KingDaniel said:
Well, her first time she was banned by a mod who didn't believe it was really her.
Awe, that's a shame.
She should have been asked to prove herself by making a sign. Her
name@trekbbs.com on paper, on her hand, something. That's how social networking sites do it when someone accuses someone of being fake.
After all, if I came here claiming I was THE William Shatner, I think it would be wise to ask for some proof, and I would be prepared to make a sign.
T'Girl said:
BillJ said:
Her and her boyfriend needed to grow up. If you are going to be in the spotlight, expect to receive criticism.
Puzzling statement. Why would that be an expectation for anyone?
Well, because that's life. You jump into the spot light, you're going to get criticized. If you're lucky you might get some fans, but don't expect it, just expect the criticism. If you can't take criticism, you are a narcissist.
If you make a youtube video, just expect people to tell you how stupid you are, worthless, ugly, ignorant, etc.
There's only three ways you're going to broadcast yourself without getting mostly negative feed back.
1. Tell people what they want to hear.
2. Perform with an A+ act.
3. Be so obscure no one listens, watches, or reads your statement/performance.
Every time I so much as post on this forum or any web forum, I am immediately prepared to be attacked, criticized, ridiculed, threatened, and in cases of stating a political belief, banned.
99% of people just can't handle a difference in opinion. And if you're a performer, you have to realize you're going to have your critics. Look at shock rock performer Marilyn Manson, this guy knew he'd receive the nastiest hate comments and criticism, but he just smiled over it, never let it get him down. And that's the right attitude to have.
I remember many years back being a part of The Lost World fan forum, and the actor that played Professor Summerlee, Michael Sinelnikoff, was a member of the forum (this is after the show got canceled), and some new guy happened to make a post about how much he hated the Summerlee character, and Michael Sinelnikoff posted something about "well then you're lucky they killed off my character so that you could enjoy the rest of the show." or something to that effect. And the poster was like "Oh my god, you're him? You're the actor that played Professor Summerlee?"
But point is, you have to be a good sport, because you can't please all of the people all of the time.
There was this writer for the 2005 Doctor Who series that wrote a two parter episode, and when she went to the fan forums to see if people liked the episode, she was heart broken and disturbed by the hateful comments she received. She had never heard such hateful comments in her life. And the thing is, everyone knows if you're a script writer, you never ever go to fan forums looking for praise. You go to the fan forums only if you are a real masochist.
I am currently writing a TOS fan fiction, and when I post it on this forum, I am prepared to hear how bad my grammar is, how I took McCoy out of character, how I am such a dummy because that type of ship didn't exist in the Kirk era, or this or that isn't standard Starfleet procedure. And I am cool with that. A lot of negative comments are just opinions, and everyone is entitled. And a lot of negative comments will be genuinely good points and will help as constructive criticism, even when those criticisms are spoken harshly.
I once ran a pro wrestling radio talk show, and gave the link to my first episode on a pro-wrestling fan forum I had been a member of for a year, and I got nothing and I mean nothing but negative feedback. Some of them criticized me to the point of dropping links to youtube videos of "don't be a basement dweller" and people made photoshop pictures of various things and posted it on the forum as ways of making fun of me and how stupid I was. I mean I really got torn apart. But, among all that hate was some genuinely good advice. Albeit the advice would have been better if the guy hadn't photoshopped my face on the butt of a mule.
But I listened to all this hate, divided it into "hateful for the hell of it" and "rude but makes a good point", and weeks later did a far better show, that actually got a few positive comments.
And about once a week I will get hateful email from someone who read one of my star trek reviews from my website, and sometimes they're just angry because they're obsessed fans of someone I made fun of, or because I was genuinely wrong about a so-called fact. I like those letters because I can update the review with the proper information. But even when people are helpful they tend to be very rude about it, and that's just the way people are.
Point is, you gonna put yourself out there, you have to be prepared for the worse, and be mature about it.
And yeah, Leeta was really hot. It's a shame the actress can't take some negative comments from basement dwellers like me LOL