Paul Rudd Joins Ghostbusters (2020)

[Tribal Warfare]

Sony Dates ‘Ghostbusters’ Sequel For 2023 https://t.co/QbIyrOn0ma

— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) June 28, 2022

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Or you could just ignore the fact that 2/3 or so of the adults who loved ghostbusters as a kid were little boys, GIRLPWR!!! the shit out of it and then castigate the people who aren't super stoked about it as toxic chauvinists.

I'm still not sure what compels someone to revive a franchise and immediately set about antagonizing the people that gave a shit about that franchise to begin with.

Next up "Twilight: The Reckoning" and 15 seconds into the trailer you have Wesley Snipes show up as Blade and the rest of the movie is him just cutting vampires apart and beating up emo kids. Seems a flawed strategy.

I might watch that one.

[DaneMcCloud]

I know the co-writer, Gil Kenan, pretty well, as our kids went to preschool together for four years. When The Poltergeist remake was announced, I said something to the effect of "You've got your hands full with the Poltergeist remake" to which he responded "I'm up to the task".

Unfortunately for him, that one didn't work out so well.

Let's hope this one avoids the same pitfalls.

[BigRichard]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

I might watch that one.

I don't think they would make a movie but it would make a great SNL skit.

[Sorry]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I know the co-writer, Gil Kenan, pretty well, as our kids went to preschool together for four years. When The Poltergeist remake was announced, I said something to the effect of "You've got your hands full with the Poltergeist remake" to which he responded "I'm up to the task".

Unfortunately for him, that one didn't work out so well.

Let's hope this one avoids the same pitfalls.

Sorry off topic but please go eat elote from “the corn man” on Workman st. ( not to far from dodger stadium)

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Where’s the comedy though??

First off, it's a trailer. It's not showing everything.

Second and more important, an often overlooked aspect of the original Ghostbusters was, aside from Bill Murray wisecracking, the creators treated the execution of the narrative with complete seriousness.

Sometimes, often even, humor comes out of playing things straight and letting the absurdity of the situation speak for itself. Think about your favorite comedic performances and tabulate how many of them are coming straight out and saying 'look how zany I'm being.' Compare to situations where the characters treat the situation with complete seriousness, while the events around them get more and more absurd. Being able to relate to a character is often valuable in mining empathy and humor, as opposed to viewing them as a joke machine put to celluloid.

[Great Expectations]

That definitely holds true for Meet the Parents, DeNiro was brilliant in it.

[Molitoth]

Trailer looks good.

Me being negative: I'm getting sick of Finn Wolfhard already.

[-King-]

Originally Posted by Molitoth

Trailer looks good.

Me being negative: I'm getting sick of Finn Wolfhard already.

He's extremely typecast to the point his career will likely be over once the popularity over these types of movies/shows starts to decline.

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Next up "Twilight: The Reckoning" and 15 seconds into the trailer you have Wesley Snipes show up as Blade and the rest of the movie is him just cutting vampires apart and beating up emo kids. Seems a flawed strategy.

I would watch that.

[Molitoth]

Watched this last night...

The Remote control car trap made me cringe....

There were some funny lines, but overall another failure.

Ghostbusters 2 has 100x more replay value.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Molitoth

Watched this last night...

The Remote control car trap made me cringe....

There were some funny lines, but overall another failure.

Ghostbusters 2 has 100x more replay value.

Watched it on Saturday.

I thought it was pretty decent. Interesting enough story, good performances. The effects were good. The comedy wasn't at the Bill Murray level, but what is?

And they leaned into the 'surprise reveal' a little too much and definitely too long at the very end.

But it was a good flick that could even be a worthwhile re-boot to an ongoing franchise if they wanted it to be.

[Ceej]

I watched this yesterday and didn't think it was terrible.

The end got me a little teary eyed, and I'm not sure why.

I'll blame it on the fact that I'm getting older, and more sensitive-ish.

[Third Eye]

I watched this on Saturday night. I thought it was fun. It wasn't perfect, but it was a million times better than the last attempt. Yeah, I get the criticism that if you take out the fan service, it doesn't leave much to stand on. That being said, I'm that fan that is being serviced so I'm totally good with it.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Third Eye

I watched this on Saturday night. I thought it was fun. It wasn't perfect, but it was a million times better than the last attempt. Yeah, I get the criticism that if you take out the fan service, it doesn't leave much to stand on. That being said, I'm that fan that is being serviced so I'm totally good with it.

I'll never understand the hand-wringing over 'fan service' in reboots or sequels.

That's the point! If you're gonna capitalize on the goodwill generated by the original, there'd better by god be some payoff.

If not, just form your own franchise. That was always the biggest mistake Rian Johnson made with TLJ and that the idiots in charge of the other ghostbusters 'sequel' made.

Fan services is a necessary predicate for a successful reboot or sequel. That's the entire reason you have one to begin with.

[Third Eye]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

I'll never understand the hand-wringing over 'fan service' in reboots or sequels.

That's the point! If you're gonna capitalize on the goodwill generated by the original, there'd better by god be some payoff.

If not, just form your own franchise. That was always the biggest mistake Rian Johnson made with TLJ and that the idiots in charge of the other ghostbusters 'sequel' made.

Fan services is a necessary predicate for a successful reboot or sequel. That's the entire reason you have one to begin with.

I don't think the problem is fan service per se, but rather that there should be more there than JUST fan service. If I were a 20 year old with no connection to the original, I don't know that I would've cared for this one. Luckily (I guess) I'm a 45 year old who vividly remembers seeing the original in the theater as a 7 year with his dad.