Erm..hey, psht, revolutionary idea:
Both the Michael Bays of this world AND their audience are the problem.
And no, you don't really owe him an apology. Everything you said about this guy was pretty much spot on. It's tiring to me, to be honest, when internet critics "grow old" and confuse tha calmness that supposedly comes with age with an apologetic attitude that is quite frankly pathetically reliable in this scene.
And the excuse is always the same BS-kindergarden-logic induced nonsense. "You don't like this guy because of [Reason x]? well, look, way more established person of the same trade did the same thing at some time! Therefore it's alright."
There are 2 general problems with that argument:
a) Most, if not all of those "other people" have some actual, longlasting achievements speaking for themselves, an impact on their respective fields of work that goes beyond the fleeting "Lead the box office for a week"-thing. Can someone please tell me where Bay's "redeeming quality" is? Alright, so Bay is not the only one producing nonsensical sensation-films, fine. But where others at least attempt to go beyond their comfort zone, Bay contributes nothing. I dare to say that I don't have to explain the differences between a man like Hitchcock and Bay.
b) Even if we set aside point a)...
What is the supposed point here? That if we find someone else who is as lazy and uninspired as Bay it suddenly makes being lazy and uninspired less disappointing? Two wrongs make a right? Sorry, but that is, like I hinted at earlier, kindergarden-logic. If I find a cockroach in my kitchen and soon after find another one, that doesn't make the first one less of a hygene-issue. It simply means I have two cockroaches in my bloody kitchen.
There's absolutely no redeeming factor in pointing out that the same bullshit is practiced by several people, it simply means that said bullshit is even farther spread than expected.
And again, yeah the problem lies with the audiences as well, duh. But if you have even the slightest ambition to at least try to better things, making excuses for either side just isn't going to cut it. Problems have to be adresses and if both parties in a conflict are to blame then yeah, you should blame both parties.
Both the Michael Bays of this world AND their audience are the problem.
And no, you don't really owe him an apology. Everything you said about this guy was pretty much spot on. It's tiring to me, to be honest, when internet critics "grow old" and confuse tha calmness that supposedly comes with age with an apologetic attitude that is quite frankly pathetically reliable in this scene.
And the excuse is always the same BS-kindergarden-logic induced nonsense. "You don't like this guy because of [Reason x]? well, look, way more established person of the same trade did the same thing at some time! Therefore it's alright."
There are 2 general problems with that argument:
a) Most, if not all of those "other people" have some actual, longlasting achievements speaking for themselves, an impact on their respective fields of work that goes beyond the fleeting "Lead the box office for a week"-thing. Can someone please tell me where Bay's "redeeming quality" is? Alright, so Bay is not the only one producing nonsensical sensation-films, fine. But where others at least attempt to go beyond their comfort zone, Bay contributes nothing. I dare to say that I don't have to explain the differences between a man like Hitchcock and Bay.
b) Even if we set aside point a)...
What is the supposed point here? That if we find someone else who is as lazy and uninspired as Bay it suddenly makes being lazy and uninspired less disappointing? Two wrongs make a right? Sorry, but that is, like I hinted at earlier, kindergarden-logic. If I find a cockroach in my kitchen and soon after find another one, that doesn't make the first one less of a hygene-issue. It simply means I have two cockroaches in my bloody kitchen.
There's absolutely no redeeming factor in pointing out that the same bullshit is practiced by several people, it simply means that said bullshit is even farther spread than expected.
And again, yeah the problem lies with the audiences as well, duh. But if you have even the slightest ambition to at least try to better things, making excuses for either side just isn't going to cut it. Problems have to be adresses and if both parties in a conflict are to blame then yeah, you should blame both parties.