Will AOTC get a fair deal?
It seems that some people have already decided that AOTC is going to suck. Mainly because they didn't like a couple of 60 second trailers or they were dissapointed with TPM.
Or there are more ridiculous reasons like -
"N'Sync will ruin this movie for me"
or
"Hayden Christiansen is a bad choice for Anakin"
or
"Dooku is to old to be the bad guy"
When TPM was released I stopped visiting AICN because people there were threatening to kill Lucas kids because he had somehow "ruined their childhood". 🙄
That's how bad it's got.
The fanboys have gone mad, the press read the fanboys comments on the net and suddenly everyone hates Star Wars.
Then you have all the cynics who didn't like Star Wars in the first place and the fans who don't think Star Wars is cool anymore because the characters don't wear shades and long black leather coats like the Matrix.
They've all forgot why they liked Star Wars to begin with. Or maybe they never really did.
It seems everyone is lining up to take a shot at AOTC and the film is still over 4 months away.
I think Star Wars fandom is not what it once was. There is no civility, only closed-minded impatience. The Internet is full of whiny, squabbling reactionaries. There is no interest in the fundamental goodness of the Star Wars saga. If I may say so, the petty haters have smugly concluded that Lucas has little real talent. He is mired by baseless accusations of corruption. The hatemongers are in charge of popular opinion now.
Or are they?