Surprising fan followings

[PyroChamber]

Are there any movies that you're surprised got the fan followings that they got?

[Bug-Eyed Earl]

Are there any movies that you're surprised got the fan followings that they got?

Punisher War Zone. Crazy graphic violence doesn't make up for acting and dialogue so bad that I almost literally told the TV to STFU when I tried to watch it- I momentarily forgot the power of the remote.

[DarkSovereignty]

rocky horror picture show. the time warp is the only reason that movie is so big.

[Kevin Roegele]

Oh come on, it's easy to see why so Twilight is so popular with it's fanbase. You couldn't make anything more suited to a teenage girl audience.

I'm not really surprised by any fanbase, as no matter how obscure something is, or bad, someone will like it.

[TheWiseGuy487]

Oh come on, it's easy to see why so Twilight is so popular with it's fanbase. You couldn't make anything more suited to a teenage girl audience.

I'm not really surprised by any fanbase, as no matter how obscure something is, or bad, someone will like it.

As much as I don't like it either, I can see why it's female fanbase loves it so much. It's basically Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' with "vampires" and "werewolves".

[Mr. Wooden Alligator]

After I watched it from curiosity...Napoleon Dynamite.

[ShadowBoxer]

I don't really get why girls like Twlight besides the two guy leads. I watched the first one and was forced into watching new moon and they were both equally terrible.Even Robert Pattison himself said that he thinks the story in Twlight is stupid. Which explains why he looks bored in every scene he is in lol.


The only good thing for us guys who are forced into seeing this films is Kristen Steward and Ashely Green both are cute!

[dude love]

The one thing I'll defend about Twilight is that it's at least getting teenagers to enjoy reading.

[Ipodman]

The one thing I'll defend about Twilight is that it's at least getting teenagers to enjoy reading.

That's how I feel about harry potter...

twilight, meh...

I'm surprised Walking Dead is such a hit... I think people are just following it because they think it's cool to like zombies :o :csad:

[Mandalore464]

Equilibrium.

Don't know if it's more due to Chris Bale starring in it or watching the afore-mentioned Bale killing hundreds of people using only two guns and the craziest martial art ever invented (Gun Kata), but this movie is otherwise nothing more than a rip-off of Farenheit 451 mixed with Brave New World, has poor characterisation, bad dialogues, worse SFX, and a major plot hole.

But it's damn great!!!

[bullets]

I'm surprised Walking Dead is such a hit... I think people are just following it because they think it's cool to like zombies :o :csad:


I know what you mean, the show is ok but it seems like it's riding on the zombie fad. I saw a woman with a ribbon bumper sticker that said 'support zombies' instead of 'support the troops' or whatever you normally see. It's gone too far.

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

Punisher War Zone. Crazy graphic violence doesn't make up for acting and dialogue so bad that I almost literally told the TV to STFU when I tried to watch it- I momentarily forgot the power of the remote.
It's fun.
rocky horror picture show. the time warp is the only reason that movie is so big.
Wrong. Wrong.

[R_Hythlodeus]

Matrix. Probably the dumbest movie ever made until it got sequels. Still, there are people who actually think it's good.

[Secret Fawful]

rocky horror picture show. the time warp is the only reason that movie is so big.

Nah, I never went to a midnight showing and I love the picture. I love its music and I love Tim Curry.

Friday the 13th. I don't get it.

[redhawk23]

Matrix. Probably the dumbest movie ever made until it got sequels. Still, there are people who actually think it's good.

It is hardly a "dumb" movie. There are many valid criticism but I don't see how this is one or at least "the dumbest movie ever made." That's just somewhat preposterous.

[WildcatNC]

After I watched it from curiosity...Napoleon Dynamite.


I agree. I wanted those hours of my life back when I watched it.

[Kurosawa]

Matrix. Probably the dumbest movie ever made until it got sequels. Still, there are people who actually think it's good.

I liked it but I agree it's not all that.

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Transformers? They, are not very good? Even on a B-movie level.

[Sentinel X]

Matrix. Probably the dumbest movie ever made until it got sequels. Still, there are people who actually think it's good. :dry: :dry: :dry: ...Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but The Matrix is one of the "dumbest" movies ever made? Really? :huh:


Anyways, I have to agree with Twilight. There have been many many books with the same plot and general idea but they never caught on like twilight. Others which I don't understand:
Fast and the Furious
Transformers
Saw
Final Destination

[Mr. Wooden Alligator]

Zombies as a whole. When did they get popular?

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Zombies as a whole. When did they get popular?

Because they can be applied to diffrent themes like most good horror movies.
e.g. the final scene of the black hero getting shot at the end of living dead or zombies walking around a shopping centre displaying sheep like consumerism. Many of the best horror movies use the creators of nature of the setup to say something. Godzilla for example is basically Hiroshima and the nuclear bomb. That's partly why the American remake is so awful and arrogant. It goes from the horror of it all of the original in the perfect time and setting to blaming France and having America save the day. It does what all good American remakes do, bastardize.

[Soapy]

I doubt most people like zombies for the social commentary.

