I don't know how a bunch of young teens are going to bust ghosts unless the original cast play a massive role in this movie, the idea of watching a bunch of 12-13 year olds running around with proton packs for 90 mins sounds like one of my birthday parties from the 90s.
Surely I can't be the only one thinking that would be a pretty bad idea? How would they even do this and make it viable and entertaining?
The 80s were brimming with movies where rough and tough kids went up against all kinds of dangerous shit and on wild adventures and they're all regarded as cult classics these days and are perfectly enjoyable. Dan Aykroyd is writing it, I'm sure it'll be fine. I even liked Evolution despite (or possibly because) it was literally just Ghostbusters with aliens.
I haven't seen the new goosebumps movie so I have no idea if it's good or bad, is it good?
I really hope they aren't going to go the kid movie route though, it seems like with this being a sequel to the originals they should be aiming for fans of the original but I also understand they have to retain the same demographic that the new movie brought in (which is fair and reasonable.)
I mean the originals could be considered "kids" movies for the 90s at least, sure they had a few curse words here and there and a few scary bits but ultimately it was a kids movie, I loved it as a kid and my kid loves it as well.
I wasn't a huge fan of the new ghostbusters, the script was pretty awful and the director (despite bridesmaids being absolutely hilarious) completely missed the mark for me and kind of wasted the talent at his disposal.
My kid enjoyed it because it was ghostbusters but even he told me he preferred the originals, this is why I hope it kind of goes the same route as those, dark humour with a good story, I was expecting maybe some older (18-25) year old busters that the originals would be passing the torch down to, I dunno, it's a risky move (if this is true.) I don't think it will satisfy new or old busters fans if it goes full blown kid route.
Goosebumps, at least the first one (I haven't seen the second yet) is really surprisingly excellent. I went in with very low expectations just hoping that I'd enjoy Jack Black being his goofy self and I've since rewatched it multiple times, it's super fun.
I think it is important to remember that Ghostbusters was indeed a PG movie, spawned a hugely popular cartoon series that lasted like 7 seasons, a PG sequel, another cartoon where the GBs were late teens, early 20s at best, a bunch of excellent comics, and supposedly a third cartoon called Ecto Force that's in the works, and the rookie you play as in the "canon" game is also in his late teens/early 20s. There's adult humor, and it's not aimed directly at kids, but it's very much a family friendly franchise. In that respect, although I did like Answer the Call, I'm really glad Fieg didn't get to push it into an R-Rated horror focused reboot like he apparently wanted.
With that in mind, we also only know the supposed ages of two of the four kids. It's entirely possible that the other two are older, be it mid or late teens. And again, it's not like there was a shortage of movies in the 80s where kids went up against some shit, like Goonies, Monster Squad, Lost Boys, Adventures in Babysitting, ET, just off the top of my head. That one about the haunted house that was a sequel to a legit scary movie but it was really campy with a ghost cowboy grandpa or something, and like a caterpillar dog puppet? One of the guys who did Monster House is working on this too, and that had a cast of kids but was still proper freaky.
If it was anyone else writing it, then I'd share your concerns. But there's nobody that knows Ghostbusters like Dan Aykroyd. It's his baby. He's been fighting for this for almost four decades now. Until he gives me a reason to think he can't do it, I'm ready for whatever he wants to do with the franchise.
But check out Goosebumps! I'm not sure if it's still there but last I checked it was on Netflix.
