HP_Wuvcraft
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At least your post makes sense. You don't like it, fine, that's your opinion. Doesn't act like reality has warped so that the originals no longer exist. Good. Progress.
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Ghostbusters (2016) Trailer #1 (Feig, Wiig, McCarthy, McKinnon, Jones)
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At least your post makes sense. You don't like it, fine, that's your opinion. Doesn't act like reality has warped so that the originals no longer exist. Good. Progress.
MHWilliams
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Tone is right, Kate McKinnon is amazing in every scene she's in, and Leslie Jones character is actually proactive and more useful that Winston. I dig it.
Spy and Bridesmaids would have been just as funny without the stuff that made them R rated
Does not look good...looks like an also ran reboot where they try to hit all the same lines but in a slicker, faster presentation. Why bother.
Also it seems this will be a rallying cry for certain publications
http://io9.gizmodo.com/everything-we-learned-about-ghostbusters-from-its-trail-1762666819
"Its perfect"
http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/3/11153978/ghosbusters-paul-feig-sexism-pro-tips-for-beginners
A guide to telling your family if they disagree with this movie they are sexist
EDIT: And don't forget this is Sony so this thing will be touched so much in post production by execs it will be even worse.
Also it seems this will be a rallying cry for certain publications
http://io9.gizmodo.com/everything-we-learned-about-ghostbusters-from-its-trail-1762666819
"Its perfect"
http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/3/11153978/ghosbusters-paul-feig-sexism-pro-tips-for-beginners
A guide to telling your family if they disagree with this movie they are sexist
EDIT: And don't forget this is Sony so this thing will be touched so much in post production by execs it will be even worse.
That looked absolutely horrendous. As much as i enjoy watching McCarthy and Wiig, i did not feel this one at all. I got the feeling we were watching 4 women trying to "play" Ghostbusters. Also, the entire tone and look seemed way too saturated...kinda made it look like a Brett Ratner film..ugh.
excelsiorlef
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Good lord that Verge article...
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After I read that I kind of wanted a Carly Rae Jepsen version of the theme.
To each their own and on that one you might be right. Most shit R I dont think should be R anyway. McCarthy with her potty mouth cracks me up. And Bill Murray was the king of sarcasm and wit, McCarthy and her potty mouth is kind of a spin of on that but its not the same clean. Bill Murray could pull it clean but she works better with the profanity
Someone posted this on facebook regarding the trailer and I completely agree:
""I may actually have been in tears about this... like, holy shit guys.
Actual women, being nerdy and awesome. Not sex objects, not classically beautiful, they are not meant to appeal to men. They are smart, geeky, nerds, flawed and human, not at all the "strong woman" stereotype. And they are heroes in a sci-fi movie where batshit crazy happens.
Even if they'd made it an exact copy of the original it would still be completely groundbreaking.""
""I may actually have been in tears about this... like, holy shit guys.
Actual women, being nerdy and awesome. Not sex objects, not classically beautiful, they are not meant to appeal to men. They are smart, geeky, nerds, flawed and human, not at all the "strong woman" stereotype. And they are heroes in a sci-fi movie where batshit crazy happens.
Even if they'd made it an exact copy of the original it would still be completely groundbreaking.""
HP_Wuvcraft
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Yeah, after the Fuller House theme, I'm game.
ElectricBlanketFire
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She already did the Fuller House theme. She can't have two themes.
It's just a bad trailer, I think. I really think it's trying to appeal to people who wouldn't typically be interested in a Ghostbusters movie.
They're certainly playing up the "hot geek" angle with McKinnon.
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SHE CAN HAVE ALL THE THEMES!
Seriously, I am going to be disappointed when it doesn't happen.
excelsiorlef
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Me too but not for this movie.
There's nothing in this movie that says Carly Rae Jepsen fits
Lucille Ball broke that barrier a long long time ago, lets not give a Ghost Busters remake too much credit.
A red band trailer that can be played in front of rated R movies, or horror movies... I don't see why not?
You want to be scared and watch ghost movies, cool, you get this movie trailer about ghosts too.
Candeldandel
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For the record, it looks like Leslie is playing herself, which isn't at all a negative for me. She's super proud of her persona and it's part of the reason I love her so much. It may look like a stereotype to people who don't watch her on SNL but that's just Leslie. Personally I thinks she's hilarious!
