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cottonsocks ([info]cottonsocks) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2008-08-14 17:29:00
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Current mood:Unrepentant
Entry tags:boo hoo, entitlement, mod wank, please mommy make it stop, taking it too seriously, wankers who will not shut up

MythBusters Fans Wanky? MYTH CONFIRMED!
The Discovery Channel has been hyping up its forthcoming "ALL NEW" MythBusters episodes for quite some time, and the first [ETA: Whoops! My bad.] second new one was supposed to air last night. But ONOZ! Instead of the long-awaited "Viral Video" ep, those who tuned in got...a rebroadcast of the already rerun-to-death "Pirate Special." Sadface.

It turns out that about an hour and a half before the episode was to air, the mod on the MB fansite forum announced a delay in the next two scheduled new episodes; those ("Viral Video" and "Ninjas 2") will be postponed indefinitely and there will not be a new episode until Aug. 27. Comments start out pretty tame, with fans ass-kissing the mod and blaming the Olympics, but quickly escalate to ever-wankier heights.

In 34 (so far) wanktastic pages, we have conspiracy theories, entitlement wank, fans being told to GTFO if they're not angry enough.

ZOMG loyal fans are being deprived of their livelihoods! Won't someone think of the fans??
ZOMG God-modding!
ZOMG leave Adam and Jamie alone!
In Soviet Russia, forum triggers you!
User Bored_as_of_now sums it up nicely here: "As of now, the only reasons for this to be okay are aliens, cancer, or editing."
A Digg thread is started to wank about it some more!
There's even some trollery perpetrated, oddly enough, by a user called thetroll.
What with the God-modding and all, this could be deleted at any time. So...enjoy it while it's hot? Okay, lukewarm.

ETA2: We can has macro! Wank is now up to page 40! :o


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[info]ladylance
2008-08-15 03:59 am UTC (link)
I was wondering what had happened to my "new" episode. Wonder why they're postponing the two episodes. How bizarre.

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[info]hypno_jango
2008-08-15 04:03 am UTC (link)
Well, that makes sense, then. Now I can explain to my kids why daddy just turned more shades of red than what exists in nature, shaking my fists at the television, screaming in undecypherable grunts. *whew*... blood pressure returning to normal...

I love this comment.

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[info]eldritch
2008-08-15 04:06 am UTC (link)
It gives a very vivid mental image, doesn't it?

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[info]plazmah
2008-08-15 04:52 pm UTC (link)
Especially of said terrified children.

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[info]vzg
2008-08-15 07:15 pm UTC (link)
I wonder how he gets when, say, someone wets the bed or doesn't finish their veggies. Poor kids.

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[info]out_bottle
2008-08-15 04:17 am UTC (link)
I am a self employed welder and I p*ssed off 3 good hours of day light so as to come home early to catch a Frickin Re-Run????

Thanks for nothing...

A little bit of aheads up would have gain me another $275.00 THIS EVENING.

Hey, aheads-up: You can get a programmable VCR at Big Lots now for $40.

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[info]aerobot
2008-08-15 04:49 am UTC (link)
Or, y'know, wait for the re-runs.

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[info]dancetomato
2008-08-15 05:30 am UTC (link)
They show re-runs of Mythbusters?

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[info]phosfate
2008-08-15 05:57 am UTC (link)
Pretty much constantly.

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[info]freezer
2008-08-18 01:21 am UTC (link)
Or wait for them to put it on Discovery In Demand, if you have that fancy Digital Cable. (It's how I finally saw the latest Shark Week special)

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[info]donna
2008-08-15 08:43 am UTC (link)
Or, you know...work late tomorrow, and take that $275 and buy a TiVo.

Jesus Christ.

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[info]out_bottle
2008-08-15 11:58 am UTC (link)
Yeah, I was going the cheap route, 'cause I CARE! I DO!!

Then I sobered up and realized that if he could blow off $275 for a TV SHOW he can afford a TiVo.

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[info]rekall
2008-08-15 04:38 am UTC (link)
Man, what's with the Olympics hate? The Olympics doesn't even air on Discovery (and I'm glad since it's hard enough keeping up with all the channels that do air it).

