Let's not ride the bandwagon

[Figs]

That was a mighty quick banning. They only joined today.

I wonder if that was some old banned user with a new name.

That's what i'm guessing. I already know of two past posters who tried that both in July.

 

[Ipodman]

I have to admit, as much as I was letdown by X3 I will still watch it every once and a great while. Now Spider-Man 3, that's a whole other story. I've tried twice to watch it on DVD and just can't get through it. I saw it in the theatre and walked out feeling letdown and looked at the movie as one big "meh".

Hmm. Im the opposite haha. I watch Spidey 3 once in awhile but i find X3 unbearable

 

[Prison Mike]

Whenever Spider-Man 3 or X-Men 3 are shown on FX, I'll watch it. Still enjoyed both movies even though they had flaws.

 

[Manic]

Whenever X-Men 3 comes on TV, I change the channel during certain scenes, but I stick around for most of the movie. I could probably watch everything except Cyclops at the lake and everything that happens after Jean goes ape-crap toward the end of the movie.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

Whenever X-Men 3 comes on TV, I change the channel during certain scenes, but I stick around for most of the movie. I could probably watch everything except Cyclops at the lake and everything that happens after Jean goes ape-crap toward the end of the movie.

Are you talking about ON the island? Or after Jean gets killed, when you see Angel flying through the park, Rogue cured, and Magneto moving the chess piece?

 

[Manic]

Are you talking about ON the island? Or after Jean gets killed, when you see Angel flying through the park, Rogue cured, and Magneto moving the chess piece?

The part where Logan walks up to Jean just before she dies, and everything after that.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

The part where Logan walks up to Jean just before she dies, and everything after that.

Man I love that part!! One of my favorite moments of the trilogy.

But yea, I'm not exactly thrilled with the stuff that happens afterwords.

 

[Manic]

I wasn't a fan of that part. That should've been Cyclops' moment.

 

[Ipodman]

True. Cyclops could have been killed off at that momment, and save Jean

 

[CelticPredator]

Prof.X's death is hilarious...lmao. His face before he dies...lolol.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

I wasn't a fan of that part. That should've been Cyclops' moment.

Oh, I agree that it should have been Cyclops' moment. But even then, as it was I still think it's a great scene.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

I never said it was terrible. I said it was bad. And yes i think you should admit it, if you look at it from a film making POV anyway.

Under developed characters such as Eddie Brock. Poorly characterized characters such as MJ. A friggin MASSIVE Deus Ex Machina right at the end.

If someone can counter these points and explain to me how they are not indicative of a bad movie, then i will eat my hat.

You know that thread where it says "what type of fanboys annoy you?" Well, you are one of them. I don't give a crap what point of view you lok at it with, an opinion is an opinion and my opinion was that Spider-Man 3 was awesome, but you're banned, so there's really no point in argueing.

 

[SuGarRush]

I've been collecting Deadpool since '96...
There were long periods of time where we got NOTHING from the merc with a mouth. (or they at least felt long)
I had to ask my comic shop to order the book for me, because I was the ONLY PERSON who wanted DP on his pull list.

Then *BOOM* now he's got 14 monthly titles and appears in everything else as well.

I just stopped buying his stuff.

Anyone else do that? I'm not TRYING to be a snob, but I tend to like 2nd and 3rd tier characters, and when they become mainstream and EVERYONE all of a sudden has ALWAYS been a fan, I just lose interest...

 

[Alchemyst]

Prof.X's death is hilarious...lmao. His face before he dies...lolol.

Now that's great, for the longest I felt like the only person who that was funny as all hell.

 

[Manic]

I've been collecting Deadpool since '96...
There were long periods of time where we got NOTHING from the merc with a mouth. (or they at least felt long)
I had to ask my comic shop to order the book for me, because I was the ONLY PERSON who wanted DP on his pull list.

Then *BOOM* now he's got 14 monthly titles and appears in everything else as well.

I just stopped buying his stuff.

Anyone else do that? I'm not TRYING to be a snob, but I tend to like 2nd and 3rd tier characters, and when they become mainstream and EVERYONE all of a sudden has ALWAYS been a fan, I just lose interest...

That does make you look little like a snob, unless you genuinely don't enjoy the current crop of Deadpool comics.


