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[steverotters]

spoiler alert!

 

http://www.msn.com/e...cYZCQ?ocid=iehp

 

Dan Aykroyd will cameo as a cab driver who shares a scene with Kristen Wiig and utters a famous line from the first film's theme song, which was made famous by Ray Parker Jr.

[bigazzhead]

Hmm wonder if it's gonna "Who you gonna call?" or "There's something strange in the neighborhood"

[TinyPink]

Hmm wonder if it's gonna "Who you gonna call?" or "There's something strange in the neighborhood"

 

 

What about "I ain't afraid of no ghost!" ?

[steverotters]

Hmm wonder if it's gonna "Who you gonna call?" or "There's something strange in the neighborhood"

 

 

What about "I ain't afraid of no ghost!" ?

 

 

The intrigue builds. We should take bets!

[steverotters]

Lego set reveal!  First look at a spectral baddie!

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Edited by steverotters, 05 February 2016 - 11:37 PM.

[steverotters]

Official trailer!

 

[Flashbax]

ya know, at first I was 1000% against this film (still mad murry was a slight dick and stopped all the attempts), but then i heard about the "screw, all new teams" and remembered I really liked the extreme ghostbusters (or whatever the show was with the younger kids). I was then maybe like 75% against? They dropped the new cast list, down to maybe 50% against. I finally saw the cast in front of Ecto-1 and was sold. Dead ringers, a great reboot with a nostalgic fell, yet something new. After this trailer i remain sold on this. Anxious to see the film and a retelling of the story.

[bigazzhead]

I'm a little disappointed in that Leslie Jones is the only non scientist.Though I guess if they made her one too that would spark even more nerd rage about them trying to be too PC.  But the delivery of the line "Get out of my friend, ghost!" had me cracking up.  Still looking forward to this.

[Flashbax]

I'm a little disappointed in that Leslie Jones is the only non scientist.Though I guess if they made her one too that would spark even more nerd rage about them trying to be too PC.  But the delivery of the line "Get out of my friend, ghost!" had me cracking up.  Still looking forward to this.

 

well, remember that Winston (who lesli's character harkens back to) wasn't a scientist either

[TinyPink]

well, remember that Winston (who lesli's character harkens back to) wasn't a scientist either

 

Yep.  Seems like:

 

Leslie = Winston

McCarthy = Stantz

Wiig = Spengler

McKinnon = Venkman 

 

Works for me.   Not too keen on the 'remixed' Ray Parker tune, but it's to be expected.  It's likely that the original version will be played at some point in the film, maybe blaring from a taxi's stereo or as a character's ringtone, heh.

 

I have high hopes, some funny people here.   Has anyone seen 'Black Annie'?  (SNL)   

[BadLarry]

Interestingly, the character of Winston Zeddemore was originally written to be "the smartest and most capable of the Ghostbusters, a former Marine with multiple degrees and a Ph.D., making him more suited for the job than the founding three Ghostbusters". (Wikipedia article) See also: Ernie Hudson interview.

 

I haven't watched the trailer yet. Everything I've read so far has been somewhat negative and I really want to like the new film.

 

To be honest though, if the rumors of a return of Ecto Cooler are true, I won't care if it's the worst movie ever.

 

Thank you

[TinyPink]

Interestingly, the character of Winston Zeddemore was originally written to be "the smartest and most capable of the Ghostbusters, a former Marine with multiple degrees and a Ph.D., making him more suited for the job than the founding three Ghostbusters". (Wikipedia article) See also: Ernie Hudson interview.

 

 

Instead he ended up as the 'streetwise tough guy' archetype, huh....almost as if there is some sort of long-standing HollyWood 'system' in place, eh?   Fortunately, Ernie's performance added a bit more depth to the character.

 

 

I know this is more of a stereotyping issue than 'whitewashing', but still, six of one/half dozen of the other...

[bigazzhead]

well, remember that Winston (who lesli's character harkens back to) wasn't a scientist either

 

 

Instead he ended up as the 'streetwise tough guy' archetype, huh....almost as if there is some sort of long-standing HollyWood 'system' in place, eh?   Fortunately, Ernie's performance added a bit more depth to the character.

 

 

I know this is more of a stereotyping issue than 'whitewashing', but still, six of one/half dozen of the other...

I agree, I don't get the tough talking street guy from him.  I think he played it more like the everyday guy caught up in this world kinda like an analog for the audience.

 

well, remember that Winston (who lesli's character harkens back to) wasn't a scientist either

I get that. But I just didn't see why they need to go with straight counter parts for the film. They could have made any of the other women the everyday person.  But for marketing reasons I can see why they did it.  It's my one minor gripe, but that might just be me being too PC i guess.

[mimoman]

I don't know nothing from nothing about the Ghostbusters remake, but this song remake is utterly stuck in my head.

 

[Ridureyu]

LOOK!  A Review!

