The Ghostbusters Thread (Old, New, Animated, Whatever)

Adamska said:
Yeah, honestly I'd have gotten Ernie Hudson (with cameos by Akyroyd) to train the next generation of busters (open casted for all) after Murray gets arrested for tax evasion or something and Ramis dies of old age as the eccentric (but now deeply respected) scientist he played in that film. They deal with the ghostbros shitting on the (now actual) profession since I'd have ghost outbreaks be rare sort of cyclical events barring occult fuckery, which means that fraudsters and kooks can ply their trade but must be careful about it, and the villain for the movie is the ghost of a crime boss aiming to make New York his city again.

Not Undirected Improv the Movie, as directed by "Guy not used to big budget films and who can't fucking adult".
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It's pretty easy to come up with a better way of having done this movie, isn't it? Oh, also, don't just randomly insult the fanbase to drum up controversy in a way that makes the movie look even more like a shitty cash grab than it was.
 
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That Chris Guy said:
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Not that I really trusted Rotten Tomatoes' reviews all the time, but what happened Fembusters merely reinforces that some of those reviewers are complete hacks with an agenda.
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The Ghostbusters were never even portrayed as bad-ass macho men or anything like that. They're actually more like bumbling idiots most of the time.
 
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big baby jesus said:
The Ghostbusters were never even portrayed as bad-ass macho men or anything like that. They're actually more like bumbling idiots most of the time.
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Well you had the following:

Bill Murray: Conman Fraudster
Dan Akyroyd: Paranormal Crank (in real life too)
Harold Ramis: Eccentric Theorist
Ernie Hudson: Mercenary

They were schlubs who did an exterminating job, and were kind of among the dregs. Billy badasses they were not.
 
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The Grimace said:
So how's the movie going right now?
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Well according to Boxofficemojo, Ghostbusters is sitting in ninth place and made an estimated $4.8 million this weekend, bringing its domestic haul to $116. It will probably be a little bit higher once the official numbers are released, but at this point, the only hope Sony has of making back the money for producing and marketing this dumpster fire is going to be in in DVD and Blu-Ray sales.
 
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So I saw the new Ghostbusters today. It was surprisingly worse than I expected. I was hoping to have a genuine laugh at least once during the film, but the only thing I laughed at was how bad one joke was. There didn't seem to be any jokes in the movie, it was mostly the 5 Ghostbusters acting like retards and you're supposed to laugh at them. Chris Hemsworth gave ZERO fucks about his performance (it felt like that at least). He just talked in a monotone voice and had gave a really dry and boring delivery to every little quip he had. Bill Murray gave some effort I think, Dan Akyroyd delivered the worst line in the entire fucking movie, Harold Ramus appeared as a bust, and Ernie Hudson gave it his best during his 15 second scene at the end.

There's something really odd about the movie though. The beginning had actual jump scares which caught me off guard because I thought this movie was going to be a lot more kid-friendly. I honestly expected the family next to me to walk out, but that didn't happen.
Overall 0/10 would not see again.
 
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GeorgeDaMoose said:
There's something really odd about the movie though. The beginning had actual jump scares which caught me off guard because I thought this movie was going to be a lot more kid-friendly. I honestly expected the family next to me to walk out, but that didn't happen.
Overall 0/10 would not see again.
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I found that really weird, too. The original Ghostbusters wasn't exactly meant to be scary. The closest thing to a single jumpscare in the first movie was when that chick opened her fridge. Even then, that was pretty tame.
 
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Yaoi Huntress Earth said:
The show is more fun to watch with at least one other person and you don't take it seriously. We were all joking about the humans in the cast being gay and playing "guess the fetishes". I admit, there were a few good character designs. (Haunter being one of my favorites.)
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It has that going for it.

Of course I wonder what people make of this (unless it's already been posted here)...
 
I saw the trailer of Ghostbusters 2016 (the one everyone seemed to hate) and the only time I had any reaction to it was a slight jump scare where the thin but homely looking one got slimed and then cringed at the "...in every crack, very hard to wash off" """"joke"""", and then everything was just shit-tier sketch-comedy that even Doug Walker and his friends can do better at.

It certainly wasn't enough to tard-rage over, and might've worked if they had decent actresses, a director who didn't throw fits at the slightest hint of criticism, and a script that wasn't written by SNL interns.
 
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I guess I should be pleased but I'm not. That franchise had a ton of untapped potential and the studio spoiled it with a poor attitude and lax creative direction. You can't just gender swap the leads and leave nearly everything the same down to the basic plot structure. It was always gonna come across as lazy. In the end the film was just kinda mediocre. It had a few good moments but the script sucked and the actors (most of whitch are quite talented) couldn't carry it. Plus, the antagonistic 'take that trolls!' marketing campaign ultimately targeted the built-in audience. That was a colossal mistake that caused the film to under-perform more than it should. Whoever made the decision to go in that direction should be fired.


Overall the studio lost a ton of cash. A good franchise is on life support again. Some decent actors won't get roles they could have obtained. Paul Feig gets to walk away in one piece (unfortunately since allot of the problems stem from his lack creative direction). However we did find tasty salt to mine from all parties involved in this farce, so it wasn't a complete loss lol.
 
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Henry Bemis said:
Per the Hollywood Reporter:

'Ghostbusters' Heading for $70M-Plus Loss, Sequel Unlikely

No mention of gender-based contention, oddly enough.
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Interesting how they talk about "exploiting" the brand. They do mention the 1984 Ghostbusters had a significant uptick in rentals. They also still seem to be in denial how terrible the film was ("We're very proud of the bold movie Paul Feig made, which critics and audiences loved").

To be honest, I think they would've made more money by re-releasing the original 1984 film in theaters.
 
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Xarpho said:
Interesting how they talk about "exploiting" the brand. They do mention the 1984 Ghostbusters had a significant uptick in rentals. They also still seem to be in denial how terrible the film was ("We're very proud of the bold movie Paul Feig made, which critics and audiences loved").

To be honest, I think they would've made more money by re-releasing the original 1984 film in theaters.
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And making more Ecto cooler and green Twinkies. Seriously, they'd be set for life on the profits from Ecto Cooler.
 
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