And also it sort of isn't true when two of the actresses are classically beautiful
excelsiorlef
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Fun fact this trailer passed the bechdel test in almost every scene.
ElectricBlanketFire
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It doesn't look "horrendous" as some have said nor does it look "amazing." I'm not sure what about this would be considered amazing in any sense. The jokes were bad, REALLY bad, but I actually liked the visuals/how the ghosts looked.
Won't be seeing it in theaters.
Won't be seeing it in theaters.
Certain parts of that Verge article....
if this is the tone I can expect in return when discussing how the movie feels very lukewarm and middling in terms of quality I might not bother. That's seriously insulting.
Sibersk Esto
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Let's wait until Hemsworth starts popping up more.
brandonh83
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I want to believe. But that last scene in the trailer was legitimately terrible. It'd have to play out in an entirely different context for me to like it, and the ghost vomiting slime at the beginning is like my worst fears about this movie coming true.
I'm still going to give it a shot, on the off-chance that the movie is a lot different than the voice of the trailer.
HP_Wuvcraft
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Not sure if serious.
EDIT: .... and did someone just seriously post that the movie isn't empowering because one of the "geeks" is "hot"?
excelsiorlef
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No you don't get it. Just by the trailer the movie has already passed the test.
Candeldandel
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Fuckin' awesome <3
Completely
killertofu
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I liked the trailer for a second but the jokes (esp the end) fell really flat for me. It looks super generic, shit CGI, whatever comedy.
But wow looking through Twitter and seeing shit like this
"only people in feed who're 'meh" on Ghostbusters trailer are men; welcome to the sensation of a film that makes no effort to cater to you"
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"men responding to last tweet w/"but the trailer just didn't excite me" again, welcome to a piece of media not catering to you"
Like uh, what? Are we dismissing generic comedy reboots just because of a female main cast? I don't know why those tweets irritated me so much. It's Sony pictures for goddsakes. I had the same reaction (a worse reaction) to the goosebumps trailers.
But wow looking through Twitter and seeing shit like this
"only people in feed who're 'meh" on Ghostbusters trailer are men; welcome to the sensation of a film that makes no effort to cater to you"
and
"men responding to last tweet w/"but the trailer just didn't excite me" again, welcome to a piece of media not catering to you"
Like uh, what? Are we dismissing generic comedy reboots just because of a female main cast? I don't know why those tweets irritated me so much. It's Sony pictures for goddsakes. I had the same reaction (a worse reaction) to the goosebumps trailers.
excelsiorlef
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Have you been around since this was announced?
BruceLeeRoy
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I wish that fact somehow made the trailer good.
Already Torn
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Look, the movie looks fucking great. Did you miss the part where someone was wearing a silly hat? Or the joke about a machine being hot to the touch?
ElectricBlanketFire
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That's gonna leave a mark!
drhankmccoyphd
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Then why are they making a Ghostbusters movie? I don't have a problem with this movie existing I just wish they would have made a clean break and made something different even if it was transparently inspired by Ghostbusters. The movie name-recognition reboot culture in Hollywood really bums me out.
Reading some of these replies, some are going to be super gung-ho into it just because it's 4 women and ignore whether it's good or not.
Like....it doesn't look like it'll be Jupiter Ascending shittiness, it looked average, but some are acting like that trailer = 10/10 movie.
The trailer was average to bad, depending on how much you like neon (neon didn't bother me).
Like....it doesn't look like it'll be Jupiter Ascending shittiness, it looked average, but some are acting like that trailer = 10/10 movie.
The trailer was average to bad, depending on how much you like neon (neon didn't bother me).
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killertofu
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Not particularly. I remember a thread about some fan who was trying to boycott it...?
I mean, I have no nostalgia for the old movies. I caught them on IFC a few weeks ago and I thought they were alright.
This just looks like a slightly better Goosebumps/Pixels. Like, I'll watch it on Netflix but I probably wouldn't pay for it
excelsiorlef
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Viral tie in site discovered (actually contains the video I posted pages back about the tech)
http://www.paranormalstudieslab.com
Photos of the all the gear and even has schematics
The design and esthetic of the movie is superb
Already Torn
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At least two of those people were attractive. The one girl (the "best at physics"? one?) was basically just the attractive one in the trailer.
notworksafe
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No laughs, not one. A bummer but not surprising. Even Ghostbusters 2 was a yuge step down and that had the same cast.
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