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kane_magus) wrote2016-05-18 03:03 pm
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So apparently there's a new nuGhostbusters trailer (also, more on the James Rolfe video)
(Yeah, yeah, I said I need to disconnect from the Internet, not that I was actually going to do it.)
So, there is apparently a new trailer out for the 2016 Ghostbusters movie. I don't know if this was the trailer that James Rolfe was discussing or if this one was even out yet when he released his video. In any case, as far as I'm concerned, it doesn't matter. I do not agree with the headline (or the content) of that Forbes article. The new trailer is not funnier and scarier. The new trailer is still just the same roughly 50% rehash of the original Ghostbusters movie (seriously, some of the lines in that second trailer are almost word-for-word from the original movie, and I rolled my eyes at those just the same as I rolled my eyes at the "KHAN!" scene from Star Trek Into Darkness) and 50% inane bullshit that the first trailer was.
But whatever, anyway, a good chunk of the Internet has gotten and is at this very moment still getting really super-duper insanely enraged over the fact that a semi-famous Youtube guy has said he doesn't want to see this movie, and I find that to be absolutely fascinating. Also appalling, disgusting, and stupid, yes, but still morbidly fascinating. We're talking trainwreck-can't-look-away here. What's actually bad is that, with this ludicrous, hysterical overreaction to James's video, I can even almost, almost see, if I tilt my head and squint really hard, the point that Irredeemably Toxic Shithole is (ostensibly) trying to make about how, in some ways, extremist feminism (which they and many others erroneously equate with feminism) is running amok and ruining everything it touches... but then I remember that the vast majority of those those guys are terrible, festering shitstains on the underwear of humanity for a multitude of reasons, and I come back to my senses. Yeah, I don't turn into a frothing idiot at the mere concept of feminism and such, but at the same time, I also don't turn into a slobbering moron at the mere thought that James Rolfe said he doesn't want to see nuBusters, either. I just don't get it. I really don't.
If you're one of those people who is finding yourself to be outrageously, unreasonably pissed off by James Rolfe's video, to the point that you feel the need to hurl ridiculous ad hominem attacks, or make spurious speculations that "he's probably going to just torrent it anyway" or "really, he's just scared of girls" (when the guy is married and has a daughter), or spread shitty image macros equating anything he said with fucking, goddamn GamerGate of all things, or whatever other stupid horseshit you feel like spewing all over the Internet, then here's a pro-tip for you: He wasn't talking to you. He didn't make the video specifically for the purpose of trying to troll you, or whatever. Yeah, sure, there's nothing at all stopping you from watching the video yourself (or, more likely, merely hearing about it from someone else who knows a guy whose brother's pet gerbil might have watched it and made an angry tweet about it, which you unthinkingly retweeted, causing the whole asinine thing to spiral out of control into an echo chamber of angry clusterfuck), and there's nothing stopping you from getting outrageously, unreasonably pissed off by it (whether you actually watched it yourself or not, which I kind of doubt you did), but just be aware that you were not and are not his target audience. He was merely talking to his fans (yes, believe it or not, dear people of the Internet who may not have even heard of Mr. Rolfe at all prior to this incident, the guy has a lot of fans, and for good reason), many of whom would have been, and indeed probably already were, bugging him incessantly to see the movie and post a review of it. He was simply explaining to them (not to you, to them) why he wasn't going to see or review it (and implicitly begging them not to flood his inbox with requests to see it and review it). If you read more into that than was actually there, then perhaps you need to stop and consider the possibility that the problem may actually lie with you, not James Rolfe.
(EDIT) No, really, I'm seeing several people that I respect(ed) and admire(d) (and, in some cases, even [used to] follow on Twitter) turning into knee-jerk, reactionary nitwits over this stupid horseshit, and it is disheartening. (/EDIT)
So, there is apparently a new trailer out for the 2016 Ghostbusters movie. I don't know if this was the trailer that James Rolfe was discussing or if this one was even out yet when he released his video. In any case, as far as I'm concerned, it doesn't matter. I do not agree with the headline (or the content) of that Forbes article. The new trailer is not funnier and scarier. The new trailer is still just the same roughly 50% rehash of the original Ghostbusters movie (seriously, some of the lines in that second trailer are almost word-for-word from the original movie, and I rolled my eyes at those just the same as I rolled my eyes at the "KHAN!" scene from Star Trek Into Darkness) and 50% inane bullshit that the first trailer was.
