History RuinedFOREVER / Film

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* The very concept of "nuking the fridge". This was coined barely a week after ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'' came out. The thing was the coiners actually claimed they had found a "new" kind of {{jumping the shark}}, just for movies instead of TV ([[Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike and even spammed YKTTW with it]]). Not only is "jumping the shark" not media-specific, but that term was coined ''years'' after the episode aired, not ''days''.
** See the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode in which the movie is [[SeriousBusiness treated like a real-life rape case]], complete with homages to (in)famous cinematic rape scenes.
** See also: [[Literature/{{Twilight}} "The vampires are playing baseball."]]
** Then again, a good chunk of the hate comes from the inclusion of aliens in the plot.
* Daniel Craig as Film/JamesBond. He's blonde! He can't drive a stick! He wore a ''freaking life-jacket on a boat to the press conference announcing he was Bond!''. Oh, wait, ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' was the best Bond movie in years. My bad. Can't wait for ''Film/QuantumOfSolace''. Wait, Craig cut off part of his fingertips? Oh, dear god...
** Epitomized by the website Daniel Craig Is Not Bond, which garnered some media coverage when even the press jumped on that bandwagon. Even when the press and most of the fans declared him a fine Bond and ''Casino Royale'' was profitable and well-received, the site never once gave him an inch. To the point where Daniel himself commented on it and said he wished they'd all just hurry up and decide if they liked him or not and quit their bitching.
*** The site has moderated its stance from its earlier ethos - it sticks to its basic idea but emphatically says it's NOT a Daniel Craig hate site, describing him as a talented actor who they simply feel was miscast and marketing itself as a refuge for those who buck the conventional wisdom that Craig is the best Bond ever and prefer the older movies and feel the that the current owners of the Bond franchise are pushing the Craig era by denigrating those earlier films.
** ''Quantum of Solace'' is eerily similar to ''Film/LicenceToKill'' in this respect. What these people do not realize, is that Craig's Bond is by far the one closest to the source material in Ian Fleming's literature. The same was true for the earlier films starring Creator/TimothyDalton as Bond.
** For the record, a significant portion of the people who don't like Craig as Bond feel that while ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' was a fantastic movie, Craig's still a terrible Bond. Great action star, sure, but a bad Film/JamesBond. ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' changed a few minds, but dissers still exist.
** Pierce Brosnan has even come out and said that Daniel Craig is a good Bond.
* Mission Impossible got it big time with the 1996 movie, turning Jim Phelps, the main character of the TV series for 8 season, into a ruthlessly savage villain.
* Every single ''Franchise/StarWars'' film, novel, game, or any product ever, except for ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' (and [[Film/ANewHope the original]], of course) is prone to this. While this sounds like an extreme exaggeration, if one could kindly direct oneself to any large ''Star Wars'' message board at the time of the release of a new installment, one would witness hordes of supposed fans screaming that Star Wars is ruined and that nothing can ever save it, generally leading to [[InternetToughGuy someone threatening to kill]] George Lucas- [[ScapegoatCreator regardless of how much he was involved in the project]]. These same fans usually shut up after a while, if they don't leave the fandom entirely.
** Four words: [[Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial Star. Wars. Holiday. Special.]]
** ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' managed to avoid this, except for the canonical gender of the Exile.
** ''Videogame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', though, suffers from this with too many examples to keep track of. Graphics, animation, combat, dialog, lore, all are being listed as ruining the game FOREVER. The true irony in this? People were saying this before the game was even released. [[FanDumb Imagine that.]]
** The ''Incredible Cross-Sections'' books are often accused of bringing in excessive TechnoBabble and heavily lambasted by some fans for that reason.
** Wookieepedia copied Transformers Wiki's Ruined FOREVER page and applied it to [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Wookieepedia:Ruined_FOREVER Star Wars]].
** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' has probably gotten more than its fair share if only because it was a television production upgraded into a feature film, an entirely different medium. The series itself has gotten a lot more supporters because it is being looked at as a television show, not a film.
*** It still gets a lot of hate for contradicting previous canon (and occasionally fanon) when it would be very easily avoidable.
*** Fans of the series seem to be having this reaction with the recent cancellation... and then the revelation that not only will the bonus content be ''just two'' story arcs, but one of the cancelled story arcs was about ''Boba Fett''. Later, it was revealed to be THREE story arcs (and an arc from Season 5 that didn't get to air to it exceeding the 22 episode cap).
