Things You Love But Have Annoying Fans (For Lack of a Better Term)

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 7:34pm

Do you ever love something but hate the fans that it attracts? Like, people who love it for the wrong reasons or do not understand the deeper purpose behind it? Here are mine:

WES ANDERSON/PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON - Their movies are awesome but some of their fans are the most hypocritical, indulgent people ever who literally spit blood at you if you dislike a movie that they hold dear. Mleh. Just gets annoying.

JOHNNY DEPP - Amazing actor who I've always admired due to his willingness to completely submerge himself into any role. Yet I hate the 13 year old girls who jumped onto the bandwagon after Pirates. Oh how I'd love for them to see Dead Man or Fear and Loathing.

FIGHT CLUB - Deppressed teenagers venting their rage against society. Do not enjoy them, I.

[Georgeanne]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 7:35pm

Wicked?

Wicked.

Office Space.

[KelRel]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 7:37pm

I agree with Wicked and RENT. Has anyone ever trekked over to IMDB's boards? SCARY!

[Georgeanne]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 7:39pm

I also like RENT.


A lot, but the fans get to me.

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 7:46pm

Yeah RENT for sure.

Some Kristin fans...

And agreed to the Johnny Depp thing. I've been a fan since I was 7 years old, and when Pirates came out suddenly everyone was screaming "I SO WANT HIS BABIES!" (This was like...7th grade..lol)

Also, Chicago. I was always made fun of for loving the show..then the movie came out and suddenly everyone was singing the songs (out of tune COUGH) in the halls.

[Madame X]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 8:01pm

Idina Menzel was the first Broadway actor who I noticed and thought, "hey, she's really good!" when she was in the OBC of Rent. Cannot STAND the Wickedmania surrounding her now.

Similar deal w/ Sutton Foster.

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 8:15pm

I read comic books ... imagine Idina-level obsessive freakiness but in regard to Superman, ignoring, of course, that he isn't, technically, real.

[Calvin]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 8:17pm

Star Wars. I enjoyed the movies. But I still laugh at the fans who show up in costume and camp outside the movie theater.

[broadway86]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 8:30pm

All of the LotR, Star Wars, Harry Potter fans who show up in costume. I love those franchises, but this is not Rocky Horror!!!

I, too, get annoyed by the junior high girls who claim that Depp is the best actor in the world, solely on Pirates....

Wicked fans. They never bothered me before, but they are starting to.


Updated On: 8/16/05 at 08:30 PM

[iRuvPrinceton]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 9:26pm

I agree with the WICKED, RENT, and Idina fandoms.

And, about HARRY POTTER- at the book release my local library held, these two girls who were about 2-3 years younger than me were decked out in their HP garb, but they did not recognize Luna Lovegood's pic because they only watched the movies...

[VonTussleGirl]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 11:15pm

Wicked, yes... along with almost any really good book/series that's been made into a kids' movie with "hot" actors and a simplified plotline. (Harry Potter, Series of Unfortunate Events, Princess Diaries, ect.)