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The Rise and Fall of GI Joe.
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08-15-2009, 04:31 PM
thairestauranteur
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The "True fan" expression, and many of the people who use it as some kind of badge of superiority, makes me boggle.
Is a 'true fan' someone who dismisses (usually with a bizarre sense of pride) anything that came after 1987?
Is a 'true fan' someone who embraces the
spirit
of GI JOE and appreciates it in different forms?
Is someone who gets into Joe as a result of the film
not
a 'true fan'?
Or maybe there's no such thing. You're either either a Joe fan or not - You accept which aspects of Joe you like and which you don't, and that choice will be different for everybody.
A person creating some ludicrous, nebulous title to make them feel 'more' of a fan than someone else (ergo making their opinion more 'valid', of course!) is destined to create division and argument.
...just in my opinion of course.
A fan is someone who enjoys and probably possess a passion for a particular subject/hobby. Short for 'fanatic.'
They come in all sizes, shapes, and colors.
Some are just more vocal and glib about what they want. I have to problem with people like that because I want certain things myself.
True Hasblo is going to do whatever they want but everyone has the right to say what they want.
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