*** There was a rumor going around about how this bonus content will be released: ONLY on Apple TV, with a "special" Star Wars app, for only a LIMITED time over the holiday season. Considering barely anyone even HAS Apple TV, imagine how fans of the show took this. This rumor turned out to be untrue, as later, it was announced that these episodes would air on Netflix along with the rest of the series. However, it doesn't stop some from complaining that it's so far announced only for the U.S. and Canada and leading to accusations of NoExportForYou.
*** Words that ruin ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' to some die hard fanatics: Anakin's apprentice.
** Now that ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' exists (because of Disney; continue to scroll down for that entry), the hate that used to plague ''The Clone Wars'' earlier on [[HistoryRepeats migrated over]] to ''Rebels''. Seems that ''Rebels'' is the ButtMonkey entry, considering no one considers to bash the Sequel movies for the loss of their precious EU.
*** Our DarkerAndEdgier show got ''[[{{Misblamed}} cancelled]]'' for this Disneyfied parody? WHAT AN EMBARASSMENT TO THE FRANCHISE!! RUINED FOREVER!! [[CerebusSyndrome Ignoring that among other things,]] [[spoiler:someone gets a lightsaber to the ''face'' and is subsequently blinded for ''life'']].
*** It's worth noting that ''The Clone Wars'' was canceled by ''Cartoon Network'' due to ratings, not because Disney bought the franchise.
*** An Asian Mandalorian girl that wears [[PinkIsFeminine pink]] and likes art and hardly wears armor? HERESY!
** Three words: [[TheDogShotFirst HAN! SHOT! FIRST!]] Which, incidentally, is inaccurate, as this implies that Greedo got a shot off afterward, which he didn't. It should be "Greedo didn't shoot".
** Pacifistic Mandalorians. LET THE CARNAGE BEGIN!!!
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywoUBV_pOiI And now]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27RVJJfny4I we have]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKEX6QJ-zlQ these clips]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnLgh3dudSk from the]] Blu-ray re-releases. Lucas might as well go into hiding right now.
** To say that Star Wars Kinect is a complete bastardization of everything good about Star Wars and the absolute worst part of the Star Wars Franchise to date just because of the dance-off mode alone is a HUGE understatement!
** And now Creator/{{Disney}} has bought Lucasfilm. Filming hasn't even ''started'' and the release is scheduled for 2015, and already are cries of RUINED FOREVER because Disney will '''clearly''' turn Leia into one of their Princesses and make her MARKETABLE and ANIMATE it and make it KID-FRIENDLY.
*** For what it's worth, this reaction was pretty short-lived. After getting over the shock, many realized that anything bad Disney could do to the brand (like sub-par sequels or [[CashCowFranchise exploitative merchandising]]), had already happened under Lucasfilm. If anything, getting George to be more hands-off would be an improvement. There's still lingering doubt over Disney's announced plans to pump out sequels every two or three years, risking it becoming a FranchiseZombie, but the overall tone of the fandom seems to have become that of cautious optimism (especially considering how [[MarvelUniverse another of Disney's acquisitions]] [[Film/TheAvengers2012 worked out VERY well]]).
*** Disney shutting down Creator/LucasArts started comparisons to Creator/ElectronicArts and their tendency to shut down successful studios.
*** Speaking of EA, guess who Disney passed on the rights to Star Wars video games to? And while you're at it, just try and imagine how the fans took it?
*** The announcement that the new Star Wars movies will ignore [[StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]] material killed the hopes that Disney will give the franchise the treatment it deserves to many a fan.
*** The removal of the 20th Century Fox opening credit was expected after Disney bought the franchise, but its replacement on [[http://www.inquisitr.com/1998199/star-wars-fans-angry-over-disney-changing-the-iconic-opening/ the 2015 digital download release]] with just a Lucasfilm credit has some fans claiming that their childhood has died.
*** The [[Film/TheForceAwakens first film of the new trilogy]] has some saying this since its release, although not quite as many as expected. Mostly the ones who think Disney just re-used old material and didn't make it original enough.
*** Two Words: [[spoiler:Han. Died.]]
* New ''Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}'' movie reboot... WITHOUT JOSS WHEDON?! ''BLASPHEMY!!!!'' (Admittedly, in this case; it's not so much that it's not Joss Whedon, it's that it is Fran and Kaz Kuzui, who own and "[[ExecutiveMeddling ruined]]" the [[Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer first movie]] and had no actual creative input on anything past that.)
* The ''Film/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2014}}'' movie [[ContinuityReboot reboot]] has Creator/MichaelBay as executive producer... OH NOES!! The franchise will never be taken seriously again!