 

https://nerditis.com...-the-call-2016/

 

 

 

Welcome to Life In Plasti... wait, no.  no toys here, though I did review a few.  Ahem.  Sorry, no pretty pictures in this one, folks.  It's just a movie review for one of the big controversial things people have been yammering about all year:  GHOSTBUSTERS

 

 

1) Three Word Summary

2) The Controversy

3) The Social Justice™ Review

4) The Actual Movie Review

 

 

1) THREE WORD SUMMARY: I really enjoyed it. Wait, that was four words. Now it's more. I fail.

 

2) THE CONTROVERSY: Okay, the toughest thing about the new Ghostbusters movie is that it's not allowed to just be a movie. When it was announced, a small but angry subset of the population went bonkers about the cast including women. And then, they hooked up with the "Everything new SUCKS!" and "All remakes kill my childhood!" crowd. Then those guys ended up fighting the SJW crowd, which, unlike their name, don't actually stand for social justice, they stand for... well, fighting and weirdness. So, two toxic sectors of the internet clashed and fought and hurled around insults and downvoted trailers and made everything a mess. As a result, you can't really trust movie reviews. People who already wanted to love it have loved it. People who wanted to hate it have hated it. if the movie came out with zero controversy... it'd do well, most people would love it, but the hardcore "new things suck" crowd would have hated it. And, ironically, the SJW crowd would not have liked it.

 

3) THE SOCIAL JUSTICE™ REVIEW: Ignoring the battle lines and and judging this movie just by "Social Justice" standards, it's terrible. Patty Tolan is a racial stereotype. The supposedly-smart women fumble and bumble around, and turn into weak-kneed "I AM NOT SMART NO MORE" saps when they see a hunky guy. oh nooooooooes. But eh. I'm done talking about controversy, because none of it is in the actual movie.

 

4) THE ACTUAL REVIEW: This is a fantastic movie. It really is. I looks like Ghostbusters, feels like Ghostbusters, and just easily slots right into the franchise. It's scary when it needs to be, funny when it wants to be (a couple of the jokes fell flat, but they were overwhelmed by the funny ones), and clearly the actors all had a blast being there. Now, on a personal note, I would have preferred it be a sequel, especially since Peter Venkman said "franchise rights!" in the original movie, but this one still works. And yes, Patty Tolan, played by Leslie Jones, is a little too stereotypical for my taste (just google the problems witht he "Sassy Black Woman" stereotype, and you'll see what I mean), but she isn't remotely as bad as the trailers made her look. It helps that they made her a relatively fleshed-out character, and her "I knpw this city" line is tied to actually being intelligent and studying, which helps her fit in with all the scholars in the rest of the cast.

 

Erin Gilbert is not the Peter Venkman of the movie. Really, none of them are dirct parallels, unles syou want to draw such vague lines as "The university washout," "the true believer," "the mad scientist," and "the ethnic." Don't do that. She's a great character in her own right, with a completely different arc than Venkman. She plays the straght man a little more than the others, but not completely - one thing about this movie is that it lets the actors shine in their own routines, just like the cast of the original.

 

Abby Yates is treated like a human being, not a walking fat joke. in fact, by dressing Melissa McCarthy like an ordinary human, it's refreshing. Abby is a very childlike, and often childish characrrs, bouncing between squealing glee and petulant rage at take-out Chinese food.

 

Jillian Holtzmann steals every scene she's in. Kate McKinnon was clearly having the time of her life, and... seriously, it shows. I miss Harold Ramis tremendously, and Egon Spengler was a fantastic mad scientist, but Holtzmann is different. She's not a copy of his archetype, she's a lunatic who dances with blowtorches ("Let's be safe now, please") and steals wigs. Even if the rest of the movie bores you, she's fantastic.

 

Kevin... okay, Chris Hemsworth. I started chuckling while typing this. It would have been really easy to screw up the hilariously dumb receptionist, but his TIMING nailed it. The "Mike Hat" scene pretty much nailed it.

 

Rowan, the villain, is actually pretty good. Well fleshed-out (though kind of a stereotypial "I got bullied, so I'll kill you all!") guy, and the Giant Evil Logo Ghost scene makes total sense in context, just like the Stay-Puft Marshmallow man did in the original.

 

The cameos from old cst members are... it was nice to see them, but I miss Ramis. Bill Murray is the only one who's an actual character, and the others felt tacked-on, but it's nice to see their faces again.

 

The movie does have a lot of callbacks to the original, nd most of those are actually its lesser moments - whenever it goes through the motions instea of exploring its own ground. But the biggest of those, the Logo Ghost scene, is actually a great redo of "Choose the form of the Destructor" done in a way that it's only similar when explained.

