Ghostbusters Salt - Pro, Anti, whatever.

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The controversy surrounding the film reminds me of a handful of companies pulling similar stunts for the past couple of years. It's just like how Marvel Comics' editor-in-chief has publicly talked about how "controversial" headline grabbers are the only things worth publishing as angry fans means more profits for them, people jump in to "see the trainwreck". Nowadays that means playing both sides of this social justice nonsense. Is it worth it to make another thread about these companies or would it be better to just continue not giving them the attention they're desperate for?
 
RockVolnutt said:
The controversy surrounding the film reminds me of a handful of companies pulling similar stunts for the past couple of years. It's just like how Marvel Comics' editor-in-chief has publicly talked about how "controversial" headline grabbers are the only things worth publishing as angry fans means more profits for them, people jump in to "see the trainwreck". Nowadays that means playing both sides of this social justice nonsense. Is it worth it to make another thread about these companies or would it be better to just continue not giving them the attention they're desperate for?
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Is clear they want to play both sides and generate buzz (the most blatant is Marvel announcing a black female Iron Man while the event that is going to make iron man retire is not even over) but some of the loudest voice come from people that doesn't usually read comics to begin with if KiA sperging about that stuff is a indication.

Usually comic editorials can take the risk of pandering (or , in other cases, actually making interesting stuff) like this because making a comic is cheaper than making a film, TV series or videogames and the fans are usually soon to forget or know this stuff may as well be temporal.

In the case of this film, is probably way more difficult to justify taking the route of a reboot with a all female cast to revive a franchise for both fans and executives not in the Kool aid, and the chances of an actual soft reboot with the original cast and setting is probably dead not only at the potential of this film flopping and killing interest but the actors aging or dying.
 
RockVolnutt said:
Is it worth it to make another thread about these companies or would it be better to just continue not giving them the attention they're desperate for?
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I can't see them saying "We just found out the Chris-chan stalkers only made FOUR threads about our shit movie's shit marketing! This falls short of our projected goals of six threads! What do you mean Dan Aykroyd's busy riding a moose to chase a flying saucer? DAMMIT WE NEEDED HIM TO ANNOUNCE ON TWITTER THAT HE'S GOING TO BE A TRANNY IN THE SEQUEL! ALL IS LOST! ABORT ABORT ABORT"
 
MiloWuCollusion said:
Is clear they want to play both sides and generate buzz (the most blatant is Marvel announcing a black female Iron Man while the event that is going to make iron man retire is not even over)
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what was funnier people crying about hydra captain america or fat neckbeard mra losers crying about black woman iron man?
 
Dain Bramage said:
It's like Sony is forcing this movie down everyone's throats in the name of Socjus indoctrination, and they're upset that the little people are actually daring to fight back ignore it.
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FTFY. Otherwise, good show, Sir.
 
CatParty said:
what was funnier people crying about hydra captain america or fat neckbeard mra losers crying about black woman iron man?
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I'd go with Hydra Cap. Most of the bitching was from people who think Hydra is a Nazi organization on Earth-616 and Marvel staff insisting it's totally legit unlike all those other times brainwashing has been a plot point in Captain America story arcs....only for it to be revealed it was brainwashing the following month. Riri is just your average "hip" legacy character from them. The only notable thing I've seen is slightly more people waking up to being played and just hating Bendis after he wrote a Miles Morales comic where he got annoyed at people bringing up that he's (half) black in completely irrelevant contexts.

XYZpdq said:
I can't see them saying "We just found out the Chris-chan stalkers only made FOUR threads about our shit movie's shit marketing! This falls short of our projected goals of six threads! What do you mean Dan Aykroyd's busy riding a moose to chase a flying saucer? DAMMIT WE NEEDED HIM TO ANNOUNCE ON TWITTER THAT HE'S GOING TO BE A TRANNY IN THE SEQUEL! ALL IS LOST! ABORT ABORT ABORT"
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"There's no such thing as bad publicity". Hopefully that phrase doesn't count if you have a reputation of being exploitative....
 
A cam copy was released. I decided to watch it while I chill after a 4 hour walk.

After 15 or so minutes there were two fart/queef/shit jokes. I got a little bored and decided to shave my balls.

20 minutes in and I laughed for the first time when that dude flips them off.

24 minutes in and the main cast is very unlikable.

The villain reminds me of Patton Oswalt from that 5 Second Films sketch:


31 minutes in and so far two product placements: Pringles and 7-Eleven.

34 minutes in and there's a pretty obvious goof: the guy spray painting the Ghostbusters logo is seen using just one spray can and yet the logo has two colors.

