Are there any banned Members that you kind of miss? - Part 3

[Tanin]

The one banned member I really do miss is Bakerboy. His hate for the Spider-Man film was just awesome to read.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Some people may find this hard to believe but I miss Anno_Domini .

Yes. I doubt even his dog would miss him.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

You know... I've been seeing this sentiment more and more often lately. I can't help but feel it's coming from young kids and old people who only got on board this whole internet thing post-social networking bubble.

Old people mostly, not young kids. It seems to have come from authors or celebrities who understandably became tired of getting bashed anonymously. I can see their point.

 

[MadVillainy]

ChickenScratch got banned. Never interacted with him really, but he's been around since 2004.

Well he was kinda a d*** so I'm not surprised. I remember him getting so mad about something I posted in a thread about the Punisher movie that he wouldnt let it go.

Whatever.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Yeah I remember ChickenScratch in the Bond thread(s) was really rude at times. I stopped coming there because of it.

You guys....are all awesome. Just thought I'd express it.

But I seriously need to see Sawyer and Parker Wayne fight to the death, it's long overdue...

You know they'd never actually kill each other. Oh, they might bat each other around a little, but when it came right down to it the whole thing would end in a passionate embrace.

This would sum up my victory.

Well he was kinda a d*** so I'm not surprised. I remember him getting so mad about something I posted in a thread about the Punisher movie that he wouldnt let it go.

Whatever.

He did the same to me once in the Bond thread. He was telling posters about how he was a superior Bond fan because he read the books that he was more knowledgeable then everyone else in the movies. He once went on his rant once again about how the Bond books are king, and how they are superior to the movies and how they got it wrong, and he saw them as "little distractions" to the novels. Pretty much he was belittling everyone in the thread who liked the Bond movies and being a dick.

I told him that the later Bond novels took some influences from the movies (like Bond's nationality among other things) and he sent angry PMs trying to argue me with over. Not once, and not even twice. He sent it on three separate occasions.

I remember the last straw being me flipping out on him in the Bond thread about his pretentiousness and snobbishness because despite his knowledge on the Bond, I kept having to remind him that he's in the Bond movie thread making these arguments.

Even outside the boards, he rarely had a positive comment. Even in the gif thread, whenever he posted, it would be him either talking down to someone or saying that he hates something.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

I believe CS is in his 20s.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

I believe CS is in his 20s.

He probably is, but I doubt he's a hip representation of his generation. Bond novels are dated even for my 65 year old dad. A lot of racist and misogynistic undertones can be found in some of them. Not saying anything about Fleming, but his books are very much a product of their time.

 

[regwec]

I'm glad Chickenscratch got banned. He was very knowledgeable about books, but man, the guy was such a pretentious *****e who though film and movies was such a lowly medium and looked down on anyone who enjoyed their film or tv translations over their source material. He also got pissed if even the movies even had the slightest amount wrong.

He kept saying the new Bond movies got it wrong off the bat because Bond in the books was a 00 agent way before Casino Royale.

Oh, that guy. The strangest thing about him, to me, was the way that he worshiped all of the Bond novels equally. I can understand being a Fleming-purist, but he clearly thought all of the ****** spin-offs were an equally valid exemplar of the character.

I've never put anybody on ignore. I've been here long enough to just deal with peoples ****.

Some people are just so boring, though. I never ignore people for being abrasive, but there are times when you only need to see a member's username in a thread to know what they have written. That's when the ignore button is useful.

You're joking, yes?

It's literally ALL I read about in regards to Cavill, aside from how ****ing handsome he is, leading up to the release of MOS.

That, and how "buff" or "swole" an actor is/should be for a part. Pages upon pages of casting threads are devoted to vast galleries of tanned, muscular, shirtless young men. Their merits as actors is clearly of secondary concern.

Sometimes, when my girlfriend looks over my shoulder, I can sense her bewilderment.

He probably is, but I doubt he's a hip representation of his generation. Bond novels are dated even for my 65 year old dad. A lot of racist and misogynistic undertones can be found in some of them. Not saying anything about Fleming, but his books are very much a product of their time.

You're right in a sense, but then Bond wasn't really meant to be an unblemished hero. He is an assassin who kind of likes his job, and a womaniser without much of a heart. But he's on our side, so that's all okay.

Nevertheless, I think it can be a mistake to think literature is "dated" just because the views expressed therein are out of date. It just takes on a new interest as period fiction. I mean, the religious angst in Pilgrim's Progress is of only historical interest nowadays, but it's an important socio-historical artifact.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

You're right in a sense, but then Bond wasn't really meant to be an unblemished hero. He is an assassin who kind of likes his job, and a womaniser without much of a heart. But he's on our side, so that's all okay.

