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[KingV]

Winston was sad man. So sad. Hudson even knows he's sad.

That's interesting. Winston is actually my favorite character in the movies, I think the everyman aspect is a good foil for the 2 brainiacs and the used car salesmen, and he's pretty funny in a few parts. I never even realized how little he was in the films until I rewatched them recently.

Anyone who watched real ghostbusters knows there's obviously 4 of them.

 

[a Master Ninja]

Winston was sad man. So sad. Hudson even knows he's sad.

Sucks to hear his role was reduced like that. I do agree that the character works as the relateable blue collar everyman. What always bothered me was that Winston had an even more minor role in Ghostbusters 2. He fucking earned his stripes at the end of the first Ghostbusters, and instead they spend more time treating Rick Moranis as the 4th Ghostbuster!

 

[excelsiorlef]

Lousy.

McCarthy does fat humor. Jones does loud humor. I think what I enjoy about both of them is the ability to take a step back and play straight. It makes it humorous on its own.

I hear people a lot who dislike McCarthy for pandering. She enjoys it. It's a large part of what makes her successful. Jones is no different, only wildly unknown.

Heat and Spy and most of Bridesmaids are not fat humour.

 

[wildfire]

That was a poorly constructed trailer. It makes the movie look cheap in spite of the amazing ghost graphics. It made me smile slightly but overall I'm not feeling it like I expected to.

 

[Broken Joystick]

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I ain't afraid of no reboot.

 

[excelsiorlef]

I ain't afraid of no reboot.

I'm in love

 

[brandonh83]

The trailer is shit. I'm still excited for the film though, but to avoid suggesting it dampers things seems odd to me.

I'm still interested in seeing it, I'm just saying that the brand of humor mostly on display in the trailer is not what I like to see, it's derivative and immature at best.

 

[Ahasverus]

If I were a fan I'd be very pissed. Crass humor, every comedic stereotype, lovely.

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

Looks like in the background there's a dead cop so I'm guessing he ends up killing a cop. So either he's possessed or he's behind everything.

Either way, that's clearly an Act 2/3 thing where the McCarthy joke is probably foreshadowing.

I thought that was crystal clear from the way the trailer was edited.
Also, as a general rule of ghostbusters (both the movies and 'The Real Ghostbuster' cartoon), if it's not a main character, they're introduced for the sake of possession.

Second also: that looks like a basement and probably is the old fire house, since they wouldn't have the ghosts from the first movie without them being set free from the containment unit. Because that's what I would have done at the start of a new ghostbusters script, since the issue is that nobody buys into paranormal crap by default these days. A hard and fast setup is required for a third movie without having to explain the entire backstory from the first movie(s).
Probably why they're saying 'it's not canon' now, yet the fucking trailer has '30 years ago' and a shot of the original place right after it (I think?). It's like saying that Jurassic World isn't canon with JP, and than 'oh hey, old visitor centre', how unexpected. Did they play that card with JW's marketing? I don't remember.

 

[bananafactory]

This is a Paul Feig Ghostbusters movie. It was never going to ape the style of the original.

I loved Bridesmaids and Spy, so I'm cool with that. But I'm not sure why people expected the type of dry humour we got in the 80s one.

 

[Ominym]

The trending topics on Twitter... Man.

Jones's role isn't going over well.

I decided to check out the trending feed, and saw this:

Yeesh.

 

[sunshine and gasoline]

All I can say for this trailer is that it doesn't make the movie look like complete dog shit. Not enough for me to consider watching the movie.

 

[Figboy79]

One sec guys I think someone set off my Creed-ometer



Ah there we go.

Creed might be better than all the Rocky movies. If you told me I would say that 6 months ago, I would've laughed for hours.



Yeah, they snuck that in pretty quickly. You basically see nothing of Hemsworth except that Duke Boot to the door

You and me both. I was so skeptical of Creed when I first heard about it. After that first trailer I thought it could be "ok," but after seeing it three times, I can say it's one of my favorite movies in the Rocky series, definitely up there with the original Rocky and Rocky Balboa. Great film. My wife isn't a fan of the Rocky movies (or sports movies in general; neither am I, honestly, with Rocky being the exception), but even she thought the movie was great.

