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tahariel

Frothy like coffee

Jun 16, 2011 12:20

It is kind of funny but my colleague went to see X-men First Class last night and came in today and said he thought it was "rubbish and flat and not an X-men movie."

My response: Algxgksoydyldjkfkdgstsigkgv!

It would be fair to say I frothed at the mouth with fannish outrage. I can laugh at myself but he is SO WRONG OMG WHAT IS WRONG WITH HIS BRAIN ( Read more... )

via ljapp, argh!, what is this i don't even, xmen

Comments 8

tourdefierce June 16 2011, 13:59:35 UTC

I'm not an X-Men fan at all but a lot of my flist who are in comic fandom felt the same way. It's only the younger and more ~inexperienced people in Marvel that like the movie. Lol. It's probably because of the gay. ♥

tahariel June 16 2011, 22:31:29 UTC

But they love each other so much and they're such dudes and then they hurt each other and it's so beautiful TT-TT

lemniciate June 16 2011, 14:02:41 UTC

Ahaha what tourdefierce said. The comic fans didn't like the film at all and everyone else loved it because they got blindsided by the gay XD

But...I do feel the fannish rage for a lot of other things so, I GET YOU.

tahariel June 16 2011, 22:31:02 UTC

It's like they insulted my bestest friends and dearest darlings and said they were boring people TT-TT

NOBODY UNDERSTANDS MY OVERIDENTIFICATION IN THE REAL WORLD. THIS IS WHAT FANDOM IS FOR.

pobbit June 16 2011, 14:04:35 UTC

My response would be the same as yours.

tahariel June 16 2011, 22:30:14 UTC

I'm all like 'YOU ARE INSULTING MY DEAREST FRIENDS WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY AREN'T REAL PEOPLE KSFVDSOKOEUFKS\NMCKJaijpHFskcsjocjva!'

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tahariel June 16 2011, 14:43:44 UTC

*foams at you*
*more considered response will come once foaming settles down*

tahariel June 16 2011, 22:29:00 UTC

Okay, I meant to reply earlier but forgot I had scriptwriting class today, so I was not frothing for all of that time, or I would be seriously dehydrated.

I think on balance that I agree that neither film was a BIG ACTION MOVIE like most people probably want from a superhero film. I would argue that the original X-men films aren't either, but then, for me, almost every film is about the character dynamics rather than about the explosions and battles. Which is probably also why I get so defensive over things I love, because it feels like the person is rejecting these PEOPLE who I ADORE. It's like someone ragging on one of my friends. Which is all kinds of over-investing but it's how I've always felt about stories.

It's like... I love Superman Returns, did from the first watch and every watch since, because the dyanmics between the characters are so beautiful, and even though Brandon Routh doesn't spend the whole thing kicking ass and taking names, there's something deliriously romantic and sad about the situation he is in in that ( ... )