ChuckFlixs: Problems with Fan Theories By Chuck VanHoose January 21, 2019Now this isn’t your typical ChuckFlixs review. Because I won’t be reviewing a movie rather a problem with big movies. I hope to have a couple of actual reviews up this week.

Fan theories have become a large part of our culture for tv and movies. However there are issues with fan theories. I’m going to talk about them in this article.

Now before I start I just want to say that I’m mad at people who make these theories or likes them. Because it’s apart of the media culture we live in, people want to talk about upcoming movies and shows. My issue is with how people handle fan theories.

There are too many people who become obsessed with fan theories and believe that they are the absolute truth and must happen. Then once the movie comes out and it doesn’t happen they become upset. People will go online and trash an amazing film, just because it didn’t include their theory.

Now you can have fan theories because it’s unavoidable. Just don’t accept them as truth because you will always be disappointed. This is due to the fact you will build something up so much, that it can’t live up to your expectations.

I’ll admit that I have watched fan theories before and talked about upcoming movies or shows. However it’s when I’m bored and want to see some dumb or crazy fans have come up with. It can be a lot of fun to see the outlandish things people believe. Like I said early I don’t accept them as the truth. Because it does no good and I don’t want to be disappointed.

Now let’s look at some examples.

One major example of this is Star Wars The Last Jedi. There were so many fan theories about identity of Rey’s parents and Snoke. Once the movie came out people overreacted and called it the worst Star Wars film of all time. It’s an amazing film that deserves love. Check out Carlos’s written review about it right here on our website.

Just like fan theories ruined The Last Jedi for people, I feel like Avengers: Endgame is in that territory. It’s because of Endgame that I’m writing this article. There are so many fan theory videos on YouTube about the trailer alone. People are just using the title Endgame Trailer Theories to get views. Most of those theory videos can get hundreds of thousands and up to a million views. The funny part is most of them are the same. Because I watched a view for this article.

The more theories that come out the greater potential of disappointment that people can have after they see the movie.

Shoot people even make theories off teaser trailers for tv shows. For example the short teaser trailer for Game of Thrones. People have gone crazy with theories of a short teaser. Again they will probably be disappointed if it goes against their theory. I find it hilarious the amount of breakdown of a teaser less than 2 minutes long. The amount of theories and symbolism got from it was funny. People were saying they can guess the ending to the best tv show of all time. Solely based on a clip less than two minutes.

In conclusion I’ll say the following things about fan theories. That have the potential to ruin films for people, if you believe the theories to be true. There’s nothing wrong with them depending on how you view them. If you view them as 100% must be true then you’re wrong. However if you treat them as dumb fun and way to talk to fellow fans you’re good. So please do not go all in on fan theories. Instead trust the people behind the movie and enjoy the product.

Also The Last Jedi is an amazing film and you need to get over yourself.

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