• Subscribers to Kevin’s blogs or boards read this stuff over the weekend, but we still wanted to log this up at News Askew — It’s just been a busy few days here with the DVD releases and all, and we wanted to ensure we had full coverage on that. ANYWAY…Kevin brought to our attention, via his blog, a post from Orlando Sentinel film critic Roger Moore, which essentially stereotyped View Askew fans as a bunch of Gex-X losers. The quote:

Kevin’s reply to this attack, complete with tons of eveidence to back it up, is in the blog.

The saga then continued on when Moore replied, and Kevin did likewise, via THIS blog entry.

We urge to to read it all — We know that if you’re here you must be a fan, so we know whose side you’re on, but that’s not even the point — The internet has given journalists of all shapes and sizes a voice to be heard, and, while they certainly have their right to like or dislike anything that they want, making broad generalizations about a fanbase is just plain stupid. I can speak for ourselves, and for the droves of fans that we have met over the close to ten years of running this website — We’re not only an intelligent and successful bunch, but a resourceful, peaceful, loyal, kind fanbase…The likes of which I’ve really never seen for any author auteur out there. And I think a lot of that comes from the way Kevin treats his fans, as well as in the way his work shows intelligence and insight that some critics will just never understand. It’s a shame that some folks resort to attacks like that without having anything to back up their point. It’s one thing to have an opinion, it’s another to just mudsling at random with no factual basis.

So, that’s what we’ve got to say about the whole thing. We remain happy that guys like Kevin exist to keep the press in check from time to time. It’s nice to know these folks can’t always get away with it, in an age where it’s so simple to have your voice heard.