Hypocritical a bit?

I have always said Metallica have the best fans in the world. And the worst. When it comes to critical opinions, Metallica fans voice their opinions like a motherfucker, good or bad. And sometimes the bad are just plain mean. But a lot of times I have to wonder if these same people actually think about what they say or really do see the glass half empty. Metallica finally revealed the new album cover for the upcoming new record “Death Magnetic” which is due for release sometime in September. Already the voices have come out criticizing the album cover for it’s blandness, it’s sexual connotations even though the intention of that farce was never there and the fact that it’s white. Let I remind you that these are the same people who also criticzed St. Anger for it’s harsh sound, yet 1988’s “…And Justice For All” album cover was white and the songs had horrible production and mixing and were similar in length and song structure. Hypocritical a bit?
Metallica fans have always been a bit hypocritical, from the blind sheep who refuse to have any dislike for what they do to those who haven’t liked anything they did since 1991. Now I’m a big fan of Metallica but accept the flaws they sometimes have that I see but always fully appreciate the good stuff that’s there. Their recent cover of Iron Maiden’s classic “Remember Tommorrow” was not to my taste, nor is Iron Maiden. But I accept what they are and what they do and that’s it. No expectations and no over-analyzing for ulterior motives or just plain bitching about it. And funnily enough, when I say I don’t like Iron Maiden, most generally seem to think I’m a crazy lunatic who has lost the plot. But turn it the other way around and say they are the crazy ones for not liking certain albums of Metallica or really, anything since 1991 and they’ll defend their criticisms with the tired old arguement of having the right to criticize or dislike what they want. Hypocritical a bit?
The recent fiasco of the reviews of the new album being pulled off the internet was quite interesting to say the least. And again, the termites came out of the wood-work like clockwork. For those that have been living under a non-digital rock, Metallica’s management invited a few journalists, magazine writers etc to come and listen to a few tracks off the new album. Days after the listening, reviews started appearing online, which is to be expected. All of a sudden, the reviews were pulled off the net by request from, funnily enough, Metallica’s management. The uproar eventuated into the usual “We Hate Metallica” bandwagon but even the loyal fans questioned this move. It later was revealed that management had indeed fucked up and Metallica themselves were unaware of the reviews being taken down. The same reviews were posted back up on the Official Metallica website by the request of the band. But the criticism of Metallica was basically the same shit. Metallica were anti-internet, anti-technology, anto this anti that which really derived from the Napster incident almost a decade ago. These are the same people by the way who think stealing is perfectly ok, as long as it’s on the internet, the pro-napster fuckheads who really have no argument to base their whingeing on. And yet they blindly pass over the fact that Metallica have been extremely good to their fans, the fanclub is top quality and they have made available their music online for quite some time. One only has to go to their official website to find various links to alternate official websites which offer entire live shows from their tours, video footage, websites that offer ringtone downloads, streaming music online, even a website dedicated entirely to the new album…the list goes on. So much for a band who is supposedly anti-internet. It really shits me that people are this stupid, ignorant and negative about anything Metallica, the same things that could actually be applied to other bands and yet receive no backlash at all. Hypocritical a bit?
It doesn’t bother me that people hate Metallica or just generally do not like certain things like album covers, song titles or whatever, people are entitled to their own opinions, but the reasons they give are such a joke it’s not even funny anymore. But hey, that’s just my opinion right?