I wasn't solely talking about Bond's inner monologue. The narration is pretty racial (if not outright racist) too. Look at this passage from 'Live and Let Die': "The air was thick with the sweet, feral smell of two hundred Negro bodies."

Anyway I wasn't condemning the Bond books, just saying they're not typical fodder for today's 20 somethings (which in itself was a tangent of a tangent) and we're getting seriously off-topic here. Not that I mind much, but I hate to see a good Bond discussion wasted in a non-Bond thread.

 

[Paladin-Hoss]

He uses to say anybody who's avatar wasn't an actual pic of themselves was "hiding behind it".

So...that pic of a weird, scrawny looking kid that he used as an avatar, is actually a pic of himself?

 

[Brain Damage]

Yes, I am the real Ryan Gosling.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I was hoping to see ChickenScratch join the "15 Minutes"

Do people really complain about the height of actors?

"Anne Hathaway needed to lose 30 pounds to play Catwoman"
"Actors taller than Henry Cavill will tower over him, we don't want him as Batman"

 

[Spider-Aziz]

And I am actually a lost highway.

You sir, rule the "I yam my avatar"
I don't care who knocks

He probably is, but I doubt he's a hip representation of his generation. Bond novels are dated even for my 65 year old dad. A lot of racist and misogynistic undertones can be found in some of them. Not saying anything about Fleming, but his books are very much a product of their time.

They should get the suggested Huckleberry Finn treatment

 

[James]

Off-topic posts or rather, posts that go on tangents are quite common on these boards. But to be fair I think I misunderstood your post. I believed you were asking about the difference between celebs requesting online people to be public and CS? But re-reading I think you're simply asking where does CS fit in my "old people mostly" assessment. Correct? Well, first I don't know how old CS was and, unless his profile indicates otherwise, he could be 60 for all we know. Second, even if he is young, I said "mostly" old people, not "all." I hope that answers your question. But really I have no further thoughts on this guy.

Yes indeed, perhaps I should have phrased my post better. Chickenscratch had a photo of himself for his avatar, I apologize as I just assumed you'd seen it, and I ran with my assumption. I think I'll just put his odd view on avatars down to him being altogether curious fellow.

So...that pic of a weird, scrawny looking kid that he used as an avatar, is actually a pic of himself?

Yup, that was him!

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Yes indeed, perhaps I should have phrased my post better. Chickenscratch had a photo of himself for his avatar, I apologize as I just assumed you'd seen it, and I ran with my assumption. I think I'll just put his odd view on avatars down to him being altogether curious fellow.

These days I write 90% of my posts on my iPhone, so I never see any avatars. You guys are all a jumble of words and handles I struggle to remember.

 

[Paladin-Hoss]

Yup, that was him!

LOL and i remember he once claimed to be some kind of bad ass martial art expert...

That guy in the pic looked like a walking toothpick.

 

[Duke]

LOL and i remember he once claimed to be some kind of bad ass martial art expert...

That guy in the pic looked like a walking toothpick.

He even has that stated in his profile.

 

[Paladin-Hoss]

^^ Seriously?

I've never really had much interaction with the guy, but i remember when he said that.

Guess now i know what a badass ninja expert or something supposed to looks like...

 

[Duke]

In fairness, it just says in his interests "Karate", but yeah.

 

[Paladin-Hoss]

The expression on that guy's face from his avatar: 'Did i just saw boobies on the internet?!?'

 

[ComicChick]

this thread is as bad as a high school bathroom sometimes

 

[Donnie Darko]

I actually just popped into this thread to see if there was an explanation for ChickenScratch. Looks like I found my answers. Yes... he was a man of... odd opinions sometimes. I never went in the Bond forums, so I mostly saw him on the Unpopular Film Opinion thread, where he hated everything except Conan and stuff with explosions. Oh well.



And yes, I am really RG3. The knee is doing great. Thanks for asking.

 

[Donnie Darko]

Is it bad that this thread has me wondering what my legacy would be on the Hype if I ever had to leave like that? I would hope the word "*****e" wouldn't come up too often.

 

[Brain Damage]

I fear mine would be: "Who?"

 

[Xeno]

I wonder whether the recently-banned come to this thread to read how the yet-to-be-banned think that they're annoying, scrawny-looking, pretentious weirdo *****ebags with stupid opinions that nobody misses? And then they're all like, "But I thought they liked me?!?"