Yeah I know what you are saying. I guess to me, both movies were more of a messenger thing, and less of a "cyclist" thing. Quicksilver being more of an underground/outlaw type movie, and the newer one coming along and jumping on the "fixie" fad after some nerds in a conference room somewhere decided that it would "sell". I've always been a fan of keeping things underground, as opposed to watering it down with the "everybody is welcome" idea. Sure, in cycling, everybody IS welcome. Everyone can get a bike and ride, and talk on forums and show off their new spandex and whatnot. Premium Rush did for messengers, what Green Day did for punk. Made everyone welcome, and opened the door for countless idiots saturating the market so no one else could make a living(in Green Days case, it just watered down a genre, and took what was a sharp stabbing object, and made it a spoon).


When i still worked as a messenger, i couldn't stand the critical mass bike idiots. One Friday every month, they would gather downtown, during the tail end of the work day, while we were still working, and basically clog up traffic and piss off the whole city. So when Monday morning came, and it was back to work for me, drivers were more aggressive and cops were more generous with the trivial tickets.