Jeez, I'm not a Tolkien fan either but c'mon guy, that was pretty... intense.
Although I have to say, I'd go see Gollum the Musical.
Although I have to say, I'd go see Gollum the Musical.
Is this the worst article ever?
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I can see what Tim Stanely (the article writer) was trying to go for; American culture is engrossed in entertainment consumption, and that's not such a good thing when Americans are starting to become addicted to that entertainment. However, Stanely just uses his premise to bash on stereotypes and everything that fell under his umbrella of dislikes.
There is only one way to find out. We need to lure him into the sunlight and see if he turns to stone. That is what people mean when you call him a troll right? because trolls are real.Berithil said:
hrm..my avatar has just informed me that in some fantasy worlds trolls are infact made of stone to begin with and just become slower when its warm, they have been known to stop moving entirely if caught out in the day, we may need a blowtorch and possibly a hammer.
If they weren't real then well...they..can't be..um..they are real, aren't they guys? oh God, i think I may have killed someone!
In all honesty the guys attitude is just baffling, I have to wonder if he applies the same outlook towards every genre. They are after all just ways of escaping from reality and there will of course be a few people who really get stuck into the experience by taking their fandom beyond the medium it stemmed from, it's all meant to be in fun but the guy makes it sound like some sort of mental illness.
I like the way he criticises people for not having a life, while earning his living writing articles complaining about people not having a life.
He also complains about fans of these things not having a figure like Daniel Craig because of all the time spent watching films and playing games. Daniel Craig is a man given millions of pounds to pretend he is a secret agent. If you are going to complain about people avoiding reality, then best start with the people being paid insanely large wages to do just that.
He also complains about fans of these things not having a figure like Daniel Craig because of all the time spent watching films and playing games. Daniel Craig is a man given millions of pounds to pretend he is a secret agent. If you are going to complain about people avoiding reality, then best start with the people being paid insanely large wages to do just that.
Well, the quality of the article is the average of a troll writing a forum post. It's not the worst I have seen, but only because "professional journalism" is circling the drain.
However are we proving ourselves to be mature here by writing that he's an elitist prick or insulting his intelligence? We're not only doing what a troll would want us to do, we are also playing right into his hand proving his point about us much better than he could have done himself.
However are we proving ourselves to be mature here by writing that he's an elitist prick or insulting his intelligence? We're not only doing what a troll would want us to do, we are also playing right into his hand proving his point about us much better than he could have done himself.
As someone who is short, stocky, has hairy feet, I take offense since I'm not one of those lowly XBox players. /sarcasm
No, really, that's really dumb. I guess he's just trolling, generating attention in the bad way. But I've seen worse than this.
No, really, that's really dumb. I guess he's just trolling, generating attention in the bad way. But I've seen worse than this.
And they are delicious.Sqrt(-1) said:
Per his Wikipedia page, he actually began as Labour (he's British, and that's our - formerly - left wing party, back when we had such a thing) but after moving to the Us distanced himself and now supports the Republicans. Maybe he's just a Republican who doesn't like FOX?Sqrt(-1) said:
See, what's annoying about that is that his point isn't too bad of an argument, being (as I understand it) related to the difficulties in artistically expressing onesself through a project which is necessarily created by committee. I don't agree, but it's an interesting argument.Flatfrog said:
Where it all goes terribly fucking wrong is when he starts asking stupid, snobbish questions like "what is a proffessor doing playing video games?" and acting like such a person should be above these childish pursuits.
He writes so many words to say so little.
Seriously, it's like he just keeps repeating the "I personally don't like fantasy" angle without giving a reason other than nerd stereotypes. There's even a sentence hidden in that giant block of text which says the genre does have artistic merit, but damn if he's going to actually say something constructive about it.
Seriously, it's like he just keeps repeating the "I personally don't like fantasy" angle without giving a reason other than nerd stereotypes. There's even a sentence hidden in that giant block of text which says the genre does have artistic merit, but damn if he's going to actually say something constructive about it.
If you all don't like him so much , I know I certainly don't then head on over to his website at http://www.timothystanley.co.uk/contact.html where you can contact him personally. I have never been so angry at a journalist , a field I want to go into , and a historian , a second field I want to go into , before.
Pardon me then, 'twas my Eastern European roots looking for a more precise Russian to English translation.Lieju said:
(I also spell it Dostojevski during all other occasions, when I'm not picking for cheap shots at people such as the guy who wrote the article)
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