Will Fanboys Ever Learn?

[C. Lee]

You do realize you post on a site called Superhero Hype right? Be a little more self-aware the next time you call other people fanboys.

We are all fanboys here...even the girls.

 

[Figs]

Can't wait to see how Trek 2 opens. Given that the film was a surprise hit (at least for me anyway) and then DVD sales. 2012 is gonna be great.

Same here. The first film was fun and can't wait to hear what the story is going to be for the sequel. Only thing i'm wondering is when they plan on getting the film moving. I worry a bit because it was recently announced that Karl Urban might be the new Judge Dredd.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Obviously I am using fanboy in a negative way but I am completely aware that I'm a huge geek but there are fanboys and then there are those bat-s**t crazy fanboys who can't tell the difference between their taste and normal people's.

 

[C. Lee]

I think when he/she(not sure who you were referring to)said fanboys they use it the same way I do. I only use that term in regards to the extreme fans that need to calm down a bit. Everyone else(including myself)I just refer to as hardcore fans/comic fans.

I see it as...there are fanboys...and there are fanboys. It's preferrable to be a fanboy...but sometimes some people go into the fanboy territory.

 

[Octoberist]

I'm painting in broad strokes here, so bear with me:

The fanboy community were the same people thought there was Venom in Spidey's eye on the Spider-Man 3 poster. So no, they will no learn or be realistic about it without being:

a.) Hyperbolic

or

b.) Convulsively negative.

The ones in the middle (the 'or' in this case) are the one with the rationale and basic reasoning.

I knew Scott Pilgrim wasn't gonna do well BUT it doesn't mean it's a bad movie. There are countless movies out there that have bombed that were good.

 

[Matt]

Nope, they won't.

 

[JP]

1. Everyone in this thread is a fanboy.

2. What is really upsetting is that some are so shocked and unearthed by the fact that people who care about something are dissipointed when that something isn't successful.

3. This thread is perplexing.

 

[Octoberist]

I think maybe there should be a better distinction between the types of fanboys. Hmm..I don't know, the geeks vs. fanboys? I'm just throwing out there

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I'm painting in broad strokes here, so bear with me:

The fanboy community were the same people thought there was Venom in Spidey's eye on the Spider-Man 3 poster. So no, they will no learn or be realistic about it without being:

a.) Hyperbolic

or

b.) Convulsively negative.

The ones in the middle (the 'or' in this case) are the one with the rationale and basic reasoning.

I knew Scott Pilgrim wasn't gonna do well BUT it doesn't mean it's a bad movie. There are countless movies out there that have bombed that were good.

I took care to not say that these movies are bad in my opening post. I took care to not say that boxoffice equals quality. I'm not the best writer in the universe but I'm far from terrible.

Nope, they won't.

lol Thats what Jamie said.

 

[JP]

Obviously I am using fanboy in a negative way but I am completely aware that I'm a huge geek but there are fanboys and then there are those bat-s**t crazy fanboys who can't tell the difference between their taste and normal people's.

Wait, so now people who enjoyed Scott Pilgrim are bat**** crazy? Honestly I have never picked up a Pilgrim comic, but I loved the film, and as someone who loved it I am disappointed that it didn't do better. In the Scott Pilgrim thread I see a bunch of other people who are disappointed.. but I have not once seen anyone who has gone bat**** crazy because the movie didn't have a huge B.O. Nor have I seen anyone who ever expected it to be.

What I do keep seeing is people making overblown posts about how craaaaaazy fanboys are for wanting something they like to be a success.

 

[Octoberist]

I'm generalizing what some people are thinking, Spidey. I'm not countering your argument.

 

[C. Lee]

I think maybe there should be a better distinction between the types of fanboys. Hmm..I don't know, the geeks vs. fanboys? I'm just throwing out there

FanboyA....I like comics.
FanboyB....I live and breath comics.
FanboyC....NONE OF YOU INSEPID PIECES OF CRAP UNDERSTAND COMICS THE WAY I DO SO JUST GO AHEAD AND DIE NOW AND LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!!

 

[Octoberist]

Wait, so now people who enjoyed Scott Pilgrim are bat**** crazy? Honestly I have never picked up a Pilgrim comic, but I loved the film, and as someone who loved it I am disappointed that it didn't do better. In the Scott Pilgrim thread I see a bunch of other people who are disappointed.. but I have not once seen anyone who has gone bat**** crazy because the movie didn't have a huge B.O. Nor have I seen anyone who ever expected it to be.

