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Ghostbusters (2016) Trailer #1 (Feig, Wiig, McCarthy, McKinnon, Jones)
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Calm waterfall
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True. I liked the Karate kid remake as much as the original if not more. Jackie was amazing. Hell, even Jaden Smith was good in it.
Um no it wasn't.
The trailer is misleading. It's referring to the original movie and not the event itself since it's a reboot. Sounds counterintuitive, I know.
It's a hard reboot because Paul Feig felt that if it were a soft reboot, they'd have to be "handed" the technology instead of inventing it themselves, and he was compelled by the discovery process of going that route.
Most of the original cast will be making appearances in the film, but not as their original characters.
I don't know. We'll see how it plays out.
crazyrabbits
Banned
It's not that it feels silly. It feels safe.
The jokes we see here feel like they were written by a committee. Some go on too long, while others (power of Christ) feel rote and already played out.
A huge part of the original film's success was how ad-libbed the dialogue felt, and how many memorable and off-the-cuff lines there were, balanced by the fact that it had four different personality types interacting with both each other and government officials.
Maybe that aspect will appear in this film, but the trailer has done an incredibly poor job of selling it.
I read that article and it got me semi-hyped for the reboot. I also like the new theme song.
I can't for the life of me figure out why they are doing an action-oriented all male version too. I'm really curious how they are supposed to tie together. I could see doing like a trilogy every 5 years or something with a different cast and alter the concept, but having sort of dueling concepts out there, I'm not sure how that's supposed to work.
nkarafo
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The hotel scenes with Peter and Ray going after Slimer in the hallways. There's something about these scenes that make them look visually stunning to me. The whole atmosphere, the lighting, the sets, the way Slimer looks in contrast, etc.
crazyrabbits
Banned
To be fair, the series spawned a sequel, two animated shows (one in the 80s and one in the 90s), many successful toy lines, several video games (including a "third" installment in 2009) and more home video re-releases than you can shake a stick at. All things considering, it's had a much better run than a lot of other 80s properties.
If anything, the franchise's biggest problem - which is even reaffirmed by Reitman in a lot of interviews - was that they waited too long to get the second film out after the success of the first.
MedicUnderFire
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That was not a great trailer, hopefully it will actually be good, lots of talents behind it. but still, not looking great.
Agreed. Hearing the filmmakers discuss the film's intentions eased my concerns.
I don't know how that's going to work and I suppose they're still trying to figure it out. I'm sure the performance of this film is going to steer the course of the franchise.
Why did they wait so long to make the second film? Was it scheduling conflicts due to other commitments?
crazyrabbits
Banned
Here's one interview where Reitman briefly discusses it. I think it had a lot to do with Murray holding things up.
The original film was written at a very specific point in time with a very specific set of circumstances. Aykroyd and Ramis spent years basically spitballing ideas off each other and doing story pitches in their apartment with Murray, and it shows in the film (a lot of the dialogue is off-the-cuff, not just because some of it is adlibbed, but because the trio had built such camaraderie with each other over the years). At one point, their treatment was described as "unfilmable", yet they persevered and eventually got their vision to screen, and that tone shows in the final product.
Like others said, it seems like it was intended to be a "one and done" type of deal, but after the massive success, the studio saw the potential but Murray was very cautious.
Premium Quality
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I'm sure the movie will also have a delayed "oww!" or "I'm OK" joke somewhere in it.
Looks like it'll have some lazy comedy writing.
For the record, I hope I'm proven wrong and the movie is funny AF.
kinoki
Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.
CHARACTERS not NAMES. You saw the same characters with new names, new gender and actors. But still the same characters.
Finaika
Member
Really liking the look of the film.
Will look awesome in 3D.
nkarafo
Member
No fucking way.
These are not the same characters.
As if Peter, Ray, etc didn't have their own personalities, back stories, etc. They are different people. And some of the best written characters IMO even. I mean... what the hell you are smoking. I can't even...
17 Seconds
Banned
or maybe he has more info than just a trailer, and he knows the movie actually is good.
that was a crappy trailer, but you can tell which people have a vendetta against this movie when they act like a bad trailer automatically means a movie sucks.
excelsiorlef
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Nothing in that trailer even hinted at them being the same at all.
There's no one like McKinnon or Jones in the original snd Wiig and Mccarthy do not at all really invoke anyone either.
17 Seconds
Banned
haha, what? no. they might be based off them, but they obviously aren't the same characters.
nkarafo
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Sony is trying to steal Jurassic World' marketing strategy right down to the piano theme. Problem Is they are blatantly misleading fans on the nature of the film versus Jurassic World actually being connected to the original.
You are the worst. Hyperbole for the lose. She's a perfectly fine actor. A bit typecast & has done some shitty movies, but when the material is there (i.e. Gilmore Girls, Spy), so is she.
