View Full Version : A Fanboy on 'Medium'
iSteve
03-08-2007, 05:27 PM
I was watching Medium with my wife last night. One of the characters was a comic fan. He talked about going to conventions, reading graphic novels, the genius of Frank Miller... I thought, hey, we're breaking into the mainstream. But then he turned out to be a serial rapist and murderer. So much for the positive public perception of fanboys.
conorkilpatrick
03-08-2007, 05:31 PM
http://www.upress.state.ms.us/img/books/fall2005/fredric_wertham.jpg
"I was right! Riiiiiight!"
xyzzy
03-08-2007, 05:33 PM
I don't think you're going to see a comic fan on TV who's not an archetypicial nerd or some sort of creepy stalker/killer type any time soon.
kwok_talk
03-08-2007, 05:39 PM
That's hilarious. I hope my fiance' didnt watch that episode. I don't that stereotype reinforced.
mikegraham6
03-08-2007, 05:41 PM
I don't think you're going to see a comic fan on TV who's not an archetypicial nerd or some sort of creepy stalker/killer type any time soon.
not all representations of fanboys in movies is negative but i can't really think of ANY fanboys on tv....
iSteve
03-08-2007, 05:42 PM
In addition to the rapes and murder, he also killed his neighbor's cat and then committed suicide. Real well-rounded kind of guy.
conorkilpatrick
03-08-2007, 05:45 PM
...he also killed his neighbor's cat ...
At least he wasn't totally evil.
xyzzy
03-08-2007, 05:48 PM
not all representations of fanboys in movies is negative but i can't really think of ANY fanboys on tv....
I wouldn't say that all TV representations are negative, but I would say that liking comic books is something that characters are generally supposed to rise above, not embrace if they are to be redeemed.
I would say that's mostly true of movies, too. I mean, the 40 Year Old Virgin was a great movie and Steve Carrell's character was an ubergeek and also very likeable, but a big part of the movie was letting go of a lot of that fanboy stuff (although not completely), which I think is as it should be.
jaflanagan
03-08-2007, 05:54 PM
The OC kid wasn't too bad. But he was a kid.
ronxo
03-08-2007, 06:08 PM
The OC kid wasn't too bad. But he was a kid.
As a loyal OC watcher for the entire run of the show, they represented comics in a very positive light, as well as Seth as a comics fan. Hell they made Ryan a fan of Legion - I don't think there was much "oh he's just a kid" dismissing of it though - it was ever-present as it is for us I would think...
kwok_talk
03-08-2007, 06:14 PM
As a loyal OC watcher for the entire run of the show, they represented comics in a very positive light, as well as Seth as a comics fan. Hell they made Ryan a fan of Legion - I don't think there was much "oh he's just a kid" dismissing of it though - it was ever-present as it is for us I would think...
Man that show also skyrocketed indie rock into the mainstream for a while too. Death cab anyone?
drwally
03-08-2007, 06:21 PM
This thread is a lot about what brought me to iFanboy, and not other discussion forums. I love comics, I am American, I work with non American expats in Japan, I live in Japan, speak fluent Japanese and have Japanese friends, I am a political junkie on the left but appreciate thoughtful conservatives and independents, artists who don't read comics, and yes, I am a little "queer"... and every one of those groups I move in have something negative or derogatory about one of the others based on nothing but misinformation, tired stereotypes, and it's oh so tiresome, which is why I love this forum. Just take all those groups in every concievable combination commenting on one of the others, and its just the same old tired jokes and stereotypes and it's "not my thing because....well, just because it's (regurgitated stereotype of something heard somewhere else)."
This forum continually rises above. And comis is FANTASTIC as a medium at addressing every single group and/or issue I mention above, with something for everybody. And iFanboy and the community, by and for readers and fanboys, just holds the medium up to high standards by people who know what the heck they are talking about, all tired stereotypes aside.
Bravo.
let's not forget the negative impact that had to have on cat-killing rapist/murderers
iSteve
03-08-2007, 07:34 PM
let's not forget the negative impact that had to have on cat-killing rapist/murderers
An oft maligned sub-culture to be sure.
often the victims of predjudice
they're just people too, who want to hurt and end other people
xyzzy
03-08-2007, 07:40 PM
An oft maligned sub-culture to be sure.
Somewhere, there's a cat-killing rapist/murderer forum bemoaning that they're always portrayed on TV as comic book readers.
iSteve
03-08-2007, 07:41 PM
Somewhere, there's a cat-killing rapist/murderer forum bemoaning that they're always portrayed on TV as comic book readers.
Ba-dum-bum!
kwok_talk
03-08-2007, 07:42 PM
Somewhere, there's a cat-killing rapist/murderer forum bemoaning that they're always portrayed on TV as comic book readers.
www.catkillingrapistmurderersarepeopletoo.com
book the domain now.
Somewhere, there's a cat-killing rapist/murderer forum bemoaning that they're always portrayed on TV as comic book readers.
oh my god dude that was awesome. I laughed so hard that I hit my head
grumble grumble ****ing fanboys