** It was revealed that in an early treatment that [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=37648 the Turtles were to be re-imagined as part of an alien race]]. Jokes about Bay not even allowing the franchises ''name'' to stand in his way only served to fuel the negative reaction. It was later confirmed that the Turtles aren't going to be aliens after all, and even though the official title has been confirmed to be just Ninja Turtles, the Turtles will still be the teenage mutants we've come to expect.
** Still, some fans may still think it's going to be ruined forever due to the director being Johnathan Liebesman, who's previous movies were subject to mixed reviews. Combine that with executive producer Michael Bay's vocal hatedom and well a lot of fans are already declaring it certain to be an epic letdown.
** Creator/MeganFox has been linked to the movie having reconciled with Michael Bay after their public fallout. For those who already feared the worst her involvement is the final nail in the RuinedForever coffin. Should she officially be announced as the new April, the outcry can only be imagined.
*** This just in: She has! No, the fans didn't take it well. Why do you ask?
* The film version of ''Series/SexAndTheCity'' is probably the only film ever to be accused of this in a [[http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/may/23/sex-and-the-city-film-terrible newspaper review]]. By a critic who knows what "JumpedTheShark" means, no less.
** The first film was generally very well received. However, the second film is what ruined it for most fans.
* The next ''[[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan Spider-Man]]'' film won't be directed by Creator/SamRaimi and will feature a new cast, with a story taking place earlier than in 3, with an English actor as Peter Parker?! A reboot only years after the first film!? KILL! KILL! KILL!!!
** This seems to be starting to turn around somewhat thanks to the ''very'' strong [[{{Fangirl}} fanbase]] built around Andrew Garfield because of ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'' and a general love for Emma Stone...but we shall see.
** The fact that most hardcore fans despised Spider-Man 3 has definitely helped them come to terms with the reboot.
* To say that fans' reaction to the fact that Creator/ZackSnyder's ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' project ''will not'' have Music/JohnWilliams's compositions is disappointment is an understatement.
* While the majority of reaction has been positive, to say the least there are at least a few fans (even Frank Oz held some degree of the sentiment) of ''Film/TheMuppets'' who are crying this after Fozzie Bear introduced "fart shoes." Even if the joke was making fun of lame humor.
* JJ Abrams , A ''Star Trek'' director is doing '''Star Wars as well'''? Damm it! Nice to ruin both franchises, Abrams!!
* Remakes, any kind, will always have this response. Double points if the remake is a PG-13 movie based on an R Rated movie. TRIPLE POINTS if the R rated film in question was a ''horror film''.
** A few years ago, MTV announced plans to remake ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow''. Needless to say, the backlash was unanimous.
* Jason Bourne won't appear in ''[[Film.TheBourneSeries The Bourne Legacy]]''? RUINED!
* Depending on who you are, this starts with either the first, third, or sixth ''Film/HarryPotter'' film. Either because the FilmOfTheBook constantly sucks, because of CanonDefilement, or turning the film into a romance-centred disaster that [[CompressedAdaptation cut out a great many important details]] to make way for romance. Kinda like the fanfiction people who hate the ending ships prefer.
* Some people complained that because Sugar Rush from ''Disney/WreckItRalph'' didn't look like a 1997 game meant that the movie was ruined FOREVER.
* OlderThanTheyThink: In the late-1960s, many believed movies were ruined forever once UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode was discarded. Film directors, after ''decades'' of repression, soon began inserting [[ClusterFBomb excessive swearing]], [[SexScene gratuitous sex]], [[{{Gorn}} loads of violence]], etc. in movies. And, thus, many film goers who were used to the limitations of the Hays Code were outraged and declared the moral fabric of cinema (and, thus, movies as a medium) to be RuinedFOREVER.
* The FilmOfTheBook for ''Film/WorldWarZ'' isn't shot in documentary style, the zombies are fast, and there is a central character instead of a series of vignettes about the end of the world. RUINED FOREVER!
* ''Film/TheThing1982'' is getting [[Film/TheThing2011 a prequel]]? Oh, nice. Wait, what? They're using CGI monsters instead of puppets, models and make-up? [[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!]]
* Yeah! We got one of the most badass villains in ''Film/IronMan3'', the Mandarin, and he's going to kick as- Wait, he's [[spoiler:not really the Mandarin and just a washed up drunken actor?]] YOU RUINED MARVEL MOVIES SHANE BLACK AND KEVIN FEIGE!
* The Disney studios themselves were declared RuinedFOREVER when they stopped animating traditionally in favor of CG in the 2010s. And when they switched over to digital coloring from cel paint in the 1990s. And when they abandoned the traditional inking method in favor of the xerox inking technology in the 1960s...
* Now that Creator/PeterSellers is dead ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' series is ruined.
* In any given discussion about the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' franchise, you can't swing a dead cat and not hit at least one person complaining that the entire series should have come to a complete stop after ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', because OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight
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* Some people complained that because Sugar Rush from ''Film/WreckItRalph'' didn't look like a 1997 game meant that the movie was ruined FOREVER.

