That was just a one-off gag. In the final Bloom County panel, the (empty) dandelion patch is restored.
I think I can offer a contribution that fully qualifies as a fuck-you:
Bob Dylan’s "Self Portrait"
A ghastly mish-mash of covers, bad country tunes, and self-parody, Dylan has since admitted what many have suspected: he recorded this album to force his legions of obsessive wanker-fans to finally get the hell off his back, with an album so patently misguided there was no point in trying to plumb it for meaning.
I had thought of “All of Bob Dylan’s live performances since the mid-60’s or so”. Though I interpret them not so much as a ‘F*** You’ as a maybe somewhat justified ‘Hey you! Pay attention to what I’m doing NOW! Don’t just sing along with your memory of a recording. Sheesh!’
Dylan is actually a ShorDurPerSav of mine on occasion… but from what I undersatnd his live shows are often a “fuck you!” to his fans.
A few years ago I had the good fortune to catch Tom Petty and Bob Dylan together in concert. The tickets were about eighty bucks each. Not a cheap show by any means. Petty rocked the house, he was on fire and the air was electric.
Then Dylan got on stage. Now, I know virtually every song he’s ever done by heart. But once he started singing he was so drunk and/or out of it that I couldn’t even tell what he was trying to sing, and I’m sure he was changing verses around from the snippets of actual English that I could decipher. We ended up walking out after only a few songs, but what was really weird is that by the time we got up to leave, most of the other people in the open air concert hall were already getting up to go. Just a damn shame, it was the only time I’d ever heard him live. But speaking to a bunch of other fans, it’s not anything new. My folks went to see one of his concerts a decade or two ago and then he was also too drunk to speak English.
Yep, pretty much the way I felt (although I admittedly read the book after seeing the movies!). I love reading about the Scouring, but in the movie, after the big epic battles, good finally triumphs, everyone was victorious…then they go back and wha? MORE FIGHTING? I think most people would have had a fit.
I also think that Jackson was incredibly lucky-he managed to translate a much beloved classic, with a HUGE, very devouted following to film, AND he managed to do it in such a way that the majority of fans LOVED the movies. So many books to movies do NOT end well. Peter Jackson’s was a huge success.
I’ll second Anne Rice’s hissyfit on Amazon and add a follow up-when she made her little stand on her “dickensian principles” (whatever the fuck that means), she told people if they didn’t like the book to mail it to her, and she would refund their money, leaving her address there.
Only problem was, she had just moved out of that address, and people who took her at her word only had their packages returned, marked “Return to Sender”.
How about Axl Rose, taking all the rights to Guns N Roses, including the name, shutting out his former bandmates, and and basically living like a recluse, refusing to treat his bipolar disorder, all the while promising that Chinese Democracy will be out “any day now?”
I’m pretty sure all the GnR fans moved on, I know I sure did. I think Axl’s big FU was when there were 15,000 fans in a Philly arena waiting for him and he’s still in his hotel in New York with no intentions of showing up. Rioting ensued.
JayJay got the correct answer. It’s a generally-joking term used to describe someone who you’ve got a lot of respect/reverance for and listen to for a time, but who you’ll of course eventually differ with and go your own way.
I never implied anything of the sort. King’s offense was that:
I think it would’ve been so easy to take the story away from non-paying readers without depriving the paying ones, yet King just chose a blanket “screw you” solution like a pouty kid.
I would like to cast a vote for Starship Troopers the movie being a great big “fuck you!” to fans. If you’re going to make something and play on its name recognition, the least we can expect is that you’re faithful to the source material. It would’ve been easy enough to make a movie called “Future Soldiers” or whatever, but, nope.
Fact? I wondered where they’d gone. Oh well. Storms of Victory felt a little rushed at the end. Perhaps this was one of these good ideas that, after all, didn’t have a five-book series in it.
I’m not sure, but from context, something to do with acting like a dick? :dubious:
While this incident was indeed tragic, really, what were people thinking anyway? When GnR were huge back in the day, they were well known for showing up late (or not at all) for their concerts. They had a reputation for it. People bought their tickets then knowing this. I realize the power of seeing someone live that you’ve really, really wanted to see, and I understand that excitement, but when I heard he didn’t show, I wasn’t surprised at all. I was surprised that people thought he would. No way would I buy a GnR or Axl ticket.
I’ve seen GnR a few times, and while they may have been a bit tardy, there was never, ever a thought that they might not show up. I don’t think a promoter would even book a tour with a band that has a reputation for skipping shows. Even The Replacements could be counted on to stumble onto stage and hurry through a few tunes. Jane’s Addiction only played three songs (rioting ensued), but they were at least in the same state as the show. Axl was in New York for a Philly show!
