Lord Darth Hunter Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I just had a casual fan (my coworker) try to quote Han Solo in ESB. In the scene after he was tortured on Bespin and taken back to the cell, Han says to Chewie, "I feel terrible." My coworker and I were having a conversation and he decided to quote Han from this scene. Only my coworker said "I don't feel so good." He then looks at me like, don't you recognize that line? And since I say nothing, rather than just look at me he asks, "where's that from?" I tell him I don't have the slightest idea. He then starts mocking me in front of all our other coworkers, "haha, you're not a true fan" and blah blah blah about me not knowing Star Wars. So I'm like, what are you talking about? And he points out he's quoting Han in said ESB Bespin scene. At which time I have to slap him down by telling him, Han says "I feel terrible" not "I don't feel so good." He stops laughing and is like, are you sure? I think you're just saying that because I caught you not knowing about Star Wars. So I had to pull out the youtube clip to prove it to him that I was right. Needless to say, this is a prime example of what bugs me about casual fans. They talk about Star Wars, get something wrong, act like they are 100% correct and when you point out that they got it wrong, they act like you're the one who doesn't know what he's talking about and try to shame you into "not being a true fan." Or even just the casual fan throwing some random question out of left field at you (i.e. "What planet is the monster from in the background behind the pig guard in Return of the Jedi?") and when you're like, dude, I don't know what the heck you're talking about, he tries to proclaim you're not a true fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 The best part is after they make fun of you for not knowing, and then you prove them wrong, then they laugh it off and call you a nerd and why the hell should he have known that in the first place. So you lose and they win either way. I hate people like that, whether it's about geeky fandom or anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 That's like half the people that post here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Krawlie is a nerd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 SEE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerimar Nyliram Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 Yeah, when the question lacks descriptiveness, things tend to get confusing. If, however, someone were to ask me what planet the Rancor comes from, thinking in their arrogance that their is no answer, at that point I would proudly say, "Dathomir." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Choc Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I don't get why anyone would care about anyone elses opinion of their knowledge of Star Wars or why this would bother you at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Skywalker Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Let's not forget Dodonna referring to a certain princess as Leeuh. I have a RL friend named Leia. All of my friends get so pissed at me when I say it "Lay-uh" because they insist it's "Lee-uh". I don't know, but she doesn't correct either of us. So either she's annoyed at someone or her parents don't know how to pronounce their kid's own name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerimar Nyliram Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 I don't get why anyone would care about anyone elses opinion of their knowledge of Star Wars or why this would bother you at all.Judging from everyone's posts so far, it has less to do with people's opinions and more to do with their insistence on their ignorant positions, in the face of evidence to the contrary, in conversation. I thought that was very clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevil Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 My pet peeve with casual fans are the ones who say the prequels are crap... and when you ask them why they're crap they don't know or they give a vague answer because they're just following some internerd's opinion instead of forming their own. These are usually the ones who interject any conversation by saying the prequels or the EU are crap just because they feel they have to say it even if it has nothing to do with the conversation. I mean we all know the EU is shite... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justus Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 "Falcon" and "Han" get mangled pronunciation throughout too. (Maybe it's how I want to hear it, but I always thought Han pronounced "Boba" correctly in ROTJ.) I wondered why Fisher, Ford and JEJ pronounced falcon as "faulconn" What the Hell? Where did that come from? Annoying casual fan stuff: 1. Assuming there were no hit sci-fi / fantasy movies or tie-in merchandise bonanzas before SW. A click and you learn, people. 2. Buying one of GL's many lightsaber choreography lies (created during the PT years) that Vader v. Kenobi (ANH) was "bad" or "slow" because screen sword fights were not advanced or as intense as what he used in the PT. The Prisoner of Zenda and The Adventures of Robin Hood's fights easily disprove that lie. Again, a click and you learn, nerds. Oh, but I cannot forget: if they actually see golden age Hollywood sword fights which turn GL into a straight up liar, then they buy his other excuse: it was a robot--not really a man fighting an old man. I guess Dooku--with all of his acrobatic flair and power--was just wearing an old man mask, 'cause there's no way a senior citizen can fight like that, right GL? UGH. 3. Here's the insane one: back in '78 I recall a few people thinking Battlestar Galactica was somehow from the same producers of Star Wars. I am not kidding. They sucked in all of the copycat imagery and they just thought is was almost like a spin off. What--did they think GL was moonlighting? Did they miss Glen Larson's name slapped all over the credits? How about the studio logo? I guess you can confuse the Fox spotlights...with a model of the earth hanging in space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerimar Nyliram Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 Man, some of you guys here are old! I'm usually one of the oldest people on most message boards I belong to, but here I feel like a baby. And I was born in '83! I mean we all know the EU is ****e...The EU is indeed four stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Human Torch Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 In real life I deny my fandom to strangers as Peter to Jesus. I immediately dislike people who make snap judgments about other people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doze Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 In real life I deny reading anything from The Human Torch... or Tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 do you insert your fingers into them the way Peter did Jesus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.CAllen Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 do you insert your fingers into them the way Peter did Jesus? I was about to be all "that was Thomas, you casual fan" but, upon consideration, I think this might just be like what Mom Mothra said in Reward of the Jedi "It is a trap door". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 R.C wins. Please close and archive all of Nightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerimar Nyliram Posted April 3, 2015 Author Share Posted April 3, 2015 do you insert your fingers into them the way Peter did Jesus? I was about to be all "that was Thomas, you casual fan" but, upon consideration, I think this might just be like what Mom Mothra said in Reward of the Jedi "It is a trap door". I thought it was in reference to Peter's triple denial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Yeah why does Thomas get all the doubting slander when Peter was just as bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Choc Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 It's 2 completely different things. Thomas doubted that Jesus had risen from the dead. Peter lied and said he didn't know who Jesus was. He didn't doubt anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas1138 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Glad somebody paid attention in Sunday school, ya heathens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumberSix Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 In conclusion, Torch is the worst apostle of all times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerimar Nyliram Posted April 3, 2015 Author Share Posted April 3, 2015 But the moral of the story is, both Peter and Thomas repented and were forgiven, whereas a different fate awaited a despairing Judas.Ahem! Anyway, Sunday school trivia aside, another written-out pet peeve of mine is when people type "cannon"--in reference to the canon of Star Wars continuity--with two N's in the middle. Here's a good way to think of it: A cannon is a heavy piece of artillery, and has more N's because it does more destruction. Example: "Disney is the Death Star cannon to the Star Wars canon." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacen123 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 do you insert your fingers into them the way Peter did Jesus?The Bible sure is kinkier in North Carolina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spliff Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 in conversation. I thought that was very clear. LMAO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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