Fans are Dumb Dummies...or Possibly Worse

The internet has provided us all with a wide birth of information and every opportunity to complain about it. That's sorta what's about to happen here, so let's not pretend that it's not about to go down. Let's talk film adaptations for a bit, shall we?

Without getting into a lengthy spiel that could turn into a rant, the whole point of an adaptation is to represent the material honestly so that the results resonate with the familiar and the uninitiated. You can't and shouldn't make a movie for only one crowd or the other. This defeats the purpose of adapting preexisting material, no matter the size or demographic of the fan-base. If you've done a great job at bringing an idea to life on-screen, then the fans will love your work in addition to the original material and you'll have made new fans out of those who didn't know about this property because of the movie they've now seen.

Not in spite of it, you jack-ass.

I bring this all up because of a special turn of events in the realm of film adaptations: The SPECTACULAR failure of Jem and The Holograms. Yeah, you were probably expecting a "Truly, truly, TRULY outrageous" here if you're in the know, but that's just predictable and we're better than that. Besides, the only people truly outraged right now are the execs that backed the production of that dumpster fire. If you threw in some of the estimated $5 million to make that colossal shit-show, you'd probably be a little angry too considering the turn of events.

After 2 weeks of embarrassing and depressingly dismal returns, Jem and the Holograms was pulled from theaters.

Technically, YOU'RE not even in the movie. So, don't feel bad...