss a FanFare post up about the thing you'd like to talk about, and see what happens? At the worst, nobody replies.
posted by The corpse in the library at 8:34 AM - 8 comments

November 20

Leverage (re)watch?

There is no Leverage on fanfare. This is saddening. Would anybody be interested in a (re)watch of s1? [more inside]
posted by snerson at 8:45 AM - 15 comments

November 19

MST Club 2019 Christmas Marathon suggestion thread

This is the public planning/suggestion thread for the Christmas Marathon. If you have any awesome examples of Yuletide Ridiculousness to suggest, you can do it here!
posted by JHarris at 11:48 PM - 2 comments

November 11

The Morning Show

I want to add The Morning Show to FanFare, can I get some feedback on whether I should add all four episodes separately, or start at episode four?
posted by ellieBOA at 8:14 AM - 2 comments

November 7

Watchmen - the book?

With the new Watchmen HBO series airing, would this be a good time for a post about the original book? [more inside]
posted by dnash at 12:01 PM - 3 comments

October 31

His Dark Materials thread thoughts

Before HBO's 'His Dark Materials' series starts on Monday, I thought it might be good to have a Fanfare Talk thread going for book vs show spoiler discussions, to avoid the actual episode threads going off into derails or unhappiness -- the question being, will the 'books included' threads encompass the original trilogy only, or also the new 'Book of Dust' books?
posted by oh yeah! at 4:56 PM - 9 comments

October 23

Tana French -- books and/or TV show

Any interest in discussing either her books, or the currently airing in the UK (and about to air in the US) Dublin Murders tv show (covering the first two books)?
posted by jeather at 12:17 PM - 3 comments

October 2

The Haunting of Netflix House VII: Wes Craven’s New Netflix

Collected FF posts from the beloved annual list of "good or good-adjacent horror or horror-adjacent movies available for streaming on American Netflix for your falltimes enjoyment." As seen here on the blue. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 2:02 PM - 7 comments

MLB Playoffs?

Any interest in a thread? Technically it's already started with the NL Wild Card game last night, but we still have the AL Wild Card game, both division series, both championship series, and the World Series ahead of us.
posted by Cash4Lead at 6:02 AM - 3 comments

October 1

I can't not ask - Joker?

Sorry if this has been brought up before, but I'm wondering if there is interest in posting on Joker here. I'm a little worried that it might get overrun by people who haven't seen the film. [more inside]
posted by queensissy at 9:57 AM - 6 comments

Fall 2019 Anime Season

MyAnimeList. AniChart. Do I see ... grownups? [more inside]
posted by needled at 7:32 AM - 32 comments

September 27

Like a Streak of Light, He Arrives Just in Time

Following up on this post on the blue (now closed, otherwise I'd put it there), Sony and Disney/Marvel have cut a deal to keep Spider-Man (Tom Holland) in the MCU. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack at 9:25 AM - 0 comments

September 18

Fall 2019 TV season general post

US Network television fall premiere season starts on Monday (9/23/19), just wanted to make a general planning post (and a heads-up for the impending slew of threads on pilots of dubious quality). Various tv-sites' premiere calendars linked below. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 8:44 PM - 4 comments

Masked Singer Season 2

Fox aired a "super sneak peak" Sunday night. There are new costumes, rumors abound about who's under the mask, and rampant speculation from Martha Stewart to Marshmallo are being thrown around. [more inside]
posted by fiercekitten at 7:11 PM - 2 comments

Country Music

Anyone watching the new Ken Burns doc Country Music? Thoughts? [more inside]
posted by Thorzdad at 5:26 AM - 1 comment

September 16

Alphabetical books

Where can I go to see all the books in alphabetical order?
posted by aniola at 2:24 PM - 2 comments

September 13

Dollhouse?

Dollhouse? After it stopped being the Eliza Dushku Show, it got good. Olivia Williams, Amy Acker, Fran Kranz, Dichen Lachman, Enver Gjokaj. What happened to them?! The season-end 'Specials' were really great. [more inside]
posted by porpoise at 9:27 PM - 5 comments

September 8

Friday the 13th - Jason Goes to Hell

It has been about fifteen months, but finally the next Friday the 13th is right around the corner (and it is on a full moon, spooky!). We are up to the ninth movie in the franchise, Jason Goes to Hell. You can catch up with the previous 8 on our club page. [more inside]
posted by Literaryhero at 7:14 PM - 0 comments

August 27

Interest in discussing The Woman Upstairs?

Learned about this book via the blue (previously). I'm still reading it but as a spinster there are things that resonate very intensely and I think there's a lot to talk about. [more inside]
posted by bunderful at 6:30 AM - 1 comment

August 13

Linking to publisher?

It would be nice to be able to link to publishers when posting books to fanfare in addition to the automatic amazon link. It feels like not giving full credit when the publisher doesn't get a shiny link, too. Maybe this feature already exists and I just don't know about it? [more inside]
posted by aniola at 9:26 AM - 3 comments

August 11

Youtube shows?

