This particularly bothered me in regards to Indiana Jones 4, which I thought was thoroughly okay. Immediately “South Park” railed out the phrase in the most ham-fistedly literal and repetitive way they could and “George Lucas raped my childhood” became a phenomenon.

Jay’s mentioned this a few times on the podcast, but how are the original films in any way degraded by the new work? Those films are still sitting in my library, and while I may not purchase Crystal Skulls, I didn’t hate it and it certainly didn’t sour any memories I had of the franchise.

If this is seriously an hour and a half devoted to fans complaining about Star Wars and Indiana Jones, you can count me out. I didn’t care for the prequel trilogy, but the inclination of internet fanboys to label everything to the absolute extreme (Indiana Jones 4 is the worst movie ever!; The Dark Knight is the greatest film of all time!) is unbelievably immature.

Can’t we just move on and label these new films what they ultimately are, forgettable?

I can’t watch the trailer at work so I can’t judge for myself, but if this is what it looks like then I’m out. Didn’t we all endure enough the first time round listening to disgruntled fanboys crying about how George Lucas was raping their childhoods? Do we need an entire movie to remind us about it? Ugh. (I secretly enjoy the prequels, so maybe I’d be disowned by the fandom.)

Should George Lucas answer to his fans? Hell no. It’s his creation and, as painful as it might be to the rest of us, he’s entitled to do whatever he wants with it (even if it means wrecking it). It’s not like anyone suddenly enjoys the original trilogy LESS because of Jar Jar Binks (and if they do, that’s their own problem, not George Lucas’).

In short: fans seriously need to check their entitlement at the door instead of making documentary films about it.