What made you a fan?

[ralfy]

I think the IMDB discussions are still in filmboards.com, but Avast keeps blocking it.

[xenotaris]

It's not so much that, as it is, the place has had a bit of a reputation from dot one.

Whats Dot One?

[SiL]

In guessing either a typo of day one or a strange portmanteau of day dot/day one, which both mean the same thing.

[[cancerblack]]

Correct.

[xenotaris]

I'm a little dense but what sort of reputation? Other than it was a Prometheus fan promotion site.

From my experiences being on the site for 11-12 years now. On the Alien Forums, most of the people I had encountered in the beginning were either ALIEN First moviers, general alien fans like myself, or AVP fanboys. Gradually the AVP fanboys slowly died out on the website as some of the ALIEN first moviers evolved in Alien Prequel Fan Theorists.

I think the only users that keep the Alien Forums alive is Big Dave, Thoughts_Dreams, and myself (Xenotaris).

[Exposedoldgregg]

My mam ruined my ability to sleep for the next 8 years by letting me watch Aliens with her when I was 5.

Absolute terror became an obsession.

[Blackdawn]

I was hooked the first time I saw Predator when I was 12 a few years after it came out. I remember sitting on the couch with my Dad watching it. I was awe-struck. My Dad said he had been watching me and knew I was hooked on the Predator.

What he didn't know is how serious I would get into it. The Predator universe. I'm currently self-publishing my first original fiction, but 10 years from now, I want to legally write at least one Predator or AvP novel. I know that's a long shot but publishing companies when you fork over 2-3k will provide you an agent to help distribute your books to higher end places and get you noticed more. They basically have contacts and negotiate for you, but it only works if your writing is good enough for publishing warehouses to take you on. Which is why I'm waiting until 10 years later. 10 years worth of publishing my own works to really amp up my writing.

Anything is possible.