The Browncoats Rise Again
June 24, 2005 · M.E. Russell, Blog
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Pop Culture & Fandom Writer
M.E. Russell
3 articles 2003–2005
M.E. Russell is a writer who contributed articles to The Weekly Standard between 2003 and 2005. His pieces for the magazine focused on pop culture and fandom, covering topics such as fan films, the Lord of the Rings franchise, and the cult following of Joss Whedon's Firefly.
The Fan Films Strike Back
May 14, 2004 · M.E. Russell, Blog
IN THE MARCH 2004 issue of Vanity Fair, Jim Windolf profiled three teenagers who spent the seven years between 1982 and 1989 making a shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark--using a camcorder, homemade props, and a dog standing in for the Nazi-saluting monkey. (You can view a trailer for…
To the Crack of Doom!
December 19, 2003 · M.E. Russell, Blog
"Today it is said we live in a secular society in which many people—the best people, the most enlightened people—do not believe in any religion. But I think that you cannot eliminate religion from the psyche of mankind. If you suppress it in one form, it merely re-emerges in another form." —Michael…