36 minutes in and I'm thinking "Just how many ghost movies are there where the ghosts just straight up kill people? No possession or being frightened to death or any of that BS. The only one I can think of off the top of my head is the Fulci film House by The Cemetery. I'd like to see Mellissa Mccarthy get a Fulci-Styled death by now."


39 minutes in and the black chick just invites herself as a Ghostbuster. This feels very forced. Chris Helmsworth isn't funny.

41 minutes and this is a hard movie to sit through. Thank god I can shit post while watching this POS.

45 minutes in and here's the Bill Murray cameo. He's given literally nothing to do.

47 minutes in and the new Ghostbusters remix sounds like shit.

48 minutes Michael Mcdonald from Mad TV appears. And he's completely wasted except for one bit that comes up a little later. I cracked a 2nd laugh thanks to Michael Mcdonald.

54 minutes in and here's a pointless Ozzy Ozbourne cameo.

57 minutes in and Bill Murray is back. He does most of his scene sitting. It seems like they only shot Bill with whatsherface Kristen Wiig because it cuts back to the other characters and Bill and whatsherface are not in the same shot. Bill seems bored as fuck. Nothing about this scene is funny. And it just shows that our main character is an idiot. They didn't even film Bill dying.

Bill's scene in Zombieland is 10 million times better than this.

One hour in and here's Matt Walsh from Upright Citizens Brigade. Another funny fucking dude who's a master at improv. He's completely wasted as well.

Is Paul Feig gay? This seems like it was written by a gay dude.

An hour and 10 minutes in and here's a cameo by the lady who played the receptionist in the original. She's more likable than our main characters.

I also noticed that our main characters have yet to talk about re-capturing the ghost that the cunt let out.

An hour and twenty minutes in and I'm as bored as a motherfucker. Holy shit there's a whole lot of nothing going on. I can't stop now, there's just 34 minutes left. I just find it amazing that this thing cost 150 million and yet there were no re-shoots or anything. That flick John Carter had re-shoots. The new Star Wars has a lot of re-shoots being done from what it looks like. But everyone involved apparently thought this was comedy gold.

An hour and twenty three minutes and here's the Dan Akroyd cameo. Once again, wasted.

An hour and twenty seven minutes. Stay Pufft makes a cameo as a demonic balloon. Also badly done. And the setup for defeating him (it takes less than a minute) is sloppy. Literally ten minutes before this scene they have a moment where Wiig is given a pocket knife and they make a big deal about it. That's just fucking sloppy.

An hour and twenty eight minutes and here's an ad for Twinkies.

And here's a big pointless action scene with ladies who look like they don't even jog. And since when can the fucking proton packs kill ghosts? They have to be trapped, the packs just immobilize the ghosts. They never establish that you can kill them or whatever with the proton packs.

An hour and thirty two minutes in and Slimer has had two scenes and none have been funny. You remember that one scene in Ghostbusters 2 where Slimer is the bus driver and gives Rick Moranis a lift? That was funnier than anything in this POS.

On that note: Ghostbusters 2 is looking like fucking Citizen Kane when compared to this fucking monstrosity. Ghostbusters 2 had a likable cast and it had its moments. This thing just has nothing going for it.

The build up to this big final battle has nothing, repeat, NOTHING on the original. No creepy music, no funny/inventive montage with a variety of ghosts, nothing. Absolutely nothing.

That Titanic joke in Ghostbusters 2? That was better than the entirety of this POS.

I really hope Paul Feig is blacklisted for helming this shit.

Okay, it's over. Here's Ernie Hudson being completely wasted. Done. Deleted file. Not re-seeding. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this.
 
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Oh this.

The salt in the Gen X retro groups I follow on FB has been absolutely incredible on both sides of the coin. Everything from "misogynistic neckbeards clinging to their rose colored glasses of childhood are using this movie to justify hating women" to "Reboots like this movie are ruining our childhoods and polluting our memories with SJW pandering and cheap explosions and the entire cast should be hanged along with Michael Bay and whomever made the Thundercats reboot." It's just a movie. Bad or good, it's just a movie.
 
Dain Bramage said:
Dan Akroyd says that everyone who dared to not kiss Jones' ass is a 60 year old neckbeard Trump supporter wearing a white hood posting from their momma's basement.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dan-aykroyd-leslie-jones_us_5790c608e4b0bdddc4d33f94?section=
(OF COURSE it wold be a HuffPo article)

It's like Sony is forcing this movie down everyone's throats in the name of Socjus indoctrination, and they're upset that the little people are actually daring to fight back.
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So, is Dan doing this because he's crazy now, or because he has a vested interest in the remake? (after all, he does get royalties) I mean, I get the whole being against the really racist insults that Jones got, but this white knighting shit is just pitiful
 
BrunoMattei said:
A cam copy was released. I decided to watch it while I chill after a 4 hour walk.

