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.
Ugh, tell me about it. I've purposely avoided reading casting threads and story theory threads for that reason alone.
And for the record I have no idea what the hype for 500 Days of Summer was all about, I didn't hate the movie but I found it to be only slightly pleasant. It's an overly cutesy movie about a loser with unrealistic expectations and teasing wishy washy b**ch. The lead character learned nothing in that film. Nothing.
-gasp- I agree with you again!
500 Days of Summer was cute, but it didn't stick with me at all because the main character came out of it EXACTLY the same as he went in. Films are compelling to me when the characters grow and learn something new about themselves. JGL's character was still a romantic loser at the end.
I addressed all of those things but you wouldn't know it if you read some of the reponses. lol Nerds are so predictable and I obviously should know that because I post on Superhero Hype. I wish they'd get a new song and dance routine because the old one is played the hell out.
Correction: PEOPLE are so predictable. On any forum, there are people there who are so distinctly opinionated that you know exactly who's writing the posts without even having to read their username. I can do this on SHH, the figure skating forum I go to, and heck, the box office forums I only lurk on.
You can even do this in real life.
I think that both of your observations are correct. It does seem to be an "I told you so" thing and a we are really in the mainstream mentality. And I'm always like, "no you aren't" and "why do you want to be in the mainstream?" I mean thats whats always running through my head and I just finally decided to voice it.
Bingo. Fanboys want desperately to believe that the stuff they're so devoted to is becoming accepted by the mainstream. Heck, we're even told this every year when Comic Con rolls around. The big studios are there to woo the fanboys, because now we matter.
But we don't, at least not in the big picture. Fanboy hype can
add to the general excitement, but we aren't going to push a film into the mainstream just by our lonesomes. This pertains to Twilight fangirls as much as it does Batman fanboys.
My method is to expect every one of my fanboyish films to bomb.
Inception was only gonna make $140 million, and TDK a little more than BB with $250 million.
Better to be pleasantly surprised than to be disappointed, I say!
