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New Trailer for Ghostbusters: Afterlife
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strange headache
Banned
Oh no, they turned it into a frikkin' kids movie.
ManaByte
Member
They're Egon's grandchildren and all of the surviving Ghostbusters + Dana and Janine are in it (and Bill Murray says they wear proton packs). It's written and directed by Ivan Reitman's son (who was in Ghostbusters II).
The rumor of the story is:
Egon buried the old containment unit from New York in a mine in Oklahoma and now it's failing, which is why ghosts from the first two movies show up in the trailers. They're all escaping. The mine was the Shandor mine where they got the metal for the skyscraper in the first movie.
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ManaByte
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They have everyone except Rick Moranis.
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
Good, I watched the first one as a kid, gave me nightmares.
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
But Rick is filming again....He is doing Honey I shrunk the kids reboot.
ManaByte
Member
That was started almost a year after this was filmed. He didn't come out of retirement until after Afterlife was done.
FunkMiller
Member
That's... actually a really decent plot idea.
ManaByte
Member
Yup also explains why they'd call in the three surviving Ghostbusters.
INC
Member
Yeh at least it works plot wise......the rest.....
Cravis
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ResilientBanana
Member
fuck yeah
ClanOfNone
Member
Looks pretty good! The last film set the bar so low that this one could trip and fall over it.
Bummer they couldn't get Moranis, but everyone else returning is fantastic.
Bummer they couldn't get Moranis, but everyone else returning is fantastic.
LaughingStock
Member
I'm actually excited to watch a movie for a change. Please, be good.
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Fret Runner
Member
Huh, Didn't expect to actually see Gozer in its original form (climbing out of the hole)
Mini Pufts merging together to form proper Staypuft vs new destroyer form final fight? lol
Not what I personally wanted from a GB3 but that dream died with Ramis.
Still, Looking like it might be a fun decent movie.
2016 crap can stay lodged up satans asshole.
Mini Pufts merging together to form proper Staypuft vs new destroyer form final fight? lol
Not what I personally wanted from a GB3 but that dream died with Ramis.
Still, Looking like it might be a fun decent movie.
2016 crap can stay lodged up satans asshole.
Fret Runner
Member
Gozer back?
Davey Cakes
Member
It won't be an ad-libbed unfunny mess, so that's good.
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
Looks really good. Handing it over to a new generation is right and proper after all these years, and making them kids its a great way to give continuity without trying to replace what was originally so appealing about the original its cast and setup.
In simple terms its a sequel, not a replacement.
In simple terms its a sequel, not a replacement.
Fret Runner
Member
Place ya bets. Will this happen in the movie.
Gozer: Are you a god?
Ray:.......Yes!
Gozer: Then die! *fires hand beams and throws the OG guys across the room*
Ray: Ahhh!......I knew it! after all these years. it WAS a trick question.
Gozer: Are you a god?
Ray:.......Yes!
Gozer: Then die! *fires hand beams and throws the OG guys across the room*
Ray: Ahhh!......I knew it! after all these years. it WAS a trick question.
EruditeHobo
Member
Tone looks all wrong. Ghostbusters does not feel even a little bit like this. Take the NY out of Ghostbusters -- literally and figuratively -- and you're missing the point, somewhat... a reverential, saccharine Anytown, USA movie it ain't.
Still could be fun, though. I do like seeing Janine, and love the idea of Ray still toiling away in some version of Ray's Occult.
Still could be fun, though. I do like seeing Janine, and love the idea of Ray still toiling away in some version of Ray's Occult.
Davey Cakes
Member
Listening to Jason Reitman's trailer commentary makes me think that this really is a labor of love. I mean, the filmmakers studied the first movie in particular. They tried to use practical effects as much as possible and avoided making anything look too clean. Reitman said that they used some "old filming techniques" which is something I always like to hear. They even went back and scanned some of the SFX from the original movie to give this new one a more authentic feel.
No reason to be pessimistic about this. It's not like 2016 where the concept sounded okay and the cast was promising but the trailers were giant red flags.
No reason to be pessimistic about this. It's not like 2016 where the concept sounded okay and the cast was promising but the trailers were giant red flags.
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Werewolf Jones
Member
So just the first movie with youth and diversity then yeah.
Davey Cakes
Member
Looks like the cynicism containment unit has been breached.
T8SC
Gold Member
Jaysen
Banned
Sure, in the same way Salem’s Lot and Children of the Corn are kids movies.
Looks like a true sequel to the story given how much time has past and certain actors are too old or dead to return in full
The change from urban to rural setting obviously carries a shift in tone but the key to success is what it constructs rather than deconstructs.
It looks like all of previous elements remain so that’s a good start, and the approach builds toward the Ghostbusters as something positive that they’ll build up rather than tear down.
The change from urban to rural setting obviously carries a shift in tone but the key to success is what it constructs rather than deconstructs.
It looks like all of previous elements remain so that’s a good start, and the approach builds toward the Ghostbusters as something positive that they’ll build up rather than tear down.
strange headache
Banned
Not really, the cinematography is more reminiscent of the Goonies or Super 8.
The trailer really doesn't feel like a Ghostbusters movie, the dry sardonic humor that made the first two movies great is completely missing.
Kenpachii
Member
feels nothing like ghostbusters
Ghostbusters always felt to me like a bunch of guys trying to get some company going with humor and struggle after there study with ghosts involved and then move on to doing some epic ghost hunting.
This just looks like a kid movie trying to be cool and hunting some jumanji creatures.
Ghostbusters always felt to me like a bunch of guys trying to get some company going with humor and struggle after there study with ghosts involved and then move on to doing some epic ghost hunting.
This just looks like a kid movie trying to be cool and hunting some jumanji creatures.
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Shadowplay1979
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Look this is kind of a good way to make a sequel...as long as the snappy sarcastic humour is in it....as long as you have an ass like bill murray.
You cant make a sequel to Ghostbusters and have it be the same tone and exact feel as ghostbusters....it was lightning in a bottle..it was never made to have a sequel. You try to do that you get Ghostbusters 2.....
You cant make a sequel to Ghostbusters and have it be the same tone and exact feel as ghostbusters....it was lightning in a bottle..it was never made to have a sequel. You try to do that you get Ghostbusters 2.....
The Skull
Member
Loving it. It was never gonna be Ghostbusters 3 with the originals running around New York busting ghosts. 2 did that and whilst I love it, the movie was a retread of the first. Different can be good as long as it respects what came before and this does seem to be doing so. Also love Rays occults is still a thing.
II_JumPeR_I
Member
Not feeling it. Dont like the kids being the focus :/
Mato
Member
I still don't like the setting. They should have stuck with downtown NY. As for a villain, I would have gone with Sigourney Weaver's evil baby boy, all grown up now, still semi-possessed by Vigo and ready bring chaos upon the world. I'd love to see Sigourney's character back for one more sequel. My expectations for Afterlife are fairly low.