Quote from: Denton Smalls on May 16, 2017, 12:04:02 AM
I'm only an Alien/Predator fan so I don't know how it goes with other popular franchises like Star Wars & Star Trek but does anyone know if "fans" that spew overwhelming negativity exist in those communities also?
Unfortunately I have to take a breather from here for a day or two and I'm wondering if anyone else feels like this because there's being critical and then there's just plain old bashing which I feel like has a lot more to do with the person than the topic at hand.
Did I love Predators and Prometheus? No. But I enjoyed the hell out of the experience of going to see the first solo Predator movie in 20 years and to see Ridley Scott dip his toe back into a saga he created.
And guess what? I'm going to enjoy the hell out of going to see the first real solo Alien movie with "Alien" in the title since I was 13 and got surprised by my Dad to see Resurrection in the theater. P.S. I didn't love that film either but nor did I say I hope they bury the series because of it.
Star Trek and Star Wars fans are worse simply by numbers. You cannot hope to avoid it as there are so goddamn many of them.
Are you annoyed that people are destroying a movie or your nostalgia surrounding it? The last paragraph sounds more like you want to hold onto that youthful feeling of seeing a movie for the first time which is f**king awesome. If that is the case reading forums with a pretty large divide in what fans wanted might seriously impact it. Might be best to disappear for a month and come back after everyone has got it out of their systems.
I really enjoy Prometheus. I actually think there is a movie better than Aliens in there and it was kinda ruined by action beats every few minutes and shady editing. I love that movie when I sit down and think about it and dislike the way it was made. There are others around here that feel that way. We were more interested in the mystery in a Lovecraft/Giger sort of way. Now that is pretty much dead. When a franchise does that it's going to get rough and people will voice their displeasure.