My point was that it's unfair to movies like Mad Max, Creed, Star Wars, Jurassic World, and Ghostbusters, to hold them up to the near unreachable standard of their classic predecessors. I don't know how Ghostbusters is going to turn out quality wise, but I'm not seeing anything that looks like a Jem or Gods of Egypt style clusterfuck. I think the movie looks entertaining. More entertaining than I thought it would. I was incredibly skeptical about this movie when I first heard of it, and not because of the female cast. When the cast was announced, that actually raised my interest in the movie, because I think all of them are talented and funny, and have styles of comedy that can play off of each other well. In particular Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, and Kate McKinnon are favorites of mine.

I was impressed with all of the classic franchise revivals of last year. My skepticism was shocked. I'm willing to give Ghostbusters the benefit of the doubt, in particular because I actually thought the trailer was good. My concerns were actually alleviated after seeing this.

 

[brandonh83]

This is a Paul Feig Ghostbusters movie. It was never going to ape the style of the original.

I loved Bridesmaids and Spy, so I'm cool with that. But I'm not sure why people expected the type of dry humour we got in the 80s one.

I was hoping for at least good humor. I don't even need this to be in the style of that one, I never expected it. But I was hoping for better. Maybe the movie has better humor in it, but it's not prevalent in the trailer, which is all I have to go on at the moment.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

cast zoe saldana in this

cast leslie jones as nina simone

I solved everything

😕

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

I think the point of having physical actors on set and overlaying them with CGI is to keep a physicality to the visual effect and the other actors in the scene interacting with the said effect.

The ghosts are going to be fine-tuned between now and the film's July release.

I watched the original GHOSTBUSTERS recently in a theater and there are dated effects. I adore the original, but it's not perfect.

I change my mind, the group of Dr. Manhattan ghosts @ :34 actually look good. The realness comes through well there.

 

[B33]

Not to me. It looks like the exact same kind of thing, all of it, especially the vomiting ghost and the shot of it as camera footage. It's precisely what all these other horror spoofs do. They take stuff that was actually scary in other movies like The Exorcist and turn it into a joke. This is not at all what the original Ghostbusters did. It was nothing like this.

And please don't do the whole "well since you've obviously seen it" junk, of course I haven't. I'm criticizing what I am seeing in the trailer though.

This actually looks like it has effort put into it and we don't know the context. A Wayans brother comedy has hardly any effort or thought put into it. If they made GHOSTBUSTERS, it wouldn't be the same thing.

Slimer is a floating glob that eats like a pig and slimes Bill Murray's character. Kristen Wig's character being covered in slime is the same thing.

The original GHOSTBUSTERS has a scene where one of the people on team dreams about getting a blowjob from a ghost.

I could keep going. While there are a few scary moments, GHOSTBUSTERS is a comedy and it has a mixture of jokes.

Why are you judging this new project so harshly based on a 2:38 trailer? I wasn't wowed by JURASSIC WORLD's trailer, but still went to go see it and while I didn't like the movie, not every criticism for it could have been inferred from the trailer. I wasn't wowed by the trailer for SPY and ended up enjoying the hell out of it.

It's not fair to lambast a movie you haven't seen yet based on a 2:38 trailer. That doesn't mean it's guaranteed to be good. It may be awful. I never thought I'd love a JUMP STREET reboot, and I can say I adore both films.

 

[Peter Ian Staker]

This doesn't even look like it understands what made ghostbusters good.

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

I don't know if this is offensive towards women or a clever way to piss off the dudes super-defensive over Ghostbusters being for men...but I'd give a raise to whoever thought of it regardless.

 

[brandonh83]

Slimer is a floating glob that eats like a pig and slimes Bill Murray's character. Kristen Wig's character being covered in slime is the same thing.

See here's where we disagree. The actual execution between these were very different.

Why are you judging this new project so harshly based on a 2:38 trailer? I wasn't wowed by JURASSIC WORLD's trailer, but still went to go see it and while I didn't like the movie, not every criticism for it could have been inferred from the trailer. I wasn't wowed by the trailer for SPY and ended up enjoying the hell out of it.

It's not fair to lambast a movie you haven't seen yet based on a 2:38 trailer. That doesn't mean it's guaranteed to be good. It may be awful. I never thought I'd love a JUMP STREET reboot, and I can say I adore both films.

I can criticize what I'm seeing in the trailer... again. Did I write a review?

 

[excelsiorlef]

I don't know if this is offensive towards women or a clever way to piss off the dudes super-defensive over Ghostbusters being for men...but I'd give a raise to whoever thought of it regardless.

It's hillarious

 

[Dash_Riprock]

I decided to check out the trending feed, and saw this:



Yeesh.

...what.

