Five Members Of 4*TOWN From Pixar’s Turning Red ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) Before Saja Boys from Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters, Pixar’s 4*TOWN took over the internet as a fictional boy band. 4*TOWN was […]
Not that any of our readers would ever descend to levels so dorky, but if you try really hard to imagine being uncool, you can see why people might like to dress up and pretend to […]
The Munster Mansion is one of the most iconic homes in TV history, instantly recognizable even in color. It’s so beloved that one Texas couple recreated their own version stake by stake, and you can even buy […]
NPR’s Stephen Thompson reports on two new bands that are topping the Billboard charts despite being fictional K- pop groups from a new Netflix movie. Content shared from www.npr.org. Share This Article
A man who goes by Waka online has been teaching himself how to do Iai: White Purity Style, an incredibly eccentric and difficult style of Japanese swordfighting, just because characters from the Kagurabachi manga use […]
We don’t ask a lot of our fictional characters. All they really need to do is move the plot forward, perform some sweet roundhouse kicks, and be hilariously good-looking. We don’t need them to be smart, too […]
Photo Credit: Netflix (Saja Boys in ‘K-pop Demon Hunters’) Netflix’s animated film ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ has upended the global music landscape, propelling its fictional boy band, Saja Boys, to a historic milestone on Spotify. The […]
The point of a story is usually for a character to learn, grow and change. After all, “a guy has a nice time that doesn’t significantly alter his world view” wouldn’t be a very interesting story. […]
Consequence recently ranked what we consider to be the 50 Best Fictional Bands and Solo Musicians, and the Consequence Crossword is getting in the groove with “Fictional Bands.” A little knowledge goes a long way […]
As popular as on-screen depictions of real musicians’ real lives might be, equally common are the movies and TV shows that spotlight fictional bands and performers. From real-life rappers loosely adapting their own stories to […]
In the upcoming A24 movie Opus, John Malkovich plays a pop star turned cult leader named Moretti. Ahead of the psychological horror film’s opening in theaters next month, the studio has previewed his performance with a new […]
Here’s a question you’ve probably never thought too much about: Why do we like scary movies? Some experts believe it ironically soothes our anxieties. Watching our worst nightmares play out on the screen acts as a kind […]
A former server in the food industry opened a virtual restaurant where he serves nothing but comical bits of relatable situations that food service workers face daily. Though his annual earnings reach into the “upper […]
Sure, we all know the people inside the Netflix box aren’t real, but it’s only natural to wish at times that they were. Write self-insert fanfic about them. Make little dolls of them out of napkins […]
Fictional worlds are full of colorful side characters because, deep down, the writers know protagonists are boring as hell. Like, what did Harry Potter ever do besides almost get killed a bunch of times? Did Jon Snow […]
Movies are the modern era’s foremost method of escapism — people watch them explicitly for the purpose of stepping into a world that’s prettier, more exciting, or at least less dressed than our own. In […]
If you claim a writer has never been good enough to emotionally attach you to a character so hard that their inevitable death leaves you almost as devastated as if a real friend had died — […]
Absolutely nothing. Unfortunately, that’s what’s likely to happen if you email a fictional character’s given email address. For example, in the Futurama movie Bender’s Big Score, Bender mentions that his email address is bender@ilovebender.com; but […]
Movies are immersive. Always have been, always will be. During the height of World War II, they were intended to be escapist media for moviegoers. That element of escapism has obviously remained today, even reaching […]
Inside, starring Willem Dafoe almost entirely by himself, sounds like Castaway meets The Thomas Crown Affair. Focus Features’ official synopsis describes it as “the story of Nemo, an art thief trapped in a New York […]