Fanboy Complaints

[Honey Vibe]

Let's not forget the endless debates about Bale's physique. Those will keep me ROFLin' for years.

 

[Honey Vibe]

"The role of superman should never be played by a gay actor "


WTF is that all about ?

Ian McKellen was just fine as Magneto. Same for his role as Gandalf.

That reminds me of an old topic in Community, simply titled Gandalf The Pink t:

 

[Ultimate_Superman]

That reminds me of an old topic in Community, simply titled Gandalf The Pink t:

LOL

 

[The Kid]

some more I'll just throw into the thread:

1. Hulk being CGI. Some wanted him to be a bodybuilder or someone in a costume because WOW, that'd be much better?

2. Penguin being a freak in BR. He's a fat guy who's obsessed with umbrellas in the comics. That's not too interesting to me, so watch Adam west's batman to see the original lame penguin if that's what you want. I'll enjoy the freaky one who actually seems like he has a reason to call himself a penguin.

3. Katie holmes sucking in batman Begins. This was just so stupid, it made my head hurt everytime I came here two years ago. What the **** was so wrong with her performance that people blasted her here? I was more unhappy with that mob boss guy's cliche mob boss act and bale's inability to control his damn voice than I was with Katie, who I think did fine. Batman fans are crazy freaky loo wacka doo.

4. Oh this one's a goody. Smallville being too far from the source material... I'm sure many know what I'm talking about. Every day last year, that's all I'd read about. Smallville fans were punished DAILY for no good reason at this board. They deserve a damn award for some how dealing with it with a sense of honor and dignity, like Superman himself.

5. On that subject, Nuclear Man gets no respect. The man was awesome... HE COULD SHOOT LASERS FROM HIS FINGERS! COME ON!

6. Just kidding with that last one.

7. Mystique being naked... WWHHHHHAAAAATTT ISSS THEERRREE TO COMPLAAAAAIN AAAABOOUTT???

 

[Spade]

I suppose I should list them:

1. Organic webshooters in the SM films- up until I came to this forum, I had not once heard a single person complain about them.

2. The Sideshow Collectibles Venom- the way some fans tore up the designs and told Raimi to step down made me want to avoid saying I liked the character.

3. Ang Lee's Hulk- the fanboy complaints about how he should have been a man in a suit showing off 'feats of strength' in the movie from the first minute with at least 5 Hulkouts and talking like a mentally ******ed person are simply embarrassing.

4. Bryan Singer's X-Men- no...just...no. Leather suits do not automatically equate to a tragedy.

5. The Green Goblin costume/ Harry's New Goblin getup- a question: would you rather have a spot-on character with a controversial costume, or a copy-paste costume covering a character who isn't even worthy of the comic book name? I watched SM1, and not once was I bothered by the lack of booties and a man-purse.

 

[Honey Vibe]

I suppose I should list them:

5. The Green Goblin costume/ Harry's New Goblin getup- a question: would you rather have a spot-on character with a controversial costume, or a copy-paste costume covering a character who isn't even worthy of the comic book name? I watched SM1, and not once was I bothered by the lack of booties and a man-purse.

Ugh, every time a fanboy called him "Nerf Goblin" I wanted to sock the guy in his windpipe.

 

[Logan Howlett]

That Peter Parker wasn't bitten by a "radioactive" spider.......which scientific discoveries in the 21st century tell us would have just killed him by way of blood poisoning/radiation poisoning, but whatever the hell!

 

[larryfilmmaker]

in the X3 forum someone said that wolverine velocity after Juggs threw him out the house wasn't enough for him to break threw the roof.....

I actually remember this part. I don't think being annoyed by this has to do with being a fanboy at all. No matter what characters (comic book or not) were in this scene... it really didn't make sense. Wolverine crashed downward through a floor without being thrown all that high. It was like saying if somebdoy jumped off of their bed onto the floor they'd smash through it and land downstairs. I remember people in the audience going "what the?" at this part so it wasn't anything to do with fanboyism so much as bad choreography/writing.

