Man, I'm proud of you guys. Out of all the music forums, I've been in, this particular forum had the longest time it took to make a thread like this which is fine since it seems like a general consensus here regarding GNR is so-so.
Now then, meh. I don't care much about the reunion despite liking Slash's solo band with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators and really love Duff McKagan as a person and what he's done since he went sober in 1994. They got some decent songs, but it's not like I'm going to pay $100+ to see them, especially at the risk that they start hours late due to whatever reasons Axl has, and I'm not quite sure if they will deliver a performance that can be worth that much.
On the one hand, with my "moving forward" mentality, I cannot see this working well in terms of everyone feeling satisfied and have a good working relationship. I feel like I've been spoiled by my perception regarding how Rush and Iron Maiden did on their current runs after they reformed with a definitive line-up where they were not only doing great tours with a new generation watching them, but they were releasing some killer new material in the process.
I can't see GNR do their reunion as well as Rush and Iron Maiden, imo. Sure, they can pretty sell-out any venue in the world that they want, but where do they go from there after a couple of months? Do they just go their own ways and go back to where they were before (Slash working with Myles and Conspirators and Duff working with his various projects, and Axl doing nothing?) To me, I feel like that's a little short-changing the fans there, imo.
On the other hand, with my "I'm on the side that gets Alter Bridge busy," mentality, screw the 1st mentality, Slash can go ahead and go to GNR if he wants, as oppose to the more stability lifestyle he's got working with Myles and the Conspirators, (and in the process monopolizing Myles' time, but that's a different topic for another day), if it gets Alter Bridge running on all wheels again without having Slash to get in the way of that.