That sounds a lot like this film Spy I saw in cinemas.
My point wasn't really pointing towards particular entries in her filmography.
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That sounds a lot like this film Spy I saw in cinemas.
My point wasn't really pointing towards particular entries in her filmography.
Demoncarnotaur
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That would be a pretty strange reaction honestly.
It's confirmed it's not a sequel/"soft reboot" and is a completely new continuity.
I'm not sure what your point is then? Perhaps you could be less cryptic and explain yourself? I get your earlier point but then you begin to seemingly push back when people explain to you that the films you originally listed don't really have fat jokes.
Dog Problems
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Slimer and that thing on stilts looked cool, I guess. Might check it out when it's available to rent.
Big Baybee
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Not gonna lie, it looks ok.
You're right. The entire film is about subverting stereotypes and being confident with who you really are, not with who everyone thinks you are.
Ah. Okay. I understand. I wasn't sure because of the casting.
Thanks for clearing that up.
MrCunningham
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Don't forget the movie. The TV show was originally based on a movie from 1992 staring Kristy Swanson , Donald Sutherland and Pee Wee Herman. There were quite a few bad games as well based on Buffy. So yeah, it is a franchise.
Kind of weird that Ivan Reitman would say that the role of Winston wasn't written for Eddie Murphy, when Dan Akryod said otherwise. His original plan was that John Belushi would play Peter Venkman, and Eddie Murphy would be Winston. Which was why Winston was given a much heavier role in the early scripts. Winston was originally conceived to be a bad ass Airforce Major. Likely to help create a strong contrast to the rest of the groups unprofesionalism. But Eddie Murphy was in high demand and went solo with Beverly Hills Cop instead.
But as it was, since Ernie Hudson was a smaller name of the four main actors, they pushed his introduction into the movie further back into the script to give Bill Murray more screen time.
Sigourney Weaver had a higher billing than Ernie Hudson on the original posters. Which is not really too much of a surprise.
I'm not being cryptic. I explained the point earlier on. You latched on a conversation I was having with another poster and altered the direction.
I enjoyed Spy. Melissa McCarthy does physical comedy. Portion of it comes from her build and how it's presented on screen. This isn't relatively new information...
thesuperfunk
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Ozzy is going to be playing some ghost isn't he?
That's disappointing.
Why not go the "soft reboot" route?
I guess we'll see how it plays out. It may work fine in the film.
BlueTsunami
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"Oh hell no, the devil is a LIAR" got me. The delivery was perfect.
I can accept this as a different experience. I don't really care for some of those ghost designs though, they look... fantastical, instead of scary cool.
I can accept this as a different experience. I don't really care for some of those ghost designs though, they look... fantastical, instead of scary cool.
DrForester
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Looks amusing enough. I wish the character didn't seem like clones of the old cast though.
I secretly hope he has no dick.
I don't really remember much about GB, so no nostalgia for it, so this does nothing for me.
Most I remember about the franchise is from the cartoon with the wheelchair guy and girl with blue hair.
So as a stand alone movie trailer, that was kinda boring, and a lot of bad jokes.
Most I remember about the franchise is from the cartoon with the wheelchair guy and girl with blue hair.
So as a stand alone movie trailer, that was kinda boring, and a lot of bad jokes.
And again, I read your earlier post, but then you began pushing back when someone challenged you that there was no fat humor in some of those films you listed. Spy being the most glaring one.
ShadowSwordmaster
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I'm really confused about wether or not this is a reboot.
Everyone is a scientist but her though, she even states that she's not as smart as them
Sidecick may not be the appropriate word but the whole thing seems... clumsy ?
so write a story where that doesnt happen?
Reboot.
I would love to hear Venkman snark react to this trailer.
Im still excited for Neil Casey as the bad guy
is it still really.. this tho?
SPOILERS: http://i.imgur.com/sDzpfw1.png
is it still really.. this tho?
SPOILERS: http://i.imgur.com/sDzpfw1.png
DrForester
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Yeah, but the trailer makes it seem like a sequel with the whole "30 years ago 4 guys saved the city" thing. It would be like Karl Urban's Dredd film having a trailer that says "20 years ago, another Dredd saved the city"
MrCunningham
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Paul Feig likes his hard R's.
its stupid meta-marketing to also play up the gender swap
now 4 NEW HEROES yadda
its done a bit confusing I bet, but I got it
I agree, it's confusing. But I'm guessing someone at Sony decided to do it on purpose to slightly confuse the average Joe that didn't even know this was going to be made. For that person, they'll see this as a sequel, but when they go see the movie, they'll realize it's not or won't care. Won't matter, they got your money by then.
After someone pointed out the ridiculous mass hysteria angle the second film took, do you really want a continuation story?
They fucked up the logic of the world so hard in the second film that I think a reboot is for the best.
I mean do you really want to spend the first few minutes of this film being told directly or through exposition about how unbelievably fucking stupid people were after a Marshmallow man wrecked shit all over one of the worlds most iconic cities, only for everyone on the planet to collectively conclude it was all mass hysteria? To which they ostracized and cast the original Ghostbusters as outcasts? Or maybe they just gloss over that key plot point and it creates a disjointed lore.
It is just a plot anchor that a film coming out 30 years later shouldn't be weighed down by.
MrCunningham
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Yeah, that intro was terrible. They wanted to recognize the legacy of the original Ghostbusters but did it in a way that came off as false advertising.
Nah. I pushed back when you said I was too drunk to remember a movie. That is kind of the obvious direction that type of comment will go.
Yet we are here!
I made the off hand,intended to be humorous comment to your inferred dismissiveness of expos point.
But if you agree with it then we have nothing left to discuss. Spy had no typical fat humor.
CartridgeBlower
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Yeah, exactly. They want both basically, nostalgia overload (hey, same logo! same car! same proton packs!) and completely new continuity (not the same characters! not the same universe! not the same...anything?). Which is kinda shitty, and super confusing. Just pick one and go with it.
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And why would I want them?
Looks pretty good imo. I like the look of the ghosts
stufte
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They're not all scientists. McCarthy plays an author of a book on the paranormal that was co-authored by Wiigs character who is a professor.
Jones character seems like an important part of the team, it shouldn't matter what her characters background is. She's the every(wo)man of the movie.
I agree. It has elements of her comedy, but yeah...it wasn't that trainwreck where she was a fatty thief that stole fried chicken resturant Tim Robbins wife ow my brain.
Spy was great. Most people I know who saw it loved it.
Pops Maellard
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*sigh*
Those words are referencing the fact that a movie came out 30 years ago. Not that the events of that film took place in this new movies continuity.
This thread is making me think there's a perfect Bill Murray gif for everything.
BronsonLee
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The marketing did everything possible to say it had ALL the fat humor. Did that movie a real disservice; I'm glad it did well in the end.
What if I told you it was like 150 mil and is Sony's big summer movie
bananafactory
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ITT we learn not enough people saw Spy
Nobody would have given a shit. All Feig had to do was have it be 30 years later and one of the new characters be the niece or daughter of one of the old characters. The business is mothballed and they bring it back. Done. It's not rocket science to make this a sequel rather than a reboot.
bananafactory
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If it's an entire new cast I'd honestly take a reboot over some quasi-sequel. Makes it fresher and allows complete creative freedom without being constrained by "canon"
BronsonLee
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Ooooh I just noticed something.
In one of the Times Square shots, all of Times Square changes from 2016 stuff to 1976 stuff. I'm wondering if they're going to do some weird time shit.
In one of the Times Square shots, all of Times Square changes from 2016 stuff to 1976 stuff. I'm wondering if they're going to do some weird time shit.
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