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Ugh, what is it about Star Wars “fans”

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Ugh, what is it about Star Wars “fans”

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So I watched the most recent Star Wars: The Clone Wars (“Crisis on Naboo”) and really enjoyed it.  I enjoyed it enough that I decided to go over to TheForce.Net and see about conversing with others about it.  Oh god. What a mistake.

I didn’t even get to the posting part. I just read pages and pages of bitching about how terrible the episode was.  Then I read the same thing about every episode they listed on there. Just pages and pages of ranting and complaining about how terrible the episode is. And mind you, this is a “fan” site.

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Reply #26 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting 2of3, reply 25
BSG 2004-2009

That's BSG re-imagined.

Reply #27 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Zeta1127, reply 21
Which BSG are you referring to?

My family and I couldn't get into BSG re-imagined after having watched just about every original BSG episode during the Thanksgiving Day marathons on Sci-Fi years ago. Stargate Universe didn't work for us either, when it used the same style as BSG re-imagined, in contrast to SG-1 and Atlantis, which we loved.

Have you seen BSG 1980? The one with "super scouts" and "flying motocycles"? Because, despite what rabids fan what to believe, it's totally canon. Oh, not that I liked it (the 1980's) but canon is canon... *points at Jar Jar Binks*

A third SG series (one of my favourite franchises too) in the same style as SG-1 and Atlantis would have been boring. Damn, Atlantis latest seasons were already "That guy AGAIN?" and "That menace AGAIN?". That said, I really liked the last seasons of SG-1, so sad for its ending. Liked Universe despite its flaws and I hate when they cut shows like that. At least SG-1 got some real closure with the movies. Pity about Atlantis one.

"Insert franchise name" fans? Nuts, all nuts. I'm so glad that I have no fans!

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Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Wintersong, reply 27
Have you seen BSG 1980? The one with "super scouts" and "flying motocycles"? Because, despite what rabids fan what to believe, it's totally canon. Oh, not that I liked it (the 1980's) but canon is canon... *points at Jar Jar Binks*

I saw it after the fact. In 1980, I was 6.........

 

I did watch a couple of episodes of the original just after BSG re-imagined was finished. I found it sit-com in style almost........it didn't make me want to see the whole thing at all.

Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Oh....

 

and number 6 is much hotter than Princess Leia. :cylon:

............and 7of9 :borg:

 

Reply #30 from Elemental Forums Top

I am torn about wanting a new wave of science fiction to hit popular culture. With what happened to vampires in the last decade I am afraid to even think about what terrible things might happen to science fiction. Hopefully TV moves to a lower production quality internet based viewership in the next few decades. Then maybe high quality TV can be a reality again. 

Reply #31 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Wintersong, reply 27
*points at Jar Jar Binks*

I have better things to do that complain about Jar Jar Binks, sure he is annoying, but he is also harmless next to TCW and the Legacy era books and comics, which are just bad taste as far as I am concerned.

Reply #32 from Elemental Forums Top

The only good thing that came from Jar Jar was some robot chicken jokes.

Reply #33 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting unacomn, reply 2
but the padwan Anakin had grated my cheese whenever she called him "Sky guy".

Ahsoka Tano is Anakin's Padawan, no wonder I can't stand her, the whiny brat.

Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 16
Personally, I need my S/F a little more mature and cerebral.

Are you ready for this then...

The article about the relaunch of Space 1999 is here. Unfortunately, I think it's being remade by the same folks that remade 'V'.

Reply #35 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting GoaFan77, reply 18
Don't look at some of the Old Republic game boards. Nothing but complaining there too.

rofl

Understatement of the year.

Of course I love to troll them so I enjoy the whining. :P

Reply #36 from WinCustomize Forums Top

"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent" - Qui-gon Jinn

So true...

Reply #37 from Elemental Forums Top

You mean this thread?  I read the first two pages and didn't find any flaming.

Reply #38 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting seanw3, reply 22
BSG was great, but it has the same portion of ridiculous fans. I hope someone realizes that this franchise has some more potential sales. No reason there couldn't a next generation....

Well, there is a "between" generation who will start these year ( pilot planned for release on syfy in ocktober )... it is about the story of the young Adama during the first cyclon war... serie is called "BSG : blood & chrome"

Reply #39 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Thoumsin, reply 38
it is about the story of the young Adama during the first cyclon war... serie is called "BSG : blood & chrome"

Oh, let the fracking series die....it'll end up like the Star Trek 'franchise'....done to death till it's jumping sharks.

Reply #40 from Sins Forums Top

Well, the Star Trek 2009 was not so bad... more easy to write a good story for a 1.5 to 2 hours film that for a series who last several year... by the way, the following ( http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Zachary-Quinto-Says-Star-Trek-2-Imminent-Horizon-27370.html ) of the Star Trek 2009 is planned to be release next year...

But yes, i agree that as today, it seem that scenarist/writer lack of idea for make good NEW science fiction... plenty of remake with impressive 3D cgi effect but where the original story is reduce to almost nothing... not a lot of new thing was made since the previous century !!!

Reply #41 from WinCustomize Forums Top

It isn't going to happen... maybe as a web series.

Reply #42 from Sins Forums Top

I think that you are wrong... too much big money in it for a web release... the 2009 version have cost 150 million $$$ but bring 385 million $$$ from cinema only... add to this the DVD/blue-ray release who add 5.7 million DVD and 1.1 million blue-ray in the first week...

More, the original cast have already sign for 2 sequel... and last month, Benedict Cumberbatch have sign for the villain role of Khan after the refusal of Benicio del Toro...

Release is planned for 17 May 2013... well, previous planned release was june 2012... so, there is nothing certain about release date...

As for sci-fi, there is almost nothing today... i can only hope for planned film/series in the future... same a grap series will be better that the horror/vampire series that they put in the sci-fi genre...in fact, the only series with "vampire" alike that i have love was in the serie called "earth final conflict" ( a other Gene Roddenberry sci-fi serie from 1997, not very well know)...  

 

Reply #43 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Frogboy, reply 8
The Revenge of the Sith novelization fixes the plot of the movie Revenge of the Sith.

Agreed. The novel has great dialog and thought especially between Anakin and Palpatine.