Ghostbusters reboot
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DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
slimer 
bet the cultural mraists will be shitting a brick on the gender reversal here.
bet the cultural mraists will be shitting a brick on the gender reversal here.
skyscraper101
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Looks delightfully silly, but at least it's not yet another Marvel/super hero CGI bore fest
Reno
The In Kraut
slimer
bet the cultural mraists will be shitting a brick on the gender reversal here.
Of course, that's been going on since it was announced over a year ago.
That said, I've never been a huge fan and thought the only thing which made all the silliness in the original work was the irreverent quality Bill Murray brought to it.
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
Looks entertaining enough, but will probably hinge on the interplay between the characters, they struck gold the first time around with the chemistry between the leads, and it never felt like a straight out comedy in the way this appears to be going.
Kate McKinnon is great on SNL though and I'm looking forward to seeing her in a decent role.
I'm still trying to work out whether it's a reboot or continuation, the director has previously said reboot but that trailer is confusing as fuck in that regard.
Kate McKinnon is great on SNL though and I'm looking forward to seeing her in a decent role.
I'm still trying to work out whether it's a reboot or continuation, the director has previously said reboot but that trailer is confusing as fuck in that regard.
Reno
The In Kraut
There isn't a clear line between these things. Re-boot is really a marketing term for "Same old thing, but all new !". Reboots can be a continuation, like for instance Star Trek. They had an all new cast as the old crew, but they also wheeled out the original Spock.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
I always liked it, was banned from seeing 1&2 as a kid but hit them pitch perfect time round a mates in early teens. Yes murray is funny but egon and the mentalness of it all were great. We'll see if this one delivers, It doesn't have the nostalgia chips to cash for me like Force Awakens did cos I found it great as comedy but never loved it more than buying a slimer sticker.
Reno
The In Kraut
I was already in my 20s when it came out, so probably too old. I don't mind it, it just didn't make much of an impression.
The one thing I found interesting is that despite being a broad comedy, Ghostbusters appears to have been influenced by Lovecraft and is quite true to his universe. I used to read him when I was in my teens.
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
Of course these things are fluid, but the director explicitly called it a 'hard reboot' in a completely new universe, while the trailer people clearly didn't get that message in favour of nostalgia ("30 years ago, Four scientists... etc").
Not a big thing and I'll reserve judgement, but seems a little broader and more slapstick than I would have hoped for.
Reno
The In Kraut
I believe most of the surviving original cast make an appearance in this and it's the same fire station.
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
Was just reading that apparently they may have filmed 2 roles, one as new character cameos and one as their original roles, this information does not help my confusion
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Ooh I do hope so, it's so funny when they throw their toys out the pram.
ska invita
back on the other side
Needs a trap remix of the theme tune
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Yeah I just spotted Gromit's contribution after I posted
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
there should be a parable about swine arriving before the pearls are cast
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Any excuse to post my new favourite picture.
Anyway, looking forward to seeing this. I don't think I'll like it as much as the original, but I agree about being excited to see Kate McKinnon in something, anything really...
Gromit
International Man of Misery
To clarify I don't give a shit that they've switched it to women. Its a really clever market ploy actually. Well done.
The effects budget looks alright.
They've copied many elements of the original with the street wise black person muscling in by bribing them with access to a car etc. We have the practical scientist, the more theoretical book smart one and the zany one. Yeah its all there.
Then we come to the humour. Thats what looks dreadful.
You speak first no i speak you speak, oh hilarious.
Look i'm wearing a wacky wig and hat, how hilarious.
The goo got in all the cracks! Titter. (some people could carry this joke off, she didn't)
The ghost is gone but I'm still shouting and slapping. Ho ho ho.
Melissa McCarthy was funny in Bridesmaids and Tammy and everything else she has done has been shite. I mean utter dogshit.
Kristen Wiig looks like she couldn't act her way out of a cardboard box. Because it would be hurting her own kind.... cardboard.
Don't know who the other two are.
There are better comedy actresses out there. Amy Schumer for one.
The trailer is inaccurate as well, Four scientists didn't save the city. It was technically three scientists. Ernie Hudson wasn't a scientist.
The effects budget looks alright.
They've copied many elements of the original with the street wise black person muscling in by bribing them with access to a car etc. We have the practical scientist, the more theoretical book smart one and the zany one. Yeah its all there.
Then we come to the humour. Thats what looks dreadful.
You speak first no i speak you speak, oh hilarious.
Look i'm wearing a wacky wig and hat, how hilarious.
The goo got in all the cracks! Titter. (some people could carry this joke off, she didn't)
The ghost is gone but I'm still shouting and slapping. Ho ho ho.
Melissa McCarthy was funny in Bridesmaids and Tammy and everything else she has done has been shite. I mean utter dogshit.
Kristen Wiig looks like she couldn't act her way out of a cardboard box. Because it would be hurting her own kind.... cardboard.
Don't know who the other two are.
There are better comedy actresses out there. Amy Schumer for one.
The trailer is inaccurate as well, Four scientists didn't save the city. It was technically three scientists. Ernie Hudson wasn't a scientist.
zoooo
zero tolerance for walkers
Gromit
International Man of Misery
Common narrative method. Have one layman for the experts to explain things to. This provides a mechanism to pass info to the audience that in a normal situation wouldn't be vocalised.
Don't cross the streams isn't a line that would ever need to be uttered if they all knew the science etc.
ska invita
back on the other side
Ghostbusters reboot: London 2016 edition
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Can't help but notice from the trailer that the black ghostbuster in this new one also appears to be the only non-scientist
Attention Hollywood: black scientists do exist.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
You're right. A 'PC remake' with a dubstep remix of the original tune.
Mind you, I wouldn't bother with the original again either. 
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Can't help but notice from the trailer that the black ghostbuster in this new one also appears to be the only non-scientist
Attention Hollywood: black scientists do exist.
Yeah, that's one thing that could have been changed from the original. Should have, in fact. It's painfully obvious. "Sassy, streetwise black woman."
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
"PC remake" lol.
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