Crazy Fan Theories So Logical We Bought It

Yep, fans are crazy people.

I can't think of someone who doesn't belong to a fandom, be it some culturally significant film or a book that revolutionized how kids and/or adults read. I also admit belonging to some, although for someone who spends a lot of time watching (and partly reading) it would be hard not to belong to at least two.

But some fans bring fanaticism to a whole new level, often deeper than the multi-layered dream in Inception. I am referring to the fans who don't believe in the phrase coined by Freud (or whoever really said this): Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. These people, who, rather than enjoying the material as it is, try to come up and present logical reasoning to the things that seem incomprehensible to the average viewer and/or reader to satisfy everyone's already mindblown brains. Although some are really logical that sooner or later we wouldn't be surprised when producers and authors reveal that the theory isn't a theory at all, most are just really out of this world. But hey, these theories are good for an afternoon read and something to ponder upon before sleeping.

And that's what I did the whole afternoon and what I plan to do before sleeping, all thanks to user FrancisDollarHyde on reddit who posted this: What 'fan theories' have blown your mind with their devastating logic? And I would like to share those that I've found to be really interesting.

The Hunger Games: An "In-Depth" Review

The Advance Screening of The Hunger Games at
Mall of Asia Premier Cinema last March 21. (Photo from Ariela Badenas)

The movie adaptation of The Hunger Games premiered almost a week ago here in the Philippines, to much fanfare and hype. I was able to view it during the advance screening of the film last Wednesday at Mall of Asia together with my friends from Hunger Games Philippines. (A shout-out to our friends at Astroplus! Thank you for the seats!) Fast forward to today, the movie has already raked in $1.71 million locally, the highest among the Asian nations. It goes to show that when Filipinos fanaticize, they fanaticize hard. So hard it would be Christmas for the distributor and the cinema houses.

Mockingjay Pins Giveaway at Hunger Games Philippines!

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3. Christmas in Panem contest. Contestants are to submit an entry built around the theme Christmas in Panem. What is Christmas for the citizens of Panem? or How do you think citizens of Panem celebrate Christmas? Any form of media will be accepted. (Freehand drawing, prose or poetry, short story, video, audio, poster etc.) Individual submission: 1 pin. Group entry: 3 pins at most!

Present and Past Muses

Pedro Almodóvar (with Maria Delgado translating): In effect, there are many returns in this movie [Volver]. The ones you mentioned - I returned to working with Carmen and Penélope, and I returned to my roots and shot there. In fact that was the main thing for me; that was really very moving, more so than I thought. And also the sense of coming back from beyond, in the character that Carmen Maura plays in the film. But also Volver, if you are familiar with Argentinian music, is a very famous tango from the 30s sung by Carlos Gardel. The song is very important to the movie because it is the song taught by the mother, Carmen’s character, to her very beautiful child, Penélope’s character, to present during an audition to become a movie star. And when Raimunda sings Volver, it is also very moving because then the mother, Irene, knows that Raimunda remembers her, because she is singing the song that she taught her when she was very young. That was the moment when the mother tried to make her, and one assumes that she was a beautiful child, into a movie star. You know the scene towards the end when the mother says to the daughter, “Have you always had such big bosoms?” and the daughter says, “Yes, since I was a child.” So she had been a very attractive child, and the mother had tried to make her even more beautiful for the talent audition. And the mother, without realising it, was creating an irresistible temptation for the father, and he fell into temptation. So Volver is full of meaning. [x]