But whatever, anyway, a good chunk of the Internet has gotten and is at this very moment still getting really super-duper insanely enraged over the fact that a semi-famous Youtube guy has said he doesn't want to see this movie, and I find that to be absolutely fascinating. Also appalling, disgusting, and stupid, yes, but still morbidly fascinating. We're talking trainwreck-can't-look-away here. What's actually bad is that, with this ludicrous, hysterical overreaction to James's video, I can even almost, almost see, if I tilt my head and squint really hard, the point that Irredeemably Toxic Shithole is (ostensibly) trying to make about how, in some ways, extremist feminism (which they and many others erroneously equate with feminism) is running amok and ruining everything it touches... but then I remember that the vast majority of those those guys are terrible, festering shitstains on the underwear of humanity for a multitude of reasons, and I come back to my senses. Yeah, I don't turn into a frothing idiot at the mere concept of feminism and such, but at the same time, I also don't turn into a slobbering moron at the mere thought that James Rolfe said he doesn't want to see nuBusters, either. I just don't get it. I really don't.
If you're one of those people who is finding yourself to be outrageously, unreasonably pissed off by James Rolfe's video, to the point that you feel the need to hurl ridiculous ad hominem attacks, or make spurious speculations that "he's probably going to just torrent it anyway" or "really, he's just scared of girls" (when the guy is married and has a daughter), or spread shitty image macros equating anything he said with fucking, goddamn GamerGate of all things, or whatever other stupid horseshit you feel like spewing all over the Internet, then here's a pro-tip for you: He wasn't talking to you. He didn't make the video specifically for the purpose of trying to troll you, or whatever. Yeah, sure, there's nothing at all stopping you from watching the video yourself (or, more likely, merely hearing about it from someone else who knows a guy whose brother's pet gerbil might have watched it and made an angry tweet about it, which you unthinkingly retweeted, causing the whole asinine thing to spiral out of control into an echo chamber of angry clusterfuck), and there's nothing stopping you from getting outrageously, unreasonably pissed off by it (whether you actually watched it yourself or not, which I kind of doubt you did), but just be aware that you were not and are not his target audience. He was merely talking to his fans (yes, believe it or not, dear people of the Internet who may not have even heard of Mr. Rolfe at all prior to this incident, the guy has a lot of fans, and for good reason), many of whom would have been, and indeed probably already were, bugging him incessantly to see the movie and post a review of it. He was simply explaining to them (not to you, to them) why he wasn't going to see or review it (and implicitly begging them not to flood his inbox with requests to see it and review it). If you read more into that than was actually there, then perhaps you need to stop and consider the possibility that the problem may actually lie with you, not James Rolfe.
(EDIT) No, really, I'm seeing several people that I respect(ed) and admire(d) (and, in some cases, even [used to] follow on Twitter) turning into knee-jerk, reactionary nitwits over this stupid horseshit, and it is disheartening. (/EDIT)
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All I saw was the first trailer - on Angry Joe's channel in his reaction video. I probably agree with most of what he said about it, although to be honest I can't quite remember all his comments. I do remember him not being overly excited about it, I think mostly for the same reasons you're talking about - it being mostly a rehash or cash-in to the franchise's name.
I doubt I'd see the movie myself, although in my case it's mostly because I'm not the BIGGEST ghostbuster fan on the planet to begin with. But some of my favorite actors growing up were in the films so I enjoyed it for that. I do plan on eventually buying the first two movies on dvd at some point next month or so. I've been eyeing the combo set at HMV lately.
If I see the new movie, it'll probably be at the theater if family invite me along - at which point it's mostly to spend time with family - or it'll be if I see it at the store for 10 bucks. At that point it's more impulse buy.
It'd be great if the movie is actually better than what the trailers so far have been showing, but I doubt we'll see many level headed reviews of the movie. Reviews will look pretty much like what you're seeing on Twitter, only more wordy. You'll have the gushing positive reviews, and the critical negative reviews.
And there will be "SJWs" and the like commenting under them all, sparking up the same drivel as Twitter. People really need to get their heads on straight - it's a freakin' movie. Same can be said about "it's a freaking book" or "it's a freaking game" etc. It's just entertainment - if it doesn't float your boat find something else that will rather than BEATING THE HEADS OF EVERYONE ELSE IN until they agree with you.
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Again, I just do not get it.
I said I wasn't going to make any more posts about this topic, but I was writing in my pencil and paper journal this morning, and though I don't usually care to relate what I write in that to the public via LJ or whatever, I think I might make an exception in this case and transcribe what I wrote today into one more LJ post, which I'll probably post in the next hour or three.