I think she just does not get it. Which, I guess I can understand, if she's new to any sort of fandom but her own, but she's so negative, so derogatory about it. Like you said, it's how she feels and that's okay, but does she have to be so brash? At least open up a dialogue, try to understand. And her rules about what's allowed are weird- if a publishing company says it's okay, then MORALLY it's okay? If fanfiction is immoral, how come Kevin J. Anderson writing novels about Krypton is okay because DC Comics says it is? I wonder what she'd have to say about Vergil and the Aeneid, a classic epic- because it's totally Homer fanfiction. Heh.
I also love that she doesn't even stop to consider the fact that some fanfiction might be *good*. She's like, "It's all badfic! It's all porn!" I've read fanfic just as good as published fiction- better!
Re: ANOES. It's been years since I've seen the original, so I didn't have a strong comparison to go with, which probably helped my enjoyment of it. The mythology of it was a mess, as you said, since they explained nothing. I thought the Freddy-as-a-molester thing worked better metaphorically than it did literally (I mean, an abuser chasing his victims down in their dreams, unstoppable? Pretty strong metaphor there). I hadn't really figured out what my problem was with the group of kids until I read your entry; they really didn't interact as a group, which weakened the story and weakened a lot of the impact of their deaths.
I did like the cast a lot, and I thought the visual aspect was really cool (most of the awesome parts were in the trailer, though, like Katie in the classroom). Also- I was really tired when I saw it, so I kept falling asleep both during and after when waiting for the bus in the dark alone. So there was an unitentional level of creepy, heh. Overall, I'd say I enjoyed it, but definitely see the flaws.
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I also love that she doesn't even stop to consider the fact that some fanfiction might be *good*. She's like, "It's all badfic! It's all porn!" I've read fanfic just as good as published fiction- better!
Re: ANOES. It's been years since I've seen the original, so I didn't have a strong comparison to go with, which probably helped my enjoyment of it. The mythology of it was a mess, as you said, since they explained nothing. I thought the Freddy-as-a-molester thing worked better metaphorically than it did literally (I mean, an abuser chasing his victims down in their dreams, unstoppable? Pretty strong metaphor there). I hadn't really figured out what my problem was with the group of kids until I read your entry; they really didn't interact as a group, which weakened the story and weakened a lot of the impact of their deaths.
I did like the cast a lot, and I thought the visual aspect was really cool (most of the awesome parts were in the trailer, though, like Katie in the classroom). Also- I was really tired when I saw it, so I kept falling asleep both during and after when waiting for the bus in the dark alone. So there was an unitentional level of creepy, heh. Overall, I'd say I enjoyed it, but definitely see the flaws.