Geeks, Gamergate &amp; Ghostbusters: How movies are responding to toxic fans

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Media Studies (MA)

Kuypers, Marieke (2020)

Geeks, Gamergate & Ghostbusters: How movies are responding to toxic fans

Master thesis | Media Studies (MA)

In this thesis I discuss the influence of toxic fans on movies themselves and the mutual relationship between toxic fans and creators using fan studies and theories of toxic geek masculinity and fandom. Starting with Gamergate as a boiling point that affected the 2016 Ghostbusters remake, which resisted toxic fans explicitly. As well as analysing the Star Wars sequel trilogy, in particular The Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker. Showing how coordinated attacks influenced the trilogy whilst it was being made.