HP_Wuvcraft
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Oh God, you're one of those people that try to break subjective art down to a technical level in order to sound smart, aren't you?
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Ghostbusters (2016) Trailer #1 (Feig, Wiig, McCarthy, McKinnon, Jones)
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Oh God, you're one of those people that try to break subjective art down to a technical level in order to sound smart, aren't you?
Well, you implied you'd prefer the original cast below, but you did say different actors would be fine.
EDIT:
Ah, OK
The original movie has cartoonish visuals (and a few dated special effects), as well as slapstick and crass humor, although it balances it well.
Have you seen PIXELS? I have and can say the humor in the new GHOSTBUSTERS trailer is smarter than anything PIXELS.
Alex_Mexico
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Oh God... why did I have to read the YT comments....?
nkarafo
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Same can be said for the ghostbusters though. The canon characters are so completely tied being the actual ghostbusters that i could never accept anyone else being one without at least a couple of the original canon characters, regardless genre.
But i agree, this remake would be hated mostly, regardless of the cast, genre, etc. But this is true for all remakes or anything that caters to nostalgia and makes radical changes.
excelsiorlef
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If GAF is like this, I can't imagine what Twitter's like
I'm pretty sure he's pointing out the actually objective sexism surrounding this movie on all corners of the Internet, not agreeing with the commenter's tweet.
bananafactory
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Yeah. I just think the amount of hate this one has got seems crazy. I don't remember people spewing so much disgust at things like Total Recall or Robocop.
Unnecessary reboots/remakes happen all the time. I don't get what it is about THIS movie that is making people lose their goddamn minds
nkarafo
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Well, pretty sure that everyone would prefer the original cast. But since it's impossible at least go with the next best thing. Which one is that is a personal preference. Mine being some canon characters portrayed by new actors along with a couple of the ones we already got. Mixed genres and some canon characters. You get the best of both possible solutions.
bananafactory
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Jack The Nipper
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Don't think this is why the movie looks bad.
Right.
I don't agree with the interminable fan mansplaining the GHOSTBUSTERS reboot to Dan Aykroyd.
The virulent fan reaction to the casting is disgusting.
excelsiorlef
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I guarantee you they are gonna save her best shit for the movie.
Because she sells herself. Just those little moments confirmed my belief from day one that she'll be the best of this.
Best part IMO. Besides the awesome stilt ghosts
MasterCheeze
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Ehh, bad first impression, but things could still turn around.
Alex_Mexico
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No. On the morherfucking TRAILER of Ghostbusters 2016 the joke of that scene that was shown was a woman getting goop vomitted on her.
Jesus, you're not even giving the goddamn movie a chance!
Succinct Verbosity
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Looks bad, but I'm not blaming the cast. I've wanted a new ghostbusters in forever, but this trailer has made me realise the film was a product of its time and can't really be replicated today.
MrCunningham
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Edit: I don't agree with the interminable fan mansplaining the GHOSTBUSTERS reboot to Dan Aykroyd.
Dan is pretty liberal with that Ghostbusters 3 title. Back when the 2009 game was released he was calling that the true sequel to Ghostbusters II. Now, he's calling this a sequel, even though it is clearly a hard reboot.
But at this point in his life, Dan Aykroyd is living in his own little world and is happy to endorse anything with the Ghostbusters logo on it. Though, I do still have to give him some credit for staying positive about his own creation. I'm sure he will just ignore the disgruntled fan responses.
Psyrgery ES
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Did not like what I saw.
As he should. Trailer looks funny and I love the look of the ghosts. GAF keeps criticizing it for the CG look but man it fits the color scheme of the movie so well.
Ocarina_117
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That line... About the slime getting in every crack, awful.
The kicker is, as mentioned a myriad of times in this thread, the film is trying to be progressive with a female cast. But they just couldn't resist, could they?
The kicker is, as mentioned a myriad of times in this thread, the film is trying to be progressive with a female cast. But they just couldn't resist, could they?
kinoki
Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.
Did we watch the same trailer? I thought these were the same characters as the original but with a new cast (but with a different gender)? Or is their gender/name really that essential to their character?
