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XIII_rocks posted...

We don't know if it is or it isn't, and if you claim to know, you're a fool. So why then argue that it is, just to give yourself another reason to hate something? I don't understand that kind of person. It's either "winning this argument on the internet is more important than my own personal enjoyment of something" or a choice to indulge in and enjoy negativity.

I guess that I just refuse to allow a discussion to be an argument in my mind. Even if we don't know "everything about it yet," the presentation can say a lot. We have to work with what we've got. As a fanbase of a series, I think it's perfectly acceptable to dislike an aspect of a work if you can explain why you dislike it. I feel like there's almost an ulterior motive in your position (I'm not saying you have one, just that it feels that way to me) - that people truly "hate" this movie. That's one of the problems with a wedge issue, two-party society. The words love and hate have been given such broad meanings, and then people begin to live life and accept worldviews on extremes. I think that as a responsible filmgoer and board discussion participant (I know, lol @ Scarlet being either of those things), I have to create a distinction between someone's passion for a subject and how they demonstrate it, so long as neither of those things create a negative moral consequence for society.

I think I sound like a douchebag when I say this, so I should probably stop.
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