As for the worst fanboy complaints? I think some complaints are valid... like when the source material is changed when jumping to the big screen that makes sense, but when it's completely disregarded and the basic themes are completely ignored I think fans in general are somewhat right to be angry or disappointed.

However... there is a fine line between being a fan and dwelling over stuff that is truly not important. Had superman's outfit been black and his hair blonde... okay, they are pissing on your childhood. The fact that his suit is a darker shade of blue than you wanted is not. Him having a child does not break any rules at all... they didn't undo anything or disrespect the character... it was simply this particular storyteller's version of how to add growth to a story we all know. You may disagree with it but you can't really be upset or act like somebody is destroying a character just because you personally disagree with it.

The little things are usually the most ridiculous. Usually the words "it wasn't dark enough" are the dumbest words ever. Of course, they are legitimate complaints about films like Batman Forever and Batman and Robin but not all movies are meant to be "dark" or "bad ass" and I think the word fanboy usually fits EXACTLY the type of person who wants every movie to be dark, every hero to be rugged and unforgiving, and every female to be exotic and hot. I think the most annoying fanboy complaints are the ones that have nothing to do with the actual quality of story or of the film itself.

The dumbest complaints to me are about things like Superman's hair part, Superman's exact strength level and what he can or cannot lift, how big the bat on Batman's chest should be, how muscular the actor should get for the part, and the worst thing of all... when a filmmaker tries so hard to add a truly gripping story to a film and the fanboys call it boring and claim there's not enough action DESPITE the fact that the film's action now has meaning and purpose. There are a lot of 15 year olds browsing these forums and praising horrible films while tearing good films to bits and talking as if you cannot possibly disagree and that is dangerous to comic films as a whole.

Wonder why most of the Marvel movies suck? Probably because the writers visit these forums to find out what people want or care about.

 

[Sloth7d]

7. Mystique being naked... WWHHHHHAAAAATTT ISSS THEERRREE TO COMPLAAAAAIN AAAABOOUTT???

People complained about that? My only complaint was she was "cured" in X3. But then again I didn't really make a big deal out of that.

 

[HR-PUFF&STUFF]

superman turning back time by spinning the earth backwards. so let me get this right- you were ok with a man that can fly, move at super speed, has super streingh, and wears his red underwear on the outside, but turning back time ( or was it the way he did it) just took you out of the movie?

 

[Sloth7d]

I think it was the way he did it that bothered people.

 

[HR-PUFF&STUFF]

I think it was the way he did it that bothered people.

so he can break some of the laws of phisics just not others is that it?

 

[Sloth7d]

Hey, don't ask me.

 

[Dr. Fate]

3. Katie holmes sucking in batman Begins. This was just so stupid, it made my head hurt everytime I came here two years ago. What the **** was so wrong with her performance that people blasted her here? I was more unhappy with that mob boss guy's cliche mob boss act and bale's inability to control his damn voice than I was with Katie, who I think did fine. Batman fans are crazy freaky loo wacka doo.

I think it might have been partly bad rub-off from the whole TomKat debacle, or it may be rooted into the inherent interchangeability/disposability of Batman's "love interests".

7. Mystique being naked... WWHHHHHAAAAATTT ISSS THEERRREE TO COMPLAAAAAIN AAAABOOUTT???

That was the best part of the whole movie, especially the 3rd movie.

 

[odiin]

Ugh. People who complain nonstop about the Thing's Brow. There was plenty wrong with that movie, and the brow isn't one of those things.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

The problem with the Green Goblin isn't so much the outfit, but that he does nothing in the movie. He kills a few generic corporate suits and army guys, has a temper tantrum over Spider-Man not wanting to be his friend, and then accidently kills himself. Compared to the film version of Doctor Octopus he comes off as a very weak character. I like Dafoe and I like the character, but the film does nothing with him.

My biggest fanboy beef is fans complaining that so-and-so is black in the movie, from Kingpin in Daredevil to Nick Fury in Ultimate Avengers. They whine constantly about that even if race plays absolutely no role in who that character is.

 

[Cmill216]

he does nothing in the movie.

He kills a few generic corporate suits and army guys, has a temper tantrum over Spider-Man not wanting to be his friend, and then accidently kills himself.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't those count as something?

