Comments on: I.Think.We.Are.Alone.Now. -- documentary about two men obsessed with pop singer Tiffany http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/i-think-we-are-alone-now-d.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 23:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Aaron Gilliland http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/i-think-we-are-alone-now-d.html#comment-1586058 Aaron Gilliland Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194332#comment-1586058 Can we switch lives?  Cuz I could use a good stalker or two. Can we switch lives?  Cuz I could use a good stalker or two.

]]> By: Kristi Ayers http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/i-think-we-are-alone-now-d.html#comment-1585795 Kristi Ayers Sun, 18 Nov 2012 10:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194332#comment-1585795 This was RIVETING. I watched every second. They made the heartbreak of the lives of these two men, so evident. At moments it all seems so harmless, and then terrifying in the obvious lack of control that their respective mental illnesses have left them with. What an incredible story. This was RIVETING. I watched every second. They made the heartbreak of the lives of these two men, so evident. At moments it all seems so harmless, and then terrifying in the obvious lack of control that their respective mental illnesses have left them with. What an incredible story.

]]> By: geekzapoppin http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/i-think-we-are-alone-now-d.html#comment-1584806 geekzapoppin Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194332#comment-1584806 The DVD of the film has commentary by the two subjects. It's as interesting as the film itself. The DVD of the film has commentary by the two subjects. It’s as interesting as the film itself.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/i-think-we-are-alone-now-d.html#comment-1583324 Boundegar Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194332#comment-1583324 Well that clears that up. Well that clears that up.

]]> By: Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/i-think-we-are-alone-now-d.html#comment-1583319 Rob Beschizza Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194332#comment-1583319 "The difference between me and a stalker is that they don't truly love the individual. There's not one thing on Tiffany I do not love. Theoretically, I love her down to her bone marrow." “The difference between me and a stalker is that they don’t truly love the individual. There’s not one thing on Tiffany I do not love. Theoretically, I love her down to her bone marrow.”

]]> By: Bevatron Repairman http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/i-think-we-are-alone-now-d.html#comment-1583303 Bevatron Repairman Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194332#comment-1583303 I think the profoundly sad thing for these two is that you very much want them to have *something* in their lives -- they seem to have absolutely nothing else -- but you sure wish it could be something else entirely. I think the profoundly sad thing for these two is that you very much want them to have *something* in their lives — they seem to have absolutely nothing else — but you sure wish it could be something else entirely.

]]> By: Stephen Marts http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/i-think-we-are-alone-now-d.html#comment-1583294 Stephen Marts Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194332#comment-1583294 I saw this a while ago. It is insane and made me feel like a monster for watching it. I felt badly for the two dudes (particularly the transgender individual) and even more so for Tiffany. In an unexpected way, it highlights the way in which celebrity can rob a person of their own being. I saw this a while ago. It is insane and made me feel like a monster for watching it. I felt badly for the two dudes (particularly the transgender individual) and even more so for Tiffany. In an unexpected way, it highlights the way in which celebrity can rob a person of their own being.

]]> By: Jon Konrath http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/i-think-we-are-alone-now-d.html#comment-1583287 Jon Konrath Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194332#comment-1583287 Jeff Turner is also a dead ringer for Mitt Romney, which makes this even more creepy. Jeff Turner is also a dead ringer for Mitt Romney, which makes this even more creepy.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/i-think-we-are-alone-now-d.html#comment-1583248 Boundegar Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194332#comment-1583248 Except the marriage proposals.  Probably. Except the marriage proposals.  Probably.

]]> By: esquire http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/i-think-we-are-alone-now-d.html#comment-1583231 esquire Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194332#comment-1583231 I watched a few minutes - wish I had time to watch more. I used to play with a band that was extremely popular a long time ago.  Because of that experience, I'm pretty sure there are very devoted superfans of every big pop act, and that superfan mentality doesn't fade with the years.  To me and to a lot of "normal" people, these people are weird.  The members of the band I played with are all male, and their (mostly) female superfans acted in very much the same way as the guy in the movie. I find it interesting that as an older man, he certainly comes off as a stalker - but I bet he'd act the same way if he wasn't a man and/or Tiffany wasn't a woman... I watched a few minutes – wish I had time to watch more.

I used to play with a band that was extremely popular a long time ago.  Because of that experience, I’m pretty sure there are very devoted superfans of every big pop act, and that superfan mentality doesn’t fade with the years.  To me and to a lot of “normal” people, these people are weird. 

The members of the band I played with are all male, and their (mostly) female superfans acted in very much the same way as the guy in the movie. I find it interesting that as an older man, he certainly comes off as a stalker – but I bet he’d act the same way if he wasn’t a man and/or Tiffany wasn’t a woman…

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