 

The ghosts look great. Gertrude Eldridge is not a new Library Ghost, the Subway Ghost is horrifying, Mayhem looks a lot better than the toy, Mr. and Mrs. Slimer steal their scenes ("Well, they're having the time of their life"), and thre's a scene during the climax where the Ghostbusters have to fight pretty much every ghost in a gigantic brawl, and it's done very, very well. The Parade Balloons were a little odd - good scene, but it was unclear if there was already a parade going on, or if they were literal ghost balloons. The Stay-Puft Balloon was just a straight-up cameo, and just kind of existed. Not the movie's best point, but not groan-worthy, either. It's just one of the balloon ghosts, and is the last one to be taken down.

 

And the thign is, this isn't a Grrrl Power™ movie. It's not even a Feminist Statement™ movie. It's something way better: A movie where the leads just happen to be female. A true sign of equality isn't having "Strong Female Leads" who need to announce, "I'm a girl! Take that, men! See how awesome I am?" Nor does it need "positive role models" with no flaws. What we need to se eare movies that treat female characters the same as they would treat males. The leads being male or female should be about as significant as their hair color - and sure, some humor was focused around them being women, but to be honest, this was a good movie with female leads. It is one of the few I can think of that succeeded in actual gender equality by not making it an issue. So, if you really wanna get all Social-y about it, the movie succeeds in a way that the loud screaming people did not necessarily want. It doesn't thrive on Male Tears™, it's just a good movie.

 

So, ignore the controversy, and just watch it if you want. Or don't, the world won't end.

 

 

[mannakat]

Wasn't a fan of the new movie. Has nothing to do with the controversy or even being a fan of the original films, but the over focus on toilet humor that tries to make the film 'funny' with cheap laughs that probably aren't going to hold up with a second viewing. Erin and Abby are interchangeable as characters and often are... Erin is supposed to be independent and above the childish need to prove to the 'men folk' that she's a real scientist even though she believes in ghosts now, but is tripping over herself in reckless moves that show the opposite. The biggest instances being a critic and then the Mayor. For me it doesn't add up; more so when Abby tries to talk her out of it. Half the interactions and lines from most the characters seems forced, Leslie Jones feeling the most natural of the four.

 

The movie has way to many jabs and insults at people who not only disagree with the need to remake the movie, but at men in general. They don't bother to hide it. They re-shot scenes to make that a point of contention - scenes that added nothing to the film but the idea that they needed to get the last word in and that the fans are wrong. I mean, shooting a ghost-god in the man bits and having it react isn't that funny or cleaver (or make much sense, it's a ghost). And the Kevin character? Not even a good 'dumb receptionist' character, really he's just far more stupid than necessary without any real redeeming qualities. Erins fawning over him and willingness to ignore everything about his (sometimes major) faults is more annoying than anything else.

Don't kid yourself, the comments about men and how most the male characters treat the ladies is ridiculous. Most of them are portrayed as ignorant or flat-out donkeypits. To which the ladies make an abundance of comments about how men are stupid and any other sexist slant then can fit in to one of their rants (half of the movie is them ranting in some form or another).

 

They also ripped off ideas from fan made movies and series. Kind of insulting when Feig also tries to make the claim that they were going for originality, and the fact a gal-squad was already done in the comics.

Visually the movie is bright and flashy. Neat as it was, it didn't do much for the story. It was mostly an excuse to do something cool - though that's nothing new or shocking in a movie.

 

For all that this movie said it was supposed to be, it doesn't really measure up to any of it. It tries way too hard to be this new trend of 'funny'. The film doesn't have much lasting power outside of the first viewing (unless you're into that kind of new fashioned SNL high toilet humor, then it's a gold mine). If you liked the trailer you'll probably like the film. For me, I'm just glad my viewing in no way garnered any profit for it.

Edited by rothsauce, 17 July 2016 - 03:13 PM.

[mhxistenz]

Saw it today. It was awesome and I can't wait for the sequel.

[Draznar]

They're still about 70 million shy of making back their budget, and it's looking like this film isn't going to China. I wouldn't hold your breath for a sequel.

https://en.wikipedia...i/Ghostbusters_(2016_film)

[doc_moore_j]

I saw it this weekend, and I honestly really enjoyed it.  The blonde gal was a hottie in a nerdy sort of way.

[ironmask]

http://www.polygon.c...ers-sequel-sony
Except, it's doing better then you thought, and they ARE planning a sequel.

[mannakat]

More looking forward to the animated series Reitman keeps alluding to. Not sure why every article mentions 'Alive and well' so often, before the new film the franchise had been 'alive and well' for years. The need to keep throwing it in with every mention of the new film seems strange.

Will be passing on any future movies involving Feig and those girls, their comedy style just wasn't doing it for me.

Edited by rothsauce, 21 July 2016 - 12:37 PM.

[Draznar]

It's still got quite a ways to go before it's considered a success. If Sony goes through with a sequel anyways, I'll be sincerely surprised. I'm sure their shareholders aren't happy that such an alleged blockbuster has done so poorly.