OMG, I just noticed this thread! I usually don't scroll past Whedonville on a daily basis, then saw this!
My first thought was, what a cool gesture, then before opening it I thought what if there was only like one reply? What if there weren't any?
Thanks so much guys and thanks to Batty for posting this thread.
You know, before I knew about this board I was wondering, there must be others like me, right?... I posted most of my comments on the SSC site, then saw something mentioned about a SS Freaks board. A freaks board, what's that? An underground site of some kind? Maybe one of those sicko sites where the hardest of the hard core gather? Ok, I had to check it out to see if there indeed are other "adults" trapped in pre-adolescent geekdom, closeted grown men and women obsessed with playing with "dollies" as some have frivolously attested, but they just don't get it, do they because "they" are not one us.
Then "BOOM" as Ari Gold ("ENTOURAGE") would say (btw I used to get pretty $hitfaced doing shots of lemon drops with Jeremy Piven at my Club in Hollywood back in the day, but that's a whole 'nuther story) point here is I totally felt welcomed from day one here thanks to you guys.
I love Movies and in fact I write movies (from time to time) so the hero character and the wonderful adventure stories that go with it have been ingrained in my psychi since childhood like so many of us... but there is one company that captures these characters better than anyone else and that's why I began collecting hi-end customs and SSC stuff about three years ago...
Am I rambling here? Is this beginning to sound like a Sally Field Oscar acceptance speech, pathetically so in my case?
Okay, maybe a little but the point of all this is once I discovered this board and began to post here something else beyond collecting happened... and that is the absolute "coolness" of meeting and getting to know you guys.
This is a classy group and there are a lot of talented people here so for me, I'm just having a totally hedonistic zeitgiesting blast...
It is more than a community of board members with common interests when bros here drop everything they're doing to help others out... in some cases people they never met before at the drop of a hat! Now that is cool.
That is more like a family of friends to me, anyway just wanted to say thanks, looking forward to many more posts and cool SSC stuff and maybe, hopefully sharing news about any upcoming projects y'all may be interested in...
Gotta say these 2000 posts went really fast and I think there will be hundreds more joining us soon in the 2k club soon so I'll just say cheers for now
and leave you with my actual 2000th post which says it all for me...
I have to say it has been a very cool experience meeting all you fellow freaks and I feel I know some of you well and enjoyed every minute of it so thanks for putting up with me. The Greeks said "If you don't live your life with passion, you haven't lived at all" or something like that but it certainly holds true here. Let's face it, we are ALL passionate Sideshow Freaks and that's what makes this board THE Best Board in the Galaxy.