Unpopular fannish opinions

[turnonmyheels]

These are all *opinions* keep in mind assholes/smell/opinions, yadda yadda

1) John McClane does not have sex with men. Period, end of discussion. I'm one of the biggest slashers on the block but I cannot and will not believe or fantasize about this. Now, I'm sure Bruce, Demi, and Ashton have some sort of wacky sexual hijinks going on, but NOT John McClane.

2) I find the following actors to be hideously unattractive: Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood, Dan Radcliffe, Eric Bana, Jared Padalecki, Josh Hartnett, Toby McGuire, David Tennant, David Hewlitt, Shia Lebeuf (sp?), Ben Affleck, Christian Bale

3) John Barrowman can't act. That doesn't mean that he doesn't embody Capt. Jack, because he does but he can't act his way out of a paper bag.

4) Dr. Who is terrible.

5) Jensen Ackles has played the same role on every show he's done. So has James Marsters. Think about that.

6) Joss Whedon is doomed to fail, much like Buffy is doomed to be alone. He's bought into his own press and thinks he's a god. The whole giving the audience what it needs instead of what it wants has destroyed any main stream career he could possibly have.

7) Speaking of Joss, Buffy should have ended with The Gift, Spike should have stayed off of Angel and Joyce Summers was a bad mother.

8) Supernatural sucks. Sam and Dean aren't fucking. Bobby is the lamest, laziest plot device in the history of lame/lazy plot devices. The scripts are terrible, the acting isn't strong enough to sell the scripts, the only thing that is half way decent most of the time is the soundtrack, but then they went and used Queensryche, so I can't even say that any more.

Don't get me started on the fans.

9) BSG *could* have been the best show in the history of tv. And then, everything went to hell. I'm still watching but with every episode I hate it more and more. IMO it went to hell immediately after D'Anna was boxed. Lee is a giant, whiny pussy, with the exception of the last episode. He really stepped up there.

10) I'm tired of wank. I'm tired of people perpetuating it for their own small-minded entertainment. I'm tired that it's about the same issues over and over. Ignorance and prejudice are part and parcel of the human condition. Am I advocating it? No. Do I think that it shouldn't be pointed out when people are assholes? No. But I *do* think it's more important speak out against sexism, racism, homophobia, and people's right to privacy in the real world instead of getting all up in arms on LJ.

Turn off the computer, go volunteer for PFLAG. Quit tracking IP addresses and volunteer at a shelter for battered women. Stop taking screen caps and write a letter to your Congress(wo)man.

Quit pointing out where other people are wrong, and do something that's actually productive. Like me, I'm going to go do what I actually get paid for now.


For the record: I love Torchwood and Jack. I fully intend to watch Dollhouse though I expect it to fail. I still watch SPN but only because JA is pretty. There's no way I'm not going to watch the end of BSG

Comments

[kadymae.livejournal.com]

Well, I have to disagree with most of that, but I'm wholeheartedly behind #4.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

*fangirls you for so hard*

I especially agree with #3, #4, #6 and #8 though I can only really concur with the first sentence of #8 because I gave up on that show ages ago.

But omg, spare me from Barrowman!

[allegraconbrio.livejournal.com]

I just snorted diet rootbeer out my nose while reading #6. Yes. Yes. YES.

Also, #5 - I can't really speak to Jensen as I have only seen him in Smallville and SPN, but damn about JM. I adored Spike, loved him and hated him. And shit, when he isn't doing that character I just don't care at all. Meh.

I adore you, you know. *glomp*

[moosesal.livejournal.com]

*dies laughing* I will be checking in again later for updates. I'm of mixed opinions here, but that's because I think David Hewlitt can be very hot. But I'm drawn to geeks and he's a real life geek, not just a guy who plays one on TV.

[allegraconbrio.livejournal.com]

Your icon, I love it. HA!

I totally agree with #4, but Barrowman is pretty enough and odd enough in TW that I keep watching. Go, Cap'n Jack. It is a sickness, I know it.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

The icon is surprisingly useful! :D

Cap'n Jack just ain't my type... but at least you're not alone in your 'sickness': it seems widespread. *scans fandom*

[ladycat777.livejournal.com]

#3. #3 #3 #3!!!!!!!

I just -- don't get the Barrowman love. I can see why captain jack is appealing, but barrowman himself? ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

I think I'm with Sal and I like geeks more, which is why I like Tennent and Hewlitt on your not-attractive list. Otherwise? GOD YES.

#5 -- yes. But I'll still watch him, cause he preeeeeeeeeeeetyy :)

[mskatej.livejournal.com]

LOL <3

1. I read a hot die hard slash fic recently but yeah, completely implausible.

2. I like Toby and Josh but otherwise, yes.

4. Yes.

5. I TOTALLY AGREE.

7. Season 6 is my favourite season so I can't possibly agree with this one. (S7 sucked tho)

8. I'm all over this one. SHOCK!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

1. Thank god, I thought I was the only one. I love me some slash, but I just can't see that. (And I know I'm missing some wonderfully written fic, too. Oh well.)

2. I cannot explain my attraction to Shia LeBeouf. It bothers me. Not enough to stop finding him attractive, but hey.

5. AHAHAHA. What I love is how he tires to deepen his tenor voice to sound "butch" and as a result, sounds nasal and monotone.