 

[WarBlade]

One of the most bewildering for me was the "Why isn't Rogue like Rogue in the comics?" argument. When I look at modern comicbook takes on Rogue I see very little left of the Rogue that I once knew and read. Even the era that I was most familiar with had changed her from what she had been previously. Long story short, with more 'Rogues' to choose from than I have fingers I'm actually kinda glad that Singer went with something reasonable in line with the popular origin story than anything resembling more recent comicbook revisions.

Oh and the, "Rogue doesn't have her powers?" complaint. The question that doesn't deserve a shot betweens the eyes would have been, "Why doesn't movie-Rogue have Ms Marvel's powers?" and the answer should really be quite obvious.


"WTF? Blade in a red tee-shirt?" That's right. Blade wore a red tee-shirt in the Midnight Sons era comicbooks.


The Green Goblin costume complaints are a laugh. If I was a psychopathic industrialist with a pile of high tech gadgetry to hold a city to ransom with would I really be interested in wearing an animatronic Hoggle mask, purple underpants and singlet, worn over green leotards or would I kit myself out with an armoured battlesuit? Yeah, maybe the suit could have been better, but a direct copy of the comicbook... just... no.


Organic web shooters. I've never read what Raime said about them, but I've always imagined the mechanical ones as bulking out the costume around the wrists if they'd ever been put in and frankly I kinda like the way that the streamlined look was preserved for the movie. The silly thing about the organic web shooter arguments is that the same people don't bother to complain about the translation of the "sub-consious friction field manipulation from the fingertips" power (which of course became little black spiney things that everyone seemed quite content with instead)

 

[odiin]

My biggest fanboy complaint annoyance has to be when people just complain nonstop about certain movies.

The two most recent examples being X3 and Superman Returns. It's just stupid how so many people act like these were the worst movies ever created and the directors should be killed for even making them. It's fine with me if you were disappointed with a movie, and fine still if you flat out didn't like it, but that doesn't mean the movie is the piece of crap that shouldn't be touched with a 10 foot pole that people make it out to be. I happened to enjoy SR a lot, and while I thought X3 was easily the weakest of the series, and had some problems going for it, it still wasn't THAT BAD, in fact I wouldn't call it bad at all. It had no where near the dip in quality that Superman 3, Batman Forever, or Blade Trinity had.

Again, it's perfectly fine if you disliked a movie, but don't treat it like a steaming pile of turds unless it actually IS one (Batman & Robin, anyone?)

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't those count as something?

Perhaps I should have said anything noteworthy.

 

[Cmill216]

Perhaps I should have said anything noteworthy.

In an act of desperation to save his company he takes a serum that drives him mad and only heightens his thirst for power. Killing the board members of his company in an attempt to regain the corporation he started. Attempting to force the city's saviour into joining his quest for power, attempting to kill the loved ones of said hero, and then with his dying words begging said hero to not tell his son of the evil acts he's commited, something that lingers on through the following film.

Nothing noteworthy?

 

[Capt Throbberson]

7. Mystique being naked... WWHHHHHAAAAATTT ISSS THEERRREE TO COMPLAAAAAIN AAAABOOUTT???

She didn't have any lady parts

 

[Paste Pot Pete]

I think of the prime examples of fanboy nitpicking is how people shredded the SR suit to bits.

This is probably my favorite.

It's one of the most accurate costumes of all the major heroes (after Spider-Man), but people had to find something to nitpick about.

Sure, Singer didn't use black rubber or leather, but he made the neckline too high. The red too dark! The blue too light! The S too small!

 

[Honey Vibe]

This is probably my favorite.

It's one of the most accurate costumes of all the major heroes (after Spider-Man), but people had to find something to nitpick about.

Sure, Singer didn't use black rubber or leather, but he made the neckline too high. The red too dark! The blue too light! The S too small!

Ugh, fanboys >.<

 

[nite-owl]

I remeber when I first came here and people complainig about creases in the begins siute.

One thing that really annoys me is when someone dosn't like what a director is doing and refers to anyone who does as a blind sheep who just needs someone to follow.