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

I doubt most people like zombies for the social commentary.

Fan wise, they probably recognize the best of the best do exactly that. Much like how many of the best vampire movies are actually about sexual repression or many werewolf movies about sexual maturity. "GingerSnaps" for a example, great movies, cult following. One of the best of the modern genre.

[Wolf Boy]

rocky horror picture show. the time warp is the only reason that movie is so big.

Innacurate.

[Soapy]

I don't know if a film being successful constitutes a "fan following", but I'll say Avatar. I was really excited for the movie, and I liked it a lot, but not once did I ever think it was going to be a mainstream success. In fact I thought it was going to flop. Hard. A movie about giant blue CGI alien cat people? Really? The general audience isn't going to go for this at all. So I was super surprised when it got any kind of following at all, even moreso when it achieved the level of success that it did. Shows what I know.

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Someone killed themselfs over Avatar because they wanted to go to Playstation 2 magical tree-hugger land.
Good fandome.

[danoyse]

Someone killed themselfs over Avatar because they wanted to go to Playstation 2 magical tree-hugger land.
Good fandome.

That's definitely not representative of all Avatar fans, though.

[Number 6]

Where is the Avatar fandome? Is it like a traditional dome, or is there a twist?

Anyway, I kind of agree with Soapy on Avatar. I enjoyed the film a lot, but I was surprised how big it got. The rabid internet fans died off pretty quickly, but becoming the highest grossing film ever was not something I expected at all.

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Part of the avatar appeal is probably the anthropomorphic characters.

[bullets]

I don't know if a film being successful constitutes a "fan following", but I'll say Avatar. I was really excited for the movie, and I liked it a lot, but not once did I ever think it was going to be a mainstream success. In fact I thought it was going to flop. Hard. A movie about giant blue CGI alien cat people? Really? The general audience isn't going to go for this at all. So I was super surprised when it got any kind of following at all, even moreso when it achieved the level of success that it did. Shows what I know.


I thought the new Star Trek was going to under perform. The trailer was great but for some reason I didn't think enough people would be interested.

[Number 6]

Part of the avatar appeal is probably the anthropomorphic characters.

Probably not, unless those are the fans in the dome.

I thought the new Star Trek was going to under perform. The trailer was great but for some reason I didn't think enough people would be interested.

Yeah, that's a good one. I mainly wondered if it'd do well since Trek was kind of dead. But by the time it was about in theaters, the hype was so high that it didn't surprise me.

[WildcatNC]

That's definitely not representative of all Avatar fans, though.

Very representative of Darwinism though :woot:

[Scourge2099]

The Final Destination and all its sequels. The first one was ok , but then it just got stupid when they made the second one. No way is Death so lazy that he keeps on f****** up and letting people escape during a major disaster.

[kedrell]

I agree on Twilight, Star Trek, Avatar, Matrix, Transformers, Harry Potter and a whole host of others. I'd add just about anything involving Batman and pretty much all DC comics stuff to the mix. I just don't get this stuff and would easily ignore it all if it wasn't for the fact of it popping up all the time all over the internet/TV/radio/etc.

[Thebumwhowalks]

I couldn't really think of any, but then i noticed the Underworld:Awakening thread at the top of the page, it's at 536 replies and is what? the fourth movie in the franchise?
I thought the first film was awful, pretty sure i sold my dvd of it, his Die Hard movie was not bad though for what it was.

[Zant]

Star wars and Potter I don't get it

[Thebumwhowalks]

Star wars and Potter I don't get it

If the Harry Potter universe consisted only of the films I would be perplexed at the popularity of the franchise(if it was the same kind of level of fandom).
But, I have not read any of the books, so I may not be surprised if I were to get into those, I can imagine a lot of kids getting their heads right into the details of the world through that medium though, so am not really that surprised. But, then again, I might read them and think wtf? what is the big deal?

Star Wars? C'mon, even if you don't care much for the movies, you must be able to see the appeal of the original movies, especially in the time they were first released, people had never seen anything like that before onscreen, and given the religious overtones throughout the saga, it is quite easy to see how folk adopted it as something almost sacred.
A. It has special powers we have never seen before!
B. It has a religious message about a mysterious force that is so nebulous we can all imagine whatever we want it to mean.
C. Ergo..Star Wars is the new Jesus( Nazareth Fatigues)*Cross sold seperately.

[Doctor Jones]

I still can't believe the new Star Trek was a success the way it was. I was so worried it would underperform or flop. That $77 million opening weekend made me ecstatic.

[Wolfwood]

Friday the 13th. I don't get it.

For me, and I think a lot of other fans as well, it's so well loved because it's just the epitome of what a fun slasher movie should be. It's got incredibly goofy and cliche characters, a good mix of comedic and horrifying deaths and a bit of nudity. When it comes to the horror genre, Friday the 13th is the ultimate guilty pleasure.

[Evil Twin]

I'm surprised Rocky Horror Picture Show is still going strong at midnight shows. I don't begrudge it's success and think it's a fun group outing, but we're closing in on 40 years.