My Thoughts on Comments

In this post, I will be looking at four comments on the Fantastic Four controversy article's thread. This article is from the website ScreenRant.com and its commenting thread has 249 comments.

Commenter A: hacknslash

 

http://screenrant.com/fantastic-four-2015-casting-controversy/

1. Hacknslash seems to be upset that ScreenRant is supposedly changing their stance on this controversy from an earlier article, possibly from a different author. Hacknslash claims they are "stirring the pot."
2. This commenter seems to have a big ego because he's criticizing a popular site.
3. This commenter lacks credibility because of their username of hacknslash, their use of the words "sum" and "mofo," and generally angry tone.

Commenter B: Timmy

http://screenrant.com/fantastic-four-2015-casting-controversy/

1.  Timmy seems to be upset that other minority groups are not as well-represented as black people, while ignoring how the most well represented group in the media by far are white people. He almost seems upset that black people are getting so much media representation.
2. This commenter seems misguided and off-topic. He wants other minority groups to have more media attention, but seems to say that black people have too much representation.
3. This commenter seems unreasonable because of how much he simplifies the issue of racial diversity in media. He never acknowledges that white people have a huge amount of representation, but still claims that black people have too much.

Commenter C: Ellie

http://screenrant.com/fantastic-four-2015-casting-controversy/

 

1. Ellie seems to be supportive of the article's stance against the racist comments. She urges people to focus on the unimportance of the character's race for the plot, and points out Michael B. Jordan's talent.
2.  This commenter seems to value the quality of the movie over the appearance of the characters. She also points out how if movie characters races are changed, many are changed from a minority to white.
3. This commenter seems reasonable because she uses correct grammar and complete sentences. She also has solid logic and three labeled key points. She also establishes her credibility by telling us she is a writer herself.



Commenter D: commonsense



http://screenrant.com/fantastic-four-2015-casting-controversy/



1.  Commonsense expresses anxiety about the siblings in the movie having two different races. He points out that it seems odd and "hard not to notice," suggesting it takes away from the quality of the movie as a whole.
2. This commenter seems to value the flow of the movie. Commonsense is saying that these siblings having different races is distracting and doesn't help to make the movie as seamless as possible.
3. This commenter subtly establishes credibility with their name, commonsense. This subtly suggests that what they're saying is common knowledge and everyone else should agree with their opinion. Also, this commenter says that they're fine with casting Michael B. Jordan before going on to talk about the problems it causes within the movie. So, commonsense is making sure we know that they don't have these opinions just because they're racist.

Update:
I read Cynthia Doan's and Breanna Featherston's posts. From Cynthia's, I have noticed that the more reasonable people spent more time explaining their opinion. Many of the people that write just a sentence tend to come across as more unreasonable. From Breanna's I've learned that I should use more direct quotes when I write. She used a lot of quotes and they helped point out exactly what she was referring to. They helped a lot with the flow of her writing!
Overall, I've learned that people tend to express their opinions much more aggressively on commenting threads than usual. Also, it takes a very calm and collected commenter in order to establish credibility because people are already prone to thinking that any comment is from an extreme source with no credibility, even though that may not be the case.