For example, I was a fan of The Lonely Island back before they became actors/writers on Saturday Night Live. I couldn't convince anyone to give any of their videos a shot. Now that Andy Samberg is a household name and they've got songs out like "I'm On A Boat" and "**** In My Pants," I'm not about to give up on them just because they're mainstream. I'd be one whiny "YOU'RE NOT FANS BECAUSE I WAS THERE FROM THE START" rant away from looking like a tool.

 

[redhawk23]

Lets all get on the bandwagon and rip on all those bandwagon fans. F###IN' BANDWAGONERS!

 

[OctaviusINC]

I've been collecting Deadpool since '96...
There were long periods of time where we got NOTHING from the merc with a mouth. (or they at least felt long)
I had to ask my comic shop to order the book for me, because I was the ONLY PERSON who wanted DP on his pull list.

Then *BOOM* now he's got 14 monthly titles and appears in everything else as well.

I just stopped buying his stuff.

Anyone else do that? I'm not TRYING to be a snob, but I tend to like 2nd and 3rd tier characters, and when they become mainstream and EVERYONE all of a sudden has ALWAYS been a fan, I just lose interest...

I gotcha, man. I do that.

I was reading Kick-Ass when it first came out and I thought it was a pretty fun series. When the movie was announced the thread here barely twitched. I was frustrated that there wasn't much discussion of Kick-Ass. Sure enough the weekend the film came out, nearly 45% of the members here had Kick-Ass avatars and quotes in there sigs. But it doesn't bug me really. it's kinda funny is all.

I was angry at pretty much everyone when Michael Jackson died. Especially the media. And all these stupid little girls I work with that think he's so "hawt" all of a sudden. If he got that love now he wouldn't be dead.

My buddy says how much he hates the bandwagon fanboys, yet he did exactly that with Dark Knight, Watchmen, and Kick-Ass. He's quite hypocritical that way.

 

[Manic]

Lets all get on the bandwagon and rip on all those bandwagon fans. F###IN' BANDWAGONERS!

"Damn Scots! They ruined Scotland!"
-Groundskeeper Willie.

 

[SuGarRush]

That does make you look little like a snob, unless you genuinely don't enjoy the current crop of Deadpool comics.


For example, I was a fan of The Lonely Island back before they became actors/writers on Saturday Night Live. I couldn't convince anyone to give any of their videos a shot. Now that Andy Samberg is a household name and they've got songs out like "I'm On A Boat" and "**** In My Pants," I'm not about to give up on them just because they're mainstream. I'd be one whiny "YOU'RE NOT FANS BECAUSE I WAS THERE FROM THE START" rant away from looking like a tool.

DP's been on the downhill since Kelly left the book years ago. That's my opinion at least. It was just all the newbies acting like they'd LOOOOOVVVEEEDDDD him for forever, and running around the comic shop quoting Cable/Deadpool.
I'd ask them something about the '96 run and all of a sudden these "Diehard DP Fans" were left clueless.

The new stuff to me doesn't really capture his humour or depth, and in a lot of ways, really sells the character short.
So I just stopped.

I'm this way with music,movies,comics, pretty much everything. People who find it of their own accord and love it, I'm open to. But the kids who have it force-fed to them by Hollywood or massive marketing pushes, and then act like they know everything. That behaviour just drives me up a wall.

 

[redhawk23]

ok on the whole kickass thing, yeah a lot of people started loving on it after the movie was announced and not before but I know many like myself, who had merely never heard of it before some rumblings of the movie durring the production. It was only then that I sought it out, and ended up loving it. Does that make me a bandwagoner? I mean sure I wasnt there at the start tooting its horn in front of every comic shop and boarders in the land, but when I did find it, I dug it.

People are always very possessive of the things they think they "discovered." Myself included, though I try to resist buying into that attitude especially about bands and albums. Sometimes with bands the whole atmosphere of their shows change once they become the next big thing, so I can understand some of the distaste some have for that phenomenon, but really shouldn't you just be glad to see whatever you support succeed? Otherwise itd be like Boston being "over" the Red Sox after the curse was broken and they won the world series.

Enjoy the new discussion and larger amount of people with shared interest. If new fans just don't get the thing like you do, or don't understand some aspect that you hold dear, then share the love and help them to. Enrich the fandom.

