Ghostbusters 2016 AVGN Articles

Birth Movies Death - The Soft Sexism Of Hating On The New GHOSTBUSTERS by Devin Faraci - http://archive.is/fzYG7

Every argument rests on Argument from Ignorance. His argument doesn't get beyond the fact James simply doesn't want to watch Ghostbusters 2016. Treats James as though he’s spitting in the face of women.
Orwellian style reasoning throughout.

Kotaku - The Complicated Legacy of The Original Angry Video Game Nerd - http://archive.is/2AqzK
'Fair discussion as that may be on surface, splitting the videos up obfuscated the his points and shrouded them in what’s been easily, and frankly, rightly, construed as soft-sexism towards the idea that the new Ghostbusters team is all female. The intent doesn’t match the execution and a consequence of his videos has been that they serve as a justification of some of the outright sexist nay-sayers of the film. With that one vlog, James had aligned himself with those angry, white nerds whose content he had both influenced and satirized for years.' References Faraci's article.

Reluctant Habits - Ghostbusters: The Compromise Candidate of Summer Blockbusters by Edward Champion - http://archive.is/b2HG4
'you didn’t have to look too hard at the galleon being craned up for a retrofit to see the unsavory barnacles of terrified white manboys clutching onto the hull for dear life.'... 'One month later, a smug bespectacled mansplainer by the name of James Rolfe put a human face to this underlying sexism, posting a video (viewed by nearly two million), shot in what appeared to be a creepily appropriate basement,...' The personal insults against Rolfe and unfounded accusations of sexism go on and on in this article.

Guardian - Ghostbusters (2016) How nostalgia took over the world (and why that's no bad thing) by Charlie Lynn - http://archive.is/wW9I5 'YouTuber James Rolfe made waves by declaring he wouldn’t be seeing the reboot, not because of its female cast you understand but because “it is piggy-backing on the name” of the 1984 original. This is a patently ridiculous argument.'

Washington Post - Feminists treat men badly. It’s bad for feminism. by Cathy Young - http://archive.is/Cyog1
Defends Rolfe, uses him as an example of feminists treating men badly.

Uproxx - The 'Ghostbusters' Mess: How Did It Come To This? by Keith Phipps - http://archive.is/bzlkv Makes claims about coded sexism and soft sexism in the context of Rolfe's criticisms, references Faraci. Overwhelmingly negative response to the article in the comments.

Daily Beast - Donald Trump’s Sexist Anti-‘Ghostbusters’ Crusade Goes Mainstream by Jen Yamato - http://archive.is/yJOLV Another article that references Faraci's soft sexism piece.
“If you already know you’re going to hate it, why give them your money?” Rolfe said, launching into a self-righteous dissertation on why the groundbreaking female-led remake was offensive to his sensibilities. “Maybe the actual movie is better than the trailer,” he admitted. “Maybe it’s good. It’s a possibility. I know I’m biased.”

Death and Taxes - Heroic angry nerd refuses to review new ‘Ghostbusters’ movie by Maggie Serota - http://archive.is/p1d2g Laden with personal insults against James Rolfe.

Fansided - The Angry Video Game Nerd refuses to review the new ‘Ghostbusters’ movie by Jaylyn Cook - http://archive.is/OHOor Makes the argument that real fans will go see the film, says nobody wants to hear Rolfe’s rant. Vast majority negative response in comments. Some great rebuttals.

GQ - Angry Nerd Lives Up to His Sobriquet by Scott Meslow - http://archive.is/0h4WH Three articles in one click-bait, full of personal insults against Rolfe.

Movieweb - New Ghostbusters Trailer Has a Better Look at the Villain by Brian Gallagher - http://archive.is/xLQn0 '...became the most-hated movie trailer of all time on YouTube, with these fans deriding the notion of an all-female cast.'

Australia Network News - ‘Ghostbusters’ 2016 Slammed Again? Trailer Gives Away Story? by Lynnette Guzmanh - ttp://archive.is/S7VFt Confused over timeline, otherwise nothing contentious.

News.com.au - New Ghostbusters trailer drops as reviewer announces he’s boycotting film by Nick Bond - http://archive.is/812p5
'From the moment it was announced, the Ghostbusters reboot — replacing the original film’s male cast with a posse of female comedians including Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy — has rankled many viewers, who cried ‘sacrilege’ at the idea of tinkering with the 1984 comedy classic.'

Boston Globe - Would there be less backlash if the new 'Ghostbusters' were all men? by Ty Burr - http://archive.is/BFD4W Full of spurious claims of sexism. 'The misogyny is a particularly nasty strand of a generational DNA that sees the pop-culture touchstones of childhood not simply as movies to make us laugh and feel good but as sacred talismans never to be sullied.' ... ‘Maybe we should all boycott the new “Ghostbusters” because it has gurlz in it and because the trailer bites.’ Mixed response in the comments.

