Petite Etoile, Jenkins

I think the immersion of media that is based upon something else (whether a mockery or a continuation) is a very interesting concept, and can be seen on many different levels all throughout society. It seems lately that some of the biggest, funniest, and most A-list actor filled movies have been spoofs or mockeries. It began with Austin Powers, but has grown into its very own genre. Not Another Teen Movie and Scary Movie are examples of some that blatantly tell you they are a spoof of something else, with scary movie getting such hype that it has been able to make 5 more versions of itself. Tropic Thunder is more recent example, that had a huge cast of major actors. Besides Hollywood's remakes, there are countless of fan-made unprofessional videos that mock or recreate other movies. Thanks to the internet, especially youtube, they can easily be found and sometimes, if they're good enough, even gain their own followings. There are several online amature video producers who have made quite a name for themselves amongst the public simply by posting their videos online. You can also find a lot of music videos on youtube that fans take their favorite clips of movies and sinc them together in a way they enjoy with music in the background, especially for anime television shows, movies, and even video games. Another interesting aspect is fanfiction.net, which is a site solely devoted to stories written by fans about everything from an anime show to a scifi movie to a popular television show like the office. Sometimes they're only mildly off from the original story line, but most times the authors will take the characters and move them into entirely different plots in entirely different worlds, such as taking the characters from an anime show and making them medieval kings and queens. The stories have quite a large following, and are usually pretty long, going into 30, 40, sometimes even hundreds of chapters. And the people reading them check each and every week for the new post. What I find most interesting about this is that the authors write so much, every week, even apologizing if they're late or behind a week, absolutely for free! And I think this is beautiful because it shows a true love for their work.