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Jason Reitman is making a new Ghostbusters (Teaser Up)
- Thread starter BrokenFiction
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Yes, that was the issue with the new one. It was watchable, but didn't have the charm of the originals for me.
I'm kind of interested in this new idea now. Can't say I've felt like that about this franchise in a long time.
I'm down if it's set in the same universe. A reboot that references the original could work (See the 2017 reboot of Jumanji).
I dunno. A ghost version of Bill Murray's character would be pretty cool.
I dunno. A ghost version of Bill Murray's character would be pretty cool.
Well, at least they already have a blueprint for what not to do. I guess you cant really ask for much more than having a Reitman behind the camera lol.
On a side note, imagine him watching Fieg's remake thing... I assume he did and said "this will not be the end of Ghostbusters"
On a side note, imagine him watching Fieg's remake thing... I assume he did and said "this will not be the end of Ghostbusters"
Well it's impossible for it to be any worse than the last one at least.
The reboot movie was one of the most awful unfunny films I have seen in ages.
The reboot movie was one of the most awful unfunny films I have seen in ages.
Ghostbusters 2 is great, Extreme Ghostbusters ruled, and the reboot was okay, but dropped the ball by uncoupling itself from the original universe and relying too much on goofy humor. I'm extremely interested to see where this goes.
No one understands what Sony is doing with their movie IP, including Sony.
Well they understand something considering Jumanji almost made a billion and Venom without Spider-Man made $855M.
Say what you will about the 2016 film but it was worth it for Kate McKinnon as Dr. Jillian Holtzmann, aka the ideal human.
Please put her in the unboot.
Please put her in the unboot.
I doubt that's on Sony management, more like blind luck in giving the right people the creative freedom they needed.
Yep.
I mean, I enjoyed the reboot more than most, but I think there's plenty of value in Real Ghostbusters and Extreme Ghostbusters and those didn't include the original cast either.
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If that was the case, then Sony did a good job in choosing the right people, so it was on their management. But I think making that successful movies is not as simple as giving the right people creative freedom. It's a mix of both studio's management and right people.
dont forget making the best superhero movie of the year in Spider-verse
but i guess that was blind luck too because of reasons
Ghostbusters 2 was nowhere near the first one and a total retread but it still has amazing humor
The first one was lightning in a bottle. They will never match it.
It was a retread but it still had the original cast and some good zingers. The Statue of Liberty is a great set piece.
Nothing will be as good as the first. That film is endlessly quotable.
The concept work many different ways. In every right, the originals shouldve been made a trilogy. And we should have been got a reboot already before that last reboot.
Im interested to see how they proceed with the story. Will it be open ended? I can see something akin to Evolution.
Jonah looking great. I was worried for his health when I saw how big he was in War Dogs.
It's always nice to see people take up healthy habits. Good for him.
Ugh, why do they have to be teenagers? Why can't they be adults?
Not sure about that.
Not sure about that.
A lot of people seem to have a blind spot as to how successful the Real Ghostbusters series was as a continuation of the films.
The cartoon expanded the characters, their backgrounds and the universe in loads of interesting ways: Peter's con-man uncle, Egon dating Janine, Janine becoming a ghostbuster, the idea the containment unit was a portal they could enter into, where all the ghosts were trapped in a sort of limbo. It had some really great human story arcs, such as the guy trying to transport his wealth and property into the afterlife, the lonely old lady whose attic is haunted by a vengeful spirit that plagued her father.
I'm sure to people only familiar with the films they might write it off as being dated and silly, but the point is it was huge at the time and there are a wealth of stories to explore within this franchise.
Going from 'Series is dead' to 'getting a film from someone that reveres the original' is quite a swing
That single, simple picture brings more joy and happiness to me than the entire 144 million dollar, 1hr 56 min runtime of the 2016 reboot.
I bet this is gonna be another remake/reboot disguised as a sequel, like TFA or Mary Poppins Returns
I mean obviously. What else would it be considering how old the original cast is and the fact one of them has unfortunately passed away.
Jason Reitman means this will be a hard pass from me. He's become a very reliable flop machine powered by nepotism and white male mediocrity.
I hope they do it right this time, I don't even mind if it's set in the original continuity. Just look at the Rocky movies: They went through the original series from Rocky 1 to Rocky 5. Then there was a long break until Rocky Balboa came out to conclude Rocky's boxing career. But then years later Creed came out and it's set in the same universe and it even has Rocky in it although the movie would have worked fine without him too.
Now if you do a reboot you should abandon the original continuity of course and come up with original ideas but the 2016 one failed so hard on this and for whatever reason decided to include a dozen cameos from the original it almost seemed like it didn't even want to try to be something new.
Now if you do a reboot you should abandon the original continuity of course and come up with original ideas but the 2016 one failed so hard on this and for whatever reason decided to include a dozen cameos from the original it almost seemed like it didn't even want to try to be something new.
OP
OP
And Patty
I like McCarthy and Wiig but they're characters are largely disposable.... but Patty and Holtzmann were mint.