LEAVE FF/Serenity/Joss Whedon ALONE DAMNIT (-spoilers-)
POSTED BY: Empty
UPDATED: Friday, November 4, 2005 21:00
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HALLELUJAH! Finally, SOMEBODY speaks SENSE!
I used to love coming here. Why? Because everyone was polite, friendly, and united in their love of Firely and their excitement for Serenity. Now all I see are those of us who remain like that, and those who pout and whine and try to play god.
I'm almost ashamed to be a part of what I once considered to be a great fandom.. and now I just consider to be a bunch of people with a common interest.
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Thank you!
I think this is the problem in every community, you have a big bunch who love and who wants to spread the positive words and then you have the idiots. the crowd that isn't too many, but they are loud enough for us to think that there are more...
I think we all need to be a bit more like Kaylee, like when Simon took her to see dead bessie :P
Simon: "I really know how to show a girl a... disgusting time."
Kaylee: "Oh, it's sweet. Poor little thing never even saw the light of day, now it's in show business!"
Simon: "You manage to find the bright side of every single thing."
Kaylee: "Also, we've got this booth to ourselves for five whole minutes..."
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"Joss, if you kill him now I'll stuff a compression coil up your ass sideways!"
~ Kaylee, "Serenity in 2000 words or less"
Kaylee's the perfect woman!
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One word:
ZEALOTS
Let's all try to get along. Guy/gal comes on and states that he/she is upset with the movie should we tar and feather or try and "work with them".
I don't think it's unfair to state disappointment in something you love which is what the "11-year-old-daughter" poster was doing. If the poster was not a fan then they wouldn't/shouldn't have ever posted here...but they are and were hurt by the loss of a character they loved.
Anyone who states that the person should grow up or seek mental help for the post (some of these accusations were tossed) or state that it's JUST a movie, should really re-examine their presence here.
This is a site for FANS...fanatical crazy firefly-lovers. If you're just a casual...well firefly is a pretty good show type, then you may find it hard to believe that certain plot choices hurt people.
Personally, I thought the movie was AWESOME! My expectations were shakey after reading a plethora of posts on this site, but it was awesome.
I guess what I'm saying is...watch the vigilantism...the cleaning up of the boards. I was part of another site that revolved around a collectable miniature game. The site degenerated into the people who loved the game and those that had been hurt by certain choices the game company had made bickering until the game was finally AXED! It is gone for all intents and purposes.
Do we really want that to happen to Firefly?
This is a great site...with a lot of true fans. Go forth and convert the naysayers. Name-calling and insults run of the poster and other fans who probably could be wooed with simple discussion!
BE a contributor to Firefly's success...not an un-needed martyr for its failure.
Adam
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Originally posted by TheSentinel:
Let's all try to get along. Guy/gal comes on and states that he/she is upset with the movie should we tar and feather or try and "work with them".
Adam
Adam - unless you've been lurking for a while then I think you haven't been here long enough to know how really tedious it is to hear people bitch and moan about exactly the same thing for a full month....
but really it HASN'T been a full month...
it has been since May 6th (the day after the first advanced screening) = almost 6 months!
people have been nice a lot
and have tried to work w/them, a lot
but it just gets, after a while, that you just want to take out your gun and tell folks that they should either be a fan or take their leave....
I do think there is room for complaints,
but does every single one of these 'fans' HAVE to start their own thread?
Do you KNOW how many gorram threads we have had on exactly the same topic?!?!?!
Do you know how annoying that is?
Particularly on a board like this when these new redundant thread bury the more interesting ones...
okay, sorry....rant over
but I reserve just exactly the same right to rant against the waste of space these complainers represent that you grant them to make their repetitive supposed grievances (as though Joss & Universal 'owed' them the movie that fulfilled their fanfiction desires)
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watch the R. Tam Session vids: http://www.hittarivertam.nu/
and buy the 'Serenity' comics published by Dark Horse,
and have you joined the Browncoats yet?
http://browncoats.serenitymovie.com/serenity/?fuseaction=tools.invlink
&u=embers&linkID=36
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May 6th wasn't the first advanced screening, that was in January. I know because I distinctly remember my shiny train trip to London at the start of the year.