Big Baybee
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The ghosts look great. I don't know. I like every person involved in this. I can't imagine it being bad. I'm there.
excelsiorlef
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It's such a neon nightmare I love it. Vibrant as fuck especially compared to average movie colour pallets these days
nkarafo
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The original Ghostbusters that i know are:
Peter Venkman
Ray Stanz
Egon Spenkler
Winston Zedmore
I didn't see anyone in this trailer. So yeah, maybe you watched a different one.
MHWilliams
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The Karate Kid was goddamn amazing and better than the original.
excelsiorlef
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Indeed.
And TMNT despite what some will say was better than TMNT III amd on par frankly with II
And A Team was a fun little flick.
Ahahahahahahahha no.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I think it's odd to paint that line as non-progressive. It's not as if it's sexy in the slightest. It reads like a female version of a getting kicked in the balls joke. If female body parts are played for groans that actually is progressive.
Now, it is awful, but that's a different point.
bitbydeath
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They should have gone for a serious tone if they can't deliver on the humour.
Also why try make the car a joke when it references this is set 30 years after the original ghostbusters which used the same looking car?
Surely they know this already.
excelsiorlef
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They should have gone for a serious tone if they can't deliver on the humour.
Also why try make the car a joke when it references this is set 30 years after the original ghostbusters which used the same looking car?
Surely they know this already.
That's an 80s Caddy the original was a 50s Ambulance
Calm waterfall
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That looked bad. There´s barely any charm to these characters at all.
Big Baybee
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I just assume people that shit on it haven't actually seen it. It's damn good. Jackie Chan is amazing.
bitbydeath
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Both carry dead people, same shape etc
The differences aren't joke worthy since they should know what was driven before.
excelsiorlef
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It's a reboot
'NO ONES BETTER AT QUANTUM PHYSICS THAN YOU' (stands behind table of equations)
It looks dumb. Ghostbusters was unique to me as it really did get the authetic, lived in world feel so perfect. It felt like real characters who wouldnt have to spell out their motivations so explicitly. You knew Egon was the science guy by his intro in the Library. No words needed. You knew Winston was the outsider because of his laconic 'as long as theres a paycheck...' line. Admittedly Feig tonally may not care about this, but it was a big part of the appeal. The colour scheme bizarelly reminded me of Amazing Spider Man 2 but that's just me.
I'll go see it with my daughter and give it a whirl but my expectations are in the toilet for this, which is a shame as I liked Spy a fair old bit.
It looks dumb. Ghostbusters was unique to me as it really did get the authetic, lived in world feel so perfect. It felt like real characters who wouldnt have to spell out their motivations so explicitly. You knew Egon was the science guy by his intro in the Library. No words needed. You knew Winston was the outsider because of his laconic 'as long as theres a paycheck...' line. Admittedly Feig tonally may not care about this, but it was a big part of the appeal. The colour scheme bizarelly reminded me of Amazing Spider Man 2 but that's just me.
I'll go see it with my daughter and give it a whirl but my expectations are in the toilet for this, which is a shame as I liked Spy a fair old bit.
bitbydeath
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Beginning states it is set 30 years after the original events, so the history still exists.
MrCunningham
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Should have been called the Kung Fu Kid though...
Does TMNT really count as a reboot though? It is not really a reboot of the original films, it's just a new series of movies based on the original material. The original TMNT '90 movie was based on the B&W Mirage comic book, while Bay Turtles is mostly patterned after the '87 cartoon series (at least for the sequel).
I don't know, I think some of the CG looks a little rough. But I will reserve judgement on it because it's common for movie trailers to show unfinished special effect shots and this movie still has months of production time left before release.
Well the original 1950's Miller-Meteor Cadillac was designed to function as both a hearse and an ambulance. In some cases they were even used for mental institutes. So nobody is really wrong here. In the '80's cartoon series they called the car a hearse. The 1980's Cadillac in this movie was designed only to be a hearse as ambulances were regulated to vans.
This is what the car looked like before the makeover:
It is black and has curtains like a hearse, but also has Ambulance lights and sirens.
excelsiorlef
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The movie exists.
It's just a nod to the original movies.
Sony was dumb and put that in but it's specifically just them saying 30 years ago we made a Ghostbusters movie... now we're making a new one.
nkarafo
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I agree. Seems like lowest common denominator material so far. No subtlety at all.
bitbydeath
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Ahh, ok. Trailer didn't come off that way.
excelsiorlef
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