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[backflip10019]

that trailer prompted me to look this up

http://youtu.be/DaIZvCDWAcQ

1:03 mark tho...

The Ghostbusters soundtrack was always aces. It was my first cassette tape as a kid.

 

[Gurrry]

No, I dont.

Well im glad im not the only one. Youtube comments are a cesspool (as usual) and reviews here seem to be mixed as well.

The trailer is cut in a more campy fashion, but hey its the ghostbusters, what did you expect?

 

[MrCunningham]

Everything's relative, of course, Ghostbusters' practical effects are still tops in my book as well. But I think the ghosts really pop in the new film. The spectral trails are nicely done.

I think Ivan Reitman was actually unhappy that some of the special effect shots in the original Ghostbusters were incomplete. But the movie always looked quite good to me. The sequel actually had some pretty impressive optical effects for 1989.

 

[Solideliquid]

Looked awesome stop hating.

 

[muteki]

If we get more Ecto Cooler out of this it will be worth it.

 

[Barrage]

The original Ghostbuster trailer, in case people are interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vntAEVjPBzQ

You can't really compare the two, as Ghostbusters was a completely new IP, so they could do fakeouts like having the trailer start like a horror movie, before essentially turning into an action movie. The cat's out of the bag now, and it seems they're going more heavily comedy-based for the reboot.

One thing I think the OG trailer does well is make Murray look like a star. This new one doesnt really give shine to anyone besides Jones, although I really think McKinnon's look is killer and if she gets enough lines she might steal the movie.

I'm in, but more for my love of SNL than any Ghostbusters nostalgia (Extreme Ghostbusters was the first thing I ever saw featuring the name).

 

[fallengorn]

I'm sure the movie will be fine, but that trailer... yeesh.

 

[KalBalboa]

I think Ivan Reitman was actually unhappy that some of the special effect shots in the original Ghostbusters were incomplete. But the movie always looked quite good to me. The sequel actually had some pretty impressive optical effects for 1989.

I once studied the courtroom scene from Ghostbusters II shot by shot for some effects work I did on this fan film.

They did some amazing stuff in that movie.

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

I remember someone reporting (probably McWeeny) that at one point it was Jones & Wiig as the co-leaders. McCarthy was gonna be the Transit employee.

Obviously that changed at some point.

...this is gross if accurate.

 

[adj_noun]

Striped pants made me think for the briefest of moments we were finally getting that Ghostbusters/Beetlejuice crossover.

 

[maquiladora]

Oh my god, this reaction video. lmao

 

[Pagusas]

That looks seriously horrible. Not a funny joke in the whole thing and has this strange cheap look to it.

 

[levious]

So not to be to toooo nerdy, but in the game (written by Ramis and Aykroyd) Winston mentions completing his phd... But yes, he was yet to be a scientist (or doctor)in the first one.

And its snappier to write "4 scientists" instead of "3 scientists and an everyman"

Wow this alone makes me want to buy/play that game.

 

[Yamauchi]

"You white people may be educated and smart and stuff but just like the originals made decades ago ima be the token black person."

Yeah, that part made me cringe. It actually looks like it could be fun besides that very strange flaw.

 

[EdibleExplosives]

Looks pretty good apart from the weird stereotypical black girl. Wtf?

 

[Ishida]

God, that was terrible. Humor feels extremely forced and the jokes aren't even good.

Please don't let Back to the Future get the same treatment...

 

[NomarTyme]

Melissa lost a lot of weight. Good for her.

 

[MC Safety]

Hey, remember the old Ghostbusters?

This trailer sure does.

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

I was getting kinda hyped. Looked enjoyable, and dat music. But that McCarthy possession was super lame all around for me.

Will watch

 

[Abounder]

♪ If there's something weird and it don't look good. Who you gonna call? Bill Murray! ♫

This trailer is a piece of crap, makes the new Star Trek trailer look great

 

[MMarston]

I'm gonna reserve judgement on the actual film of course, but that's a pretty bad trailer.

 

[Ryaaan14]

Music was dope. Wiig was cool.

Everything thing else is a hard pass.

 

[Jarmel]

I nope'd out when the gun got licked.

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

that trailer prompted me to look this up

http://youtu.be/DaIZvCDWAcQ

1:03 mark tho...

Donald Trump, Christopher Reeve, and Bobby Brown together at last

 

[Paganmoon]

Looks alright.

Female Egon steals the show.

Agree, she was the funniest. Trailer made me actually look forward to this.

 

[jrush64]

Looks alright.

 

[Guy.brush]

The trailer is kind of misleading, but there are more signs of it being a reboot than not.

For example, when they unveil the Ecto-1, they seem to be surprised it's a hearse, but if they were familiar with the old Ghostbusters it wouldn't be that surprising (I know the old one was an ambulance, but close enough). Also they probably wouldn't call it Ecto-1 out of respect for the original Ecto-1.

Basically everything they're doing seems like it's happening for the first time and no one is making allusions to the old Ghostbusters other than the text at the beginning.

The trailer says outright that New York was saved by 4 scientists 30 years ago...

 

[Lil'DigiOp]

Damn.... Its super Meh

 

[d3vnull]

Did this trailer make anyone laugh or chuckle?

 

[excelsiorlef]

Looks gorgeous. Love the esthetic.


