Originally posted by: Mr Bungle
Least when I am here I will never see a thread like it did there "is Star Wars(ANH) meh?" and was shocked to find out it was actually started by a mod, and I bet there would be mega complaints if someone posted a thread "is Revenge Of The Sith meh?" there and the Classic Trilogy forum seems just so anti anything pre 97 its unbelievable, and its great there are people here who love the first film and dont class it as meh and love the original films.

and therein lies the problem... sites like TF.n and obviously Lucas' own SW.com have slowly allowed their ranks to be filled with Mods and Admins who would just as soon spit on the originals and love the prequels. This fanatic sect of fandom, which is outnumbered and outclassed obscenely in any normal population sampling, has screamed loud enough in these fan clubs and wedged their way in so they dominate the "collective opinion."

Frankly - they are misrepresenting the SW fanbase, in my opinion. How many people do you know, in normal everyday life, who actually like the Prequels? I could go systematically through my entire building, almost a 1000 poeple, and I would be lucky to find one person. I may not even find one person.

But the Original Star Wars, the guy in the cube next to me, and the one two down, and the Director in that corner, and our CEO and like half the population LOVES THE ORIGINAL FILMS. That is fandom. Check media, magazines, TV shows, talk shows, newspapers, radio, film or wherever. The collective opinion is that STAR WARS ROCKS. And Jar Jar sucks.

Am I wrong?

Just most fans are "casual fans". They don't visit websites. Most people don't know about this petition. They don't realize that a large group of "fanatics" (and I use fanatics because that is what they've become, like a cult operating in denial of the outside world, joint attacks on outside opinion and self-congratulatory parades) have managed to exert themselves to represent the 'fan's opinion:' Oh yes, George, continue to mutilate the old films, I love how you stuck a teenager with a mullet in the ghost scene. we love it, George, here's more changes, more, more!

The proverbial rubber band must break.