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[info]vzg
2008-08-15 07:17 pm UTC (link)
Yes, but it seems like it's a pretty good chance that's why it was moved — they want maximum ratings on the first showing, and since other folks will be watching the Olympics on other channels...

Same as with why, I believe, recent movies have been released Wednesday instead of Friday.

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[info]crysiana
2008-08-15 04:51 am UTC (link)
Man. I was annoyed about the delay for all of two seconds before heading over to do my laundry. Perspective, people.

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[info]queencallipygos
2008-08-15 04:55 am UTC (link)
I just thought my TV guide was wrong.

It's supposed to be on tonight, according to the same TV guide, but now I'm wondering.

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[info]aerobot
2008-08-15 05:01 am UTC (link)
I don't see why we should calm down. If they had given even a full day warning then I would maybe support a "be reasonable" arguement. But No they never even publicly hinted at this.

So lemme get this straight: if DSC had given you more warning, you'd be less wanky, and gave you less warning, you'd be MORE wanky? Hmmm.

"Will the amount of warning given before a pulled episode have an effect on fan wank and entitlement? Find out next time on Mythbusters!"

Thetroll: First of all I had my handle long before "trolling" existed. Just to clear that up.

*snerk*

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[info]spacelogic
2008-08-15 05:25 am UTC (link)
I had my handle long before "trolling" existed.

I decided to ask my mother when she'd first seen the term "trolling" used. "Oh, about 1985," she responded.

Yeah....

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[info]aerobot
2008-08-15 05:48 am UTC (link)
But they've been on the internets that long! Really!

Tragically, I can see this fooling some tweenies who think the internet didn't exist before 1996.

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[info]lydiabell
2008-08-16 07:44 am UTC (link)
Thetroll: First of all I had my handle long before "trolling" existed. Just to clear that up.

But is he aware of all internet traditions?

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[info]cassildra
2008-08-15 06:38 am UTC (link)
Really, all I can muster for this one is "go cry more."

Seriously, I love Mythbusters, too, but holy crap guys.

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[info]seca
2008-08-15 07:23 am UTC (link)
I second the 'cry more' sentiment. Seriously it's not like this has been the first time a channel has dicked around with scheduling and it won't be the last.

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[info]hallidae
2008-08-15 07:00 am UTC (link)
Wow, this sounds familiar, yes, fellow Avatar fans? God, I just hope Discovery doesn't wind up dangling the new episodes as long as Nick did.

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[info]kittikattie
2008-08-15 07:41 am UTC (link)
I just started watching that...after the last ep, so I only have the delay of Netflix.

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[info]dark_puck
2008-08-15 04:43 pm UTC (link)
I was just about to say, "God, this sounds familiar..." But hey, with any luck the Mythbusters fans won't have to wait six seven months for the next new episode.

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LolBusters anyone?
[info]annepackrat
2008-08-15 07:03 am UTC (link)

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Re: LolBusters anyone?
[info]out_bottle
2008-08-15 11:59 am UTC (link)
I love that there's a "No Bottle Throwing" decal on the seat.

*makes a new icon with it*

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[info]dragonscrawl
2008-08-15 08:29 am UTC (link)
...But wasn't there a new episode of Mythbusters LAST week? One about tenderizing steak with explosives with a side of driving angry using more gas?

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[info]urpletastic
2008-08-15 08:34 am UTC (link)
One about tenderizing steak with explosives with a side of driving angry using more gas?

Aren't they all about that?

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[info]dragonscrawl
2008-08-15 08:38 am UTC (link)
Explosives, yes. Killing a dryer in an attempt to tenderize steak, no.

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[info]seeshellirun
2008-08-15 05:27 pm UTC (link)
Ball bearings in a dryer FTW!

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[info]immortal_jedi
2008-08-15 09:54 am UTC (link)
yeah, it was pretty good.

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[info]freezer
2008-08-18 01:23 am UTC (link)
I enjoyed the brief shout out to Iron Chef.

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[info]cottonsocks
2008-08-15 09:58 am UTC (link)
Oh yeah! Sorry, my bad. Will edit.

