{"id":3634,"date":"2016-05-27T23:40:23","date_gmt":"2016-05-28T04:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arseniclullabies.com\/wordpress\/?p=3634"},"modified":"2016-05-28T00:30:27","modified_gmt":"2016-05-28T05:30:27","slug":"avgn-is-right-and-your-premise-is-idiotic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/arseniclullabies.com\/wordpress\/?p=3634","title":{"rendered":"In defense of the AVGN, your premise is idiotic."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ghostbusters reboot trailer came out some time ago and anyone with eyes and ears knew it was pretty bad.\u00a0 And a lot of people said it was pretty bad.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In the aftermath, the defense of this pile of garbage fell into two idiotic categories.\u00a0 A- If you didn’t like it you are a sexist. or B- it is not fair to judge a movie based on a trailer.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Both of those defenses are so idiotic I didn’t bother dealing with them here BUT I will in a minute, because…<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

James Rolfe, aka the angry video game nerd, made a video about why he wasn’t going to go see it..and was attacked with each of these idiotic defenses.\u00a0 I’m a big fan of the AVGN.\u00a0 He’s done probably 100 plus hours of youtube videos and anyone who’s created content that is simply their own opinion can tell you that eventually your true personality comes out.\u00a0 If you are just an asshole, eventually that will become obvious.\u00a0 You can only hide your true nature for so long if you are writing scripts for yourself.\u00a0 James doesn’t strike me as a sexist.\u00a0 He seems goofy, passionate, and extremely knowledgeable of not only video games but of films and film history.\u00a0 He is clearly more than just a “buff” but a well researched expert.\u00a0 He also seems good natured, and easy going.\u00a0 This is made clear by him not responding much to the criticism or getting involved in any twitter wars with people who obviously only watched about two minutes of his Ghostbusters reboot video.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I…on the other hand am NOT good natured and easy going. So I am going to respond on his behalf.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dopes, who are living in the past have jabbed such stupidity as ” why make a video about what you aren’t going to watch” or “nobody asked you for your opinion , yet you put up a ten minute video”.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

AVGN has OVER TWO MILLION FOLLOWERS.\u00a0 I can give you a phone book sized list\u00a0 of basic cable shows that will never SNIFF at two million viewers.\u00a0 Youtube is real.\u00a0 It is a venue millions and millions of people go to for info and entertainment. It’s 2016 and successful youtubers trump yesterdays “celebrity personalities”.\u00a0 Here’s some added perspective for you- those two million subscribers…he EARNED those HIMSELF, FROM SCRATCH.\u00a0 They aren’t the residue of being on a reality show, or some network sitcom, or with a aid an assistance of any studio, not one of his critics can say that.\u00a0 So, I would ask them “Who cares what YOU think?”. Those TWO MILLION PLUS subscribers are there because because they enjoy his content.\u00a0 So, a lot of people are interested in what he has to say, and this is not the first video he has done about films.\u00a0 He’s done many , and they are in depth and insightful and well researched.\u00a0 he has mentioned before his love for the Ghostbusters franchise, so him NOT addressing the new trailer would have been odd.\u00a0 Welcome to the future, if you want to stay here, you’d better get with the program.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

As for the – it’s not fair to judge a movie based on it’s trailer-. He DIDN’T. HE SAID STRAIGHT OUT THAT IT VERY WELL COULD BE A MUCH BETTER MOVIE THAN THE TRAILER SHOWS US.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

