THE FANDOM MENACE
available at AtomFilms

review written 2/22/2003

What's a funny film like this doing with the most generic title ever? Ah well.

Martin Gardner did basically everything for this film (it's hard to believe all those voices are his). The visuals are nothing special, but the jokes are.

This isn't the typical "Star Wars fans are weird" mockumentary. The jokes are just—different, that's all. From the "Just Jar Jar" store to the play about pancakes, this packs a lot into four minutes. Good acting, good animation (even if the drawings themselves are lacking). If AtomFilms would let me download this to my hard drive so I could watch it whenever, I'd be happy. Instead, I have to watch it from their site. Then Martin Gardner gets paid. And well played, Martin. Ya done good.