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Bella, can you tell me some of the SPN lingo you use in the UK? That is interesting to me, that there are different dialects of fandom lingo, even in the shared online universe.
I just changed my IMDB name because my old one was basically my real name, as one word. I'm not particularly confrontational or nasty on these boards, but some people seemed to take everything as a fight, so I just wanted to give myself at least a little anonymity. I just picked Tommix basically at random. Tom Mix was an early movie star, he did a lot of Westerns waaaayyy back in silent film days, and in the early 1930's.
that sounds right, now that you say it... I have probably forgotten some of the old lingo, like Metallicar, Hellatus, saltgunner, idjit... calling the yellow eyed demons YED... there were a lot of little terms and acronyms like that, back in the day. Were you on the SPN IMDB board in the first 6 or 7 seasons? I went by edsugrue at that time.
howdy bluehex! [wave] Oh no, do the old emojis/emoticons/whatever work here? Maybe not. Anyway, I'm here.
people used to call it the Hellatus. Don't we do that anymore?
hey guys, what's up? I'm edsugrue. I made a few comments on the IMDB board in the couple of weeks before it disappeared, but i was around the IMDB SPN board very regularly for the first 6 or 7 seasons. Bella UK and Private Bozz, you know me.
I first tuned in because it looked like an interesting re-envisioning of the old occult detective tale trope... is that what a trope is?!?!? I'm not sure. Anyway, I don't think I really understood that the classic rock and the Metallicar would be so important, at first. That stuff helped make me a fan, and the way they had fake IDs all the time, and just generally the sense of humor of the show. I also liked trying to keep track of different types of demons by the color of their eyes, in the early seasons. It always meant something, so you had to pay attention.
I liked the way the car's trunk was full of different arcane supernatural weapons... supposedly that was supposed to be a much more important part of the show, as Eric Kripke initially imagined the show. That actually helped get me back into being a Phantasm phan. I may have been getting back into Phantasm anyway, around that time, at least the first movie... but, this show got me to appreciate Phantasm 2 again, which (Phantasm 2) is really a very fun horror comedy.
I have not stayed for the long haul, tragically. I decided to live without a TV for awhile, which is a decision I'm mostly proud of, but it was not conducive to staying well-versed in this show. Anyway, I'm hoping to get back into it again... I have harbored that intention now and then, and not followed through, over the last few years... wish me luck, that this time I'll be able to stick with it.
hey what's up?? Some familiar names on this thread.
hey klownz, what's up? I have primarily been going to TE and thehorrorboard.com, but I want to give this site a chance too. I agree with what you said somewhere in this thread: give them time, they are still working on this site. If they have really archived all our old posts... wow. Just wow.
the end of an era. i can't believe it.