He didn’t..but I will. the trailer looked like crap and that’s a good sign the movie will be a pile of crap.\u00a0 And if drawing that conclusion is illogical THAN WHY MAKE A TRAILER AT ALL?\u00a0 If I am foolish to think a movie is bad because of the trailer and not go see it, than I am also foolish to think it is good and go see it because of a trailer…. so why\u00a0 make a trailer?!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Trailers are put out to TRY TO GET US TO GO SEE THE MOVIE, IF IT IS FAIR TO GO SEE IT BASED ON THE TRAILER , THAN IT IS FAIR TO NOT GO SEE IT BASED ON THE TRAILER.\u00a0 If it is fair to say you are excited because of a trailer, than it is fair to say you are uninterested because of the trailer.\u00a0 Or should I go see EVERY SINGLE MOVIE I SEE A TRAILER FOR, WHETHER I LIKE THE TRAILER OR NOT?!\u00a0 “give it a chance”…I gave it a chance, I watched the best 60 seconds the studio could wring out of what will no doubt be a mediocre effort.\u00a0 Nobody leaked this trailer. nobody hacked into the studios computer and released this before they could refine it. THIS IS WHAT THEY PUT OUT ON PURPOSE, for us to judge and THEORETICALLY go see the movie because of.\u00a0 If they don’t want the movie judged based on the trailer, they WOULDN’T HAVE PUT OUT THE TRAILER.\u00a0 If I have a chance to show you a portion of my book, and I show you what I think is my best representation, and you don’t want to buy it…I CANNOT FATHOM WHINING THAT YOU DIDN’T GIVE IT A CHANCE.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The other moronic defense is that if you don’t like it, you are a sexist.\u00a0 It’s funny that this is the first time I have ever heard of sexist men not going to see a movie because attractive women are in it.\u00a0 Perhaps they are unclear on how sexist men operate.\u00a0 This isn’t Gorilla’s in the Midst, or Joan of Arch where sexist men might feel threatened by a woman excelling in a traditionally male role. It’s a goofy comedy with CGI ghosts, about a job that doesn’t actually exist.\u00a0 I hardly think this is a place anyone is taking a stand\/looking at it under to scope of “female roles in society”.\u00a0\u00a0 But this too falls under the umbrella of THIS IS WHAT THEY PRESENTED.\u00a0 Trailers use gender to sell movies all the time.\u00a0 Am I a feminist hero for going to see Charlies Angels because it had a female cast?!\u00a0 Are women reverse sexists for not going to see the Expendable and it’s all male cast?\u00a0 Moronic. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Let me repeat, this is 2016.\u00a0 Having a female cast or even a female lead is not going to draw the kind or ire that this trailer has. Aliens came out like 30 years ago with Sigourney Weaver as a the lead action hero and people (many of whom were men ) loved it and no one panned it ( not even men) because of the female lead.\u00a0 Since Aliens, I can’t even count the number of sci-fi \/ action heroes that were female.\u00a0 Seems to me, in fact, Mad Max was universally loved and that parallels replacing male Ghostbusters with female Ghostbusters about as closely as you can.\u00a0 There have been female leads up the wazoo in movies, t.v. shows, and cable shows and but in this one instance sexist men everywhere have come out to pan a movie because of a female cast?…..?\u00a0 Uhm…no.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

One more point in regaurds to THIS IS WHAT THEY PRESENTED.\u00a0 They choose an all female cast, it wasn’t an “ops, look all the Ghostbusters are female”.\u00a0 It is as stark a contrast to the original as can be seen in sixty seconds, so why exactly would having an opinion on this be sexist?!\u00a0 Are we all supposed to pretend we didn’t notice?!\u00a0 No one is allowed to have an opinion about it?\u00a0 If I had to guess, I would say the studio went with an all female cast to keep as much distance from a direct comparison to the original as possible…which would be believing that women and men will be judged differently …which IS sexist.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ll give my opinion about it right now that IS sexist– Four women working together ? BULLSH*T . Women don’t like each other.\u00a0 They don’t get along, and they’d all hate the prettiest one.\u00a0 There..THAT is sexist.\u00a0 Saying a movie looks stupid, which just happens to have an all female cast, is not.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The defense I have yet to see for this turd is ” This looks hysterical, I can’t wait to go see it”.\u00a0 That tells you everything you need to know about the criticism of James Rolfe.\u00a0 His critics don’t give a crap about the movie either.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

So why is the “sexism” tag being thrown around for this movie? I don’t know, but if you are using girl power to defend this atrocity..you might want to pick a different battle.\u00a0 This movie has as much chance as being as good as the original, with male cast, as\u00a0 Dr.Jeckle and Mr.Hyde on NES has of coming back and overtaking World of Warcraft.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

AVGN video on Ghostbusters is here.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

and a video he did about the history of Horror Movies is here.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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