I'm currently watching a show on youtube and would love to be able to share my love of it with fellow Fanfare members. Is there any way that can happen? [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin at 1:45 PM - 3 comments

July 26

Community discovery: what are you enjoying right now?

In the spirit of more open-ended conversations on MeFi, I'm just wondering what TV shows, films, books, podcasts, or Youtube channels you're enjoying right now? (Old or new, but if it hasn't been discussed much yet on FanFare, so much the better.) FanFare lurkers, we'd enjoy hearing from you too. [more inside]
posted by sylvanshine at 6:46 PM - 27 comments

July 23

Guidance on making a FanFare book post for the first time

I want to make my first book post! And I'm curious where people get the little blurbs? Are you writing them yourself, copying them from the book jacket, or something else? Thanks!
posted by overglow at 2:09 PM - 10 comments

July 16

Glee rewatch?

Glee is now on Netflix, and I'm watching it for the first time. Anyone else interested in a rewatch?
posted by daybeforetheday at 1:38 AM - 2 comments

July 10

Albums and music?

Any place for albums or music in FanFare? [more inside]
posted by jzb at 5:18 AM - 6 comments

June 29

Order of rewatches

Maybe this is nuts, but once a rewatch is complete, would it be possible to have the option to reorder the posts to go from first to last? I wanted to skim through the posts on an old show I like, which has been completed, but it's a bit of a pain to have to go back through them in inverse order.
posted by zadcat at 6:33 AM - 3 comments

June 27

GLBTQ Fantasy/Science Fiction Novels?

So with only a few days left in Pride Month, would anyone want interested in some fanfare posts on fantasy/SF featuring GLBTQ protagonists? Mainly I want to do posts on Dreadnaught: Nemesis and Dreadnaught: Sovereign. Other books I've read recently include Fire Logic The Murderbot Diaries Daughter of Mystery Does anyone else have any recommendations?
posted by happyroach at 10:20 AM - 10 comments

June 22

Summer 2019 Anime Season

MyAnimeList. AniChart. The summer of isekai... [more inside]
posted by ardgedee at 3:37 PM - 24 comments

June 20

Wizards United will never be defeated.

At least in theory. Is anyone else tapping their wand against the AR pensieve and playing this (pokemongo, but pottermore skinned) game by Niantic? It's out now in the US and UK.< [more inside]
posted by Cold Lurkey at 9:59 PM - 78 comments

June 12

We have to go BACK

Any interest in a Rewatch series of posts on "Lost"? [more inside]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 8:43 PM - 16 comments

June 9

2019 Tony Awards live thread?

Can there be a 'Special Event' thread for tonight's Tony Awards? [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! at 4:08 PM - 2 comments

June 3

Desperately Seeking New Shows

GoT is done and many of my other shows are done for the season. Anything new shows looking good? [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin at 6:57 AM - 10 comments

June 2

NOS4A2

I thought the first episode was really good. It had made an oblique appearance here a year ago, but I didn't see that and so hadn't heard of it at all until I was looking for something to watch a couple hours before it started. Top production design, too. 10 episodes. [more inside]
posted by rhizome at 11:48 PM - 3 comments

May 29

Anyone for the Old Kingdom series?

Is anyone interested in reading and threading through the Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix? The series is available in paper, electronic and audible/audio book. Very well represented in public library systems and alternate distribution networks. [more inside]
posted by jadepearl at 11:46 PM - 5 comments

May 27

Strange Angel

I fumblefingered around and was shocked to find zero threads for Strange Angel, CBS All Access bioseries about Jack Parsons. Tried to add a thread and could not. I am baffled.
posted by mwhybark at 9:17 PM - 5 comments

May 21

Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

Does anyone watch it or would be willing to comment on a FF post? It's a Disney/Disney XD show that's also available on Amazon Prime. If you like the emotional relationships of Steven Universe, wished that Game of Thrones was more female-positive, or generally like Magical Girl anime, you'd probably like this show! [more inside]
posted by Hermeowne Grangepurr at 9:31 PM - 8 comments

May 17

Eurovision post?

We will be live posting? Also any suggestions for best VPN for the US to access some random stream this year? I'll be streaming some of it from my phone during a kid baseball game.
posted by k8t at 5:57 PM - 2 comments

May 10

Anyone Want to Go Six Feet Under?

Lately I've been thinking that I'd like to rewatch the Six Feet Under series. I was surprised to find that it isn't in the FanFare database. Would anyone else like to watch it and discuss each episode in FanFare as we proceed? And if you do, I was thinking I might post one episode thread a day for the entire 63-episode run. Is that a comfortable pace for you?
posted by orange swan at 9:56 AM - 8 comments

May 7

Reading Catch-22 ahead of the miniseries

I've been thinking about rereading Catch-22 and hopefully have it done by the end of the month. Anyone care to join me? [more inside]
posted by Fukiyama at 4:56 PM - 4 comments

May 6

Adding channel/streaming service after titles?

