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I don't disagree with anything you said, it just is unrelated to my point. I didn't say that it is not a cult movie. I didn't say that it did not spread through the internet after it had first been released. What I said is that I believe most of the people who do like it....actually like it for itself, and not because of some allegiance to an internet meme.
When we discussed Star Wars I think I also brought up the point that different people value different things in movies, so that the points you brought up may very well be absolutely true, but don't change that some people truly don't care for them that much. Again, it seems to me that you have incredibly faith in your personal opinion viewing it as absolutely right if people would just know everything about the subject like you do, or weren't unnaturally predisposed to disagree (i.e. loved the meme so much, blanky syndrome...). I just don't think that is how it is, I do think that there just is such a thing as different taste even if the same information and an open mind is in place. Some people will value goofy characters, others nice visuals, others again a tense and exciting plot...
Nice try, but you tried to pass of your opinion on the matter to counter the fact that this film is the first cult classic film from the internet. You countered with an anecdote. It was a meme, and it spread like a typical internet meme. Sure, people can like it for what it is, but it really was an internet meme. What does this meme mean? It means this meme may have spread to people that would not have liked it as much if at all, had it not been some sort of "underground" internet "cool" movie. There's something about the early 2000s internet folk being all groupie n'shit that I have no idea how to explain or even back-up empirically, but The Big Lebowski is far from the last example of this type of "stuff."
In fact, if it weren't for the internet, this movie would remain in obscurity, and most people would not have seen it that did see it.
And, if you didn't realize by now, I have always stated it was opinion. Even the blankie syndrome is an opinion with NO way to prove it as fact...unless we did a study on people that have not seen or know little to nothing of star wars. That would be interesting.
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Nah, like I said, I didn't say that it did not spread through the internet, that was not my point. Really, instead of arguing long about it, let me just point you to my last post, everything in that still applies.
All the ways you wish you could be, that's me. I look like you wanna look, I **** like you wanna ****, I am smart, capable, and most importantly, I am free in all the ways that you are not.
All the ways you wish you could be, that's me. I look like you wanna look, I **** like you wanna ****, I am smart, capable, and most importantly, I am free in all the ways that you are not.
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Life does not stop and start at your convenience, you miserable piece of shit.
Really though, I don't think it is a "pissing contest" we have an obvious disagreement, argued it through and I suppose unless dadudemon wants to add something laid it to rest.
This is so a "Dude what the **** are you talking about?" moment.
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All the ways you wish you could be, that's me. I look like you wanna look, I **** like you wanna ****, I am smart, capable, and most importantly, I am free in all the ways that you are not.
All the ways you wish you could be, that's me. I look like you wanna look, I **** like you wanna ****, I am smart, capable, and most importantly, I am free in all the ways that you are not.
Gender: Unspecified Location: With Cinderella and the 9 Dwarves
Well, like I said, I maintain that I didn't mean what you replied to, I really can't do much more than that, your post is just unrelated to my point.
I say "I don't believe that people like the movie for its cult status, but for it's actual plot and characters which are enjoyable to some"
You say "It was a cult classic of the internet age. It spread through the internet, almost like a meme and it wouldn't have the following it had would it not have been made known to many through that"
To which I then say "Yeah, so what?"
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But you only explain how it is not true by putting words in my mouth. I did not argue anything but what I have stated repeatedly now, yet you keep claiming that I said something totally different related to what you said? Why?
I didn't have to put words in your mouth, I literally pointed out what you said.
It's actually because you don't see where you are wrong in thinking I didn't address your post.
Read over my posts again, and it will click. Seriously. Read over them with an open mind and throw away the thought that I did not address what you said. It may click if you approach it like that. To me, it's obvious since I explicityly outlined it for you.
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I have read your posts multiple times. The only thing you point at in my post is the anecdote, which you choose to believe was brought in support that it is not a cult classic, contrary to my repeated explanations that it was not. You understand that there could be multiple reasons for the anecdote and since I already told you that it was not the reason you assumed why do you continue to claim that I made that point?
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