Eh, it's not like we're not used to would-be crusaders taking pot shots at us. Hell, Ebert did it. I think by now I've gotten about as used to it as wrestling fans have gotten used to hearing "it's fake." Everyone who says it acts like they're exposing some ancient, unthinkable mystery, and in the end they only make themselves look like asses. My fiance, of all people, even bashes bad movies. She just doesn't understand what people see in them. Although, I've told her the same about 99% of the romantic comedies out there.
On the Kim Newman thing, well, it sounds like he could be taking a pretentious shot at us, but Doggett puts in pretty well into prospective. Either way, I'm not losing sleep over it.