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Ghostbusters Review Thread [Certified Fresh - 75%]
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Robot Pants
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Slapshot!
Yes, yes she is.
She is hot.
mariachi507
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I've always had hopes for the film, even after the bad trailers. Hopefully the good reviews keep pouring in.
Spyder_Monkey
Banned
Anybody who is saying this isn't about women is either ignorant, stupid, or lying. This is the exact same kind of rhetoric GG used to mask that their movement was about game journalism and not that it was a hate movement against women.
The assertion by some is that it's the same audience, essentially.
You haven't seen the new Ghostbusters, so you don't know the context and you don't know if those bits are even in the movie.
cr0w
Old Member
^
As previously mentioned, the backlash started as soon as Feig tweeted that four actresses would be playing the leads. There was NOTHING out there about this movie other than that at that point, and that's when it started.
What same audience? The people shitting their pants with hate for this one are the same who defend BvS or what? I'm an unapologetic champion for BvS, and I've never been anything but open minded about GB. I think people are trying way too hard to associate the two.
Everything regarding this film is about women?
excelsiorlef
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I mean the fact that they took it on despite believing it was going to flop is exactly why I said it wasn't a risk.
They saw it as a chance to bring Lucas of American Graffiti fame in to their director's stable and if making his little Star Wars movie would get that done, sure let's do it.
If a studio doesn't really care if the movie flops it's not a risk.
CelticKnight
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So everyone who isn't excited by the idea of this film is sexist?
Wuthering_Heights
Banned
Exactly.
Nope of course not, but the vocal seem to be.
Yup. You got it. That's exactly what the poster was saying. You cracked the code.
Valjean Lafitte
Banned
What if those people weren't sexist? What if they just hated the idea of Ghostbusters being rebooted? Me, I like Ghostbusters, but can't stand Feig's female-led comedies. That doesn't make me sexist, that just means I hate a certain type of comedy.
Whether that means I or anyone else was wrong in the jumping to the conclusion this would be bad, that doesn't mean that all the backlash for this film stemmed form a hatred of women.
TomJoadsGhost
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So if they do another one is it gonna be 'ghostbusters 2' or 'ghostbusters: subtitle'?
There's already a male led GB film waiting. I'm guessing it'll be a subtitle extravaganza.
Ghostbusters: The Slime Awakens.
BronsonLee
Member
It's going to be called one of the following things
Ghostbusters International
Ghostbusters Inc.
Paul Feig's Ghostbust2rs (From That Actor in Heavyweights)
southerncross
Member
can't trust a review thread in which these two posts are scorned upon
excelsiorlef
Member
2 Ghost 2 Bust (ers)
heliosRAzi
Banned
Losing money on something is always a risk.
CelticKnight
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But that poster said no-one gave a toss about this film until the all female cast was announced. I give up...
Personally, I wish both the "anti female cast" crowd and the "Reboot Defence Force" would shut the fuck up and fuck the fuck off. Can't we just discuss if the actual film is any good?
It's not people not being interested in the remake that's being criticized. It's the degree of the negative response that's being scrutinized and for good reason. The backlash this project has spawned is deplorable.
The vitriol being lobbed at this movie is because of a bias against women. You can argue semantics and try to mitigate the sexism by playing the "NOT ALL..." card, but it's flimsy.
There have been a slew of remakes in Hollywood. Why is this particular project invoking so much hatred? Why is this the film the one that's spawned countless death threats against the cast and crew?
You're willfully being ignorant if you think sexism isn't a problem.
cr0w
Old Member
If they were bitching at the announcement that it was being made period, you're right. There was just a massive amount of hatred that came out as soon as he announced the cast that wasn't there before, despite any anti-remake grumblings.