What I do keep seeing is people making overblown posts about how craaaaaazy fanboys are for wanting something they like to be a success.

It's hard to pin point all of this to be honest.

 

[Octoberist]

FanboyA....I like comics.
FanboyB....I live and breath comics.
FanboyC....NONE OF YOU INSEPID PIECES OF CRAP UNDERSTAND COMICS THE WAY I DO SO JUST GO AHEAD AND DIE NOW AND LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!!

I think we got ourselves a winner!

 

[JP]

FanboyA....I like comics.
FanboyB....I live and breath comics.
FanboyC....NONE OF YOU INSEPID PIECES OF CRAP UNDERSTAND COMICS THE WAY I DO SO JUST GO AHEAD AND DIE NOW AND LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!!

FanboyD....I like comics but I'm not a fan boy because fanboys are bat**** crazy and will never learn.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

1. Everyone in this thread is a fanboy.

2. What is really upsetting is that some are so shocked and unearthed by the fact that people who care about something are dissipointed when that something isn't successful.

3. This thread is perplexing.

This thread is fine. I was disappointed by Watchmen's gross but Jamie was right when he told me that it wasn't going to succeed and I just ignored that because I let my inter fanboy, or girl as it were, get in the way. I have no problem with people being disappointed with the numbers but you were delusional if you thought that it was going to be a big hit or even a little one.

 

[Octoberist]

I think 'fanboy' is such a broad term now (like hipster) where it can mean so much, only by one word. haha.

 

[JP]

This thread is fine. I was disappointed by Watchmen's gross but Jamie was right when he told me that it wasn't going to succeed and I just ignored that because I let my inter fanboy, or girl as it were, get in the way. I have no problem with people being disappointed with the numbers but you were delusional if you thought that it was going to be a big hit or even a little one.

I was talking with my friend Kane (a hypster) on Thursday. He was excited for The Expendables, while I was excited for Pilgrim. He said to me that SP will bomb, and I replied "Well, duh.."

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I was talking with my friend Kane (a hypster) on Thursday. He was excited for The Expendables, while I was excited for Pilgrim. He said to me that SP will bomb, and I replied "Well, duh.."

Then why are you disappointed? S**t always makes more money than good movies.

Inception is undoubtedly a better movie than Iron Man 2 and The Twilight Saga: Eclispe but it's looking to not outgross them domestically.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Inception will destroy both in Blu-Ray sales. Like how Batman Begins outgrossed Revenge of the Sith on DVD.

 

[JP]

Then why are you disappointed? S**t always makes more money than good movies.

Inception is undoubtedly a better movie than Iron Man 2 and The Twilight Saga: Eclispe but it's looking to not outgross them domestically.

I'm disappointed because I hoped that it would make more than 10 million dollars.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I'm not talking about DVD sales. But obviously Inception will do better on DVD. I predict that Eclipse will do better than Iron Man 2 and Inception will do better than both. My point about the domestic boxoffice still stands though.

 

[Heretic]

My only comment is that Hot Tub Time Machine sucked. They were so lazy that they didn't even bother to get their pop culture references right...as half the songs played and half the things mentioned had not been released by the time the movie supposedly takes place...and the end...oh that stupid ending. They were clearly going after the 80's retro crowd...and then completely botched the time period over and over again.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

My only comment is that Hot Tub Time Machine sucked. They were so lazy that they didn't even bother to get their pop culture references right...as half the songs played and half the things mentioned had not been released by the time the movie supposedly takes place...and the end...oh that stupid ending. They were clearly going after the 80's retro crowd...and then completely botched the time period over and over again.

That sounds lazy. I haven't seen it yet but you make me want to check it out.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

1. Everyone in this thread is a fanboy.

2. What is really upsetting is that some are so shocked and unearthed by the fact that people who care about something are dissipointed when that something isn't successful.

3. This thread is perplexing.

Fanboys are those who ***** and moan when the costume in the movie isn't exactly like it is in the comics. They proclaim an actor will be terrible in a role because they don't automatically look the part.

And in the case of this thread, they get vicious and nasty when someone isn't 100000% behind a movie and brings up serious points as to why not everyone is excited about said film. Instead they fall back on, "NU-UH! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!" I've seen this time and time again here and elsewhere.

So...no. Not everyone in this thread is a fanboy.