Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Well those are mainstream too, but so are Marvel Comics...especially now.
-AC
I think Comic Book Movies in general are becoming more mainstream nowadays. You can also throw in Sin City and Batman Begins. The thing with fanbases is that fans that have a good sense of things recognize the flaws. However, those so-called fans that just jump on the bandwagon aren't really to convinicing and they go "YEAH!!! IS GREAT". But I hate to generalize...you know?!
Ironically, most of the people who take swipes at Green Day because they're a band at the height of popularity, are also doing so because it's popular.
Originally posted by WrathfulDwarf
I think Comic Book Movies in general are becoming more mainstream nowadays. You can also throw in Sin City and Batman Begins. The thing with fanbases is that fans that have a good sense of things recognize the flaws. However, those so-called fans that just jump on the bandwagon aren't really to convinicing. But I hate to generalize...you know?!
Here's how I see it: You can't really help when or how you discover something, in certain cases. I know plenty of people who aren't lazy with seeking out art, that had never heard of some awesome bands. If you get into a band at the height of their popularity, I don't really care as long as you genuinely do like them and it's not just because of status. If you get into a band because they're popular then you're an idiot and I here that roads are a good playing spot.
-AC
Originally posted by WrathfulDwarf
I think Comic Book Movies in general are becoming more mainstream nowadays. You can also throw in Sin City and Batman Begins. The thing with fanbases is that fans that have a good sense of things recognize the flaws. However, those so-called fans that just jump on the bandwagon aren't really to convinicing and they go "YEAH!!! IS GREAT". But I hate to generalize...you know?!
Aaaaaand you just nailed what I was getting at with SW fans who jump on the bandwagon because they think a character's hot - it's not at all convincing.
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Ironically, most of the people who take swipes at Green Day because they're a band at the height of popularity are also doing so because it's popular.-AC
I mentioned that already 😛
Originally posted by silver_tears
Is it just me or...........Is everyone nowadays a dark tortured writer spewing morbid poetry about suicide in bathrooms? Or just a writer in general, no offense people but not everyone's cut for it, some of the stuff I've read recently around really sucks.
Or a self pronounced rock star, because they own one guitar, jamming in their parents' garage trying to convince some poor girl to sleep with them because they're waif thin and just need a home cooked meal?
Or a seasoned bi-sexual who can't find enough satisfaction with one sex so turns to both?
Or an environmentally friendly health nut, who doesn't mind paying like 6 bucks each half hour for a smoothie, and then complains that the styrofoam cups aren't biodegradable?
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Like some people are such walking contradictions it's hilarious. And don't get me wrong, much love to people who are into this stuff, but who are in it for real, I've no respect for people who are "acting" to fit in.
Nice topic Irene. What I find most amusing is that people on message boards are 9 times out of 10 SO not like they are in real life. People that are very outgoing on a message board tend to freak the hell out when confronted with speaking in front of a large group of people. Not all mind you, but the great majority do. It's also been my experience that the people who do engage in the activities that you mentioned in real life, tend to not advertise that they do so, as it's just a way of life for them and as such, no big deal. 🙂
I agree with JP also. I think it is so much easier to type than it is to talk. The anonymity gives some kind of comfort, which is why I think I can say things to people (even people I know IRL) on the net that I couldn't say in person. Though I have absolutely no problem speaking in public.
I don't see the point on coming to a messageboard and saying "Yeah I do this, this and this." I don't come on here to discuss my real life, just the topics.
-AC
Re: Trendwhores Unite!
I just hate trends and how vulnerable people are to it. Those trends only cause prejudism for the people who really are excentric/wacky/whatever like that and who don't deserve it.
Of course musicians who suddenly go along with trends to profit popularity are the real ones who should be mocked and bashed.
Especially the extreme examples of those like the horrible Madonna. 😖hifty:
Originally posted by LanaWe have one in my class, I point out consistently her idiocy.
I don't think she's anything special as an author, I just like the books because they're fun and easy reads.I'd say that all sounds right...SW especially, because there's all the teenage fangirls who like it simply because they think Hayden's hot and have never even seen the OT.
Sacrilege, so far as I'm concerned 😛
I Hate it When People Will Copie other peoples Styles.... expecally if its my style.. Like one time i got my hair cut.. the next day this chick named Jill Got Her hair cut exactly like it.. now whe people ask me where i cet my shirt or whatever fome i just go i don't remember.. cos i like to be unique (just like everyone else 😛)
Yeah, that annoys me, too....you're not going to be the only person in the world with the clothes you have. Now, I occassionally alter my clothes myself. If I wore an outfit I had personally altered, and then a few days later saw someone wearing something almost exactly like it, THEN I might be pissed. But not if I saw someone wearing a shirt that I had bought at the mall.
Originally posted by silver_tears
And on the topic of how people act different in real life. I can say I'm exactly as I am here in real life 😂
Maybe a touch more shy 😮
Me too, cept the shy part. Ive met people IRL that I'd been friends with online and they've said Im exactly the way I am online IRL. Go figure. 😂