Ghostbusters Meta critic user score 2.3

[Azuren]

LurkerJ said:

Azuren said:

Regardless of what progressive-minded people would like to think

That's just one of the counter-arguments that I don't like.

I am fine with a female lead because I am fine with it. I am not trying to be progressive by having no problem with an all female cast.

I don't think it's progressive to replace a male lead with a female lead, or a gay lead, or a transgender lead anyway. Nor I think it's a problem.

What I care about is the delivery of the script, the talent and the acting.

I am a huge Silent Hill fan and I had no problems with the lead being a female when they decided to turn the games into a movie. I wasn't trying to be progressive back then, I just didn't care. I absolutely loathed the movie though, for many reasons. Not having a male lead wasn't one of them.

 

And I also disgree about your idea of any reboot. When you reboot you are free to determine who is the audience you are targeting. Old fans, new fans, fangrils or fanboys. Financial success is a different matter. If I, as a consumer, ended up like the reboot better, good for me. I don't care if the reboot flopped or not, or if the fans of the original GB liked it or not.

1. Not liking a counter argument doesn't invalidate it. Typically, it does so even more because the source of the dislike is an inability to properly counter it. 

 

2. A single female lead isn't progressive. A single gay lead is, if we're being honest, progressive. An entire cast of female leads? That's either progressive, or a chick flik.

 

3. I never argued the script. As i decided not to watch the movie, i cant argue the script. I'm arguing the creative choice of turning what was essentially a "boy franchise" into an all girl movie. 

 

4. Silent Hill had reason: a mother figure looking for her child works better than a father figure. That's a legitimate reason to change the gender of a character.

 

5. I never said any reboot, nor did i say they aren't free to pick their audience. I'm pointing out why many are asking for justification on why the gender swap happened aside from just being a gimmick. I'm pointing out why people are displeased with the creative choice that was taken; because many people who like the originals found someone to identify with in those movies, but had that taken away with the reboot. 

 

It seems you're of the mindset I'm attacking the movie. I'm not, because I don't really care. Am I disappointed? Yeah, it could have had a character I felt I could identify with, and I might've generated some interest in the movie. Instead it's just a chick flik. But I'm not attacking the movie because I haven't seen it. I'm explaining why people don't like the gender swap. Please read my posts carefully to decipher what I'm trying to relay, because it's clear that you're simply on defense for a movie you like.