Popular Post Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,260 Posted July 29, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2015 Many years ago, as I've alluded to a few times, I was a member here under another name, and also at FSM. I didn't post much at either place, but I got the information I was after and took in the whole scene from the sidelines. Very quickly though I noticed a disparity between these two atmospheres. It's been said numerous times that here we have a small, intimate community, pub-like, to FSM's broader and more sterile one. On the surface, I suppose that's all it is. But there's a little more, isn't there? What does it say about the people involved, those who so readily bond over shared passions and can persist in those bonds through all manner of banter and disagreement, and those who just... talk at each other about the latest film music news, and still manage to have far more contentious and toxic disagreements than you'd find anywhere here?I've found it both enriching and enlightening to be a member of this community. There's John Williams and film music here, but also LIFE. I suppose that may be troublesome to certain people. But how boring their world must be! Whether on an internet forum or in the real world, who wants bland and slavish devotion to very specific interests at the expense of the rest of the universe, and constantly echoes puzzlement when such indefensible desires aren't met? No thank you. I will take my discussion of *any* subject peppered with irrelevancies and "verbal diarrhea" and enjoy it all. I'm not here to dispense or consume information like a machine. I'd be over at FSM if I were interested in that. I'd be over at FSM if I had no interest in strong personalities with real perspectives and the intelligence and gusto to back them up. I'd be over at FSM if I just couldn't take it when people make lengthy posts with actual insight and wit and fire and poetry. I'm not over at FSM. Back to those years ago, when I was involved in both places, I eventually fell into other things and stopped keeping up with both sites. But years later, when I found myself with a want to rejoin such a community, I made a choice, and it was easy. Muad'Dib, A. A. Ron and Not Mr. Big 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,630 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 JWfan is better then everything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,542 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Many years ago, as I've alluded to a few times, I was a member here under another nameMorlock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,630 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Alice??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,711 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Many years ago, as I've alluded to a few times, I was a member here under another nameMorlock?Nah, I would've know. Morlock is dead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,630 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 You miss him, don't you. He was perfect for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,711 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I didn't always agree with Morlock, but he was a huge film fan. Sadly, in the end, he only talked about unknown independent movies and documentaries that played in obscure little theatres. He got a little too artsy fartsy. I think he knew the end was nearing. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,630 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 How do you think he died? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,711 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 A bomb fell on one of those little obscure theatres in Israel or Palestine. Morlock died while doing what he loved the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,779 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Wait, did Morlock actually die or is this a JWFan joke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,260 Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 Disgusting to joke about death. I hate this place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Dimitrescu 9,297 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I love you! I'll kith youuu! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,260 Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 I do anything for money, I kill for money. I kill you for money! No, no, you're my friend, I kill you for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 9,069 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 In respect for your thread and angle, Pilgrim, I'll keep my mouth shut on the 'forum atmosphere' and all that (this time).But I'd like to praise Ricard once again for creating and maintaining a living John Williams page (with most every other Williams page out there being "dead"). For a Williams nutjob like myself, it's great to have this as a resource and news outlet, in particular. And one of the few places I can "riff" with fellow Williams researchers on all things obscure. JWfangirl1992 and Cerebral Cortex 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,857 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 A bomb fell on one of those little obscure theatres in Israel or Palestine. Morlock died while doing what he loved the most.I hope not! He was a valuable and treasured member (and no, this is not a innuendo!).Are you Weebo, Mithrandir?Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,848 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 In respect for your thread and angle, Pilgrim, I'll keep my mouth shut on the 'forum atmosphere' and all that (this time).But I'd like to praise Ricard once again for creating and maintaining a living John Williams page (with most every other Williams page out there being "dead"). For a Williams nutjob like myself, it's great to have this as a resource and news outlet, in particular. And one of the few places I can "riff" with fellow Williams researchers on all things obscure.Keep those threads on obscure JW TV shows coming Thor! I mean it! Always interesting stuff for JW fanatics like myself to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,542 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 A bomb fell on one of those little obscure theatres in Israel or Palestine. Morlock died while doing what he loved the most.I hope not! He was a valuable and treasured member (and no, this is not a innuendo!).Are you Weebo, Mithrandir?No. Salacius! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,260 Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 I have too many posts to edit them all when I make my childish exit this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,857 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 In respect for your thread and angle, Pilgrim, I'll keep my mouth shut on the 'forum atmosphere' and all that (this time).But I'd like to praise Ricard once again for creating and maintaining a living John Williams page (with most every other Williams page out there being "dead"). For a Williams nutjob like myself, it's great to have this as a resource and news outlet, in particular. And one of the few places I can "riff" with fellow Williams researchers on all things obscure.Keep those threads on obscure JW TV shows coming Thor! I mean it! Always interesting stuff for JW fanatics like myself to read.It's just a pity I miss so many of those threads. JW subforum is not my most frequent viewed sections.But yeah, this is all good stuff, Thor!Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,542 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,630 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Agreed! He's a pariah, barely tolerated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,542 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I'm one of the few people here who don't have a problem with him, but still! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,630 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I don't have any issues with him either. But its the principle of the thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,260 Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 ATTENTION FSM MEMBER "FILMS1"COME JOIN THE DISCUSSION DIRECTLY INSTEAD OF MAKING COWARDLY SNIPES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Dimitrescu 9,297 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I'd be over at FSM if I had no interest in strong personalities with real perspectives and the intelligence and gusto to back them up.Not sure I qualify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,360 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I can't really keep up with you guys, but I do like to sit down and watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,542 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Innuendo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,895 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 ATTENTION FSM MEMBER "FILMS1"COME JOIN THE DISCUSSION DIRECTLY INSTEAD OF MAKING COWARDLY SNIPESI can't really keep up with you guys, but I do like to sit down and watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,360 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Innuendo?Of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,260 Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 ....What did we ever do to these guys to make them so violent? Ooo oo, but you know I'm yours Ooo oo, and you know you're mine Ooo oo (and that's for all time)Ooo ee ooo I like JWFan Oh oh and I hate that FSMI don't care what they say about us anywayI don't care bout that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,163 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I can't claim to be a good member here, but from my lofty realms looking down on this place, the reason JWFan is more pleasant is because of how intimate the community and interactions are. FSM is a place of anonymity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Dimitrescu 9,297 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Intimate eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,260 Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 I couldn't sleep so I did this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,542 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I can't claim to be a good member hereYou're OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Dimitrescu 9,297 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I couldn't sleep so I did this thread.My threads are more compelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 307 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I've circled the fringes of FSM for some years now. It seems to me that it's a little more civil than it used to be, but still nowhere near the dynamic this place has managed to maintain. There's no question which one's better by a hundred miles.I'm not here to dispense or consume information like a machine. I'd be over at FSM if I were interested in that. I'd be over at FSM if I had no interest in strong personalities with real perspectives and the intelligence and gusto to back them up. I'd be over at FSM if I just couldn't take it when people make lengthy posts with actual insight and wit and fire and poetry. I'm not over at FSM.Now that's a great summation of what makes JWFan so phenomenal. Nicely said.Many years ago, as I've alluded to a few times, I was a member here under another nameMorlock?Alice???Morn?????Disgusting to joke about death. I hate this place.I hear FSM is nice this time of year. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,260 Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 I'm trying to get one of the critics over there to mention me by name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,630 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 But no one knows your name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,260 Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 My JWFan name! I want FSM infamy like you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,630 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 This is the second time someone on FSM started a thread specifically attacking one of my contributions here.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 41,199 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Why don't you just drop it. Nobody cares about this except you. Just let both threads die.EDIT: I was talking to TGP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,630 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 He's still young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,260 Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 Why don't you just drop it. Nobody cares about this except you. Just let both threads die.EDIT: I was talking to TGPWhat's with you man? You fawn over other posts praising this site but have nothing to say related to mine, you just tell me to drop it? Taking things too seriously again?I left it out of my original post because I didn't want to gripe, but if there *is* something off-putting about this place it's the occasional selective bullying from you. Why don't you tell me what it was I did to earn your ire? Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,975 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Honestly, this place was in better hands with Jack Chapple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 41,199 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Wha? I have nothing against you. I don't don't see the point in starting a war with FSM. Some guy over there doesn't like us; Who cares? I don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,260 Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 There's no war. We're all joking here, and I suppose that's the difference between us and them.Sometimes, it just seems like you have a bit of an edge. But I suppose we all do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 967 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Koray Savas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,255 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Honestly, this place was in better hands with Jack Chapple. You mean shut down with unpaid servers? Those were the days! Joe Brausam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,975 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Honestly, this place was in better hands with Jack Chapple. You mean shut down with unpaid servers? Those were the days!Nope... before that. Jack wasn't a tyrannical, passive aggressive, OCPD overlord like Jay. He was a fine composer and web developer and an engaging personality. He shall be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 307 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 In addition to the engaging and interesting layers of personality inherent to JWFan, there's also the whole fascinating aspect of the "split universe" we have going on here. For instance, I've never seen this tyrannical, "Intendant Jay" version of our mod. Just the "Major Jay" guy—the one who (like any other mod) has to draw the line at times in order to keep JWFan the friendly, civil place it is, but remains one of the friendlier personalities himself the rest of the time.All this reminds me how long it's been since I've been over to FSM. I need to see what all this drama's about. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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