 

[a Master Ninja]

Is that theme remix available anywhere? I want to hear it in its entirety.

 

[Sanjuro]

Heat and Spy and most of Bridesmaids are not fat humour.

There are elements. Not the overall point though.

 

[Dan]

The bluish effect to the ghosts just looks God awful. Going to be a lot of slime jokes in this one.

Everything about this moment is what Ghostbusters was not. It's a parody.

No one's scared. Gross-out exaggerated projectile vomit humor. Oh no, that wacky disgusting ghost!

 

[brandonh83]

Everything about this moment is what Ghostbusters was not. It's a parody.

Oh, there's a gif of that part. Yeah. This and Peter being slimed are handled very differently, this is much more slapstick and wacky.

 

[excelsiorlef]

There are elements. Not the overall point though.

Spy was by design the antithesis of fat humour

 

[DigtialT]

As someone who was born after the original series and thus has no feeling for it this trailer looked pretty good for a comedy about fighting ghost. The effects on the ghost also didn't look nearly as bad as people said it would, seemed alright to me.

Side note: I want that song that played when that giant ghost walked through time square.

 

[Ashodin]

Screw the haters, this looks really good.

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

It's not fair to lambast a movie you haven't seen yet based on a 2:38 trailer. That doesn't mean it's guaranteed to be good. It may be awful. I never thought I'd love a JUMP STREET reboot, and I can say I adore both films.

Tell that to Proyas.

Of course you can judge from a trailer. A trailer has one job, just one: SELL. THIS. PRODUCT. So you put your best material in it because "it's selling time!". If the result is well, this, you should really not be surprised if people don't show up for the movie.

Just ask Proyas.

 

[B33]

See here's where we disagree. The actual execution between these were very different.

And yes, I can criticize what I'm seeing in the trailer... again. Did I write a review?

One happens on screen and the other happens off screen. The joke is still the same action. Their style differs, but neither are lesser for it.

I can see where you'd be disappointed because the setup in the original is more elaborate... However, we don't know the context for the entire sequence in the new film. What's the setup? How many times do people get slimed in the film? Is it a frequent gag or does it happen less than a handful of times? The editing may not be the same. Hell, it may not be from the same angle either.

We don't know because the film is still in post-production and things can change between now and the release.

You can, but don't generalize the humor of the entire film based on a 2:38 trailer when the source material had its share of cheesy jokes, too.

 

[Sanjuro]

Spy was by design the antithesis of fat humour

Sure.

 

[la flama blanca]

My biggest gripe overall is the colorization and contrast of the damn ghosts. Just my opinion, but I feel like they could look better. Quickly edited a few examples that I think capture that OG ghostbusters feel.
Before

After

Before

After

 

[Carlius]

i liked it...gonna watch it, dont think its as bad as many are making it out to be

 

[Maximo]

Everything about this moment is what Ghostbusters was not. It's a parody.

No one's scared. Gross-out exaggerated projectile vomit humor. Oh no, that wacky disgusting ghost!

This is one aspect I can agree on.

 

[KingV]

I don't know if this is offensive towards women or a clever way to piss off the dudes super-defensive over Ghostbusters being for men...but I'd give a raise to whoever thought of it regardless.

Pretty sure they're just trying to sell some tampons

 

[B33]

Tell that to Proyas.

Of course you can judge from a trailer. A trailer has one job, just one: SELL. THIS. PRODUCT. So you put your best material in it because "it's selling time!". If the result is well, this, you should really not be surprised if people don't show up for the movie.

Just ask Proyas.

But I can counter your example with bad trailers for good or even great films. SPY is one of them.

A bad trailer doesn't always mean a bad movie.

You can say, "Hey, that's not a good trailer. I've concerns about the movie." But dismissing the entire movie and assuming the entire thing is going to be what the marketing shows isn't full-proof.

If I went solely off a trailer (the first one, I might add), I would have missed many great movies.

 

[WillyFive]

Trailer looked good and funny (albeit the black character's antics are rather questionable). Looks like a good follow-up to my memory of Ghostbusters.

 

[water_wendi]

My biggest gripe overall is the colorization and contrast of the damn ghosts. Just my opinion, but I feel like they could look better. Quickly edited a few examples that I think look better and have that ghostbusters feel.
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After
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Before
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i think you stumbled on why the ghost effects look weird. Your edits are much better.

 

[brandonh83]

You can, but don't generalize the humor of the entire film based on a 2:38 trailer when the source material had its share of cheesy jokes, too.

