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Yet you're whining about the "hate" when everything about this movie is a slap in the face to the average man?
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He lives in a complete bubble and is surrounded by people who essentially are seeking to destroy Western civilization
These may be two of the most utterly insane things I have ever read on TexAgs, which is saying something. That some of you get THIS angry over an all-female remake of an '80s movie - in which grown men shoot lasers at ghosts - is hilarious if it wasn't so sad. Don't get me wrong, I love the original
Ghostbusters. It's an all-time classic, and deservedly so. But some of you are acting as if it will cease to exist the second this new version is released.
However, again... I
agree that this new version looks like complete and utter trash. Everything from the premise (obviously) to the jokes to even the cinematography comes across as tired, cliched, and just plain uninspired. My ONLY point is that some of the hate for this movie seems to be directed not at the things I just mentioned, but rather at *women* instead. Which comes across as creepy, f*cked up, and sexist. There ARE men's rights activists protesting this movie. It's a legit thing that's been covered by multiple online outlets, and not a leftist thing or part of some liberal agenda. It's just factual reporting. And intentional or not, a lot of MRA dialogue has been echoed nearly word-for-word in some of the posts in this thread.
Which leads me to my next, more personal point... a fair number of you lately - in this thread and others - have been jumping to and attacking this stereotypical version of who you perceive me to be, outside of this message board, which couldn't be further from the truth. First of all, I spent the first 25 years of my life in Texas. I come from an incredibly conservative family who I talk to multiple times a week, one that depends on the oil industry for its livelihood, for God's sake. The vast majority of my close friends in LA are either fellow Texans or from the midwest, and definitely not California or New York natives. I seriously laugh at all this "Hollywood bubble" talk. As if I attend liberal parties at Bill Maher's house, sipping champaign and smoking weed with Michael Moore as we all come up with ways to sh*t on bad movies when we're not trying to "destroy Western civilization" (ha, seriously, I can't get over that). If anything, Los Angeles is whatever you want it to be, politically and culturally speaking. Anyone who's ever spent more than a few days here would know that, instead of spouting off the most cliched, stereotypical, fear-mongering jargon about the whole place being full of snobs and elitists hell bent on starting wars on Christmas or whatever. Not to mention, my dad would have shot me already had I gone full-liberal or "Hollywood elite."
That said, enough people have complained lately that the way I "act" is rubbing them the wrong way, and I fully admit that I can do a better job of not coming across like d*ck on this board. I legit try to be an inviting person on this board. I try to be fun and encouraging and affable. I try to respond positively to every post I can and encourage discussion. It makes my skin crawl when someone mocks me for defending my "precious Entertainment Board." I've said it before, and I'll say it again... thinking of myself as some kind of insider-expert for or self-appointed "king" of a message board is about the lamest thing I can possibly think of.
Yes, the more ingrained I get in what I'm trying to do professionally, the more I naturally want to talk about it. And a number of you seem to enjoy being along for the ride and enjoy whatever stories and anecdotes I may have. But on the same token, a number of you are making it crystal clear that I'm apparently coming across as a know-it-all assh*le in the process. And for that I apologize. That is never, ever my intention. I will say that, frankly, I do enjoy arguing sometimes. I like to challenge people's ideologies. But I love having mine challenged as well. Either way, if I've come across as an assh*le, I will try to do better.
What I am proud of, however - save for the one time I snapped at an idiot on this board who would NOT stop telling people they'd go to hell for lusting after Beyonce - is that I have never, ever been as frothing-at-the-mouth mad as some of you are, to the point of telling someone to get essentially GTFO. Especially over a movie about "busting" ghosts. Let's tap the brakes a bit, have some perspective, and PLEASE try to understand that most people here aren't as agenda-driven or as egomaniacal as we may think they are. Which goes for the way I can sometimes view posters on this board as well.