Or just scoff, stand in the corner, and look like a tool.

 

[redhawk23]

DP's been on the downhill since Kelly left the book years ago. That's my opinion at least. It was just all the newbies acting like they'd LOOOOOVVVEEEDDDD him for forever, and running around the comic shop quoting Cable/Deadpool.
I'd ask them something about the '96 run and all of a sudden these "Diehard DP Fans" were left clueless.

The new stuff to me doesn't really capture his humour or depth, and in a lot of ways, really sells the character short.
So I just stopped.

I'm this way with music,movies,comics, pretty much everything. People who find it of their own accord and love it, I'm open to. But the kids who have it force-fed to them by Hollywood or massive marketing pushes, and then act like they know everything. That behaviour just drives me up a wall.

some people that really dig a character were 5 years old in 1996, food for thought man.

 

[Manic]

DP's been on the downhill since Kelly left the book years ago. That's my opinion at least. It was just all the newbies acting like they'd LOOOOOVVVEEEDDDD him for forever, and running around the comic shop quoting Cable/Deadpool.
I'd ask them something about the '96 run and all of a sudden these "Diehard DP Fans" were left clueless.

The new stuff to me doesn't really capture his humour or depth, and in a lot of ways, really sells the character short.
So I just stopped.

I'm this way with music,movies,comics, pretty much everything. People who find it of their own accord and love it, I'm open to. But the kids who have it force-fed to them by Hollywood or massive marketing pushes, and then act like they know everything. That behaviour just drives me up a wall.

And... that still sounds sorta snobbish. Maybe you should encourage the new fans to seek out the old Deadpool comics they haven't read or heard of, rather than thinking you're better than them because they haven't. Better to have annoying fans who know what they're talking about than annoying fans who are ignorant, you know what I mean?

 

[redhawk23]

And... that still sounds sorta snobbish. Maybe you should encourage the new fans to seek out the old Deadpool comics they haven't read or heard of, rather than thinking you're better than them because they haven't. Better to have annoying fans who know what they're talking about than annoying fans who are ignorant, you know what I mean?

exactly

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

DP's been on the downhill since Kelly left the book years ago. That's my opinion at least. It was just all the newbies acting like they'd LOOOOOVVVEEEDDDD him for forever, and running around the comic shop quoting Cable/Deadpool.
I'd ask them something about the '96 run and all of a sudden these "Diehard DP Fans" were left clueless.

The new stuff to me doesn't really capture his humour or depth, and in a lot of ways, really sells the character short.
So I just stopped.

I'm this way with music,movies,comics, pretty much everything. People who find it of their own accord and love it, I'm open to. But the kids who have it force-fed to them by Hollywood or massive marketing pushes, and then act like they know everything. That behaviour just drives me up a wall.

Knowledge doesn't always equate to fandom.

I am a HUGE X-Men fan, but I will be the first to admit that I hardly know everything when it comes to the X-Men and their lore. The X-Men were created 20 years before I was born. There's a thousand different runs that I haven't even heard of, let alone know the stories about. With the standard runs (I.E. "Uncanny X-Men" and "X-Men"), I try to get ahold of some of the older stuff and read all that stuff too, but I don't always have the time or the money to do so.

No, I'm not the most knowledgeable person in the world when it comes to X-Men, but you better believe I'm gonna give you hell if you try to say I'm not a "real" fan.

 

[redhawk23]

Knowledge doesn't always equate to fandom.

I am a HUGE X-Men fan, but I will be the first to admit that I hardly know everything when it comes to the X-Men and their lore. The X-Men were created 20 years before I was born. There's a thousand different runs that I haven't even heard of, let alone know the stories about. With the standard runs (I.E. "Uncanny X-Men" and "X-Men"), I try to get ahold of some of the older stuff and read all that stuff too, but I don't always have the time or the money to do so.

No, I'm not the most knowledgeable person in the world when it comes to X-Men, but you better believe I'm gonna give you hell if you try to say I'm not a "real" fan.

Yeah there are lot of people that don't comprehend the fact that if they are a fan of somethings thats been around for a conderable amount of time, that there may be people interested in it that were either very young or not even born when it all began.

I read someone awhile back complaining about how popular fight club is now despite not making much theatrically and I was like dude give me a break I was 8 years old when in 1999!