All of what you're saying is why I'm still giving it a chance. There's context and the rest of the movie to judge. However, I can explicitly see how, in this example, that sliming scene is handled, compared to how it's handled in the original. I also want to reiterate once again that I'm not even trying to compare it to the original. I don't need it to be the original. I'm just saying the kind of humor in the original doesn't annoy me with wacky hijinks and yelling and slapping. It doesn't do that. I don't like that kind of humor, and it's all over this, the trailer even ends with it, and it once again reminds me of those Wayans horror movie spoofs. It ended with that Exorcist joke that most horror spoofs still find funny, even though it's never really been funny, but here it is yet again.

I'm judging what I'm seeing in the trailer. You're absolutely right that the final film could be better than what's here. Some of these scenes may not even be in the final film, it happens all the time. I am however upset with the brand of humor seemingly on display, so I feel like I can call it out with legitimacy. Even if these same jokes are in the movie, I'll still dislike them, but that doesn't mean I'll hate the entire thing. I'm still seeing it. I'm just saying that criticizing things about a trailer is not inferring that I've seen the movie or have written a full review.

 

[Jonm1010]

You and me both. I was so skeptical of Creed when I first heard about it. After that first trailer I thought it could be "ok," but after seeing it three times, I can say it's one of my favorite movies in the Rocky series, definitely up there with the original Rocky and Rocky Balboa. Great film. My wife isn't a fan of the Rocky movies (or sports movies in general; neither am I, honestly, with Rocky being the exception), but even she thought the movie was great.

My point was that it's unfair to movies like Mad Max, Creed, Star Wars, Jurassic World, and Ghostbusters, to hold them up to the near unreachable standard of their classic predecessors. I don't know how Ghostbusters is going to turn out quality wise, but I'm not seeing anything that looks like a Jem or Gods of Egypt style clusterfuck. I think the movie looks entertaining. More entertaining than I thought it would. I was incredibly skeptical about this movie when I first heard of it, and not because of the female cast. When the cast was announced, that actually raised my interest in the movie, because I think all of them are talented and funny, and have styles of comedy that can play off of each other well. In particular Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, and Kate McKinnon are favorites of mine.

I was impressed with all of the classic franchise revivals of last year. My skepticism was shocked. I'm willing to give Ghostbusters the benefit of the doubt, in particular because I actually thought the trailer was good. My concerns were actually alleviated after seeing this.

All of those movies you listed weren't hard reboots. Mad Max was actually just a continuation of the original creators vision.

But I do agree with you in some respect. I won't judge this movie conclusively on a 2 minute Sony cut trailer. But I get more Jurassic World vibes then I do Creed, Star Wars or Mad Max vibes from this trailer. Creed for instance had its own unique vision shining through until Stallone showed up half way through. You could really get a sense from reveal this was going to be something unique. Same for Mad Max and Star Wars.

This comes off like a generic reboot with the typical 2010's esque trendy changes. Really looks nothing like I was expecting from a good director like Paul Feig.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

 

[8-Bit Sunset]

Looks great.
I'll be there in line when in comes out!

 

[Ashodin]

Wow, polarized.

 

[Dash_Riprock]

Wow, polarized.

Uh, more like panned.

 

[Fury451]

I was certainly skeptical of this product since the announcement, but honestly this looks pretty bad. The humor didn't really land, and I'm not sure the tone is what it should be.

As of right now it looks like a rental, but then again I didn't think Spy looked good and I generally enjoyed it.

 

[Dai101]

I decided to check out the trending feed, and saw this:

Yeesh.

 

[Nazo]

Just watched the trailer and man, there wasn't a single second of it that was even remotely appealing to me at all.

 

[Jonm1010]

I was certainly skeptical of this product since the announcement, but honestly this looks pretty bad. The humor didn't really land, and I'm not sure the tone is what it should be.

As of right now it looks like a rental, but then again I didn't think Spy looked good and I generally enjoyed it.

That is what I am holding out hope for. Spy wasn't a masterpiece or anything but the trailer made it look dreadful. Completely betrayed the humor and tone of the actual film. Made it look like a generic Mellissa McCarthy film, fat jokes and all. When in reality it was literally like the opposite of that.

Hoping this is a similar situation of the trailer betraying the movie but I have personally gone from being on board to skeptical.

 

[Goodstyle]

Thread kinda reminds me of the "Spy" trailer thread from a while back. People went in HARD on that movie and basically judged it all from that shot of McCarthy falling down while on her scooter.