Scream 2022, Semi Off Topic

[Uncle Roger]

I just saw the latest installment of Scream. It will be of interest to fans of the 2004 pilot as Marley Shelton reprises her role as Judy Hicks from the last movie. Judy is now a sheriff, a single mom with a young son. The boy is named Wes, no doubt in homage to Scream's creator, the late Wes Craven.
No spoilers on the story but it's a pretty decent slasher with a few interesting twists.
But it does address the toxicity of extreme fandom. Specifically how bent out of space hard-core fans can get when someone  does something to their fandom that they don't like. Scream singles out the "Knives Out Guy" for whatever he did to the last Star Wars movie. It could also apply to those screaming Release The Snyder Cut and the drama that followed the Justice League movie. Or, closer to home, the Tim Burton DS movie.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

I never got to catch this in theaters, but I see it's available on Paramount+ now. I just want to rewatch Scream 4 before I watch this new one...

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Courteney Cox says she fought to keep a major Scream character alive in latest movie
She also confirmed that she'll return for the franchise's next installment.

[Uncle Roger]

Apparently the Judy Hicks character was supposed to be killed in Scream 4 but a last minute rewrite changed that.

[McTrooper]

I haven’t followed Scream, though I’ve seen most of them.

“toxicity of extreme fandom“

I know sometimes people go over board and are deserving of being labeled toxic, but other times various people / companies that make films are toxic to franchises, fandom, and there own profits. 

It’s all quite frustrating.  Especially when fans are blamed for a movie’s failure when it’s clearly the movie studios problem. 

Unless you’re talking about the kind of toxic fandom illustrated in the first Scream Movie?
Or stalker fans  . . .