McQuarrie’s full quote on the subject is as follows: “Fan service, and fandom, is poison. It’s deadly. It’s great when applied like a very, very strong spice, and judiciously. If you happen to have ...

The reception by critics, fans and at the box office in recent years suggests the once infallible Marvel Cinematic Universe fell into what could be a fatal decline. Yet from the entertainment press to ...

As someone whose entire career in journalism has been in entertainment, and specifically geek entertainment, I have an interesting relationship to the idea of catering to fans. I am a fan of just ...