Back off, man, I'm a scientist!
From wank_report:
Genevieve Koski, writing for the A.V. Club, offers her opinion on a recent screening of Ghostbusters for Better Late Than Never, the feature in which authors who never experienced some element of the pop culture of the past go back and review it with the jaded eyes of the present. Her opinion, of course, is negative.

The article itself is difficult to summarize. About a third is devoted to the author’s pet theory about why she personally had never seen Ghostbusters (it was never played on cable, she was an only child). She also spends some time applying what appears to be serious film criticism to a movie in which the end antagonist is a giant marshmallow man (More cut-aways! More dramatic tension!).

On this front, her complaints appear to include:
• She doesn’t understand why Winston yells, “I love this town!” at the end of the movie
• The climactic battle is too lighthearted
• The demon-in-the-refrigerator scene is too comical
• The exposition about Gozer is too funny/not funny enough
• She can’t figure out what genre Ghostbusters belongs to

Add to that Koski’s reasons for watching the film,
“…the real clincher was Ghostbusters’ appearance in one of my favorite movies of 2009, Zombieland. Ghostbusters played a supporting role in one of the best sequences from that film, and while I don’t think I missed out on anything having not seen it, it seemed like as good an indicator as any that it was time to see what the fuss was about.”

...and a good two paragraphs informing the reader that they are blinded by nostalgia into thinking Ghostbusters is a far better movie than it is,
“Here’s the thing about Ghostbusters, though—a thing that seems to come up a lot when revisiting beloved old favorites: It isn’t as good as you remember. And if it is as good as you remember, that’s because you’re viewing it with nostalgic blinders on.”
“ If you look past the memorable lines you’ve quoted your whole life and the effects that wowed you when you were a kid, you’d probably find that what’s left of Ghostbusters is a wisp of a film, enjoyable in fits and starts, but ultimately kind of clumsy and forgettable. But why would you want to do that? You go right on ahead and keep loving Ghostbusters if it makes you happy, guys, I’m not here to stop you. Just don’t be disappointed when the next person you foist it upon doesn’t share your love.”

…as well as the fact that the film was part of a major phenomenon in the 80’s, beloved by children and now-adults who fondly remember the television show, the toys, etc., and you have a wankstorm of over 1,000 comments

In other words:
Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes...
The dead rising from the grave!
Human sacrifice. Dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria!

“I hear that around the AV Club's office, "I Koski'd it" is the new slang term for fucking up”
“"I Geneviewed it" - I saw it, but I didn't understand a fucking thing.”

“If I object to anything, it's the certainty with which Koski seems to be saying that all admirers of GHOSTBUSTERS have "blinders" on, which just comes off as really condesceding. But that's atypical for the AV Club. Agree or disagree, the reviews are usually fair.”

“well maybe she shouldn't have such stupid opinions and we wouldn't be mean to her.”

“Oh, if only this movie about phantasm halters possessed more of a mellifluous poetic narrative, as evinced in 'The 400 Blows'! Then we could rank it in the annals of much-beloved cinema that correlates personal achievement with the progress of society as a whole.
I must now deliver Ms. Koski more penicillin for her...unpleasantness.”

“I collect mold, spores and fungus.”

“Yes, it seems like she was really cherry-picking for anything to hate on. The exposition scenes aren't funny enough! The funny parts aren't exciting enough!
That said, three goddamn paragraphs into this article and you are still yammering on about not having seen it and not wanting to be berated for that, Genevieve: this makes for poor, boring reading. I do not want to finish this article. Your talent for meandering storytelling leading up to an actual point is not up to snuff: I do not care that you have seen Gidget, I do not want to hear about how 'it's not as good as you remember it', when I click on something with that big red & white spook logo I want to be reliving my childhood favorite within sentences. This article sucks and I'm not going to finish it - next time, suck it up and just watch something, you goddamn illiterate baboon. Jeezus!”

“On this page, People are shocked that a twenty year old girl doesn't understand comedy. “

“Finally, to state that you don't know what kind of film Ghostbusters is trying to be is about as preposterous of a statement as any in that diarrhea diatribe; it's a sci-fi comedy - you know, the 1st cousin of your "favorite movie of 2009," Zombieland.”

“I wish this review had been written twenty years ago so that I could read it today and think, "I guess if I was wearing nostalgia glasses this review wouldn't suck so bad."

“If you can go into the final act of Ghostbusters thinking "okay, what kind of movie am I watching now?" you have never enjoyed a moment of your life. Could it be that you weren't able to pin down the genre because the movie was doing something slightly original?”

“Finally, you can shit all over Ghostbusters for being a whisp of a movie but you loved Zombieland? “

“Here's one I HATED, as I never saw it as a kid: Princess Bridge.”

A fellow writer turns up to defend Koski against the pitchfork mob:

Tasha Robinson: “Better Late Than Never isn't about objective criticism, it's about analyzing the experience of showing up late to something that millions of people have already experienced and loved, and considering your own response to it in the wake of that. There's nothing "unsubstantiated" about a personal opinion.

And tone doesn't always come across in print, but knowing Genevieve, I didn't read any sneering, condescending, holier-than-thou etc. etc. attitude into this column. She just didn't like the film. Everyone's welcome to disagree with her, but those who are accusing her of a deliberate smug contrarian stance are really going out of their way to make her into a villain and ascribe personal, malicious motivations to her for daring to be honest.”

And then the author herself returns to address the comments:

“And I've watched it again plenty of times since. It more than holds up.”
Genevieve Koski: “But... but... my anecdotal evidence! My precious anecdotal evidence! You've ruined it! “

“At the risk of restirring the shit storm, I’m going to address just one quick thing about this piece, because I think it’s where most of our problem is stemming from. To everyone who found this condescending, that is honestly, truly, 100 percent not what I was going for, and if it came off that way, I am sorry. I never meant to imply that viewing Ghostbusters or any other movie through a nostalgic lens changes its worth to you personally or to society as a whole. I was just addressing the fact that as someone who doesn’t view it that way, this is what I saw, and establishing where I was approaching the movie from: someone with no emotional ties to the movie whatsoever. I was well aware when I wrote this that I would be in the minority not liking it, and perhaps that’s where the defensive tone came from. But that final paragraph really was intended to be genuine and not at all mocking. I mean it when I say you should keep right on loving Ghostbusters. The point of this wasn’t to convert anybody, or even to “review” the movie objectively… that’s not what BLTN is about, as Tasha said. It’s one person’s experience with the movie, mine, and while I wish it had been as great as all of yours, it wasn’t. Trust me, I wish it had been. It would have made this a lot easier.”

And, to wrap it all up, some messages from Koski’s Twitter:
“I need to develop a thicker skin before venturing back into the comments for my Ghostbusters writeup. Oh well, nothing like an early AM cry!”

“Thank you! Your single tweet negates at least 200 negative comments. 'Preciate it.”

And now, for old time's sake...

...I don't have to warn for Ghostbusters spoilers, do I?