I love this post and all the vitriol within it. HEEE.

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

#1: okay! i accept that! john mcclane does, however, have sex with women at every available opportunity. mmmmm. mmm.

#2: bloom, wood, and obviously jp are yes votes in every way. danrad and hewlett have elements that appeal, so if i find myself in fic where i'm required to picture it, i'm okay. i make the blank face of i-dunno when confronted with bana, shia and david tennant. i'm aware that some people find those guys attractive, but, uh. *hands?* and then there's toby mcguire, who's four years old, and ben affleck, who's seventeen in the worst possible way, and those two are flat no.

#5: OMG YES. <333

#8: i am so fucking bitter about this. YOU COULDA BEEN A CONTENDER, YOU DICKWADS.

[chase820.livejournal.com]

But what do you really think?

:)

I can't agree with you about the unattractiveness of David Tennant or the overall terribleness of Who, but I agree with you about everything else. FWIW. Especially the Joss-related stuff. While I would like Dollhouse to be good, I ain't letting myself get optimistic.

[azewewish.livejournal.com]

I agree with #1, #3, #5, #6 and especially #8, except for Bobby. On #2, we're going to have to disagree since, duh, Eric & Josh. *g*

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

1) Totally behind that one and in total agreement about the Bruce/Demi/Ashton probabilities.

2) You had me until JP. Sorry, I just have a thing for him. And Daniel Ratcliffe in certain moments (although I always feel like a pervy old woman for thinking so.) Josh Hartnett repulses me.

3) Nor can he run, pull a gun or pull off more than 2 facial expressions. Doesn't keep me from adoring Capt Jack. Mofo can sing, though. If only "Torchwood" were a musical...I said mofo.

6) I used to believe Joss' "I'd rather make a show that 100 people HAVE to watch than one a million people WANT to watch" (paraphrase) but I think after Serenity's critical but not blockbuster success he's gotten a little bitter. Will it keep me from watching "Dollhouse"? No.

7) There are a couple of moments in S6 I wouldn't give up for anything, but overall ending with Season 5? Yes.

8) the only thing that is half way decent most of the time is the soundtrack, but then they went and used Queensryche, so I can't even say that any more. Bwahahahahahaha! Dude. That whole episode was...well, I like nekkid JP so it works for me in a very basic level, but yeah. Queensryche combined with the "single, solitary tear"? I point and laugh. (But I mock with habitual affection.)

[ldthomps.livejournal.com]

2) There's something in the eyebrows on most of those guys that I find... off-putting!

I don't know enough about most of the rest of those points to have an opinion, but I suspect they're correct :). Although I loved Tom Baker Dr. Who, that was partially for the cheesy up-side-down-trash can daleks, etc., not quality. I haven't seen more recent Drs.

[turnonmyheels.livejournal.com]

I've tried Who so many times. There are even a couple of episodes that I have enjoyed but overwhelmingly, it's horrible.

[turnonmyheels.livejournal.com]

I *really* like Torchwood! And I like Jack, but HE'S NOT ACTING. All the man can do is smarm at the camera.

::fangirls you back::

[turnonmyheels.livejournal.com]

I think it's because he's a horndog who canonically do anything. All the people who swoon over Jack/Ianto and have icons that say things like: my fandom doesn't need manips, have either forgotten or never knew about QaF which had far more naked flesh (and more attractive actors)

[turnonmyheels.livejournal.com]

I really, desperately, want Dollhouse to succeed. But in my heart of hearts I know that it won't.

::glomps you back::

[turnonmyheels.livejournal.com]

You heard most of this in rant form at MerleFest so I imagine you're very entertained here. I keep forgetting who I don't find attractive! I wish I could remember them all!!!!

[turnonmyheels.livejournal.com]

Oh, I still watch SPN, but only because JA is pretty. Seriously, that's the only reason.

I love that everyone has different tastes and finds different people appealing, it's what makes the world an interesting place, but I really can't get behind the lust fangirls have for *any* of those actors. Especially OB and DR

[turnonmyheels.livejournal.com]

There were moments in season 6 and 7 of Buffy that were *brilliant* Entropy is one of my favorite episodes, but -- the narrative was better off ending with The Gift. IMO. And you know what opinions are worth ;-)

This is my favorite meme ever. Everyone should do it.

[turnonmyheels.livejournal.com]

I don't care about the great fic I'm missing. JOHN MCCLANE DOES NOT FUCK MEN.

JA deepening his voice for Dean is HYSTERICAL. HYSTERICAL.

I let things build up longer than I should. For reals.

[turnonmyheels.livejournal.com]

SPN really could have been a contender. There was an ... 8 or so episode run that was brilliant and then ppppbbbbbbbtttttt straight down the tubes.

I love how many of you agree that John McClane does not fuck men. WEEEEE!!!!!

[turnonmyheels.livejournal.com]

sometimes, I like to let it all hang out *g*

I so desperately want Dollhouse to be good *and* succeed. But I really don't believe it will. JW and Fox are not a good pairing, there's too much animosity on both sides and to quite honest, I'm not certain ED has the chops to pull it off. I hope I eat my words there, I LOVE her.

Sometimes DT is quite cute, but over all I don't think so. Everyone has different buttons ...

[turnonmyheels.livejournal.com]

So many of you agree that John doesn't fuck men. It's like Christmas!