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Phoebe you are absolutely right...
but the difference is, no one said one word about the BDM the day after that January screening...
it was like a miracle, there were no spoilers anywhere (and I was around a lot)
I was afraid there would be spoilers, but there were none.
But the day after the May 5th screening
(it was at 10pm, so it didn't end until midnight...so it wasn't possible to start spoilers or complaints until the morning of the 6th)
the boards were a mess...
there were a handful of people who were starting threads with spoilers in the title
who were starting websites that were completely spoilers
and they were not any kind of majority,
the vast majority cried, screamed, and LOVED the movie!
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watch the R. Tam Session vids: http://www.hittarivertam.nu/
and buy the 'Serenity' comics published by Dark Horse,
and have you joined the Browncoats yet?
http://browncoats.serenitymovie.com/serenity/?fuseaction=tools.invlink
&u=embers&linkID=36
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: O
That was Gorram` amazing.. I applaude you person.. for your wittyness and for proving a very valid point.
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Thank you for talking sense! We should all be thankful for what we have :D
Personally I hate the DVD cover art, but that's my own personal problem to deal with, I just worry that it won't make non-fans want to pick it up off the shelf.
However, can't wait for the DVD itself! :D
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I agree that everyone is entitled to their own opinion, whether we agree w/ them or not. Hell, I would even fight to insure that everyone has the right of free speech, but that doesn't mean I like what they have to say.
People are going to whinge, that is human nature. You could give some people $10 million & they would whine about having to pay taxes on it. Give 'em a new car & they would whine about the color. Human nature.
Me personally, I am thankful for the BDM & the fact that Joss, Universal, the cast, and the dedication of the fanbase got us at least this one movie to continue the story. I'm not going to cheapen it by whinging about the cover art.
Have some patience browncoats. The whining will die down eventually.
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Richmond, VA & surrounding area Firefly Fans:
http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/richmondbrowncoats/
http://www.richmondbrowncoats.org
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Originally posted by embers:
I do think there is room for complaints, but does every single one of these 'fans' HAVE to start their own thread? Do you KNOW how many gorram threads we have had on exactly the same topic?!?!?! Do you know how annoying that is? Particularly on a board like this when these new redundant thread bury the more interesting ones...
Will you marry me, embers?
What?? I mean, uh...
Seriously, this is one point that I couldn't agree with more. Now, I'm all about people's right to speak their piece, but it's just got ridiculous in here. Every single person who's upset w/the BDM just has to have their very own thread about why the BDM sucked or made them (or their progeny) cry or didn't do so well at the box office or had a bad poster or a bad DVD cover. God! Come on, folks, get over this already. Feel bad, cry, talk about it. But for the love of the Buddha's belly, don't hijack our board!
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I reserve just exactly the same right to rant against the waste of space these complainers represent that you grant them to make their repetitive supposed grievances (as though Joss & Universal 'owed' them the movie that fulfilled their fanfiction desires)
I think this is what pisses me off most.
Don't kill Wash! Don't kill Book! Don't change/crash Serenity! Don't have Kaylee lose weight! Don't make Jayne nicer/meaner! Don't make Mal darker! Don't give Book cornrows! Don't have this version of the U.S. poster! Give the U.S. the international poster! Don't have that DVD art!
My God; who died and made these folks Joss Whedon? It's his story, his 'verse, his characters, and his vision. I can't even describe the exquisite frustration of watching these fans demand that he make just the movie with just the poster and just the DVD cover art that they wanted. And are you mad that Wash and Book died? You must be the adult and move on from that upsetness. It would have happened in the series eventually anyway. Alan Tudyk has said as much himself.
GAAAAHHHH!!!
End transmission.
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I wish I had a magical wish-granting plank.
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