The First Ghostbusters Trailer Ain't Afraid of No Ghost

[Hero in a half shell]

Am I alone in thinking the CGI ghosts actually looked pretty great?

Not horror scary, but enough to be unsettling, which is what it should be, this is supposed to be a comedy after all, it's a remake of ghostbusters, not the Exorcist.

That said, there seems to be pretty much the same plot happening as the original - Ghosts appearing all over New York, parading up and down the streets etc. I'm getting really fed up with these modern "soft reboots" which basically take all the set pieces of original great movies and just redo them with different actors and cheeky references to the (better) originals. Jurassic Park, Star Wars VII, now it would appear Ghostbusters is just going to be a copy of the first.

 

[Kanedias]

Jesus Christ, it's just a movie guys, this is getting out of hand.

You're new here, welcome. This is quite normal in these forums.

Oh. Oh no. I'm here from GameTrailers now that it's shutting down.

 

[Count_A'ight]

I'm getting a Pixels vibe from this trailer, which is somewhat appropriate as Pixels was basically trying to ape Ghostbusters with 80's video game characters subbing for the ghosts.

As for remaking Ghostbusters, see Robocop 2014. The producers decided to do their own thing that basically ignored what made the character great and the fans rejected it. Mainstream audiences rejected it because it just didn't look like a good movie. Does anybody even remember they remade Robocop?

 

[deshorty]

After a couple of viewings, I think I know what I dislike about this trailer/what I'm most worried about. It seems like they are trying to make a Ghostbusters movie with action (nothing wrong with that), but they may put too much attention on the action, rather than focus on comedy. Very much ready to get burned by this movie. I hope I'm wrong though.

 

[Tsun Tzu]

Who you gonna call?

The Extreme Ghostbusters when I will need to see a true followup to the original cast.

I thought I was the only one.


I still remember the creative monster designs the show had.

Just to say...

Still one of the snazziest intros to a kid's cartoon. And the monster designs in that were downright awesome. Like, 80's horror-inspired levels of awesome.

 

[johnnyboy2537]

That movie looks painfully bad. I've had enemas more comfortable and less awkward than this trailer.

Maybe you're just expressing a preference for one hobby over another?

Enemas aren't a hobby, nor are they fun. They are however, less painful then modern Hollywood reboots.

 

[otakon17]

I was actually pleasantly surprised by the trailer. I thought it was decently funny, but then I am into cheesy humor. I can easily imagine the original characters doing these exact things and making the same jokes.

Now, whether they put the best parts from the movie into the trailer or not we'll find out.

I do agree though that some of the "Hey, we're scientists! See? Scienc-y stuff! (ala the dry-eraseboard, etc.)" may have been a bit overplayed but, due to it being a short trailer, some of the context of those situations wasn't shown so I'd have to see the full events to better judge.

You can imagine WINSTON smacking RAY in the face as he lays possessed on the ground and Ernie Hudson screaming "THE POWER OF WINSTON COMPELS YOU!" with Dan Akroyd going "That's gonna leave a mark!" afterwards? Truly?

*imagines it in his head*

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I weep for folks first encounter with the Ghostbusters is gonna be this stale bread bowl of a movie. I got a slight jump out of the new Librarian Ghost and not a single chuckle out of anything from the trailer. Hell even the GHOSTS looked unimpressive, boilerplate "ghosts" that you'd find on an automated haunted house ride. It's gonna be bad I think, I don't want it to but it is.

 

[KaraFang]

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.

Effects looked neat? Really?

you're telling me that this:

Spoiler

looked better than this??

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I know which looks more like an ethereal ghost Vs a GCI special effect... and it ain't the 2016 one.

 

[direkiller]

This trailer looks about as good as Gods and kings, and I have a feeling it will do just as well.

 

[MrCalavera_v1legacy]

Okay, maybe it's because i had zero expectations whatsoever, but, aside the awful last line, that trailer didn't come off as bad as comments made it to be. Just a resounding "eh".

 

[Kuala BangoDango]

You can imagine WINSTON smacking RAY in the face as he lays possessed on the ground and Ernie Hudson screaming "THE POWER OF WINSTON COMPELS YOU!" with Dan Akroyd going "That's gonna leave a mark!" afterwards? Truly?

Not Winston, no. Winston's character was way too serious for something like that. But I can easily imagine Ray doing it to Peter, or Peter to Ray.

I think that's one mistake people are making is that they're, like you did, trying to do a 100% comparison of the new characters with the old characters as if this were one of those superhero origin story re-makes they do every few years with a different actor playing the part of Superman and Spiderman. In this movie the original characters didn't die and get reincarnated as women. They clearly state in the trailer that this is decades later from the events in the original movies and these are completely new characters who happen to be women (and comedians of course). Different names, different backgrounds.

I do think though that the new movie did try to make it too similar to the original in some ways. If indeed these are completely new characters in the Ghostbusters universe then they didn't HAVE to have 3 white women and one african-american woman. Why not 2 white and 2 african-american, or an asian-american, or Indian-american, Russian, or anything else? Or heck, why not have 5 ladies instead of just 4, or 3 ladies and 2 men? By using the same quantity and racial makeup they DO invite direct comparisons with the original cast which I would think they shouldn't want. