BIG RANT: Why I am never reading a Twilight book, nor seeing the movie. EVER.
I tell you what. I've never, ever seen a bigger group of batspit crazy fans than the Twilight ones. Geez, Louise, guys. If it's not killing each other at the malls, you're attacking people giving out free movie passes!
Long story/short story: I'm subscribed to a free movie screening list. The poor guys here were doing what they normally do, which is get free passes from movie companies and distribute them to local entities. Well, one of the fellas got five - just five - free passes for the Twilight movie and for whatever reason or another, the company he distributed the passes to claims not to have received the passes.
Here's where things got ugly.
The fanboy volunteer told my email list that there were five passes available, and a swarm (it's always a swarm) went down there to try and get the passes. Of course the person working at the company said s/he didn't know anything about it...and WHAMMO. Everyone gets mad and slams the fanboy, people are crying, some nut "drove 57 miles and we're furious"...and the company the fanboy volunteers for got threatening voice mails and angry emails - when the company website clearly says not to call them or email them about passes! I mean, I know these guys. I've met some of them and I've hung out with them at different comic conventions. I invited them to hang out at the comic convention I put on where I live. They aren't rip-off artists. They're volunteer fans, just like the rest of us.
They're people I know, and they're catching hell for five - FIVE - passes that those batspit fans probably would've missed out on anyway! Y'know, hello, nutburgers: PAY FOR THE DAMN MOVIE.
GO TO THE DAMN MIDNIGHT SHOW AND HANG WITH YOUR OWN FREAKY KIND. Don't bother the messengers for doing their VOLUNTEER jobs. Leave 'em alone and start thinking about real things. Like...why you and your children were acting like crazy assholes at the San Francisco mall.
Okay, that's my end. I've never seen such a rabid fanbase. The good news is, the more rabid they are the quicker they burn out. It's sad, but I hope the movie's terrible. It probably won't tank because the same people who trampled the mall rats will see the Twilight movie fifty times so they can quote the dialogue to their little sparkly vampire friends. I don't say I hate fandom people. Even the craziest furries seem ok (weird, yes, but ok).
I am making an exception for Twilight fandom.
And I'm sorry if you are a Twilight fan. I apologize for your batspit crazy fandom girls and their sparkly obsessions. But if you feel strongly about apologizing for your fandom, BigFanBoy has a forum. Not sure if they're taking anymore Twilight nonsense (poor guys) but that's one way to contact them.
At least do me a favor if you're a Twilight fan: Don't see the movie opening night. Don't dress up like a weirdo. Don't give your fandom any more fodder for the rest of the world, because you're making the rest of fandom look bad.
--"n."
Long story/short story: I'm subscribed to a free movie screening list. The poor guys here were doing what they normally do, which is get free passes from movie companies and distribute them to local entities. Well, one of the fellas got five - just five - free passes for the Twilight movie and for whatever reason or another, the company he distributed the passes to claims not to have received the passes.
Here's where things got ugly.
The fanboy volunteer told my email list that there were five passes available, and a swarm (it's always a swarm) went down there to try and get the passes. Of course the person working at the company said s/he didn't know anything about it...and WHAMMO. Everyone gets mad and slams the fanboy, people are crying, some nut "drove 57 miles and we're furious"...and the company the fanboy volunteers for got threatening voice mails and angry emails - when the company website clearly says not to call them or email them about passes! I mean, I know these guys. I've met some of them and I've hung out with them at different comic conventions. I invited them to hang out at the comic convention I put on where I live. They aren't rip-off artists. They're volunteer fans, just like the rest of us.
They're people I know, and they're catching hell for five - FIVE - passes that those batspit fans probably would've missed out on anyway! Y'know, hello, nutburgers: PAY FOR THE DAMN MOVIE.
GO TO THE DAMN MIDNIGHT SHOW AND HANG WITH YOUR OWN FREAKY KIND. Don't bother the messengers for doing their VOLUNTEER jobs. Leave 'em alone and start thinking about real things. Like...why you and your children were acting like crazy assholes at the San Francisco mall.
Okay, that's my end. I've never seen such a rabid fanbase. The good news is, the more rabid they are the quicker they burn out. It's sad, but I hope the movie's terrible. It probably won't tank because the same people who trampled the mall rats will see the Twilight movie fifty times so they can quote the dialogue to their little sparkly vampire friends. I don't say I hate fandom people. Even the craziest furries seem ok (weird, yes, but ok).
I am making an exception for Twilight fandom.
And I'm sorry if you are a Twilight fan. I apologize for your batspit crazy fandom girls and their sparkly obsessions. But if you feel strongly about apologizing for your fandom, BigFanBoy has a forum. Not sure if they're taking anymore Twilight nonsense (poor guys) but that's one way to contact them.
At least do me a favor if you're a Twilight fan: Don't see the movie opening night. Don't dress up like a weirdo. Don't give your fandom any more fodder for the rest of the world, because you're making the rest of fandom look bad.
--"n."