tubular_trekkie
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Posted: Aug. 26 2009, 06:56 |
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| Quote (wiga @ Aug. 26 2009, 06:11) | The idiosyncracies that appear to be bugging people recently seem to revolve around responsibilitiy issues, - whether it's taking responsibility for the ethical merchandising of his product, or taking responsibility for himself (in the interview), or responsibility for relationships with friends, kids, interviewers, fans...
Does not knowing about the UE problems make him less responsible, (if in fact he doesn't know)? Maybe it makes it less painful for us - if we believe he doesn't know. |
Oh I think I see what you mean.
I haven't read the interviews in question apart from the various quotes that have been posted, but the overall impression is one of a man 'living in a bubble' is it not?
Random moaning about friends, kids, the media, the music industry etc etc, sadly DOES make him look a bit like an ungrateful whinger I think particularly as he has the sort of lifestyle that most of his fans can only dream about. But in the end it comes down to how we - the fans - expect him to be. Frankly it would be nice if he showed more interest in touring and actually 'getting out there' to engage with the audience but I don't think that's too likely these days. (More's the pity, as I'd LOVE to see him play live! )
I wouldn't expect him to frequent this site though, especially when some contributors are calling him a k**b on another thread. It can't be fun reading stuff like that even if it might be truthful. (I DON'T AGREE personally but neither do I really take issue with it - everyone's entitled to their opinion and this is a discussion board after all. Having everyone hold hands and chant "I wuv you Mike" would get pretty stale after a while  ) Thing is if he did spend a lot of time here two things would probably happen:
(1) the character of this forum would change, possibly becoming more sycophantic and obsessed with asking him questions
(2) a lot of fans might start thinking he's rather narcissistic for being so concerned about what we all think
That's not to say he can't find out about the UE problems of course by some method or other. A (very) brief visit here would do the trick, as would taking a greater interest in his PR/promo activities at Universal/Mercury. Neither of which look very likely TBH. If he wants to be so very elusive and introverted with regard to his career, I guess that's his business. But then, by the same token, he shouldn't be moaning about not having any friends or getting annoyed about having to field presumably reasonable questions about his behaviour.
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I like it! Yeah, we could have a new track modeled on The Bell but with key character catchphrases or sound effects being introduced instead of instruments. Why not? 
(Good job we have Karl Urban instead.)