Hierarchy-
King Nerd- This is a person who meshes an extensive knowledge of multiple genres, with a solid liberal arts education. Mix in a keen wit and some ability to write and you have the guy that can out quote the geeks while having the ability to imply that anyone that disagrees with them is: racist, sexist,a hate crime perpetrator, gay (this is tricky because if you imply someone is gay then you might become the hatecrime perpetrator), autistic, a virgin, impossibly stupid or a republican. The key here is to not venture too far into trollville, or most forumers will just ignore you.
Geek- This guy has an extensive genre knowledge, he is the one people turn to for answering specific questions on obscure topics. He may be passionate about his likes and dislikes, but he is not often inclined to try to sway others to his point of view. Good to have on forums, but dull if that is all you have.
Troll and Fail/troll- the troll lives to incite rage in other forumers. He is a fisherman and his bait is his critique of your post or point of view. The more nerd rage he inspires the greater his accomplishment. He may have an extensive knowledge of the subject, an artful writing style, or other tools to employ. But dont be fooled. His goal is to get as many people as twisted as possible. The fail troll is the guy that tries to do this but is so transparent and inept that the only laughs he inspires is the derision pointed at him.
Fan Boys- These people dont have much knowledge or insight on the specific genre being discussed. They just like it. If they really really like said genre, movie, game etc. They become ideal targets for the trolls as it is easy to inspire a reaction in them.
Character- These are seemingly unique personalities with no agenda. They have a point of view and love to participate. They usually do not react at all to the trolls. I often think these are not actual people but someones ongoing joke or piece of performance art. When ever a troll targets a character, he becomes a fail troll.
Fans- these are just the folk who like whatever subject is being discussed. They come in all types and can often spend time as a different class of forumer. But at the end of the day they just want to discuss whatever the particular subject is. I think it is the like/need to be right that often causes a knowledgeable fan to turn into a king nerd or Troll.
.....I dunno, I am sure lists like this have been done to death on the interwebs, but these are the general types I see in forums. And of course I failed to place them in any particular order, but oh well.
Assuming both WOMAN IN BLACK and CHRONICLE end up doing very well, studio execs will debate incessantly as to why these low budget films made lots of money. What do both movies have that made them so profitable?
After much hand-wringing, a major studio head will come to this conclusion: these two movies aren’t making money because of their concepts or plots or characters or direction. That’s bullshit sissy stuff.
The reason they’re big is because both film has a “K” sound in the title. “CHronicle”. “Woman in BlaCK”.
PEOPLE WANT HARD SOUNDING CONSONANTS!
The after-effects will be immediate. Projects with titles that have too many vowels will be shelved (“Nobody wants that a-e-i-o-u shit!”) Agents will immediately try to attach their A-List clients to the “tough parts” of the alphabet. Three studios will have competing projects all based on the letter “X”.
All of these movies will cost $300,000,000 dollars apiece and will be considered mandatory tentpoles…
…until someone breaks the bank with a film about punctuation.