ST A Call For Civility and Tolerance!

All throughout the reviews that people are posting that have seen the movie, the naysayers are often being accused of being PT fans and people are throwing out that they just want to "hate on the movie" because they can.

I'm calling for civility and tolerance of other peoples opinions since people are starting to go into bashing and personal attacks and saying someone's "Opinion doesn't count" because they didn't like the movie.

Star Wars fans are known for PT bashing, unfortunately, and that's not something that should be known about this fandom, and if people have the right to dislike the PT or the OT, they have a right to dislike the TFA. We should respect other people's right to dislike this movie, just like I respect the right for people to dislike the PT or the OT.

I dislike it when people go into personal attacks over their opinions on a movie!

Would the mods please sticky this thread.

 

But you have to admit that some of them weren't going to like it regardless.

 

That's true, but any negative reactions on these boards are met with, "Your opinion doesn't count!" UGH!

 

I think they do that when they are so negative and their bashing is OOT. One of the haters told someone who liked it that they left the brain at the door.

 

In my mind it doesn't matter if you love or hate this movie, going after someone with a personal attack on either side is uncalled for. Whether it's, "If you liked this movie you left your brain at the door," or "Your opinion doesn't matter," if you disliked this movie. Both are still taking this too personally.

The most negative critical reviews I've read never go after people that like this movie, fans should take notes!

 

Frankly Episodes I-III don't have a 95 percent fresh on rotten tomatoes or general critical acclaim.

PT fans have acted threatened towards this movie since it was announced, because if it's well received an financially successful it proves that their go-to argument that Star Wars fans won't accept anything new or are blinded by nostalgia isn't in fact true. Suddenly the question of why this new Star Wars film was well received when the past 3 couldn't get past the benchmark of ROTJ, which was considered by many to be the "disappointing one" for years. That's something many of them don't want to face, considering many of these people were adamant in the RT score thread that this movie wouldn't get past 80%.

Personally I don't think there needs to be a "TFA" bashing title or distinction the way there does with the Prequels. Even though movies are all about personal opinion, when you have glowing reviews and financial success, there's concrete evidence a favorable view is held by the majority.

 

If someone resorts to personal attacks, use the ignore feature. It's why the coding gods created it.

 

People need to lighten up, its film for ***** sake!!! You either like it, don't like it or are indifferent and your entitled to that no matter what anyone else thinks. Ive noticed that a few posters have virtually cyber-bullied other posters over their opinion or what they want from the film.

 

I think my favorite pro PT post was when someone tried to ridicule my comment that the PT only box sets usually sit around on the shelf longer than the OT, by saying he "prefers numbers over an experience had during a trip to *my* local Walmart" he then proceeded to post an info graphic that showing total unit sales figures, which showed the PT set was selling over 40% fewer copies than the OT. Sort of like how everyone hates The Force Awakens, that's why critics liked it and it's selling out all over the world.

 

This thread does not need to be attacking or even discussing "PT Fans" or "OT Fans" in generalizations. Everyone is well aware that PT/OT/ST bashing is not allowed, as is stated in the banner at the top. Attacking fans fall into the same rule.


And there should never be personal attacks, we do not allow that here. The rule has been and always will be, debate the post, not the poster. If you think someone is resorting to personal attacks, report it.