Media Track Day Start End Location Title Description Panelists Saturday 10:00 AM 10:50 AM SAUGATUCK Parenting in the 21st Century Parenting has always been a challenge, but is it more challenging these days? Are “the kids” no longer sufficiently respectful of one’s lawn? And what is it with the YouTubes and the Twitters? Are these new problems, or just the same problems other generations of parents faced, dressed in new clothes? James Breakwell, Mur Lafferty, Sarah Hans, David Klecha Saturday 11:00 AM 11:50 AM LEELANAW That’s Not My Star Wars! At one point, it appeared most of the world agreed on the canon-destroying awfulness of the Star Wars prequel films, and their unholy avatar Jar Jar Binks. But a new generation of Star Wars is taking hold, and not everyone is pleased with the direction that’s going, either. Where do we draw our mental lines, and why? James Breakwell, Ferrett Steinmetz, Jason Sanford, Mur Lafferty, Sarah Hans, Seleste deLaney / Julie Particka Saturday 5:00 PM 5:50 PM KEWEENAW Disney Rules Genre Film With the acquisition of 21st Century Fox’s film and television studios, Disney has brought the X-Men, Deadpool, and Fantastic Four into the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s orbit. Between that, Pixar, and Lucasfilm, is Disney the only game in town when it comes to genre blockbusters? Can Warner Brothers, Sony, and the rest still compete? Michael R. Underwood, Seleste deLaney / Julie Particka, Stacey Filak, Mari Ness Sunday 1:00 PM 1:50 PM PETOSKEY Analogue Media in the Digital Age Paper, vinyl, and film, oh my! What are the unique advantages to analogue media, and what’s just a deeply ingrained sense of how media “should” be? Is it not a book without the paper smell, or a song without the soft crackle of a needle on vinyl? David Klecha, Gail Cross, John Winkelman