[georgelucas4greedo]

Every forum has it: "PT is like this because of fan boys." "fan boys drool over young Boba."

Ok, we all picture fan boys as pimply faced, hairy palmed virgins with nut huggers and stupid t-shirts. But surely, they are the most cynical and hard to please people on the planet. At the same time, they worship Lucas and refuse to accept failure for SW.

All things considered, I may be a fanboy, I write on this pathetic site for godsakes, but I hate the PT. My question is, what makes a fanboy? Can there be subsets of fanboys a la Jedi?

[Despondent]

Personally, I'm an Original Star Wars freak, as the title was in the day. I was gravely disappointed with JEDI, and since then I've badged a raised eyebrow to GL. I'm not carrying the water for anything beyond Threepio at Jabba's door.

[Cyzyk]

I'm a bigger fan of Alec Guinness than anything else in the films, and seeing how he dies in the first one, there isn't enough to be a fanboy of. Christopher Lee is my favorite actor ever, and look how long he lasted. I don't think Lucas realizes you shouldn't kill off the competant actors first.

Star Wars is a Hidden Fortress rip-off, right down to the droids, but an enjoyable rip-off. The first half of Jedi is an attempt to imitate Casablanca, and the second half would have been better if it was an imitation of something other than a furvert-Luddite fantasy.

[Helena]

Luckily, I can say with 100% certainty that I am not a fanboy.

[georgelucas4greedo]

Luckily, I can say with 100% certainty that I am not a fanboy.

Yea that was a rather sexist question....sorry...

[Gerhard]

Luckily, I can say with 100% certainty that I am not a fanboy.

Fangirl

The term fangirl can be used to describe a female member of a fandom community (as opposed to the masculine "fanboy"). Fangirls tend to be more devoted to emotional and romantic aspects of their fandom, especially shipping. However, it is most often used in a derogatory sense to describe a girl's obsession with something, most commonly a male teen idol or an aspect of Japanese pop culture.

Fangirl behaviour is believed to vary in intensity. On one end of the scale are those that, while harbouring a crush on a particular actor or character, are perfectly capable of understanding that the fulfilment of the crush is never going to happen. On the other end are the girls who are said to be obsessive in their claims on a fictional character. Fangirl behaviour can fall anywhere between these criteria, but the closer someone is believed to be towards the obsessive end, the more derogatory the use of the term 'fangirl' to describe them is perceived to be.

http://en.wikipedia....Fangirl#Fangirl

Anyway I guess Fangirls in SW are the one's who "love" the movies because of Hayden or Harrison look's

Still, sounds better than standing in line to see a movie dressed as a Jedi

This post has been edited by Gerhard: 27 May 2006 - 08:46 PM

[KurganX]

Usually when I think of fanboys/girls I think of fans who go somewhat to extremes and say, refuse to accept flaws (admit) in their chosen fandom, can't handle people who don't share their opinions about the fandom and/or don't apply this same standard to other forms of entertainment and/or obsess over their fandom to the exclusion of all else.

Of course we all know how picky Star Wars fans can be, and simultaneously how loyal. So I guess it's all relative. But compare hardcore SW fans to fans of other forms of entertainment in general...

This post has been edited by KurganX: 28 May 2006 - 12:35 PM

[Lord Aquaman]

Fan boys get no respect.