Thursday, February 24, 2011

The Best of Twitter -- Pt. 3 ... Fictional

So we've covered Celebrity Tweets, Fake Celebrity Tweets. Now it's time to high light a few of my favorite fictional twitter accounts.


These are accounts of Movie and TV characters that tend to follow the characters "personal" life outside the show. Here you can get character insight and sometime much more fun.

Richard Castle -- @writercastle

Proud father, best selling author and armature detective. If you are a fan of Castle on ABC then you need to be following this account. Between new episodes you will get a variety of tweets. Want to know what the boys at the 12th are up to? Wonder what college Alexis will be going to or what boy stopped by the apt? This will keep you going from week to week. Plus, if they continue the trend of the last few summers you will get the benefit of a little summer Castle mystery via twitter to keep you going. Last year it was murder in the Hamptons. No Beckett, but same old Castle.

Death Star PR -- @DeathStarPR

Just because you're an evil empire doesn't mean that people have to view you that way. That's why even the most evil among us need a good PR department. The dark side of the force could use all the help they can get. I mean really...you blow a few planets up and people start to give you a bad name. That's where the PR departmetn steps in to save the day. "Lady Gaga arrived at the #Grammys in an egg. Thus proving once and for all that worse things come out of eggs than alien facehuggers." or how about, "Bet Yoda mothballed the “Do or do not speech” for a while after trying, and spectacularly failing, to kill Palpatine. #StarWars"

Darth Vader -- @depresseddarth

Going hand in hand with the Death Star PR account is one for the Dark Lord of the Sith himself, Darth Vader. Sadly, he's been a little grumpy as of late. But, you probably guessed that from the twitter handle of Depressed Darth. "VDay I can't even get an escort to go out with me. They don't take galactic credits and it turns out force grabs can't be used as currency" Poor guy. Kermit said that it's not easy being green...but Darth is having a hard time being super evil! But, he's always looking to recruit. "Starting to think Lindsay Lohan would make a great sith. She has a taste for danger and her hair would match our lightsabers."

Cobra Commander -- @cobracommander

Not sure why all the funny fictional accounts seem to lean towards the evil world domination types. The more you know I guess. Cobra commander is, of course, the leader of C.O.B.R.A. Sworn enemy of G.I. Joe, wearer of clean chrome and crimson and blue. This is the guy who, when the world political environment changes is there looking to make a buck, and possible take over a country or two. But, for some reason he never seems to have time to teach his soldiers to shoot straight! Did you ever notice that in the cartoon the cobra soldiers couldn't seem to hit the broad side of a barn? Recent tweets include, "Mubarak owes me money. Shocking, right?" and "I care enough about Egypt I tweeted about it. Now back to my super-sized Baconator. I love you America"

Bender -- @bender

Not really evil. Not really that good. Bender is after all an amoral bending unit from the future that drinks. Remember though he drinks because he wants to, not because he has to. If you run afoul of him you will most likely be invited to "bite his shiney metal ass". Now he doesn't tweet as much as some of the other accounts but when he does it's priceless. "Hey laserlips! Your momma was a snowblower!" If you can name that movie (no cheating), I'll give you... well, nothing. But you'll be cool." and "Ahhh beer. So many choices, so little difference."

Tomorrow we will again shift focus this time to twitter accounts that may actually teach you something. It may not be something you wanted to know. But, you will learn something. Current events? Maybe. Geek info? Most likely. What some random fool did in your area? Depends.

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