Thursday, July 22, 2010

Fan Fiction Reviews

Vicky Goes To The Cinema

Little Britain is a favourite comedy of mine, so this persons fan fic didnt disappoint. I found it very funny and found it similar to the comdey of the show. Some spelling errors did weaken the skit and the use of the word 'claimed' used by Vicky didn't match the intellect of her character. But despite the above points, I thought it was great and think the author has done a good job.


Lou and Andy go to Summer Bay

This Fan Fic is a crossover of Little Britain and Home and Away. I thought the idea of this was great, and think the mix of narrative and dialogue was good. Especially since the author mentioned he or she was only 11 years old. Also the mix of a skit comedy show, and a soap opera is a good idea, since your mixing stock characters that never change with soap opera characters that change dramatically from week to week. This contrast is evident when at the end Andy says his usual line "I dont like it" and points at a hated character from Home and Away.


The End: Present Day

I really enjoyed this Fan Fic for the language and storyline. I havn't heard of this character Godric before but think its quite remarkable to have been alive for 2000 years. I think the story is very descriptive and found it very easy to understand. Also I found it quite engaging for such a short Fan Fic at 677 words. The author's use of language and descriptive words were did make the story better for me because it reminded me of the actual books the Southern Vampire Mysteries. All in all I thought it was really imaginative and nicely written.


Fifteen

I found this Fan Fic really cute and thought the storyline suited the characters. It seems to be written about what happens after the end of the season in which the Vicar marries her dream man. I would have liked there to be a few jokes thrown in here and there. But the author obviously liked the romantic aspect of the Vicar's character. The spelling and grammer seemed fine, althought I have a untrained eye. But in the end I found this Fan Fic to be really sweet.


Blessed

Another Vicar Of Dibley Fan Fic written again by the same author. I perfer this one as it has some visual comedic lines involving the Vicar and I found that as I read i could easily visualise Dawn French acting this out. Yet again the spelling and grammer was spot on and there was a great mix of dialogue and narrative that read similar to a book rather a television show script.


Jurassic Hogwarts-A Harry Potter/Jurassic Park Crossover

I was a little bit frightened when I came across this Fan Fic, but as a read the first few lines, I thought this may not be such a bad idea after all. It reads very much like Harry Potter series and takes alot of the Harry Potter series characters and plops them into Jurrasic Park. Although the author has made up some of their own Harry Potter 'type' characters, they sit well with the flow of the story. I think the author did a great job combining the two stories but it was very short and it was more of a tease then a story. It ends when they get to Jurassic Park and I think it would have been better if the author had continued into the park where the story could have progressed.


Time to Die: South Park Style

Disappointment and weirded out is one way to describe how i feel about this Fan Fic. I definately wasn't expecting what I read, and to be honest still don't quite understand what I read. It uses the South Park main characters, but doesn't follow the usual structure of an episode or usual comedy. I found it was disappointing and wonder what the author was thinking.


A Sad Dog Tale

This reproduction of CatDog is in one word tragic. Its not like the cartoon in any way but i did like how the author set out the lay out of his story. It was different and I think the person who wrote this much harbour alot of sympathy for Dogs in general. I thought it was interesting how the author decided to show how Dogs life would have been like without Cat, and evidentally seems depressing.


Nancy's Lament

I really enjoyed this poem about Nancy's love her her husband. A poem wasn't something i had expected but I think its a good medium for Fan Fiction. I think the author has done a great job analysing Nancy's inner most feelings.I think the use of rhyme and lanaguage was really spot on and think the author has a good insight into the characters of King of the Hill, Which isn't much of a deep cartoon show. There was no humor but I dont think it needed it.


TJ & Spinelli in Detention

I enjoyed this Fan Fic and was happy that it wasnt a lame attemp at a romance between the characters TJ and Spinelli as I generally find that type of Fan Fic to be creepy, especially when its based around cartoon characters. The authors use of structure reads similar to how I imagine Recess would have read, had it been a book. The storyline is something that could have been a episode of the television show and adds a little bit more indept analysis of the character TJ which I found to be refreshing. All in all I really enjoyed this Fan Fic and think the author did a great job.

1 comment:

  1. Hey Sarah,

    Great stuff. I really enjoy reading your writing, always flows, and unlike me, you can spell and you don't miss words out!

    It was fun to read your reviews of the Little Britian fanfics - interesting that you noted hte spelling errors and, same with me, found them to be slightly annoying. It's a shame something so simple can really ruin the flow of a piece.

    Really impressed by your comment about the mixing of 'stock' characters with flighty characters in the Little Britain/Home & Away crossoever. I like that you noted that.

    Like me you mention that a piece is good due to the reader (us specifically) being able to visual the shows ACTUAL actors and actresses due to great writing. But since getting into fanfic I have been wonderinf - are we meant to visual the characters as we know them...or perhaps another version of them, as displayed by the author?

    Great work :)

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