"Y'All Jus' Jellus!" The Scary World of Fandom

[realitybug]

You know, kind of damages his credibility when he goes to talk to her children. What does that even have to do with getting a career in Hollywood?

I'm not a mother, but I know I would go apeshit if some stranger went to my children's school and spoke to them.

[memememe76]

Yet another annoying Veronica Mars fan:

Question: I want to defend the people who are annoyed with Lost. At least people watch the show. You don't have to worry about it being canceled, unlike Veronica Mars or Arrested Development. I sometimes get annoyed with Lost, and I never had that problem watching Veronica Mars. Each week added more to the mystery, and the last episode was a glorious payoff that wasn't in your face, unlike the Lost finale with its hit-you-on-the-head-obvious science vs. faith "symbolism" and hatch tease. I personally feel like Lost could take a lesson from VM's subtlety and pacing. And yet VM struggles to survive, while Lost seems to get more viewers each week. So yes, I get frustrated, but you act like anyone who gets annoyed with the show should get a life, when I would just be happy if I didn't have to worry if my favorite show was going to survive against this juggernaut. — Stephanie

Matt Roush: It's one thing to nitpick a show to death, which thankfully few have been doing this season. So far, the response to Lost's amazing second season has been positive. It's a whole other issue to resent a smash hit because it happens to air against another show you like. (It's that whole "don't hate me because I'm popular" thing, I guess, which certainly sounds like a subplot of Veronica Mars.) Look, these are two fabulous shows that both got off to a terrific start in their sophomore seasons. Comparing one to the other is beside the point, because they share almost no characteristics in common except airing each week in the same time period. Also, keep in mind that UPN knew what it was facing in putting Veronica against Lost. And even against the juggernaut, Veronica got its largest audience and best demos yet, according to UPN. There should be room for both, and as long as you're able to watch one and record the other, there's room to appreciate both as well.

www.tvguide.com/tv/roush/askmatt

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American VM fans shouldn't complain. Canadian fans, depending on their cable provider, might have to wait until April for the new episodes to air.

[roseland]

But isn't that what VM fans do best? Complain? "Why are you watching any other show but Veronica Mars? It's the best show, ever. How can you not see that?" "It's so unfair that Veronica Mars is so good and yet people won't watch it." I have never boycotted a show simply because of fan reaction but I refuse to watch VM because I am so tired of the VM fans and their whining.

[realitybug]

They are the ultimate in the persecuted. lol. The trials they have to go thru...it's amazing.

That's why I don't watch the show. I think many of the fans are irritating. The show isn't awful, but its not the best.

[Hamatron]

I have tried to watch Veronica Mars on three different occasions, and thought it was OK, but not anything I needed to watch with regularity or found that mind-blowing. But then I barely watched Buffy, Friends, and a ton of other shows that someone my age is supposed to be obsessed with.

Oh, I would like to apologize for some of those scary Arrested Developement fans out there. I watch the show and really enjoy it, but if you don't that's cool, we can still hang. I won't even ask you why or tell you about the show or secretly think poorly of you. Promise. No, really.

[huntergrayson]

We could totally use this boards to talk about how awesome the shows are while bashing the fans at the same time. It sucks that baseball is going to interfere with both for the next month or so, but I'm not gonna flip out about it.

Topic? Someone actually posted the Joss grocery list on the other site and the only comment was "that's odd." I so wanted to tell them it's parody, but the fact that it's so believable is too awesome to interfere with. Also, the oft-linked CTC fan thread is the epitome of this thread.

[mostlyharmless]

If a half hearted, unfinished, poor quality recording John Lennon did before he dies be dusted off and released as a "New Beatles Single" then Joss's shopping list looks not such a bad deal. Half Fat Milk is obviously meant as a metaphor for.... something or other. Help me out here, people!

[realitybug]

hamatron said:

I have tried to watch Veronica Mars on three different occasions, and thought it was OK, but not anything I needed to watch with regularity or found that mind-blowing. But then I barely watched Buffy, Friends, and a ton of other shows that someone my age is supposed to be obsessed with.

I never got into Buffy or Friends for that matter.

I do have this friend who is a rabid Buffy fan. When I told him that Alias was my favorite show (at the time), he went all rabid on me. "Well, Alias is an homage to Buffy, Jennifer Garner said so. If you can watch Alias, you can watch Buffy" I had never heard that and haven't read it yet. I just took his word for it, because he's obsessed. But not like I care, I still don't like Buffy and I still like Alias and Jennifer Garner more.

[Malle Babbe]

My only rabid fan moment came when someone suggested that Mulder might have had a tumble or two with Maria Convarubbias, and I got all antsy saying that he'd never betray scully like that. I guess what really bugged me was the implication that if Mulder didn't find Scully attractive, then there was no hope for us brainy chicks.

I was wrong: Mulder's true love was Krycheck