When has nerd rage been justified?

**Kalyx triaD** · 01-01-2014, 07:57 PM

I tend to respect canon no matter the quality, because world building supersedes singular quality in my eyes. So an unworthy sequel I usually let slide so long as I'm seeing my fave characters 'live on' in a sense.

In regard to reboots, I also have no issue ignoring something below par or off the mark of the past movie - because the past movie will always exist. I like the Stephen Sommers Mummy movies, and for the sake of continuity I tolerated the third one that didn't involve him. Now they're busy rebooting it and I don't really see a need to, so I'll not watch it. And on the chance that it's actually as fun as the first two, fine; I'll dive in.

*I have bigger problems when certain videogame franchises are rebooted since they don't have the same limitations that force movies to reboot. Splinter Cell's Micheal Ironside, for instance, has no reason not to portray Sam Fisher for another generation of games. The DmC situation was also horrible, since they rebooted off a successful prequel utterly nonsensically. MGSV is easier to swallow, since aside from a major casting switch, the game seems like a solid progression of MGS gameplay.

This is why I'm so whatever about movie reboots and sequels/prequels because it's win-win really. Videogames exist to deliver me a gameplay experience, so sudden change-ups in presentation and gameplay arise my ire much easier.

*I felt the need to address the videogame part of this to curb the inevitable 'Kalyx nerd rages about games' discredit, which somebody was certainly about to do.

01-01-2014, 07:57 PM	#11
Kalyx triaD Raw Video Footage Posts: 45,951	I tend to respect canon no matter the quality, because world building supersedes singular quality in my eyes. So an unworthy sequel I usually let slide so long as I'm seeing my fave characters 'live on' in a sense. In regard to reboots, I also have no issue ignoring something below par or off the mark of the past movie - because the past movie will always exist. I like the Stephen Sommers Mummy movies, and for the sake of continuity I tolerated the third one that didn't involve him. Now they're busy rebooting it and I don't really see a need to, so I'll not watch it. And on the chance that it's actually as fun as the first two, fine; I'll dive in. I have bigger problems when certain videogame franchises are rebooted since they don't have the same limitations that force movies to reboot. Splinter Cell's Micheal Ironside, for instance, has no reason not* to portray Sam Fisher for another generation of games. The DmC situation was also horrible, since they rebooted off a successful prequel utterly nonsensically. MGSV is easier to swallow, since aside from a major casting switch, the game seems like a solid progression of MGS gameplay. This is why I'm so whatever about movie reboots and sequels/prequels because it's win-win really. Videogames exist to deliver me a gameplay experience, so sudden change-ups in presentation and gameplay arise my ire much easier. *I felt the need to address the videogame part of this to curb the inevitable 'Kalyx nerd rages about games' discredit, which somebody was certainly about to do.