Sci-Fi/Fantasy - General Sci/Fi Fantasy News #3 - Resurrecting a Genre

**Cryostar** · 10-12-2008, 11:59 AM

Ok, new thread time.

Sum, you're perfectly free to criticize whatever you like. We've had this discussion before. However, coming to a thread, spouting out criticisms and opinions on a subject, and then not offering your why to go with it can be taken poorly by the other folks on the thread. Again, this is something we've discussed before, especially when you consider that you're taking a stance against a movie that has a large fan base and is widely liked. Remember, this is a discussion forum, it's hard to discuss varying points of view when the underlying "why's" are never brought out.

As to the fox and the hen analogy, it does fit, though you may not like it.

Lastly, me being the moderator on here has nothing to do with our current discussion. Even if I wasn't the moderator, I'd challenge you for just spouting random opinions. That's my nature, as bright cheery as it might be.

Now, let us commence with the news....such as questioning why V might be a mistake to come back. I loved the original, but I'm not sure how much better it could be in today's day and age.

sum1 · 10-12-2008, 05:31 PM

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Ok, new thread time.

Sum, you're perfectly free to criticize whatever you like. We've had this discussion before. However, coming to a thread, spouting out criticisms and opinions on a subject, and then not offering your why to go with it can be taken poorly by the other folks on the thread. Again, this is something we've discussed before, especially when you consider that you're taking a stance against a movie that has a large fan base and is widely liked. Remember, this is a discussion forum, it's hard to discuss varying points of view when the underlying "why's" are never brought out.

The Matrix being widely liked or not doesn't in any way incur any extra obligation on me to explain myself. Saying otherwise is basically penalizing people for coming out with unpopular opinions. And I think that is what all this is about. And for the record, people all over this board, yourself included, have often put forward opinions about or against things without explaining themselves. It's common practice. On a "discussion forum". So giving me trouble over it is nothing short of double standards.

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As to the fox and the hen analogy, it does fit, though you may not like it.

On the contrary, no it does not. It portrays me as the aggressor, when in fact it was you who was the aggressor. I came along and mildly posted an opinion and you gave me trouble over it. I defended my right to express my opinion and I got more trouble. I asked for peace and I got fox and hen analogies thrown at me.

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Lastly, me being the moderator on here has nothing to do with our current discussion. Even if I wasn't the moderator, I'd challenge you for just spouting random opinions.

On the contrary, your being the moderator has a lot to do with our current situation. It puts you in a position of power and in a good position to put pressure on and bully. Pressure coming from a mod is a lot heavier than pressure coming from an ordinary poster.

And for the record, I don't appreciate you putting a row with me into the very first post of the new thread. You'd have been better off dropping it. There never was any point to it anyway.

Now, we've had our tensions in the past, but we've also gotten along fine many times too. So I wish we could return to that latter state of affairs. I've already previously asked for this argument to be shelved and for us to try to get along.

**White Noise** · 10-12-2008, 07:10 PM

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Now, let us commence with the news....such as questioning why V might be a mistake to come back. I loved the original, but I'm not sure how much better it could be in today's day and age.

Are we talking V as in "V for Vendetta" V?

Sorry if I'm dense, but half the movies out there I never realized were based on comics.

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On the contrary, your being the moderator has a lot to do with our current situation. It puts you in a position of power and in a good position to put pressure on and bully. Pressure coming from a mod is a lot heavier than pressure coming from an ordinary poster.

There was no bullying going on, you were simply being challenged in your opinion, which is what happens on discussion threads and is expected.

If you felt pressured then you could have simply stated so, but you do come across as aggressive when challenged in your opinions. I'm not trying to sound like I'm taking sides or attacking you. I just felt another opinion on the matter may help in pointing out what someone else saw.

Secondly, if there is an issue, it might have been better to discuss it via PM, because frankly, when I read these first two posts to a new thread, I was uneasy about replying because of coming between a discussion.

dukesmom · 10-12-2008, 08:39 PM

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