As per usual, that's not the whole story, it's just the one that's garnered the most reaction.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Seems like the movie is good enough. Can't wait to see it 
I also, I called that this movie will be better / better reviewed than GB2 at the very least (which has 50% on Rotten)
I also, I called that this movie will be better / better reviewed than GB2 at the very least (which has 50% on Rotten)
Sounds like the film plays it very safe, which is probably very sensible after all the bullshit controversy during production. Not especially polarising, just a workmanlike action comedy that cannot be accused of being terrible.
I'm now all but certain I'll enjoy it a hell of a lot more than BvS. There's a sentence that six months ago I never thought I'd type.
I'm now all but certain I'll enjoy it a hell of a lot more than BvS. There's a sentence that six months ago I never thought I'd type.
BronsonLee
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I WON. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
He's probably busy having a real life after escaping from GAF
Robot Pants
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I want a Slimer origin story and how he came to be.
Vinny "The Slimer" Gotti.
"Legs" Gotti.
Slimer Begins
Vinny "The Slimer" Gotti.
"Legs" Gotti.
Slimer Begins
Plasticine
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Ghostbusters: Tokyo Busting. Bill Murray will roll up in the original Ecto-1 right before the credits.
old manatee
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That's the thing, the backlash started when they announced an all-women cast, but it was like a school bus picking up more and more kids as it went along.
Some people were fine with them being women, but not fine with the specific casting.
Some people jumped on when they announced that the old Ghostbusters wouldn't even have cameos.
Or when details of the plot came out and it sounded like a spoof of one of those ghost hunter TV shows, which sounded like a really lazy premise.
Or when that really bad trailer came out. And a lot of people said it looked bad.
Because it looked really bad. It's correct to acknowledge that the people who got the ball rolling were mostly spurred on by misogyny, but at a certain point there were enough red flags that I think it was OK for regular Ghostbusters and comedy fans to raise an eyebrow without being lumped into the He Man Woman Haters Club.
streetsahead123
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Ghostbusters 2: GamerGate Rises
Knuckle Sandwich
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Spoilering just to be safe
http://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/ghostbusters-review-melissa-mccarthy-1201810318/
This actually makes me happy. I was avoid at all costs because of those horrible trailers but I'll see it for nostalgia. Why not.
http://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/ghostbusters-review-melissa-mccarthy-1201810318/
In an unnecessary nod to fans, Feig resurrects nearly every actor or entity from the 32-year-old original except for Ramis, who died last year, and the all-but-retired Rick Moranis while leaving little room for memorable new spirits (stay through the end credits to hear even Zuuls name invoked).
This actually makes me happy. I was avoid at all costs because of those horrible trailers but I'll see it for nostalgia. Why not.
That's the thing, the backlash started when they announced an all-women cast, but it was like a school bus picking up more and more kids as it went along.
Some people were fine with them being women, but not fine with the specific casting.
Some people jumped on when they announced that the old Ghostbusters wouldn't even have cameos.
Or when details of the plot came out and it sounded like a spoof of one of those ghost hunter TV shows, which sounded like a really lazy premise.
Or when that really bad trailer came out. And a lot of people said it looked bad.
Because it looked really bad. It's correct to acknowledge that the people who got the ball rolling were mostly spurred on by misogyny, but at a certain point there were enough red flags that I think it was OK for regular Ghostbusters and comedy fans to raise an eyebrow without being lumped into the He Man Woman Haters Club.
Fans have been hypercritical of a project they otherwise wouldn't have given a fuck enough about to criticize had it not been for the fact that Paul Feig cast four women as the leads.
Plasticine
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There is no Bobby Roberts, only BronsonLee.
excelsiorlef
Member
Again I think being willing to fund something you absolutely believe will flop is basically not giving a shit and not treating it like a risk.
It's not like they weren't sure but were willing to give itva go, they absolutely believed it would fail. They saw it more like buying Lucas for the future.
ryutaro's mama
Member
Indeed.
Bobby! You're back!
Maybe people were just reacting to a terrible cast. Here, people were excited before the cast was announced but everyone was saying anyone but Melissa McCarthy.
BronsonLee
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