213: Is Ghostbusters Ruined?
This week, we discuss our thoughts on the new Ghostbusters.
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This week, we discuss our thoughts on the new Ghostbusters.
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Personally, I keep hoping some bright spark will get the idea of trying a proper Ghostbusters multiplayer game. They mentioned the idea franchises in the original, but we've never yet seen a game where you could get together with your friends and go bust ghosts while exploring a load of modern mythic history...it's always either been the old crew, a new crew inheriting the New York venue or a reboot, and there's just so much more you could do with the concept.Siege_TF said:The trailer was as bad as trailers get, and the movie might be made worse for the ironic sexists who can't see past the genitals of the leading cast, and will defend it until their last breaths rather than letting it fade from our collective memories like Conan, Robocop, and others of their kind who so willfully missed their marks because... ... Damned if I know. I refuse to stare so deeply into that particular abyss.
But will it kill the franchise? I'm with Babinro and Kara when I say no. It took more than nipples on the Batsuit to kill Batman, and it's going to take more than this... mess to kill Ghostbusters. Give it five years and we'll see another cartoon or something.
Uh, people have basically declared that just about every remake/reboot sucks long before it even comes out.WinterWyvern said:Really now. Really.
THE MOVIE ISN'T EVEN OUT YET.
People saw one trailer and already decided it sucks.
Actually, scratch that: prior to this, people saw ONE PHOTO and already decided it sucks.
No wait, wait: before that, people heard the movie had four female leads and already decided it sucks.
I'm not saying it's sexism, but it's sexism.
But many would argue that they weren't wrong in any of those cases.Ihateregistering1 said:Uh, people have basically declared that just about every remake/reboot sucks long before it even comes out.
Total Recall-people were saying it was going to suck.
Robocop-people were saying it was going to suck.
Transformers-people were saying it was going to suck.
Ninja Turtles-people were saying it was going to suck.
The Thing-people were saying it was going to suck.