After 15 or so minutes there were two fart/queef/shit jokes. I got a little bored and decided to shave my balls.

20 minutes in and I laughed for the first time when that dude flips them off.

24 minutes in and the main cast is very unlikable.

The villain reminds me of Patton Oswalt from that 5 Second Films sketch:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=id=EnvlzHkYVH8;m=2;s=14
31 minutes in and so far two product placements: Pringles and 7-Eleven.

34 minutes in and there's a pretty obvious goof: the guy spray painting the Ghostbusters logo is seen using just one spray can and yet the logo has two colors.

36 minutes in and I'm thinking "Just how many ghost movies are there where the ghosts just straight up kill people? No possession or being frightened to death or any of that BS. The only one I can think of off the top of my head is the Fulci film House by The Cemetery. I'd like to see Mellissa Mccarthy get a Fulci-Styled death by now."

https://youtube.com/watch?v=zbIiJeCpCgY
39 minutes in and the black chick just invites herself as a Ghostbuster. This feels very forced. Chris Helmsworth isn't funny.

41 minutes and this is a hard movie to sit through. Thank god I can shit post while watching this POS.

45 minutes in and here's the Bill Murray cameo. He's given literally nothing to do.

47 minutes in and the new Ghostbusters remix sounds like shit.

48 minutes Michael Mcdonald from Mad TV appears. And he's completely wasted except for one bit that comes up a little later. I cracked a 2nd laugh thanks to Michael Mcdonald.

54 minutes in and here's a pointless Ozzy Ozbourne cameo.

57 minutes in and Bill Murray is back. He does most of his scene sitting. It seems like they only shot Bill with whatsherface Kristen Wiig because it cuts back to the other characters and Bill and whatsherface are not in the same shot. Bill seems bored as fuck. Nothing about this scene is funny. And it just shows that our main character is an idiot. They didn't even film Bill dying.

Bill's scene in Zombieland is 10 million times better than this.

One hour in and here's Matt Walsh from Upright Citizens Brigade. Another funny fucking dude who's a master at improv. He's completely wasted as well.

Is Paul Feig gay? This seems like it was written by a gay dude.

An hour and 10 minutes in and here's a cameo by the lady who played the receptionist in the original. She's more likable than our main characters.

I also noticed that our main characters have yet to talk about re-capturing the ghost that the cunt let out.

An hour and twenty minutes in and I'm as bored as a motherfucker. Holy shit there's a whole lot of nothing going on. I can't stop now, there's just 34 minutes left. I just find it amazing that this thing cost 150 million and yet there were no re-shoots or anything. That flick John Carter had re-shoots. The new Star Wars has a lot of re-shoots being done from what it looks like. But everyone involved apparently thought this was comedy gold.

An hour and twenty three minutes and here's the Dan Akroyd cameo. Once again, wasted.

An hour and twenty seven minutes. Stay Pufft makes a cameo as a demonic balloon. Also badly done. And the setup for defeating him (it takes less than a minute) is sloppy. Literally ten minutes before this scene they have a moment where Wiig is given a pocket knife and they make a big deal about it. That's just fucking sloppy.

An hour and twenty eight minutes and here's an ad for Twinkies.

And here's a big pointless action scene with ladies who look like they don't even jog. And since when can the fucking proton packs kill ghosts? They have to be trapped, the packs just immobilize the ghosts. They never establish that you can kill them or whatever with the proton packs.

An hour and thirty two minutes in and Slimer has had two scenes and none have been funny. You remember that one scene in Ghostbusters 2 where Slimer is the bus driver and gives Rick Moranis a lift? That was funnier than anything in this POS.

On that note: Ghostbusters 2 is looking like fucking Citizen Kane when compared to this fucking monstrosity. Ghostbusters 2 had a likable cast and it had its moments. This thing just has nothing going for it.

The build up to this big final battle has nothing, repeat, NOTHING on the original. No creepy music, no funny/inventive montage with a variety of ghosts, nothing. Absolutely nothing.

That Titanic joke in Ghostbusters 2? That was better than the entirety of this POS.

I really hope Paul Feig is blacklisted for helming this shit.

Okay, it's over. Here's Ernie Hudson being completely wasted. Done. Deleted file. Not re-seeding. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this.
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calm down lol
 
BrunoMattei said:
A cam copy was released. I decided to watch it while I chill after a 4 hour walk.

