Le Saboteur said:
The remaining patrons here, those who insist on staying for final call, have nobody to blame except themselves.
Right. The honus is on Ravenheads, themselves, and where the heart of the matter lies, however, the actions of some bygone members started a 'domino effect'.
As you well know, Sab, my aversion stems from how much attention Spandex Men get here instead of adventure tales, WW2-period movies, etc.
(it's highly doubtful that swarms of Indiana Jones threads are infestin' Batman forums) so it's bafflin' why certain members have a lot to say about crime-fightin' caped crusaders but not much (or
NOTHING in some cases) about Indy-related things.
Havin' a multitude of superhero threads serves as a springboard for encouragin' & attractin' more of those same types...
For instance, there's a guy (let's call him Schmuck) with
92% of his posts about superheroes...and there are/were many more people like him. Two months ago, some weirdo (let's call him Schlemiel) joined The Raven and made his only posts in less than 45 mins., each one about superheroes and none about Indy. He also started 2 threads; one about "
Tin Man 4" and the other about "
Green Moron 2", neither of which are even in pre-production yet!
They are merely his own fantasizing. What entices detrimental types like
Schmuck &
Schlemiel to join here?
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So now we have 2 threads about 2 movies that don't exist, made by some clown who came and left in 1 hour.
Worth noting is that a large chunk of Schlemiel's "
Tin Man 4" thread concerns "Tin Man 3". Likewise, many posts in the "
Tin Man 3" thread were about "Tin Man 2". The "
Tin Man 2" thread had people giving opinions on "
Tin Man 1".
Look at the most recent "
Captain Frisbee" thread. Right out of the gate, it turned into a conversation about the previous film and the comics. In the "
Z-Men Organs:
Wankerine" thread, a lot of people were talking about all of the other "
Z-Men" flicks.
The thread, "Batman Films", was created because the "
Dork Knight" thread was becoming a conversation about earlier Batcrap movies. This other 'new' Batcrap thread also discussed the comics & cartoons and...surprise, surprise...eventually turned into a discussion involving Nolan's "
Dork Knight" movies. A complete full circle winding up where it began.
Then, of course, talk about other Marvel characters and Avengers movies cross over into the various related threads so the overlap is far from miniscule.
Within many of these sequel/"reboot"/stand-alone threads, the previous entries are often discussed along with their respective comic books & (sometimes) cartoon shows so each one typically turns into a general thread about that particular character/series anyway.
See the pattern, folks?