# What was the loudest fanboy howl of outrage? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 9, 2005, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-loudest-fanboy-howl-of-outrage/320810 "2005-09-09T13:49:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-loudest-fanboy-howl-of-outrage/320810/21 "2005-09-09T15:49:12Z")
Jar Jar Binks. Ewok battle of Endor. (As the MAD magazine satire put it: Who knew a billion dollars in Imperial technology could be destroyed by a few heavy logs?) Joel Schumacher and the Batman canon. The MATRIX sequels. “Do you know what happens to a toad when it’s struck by lightning? The same thing that happens to everything else!” John Byrne. Joe Quesada banning smoking in Marvel Comics and moving to mixed case electronic lettering. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-loudest-fanboy-howl-of-outrage/320810/22 "2005-09-09T15:49:16Z")
> [@ArrMatey!](#): > > Hal Jordan / Paralax. > > Not only was it a howl heard 'round the world, but the cleanup on that has been going on for, what? Over a decade now. Hopefully laid to rest now, thank God. Except maybe for a few Kyle diehards, but Kyle’s still alive and heroic, so they can’t get too heated up. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-loudest-fanboy-howl-of-outrage/320810/23 "2005-09-09T15:50:16Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > Going back: Arthur Conan Doyle killing off Sherlock Holmes Yup. We have a winner. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-loudest-fanboy-howl-of-outrage/320810/24 "2005-09-09T15:53:10Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Organic web shooters. It was protested before the movie came out, but I thought the fervor died down since the movie was fanboy-riffic overall and frankly, the organic explanation makes more sense (IMHO). I agree with **42fish** - the death of Holmes pretty much takes it. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-loudest-fanboy-howl-of-outrage/320810/25 "2005-09-09T15:58:01Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > “Do you know what happens to a toad when it’s struck by lightning? The same thing that happens to everything else!” Huh? Please explain. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-loudest-fanboy-howl-of-outrage/320810/26 "2005-09-09T15:59:41Z")
I don’t think any fanboy outrage pre-1995 or so can be the winner. The wide spread use of the internet has taken fanboy otrage to levels previously unseen. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-loudest-fanboy-howl-of-outrage/320810/27 "2005-09-09T16:04:49Z")
Definitely H.E.A.T. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-loudest-fanboy-howl-of-outrage/320810/28 "2005-09-09T16:09:44Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > I think Ellison’s been proved right, over time. I am curious as to what he’d say about Firefly, mind you, but you can’t really do SF on TV that well. Too darn boring. > Even B5 isn’t really hard SF. Didn’t Ellison work as a consultant on the first season of Babylon 5? Marc ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-loudest-fanboy-howl-of-outrage/320810/29 "2005-09-09T16:12:48Z")
Actually, I think it was most of the series, not just the first season, as I vaguely recall. ---
**Author:** ![Reloy3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Reloy3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reloy3)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-loudest-fanboy-howl-of-outrage/320810/30 "2005-09-09T16:15:33Z")
My take: Spider-Clone ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-loudest-fanboy-howl-of-outrage/320810/31 "2005-09-09T16:27:47Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > My personal outrage moment was when I heard Nicholas Cage had been cast to play Superman - fortunately, it fell through. You just made me cry all over again … just the shadow of a memory upsets me. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-loudest-fanboy-howl-of-outrage/320810/32 "2005-09-09T16:35:16Z")
I know he was. I just don’t think even B5 counts as ‘real’ SF. Too many cheats. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-loudest-fanboy-howl-of-outrage/320810/33 "2005-09-09T16:36:40Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > Actually, I think it was most of the series, not just the first season, as I vaguely recall. Harlan served as a consultant through the entire run of the series. He also had two cameos: one as the voice of Sparky the computer in [Ceremonies of Light and Dark](http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/guide/055.html) and another as a Psi Cop in [The Face of the Enemy](http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/guide/083.html). ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-loudest-fanboy-howl-of-outrage/320810/34 "2005-09-09T16:36:57Z")
> [@DataZak](#): > > My personal howl of outrage…nipples on the Batsuit. Oo, this was mine. The midichlorians, too. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-loudest-fanboy-howl-of-outrage/320810/35 "2005-09-09T16:39:24Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > You just made me cry all over again … just the shadow of a memory upsets me. There, there - it’s okay now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-loudest-fanboy-howl-of-outrage/320810/36 "2005-09-09T16:43:31Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > The **Sephiroth Fanboys** squealing in horror when it was revealed that **Lance Bass** would provide the voice of their idol in **Kingdom Hearts.** …WTF… Ummm can’t have been that loud. I’m a genre fanboy and this is the first I have heard of it. It’s definitely Greedo shooting first. There’s not a Star Wars fan who thinks that it is an improvement. Midichlorians got outraged on because apparently most people were too dense to actually understand what Qui-gon was saying. Midichlorians are NOT the force but people still have that misconception. Hal Jordan is close but since you now have alot of fans split between Kyle Raynor and Hal Jordan it’s hard to say it actually meant anything. Nipples on the batsuit has got to be up there too. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-loudest-fanboy-howl-of-outrage/320810/37 "2005-09-09T16:44:21Z")
> [@John Corrado](#): > > Huh? Please explain. Line uttered by Halle Berry as Storm in the first **X-Men** movie, written by The Joss, aka Joss Whedon of Buffy/Serenity. Meant to be delivered in a flip, sarcastic way, she delivered it straight on and flat, leaving everyone in the audience confused and Joss embarrassed and frustrated as he had to explain what the line reading should have been. Not one of Halle’s finest acting moments. A double howl - X-Men and Joss… ---
**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:** [September 9, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-loudest-fanboy-howl-of-outrage/320810/38 "2005-09-09T16:44:31Z")
[geezervoice]I reckon that mos’ a youz “fan-boys” is too young to recall the hollerin’ outcry that occurred ‘pon the release of **Uncanny X-Men #137**. In those days, when a major character such as Jean Grey was killed, we believed they’d STAY dead! We also wuz fool enuff t’believe that Jean Grey an’ the Phoenix wuz actually ONE person, not one reincarnatable person an’ a undyin’ cozmic enitee. But whoo boy, yoo should’a heard the wailin’ and gnashin’ of teeth that ‘curred when that li’l miz Jean Grey died for the firs’ time.[/geezervoice] ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-loudest-fanboy-howl-of-outrage/320810/39 "2005-09-09T16:49:33Z")
Greedo shooting first I think should be the top one. Not just because it was a silly decision that cheapened one of the cooler scenes in the movie but because it was inarguably poorly done. Even people who don’t like Star Wars who see the scene, such as my girlfriend, can see how stupid it looks: what with Greedo missing someone he had a gun trained on from over a very small table; the way they made Han apparantly jerk to the side to dodge the shot looks even dumber as he’s very obviously not doing it. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-loudest-fanboy-howl-of-outrage/320810/40 "2005-09-09T16:56:19Z")
Well, there was an uproar when people found out they are not playing as Snake in MGS2. Only after the game is released… and the producerers delibrately lulling the people that they will be playing as Snake… and that they will be playing as a silky-white pretty boy. I guess they prefer a veteran than a greenhorn. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-loudest-fanboy-howl-of-outrage/320810.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-loudest-fanboy-howl-of-outrage/320810.md?page=3)