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bigblu89 posted...

I did.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife will come out, and people will cry about them:

Being Kids
Being Girls

And whatever other superficial thing people like to drag movies for nowadays, instead of just letting the movies stand on it's own merits.

Like, the Ghostbusters reboot movie was trash. Not because they were all women, but because it was campy bullshit made to sell toys, like Ghostbusters II was.

They want to piggyback off the goodwill earned by a brand in its glory years to sell now. When they do that and make changes to the brand people don't like it. They likely bring in new fans no doubt but those fans of the original are looking for more in the vein of the original. When they don't get it they voice their dissatisfaction. It need not devolve into a philosophical debate built on stawmen, name calling and character assassinations. The fringe rarely make up the majority of a viewpoint but that's who gets pushed to the forefront because they're assholes and branding everyone an asshole is a lot easier to cope with than having a discussion.

It's no different than going into your favorite restaurant for your favorite dish and the menu is all different. You might wonder why they wouldn't just create a new restaurant for these new ideas? You may even like the new ideas but here and now you were really craving that burger they were known for and they don't serve it anymore. Some lunatic came in right before you and spit in their face. So because of that they tell you to fuck off, because you're that person too. Because a common taste means a carbon copy mind, motivation, ect.

These studios are really lazy. There aren't enough new ideas presented. No one goes to McDonalds for a Big Michelle and no one buys a Detective Comic to see Cat Man clawing up Batperson. Maybe it's best to leave the past in the past and present fresh stories and with new characters for modern life? That may be the answer but that's not easy money.