There's a preexisting narrative here, and Rolfe responding to Ghostbusters fits that narrative (if not completely; he isn't actually sexist, so that part needs to be filled in) whereas him responding to Godzilla does not.

Yet here you are, jesse, sharing your own opinions on Rolfe's opinions with us. You're both using the platforms you have to discuss the issues that are important to you.

I guess it's possible? I do prefer the classic Star Wars to the prequels, for instance, though I've heard that young kids enjoy them both… and I did prefer Raiders to Kingdom of the Crystal Skull…

Totally agree that Rolfe isn't "out-of-bounds for critical discussion," but I think Pierre Menard's point about it being "a video…for his own fans" was to counter the criticism of why anyone should make a video explaining his decision not to watch Ghostbusters in the first place.

I think that for some folks the underlying issue is considered important enough that it doesn't matter to them whether they get the details/facts right. Sexism is a problem (it is) and explains some of the pushback against Ghostbusters (it does), therefore who cares if James Rolfe is or isn't himself sexist? We can…

Is it "completely unnecessary and pretentious as hell"? I don't know. Rolfe is sort of a pop-culture critic/commentator who is particularly identified with the 80s and associated fandoms. I'd imagine that he's had more than a few of his fans asking him his thoughts on the Ghostbusters remake/reboot for some time.

All right. I've watched Rolfe's video. This is just my take on it, and I welcome informed disagreement, but I found no sexism (and no real outrage/anger) there. You may decide for yourself, of course, but I do invite you to watch his video and come to your own conclusion. It isn't long, and it might give you a better…

But doesn't this FoC imply that Rolfe's arguments are sexist? He's not preemptively denying his own sexism — he's simply making the case as to why he doesn't want to see this film — yet that's being responded to as though it is implicitly sexist anyways.

I absolutely agree with you that there are people out there "in certain pockets of the Internet" who are disproportionately upset about this film — does that account to sexism? Probably so.

I don't have a problem with retelling a story, per se, either.

Fair enough. But can you tell me where the "outrage" is, exactly? I mean, is it in James Rolfe's video? That's what this FoC is centering its arguments around, so that's what I have in my mind during this conversation.

Upvoted once the traditional way; this is my second upvote.

Even the *Angry* Video Game Nerd, about whom this FoC is ostensibly written, isn't seemingly very angry in his video. He's rather calm and affable (which is his norm, when not in his kayfabe AVGN persona).

People judge films based on casting and trailers all the time. Not saying it's the best thing in the world to do — and I try to avoid it personally — but where casting is concerned, I can remember back at least to the hue and cry over Tom Cruise being cast as Lestat in Interview with the Vampire, vows never to see it,…

I agree that there's nothing inherently wrong with remakes. And a good remake can be a good thing.

But there are romantic relationships at least suggested in Disney films; a lot of Disney plots revolve around that, in fact. I don't think it's inappropriate for people to be interested in Disney having homosexual representation (in the same way they have heterosexual representation) at some point, whether that's Elsa…

Ugh, this whole topic is so tiring. I'm over the fact that my childhood nostalgic needs and desires are going to be raked over the coals by entertainment in 2016; Michael Bay alone has done so much damage to the franchises I loved in my youth that Ghostbusters (if it is bad, though I really have no reason to conclude…

Yes, but with knives.

There's probably (or almost certainly) more ideological agreement between Objectivists and Libertarians, true. But generally speaking, most Objectivists recognize that the United States is not going Libertarian any time soon (and this election cycle seems to demonstrate that we are sadly headed in the other…

Hey — leave us out of it!