After 15 or so minutes there were two fart/queef/shit jokes. I got a little bored and decided to shave my balls.

20 minutes in and I laughed for the first time when that dude flips them off.

24 minutes in and the main cast is very unlikable.

The villain reminds me of Patton Oswalt from that 5 Second Films sketch:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=id=EnvlzHkYVH8;m=2;s=14
31 minutes in and so far two product placements: Pringles and 7-Eleven.

34 minutes in and there's a pretty obvious goof: the guy spray painting the Ghostbusters logo is seen using just one spray can and yet the logo has two colors.

36 minutes in and I'm thinking "Just how many ghost movies are there where the ghosts just straight up kill people? No possession or being frightened to death or any of that BS. The only one I can think of off the top of my head is the Fulci film House by The Cemetery. I'd like to see Mellissa Mccarthy get a Fulci-Styled death by now."

https://youtube.com/watch?v=zbIiJeCpCgY
39 minutes in and the black chick just invites herself as a Ghostbuster. This feels very forced. Chris Helmsworth isn't funny.

41 minutes and this is a hard movie to sit through. Thank god I can shit post while watching this POS.

45 minutes in and here's the Bill Murray cameo. He's given literally nothing to do.

47 minutes in and the new Ghostbusters remix sounds like shit.

48 minutes Michael Mcdonald from Mad TV appears. And he's completely wasted except for one bit that comes up a little later. I cracked a 2nd laugh thanks to Michael Mcdonald.

54 minutes in and here's a pointless Ozzy Ozbourne cameo.

57 minutes in and Bill Murray is back. He does most of his scene sitting. It seems like they only shot Bill with whatsherface Kristen Wiig because it cuts back to the other characters and Bill and whatsherface are not in the same shot. Bill seems bored as fuck. Nothing about this scene is funny. And it just shows that our main character is an idiot. They didn't even film Bill dying.

Bill's scene in Zombieland is 10 million times better than this.

One hour in and here's Matt Walsh from Upright Citizens Brigade. Another funny fucking dude who's a master at improv. He's completely wasted as well.

Is Paul Feig gay? This seems like it was written by a gay dude.

An hour and 10 minutes in and here's a cameo by the lady who played the receptionist in the original. She's more likable than our main characters.

I also noticed that our main characters have yet to talk about re-capturing the ghost that the cunt let out.

An hour and twenty minutes in and I'm as bored as a motherfucker. Holy shit there's a whole lot of nothing going on. I can't stop now, there's just 34 minutes left. I just find it amazing that this thing cost 150 million and yet there were no re-shoots or anything. That flick John Carter had re-shoots. The new Star Wars has a lot of re-shoots being done from what it looks like. But everyone involved apparently thought this was comedy gold.

An hour and twenty three minutes and here's the Dan Akroyd cameo. Once again, wasted.

An hour and twenty seven minutes. Stay Pufft makes a cameo as a demonic balloon. Also badly done. And the setup for defeating him (it takes less than a minute) is sloppy. Literally ten minutes before this scene they have a moment where Wiig is given a pocket knife and they make a big deal about it. That's just fucking sloppy.

An hour and twenty eight minutes and here's an ad for Twinkies.

And here's a big pointless action scene with ladies who look like they don't even jog. And since when can the fucking proton packs kill ghosts? They have to be trapped, the packs just immobilize the ghosts. They never establish that you can kill them or whatever with the proton packs.

An hour and thirty two minutes in and Slimer has had two scenes and none have been funny. You remember that one scene in Ghostbusters 2 where Slimer is the bus driver and gives Rick Moranis a lift? That was funnier than anything in this POS.

On that note: Ghostbusters 2 is looking like fucking Citizen Kane when compared to this fucking monstrosity. Ghostbusters 2 had a likable cast and it had its moments. This thing just has nothing going for it.

The build up to this big final battle has nothing, repeat, NOTHING on the original. No creepy music, no funny/inventive montage with a variety of ghosts, nothing. Absolutely nothing.

That Titanic joke in Ghostbusters 2? That was better than the entirety of this POS.

I really hope Paul Feig is blacklisted for helming this shit.

Okay, it's over. Here's Ernie Hudson being completely wasted. Done. Deleted file. Not re-seeding. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this. Fuck this.
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lol calm down
 
I'm not even a big time Ghostbusters fan. Yeah, I grew up with the movies, cartoon, and toys but I would honestly call the original movie "pretty good" and I don't think it's a masterpiece or anything.

But the remake is horrible.
 
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