** I think after ''Film/SuckerPunch'', [[SoBadItsHorrible the fact that Snyder's head hasn't been put on a pike has people pissed off]], never mind whether or not ''Film/ManOfSteel'' will be any good or not.

** ''Quantum of Solace'' is eerily similar to ''Film/LicenceToKill'' in this respect. What these people do not realize, is that Craig's Bond is by far the one closest to the source material in Ian Fleming's literature. The same was true for the earlier films starring TimothyDalton as Bond.

* Every single ''Franchise/StarWars'' film, novel, game, or any product ever, except for ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' (and [[Film/ANewHope the original]], of course) is prone to this. While this sounds like an extreme exaggeration, if one could kindly direct oneself to any large StarWars message board at the time of the release of a new installment, one would witness hordes of supposed fans screaming that Star Wars is ruined and that nothing can ever save it, generally leading to [[InternetToughGuy someone threatening to kill]] George Lucas- [[ScapegoatCreator regardless of how much he was involved in the project]]. These same fans usually shut up after a while, if they don't leave the fandom entirely.

** ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' managed to avoid this, except for the canonical gender of the Exile.

*** Words that ruin WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars to some die hard fanatics: Anakin's apprentice.

*** Disney shutting down Creator/LucasArts started comparisons to ElectronicArts and their tendency to shut down successful studios.

* The ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' movie [[ContinuityReboot reboot]] has Creator/MichaelBay as executive producer... OH NOES!! The franchise will never be taken seriously again!

* The film version of ''SexAndTheCity'' is probably the only film ever to be accused of this in a [[http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/may/23/sex-and-the-city-film-terrible newspaper review]]. By a critic who knows what "JumpedTheShark" means, no less.

* To say that fans' reaction to the fact that Creator/ZackSnyder's ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' project ''will not'' have Music/JohnWilliams' compositions is disappointment is an understatement.

* Every single ''Franchise/StarWars'' film, novel, game, or any product ever, except for ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' (and [[ANewHope the original]], of course) is prone to this. While this sounds like an extreme exaggeration, if one could kindly direct oneself to any large StarWars message board at the time of the release of a new installment, one would witness hordes of supposed fans screaming that Star Wars is ruined and that nothing can ever save it, generally leading to [[InternetToughGuy someone threatening to kill]] George Lucas- [[ScapegoatCreator regardless of how much he was involved in the project]]. These same fans usually shut up after a while, if they don't leave the fandom entirely.

** MeganFox has been recently linked to the movie having reconciled with Michael Bay after their public fallout. For those who already feared the worst her involvement is the final nail in the RuinedForever coffin. Should she officially be announced as the new April, the outcry can only be imagined.

*** The site has moderated it's stance from it's earlier ethos - it sticks to it's basic idea but emphatically says it's NOT a Daniel Craig hate site, describing him as a talented actor who they simply feel was miscast and marketing itself as a refuge for those who buck the conventional wisdom that Craig is the best Bond ever and prefer the older movies and feel the that the current owners of the Bond franchise are pushing the Craig era by denigrating those earlier films.

