# Films whose fans are even more annoying then the film itself **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2005, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383 "2005-02-10T12:42:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/41 "2005-02-11T06:22:34Z")
Monty Python and the Holy Grail The Friday the 13th series ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/42 "2005-02-11T06:51:53Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Although a good movie, **The Nightmare Before Christmas** has some pretty rabid and annoying fans. Really? I don’t know anyone other than me and my sister who like it. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Sparky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Saint\_Sparky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Sparky)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/43 "2005-02-11T08:34:52Z")
Fans of **“2001: A Space Odyssey”** can be fairly annoying, especially in the ‘you don’t get it, so your opinion doesn’t count’ department (I actually get it and still don’t like it). Actually alot of Stanley Kubrick films tend to have this problem. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/44 "2005-02-11T10:06:27Z")
> [@Larry Borgia](#): > > _The Passion of the Christ_ I hate you, **Larry Borgia**. That was the first one that sprang to mind, but _you_ had to get there first, didn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![aegypt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@aegypt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aegypt)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/45 "2005-02-11T10:06:30Z")
Oh, sorry, the link should be [http://vitaminq.blogspot.com/](http://vitaminq.blogspot.com/). The title of the post, incidentally, is “Beard strokers”… ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/46 "2005-02-11T10:19:49Z")
Fans of these films are only annoying to those who aren’t similar level of fan of the same movie. But the same can be said about anything at all. I think sports fans are annoyingly rabid, as well as soap opera fans, or teenybopper pop fans, or whatever. It’s nothing new, and it doesn’t matter. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/47 "2005-02-11T14:33:46Z")
My friend took a couple semesters of film courses at Columbia University in Chicago. She ranted about how all of the film students thought that _Mulholland Drive_ was probably the deepest movie ever made. That’s the mark of a pretentious film student, she said: they just go on and on about how great _Mulholland Drive_ is. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/48 "2005-02-11T14:34:42Z")
**Grease**! ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/49 "2005-02-11T14:43:40Z")
Star Trek Star Wars Babylon 5 The X-Files The Lord of the Rings The Matrix Monty Python and the Holy Grail A Clockwork Orange Napolean Dynamite This is Spinal Tap Anime > [@Roland Orzabal](#): > > Which has nothing to do with what a corporation would actually do and is quite likely the exact opposite of it, rather than a comedic exaggeration Have you never WORKED in corporate America? ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/50 "2005-02-11T14:51:29Z")
Having spent a good chunk of time with geeks (can’t live with them, can’t learn to properly use a computer or watch a Star Trek movie without them) and in comic/gaming shops, I’ll have to say the Matrix and Star Wars get my vote for most. annoying fans. ever. It’s one thing to just rabidly defend your favourite movie as the best thing ever put to film. It’s another to dress up like the characters on a semi-daily basis and live your real life according to Jedi philosophy or debate the deep philosophical merits of a Keanu Reeves (sp?) movie. Ever seen the Triumph video from Conan? The one with the Star Wars fans waiting in line for one of the prequels? Dude dressed up like Vadar. Triumph: Yes, yes… and which one of these buttons (button on Vadar costume) calls your mother to come get you? That about sums it all up perfectly. Rocky Horror gets a pass because if you don’t go to the campy re-enactment screenings, the fans aren’t really noticable out in the real world. I have some crazy Pulp Fiction fan friends, but they’re just mildly irritating; not insane. I saw the movie at a midnight screening for the first and only time last summer, and I got really bored and ready to leave about 3/4 the way through. It could’ve been all the fans constantly yammering about how great it was that just lead me to have way too high expectations, though. Still. I don’t know anyone that dresses up like characters from the film. I haven’t seen about half the movies on that list at all, nor had any traumatic experiences with their fans. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/51 "2005-02-11T15:04:05Z")
