RichardLess wrote: ↑October 15th, 2021, 11:28 amI gotta say. This is ridiculous and embarrassing that we can’t talk about a movie without it being considered “incendiary”. A movie that came out 5 years ago.
I accept the rule, but I also think it was kind of silly the way my previous post was edited. I get not wanting to start a fight in the thread
about something off-topic (and fully agree, even as someone guilty of bringing that conversation in before there was a rule), but losing a passive reference that one can still basically see between the lines on doesn't seem to accomplish much (which is not to say I want my post to be deleted, I'm just speaking objectively).
RichardLess wrote: ↑October 15th, 2021, 11:28 amYou know what I’m noticing? A lot of the people out there making such noise and turning the reviews for GBA into a political thing, they aren’t “fans”. Not like us. Most of them are just generic movie or pop culture commentators.
I also think it's a mistake to jump to conclusions like this. How do you know those people didn't grow up on
Ghostbusters just like we did? There is no standard for what constitutes a "true fan," and there shouldn't be either. It doesn't mean anything. Case in point:
RichardLess wrote: ↑October 16th, 2021, 3:15 amI know a lot of people here disagree and it’s the concept that excites them. Those people aren’t delusional. That’s just what they personally love about the franchise.
Just put some of these pop culture commentators into your own understanding that some people want and care about different things, and that doesn't make those feelings invalid.