Toronto Star - Who you gonna troll? Ghostbusters trailer awakens the haters by Nick Patch - http://archive.is/PFr5W 'The film’s zealous critics would have us believe that their indignity has nothing to do with the casting of four women'... 'Of course, his (Rolfe's) reasons have nothing to do with the all-female cast — except he acknowledges resenting having to call this the “all-female” Ghostbusters and the old one the “all-male” edition.'

'A journey into the always dangerous waters of online comments — and we don’t recommend anyone taking a trip down the “men’s rights” Reddit-hole — reveals how much of the bad psychokinetic energy is still etched firmly down gender lines. One of the most liked comments on IGN, for instance, reads: “I want to see a male version of Bridesmaids, because of equality and all that.”'  This is the best example he can find??  Dangerous?!

Huffington Post - ‘Ghostbusters’ 2016 Reboot On Its Way, But One Critic Is Boycotting The Filim by Caroline Frost -http://archive.is/ycS7b Doesn’t directly say James is sexist, but sarcastically refers to the film as Scary Terrible Evil Lady Remake.

Every argument in the article begins and ends with ‘it’s got women!! Support the movie because women!!’

'Retrograde gender politics and a resistance to a progressive future go hand in hand, in pop culture and elsewhere. And if angry video game nerds can’t see that ugliness in their undue animosity toward a female-fronted movie that doesn’t directly impact their actual real lives, then we all have a lot more to be afraid of than ghosts.'

Indiewire - 'Ghostbusters' Reboot: Cinemassacre YouTube Critic Refuses To See The Film For Dumb Reasons by Vikram Murthi - http://archive.is/QahpI
'It doesn't take a giant leap of logic and faith to presume that his (Rolfe's) ideological problem with the film stems from the fact that it stars four women in a previously male-dominated franchise.' Getting demolished in the comments.

The Atlantic - The sexist outcry against the 'Ghostbusters' remake gets louder by David Sims - http://archive.is/Ta63O
'His (Rolfe's) reasoning dances around the simple fact that has set this innocuous-seeming movie apart from its fellow blockbusters this summer – that it’s a tentpole genre film starring women.'


Salon - Angry Video Game Nerds, calm down about “Ghostbusters”: It’s still a comedy about ghosts and those who bust them by Scott Timberg - http://archive.is/JeFAK Tries hard to sell us on the film.


Popcrush - NEW AND IMPROVED ‘GHOSTBUSTERS’ TRAILER PROBABLY STILL A TROLL TRAP by Samantha Vincenty - http://archive.is/QvJng
'Though McCarthy (diplomatically) admitted that trailer #1 was “confusing,” our sister site ScreenCrush pointed out that there’s something fishy about its current status as the most-disliked trailer in YouTube history. In addition to a comments section full of ugly, misogynistic remarks about the stars’ appearances and women’s ability to be funny, the number of dislikes far surpassed other recent critical and commercial failures:

Wall Street Journal - New ‘Ghostbusters’ Trailer Shows More Chris Hemsworth and Slimer
The new preview arrives as controversy over the movie's cast reaches a fever pitch by Michael Calia - http://archive.is/4lh7x

'It’s not all laughs and fun when it comes to the new movie, though. The new trailer comes as controversy over the movie’s all-female version of the ghost-busting team reaches a fever pitch. The first trailer for the movie, posted in March, was recently deemed to be themost-disliked movie trailer in YouTube history. Earlier this week, meanwhile, a video, featuring Cinemassacre reviewer and hard-core original “Ghostbusters” fan James Rolfe ranting about how he refuses to see the new film, went viral. The Cinemassacre video, likewise, provoked criticism from comic and geek icon Patton Oswalt'

Pedestrian - TWITTER SHITS ITSELF AFTER WHINY MAN-BABY REFUSES TO REVIEW 'GHOSTBUSTERS' by Alex Bruce-Smith - http://archive.is/bF76N

'But the really important thing to take not of here is that while he's trying to savage a film for not giving us the 'Han Solo and Chewie on the Millennium Falcon' moment without seeing the damn thing, he also very, very specifically doesn't mention doesn't mention the all-female cast.'

It seems like an absurd oversight when critiquing this film to not mention the gender-swap, but it's in fact a very calculated decision that allows Rolfe (and his supporters) to fight off criticism by claiming, correctly, that he didn't even mention the casting while simultaneously blowing on his dog whistle till he's fucking blue in the face.' It's insane how many morons point to things that weren't said as evidence.

Esquire - You're Whining About the Ghostbusters Reboot Because You're Still a Child and Need to Grow Up by John Devore http://archive.is/pnmT7