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

DrChristianTroy said:
I mean dude could just not see the movie like a grown ass adult. His whole "But it doesn't look like MY Ghostbusters" argument is pretty silly too. Accept the movie isn't made/doesn't appeal to you and move on. Again act like a grown ass man.
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Its pretty understandable , imo. James had always been a huge fan of Ghostbusters, and his fans have been constantly messaging him about his thoughts on this new one. He gave a brief video on his thoughts; I think he would have been fine moving on as he isn't one for drama, its just that people on twitter had a freakout over those thoughts.
 
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Randall Fragg said:
I found the article from the third screen cap.
http://www.dailydot.com/lol/ghostbusters-reboot-movie-critic-refuses-to-review/
Archive.
It's arguably libel, because it flat out misrepresents Rolfe as some sort of raging sexist.
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That is one of the most poorly-written, badly-argued, dishonest piece of journalism I've ever seen. I hope the author was just grasping at straws because they needed to crank out an article before a deadline, because that's just a disgrace. I can't believe James Rolfe is being made a pariah for not watching a film.
 
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TheImportantFart said:
That is one of the most poorly-written, badly-argued, dishonest piece of journalism I've ever seen. I hope the author was just grasping at straws because they needed to crank out an article before a deadline, because that's just a disgrace. I can't believe James Rolfe is being made a pariah for not watching a film.
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Welcome to internet journalism, it has always been like that.
 
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Here's another thing to consider about Rolfe and the new movie: even if he were to review it, he'd have been in a total Kobayashi Maru situation: If he doesn't like the movie, he'd be labeled a misogynist MRA neckbeard shitlord by the far left internet journos and dangerhairs. If he did end up liking the movie, he'd be called a beta cuck numale blue pilled shitlord by the people who've had a hate boner for this movie since the first announcement.

Maybe he should've just kept quiet about the whole thing, maybe not. But no matter what stance he takes and/or has taken, he's fucked either way.
 
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Debrotherized Luigi said:
Maybe he should've just kept quiet about the whole thing, maybe not. But no matter what stance he takes and/or has taken, he's fucked either way.
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Not really. He doesn't do something he doesn't want to, and a bunch of shrieking harpies make themselves look like fucking fools white knighting a huge failure.
 
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Okay I admit, the last part with the black one and the ghost on her shoulders made me chuckle a bit.
But yeah, still doesn't look promising.
I am not even bothering trying to compare whatever this is going to be with the first two movies at all. What I would compare it though is the cartoon. Cause the ghosts look really cartoonish. Like, Scooby Doo level.
 
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Wow, you can see both the laziness and cynicism behind the movie in both trailers. Actually, RedLetterMedia did a decent evaluation of this movie, without even meaning to.


I mean, it apes the opening from the first one, turns the black chick into a mammy version of Winston Zedmore, recycled both a Rick Moranis and the whole Gozerian Cult Building element, and the amplifying machine and "ghosts ain't real lol" from 2. I can tell there is no comedic freedom or independence from the Producer. They fail to get that the OG movie was a blend of supernatural, comedy, and a wee bit of horror to boot.

They aped so fucking much that the original script writers should get a credit too.
 
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Adamska said:
I mean, it apes the opening from the first one, turns the black chick into a mammy version of Winston Zedmore, recycled both a Rick Moranis and the whole Gozerian Cult Building element, and the amplifying machine and "ghosts ain't real lol" from 2. I can tell there is no comedic freedom or independence from the Producer. They fail to get that the OG movie was a blend of supernatural, comedy, and a wee bit of horror to boot.

They aped so fucking much that the original script writers should get a credit too.
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The original movie was as good as it was because of the very specific ensemble cast, their chemistry together, and the near-constant ad-libbing by the cast. The script was mostly a suggestion, with Murray and others continually improvising. Just ripping that off and repeating it will inevitably lead to a pale, lifeless imitation.

The cast can't be blamed for this. They had the looks of a group that could have been a fine ensemble cast. In some other movie that isn't this one.
 
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