This is an across-the-board question:

[Chris Wallace]

Has the current generation of moviegoers just become insatiable? I do not recall a time when there was as much controversy & nitpicking over casting, aesthetic changes, theme music, fx, you name it. Why do you think this is?

 

[Catman]

Has the current generation of moviegoers just become insatiable? I do not recall a time when there was as much controversy & nitpicking over casting, aesthetic changes, theme music, fx, you name it. Why do you think this is?

I think you're spending too much time at the Hype or IMDb. People in real life don't nitpick so much. Well...except the geeks.

 

[Lighthouse]

Has the current generation of moviegoers just become insatiable? I do not recall a time when there was as much controversy & nitpicking over casting, aesthetic changes, theme music, fx, you name it. Why do you think this is?

Easy. Its called the internet.

 

[primemover]

Easy. Its called the internet.

Exactly, now there is just a forum big enough for the egos of all fanboys. Before the only places to vent were comic book shops and with local friends.

 

[Chris Wallace]

Except this fanboy bashing repeatedly makes its way to the mainstream press, where it gets pumped up, hence recognition as controversy.

 

[Catman]

Except this fanboy bashing repeatedly makes its way to the mainstream press, where it gets pumped up, hence recognition as controversy.

You do make a point there, but that doesn't apply to every movie. There's more movies bashed on the internet than on the media.

 

[Strange]

It is because of the Internet, all the complaining fanboys had no one that would actually look them in the face and listen to them before. Now with the Internet people will actually read what they say and maybe strike up a conversation with them but in real life it would never happen.

 

[Chris Wallace]

You do make a point there, but that doesn't apply to every movie. There's more movies bashed on the internet than on the media.

Yeah, but like I said, the media gets wind of it & in many cases jumps on the bandwagon. "CINO", for example, was strictly an internet term & yet it found its way into newspapers.
Or how about the relentless complaining about the Star Wars trilogy only being available in the "Special Editions"? SO what does Lucas do? He gives them what they ask for & they still don't seem to be satisfied.
Then there's the comic book movies. We want them. We demand them. We beg for them. We pray for them. And when they're finally greenlit we nitpick & complain every step of the process, then go see them opening day & put them down even further. Then we buy the DVD & b*tch about the extras.