Just feels so forced, like it was not bad enough trying to get ghost busters going again its like they thought lets be wild and edgey and .... fuck it i dont know or care anymore no egon = no movie.
Meet The All-Female Ghostbusters Team
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Heck I remember the original Live Action Filmation's show somewhat fondly. It re teemed the two lead Actors from F Troop as Monster Hunters in a sort of Abbot and Costello meet the Wolfman type show. Cheesy by today's standards but wildly entertaining for an 8 year old back then (remember this was almost 2 years before Star Wars would forever melt our brains with wonderous possibilities.) Filmation's (the same guys that created He-Man, and that gave us the famous/infamous animated Star Trek) Saturday morning live action ers were a mixed bag over the years. Ghost Busters was among the best of them. It was often paired with Sid and Marty Crofts "Far Out Space Nuts" which (and I kid you not) teamed Giligan with an alien in a lost space ship. Probably the best of their stuff was the three "hard scuff" shows Ark II, Space Academy and Jason of Star Command.thaluikhain said:
And while I love the Ghostbusters movie, Filmation's did have a legitimate copyright complaint when they went to develop it as a kids animated show.
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True, that! And the creation of two priceless reboots (21 Jump Street and Evil Dead) does not a mediocre trend forgive.0takuMetalhead said:
While I had no emotional investment in the existence or non-existence of a female-led Ghostbusters, I was at least curious to see what they'd make of it. These casting decisions give me no reason to believe that the creators are looking to take any chances. I'll continue to keep an open mind until contracts are set in stone and they release some promo material, but I can't give enough fucks to raise even half an eyebrow after reading this news.
(It was SOOOO easy, you pea-brains: Emma. Fucking. Watson! Casting director needs to be fired already.)
hmmm I was gonna say "but she's not comedic" but then she could work as she fits that "bookish" type very wellTen Foot Bunny said:
I think this also highlights the narrow range of roles woman get to play when we discuss casting
(also if you want some obvious casing Emma Watson will be playing Belle from Beauty and the beast)
can we just stop pretending that we all live in happy equality land?NuclearKangaroo said:
maybe some peoples childhoods need to grow uplord canti said:
do people actually make an effort to not understand things?cleric of the order said:
The Ghost-busters Video game that came out a few years ago with all the original cast was a good "finale" to the first two movies IMOMerlinCross said:
Man, people just aren't the least bit rational when it comes to stuff from our childhoods are they? Anyway, I'll do what I always do and wait for the trailer to come out. Then I will proceed to read all the comments of people saying that Hollywood is killing their childhood.
Not really that much.erttheking said:
For good reason, this is sort of desecration.
Hell Even in my mind i think it's sexist to sell a movie based solely on gender.
Seriously, the "female ghostbusters" If the only draw to it is that it's ghosts busters but with females then i could have read some r63 fanfiction.
They'll do both.Dogstile said:
How it will go down is one tribe will say "we like this", another will go ""female" but trans women, otherkin, this movie is transphobic". Yet another will spout on about the lack of minorities and white feminism. The fourth one will complain about the lack of hot guys and the fifth will change the light bulb.
Apparently, just because she's explicitly stated to be black, doesn't mean she isn't white. Possibly because she isn't a stereotype, and her being black isn't referenced in every sentence involving her, and people used to that got confused and outraged. Lots of outrage.Dragonbums said:
http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/white-until-proven-black-imagining-race-in-hunger-games
An Extreme Ghostbusters type of cast wouldve been more interesting imho. Especially if one of them did ghostbust in a wheel chair.
thats not an argumentVault101 said:
i proved you women have been acting on theatre for centuries and cinema isnt that different
i never considered women in leading roles unusual, i cant see why you do
as for "happy equality land" id like to remind you that in most of the western world it is ILLEGAL to discriminate agaisnt a women because of her sex, so yes we do quite live in equality land
I have NO idea who any of these people are, not even vaguley. I've never seen any of their work. Well now I have no idea what to expect. I can only assume its going to be very....female for want of a better word.
22 Jump street seemed contemptuous its own existance while still doing a good movie (I imagine if it's your bag, even a great movie), as even while the movie personally screamed "This doesn't need to exist" it still felt like the guys involved wanted it to feel worth your time watching it, despite the fact that they'd clearly been made to make it.
Heck, 21 jump street really isn't normally my style of humour, but I think that worked because it embraced the fact that it was a reboot , and played with how rediculous the whole concept of the movie is in the first place, while also taking the piss out of reboots.Ten Foot Bunny said:
22 Jump street seemed contemptuous its own existance while still doing a good movie (I imagine if it's your bag, even a great movie), as even while the movie personally screamed "This doesn't need to exist" it still felt like the guys involved wanted it to feel worth your time watching it, despite the fact that they'd clearly been made to make it.
the term actress, the female form of actor has existed since atleast 1660, what does that tell you?Vault101 said:
if women werent performing since then why does the term exists?
Eh, I don't mind the idea. I loved the original movie and it's not like women cannot be great at comedy. But it really depends on the script. I'll wait to have a proper opinion when the trailer comes along.
But now I kind of wish they had picked Caroline Rhea as one of the protagonists - she's awesome, haha.
But now I kind of wish they had picked Caroline Rhea as one of the protagonists - she's awesome, haha.
It's a rape scene either way just people would take it more seriously. And I don't think that first joke would be that much more funny if the genders were swapped around (guy on guy, girl on guy etc.), it really depends on how much the shocker can pull off lovable rascal vs. creep.prowll said:
I'm so tired of reboots, especially an uninspired one like this.
A sequel would've created so many more story telling opportunities (The original Ghostbusters franchising out would have made perfect sense and the time between the films would've provided an interesting space to do some minor alternate history stuff - the world would be a little different if ghosts were documentable), it also means there wouldn't be as many direct comparisons making it easier to just enjoy the movie for what it is. One of my favourite elements from the originals is that the Ghostbusters are reckless and irresponsible; they cause more property damage than they prevent and Egon's containment unit is a WMD waiting to happen in the middle of New York for example. The long term implications of that could've created some interesting comedy scenarios, a reboot resets everything leading to a high probability of either rehashing or losing the more interesting elements of the original (I'm speaking broadly about remakes here, it's admittedly to early to tell on this one).
The all-female team concept is fine but I'd prefer new characters set in that universe rather than female versions of originals. It all just seems like the laziest way to do things.
I also find Melissa McCarthy painfully unfunny, so I'm quite sure I'll be avoiding this.
A sequel would've created so many more story telling opportunities (The original Ghostbusters franchising out would have made perfect sense and the time between the films would've provided an interesting space to do some minor alternate history stuff - the world would be a little different if ghosts were documentable), it also means there wouldn't be as many direct comparisons making it easier to just enjoy the movie for what it is. One of my favourite elements from the originals is that the Ghostbusters are reckless and irresponsible; they cause more property damage than they prevent and Egon's containment unit is a WMD waiting to happen in the middle of New York for example. The long term implications of that could've created some interesting comedy scenarios, a reboot resets everything leading to a high probability of either rehashing or losing the more interesting elements of the original (I'm speaking broadly about remakes here, it's admittedly to early to tell on this one).
The all-female team concept is fine but I'd prefer new characters set in that universe rather than female versions of originals. It all just seems like the laziest way to do things.
I also find Melissa McCarthy painfully unfunny, so I'm quite sure I'll be avoiding this.