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Looking at it from a different point of view, I guess I could say that I am a Star Trek fan. I have all the movies on DVD, I have seen all of the episodes of TOS and TNG. I have not seen all of the episodes of DS9, Voyager and have only seen a couple episodes of Enterprise. I do not have a ST uniform and have never read a ST book or been on a ST fan forum. I cannot name every episode of any of the series yet I do enjoy watching them when they are on.
I have not read all the books but most of my friends consider me a huge fan. Something about hanging out at this forum for four years and heading to London for a concert of Bond music with forum buddies might have something to do with it too, I suppose.
I don't think one needs to see every film or read every book to be really in love with character - and be a fan... But I would think that being able to fully throw themselves into enjoying the time spent watching or reading Bond is something a fan would do.
And, of course, you are not a true fan if you don't completely enjoy something in the Bond series that would otherwise make you want to burn the DVD. :P
but the term "your not a real fan unless.." has always bothered me - if someone has been exposed to the material for a longer period of time, and has acquired more knowledge about said subject - i don't think that somehow makes them more of a fan over the someone just jumping in for the first time.... IMO, it's all about your passion towards the subject matter - knowledge comes with time..
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Reading all the books is a different matter, perhaps. Many Bond film fans may not necessarily go on Fleming and his novels. Some certainly do though and for any enthusiast of the flicks it may take them a few years to get through all the novels. How much of a fan of anything someone is, it's maybe fair to say, is down to opinion anyway...
To date they are my favourite set but I can't reread them because they're getting close to falling apart.
Hahahahahahaha, YES!! I too own copies on both VHS and DVD, and even though I hardly ever watch them on VHS, it's the collecting fun of it that draws me to them, the fact that they are rare/vintage now, and the fact that they look awesome propped up next to my TV in my room!
Yeah, I have almost over 70 VHS tapes that are all Bond movies. It's really nice too because of the alternate cover arts, I got releases from MGM, CBS FOX and almost all the VHS tapes from 1988. I have most of the DVD's just need 7 more before I have all of em on DVD.
Ah that's nifty! I've got a lot of the 1995/1996 MGM releases, DN, GF, TB, YOLT, OHMSS, DAF, LALD, MR, GE, and to be exact. As for the CBS FOX, I only have AVTAK so far. For the 1988 releases, I've got TSWLM as a part of the Moore Classics Collection. The only other that I have is FRWL on a 1992 MGM release, with the original poster as the cover art.
Awesome! ^_^
00Beast raises an interesting existential point here; namely is a die hard fan of one medium a more worthy fan than one of another medium?
My natural inclination is to say that if you are a hardcore fan of the Bond games and the Brozza films but have never read one of the books then you are an idiot, and I would stand by this as to be a true fan you have to have an appreciation of Fleming.
However we stray onto rather murky moral ground if you say you are merely a fan of the films. Does a fan of only the films have the moral right to be superior to a fan of the games? They both use the same character but in a different medium to that which the creator originally intended.
Well again I would argue yes if we are talking the early films which are based heavily on Fleming. But if someone has been weaned on Bond from 95 (this seems to be Bonds ‘premier league’ moment from which some young fans think Bond started) and bases their fandom on GE to DAD (but doesn’t like the Craig era) is this any more valid than a fan who gets their Bond fix through EON and Nightfire?
To sum up Bond fluctuates in style so widely through the various media it is rather difficult to be just a ‘Bond fan’ in general, without disliking some aspect of what has been done to the character.
People perhaps should be categorised by such terms as Fleming Bond fan, over the top Lewis Gilbert type Bond fan, Sean fan, Rog fan and yes Bond game fan. Does being one type of Bond fan make you any more of less a fan than someone else? I have my own answer to that question which I’m sure some of you can guess at but I’ll leave it to others to debate it for now.
Hmm. I'll agree with you up to a point but lines in the sand have to be drawn.