The Viewer's Commentary

Hey everyone! Just wanted to give a quick shout out to everyone who made today the most visited day on my site since its start!

Many of you came via Facebook, and I thank you for your continued support. I think a big thank you is in store for the guys at The Nightmare on Elm Street Companion, however, who contributed not only three whopping comments on my review of the first A Nightmare on Elm St., but also dedicated an entire forum post to my review! Now, granted, most of their visits were because they disagreed with me on my review for A Nightmare on Elm Street, and some of them rightly pointed out that I had screwed up in counting the number of films in the franchise. However, though I know it may sound like backhanded appreciation, I hope you all know I’m being sincere when I say that I welcome and really enjoy feedback and discussion, even from those of you who disagree. I truly do appreciate the attention! Sure, some of you have been a bit… severe in your responses, but, hey, you’ve been the most actively engaging people yet on the site, and I owe its popularity today in part to you!

For those of you not involved, I headed over to their forums earlier today and responded to their reactions to my review. Turns out they believe I missed a bit more from the films than I realized, and asked me to reconsider. While I’m not going to be changing the score of my review of the original film, as I still think it deserves a 2/5, I’ve come to understand that the first film led to what I’m told is a series with a deep mythology, and I was advised to watch at least the third and the seventh films. I advise you guys, if you have any interest in the series in general, to head over there and listen to what they have to say, since they know a lot more about it than I do!

Because they’ve been so nice (again, for the most part) to my visitation on their site, I’m going to take them on their word and, though I wasn’t planning on it, I’m going to review not just Dream Warriors and New Nightmare, but also the 2010 remake, just to challenge the dude who said I must like the remakes better than the originals. I’m not going to be compromising my perspective on these movies just because I have a bunch of fans breathing down my neck, but I hope that this will be just as enlightening an experience as I’m being led to believe.

Challenge accepted!