17 Seconds
Banned
opinions..
No, not when someone claims someone is "the worst" about someone with the success & talent & personality of McCarthy. She's not the best actor ever or anything, but there are far worse actors & far worse human beings (who are actors) than McCarthy. She's not "the worst" in any way. You can't make any arguments that support that kind of assessment. The most you can say is that she has picked some sucky roles, but she as an actor or as a person is not "the worst" in any conceivable way
crazyrabbits
Banned
17 Seconds
Banned
"the worst" is a saying (a very overused/annoying one). it is not meant to be taken literally. if someone says donald trump is the worst, they obviously aren't saying he's worse than hitler.
who is the worst then?
i'm running with the assumption that they made a trailer with a bunch of lowest common denominator stuff (even worked in that weird bwooooom sound effect as everything goes quiet) to get a wider audience interested because maybe ghostbusters only carries with an older crowd these days otherwise.
i remember spy's trailers were cut in a way that made it look like the dumbest thing, but the final product was pretty funny.
excelsiorlef
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Sony Pictures is also just not a very good company lol.
Tinfoilhatsron
Banned
Did you even watch the trailer? I just copied the lettering exactly from the beginning.
I know Winston wasn't a fucking scientist, he was token black man. My point was more about the token black character just still being a token black character, you know while we talk about the Oscars being white. I want POC done right in Hollywood/Film, is that really just too much?
i think my issue with the visuals is that the first ghostbusters had a grittiness to it that was overridden by a cartoonier aesthetic in ghostbusters 2. ghostbusters were a bunch of no-name scientists kind of scrapping by and the organic feeling in the effects and the city (part of that being that sweet sweet dirty ass 1980s new york city look) added to that. visually, it looks like it's pushing the cartoon aesthetic further, and feels a little too clean for what is supposed to be a bunch of people trying to do stuff on their own for the first time.
The video game is a really good Ghotsbusters 3, but yeah.
Hitler, duh.
The trailer threw me off completely at the start with the whole "30 years ago" deal, all I could think about was "did the OG Ghostbusters exist in this universe??" I had to watch it a couple more times to see it for what was as all along they've been saying it's a complete reboot and ghosts even didn't exist in this universe before now.
That said I'm cautiously optimistic. I didn't see anything outright bad nor did I see anything amazing. The humour seemed more slapstick and physical than the original which was a bit drier and sarcastic, that doesn't mean it can't be a good Ghostbusters movie though, just a different take. As long as it's funny and a half decent movie though it will make mint.
plasmawave
Banned
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Mods are people too. They can be wrong.
I think there might be SOME parity with the original crew based on their role in the crew.
Kristen Wigg - Peter Venkman
Mellssa McCarthy - Ray Stantz
Kate McKinnon - Egon Spengler
Leslie Jones - Winston Zeddemore
Their characters however are completely different, Egon wouldn't joke around like Kate's character does in the trailer and Leslie is a lot more over the top than Winston would ever be.
There does seem to be some hints that Melissa McCarthy's character is somewhat earnest and excitable like Ray though.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
I've never seen the original and this looks bad.
Jokes on you, I loved those movies.
Watch the original, don't let this be your first taste of GB.
heh, transformers mix.
Yeah I was excited about it, but the tone of the trailer feels wrong.
It feels like a parody of a Ghostbusters film. With a few awkward pop culture references thrown in there.
I mean, the original Ghostbusters was not making Exorcist and the power of Christ compels you sort of jokes. He slimed me, dogs and cats living together, don't cross the streams and so on are straight up jokes not directly referenced from something else.
I am a bit worried about it now. Part of what made the original Ghostbustrs interesting is that Dan Aykroyd was totally into the weird concepts withen the film. References to weird spiritual manuals and such, he had read these crazy ass paranormal shit and put it in the script.
I love the cast, but the trailer makes it seem like a parody of the original, and there is nothing worse then a parody of a comedy. You cannot parody jokes that were and still are already funny and make something new.
I still hope for the best.
It feels like a parody of a Ghostbusters film. With a few awkward pop culture references thrown in there.
I mean, the original Ghostbusters was not making Exorcist and the power of Christ compels you sort of jokes. He slimed me, dogs and cats living together, don't cross the streams and so on are straight up jokes not directly referenced from something else.
I am a bit worried about it now. Part of what made the original Ghostbustrs interesting is that Dan Aykroyd was totally into the weird concepts withen the film. References to weird spiritual manuals and such, he had read these crazy ass paranormal shit and put it in the script.
I love the cast, but the trailer makes it seem like a parody of the original, and there is nothing worse then a parody of a comedy. You cannot parody jokes that were and still are already funny and make something new.
I still hope for the best.
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