Open letter to Firefly and Birds of Prey fans
POSTED BY: aDam
UPDATED: Thursday, August 10, 2006 19:02
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Well, I normally don't indulge in this kind of thing, but I'm bored.
The point is, Adam, that if you think the show is crap, no one on this board cares. I'm sure you think you are right and good and wise. I'm equally sure I don't give a damn.
I like this board and I sought it out because I think Firefly is brilliant, the best show I've seen in years, and I'm completely obsessed--and everyone else here more or less agrees that Firefly was a great show. That is, incidentally, and in case you missed it, the point of this board. (Plus, the board's real pretty :-).)
You don't like Firefly. Fine. FYI, no one here is asking you to like it or to stay if you don't. So, go find something you are enthusiastic about, and play there--or, if you plan to stay, find a useful (and tactful) way to contribute. It is, you know (in my opinion) somewhat pathetic to rain on someone else's parade just cuz you can't find your own parade to participate in.
Phil. (still bored)
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Originally posted by aDam:Quote:I don't. How many posts do I have? I don't understand what you're suggesting here. Are you trying to convince me that I actually like the show or what?
Ok, if you dont like the show so much, why must you spend so much time here?
No, I think we're all just wondering, if you have so little regard for this show, and so little respect for those who watch it and are trying to get it back on the air, why did you even come here in the first place? And why do you keep coming back to argue your point and defend yourself? You call us geeks and losers, but what kind of loser gets so perturbed over a few people's efforts to save a TV show that he sits down and spends time composing a nasty little letter to them, then posts it on their discussion boards, then comes back to argue his points and defend himelf? That's just pathetic. I mean, maybe I'm wrong, but I think an intelligent adult would have something better to do with his time. You know you're not going to change our opinions of Firefly (or BoP, for the BoP fans) or throw a wet blanket over our efforts to get our shows back on the air, so we just wonder, what the hell are you really doing here?
I know, I know, you just wanted to state your innocent little opinion -- "present a point of view which differs from the popular opinion of the board."
Oh bullshit. Go back and read your first post. You offer no intelligent criticism and show no consideration or respect for people whose opinions or tastes differ from yours. "At least I had a bit of class about it too"? No. You showed no class whatsoever. Your first post was just nasty, mean-spirited, and ignorant. And you wonder why people reacted the way they did? Here's a clue: it's because you were acting like a jackass!
So when HAPLO says ...
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Tell me, have you ever walked into an Al-Qaeda camp shouting "USA! USA!"? Because it's the same principle.
... yeah, the analogy basically works. You didn't come to actually say anything, you just came in throwing around insults.
Now I have a bad habit of giving people much more credit than they deserve, so I'm willing to believe that maybe you do have some intelligent reason for coming here, and maybe, buried somewhere in your sniping, is a scrap of something genuine and rational. But so far, you just sound like a dickhead: either a flat-out moron or just a sad little loser whose greatest sense of accomplishment in life comes from posting childish notes on sci-fi fans' Internet sites. Okay, so you're ...
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simply sick of hearing people go on about campaigns to save dead shows.
... well, great! That might actually be worth talking about. So just say it. But show at least a bit of respect for the people you're talking to. Guess what, it's actually possible that someone who's just as smart as you are (or maybe even smarter) will disagree with you.
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PHILOMEL,
Thank you for stating what probably everyone here was thinking! ADAM, life too short to sit around making fun of people who like a show that you didn't like. It's pointless.
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Quote:What makes you think I don't? From where do people get this idea that just because I'm voicing my distaste for something that it takes a considerable portion of my day to do so?
So, go find something you are enthusiastic about, and play there--or, if you plan to stay, find a useful (and tactful) way to contribute.
The following all address the exact same issue so there is no need to reply to them:
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pathetic to rain on someone else's parade just cuz you can't find your own parade to participate in.
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if you have so little regard for this show, and so little respect for those who watch it and are trying to get it back on the air, why did you even come here in the first place?
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what kind of loser gets so perturbed over a few people's efforts to save a TV show that he sits down and spends time composing a nasty little letter to them, then posts it on their discussion boards, then comes back to argue his points and defend himelf?
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I think an intelligent adult would have something better to do with his time.
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a sad little loser whose greatest sense of accomplishment in life comes from posting childish notes on sci-fi fans' Internet sites.
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Thank you for stating what probably everyone here was thinking! ADAM, life too short to sit around making fun of people who like a show that you didn't like. It's pointless.
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Go post something constructive on a site for a show you LIKE instead of coming here and pissing everyone off.
Quote:Yeah. Too bad you're all too stupid. I have to try to do the right thing though.
You know you're not going to change our opinions of Firefly (or BoP, for the BoP fans) or throw a wet blanket over our efforts to get our shows back on the air, so we just wonder, what the hell are you really doing here?
Quote:I never said I wanted you guys out of my neighbourhood. I said I was sick of the crying.
You offer no intelligent criticism and show no consideration or respect for people whose opinions or tastes differ from yours.
Quote:Ignorant? No. I'm afraid it was quite informed.
Your first post was just nasty, mean-spirited, and ignorant.
Quote:Sure. There's no accounting for horrible taste. I haven't encountered any such people though.
Guess what, it's actually possible that someone who's just as smart as you are (or maybe even smarter) will disagree with you.
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Why are people responding to such an obvious troll?
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Originally posted by Tylor:
Why are people responding to such an obvious troll?
Boredom mostly. Without Firefly, we all have an extra hour every week, so we've got to find something to amuse ourselves. So we find ourselves a troll and yank its chain a bit. Toss it into the troll pit, poke it with sticks and laugh as it dances about, flabby buttocks jiggling, snorting and snarling and thinking itself quite ferocious.
Of course this assumes that aDam has flabby buttocks. He does seem the type somehow, doesn't he?
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a few good shows in the past few years have been Even Stevens, Kim Possible, ............
Ok, I wandered over to troll country and read the "letter" and the replies, and my only question is: Adam, how OLD are you???? I mean, "Even Stevens, Kim Possible"??? You do realize these are KID shows. Maybe that's the problem, Firefly is for the grown-ups, you'll have to wait till you grow up to watch it. (Or even understand it apparently)
Arkady
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24. Why must you label shows? There are only two kinds of shows in my book. Good shows and bad shows. Humour has no age limit.
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Adam posted without insulting the show or its fans! Maybe there's hope for him yet.
I never thought it'd happen, but I have to agree with you. Although I've never seen either of the above-mentioned shows, I know that plenty of "kiddie" shows actually have elements that adults can appreciate. Witness Sesame Street's clever insertion of jokes and characters that no pre-elementary-school-age kid will understand.
Early: You ever been raped, Kaylee?
Kaylee: You know, it's funny you should mention that... ever heard of the Fox network?
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