I just hope there aren't any more fandoms... ever... for which people adopt a name such as "XShow-head" and use it as if it were a major apart of their identity like belonging to a certain religion or race.
A whole board for Rent = Livejournal and IMDB. But who am I to resist the idea of all the threads about Rent moving to a forum of their own, with the Main Board becoming "Everything Else Broadway"?
yea it's gonna be so weird. We basically spent the past year following this so closely and now that'll be it. It'll be over, so strange. No more blogs, appearances, clips, trailers, countdowns, etc.
It comes in waves. There have always been Rent-heads on this board... there have been Rent-heads for 10 years now... there will Rent-heads years from now...
They're just coming forward now, (like the obsessive Wicked fans did in '03-'04) because the show is in the news. If we DIDN'T have this many threads populating the boards, I'd be surprised. I completely agree that it can be a pain to scroll through 'em all and answer the 85 repetitive questions... but it was bound to happen. I think we know by now that people seem to have a genetic defect which causes an inability to use the search function on these boards.
In the end, just hang in there, I guess. This will all die down to be replaced by the next thread trend before too long. I think I'll follow xxnewgirlxx's idea and stay away from the boards for a few days after the movie is released. There are some reactions from SOME people which I am genuinely curious to read, and I'll look for those after the wave of "OMG!! AMAZING!! OMG!! ADAM!! OMG!! IDINA!!" has passed.
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Evelyn, maybe you prefer IMDB and LJ, but I personally like to discuss Rent with people who have intelligence and use proper English.
And after the Rent movie comes out, I plan on making up for these past few months by starting a new Wicked post every time I'm on. I've always wondered who everyone's favorite Elphaba is.
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never
knowing how
I don't really contribute to the IMDB or Livejournal discussions. There are so many people posting on IMDB that anything I'd think to say has already been said (and barked at or upheld) by the time I arrive. There is usually a lone voice - never the same person - and then about thirty people disagreeing with it.
"And after the Rent movie comes out, I plan on making up for these past few months by starting a new Wicked post every time I'm on. I've always wondered who everyone's favorite Elphaba is."
well basicly movie theaters pick times for it to be shown, thousands of people flood to the movie theaters, purchase a ticket...then sit and watch the movie...maybe starbucks afterwards.
wait till the movie comes out and then we'll all know what happens...obv.
I think a lot of RENTheads are going to be feeling very empty inside very soon. The only person I feel really bad for is emcee. I feel like I should send a muffin basket in sympathy that there's nothing to look forward to in the immediate future.
I started off very excited about this movie- my search for information following its announcement is what led me to bww. But then things began to happen that I could not be a part of- meeting actors, set visits, The Coming Of Anthony Rapp (also known as God), pre-screenings....
It became like everything else Broadway- too far to touch. So what? The Rent movie is a complete experience and it's only for a privileged few. I'm bored of reading about it. Either include me or make it go away. This movie is like the friend who throws a party, doesn't invite me and then has to talk about it throughout the following week, only to move onto another party once the latest has been exhausted.
I hate to say it, but the hype has almost turned me off from the show entirely. When I listen to it now, all I hear are bww posters. The actual MUSICAL has been lost in this cloud of "specialness".
"I think a lot of RENTheads are going to be feeling very empty inside very soon. The only person I feel really bad for is emcee. I feel like I should send a muffin basket in sympathy that there's nothing to look forward to in the immediate future."
Why on EARTH would you say that? She's had the most incredible experience I can imagine with this movie. Should we more greatly pity those who lose something they always knew was temporary or those who never had it at all?
At least she had something to look foward to in the past. That's a **** of a lot more than I can say.
i know what you mean.. although i do live in NY i havent had the opportunity to go to any events that I wanted to-- sometimes it really sucks to be young. There are times when I find myself wishing that this wasnt going to be a movie..just because I think it might lose the thing that makes it so special. I don't know ..its hard to explain.
Seriously, please, please, PLEASE don't feel sorry for me. This year's been like a dream. Soon it's going to be out there, people will (hopefully) love it, and I can see it for way cheaper than a Broadway ticket whenever I want. And my life is definitely not going to become some depressing hell now that the movie's being released. There'll be other things... and this all isn't going to be something I forget any time soon.