Ghostbusters 2016
#1 Posted 06 March 2016 - 08:41 PM
What a tragedy. Nothing about this is funny and nothing that was trying to be funny had anything to do with Ghostbusters. These terrible jokes could be from any bad comedy movie. This movie speaks nothing of Ghostbusters. If this is what came 30 years ago it would have flopped. Riding on the name only. I was hoping to see something different and interesting. Nope. Subpar. Will not go to see it.
I wonder if they're making it bad on purpose so that people can hate it so that moronic SJW's can pick on sane people some more. At the very least you know that's what they'll be transforming all the hate it's getting into because they need to defend it somehow. I'm waiting for the first article with the click bait title falsely linking it to anti-feminism or something.
EDIT: Second international trailer:
This post has been edited by MusicallyInspired: 10 March 2016 - 05:11 PM
#2 Posted 06 March 2016 - 09:03 PM
I loved the old Ghostbusters movies, the NES game kinda sucked though
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#4 Posted 06 March 2016 - 09:50 PM
Skip this, just go play the game.
#6 Posted 06 March 2016 - 10:08 PM
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Skip this, just go play the game.
I forgot about that. I still need to play it. Thanks for the reminder.
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#7 Posted 06 March 2016 - 10:16 PM
MusicallyInspired, on 06 March 2016 - 08:41 PM, said:
Yep, the jokes felt pretty generic. The whole movie has a cheap, lowest common denominator feel to it that gives the impression of a typical summer comedy that people watch and forget. The original still has a pretty damn unique feel to it that hasn't been pulled off since, other than GB2 of course. The jokes all felt pretty forced here. Plus they gave away the whole damn scene (beginning and end) of the human possession. That scene is now redundant in the film (unless it happens again in the battle).
The general reaction of the characters is pretty unrelatable as well. "Oh I'm getting slimed, let's all stand around and keep filming", while in the original the guys ran out of the entire building screaming their heads off after seeing the librarian. If they're trying to make the women look like badasses it's not working very well.
I've never found Melissa McCarthy or Paul Feig's films funny. Besides Kristan Wiig I haven't even heard of the others.
Carl Winslow, on 06 March 2016 - 09:50 PM, said:
Skip this, just go play the game.
Exactly, the plot, tone and atmosphere of the game was spot on and felt like the right direction for the franchise to go. The gameplay also holds its own quite well. Highly recommended.
This post has been edited by Micky C: 06 March 2016 - 10:18 PM
#8 Posted 07 March 2016 - 04:32 AM
#9 Posted 07 March 2016 - 10:49 AM
These days it's all about how many quick cuts and gags and random story points they can throw in. Granted the final movie might not be that bad, but the trailer certainly doesn't help dispel the notion.
#11 Posted 07 March 2016 - 06:17 PM
instead of the Ghostbusters theme
I'll go see it.
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#12 Posted 07 March 2016 - 07:10 PM
I didn't think much of the first Ghost Busters movies to be honest, they were just "Oh, that's on? Well, it's probably better than the other channel so it can stay, it passes the time." kinda movies to me, though while they're not my kind of movie I can appreciate them for what they did right. Somehow I don't think the new one is going to be like that and I will probably find it offensive to my brain if I ever do have to see it for some reason.
#13 Posted 09 March 2016 - 08:24 PM
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#16 Posted 10 March 2016 - 01:21 PM
As someone who saw both Ghostbusters and thought they were ok, seeing this trailer has made me.... still neutral.
I mean it looks ok. Some of the cast from Bridesmaids is in this, and that movie was pretty alright.
#17 Posted 10 March 2016 - 03:51 PM
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#21 Posted 13 March 2016 - 02:13 PM
Micky C, on 12 March 2016 - 12:26 AM, said:
This. The beginning is so misleading.
Here I thought it would be a proper sequel, and then the rest of the trailer came and made it look like a really poor version of the original film.
The only twist being the gender swap.. ehm yay?
#22 Posted 13 March 2016 - 02:41 PM
Merlijn, on 13 March 2016 - 02:13 PM, said:
Here I thought it would be a proper sequel, and then the rest of the trailer came and made it look like a really poor version of the original film.
The only twist being the gender swap.. ehm yay?
The real twist is that Leslie Jones got more lines in this trailer than Ernie Hudson ever did.
#23 Posted 13 March 2016 - 05:36 PM
Fuck everyone else in this cast, especially that stupid black chick. She's half the reason modern SNL is garbage. "HEY EVERYONE I'M BLACK LORDY LORDY LORDY LOL"
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#24 Posted 16 March 2016 - 12:27 AM
Micky C, on 12 March 2016 - 12:26 AM, said:
What's the point of it anyway?
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#25 Posted 16 March 2016 - 03:12 AM
I was ignoring the hate until the moment I saw the trailer. I thought "Give it a chance". The trailer was frankly awful. It does look like a cheap remake of the film, played soley for laughs and no dramatic content whatsover. The original film wasn't Lawrence of Arabia, but it had a focus on characters and had some respect for who they were, even if the film was mainly a comedy. You can just tell that this is going to be a comedy in the vein of a lot of modern films where the characters are just walking joke dispensers.
Whats really bad is the comedy black woman channelling some 1930's stereotype. Jesus. I always felt bad for Ernnie Hudson, but this is way worse. I only hope that it's used as a joke and at some time later in the film she stands up for herself.
#26 Posted 18 March 2016 - 12:17 AM
Tea Monster, on 16 March 2016 - 03:12 AM, said:
It won't happen, that's literally her ENTIRE shtick for every bit she does on SNL. She's just terrible and apparently I'm racist for thinking so!
#27 Posted 19 March 2016 - 05:58 PM
I can imagine the Ghostbusters writers sessions as being the same thing; 100% focus on trying to get out as many one-liners as possible.
#28 Posted 19 March 2016 - 06:48 PM
Micky C, on 19 March 2016 - 05:58 PM, said:
The first couple episodes of The American "The Office" were *terrible* specifically because they tried to mimic something they didn't understand.
Micky C, on 19 March 2016 - 05:58 PM, said:
There was certainly 100% focus on *something*...
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#29 Posted 19 March 2016 - 07:08 PM
Wow, originally I thought the gender swap was simply there to help differentiate it from the original. Like how in season 9 of scrubs they made the new "JD character" female so people wouldn't draw a direct comparison to the loved original. However that photo just screams gimmick...