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. @paulfeig is absolutely right. The campaign against Ghostbusters was an ugly political campaign by gamergate/MAGA bros to hack pop culture. And it worked. https://ew.com/movies/paul-feig-trump-anti-hillary-movement-fueled-ghostbusters-backlash/
I wrote about similar a similar campaign when Captain Marvel came out. (Ghostbusters is referenced in this article too.) Rotten Tomatoes actually had to change their rating system because of the trolls. https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2019/03/10/goose/
This was on my mind today already because I finally watched the Rise of Skywalker last night. The whole film reads like an exercise in trying not to piss off MRAs and the result of that is that the movie is not good or fun to watch.
Lots of dudes in my mentions today telling me that the movie was bad. Which is beside the point. Also, it doesn't justify the online harassment of Leslie Jones. Some of you are just rando trolls but some of you should know better.
