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« on: August 15, 2008, 12:41:28 PM »

Film.com has run an amusing entry for "most rabid fanbase" --
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Rabidity: Whedonists
Like the Trekkies, this group has some issues regarding their individual nerd nomenclature. Some take issue with the term "Trekkies" and prefer to be called "Trekkers." And I made the mistake just last night of calling a beloved Wedonist a "Whedonite." Yet another Whedonite deemed the term "Whedonist" as "so stupid." I'm not sure I follow the logic but I've never really been sure what to make of the Joss Whedon universe (or 'verse). I'm not exactly a Whedonite or a Whedonist. Whedon is a rather prolific fellow. He dabbles in movies, TV, comics ... even the internet. I saw Serenity a few years ago and thought it was solid and fun. But I still didn't get it.

Which brings to mind a discussion we had here prior to the launch of the site-- which do you prefer Whedonite or Whedonist? (I've added a poll just to find out)

Read the whole "Five Most Rabid Fanbases" at Film.com:
http://www.film.com/movies/story/the-five-most-rabid-fanbases/11597472/22494925
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« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2008, 11:40:28 PM »

Interesting-I've never read the Twilight books and I'm not a Kevin Smith fan but I would definitely describe myself as a member of all those other fanbases. I wonder if that makes me rabider than some one who's a fan of just one (I also wonder why rabider isn't a real word...).


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« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2008, 10:47:52 PM »

Whedonist sounds like a religion
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