I don't know if this is the right place for this kind of request, but would it be possible to start adding the channel or streaming service the show is on, after the title? So "Dead to Me (full season) (Netflix)" [more inside]
posted by Clustercuss at 11:23 AM - 8 comments

April 25

The Great Beast That is the Global Economy

Wondering if anyone is watching this Amazon Prime documentary show. Hosted by the lovely and talented Kal Penn (Kumar of Harold and, former Obama admin advisor) and written by the author of The Big Short. Good range of topics from money laundering to our dependence on rubber, and a plethora of guest appearances in amusing skits. I would love to have the hive mind help me fangirl over the fun bits and grouse about questions that are raised but not satisfactorily addressed.
posted by The Ardship of Cambry at 3:13 PM - 1 comment

April 17

Knightfall? (It's got Mark Hamill!)

Knightfall - anyone watching - worth watching/ discussing?
posted by porpoise at 9:15 PM - 6 comments

April 9

Billons

Any interest in a full season post on Billions for watching the fourth season?
posted by roolya_boolya at 12:17 PM - 1 comment

April 6

After Life

Anybody else watch this? [more inside]
posted by rhizome at 12:26 PM - 8 comments

Better Things Season 3?

Anyone up for a thread covering season 3 of Better Things? [more inside]
posted by Thorzdad at 6:49 AM - 1 comment

April 5

CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND FINALE

Tonight is the finale. Can we discuss what we think/feel?
posted by k8t at 8:50 AM - 1 comment

April 3

You're the Worst: Series Finale

Just dropping a reminder to anyone else who might be interested, the series finale of Your the Worst is tonight. [more inside]
posted by Thorzdad at 1:58 AM - 3 comments

April 2

Hugo Awards 2019?

We talked about this last year, but nothing really got set up. Is anyone interested in having a club everything related to the hugo award nominees this year? If so, which categories? What posting schedule would make sense? [more inside]
posted by dinty_moore at 6:47 AM - 15 comments

March 26

ComicsBooks? Redux

4 years ago there was some talk on adding comics. I would still like this. What do y'all think?
posted by signal at 3:08 PM - 7 comments

Spring 2019 Anime Season

MyAnimeList. AnimeChart. Besides the second season of One Punch Man, what looks good?
posted by ardgedee at 12:20 PM - 29 comments

March 14

Game of Thrones rewatch

Any interest in doing a season-by-season rewatch of Game of Thrones ahead of the final season premier next month? [more inside]
posted by thecaddy at 2:36 PM - 7 comments

March 13

Star Trek Club: Vulcans

So what do we think about depictions of Vulcans and how they have changed across the franchise, ranging from Mark Lenard's Sarek to James Frain's Sarek? [more inside]
posted by mordax at 12:04 AM - 13 comments

March 10

Movie: Free Solo

Anyone want to discuss the documentary Free Solo? [more inside]
posted by Thorzdad at 8:12 AM - 10 comments

March 8

new club: non-fiction

So I read a ton of non-fiction and I bet a lot of other mefites do too, so I've created a non-fiction club to start discussing them. I'm aware this is going to be a pretty broad category, but I kinda like that. I already posted a thread on "Our Native Bees" by Paige Embry, and I hope other people will post more on Non-fiction books too.
posted by Homo neanderthalensis at 3:56 PM - 7 comments

March 4

SyFyWire "Quick Hack Guide" to Babylon 5

Hi guys, I never got rolling on a watch BUT I guess Prime has added the show, maybe that prompted your watchthrough here, I dunno. Since I found the Duffers' Guides I did for VOY and DS9 helpful, I thought you folks might be interested in this "Quick Hack Guide" (terrible name imho) from SyFyWire. I'll repeat this exact post in FanFare Talk (reposted from current active episode thread here )
posted by mwhybark at 7:30 AM - 1 comment

February 27

Australian New Wave?

Anyone interested in watching some movies from the Australian New Wave beyond the most well known examples like Mad Max? [more inside]
posted by Fukiyama at 11:12 AM - 7 comments

February 15

Proven Innocent?

Anybody up for this? I like the topic and the cast and creator don't bug me. [more inside]
posted by rhizome at 3:08 PM - 3 comments

February 12

9 to 5 movie streaming on Hulu

The 1980 movie starring Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton is streaming on Hulu. Would anyone like to talk about it? As far as I can tell there is not an existing thread on this topic, and searching "9 to 5" doesn't get me anything.
posted by Emmy Rae at 8:34 PM - 2 comments

February 3

Star Trek Discovery: Short Treks

How to discuss the short trek episodes? [more inside]
posted by freethefeet at 3:24 AM - 3 comments

February 2

Trivia? Streamable KVSC contest this month

Trivia fans -may not- have heard of one of the toughest contests of them all ... the KVSC (MN college radio station) contest ... which has been honed for 39 years. This, 40th year, it takes place Feb. 15-17, 2019 . [more inside]
posted by Twang at 1:14 PM - 2 comments

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