1 Withnail and I Never seen it. 2 Rocky Horror Picture Show Like it. 3 The Italian Job (original version) Never seen it or the remake. 4 The Blues Brothers Like it. 5 The Big Lebowski Need to see it. 6 Lord of the Rings Love 'em! 7 The Shawshank Redemption Need to see it. 8 Pulp Fiction Love it! 9 The Sound of Music Like it. 10 Harold and Maude Love it! 11 This is Spinal Tap Really like it. 12 Blue Velvet Really like it. 13 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Really like it, LOVE Dogma! 14 Life of Brian Really like it. 15 The Seventh Seal Really like it. 16 The Godfather It was OK. 17 Star Wars Really like the first three, the last two were OK. 18 Wayne’s World Like it. 19 Taxi Driver Need to see it. 20 Fight Club Need to see it. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/52 "2005-02-11T16:05:42Z")
> [@Roland Orzabal](#): > > Office Space. Office Space. Office Space. Office Space. Coming from a guy who thinks “Tears for Fears” is the best band ever. ---
**Author:** ![LibrarySpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@LibrarySpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LibrarySpy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/53 "2005-02-11T18:35:13Z")
I dress up at cons. I love **The Big Lebowski**. I forgive **The Matrix**. I \<3 Legolas. So maybe I’m not one to be casting stones. But geez, **Office Space** fans are the worst. It’s not profound. It’s not very funny. It was tedious the one time I sat through it to see what the fuss was about. It’s a guy film with sophmoric humor. That’s what I try to tell myself. Nevermind that every female I know loves it, too. :smack: **The Nightmare Before Christmas** fans are pretty pretentious, too. Not being a fan of Tim Burton, I can do nothing but smile politely when the topic comes up in conversation. I’ll add **Big Fish** to the list. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/54 "2005-02-11T20:09:50Z")
I, too, came in here to ask why Star Trek wasn’t on the list. Why does it get a pass? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/55 "2005-02-11T20:13:01Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I, too, came in here to ask why Star Trek wasn’t on the list. Why does it get a pass? Because the list is about movies whose _fans_ are more annoying than the movies themselves. And, barring a few exceptions (Wrath of Khan, First Contact) Star Trek movies are idiotic & annoying in themselves without the legions of geeks accompanying them. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/56 "2005-02-11T20:16:39Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > Because the list is about movies whose _fans_ are more annoying than the movies themselves. And, barring a few exceptions (Wrath of Khan, First Contact) Star Trek movies are idiotic & annoying in themselves without the legions of geeks accompanying them. I don’t agree. \*\*I like nearly all of the Star Trek movies \*\*\* and I’m not a Trekkie, or Trekker, or whatever. But some of the people who adore them - well, talking to them is like talking to sugar-crazed ferrets, sometimes. They’re hyper & might bite you if you do the wrong thing. \*You hear that, world?! ---
**Author:** ![libwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/76d3ee/32.png) [@libwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/libwen)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/57 "2005-02-11T20:35:00Z")
> [@Silentgoldfish](#): > > Really? I don’t know anyone other than me and my sister who like it. Feel lucky you didn’t go to my high school. Try being on a four-hour bus trip when half the French club is not only demanding to watch _A Nightmare Before Christmas_ there and back, but is also singing along with the characters. I like the movie, but that was awful! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/58 "2005-02-11T20:44:06Z")
> [@libwen](#): > > Feel lucky you didn’t go to my high school. Try being on a four-hour bus trip when half the French club is not only demanding to watch _A Nightmare Before Christmas_ there and back, but is also singing along with the characters. I like the movie, but that was awful! Oh my. :o I might have been singing along on that bus. ---
**Author:** ![waits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df788c/32.png) [@waits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waits)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/59 "2005-02-11T20:55:07Z")
Obviously, it’s been bumped off the list by more recent films but, good God, there was a time when **Bladerunner** fans used to put me right over the edge! ---
**Author:** ![libwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/76d3ee/32.png) [@libwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/libwen)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383/60 "2005-02-11T21:16:08Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Oh my. :o I might have been singing along on that bus. Eh, after six years of separation from that, I don’t have much of a grudge – other than to say that some of them needed voice lessons! 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-fans-are-even-more-annoying-then-the-film-itself/289383.md?page=4)