If this week’s Seriously Geeky Sundays prompt has taught me anything about myself, it is that I don’t pay much attention to fictional news outlets in television, movies, and books! …But I sure as hell love making them up, especially ones that are obnoxious dystopian propaganda echo chambers. Wading through my various favorite fandoms, I came to realize that most of the fictional news that I wanted to feature in this post were ones I made up!
Sadly, most of them exist only in my head without any sort of eye catching graphics. However, here are some posters I made a while back!
3rd May – Freedom of the Press
What is your favourite fictional media outlet?
KVWN (Channel 4) from The Anchorman (2004 film). I can’t help but love a dose of humor!
My second favorite fictional news network is INN from Babylon 5!
Who is your favourite fictional journalist?
Karen Page from Daredevil (and the Punisher), the TV shows. I love how she *has* to get to the bottom of things and solve cases and ends up doing the right thing. It also helps that I am a sucker for crazy, mystery solving adventures!
Who is your favourite fictional photographer?
Peter Parker from the 2002 Spider-Man film. Taking pictures of yourself as the masked hero of the day as you save your city from crime? It’s a win-win! I always found those scenes hilarious!
What is your favourite fictional interview?
Helen’s Smith’s sudden appearance on the fictional cooking show in The Man in the High Castle S4 episode, No Masters But Ourselves. If there ever was dystopian propaganda, it is that!
If you could interview any fictional character who would it be?
Alfred Bester from Babylon 5. I’ve always wanted to see things from his point of view. We got a glimpse of that in my favorite Babylon 5 episode ever, Corps is Mother Corps is Father. I’d like to know his thought process (lol!) and his reasons for everything. I’d also love to hear him tell a story about a time he arrested a blip!
Which character would you like to see given an absolute grilling live on TV and why?
John Smith from The Man in the High Castle–hear me out! I’d want to see him being grilled because I know he’d turn the tables with his calm cunning way of getting the upper hand, and to see that would be fascinating.
Oh wow, I can’t believe I totally forgot about Karen! I was just saying in another comment that I have to cheat and look stuff up every week to remind myself due to my ME brain. I forget so much good stuff! It wouldn’t have changed my answer though, I’m a Lois girl lol, but Karen and Lois are very much alike I think. Thankfully I get to read and remember stuff by reading everyones answers 🙂
I love reading everyone’s SGS posts! I need to catch up on this week’s round. It’s so much fun seeing everyone’s different replies and fandoms.