You seem to have quoted me by mistake. Otherwise, you seem to think you're rebutting things I'm not talking about.ravenshrike said:
The First Ghostbusters Trailer Ain't Afraid of No Ghost
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I'm not even sure why you're being all reactionary. All I essentially said was that I didn't get a good first impression of these characters. Do you have some sort of personal investment that I don't know about?Something Amyss said:
Why do the effects look like garbage? Why is the black woman the only who's not a scientist? Why is there no dead-pan Bill Murray-esque performance? Why is there a fucking action sequence in a ghost busters movie? Why am I not laughing?
Ehhhhhhh, pass. Wasn't too inspired before, less so now, though I sorta hope they commit to concept (even though I'm sure they won't) and make the villain a woman too. If it's the environmental protection agency again you could even do a pretty funny spin on the 'Dickless' line from the original.
EDIT: Also "New Trailer ain't afraid of no ghosts", it probably should be afraid... of film critics.
EDIT: Also "New Trailer ain't afraid of no ghosts", it probably should be afraid... of film critics.
1/ It wasn't funny (myself and my wife smiled at two jokes in the entire trailer. Two. Smiled, not laughed or chuckled. Smiled)
2/ it wasn't creepy/had hints of creepyness. Unlike the original.
3/ the ghosts look awful (anyone remember Disneys' haunted house ride? That, but brighter neons)
4/ It wasn't funny.
5/ The equipment looks like it comes from mattell. Compared to the originals stuff, which felt it might work, I took one look at this and went "ah, shitty cosplay style."
6/ Black stereotyping.
7/ IT WASN'T FUNNY!
2/ it wasn't creepy/had hints of creepyness. Unlike the original.
3/ the ghosts look awful (anyone remember Disneys' haunted house ride? That, but brighter neons)
4/ It wasn't funny.
5/ The equipment looks like it comes from mattell. Compared to the originals stuff, which felt it might work, I took one look at this and went "ah, shitty cosplay style."
6/ Black stereotyping.
7/ IT WASN'T FUNNY!
You're going on realism in a movie where that same "shoestring budget" allowed the creation of homemade particle accelerators which were man-portable, on top of their containment unit, based on a mortgage of an old house?ravenshrike said:
That's not selective at all.
Well, I was forced at fork-point to watch the trailer. It... wasn't that bad. Maybe I am just desensitized to shitty movies, but to me this just looks mediocre, a rental at best. Maybe it's just getting crucified since it's a continuation of a beloved franchise.
I thought the ghost effects looked pretty neat. The piano tune didn't do it for me; hitting the nostalgia keys worked for say, Jurassic World, but it just seemed out of place here.
I thought the ghost effects looked pretty neat. The piano tune didn't do it for me; hitting the nostalgia keys worked for say, Jurassic World, but it just seemed out of place here.
I don't know why i keep coming back to this thread. People don't like to listen, they just assume, ignore and only pick what insults them to deflect into something else. Perhaps i am looking for hope, or reaffirmation that the internet is not for me. So forget any sensible arguments, let's just go with this meme;
Oh, well that's promising at least. I find him pretty damn funny, so I think he'll be able to carry his weight in this comedy just fine. Hopefully they'll have some good chemistry between them, and make for some funny scenes.Something Amyss said:
Angry Joe put is well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9NdSGka9EM
It looks low-rent. The CGI is all brightly-neon ghosts - there's no sense of fright. The original movies mixed scary and action-comedy. This thing goes full comedy.
So ghosts can poses people which grants them super strength? Oh my? but they can be exorsized with a single slap to the face? Well that's not much a threat now is it.
If this was an all-male cast, it would be an Adam Sandler movie. Actually comparing this to Pixels for how its treating the IP its working with seems ironically apt.
The grit is gone. The original movies were all grounded in a slice-of-life realism (with ghosts and anti-ghost tech ofc)
Take the token black member of the team: Originally it was a black every-man who was just in it for a paycheck, who got in over his head. Now its a sassy black mammy with street-smarts - can you say painfully generic stereotype?
Angry Joe compares this to the Starship Troopers sequels. Its the R.I.P.D of Ghostbusters
It looks low-rent. The CGI is all brightly-neon ghosts - there's no sense of fright. The original movies mixed scary and action-comedy. This thing goes full comedy.
So ghosts can poses people which grants them super strength? Oh my? but they can be exorsized with a single slap to the face? Well that's not much a threat now is it.
If this was an all-male cast, it would be an Adam Sandler movie. Actually comparing this to Pixels for how its treating the IP its working with seems ironically apt.
The grit is gone. The original movies were all grounded in a slice-of-life realism (with ghosts and anti-ghost tech ofc)
Take the token black member of the team: Originally it was a black every-man who was just in it for a paycheck, who got in over his head. Now its a sassy black mammy with street-smarts - can you say painfully generic stereotype?
Angry Joe compares this to the Starship Troopers sequels. Its the R.I.P.D of Ghostbusters
Oh dear...
I mean... You always suspect that these reboots are going to be bad, but this looks pretty awful.
If it appears on Netflix somewhere down the line then curiosity might get the better of me, but asides from that scenario... Pass.
I mean... You always suspect that these reboots are going to be bad, but this looks pretty awful.
If it appears on Netflix somewhere down the line then curiosity might get the better of me, but asides from that scenario... Pass.