Not the funniest trailer but I trust Feig

 

[dave is ok]

...this is gross if accurate.

Even if it's true, they would make the transit employee have more screentime than Jones character. There is no way they'd give Leslie Jones, in her movie debut, billing over Melissa McCarthy, coming off of a string of hits.

 

[ThirtyPlus]

Ugh, I knew I shouldn't have bothered to watch.

 

[Team Jones]

that trailer prompted me to look this up

http://youtu.be/DaIZvCDWAcQ

1:03 mark tho...

THROWBACK THURSDAY!

Classic Bobby Brown.

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

This trailer is a piece of crap, makes the new Star Trek trailer look great

Yeah, I dunno about that

 

[The Hobo]

Wow this alone makes me want to buy/play that game.

You should play it. It's a lot of fun.

 

[Davey Cakes]

Okay.

Shit.

I don't know anymore.

 

[Mad Season]

nope.

The "power of christ" bit at the end is not even funny any longer. it's so old.

 

[KingSnake]

Isn't this supposed to be a comedy? I didn't laugh once during the trailer. Maybe just a bad edited trailer.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

...this is gross if accurate.

Ah. Turns out it's not quite accurate.

The plot breakdown McWeeny posted was quickly scrubbed from HitFix, so it's pretty impossible to google search (I dont' think it comes up even in archive) but I remembered grabbing relevant parts and quoting them in an argument (one of the fifty fuckin million) about this movie.

Here's what he actually said:

If I was guessing, I'd bet Wiig is Erin, Jones is Abby, and McKinnon is Jillian. That's because I'm almost positive Patty, an MTA subway ticket employee who stumbles across the main ghost in the film, is going to be McCarthy. Seems like a perfect fit for her, and I can see how all four of them will fit together as a team.

Looks like it was just McWeeny guessing, and he mixed up McCarthy and Jones.

The trailer says outright that New York was saved by 4 scientists 30 years ago...

It's not a continuation. That's part of why this trailer isn't very good, besides broken-finger piano-plunker guy and bad-joke-picker-dude. The intro confuses what it actually is.

 

[Straight Edge]

every joke in that trailer was terrible.

 

[BBQMan]

That was fucking awful.

 

[Glass Shark]

The trailer wasn't particularly funny, but I'm still excited to see this nonetheless.

 

[Dali]

The original Ghostbuster trailer, in case people are interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vntAEVjPBzQ

You can't really compare the two, as Ghostbusters was a completely new IP, so they could do fakeouts like having the trailer start like a horror movie, before essentially turning into an action movie. The cat's out of the bag now, and it seems they're going more heavily comedy-based for the reboot.

One thing I think the OG trailer does well is make Murray look like a star. This new one doesnt really give shine to anyone besides Jones, although I really think McKinnon's look is killer and if she gets enough lines she might steal the movie.

I'm in, but more for my love of SNL than any Ghostbusters nostalgia (Extreme Ghostbusters was the first thing I ever saw featuring the name).

It wasn't a new IP. The cartoon had been around and it was the same mixture of humor and creepiness. I'll never forget the episode (or maybe episodes) where this guy lost his wife or gf and basically became a demon with a flute that he played to destroy the world.

 

[breadtruck]

The trailer looks pretty, but the humor in it feels lacking.

I want to like it, but they aint giving me much to work with here...

 

[Vagabundo]

ehhh looks okay.

Will wait for on Netflix I think.

 

[GavinUK86]

dat gun lick

I thought that was a really good trailer. Better than I expected actually. Some of the jokes did fall flat but overall it was good.

Kate McKinnon looks like the stand out character to me. Most of her scenes were the most enjoyable. McCarthy and Wiig did ok but nothing too special and Leslie Jones, unfortunately, seems to be the token black character. Hopefully she doesn't come acorss like that in the entire film but this trailer didn't do much in that regard.

I'm looking forward to it.

 

[Calabi]

That looks terrible. Not funny at all and cringe worthy in places.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

It wasn't a new IP. The cartoon had been around and it was the same mixture of humor and creepiness.

The Real Ghostbusters didn't come until after Ghostbusters had been released. The Filmation "Ghost Busters" had no relation to the movie or the movie's creation.

Ramis/Aykroyd's "Ghostbusters" was a completely original idea.

 

[GabeTheGrouch76]

Eeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

The least I can say is that it doesn't seem to be packed with crude raunchy humor given the production staff's previous credentials. At the same time, most of the jokes fall flat, and the CG is pretty conspicuous too. I mean, yeah, they are ghosts, so they are supposed to not look completely realistic, but it still kinda sticks out like a sore thumb to me.

It's also worth noting that the marketing materials for the film have now started....four months away from the films release. Which is usually never a good sign in regards to the studio's faith in the film (the same thing happened to 2015's Fant4stic. First official trailer appeared in April...four months before the film's release).

I think Sony has another Pixels on their hands, to be honest. Really not feeling this one.

 

[Shaanyboi]

It wasn't a new IP. The cartoon had been around and it was the same mixture of humor and creepiness. I'll never forget the episode (or maybe episodes) where this guy lost his wife or gf and basically became a demon with a flute that he played to destroy the world.

...? The cartoon came after the movie. You know that right? And it had absolutely nothing to do with the Filmation cartoon.