*** Disney shutting down LucasArts started comparisons to ElectronicArts and their tendency to shut down successful studios.

** I think after ''Film/SuckerPunch'', [[HateDumb the fact that Snyder's head hasn't been put on a pike has people pissed off]], never mind whether or not ''Film/ManOfSteel'' will be any good or not.

* Remakes, Any kind, will always have this response. Double points if the remake is a PG-13 movie based on an R Rated movie. TRIPLE POINTS if the R rated film in question was a ''horror film''.

** Still, some fans may still think it's going to be ruined forever due to the director being Johnathan Liebesman, who's previous movies were subject to mixed reviews. Combine that with executive producer Micheal Bay's vocal hatedom and well a lot of fans are already declaring it certain to be an epic letdown.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
* Every single ''StarWars'' film, novel, game, or any product ever, except for ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' (and [[ANewHope the original]], of course) is prone to this. While this sounds like an extreme exaggeration, if one could kindly direct oneself to any large StarWars message board at the time of the release of a new installment, one would witness hordes of supposed fans screaming that Star Wars is ruined and that nothing can ever save it, generally leading to [[InternetToughGuy someone threatening to kill]] George Lucas- [[ScapegoatCreator regardless of how much he was involved in the project]]. These same fans usually shut up after a while, if they don't leave the fandom entirely.

** A few years ago, MTV announced plans to remake TheRockyHorrorPictureShow. Needless to say, the backlash was unanimous.

*** Fans of the series seem to be having this reaction with the recent cancellation...and then the revelation that not only will the bonus content be JUST TWO story arcs, but one of the cancelled story arcs was about BOBA FETT. Later, it was revealed to be THREE story arcs (and an arc from Season 5 that didn't get to air to it exceeding the 22 episode cap).

*** Words that ruin TheCloneWars to some die hard fanatics: Anakin's apprentice.

*** For what it's worth, this reaction was pretty short-lived. After getting over the shock, many realized that anything bad Disney could do to the brand (like sub-par sequels or [[CashCowFranchise exploitative merchandising]]), had already happened under Lucasfilm. If anything, getting George to be more hands-off would be an improvement. There's still lingering doubt over Disney's announced plans to pump out sequels every two or three years, risking it becoming a FranchiseZombie, but the overall tone of the fandom seems to have become that of cautious optimism (especially considering how [[MarvelUniverse another of Disney's acquisitions]] [[Film/TheAvengers worked out VERY well]]).

*** The [[Film:TheForceAwakens first film of the new trilogy]] has some saying this since its release, although not quite as many as expected. Mostly the ones who think Disney just re-used old material and didn't make it original enough.

*** The [[Film:TheForceAwakens first film of the new trilogy[]] has some saying this, although not quite as many as expected.

*** Two Words: [[Spoiler:Han. Died.]]

*** But then Disney shuts off LucasArts and comparisons to ElectronicArts start.

* Every single ''Franchise/StarWars'' film, novel, game, or any product ever, except for ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' (and [[ANewHope the original]], of course) is prone to this. While this sounds like an extreme exaggeration, if one could kindly direct oneself to any large StarWars message board at the time of the release of a new installment, one would witness hordes of supposed fans screaming that Star Wars is ruined and that nothing can ever save it, generally leading to [[InternetToughGuy someone threatening to kill]] George Lucas- [[ScapegoatCreator regardless of how much he was involved in the project]]. These same fans usually shut up after a while, if they don't leave the fandom entirely.

**** But then Disney shuts off LucasArts and comparisons to ElectronicArts start.
***** Speaking of EA, guess who Disney passed on the rights to Star Wars video games to? And while you're at it, just try and imagine how the fans took it?
**** The announcement that the new Star Wars movies will ignore [[StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]] material killed the hopes that Disney will give the franchise the treatment it deserves to many a fan.
**** The removal of the 20th Century Fox opening credit was expected after Disney bought the franchise, but its replacement on [[http://www.inquisitr.com/1998199/star-wars-fans-angry-over-disney-changing-the-iconic-opening/ the 2015 digital download release]] with just a Lucasfilm credit has some fans claiming that their childhood has died.
** [[spoiler:Han Solo's death]] in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' is likely to cause a fair level of fan outrage among those who don't think it was a good thing.