The Ghostbusters Thread

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I'm not a Ghostbusters fan so I have no emotional attachment to the original films but seriously, people are pissing and moaning about this film? The trailer and film it self doesn't look that fucking cataclysmically awful.

It's the hype and all that publicity it got. Do you go to your local high-school to rant about their student film being shit compared to actual good movies? Of course not. But if it has been splattered all across the internet, plus being a legal continuation to an otherwise very famous frenchise, then it's an entirely different situation.

To put it in context, imagine the next Star Wars movie will starr Adam Sandler, with hilarious scenes, like Sandler accidentally cutting someone's arm off with the lightsaber, or Sandler having an erection when he sees the plans to Death Star 69, which looks identical to a boob.

Yes-yes, I know GB were always goofy, but this is not goofy, this is shit.

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It's the hype and all that publicity it got. Do you go to your local high-school to rant about their student film being shit compared to actual good movies? Of course not. But if it has been splattered all across the internet, plus being a legal continuation to an otherwise very famous frenchise, then it's an entirely different situation.

To put it in context, imagine the next Star Wars movie will starr Adam Sandler, with hilarious scenes, like Sandler accidentally cutting someone's arm off with the lightsaber, or Sandler having an erection when he sees the plans to Death Star 69, which looks identical to a boob.

Yes-yes, I know GB were always goofy, but this is not goofy, this is shit.

Coming from an avid fan of the franchise, the grit is gone, the wittinsss is gone, and the actual scary/frightening side of the ghosts are dumbed down to crappy CGI that are completely comparable to the likes of The Haunted Mansion's (Which I've said before) effects. It's amazing how animatronics look so much better in a lot of bigger movies in the past in my opinion compared to some effects these days. I applaud the director for trying to go a different way with the CGI so it isn't all true CGI, but it looks like that backfired since almost every ghost here looks exactly the same.

The first, and even the second films had a scare factor to it like the library scene and when we finally meet Gozer and friends at the climax. Plus, Hollywood not being able to make one original idea with these remakes nowadays... Kind of redundant mixing original with remake though :P. There is really no appeal to the original audience and don't get me wrong, I want Ghostbusters to get a different audience but not like this. This doesn't represent Ghostbusters at all, but... "OH, SLIMER! OH! THE ECTO 1!!" It feels cheap, and just a cash grab. People that are huge fans of the franchise have a right to be pissed after waiting years for another film. I'm calling It now... This will be it for this Reboot and someone will come forward and do it right **cough cough, Deadpool **cough**.

I understand completely and I'll just draw a parallel with how I feel about the planned reboot/remake of The Crow coming soon.

I just expect with this outrage that it should and could be a lot worse than what the trailer depicts.