The other day I was driving home and listening to sports radio and I guess they had been talking about a trade a team didn't make and the fans were angry. One of the hosts said that the angry fans reminded him of nerds who get angry and become toxic because their fan theories didn't come true. I couldn't have rolled my eyes any harder.
Just brought back memories of all the moronic critics when The Last Jedi came out. It wasn't enough to simply say they enjoyed the movie, they had to crap on everyone who didn't and Disney being Disney went along with it. I remember hearing the "you're just mad because your fan theories did come true" or "You just wanted to see a heroic Luke" I remember asking someone who said those exact things why it was a bad thing to want to see a heroic Luke. They didn't respond.
This also popped up in Game of Thrones with Arya killing the Night King and people getting called sexist for saying that it should've been Jon.
I guess in hindsight this exposed all the media shills for what they were. Anyone who was actually interested in the IP would know that fan theories have been around in nerdom since the beginning. Anyone who actually cared about the IPs would know this, but this is what happens when a site/channel that was made to cater to fans is bought out by a corporation and gets re-staffed with a bunch of hacks. Sci-Fi Channel and the Star Wars websites I would frequent in the 90s and early 00s come to mind.
No fucking shit?
Why dont you want to see a heroic Luke?
The people who say stuff like this are probably the types who say that you can never have heroes and that everything must be anti-heroes and grey morality, because its more "realistic" and "true to life" since "heroes dont exist". Also usually stuff about how wanting heroes is "childish" and that you just need to grow up.
Personally, while I used to like anti-heroes (and still do for ones like Punisher and Judge Dredd), I have been getting burned out on this whole "edgy anti-hero" shit and just want heroes and villains again. Because, to quote an old song I like, "The genre's called 'Fantasy'! Its meant to be unrealistic you myopic manatee!"
Yea, my brother was shocked because I’m not watching The Boys and he knows I’m into comic books. I said I’m so sick of the deconstruction of superheros. I liked the Watchmen comic book but that’s good for a nice twist every now and then. I’m currently reading a comic book of Captain America from 93 and have been reading some Superman issues from the 70s.
There is a part of me that wonders if part of the reason that the Puss In Boots did so well is because it did have an actual villain, who openly admits he is a villain, and famously has a scene where when someone finally admits "You're evil!" He just says "Oh, you are only just now figuring that out?!" Which is so unheard of for a lot of movies, and now it gets done in a kids movie of all things.
Probably. With everything grey that’s great to hear. I’ve heard good things about that one
It’s solid.