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wrongly_amused ([info]wrongly_amused) wrote in [info]fandom_lounge,
@ 2007-06-11 01:58:00
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David Campbell writes a rather interesting article entitled Fandamentalism regarding the one trait all fandoms have in common - its crazies. It mainly references Transformers fandom, as his commentary on the upcoming movie is what sparked the issue, but he covers several others on a general basis.

And, yes, for the sake and beauty of irony, a flame war does break out in the comments about whether or not Transformers is the greatest. show. evaaaaaaaaaah.

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sockpuppet_rat
2007-06-11 06:33 am UTC (link)
Not that the article isn't interesting and entertaining, but I just wanted to use this again.

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[info]seiberwing
2007-06-11 01:31 pm UTC (link)
I'm keeping this one.

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pastri_archy
2007-06-11 08:49 pm UTC (link)
*is scared*

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[info]notjo
2007-06-11 10:38 am UTC (link)
That was a surprisingly fast jump to Godwin's in the comments, given the subject matter....

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[info]whimsy_chan
2007-06-11 11:50 am UTC (link)
Transformers? Greatest show ever?

AHAHAHAHAHA!

Although this may be the best thing ever.

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sockpuppet_rat
2007-06-11 04:26 pm UTC (link)
may be the best thing ever.
You might be right!

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[info]wrongly_amused
2007-06-11 05:36 pm UTC (link)
Haha, I love that guy. He's got some great parodies on there. The Rude Awakening of Optimus Prime is one of my favorites.

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[info]seiberwing
2007-06-11 01:30 pm UTC (link)
While he has some good points, he's rather being an asshat about it. A person can know how ridiculous their show is and still be a bit defensive when someone calls them morons for liking it.

Case in point, I recall one episode where Optimus was defeated by the Decepticons, so they dismantel him, and turn his corpse into a big robot alligator, which the Autobots have to defeat without damaging too much. Of course, their main problem is that the Decepticons have raised their huge tower base to the surface, and have attached the ultimate weapon to it.... Optimus's arm and gun!
That's right, his flaccid, dead arm is strapped to the top of a tower and is their main weapon. That's like sawing off my arm, putting a Luger in my palm, and nailing it to the top of my apartment complex as a defense system.
Anyway, Autobots ride up the walls and get it back, or something. Optimus is fine.

Ah, City of Steel. What a serious and well-thought-out episode.

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[info]kadath
2007-06-11 03:00 pm UTC (link)
'Zactly. No one is a fan of an 80s cartoon because of its narrative brilliance and emotional depth. We like giant robots or magic princesses with swords.

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[info]seiberwing
2007-06-11 04:09 pm UTC (link)
I'd also like to mention that that episode happens in New York, after the Decepticons have taken over and turned the taxis into Decepticon attack drones.

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[info]kadath
2007-06-11 04:28 pm UTC (link)
HOW IS THAT NOT AWESOME?!

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[info]seiberwing
2007-06-11 04:29 pm UTC (link)
It's...something, I'll give you that.

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[info]kadath
2007-06-11 04:37 pm UTC (link)
I happen to like incredibly stupid plots played perfectly straight. The self-awareness in more recent cartoons just isn't the same.

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[info]seiberwing
2007-06-11 04:41 pm UTC (link)
Same here. *holds up Chicken Run as an example*

And also the animefication of the Fantastic Four. Man what?

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[info]sadisticferret
2007-06-12 05:36 am UTC (link)
Don't forget the tacky lesbian popstars!

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[info]kadath
2007-06-12 01:09 pm UTC (link)
And inexplicably incompetent US soldiers with snake-themed adversaries!

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[info]seiberwing
2007-06-13 11:36 am UTC (link)
What's the context on that icon?

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[info]kadath
2007-06-13 01:24 pm UTC (link)
No context. I just like the catty expression on the Baroness's face.

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[info]seiberwing
2007-06-13 01:29 pm UTC (link)
One likes to think they're looking at Zartan or something.

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[info]kadath
2007-06-13 01:47 pm UTC (link)
That...makes a disturbing kind of sense.

(Everyone knows there's really a Destro-Baroness-Major Bludd love triangle.)

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[info]seiberwing
2007-06-13 02:08 pm UTC (link)
My friend put forth the idea of Destro/Baroness/Cobra Commander. And let us just say the triangle swung both ways.

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[info]kadath
2007-06-13 02:10 pm UTC (link)
Comics CC, maybe. Cartoon CC, no way.

I need more Baroness icons.

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[info]dunmurderin
2007-06-13 08:18 am UTC (link)
That's right, his flaccid, dead arm is strapped to the top of a tower and is their main weapon. That's like sawing off my arm, putting a Luger in my palm, and nailing it to the top of my apartment complex as a defense system.

Methinks somebody missed the whole "Robots aren't organic life and therefore can possibly have their arms wired to things after they're cut off."

Either that or David Campbell is a giant robot with a really crappy non-compatible with anything else OS.


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[info]dunmurderin
2007-06-13 08:26 am UTC (link)
Other than that, I more or less agree with nearly everything he said. Though I don't know how much I like the whole "Fans don't react with violence, they react with communication" thing since most of the time the more zealous fans don't communicate so much as they stomp their feet and scream their opinions and try to drown out anyone who dares disagree with them.

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[info]sticks
2007-06-11 03:59 pm UTC (link)
Talking about the old Transformers movie just makes me wonder if Unicron will show up in the new one.

UNICROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON.

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[info]seiberwing
2007-06-11 04:05 pm UTC (link)
My guess? They'll bring him in if they do a sequel, same with Fantastic Four and Galactus.

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