Everybodies so mad . . .

POSTED BY: Hera
UPDATED: Friday, February 17, 2006 21:18
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CBY

Friday, February 17, 2006 10:36 AM

I just can speak for myself, but I have been called "generally negative" and people seem to have a distorted image of me (I admit they may be partially right) so I am going to stay in the background for a while.

Besides, RL is a real ass kicker these days

Quote:
Originally posted by seryn:
focusing on the good and pretending like hell that the bad don't exist when it don't suit you is what makes it worth it.

No offence, but I think this attitude could be a part of the problem.

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SERYN

Friday, February 17, 2006 12:15 PM

Oh I'm not saying you don't deal with the bad, but that thread started by the drunk girl for instance - it went on for so long, people had their say, however they said it, and it just didn't make any difference. I made a (snarky) comment it was ignored and the ranting continued. What I should have done was said what I needed to say and the walked away, ignored it. Gone and focused my energies on something positive. My problem is that I can not just let things lie when I should, so that thread went on way longer than it had a right too, but it ended well, last time I saw it there was ice-cream and chocolate.

And it may be the problem, but hey, its also part of the solution, even if only part of the time(i'm talking threads and nowt else) if you spend your entire time worrying that everything isn't great, then you miss all the stuff that is.

Some people like arguing, some people don't, so if everyone agree's to tolerate then focuses on their own persuits then it will be a better place for them.

Citizen, you are a bad man

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CITIZEN

Friday, February 17, 2006 1:01 PM

So, what else is new?

AI, CitizenIsTalkie Toaster.

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CAUSAL

Friday, February 17, 2006 2:00 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Hera:
...we're coming down off the high of the relative success of the movie...

[ seriousness ]
With all due respect, I'm not sure that the feeling of success is universal. There was a fair amount of wishful thinking on these boards during the months leading up to the movie (remember the numerous "Serenity will be the new Star Wars" anyone?) and I believe that that wishful thinking let a lot of people down. Hell, I kept what I thought were very moderate hopes (#1 on opening weekend, in the black during initial run), and even I was disappointed. To be honest, although I am coming down off a high, it's the high of a good movie, not the high of "success". I know that it's FFF blasphemy, but I didn't consider the theater run a success. Sorry. IMHO, a lot of the negative vibes lately have to do with a general feeling of disappointment that the BDM didn't do as well as we collectively hoped.
[ /seriousness ]

[ happiness ]
That said, I'm thrilled that there are new folks finding their way to the board. There was an initial rush to the boards after the DVDs came out, as I recall, which changed the dynamic, but things settled down. It'll happen this time, too. The meanies will drop out, the nice people will (hopefully) stick around, and the fan base will be improved. Yay, Darwin!
[ /happiness ]

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CHRISISALL

Friday, February 17, 2006 3:42 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by citizen:

The thing people have to remember about the RWED is that it is the Moderates and Buddhists that are the problem...

I vow from now on to forgive and treat with only kindness and respect all those extremists on the RWED who embrace and espouse the idea of pacification by force. Really.

Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Friday, February 17, 2006 3:54 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Causal:
IMHO, a lot of the negative vibes lately have to do with a general feeling of disappointment that the BDM didn't do as well as we collectively hoped.

I hadn't really thought of that before...In my mind the BDM was a smashing success if only 'cause of how great it was, but I think you may be right about the fans in general.

If memory serves, Blade Runner didn't do all that well it's first time out, either, and look at it's status in the sci-fi world now

On a relevent note: This isn't the nicest board I've ever seen; there's one nicer. It's a Dark Angel board- but problem for me is, sure everyone's nice there, but they'll mostly 16 year old girls talking about whether Jessica's hair looked better first season or second.
Nobody there wants to talk about Lydecker or White...

Nice but not that nice Chrisisall

CAUSAL

Friday, February 17, 2006 4:07 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
If memory serves, Blade Runner didn't do all that well it's first time out, either, and look at it's status in the sci-fi world now

But I want sequels, not status!

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QUEENOFTHENORTH

Friday, February 17, 2006 4:11 PM

If you all are talking about me as one of the people who said they were "out" I only meant out of the discussion I was currently in, not out of the board. That discussion was getting very tiring so I took the mature route and opted out of it.

That doesn't mean that I am going to leave the board anytime soon. I haven't posted a lot lately, but that's only because I haven't seen any topics that needed my 2 cents. But I will be sticking around for a long time to come. If you weren't talking about me, then feel free to ignore my post.

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CITIZEN

Friday, February 17, 2006 4:27 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Chrisisall:
I vow from now on to forgive and treat with only kindness and respect all those extremists on the RWED who embrace and espouse the idea of pacification by force. Really.

Peace through superior fire power!
Now you’re talkin'!

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ALEN

Friday, February 17, 2006 4:29 PM

No problem with people disagreeing with each other if they keep the dialogue civilized... No sense in trying to bash others and make them believe in your version of the truth, whatever that may be
The way I see it through the lens of reason it will be this way:

1. we get FF back, live happily ever after and contaminate our children with the verse thus improving the overall iq in humanity
we host shindigs, balls with cool costumes and rejoice

2. FF never gets back but we relish the thought of finally meeting the like-minded people and making our own version of multicultural 'verse which we enjoy. Also, live happily ever after and contaminate our children with the verse thus improving the overall iq in humanity.
we host shindigs, balls with cool costumes and rejoice

I think y'all see we'll have many shindigs and rejoicing whichever option comes true, but until we get definitive answer, we live, enjoy life, try to be relaxed and hope
and host shindigs, balls, etc, etc

hope I made your day brighter again, see you all

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