GhostBusters Reboot/Spin off

[dubcity]

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I think it will have to be really good to make some serious money, because of how good and popular the original was. If it pales by comparison that could be a problem.

I think the bar is pretty low for a big budget movie like this, with the Ghostbusters brand recognition and this cast. It could get a 40% freshness rating and still gross $500M worldwide.

[JayBee74]

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I think the bar is pretty low for a big budget movie like this, with the Ghostbusters brand recognition and this cast. It could get a 40% freshness rating and still gross $500M worldwide.

Hard to say. I wish Emma Stone didn't turn down the part.

[Stormyhog]

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Someone did a shorter cut of the trailer with the original music. Makes it better in my op<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8IDXpOX0Cp0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>inion.

[RockinDaMike]

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As expected, they ruined one of favorite movies of all time.


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I never get this statement about remakes. How does this ruin the original? You still have the dvd right? It's not like the original gets deleted when this one shows. If anything, a remake helps the original get more attention to a new generation that has never seen it.

As for the trailer, I wasn't sold. I hope their saving the good jokes for the movie.

[IndianBird]

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I never get this statement about remakes. How does this ruin the original? You still have the dvd right? It's not like the original gets deleted when this one shows. If anything, a remake helps the original get more attention to a new generation that has never seen it.



As for the trailer, I wasn't sold. I hope their saving the good jokes for the movie.

I have the Blu Ray, thanks for the reminder.


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[daflyboys]

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Do you what really bothers me about this movie. It's named "Ghostbusters". Really? Couldn't come up with anything more clever than that? Isn't there already a movie named "Ghostbusters"? I think there is.

Spoiler

Anyone for "Gyno-Ghostbusters"?

[Candyman5]

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This looks beyond bad, like wow....

[dubcity]

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/03/04/people-are-hating-the-ghostbusters-trailer-guess-why/

Thankfully the Washington Post is here to tell us why we dislike this trailer. Using evidence based on YouTube comments no less, lol.

[daflyboys]

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Good to see the Washington Post with that hard hitting journalism about a very important issue facing our times. *sigh*

Maybe there will be an all male cast on the remake of "Little Women". We'll see how it goes then.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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It's a slippery slope.

[daflyboys]

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I like the part about the Ernie Hudson replacement not being a scientist too. I don't recall, but I don't think Hudson was a scientist either. Oh you crazy race baiting rag, you Washington Post, you.

[SPTO]

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I like the part about the Ernie Hudson replacement not being a scientist too. I don't recall, but I don't think Hudson was a scientist either. Oh you crazy race baiting rag, you Washington Post, you.

You're correct, Hudson's character answered a "help wanted" ad and had no previous paranormal experience.

[daflyboys]

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You're correct, Hudson's character answered a "help wanted" ad and had no previous paranormal experience.

I would love to go into a job interview and when they ask for "strengths", I would love to say, "well, I have had some paranormal experience".

[roadman]

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Good to see the Washington Post with that hard hitting journalism about a very important issue facing our times. *sigh*

Maybe there will be an all male cast on the remake of "Little Women". We'll see how it goes then.

I was thinking Charlie's Angels, but I digress.

[mpulse24]

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I love the Ghostbusters franchise very much, I grew up with it and have accepted its many forms, from the original movie, to its sequel, to its two animated series (Real and Extreme) and I read the IDW comic series and really enjoy it.

Needless to say, I was excited to hear a new movie was coming out and fully accepted the female cast, even though I wasn't thrilled with a couple of the choices, I never was a big Melissa McCarthy fan. But I really enjoy Kristen Wiig's previous work and the second I saw Kate McKinnon dressed in character in an on set photo, I thought she had the perfect look for what I want in a female Ghostbuster, she looks like a cross between a female Egon and Kylie from Extreme Ghostbusters.

But after seeing the trailer, I have to say I am really put off to this new movie. The humor looks like a really cheesy series of gags and just don't hit. That slapping gag in the trailer literally made me shudder and none of it felt like Ghostbusters. That has nothing to do with the main characters all being women. I really hate how some people online are pulling the feminist card in defense of this movie, I think thats a really lame and safe excuse to defend this movie and others like it. Like I said, I loved Extreme Ghostbusters growing up and liked Kylie, the first female Ghostbuster, who also reappears in the comic book series along with Janine taking up the Ghostbuster mantle and I thought that was cool too.

But the only things this trailer had me on were the shot of the firehouse and slimer. Those were literally the only two things that made me smile, everything else just really put me off and just felt so forced and more importantly, not funny. Even the look of everything really put me off, the coloring the cgi, it looked like the movie Pixels and thats a really bad sign! Even, like others mentioned, the opening lines in the trailer, calling back to the original movie, about the "four scientists" is wrong. It was three scientists and a guy desperately needing a steady paycheck! lol Granted later on in the franchise, in the 2009 video game (which is canon) Winston studies and becomes a Doctor, I really don't think the trailer was calling back to that. lol

I really hope this trailer wasnt a proper representation of the movie itself, because I love Ghostbusters and really want renewed interest in the franchise as a whole. This movie could do that, but not if the movie is like the trailer.

Ok, I'm ranting. lol Bottom line is, as a big Ghostbusters fan, this trailer just makes me really....sad.