Fandom needs an FAQ

[veronica_rich]

I was trying to find something for "Star Wars" online this morning because I am not a fan and know little about it. Here's a fun exercise: Pop a bucket of corn and get a Coke, then Google "Darth Vader army" to try to find the name. Settle in and get comfortable.

This prompted me to think, we really need an FAQ that can be Googled for POTC for those poor clueless souls who know nothing about our franchise. I don't mean recommendations or anything - I mean facts about the movies, names of characters and places and things that can be taken directly from the screen, that any uninformed idiot who wanted to spend 9 hours watching could find out on their own.

Comments

[golden-helikaon.livejournal.com]

Actually, that's pretty much the TV Guide description of the movie.

Really? In our TV Guide it always mentions the 'rogue pirate' and the 'blacksmith' teaming up to save the 'governor's daughter' from the nasty skeletal pirates, etc. And it only ever lists two cast members, and it's always Johnny and Orlando.

[captsparrow4evr.livejournal.com]

Where are you at? Because every plot summary I've read for the local TV schedule and on the local cable channel guide has completely ignored "blacksmith." The only actors mentioned are Johnny Depp and, possibly, Geoffrey Rush if there's enough space. "Roguish pirate," "skeleton/undead pirates," and "governor's daughter" are generally mentioned.

[golden-helikaon.livejournal.com]

I'm in New Zealand.