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« on: February 10, 2007, 11:59:05 PM » |
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OK, I can't take this anymore  ... All of a sudden, it seems that Ivey's VH1 video has been making the internet rounds after, what,2 years now? I've seen it posted by various people on 4 different websites that I've visited, and I'm trying to do my best to defend fellow turtle fans.. but that Video really put the fandom in a bad light, due heavilly to VH1's editing to serve just that purpose... Maybe we should make a counter video, showing fans helping out at parties, volluntering at conventions, etc... sort of like they do with those 501st legion websites for star wars videos? |
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« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2007, 02:30:31 AM » |
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Lets face it VH1 is run by a conglomerate group of cynical a-holes who have nothing better to do but make fun of pop culture! You gotta learn to take it with a grain of salt!
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« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2007, 11:57:06 PM » |
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I thought Can't Get A Date was okay. Sure enough it got canned.
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« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2007, 02:08:40 AM » |
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It's show business. It's always been like that. If you want to be in it, then you have to have the hide of a rhinoceros. Not to mention the media tends to misrepresent nearly everything as it is...  |
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« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2007, 07:53:08 PM » |
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It's sad but true..I guess most people live by the philosophy "If it's on tv, it must be true"...
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« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2007, 11:42:18 PM » |
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Of course they do. We all know how many stupid people are out in this world. *sighs* Besides, anything that can be blown out of proportion is always on TV. This is probably why I don't watch a lot of TV and believe that it's all on to rot our brains.
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« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2007, 02:47:09 AM » |
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It's sites like YouTube that perpetuate narcissism in today's culture, where people mock and devalue things to bring attention to themselves. I just saw a video of some guy who was singing "Follow your heart." And it completely irked me that he ended the video with "You're nuts." To go out of his way to mock the founder of this site, regardless of whether it's based on truth or not, is just self-aggrandizing propaganda to satiate the urge to do what other people do--without conscience or thought.
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« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2007, 08:38:03 PM » |
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The only way to get by all those negative comments about the show is to keep reminding yourself that you don't know those people personally and they don't know you. God forbid if "Fanatical" turns out bad, making us all look bad, and we all get insulted up and down, in and out, and to the core of our souls, then I'll just have to accept it, but keep remembering that the people who trash us are total strangers and not friends. At least, I would like to think that my good, close friends, would not trash me when I'm not around.
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« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2007, 10:04:30 PM » |
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I don't think there's any reason to be mad about this or get upset for the people making fun of it. The show itself is a joke, and the thing the fans could do best for it is treat it that way. Though I am getting the word out there about what really happened with VH1, I got a story about it on my myspace, I was on the radio yesterday here in Michigan talking about it, AND there's this.... http://www.realdetroitweekly.com/printer_2511.shtmlSo the word is getting out there in a better way, no fighting needed. |
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« Reply #9 on: March 29, 2007, 12:44:43 AM » |
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The media is out to destroy people. That's all they're good for. I mean, look what they do to actors, athleats, etc. I'm sure all of them aren't what the press portrays them as and that's on ANY show/news program/etc. This is why I roll my eyes at tabloids and shows like that.
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« Reply #10 on: March 29, 2007, 01:42:41 AM » |
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I think it's a thing where they have to make other people look like weirdos so people can feel better about themselves.
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« Reply #11 on: March 29, 2007, 07:46:58 AM » |
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The media is out to make money.
Happy stories don't sell papers. The masses don't care about normal, happy people, they want to hear the dirt, they want to hear that the celebrities don't have perfect lives, they want to hear about "crazy" fans who eat mayo pizza everyday...
As long as people watch the tabloid tv shows, watch reality tv, buy the Enquirer, etc., the media will continue to make such stories, because it's making them money.
We, as consumers, made this bed, now we have to lay in it. End of story.
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