Are Fan Boys Bad For CBM's?

Not the first time this topic has been brought up.

On a side note...Brett Ratner's a douche.

We have to self-police the extremists is all.

For example, if Leee's latest bizarre casting choice sucks or he starts a petition for an uncharismatic underwear model for Superman AGAIN, we just internet bully him until sense and calm is restored.

So, remember, the next time you see "Routhboot!", don't remain silent - if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. For the reputation of fanboys everywhere, we must ridicule and mock the Routhbooters and their ilk until they run crying to their stained Superman Returns bedcovers and posters of male tv actors stripped to the waist.

You have to say though, generally speaking, the fanboys get it right more often than not. Although we almost never agree 100% on anything, not even which hero would win in a fight, if WE like something, it usually does well, and if we don't it usually bombs/gets ripped to shreds. If we're truly divided then that's usually a bad thing for the film's mainstream appeal, but otherwise, precisely because we are passionate about whatever our thing is, we are a pretty good barometer of what's good and what sucks.

blee947, lol... This is a dead horse topic that resurfaces every few months and sadly changes nothing as the fervent nature of the fanboy will not allow them to hear the point your trying to make. In some way's I agree with you, others I do not. People pissing and moaning over the Green Lantern symbol = pointless, stupid, purist crap that just reflects how truly unhappy said individual is. I say this because someone who scrutinizes a work of fiction so harshly that slight change to an emblem can get them so riled, I can't honestly see said person having any real friends or a meaningful relationship and it's likely a person like that isn't even well liked by family. I am reminded by Jason Alexander's character in the movie 'Shallow Hal' every time one of these sad sacs goes on a rant over something insignificant. Adversely, there are many people on this site whose gripes are quite valid and it IS our duty here at CBM to intelligently dissect those instances. What you should be analyzing in this article is, where is that line drawn. When does it turn from intelligent criticism and analysis to 'crying over spilled milk'? Otherwise your just asking everyone to not complain... ever... even when complaint is justified, and that we just can't abide. The fan-casting is a personal taste issue. If you don't like them, skip over them. And Leee is probably the only site member who gets so hairy when his casting pick is overlooked (nuthin but luv for ya Leee). The fuss over casting is rarely because of something so silly as their pick wasn't chosen, but that the pick the studios made might not be good enough. As a comic fan, this is understandable as you want the characters you idolize to be accurately portrayed. You are right in a sense in that perception is relative, but you also need to turn that phrase on yourself. Are you right in your article? More-so than anyone else? And what about your suggestion that we should seek employment in Hollywood if it's that important to us to make changes? That's like saying you have to be the President to make real change in a country, when in reality, all you need is enough pissed off people to all scream at once. My advice for navigating this site if things like this displease you, learn whose comments/articles to read and whose to avoid.

It is indeed and I agree totally in that view. Before commenting on this article earlier, I commented on the Jonah Hex article that features how he will look in the movie and it basically amounts to what your addressing. People are complaining that his eye isn't right, HIS [frick]ING EYE!!! They even ace him with that fleshy strand on the corner of his mouth, but noooooo, it's not good enough, the eye has to be hideous and bulging or the movie is total garbage and blah blah whine bitch cry nag whine bitch nag waahhhh! *sigh* Utterly trivial Bullshit. Nobody has even considered the impracticality of the deformed eye and how it would shrivel and die if he weren't able to blink it, or even the fact that the 'Eye' isn't even regularly portrayed in the comics. More often than not, I feel most of the whiners really don't know shit about comics. They've read a few, know who a character is but that's it. I've even established that before with an article about a year ago, and discovered, just as I knew I would, that 90% of the people on this site that 'claim' to know X-Men really don't know anything.

If that's the case, then your opinion about their opinion about your opinion about movies is also entirely irrelevant.

He talks a lot of sense actually. You could do worse than take on board some of what he says, as could many others - this board and others like it would be a better place for it, that's for sure

Good article. its a topic that needed to be addressed. Having said that, i agree that fanboys tend to get a bit extreme at times, but I just think it stems from fear over how badly their favourite franchises might get abused (see: Daredevil).

Although, I must say that Hollywood is finally starting to get the message. Movies are more closely resembling the source material and the outlook for CBMs looks pretty good IMO. Could it be due to the anger and outrage of die-hard fanboys?

DarthMulder, lol, I think you just skimmed my post and then thought you were being witty. Had you read my posts, you'd see that I take both sides of the argument. But then I guess you just read where I call purist fanboys whiny blowhards. I guess you must be one of them since my opinion hurt your feelings enough that you felt the need to establish how 'meaningless' our opinion is to you. Strange thing that is, our opinion is irrelevant, yet relevant enough you feel the need state its irrelevance.

Kieth, fanning the flames is fine, so long as it's done in a somewhat civil manner ;)