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[info]sisterelwood
2008-08-15 08:50 am UTC (link)
So wait- fans are now entitled to be told about scheduling changes and people actually plan their jobs around television? This is all quite special.

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[info]kuromitsu
2008-08-15 12:08 pm UTC (link)
According to most members of a forum I frequent (the forum of the local Animax channel), fans are entitled to:

- Be told about scheduling changes. Duh.
- Be told what programmes the channel purchased, in the exact moment they purchase it.
- Be told what programmes the channel is planning to buy, including the ones they only have their eyes on but haven't negotiated about yet.
- Have a say in what programmes the channel purchases and airs. Because they're the audience, dammit!
- Have a say in the schedule. Because I can't watch Death Note if it airs at ten at night, mom sends me to bed at nine! (Alternatively: if you air kiddy shows so early then people will think I'm watching cartoons not anime, and this bothers me because I'm 22!)

I wish I were kidding.

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[info]caudebac
2008-08-15 08:23 pm UTC (link)
You get a cookie, though, for the Death Note mention. :)

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[info]immortal_jedi
2008-08-15 08:57 am UTC (link)
And this is why, despite the fact that I like mythbusters, I don't bother with the forums.

*Seriously, it's not that big a deal. And the Pirate Special is pretty good.*

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[info]seeshellirun
2008-08-15 05:58 pm UTC (link)
"And this is why, despite the fact that I like mythbusters, I don't bother with the forums."

For reals. I mean, fer god's sake, they have to make REDUX episodes to appease the virgins nerds fans who bitch about how they didn't chew the mentos before putting them in the diet soda...

(...ya know, I sorely need some MB's icons for these occasions...)</font<

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[info]kagutaba
2008-08-17 12:41 am UTC (link)
fer god's sake, they have to make REDUX episodes to appease the virgins nerds fans who bitch about how they didn't chew the mentos before putting them in the diet soda...

Those episodes always annoy me. Sometimes the fans will have a point, but I think that might have happened once. The rest of the time it's just someone who wants to cling to a myth a little too much. Like when they were angry the gun didn't peel like a banana when you put your finger in it... like in the cartoons.

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[info]artimusdin
2008-08-17 02:13 am UTC (link)
Amen to that.

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[info]wolfsamurai
2008-08-16 01:25 am UTC (link)
The forums terrify me. The fandom in general does. I saw Adam and Jamie here a few months ago as they were doing a tour and giving presentations and some of the people there were...unhinged is as polite as I can put it.

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[info]immortal_jedi
2008-08-16 01:28 am UTC (link)
I know. I got to see Grant and Kari a few months back, and people were nuts. Kari got asked several times if she had a boyfriend.

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[info]wolfsamurai
2008-08-16 01:36 am UTC (link)
Yeah, people asked about Kari's dating status at the event I went to. Along with almost everybody else on the cast. It seemed to tick Jamie off, which I thought amusing as hell.

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[info]kagutaba
2008-08-15 12:10 pm UTC (link)
Holy crap, dude. I love Mythbusters and everything, but they need to grow the fuck up.

I can't see scheduling work around a TV program either. If I ever did, I wouldn't whine about the schedule changing on me. I'd feel kind of embarrassed I sacrificed over 200 bucks to see a program that they'll rerun to death anyway. They make equipment that records that shit for you nowadays, too.

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[info]seeshellirun
2008-08-15 05:07 pm UTC (link)
I ALMOST posted this yesterday. I logged into the fansite at a quarter after 9 on Wednesday thinking I'd somehow missed the new episode. That was about four hours after the OP went up and at that point it was already at 26 pages.

The screams of "ENTITLEMENT! EEEEEEEEEEEENTIIIIIIIITLEMEEEEEEEENT!" have turned my brain into vanilla pudding. On the one hand, I use that brain but on the other hand, hey! Pudding!

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[info]cygnia
2008-08-15 05:25 pm UTC (link)
Wank like this almost makes me not mind I've got play rehearsals on Wednesday nights (and TiVo).

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[info]mcity
2008-09-26 06:09 am UTC (link)
I comment you for posting an entire Batman wank without using "Why so serious?" even once.

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