ExParrot said:
Actually it's more like:
"I want, what they want, and every other fan of the movies with eyes in their heads and money to spend, wants! For Sideshow to sculpt rambo just as well as they sculpted him! (points to Indiana Jones Premium Format statues) That's what I want!"
Reads to me like you're saying anyone that likes these movies and isn't blind can't like this piece.
It. Was. A. Joke. It was never meant as anything more than that, and you're making it into this big drama, as if it was some covert personal attack, while also selectively quoting, and ignoring that it was just an off the cuff response to this post:
And since Rambo is getting no love here, I thought this quote was appropriate.
"I want, what they want, and every other guy who came over here and spilled his guts and gave everything he had, wants! For our country to love us as much as we love it! That's what I want!"
And also very conveniently ignoring the numerous times where I have stated in this thread and in each of my posts that any views that I post were just my own personal opinion, and I don't begrudge anyone who thinks differently. In fact in that same post that I made a simple off the cuff joke that you seem to have taken such offense to, I followed it by saying "If you like the piece, then hey, more power to ya, but me, I'll wait until one day someone does the early films justice in statue form, as this certainly wasn't it. Not for me". That's my opinion, and it's stated as my opinion, and I won't apologise for it to someone who's clearly jumping at every shadow they see, and on every post they don't personally agree with.
And the only one I see continually showing that they aren't capable of living with other folks opinions in this thread is you, who seems to have made it his mission in life to continually rebuff any negative opinion posted on this piece whatsoever. Seems to me like someone is being a little over defensive here. Especially as I haven't seen anyone say that you have no right liking the piece, or that you shouldn't do so. No one that I saw has told you that your opinion is wrong, or tried to invalidate it, they have merely stated their own. No, all I have seen is folks expressing their own disappointment, which is invariably followed by another post by you in which you leap to the piece and Sideshow's defence and make some post about how our perspective is off, or that our expectations are too high, or some other way of undermining the legitimacy of what you consider to be your 'opposition'.
I mean it's great that you like the piece, I'm happy for you, but personally I was very disappointed by it, and I have stated as much. My opinion is my opinion, it was only ever presented as such. That's how it should be read and that's where it should end. And I'm entitled to have it and state it every bit as much as you are entitled to have a completely different opinion, and to like this piece as much as you do. Personally I think you're jumping at shadows because your opinion is clearly in the minority in this particular case. But at the end of the day if you like the piece it shouldn't matter to you what anyone else thinks or says about it, you should just be happy that it lived up to your expectations and made you happy.
But whatever, this game has gotten old, I'm out. Enjoy your statue, I'll take my opinions elsewhere.
