Why Trekkies Is Still The Best Fan Documentary Ever Made
Bronies, Jedi Junkies, Turtle Power, Mudbloods, The People vs. George Lucas... as geekiness gets cool, we’ve been deluged in documentaries exploring fan subcultures, sub-subcultures, and sub-sub-subcultures. Docs about video gaming alone could fill a film festival, including Atari: Game Over, Indie Game: The Movie, Get Lamp, and the glorious King of Kong. A perusal of Kickstarter turns up documentaries in progress about fans of eight-bit games, Nintendo games, stop-motion Lego filmmaking, and Ghostbusters.