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Post by CrowTrobotfan92 on Jan 3, 2024 19:51:39 GMT -5
Yeah, I honestly had a feeling inside my gut it would end up leading to this exact situation I've been in before many, many times.... I mean...... I'll give him the benefit of the doubt for now but already this is only giving off too many gray areas.
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Post by jocksinclair on Jan 3, 2024 19:57:52 GMT -5
I relate to your frustration on this, I finished a similar situation last year that took more than a year of waiting and have one or two irons in the fire that are looking like they'll be quite long. I'd say you wait at least a week, maybe even two, because you don't want to annoy him. (After that, it gets even worse, 'cause I don't think you should send more than one a month if you get ignored on both of those.) I'd also suggest don't monitor his Twitter, because a watched pot is infinitely more annoying even when it eventually boils. I know we're all hoping for this to wrap up quickly, but after 30 years of waiting, what's a few more weeks or even months gonna hurt?
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Post by CrowTrobotfan92 on Jan 3, 2024 23:03:08 GMT -5
Honestly the extra waiting (if we even get a “closing” to it at all) isn’t what I find frustrating…… it’s more so when someone is absolutely completely unreliable when it comes to communication.
Look, I understand we have lives to attend to, and no one owes you a response or explanation, but my stance on this kind of stuff is if I’m reaching out to you on something important and using my time doing so, I really would appreciate some kind of response so my time and the other party’s isn’t being wasted. Being ghosted/left on read is something that annoys me quite a lot if I’m reaching out to you on something that I really would like to communicate about if I feel it’s something essential.
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Post by CrowTrobotfan92 on Jan 5, 2024 12:13:33 GMT -5
Honestly the extra waiting (if we even get a “closing” to it at all) isn’t what I find frustrating…… it’s more so when someone is absolutely completely unreliable when it comes to communication. Look, I understand we have lives to attend to, and no one owes you a response or explanation, but my stance on this kind of stuff is if I’m reaching out to you on something important and using my time doing so, I really would appreciate some kind of response so my time and the other party’s isn’t being wasted. Being ghosted/left on read is something that annoys me quite a lot if I’m reaching out to you on something that I really would like to communicate about if I feel it’s something essential. And now I’m finding myself more pessimistic not only with this situation very likely to go nowhere, but another instance where I reached out to someone for an art commission on twitter that…… was just left on read. And this is someone I have previously done business with before. Again. I’m understanding no one owes you a response/explanation but I’m not someone who takes kindly to my time being wasted like this. Here’s hoping Kolos will have better luck than I’m having right now.
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Post by slainmonkey on Jan 5, 2024 14:04:28 GMT -5
The more stuff liked this happens, the more the more I become convinced it might be lost media forever. I would love for it to turn up, but I’m starting to think that no copy of it exists anymore. It’s a bummer, but sadly such is the nature of lost media.
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Post by CrowTrobotfan92 on Jan 5, 2024 14:22:00 GMT -5
I mean we won’t know for certain what the deal is with the tape labeled as “K03” until we hear back from Kolos once he (if ever) hears back from Alex…. And so far that’s looking pretty bleak.
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Post by slainmonkey on Jan 5, 2024 14:28:07 GMT -5
It’s certainly one of those times where I hope to be proven wrong, being able to see every KTMA episode would be amazing. While I’m not terribly optimistic, it would be amazing.
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Post by CrowTrobotfan92 on Jan 5, 2024 14:35:53 GMT -5
I know it seems like a case of “only wanting to see it cause it isn’t available,” but again, as someone who’s always enjoyed the Fugitive Alien episodes from season 3, the compilation flicks on their own and can also dig K12 to a lesser extent, I really was bummed that this one didn’t turn up with the first two back in 2016 (as someone who was REALLY excited to finally have a chance to see the first two, having a big love for both “Stingray” and “Captain Scarlett” even if K02 is a pretty big toughie to sit through), so it’d definitely be nice to see this one uncut with those tiny little shadowrama theater seats and hearing more of Servo’s squeaky Kermit the frog-type voice that just magically changed from the last episode.
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Post by slainmonkey on Jan 5, 2024 14:46:38 GMT -5
I mean, I honestly don’t mind that the KTMA episodes are rough (in some cases very). For me it’s more about the show’s history, and the preservation. Plus just watching the show’s evolution is pretty enjoyable in its own way.
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Post by ds_36 on Jan 5, 2024 15:33:18 GMT -5
At this point all we really know is this is clearly not a high priority for Alex/his cousin. He's not doing anything to string this along. If it is all a joke it's just what's the payout and the point of it? He has actually declined money for it. Maybe his cousin really is grief stricken and why communication is so lacking. Let him have his space and I'm sure we'll get some resolution eventually.
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Post by CrowTrobotfan92 on Jan 5, 2024 15:42:48 GMT -5
By no means do I have any beef with Alex for not responding, but taking his time to post stuff on twitter and not getting back to Kolos…… is kinda saying something right there.
Again….. I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt cause who knows what’s going on his life and his cousin’s for that matter. But already I’m just…… not expecting much good out of this.
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Post by ds_36 on Jan 5, 2024 16:06:53 GMT -5
Saying that he has nothing new to say? If he was trying to prank someone I'd expect him to actively be doing something. Like explaining how he just watched the tape and some specific part was great. Not just ignoring the whole thing. It just doesn't make sense from a scam/prank perspective. Not that that's proof of him really holding K03.
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Post by slainmonkey on Jan 5, 2024 16:15:53 GMT -5
Saying that he has nothing new to say? If he was trying to prank someone I'd expect him to actively be doing something. Like explaining how he just watched the tape and some specific part was great. Not just ignoring the whole thing. It just doesn't make sense from a scam/prank perspective. Not that that's proof of him really holding K03. I’m not saying that it’s the case, but often stringing people along is the prank, I’ve seen people do it before. But like I said, I’m not saying that’s the case. My stance is far less accusatory, and far more someone who doesn’t wanna get my hopes up. Sometimes a little cynicism is just wise.
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Post by Diet Kolos on Jan 5, 2024 16:20:37 GMT -5
I think it just reinforces what we all assumed, this is is/was a really low priority for Alex and his cousin. And that's fine, I guess. Not everyone is obligated to have the same level of ferver.
But it's the seeming lack of *care* that there ARE people that REALLY care and ARE fervent that irritates me.
Again, maybe the cousin is a in a deep, deep mourning. I don't doubt he is. But Alex could at least answer back saying so. Or even just a quick "I'll check" or "give me some time".
Or even a "go away". I'd accept that. That's closure. I can then move onto letting the fandom at large take over then.
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Post by ds_36 on Jan 5, 2024 16:30:15 GMT -5
Saying that he has nothing new to say? If he was trying to prank someone I'd expect him to actively be doing something. Like explaining how he just watched the tape and some specific part was great. Not just ignoring the whole thing. It just doesn't make sense from a scam/prank perspective. Not that that's proof of him really holding K03. I’m not saying that it’s the case, but often stringing people along is the prank, I’ve seen people do it before. But like I said, I’m not saying that’s the case. My stance is far less accusatory, and far more someone who doesn’t wanna get my hopes up. Sometimes a little cynicism is just wise. Right stringing people along is the prank. But that would usually entail talking about it or sharing some sort of details. He's shared very minimal details and only when asked. What he did privately share seems like it would be a lot of work to do in the chance that somebody finds your post and happens to ask for something. I can't even imagine him being entertained by this thread the way we're discussing his personal family life. And why would he have turned down the monetary offer?
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