Bar calling out the toxic fans - the racists, sexists, homophobes, trolls, death threat makers and announcers, and bullies who chase people involved in films they don’t like off the internet etc… I haven’t seen quotes from Rian Johnson chastising genuine criticism of The Last Jedi - I’ve only seen quotes from him stating he was perfectly fine with fans expressing genuine criticism of the film.
Perhaps someone can provide quotes from him to the contrary? (I am somewhat surprised nobody has done so previously.)
I don’t think anyone has posted them because such quotes don’t exist. To me it is a myth, spread by people looking to continue the hate on the TLJ film or the man who made it.
Personally I find such claims to be actually toxic, as they are without foundation or fact. Both a lie and smear. Rinsed and repeated.
I like TLJ overall, yet the film still has several big issues for me, but I’m not going to lie and make up shit about it or about the people who worked on it, and I don’t understand people who do.
If Rian Johnson called out a bunch of people fitting the descriptions you posted then good on him. I wish more would.
Im not a fan of TLJ, and i can find tons of videos and articles discussing it in a unbiased, unprejudiced way. In fact i would say TLJ fans are the ones who just use racism and sexism as a card against people who have genuine criticism of the movie. Its quite toxic really, and sad that Rian Johnson fans dont have any issues in thrashing people and the franchise to protect the vision of one dude.
People didnt like Rose because she was a waste, not because she was a female. People want Rey to show weakness because thats what a hero should do, not because shes a female. People hated on Finns arc because it was a waste and pointless, not cause he’s black. People hated on Holdo because she was an incompetent leader, not because she was a female. People dont like Poes arc because the movie makes him look incompetent just to prove a point and serve Holdos motivations, not because he is a man. People hated Lukes arc because he already had his evolution as a character in the OT, now his job was to pass on the torch, not to go back to the drawing board.
Unfortunately, even on this site it was an issue for some that Rose was ‘Asian’, or ‘fat’, or a woman - or other derogatory comments on her appearance or gender, that Finn was black (or a black stormtrooper), that Rey was indeed a female, that Holdo had purple hair - or was ‘Leia’s lesbian friend’, etc, etc.
As a mod here - we deleted some before many saw it - sometimes we were a little late on, some if it can still found be here. Speaking to other mods on other sites (and not just Star Wars sites)… they encountered the same - or similar.
It’s probably worth reading through a few of the relevant threads on here to see for yourself. Many people had genuine criticism of the film too - and didn’t look to critique the film in such as some people did mentioned below. And also many liked it - or had mixed opinions on it… and many have debated or just simply chatted away about it in a civil manner. (and yes, sometimes it can get a little heated.)
Rian Johnson wasn’t calling out people who had genuine issues or opinions on the film - he was calling out the sexists, racists, homophobes etc - as well as the more toxic people who chased people who had worked on the film from internet.
I don’t think he simply has his own fans defending him or TLJ fans on this issue - it seems to be more a case of just decent people who won’t tolerate sexists, racists, homophobes etc - and those toxic people mentioned above.
I believe Biggs was referring more to the fact Rian Johnson has not actually attacked fans for having a genuine opinion - ‘I don’t think anyone has posted them because such quotes don’t exist.’.
If you know different - and can post Rian Johnson’s quotes here where he does attack the fans for having genuine criticisms of the film - I am sure many will be interested to see them…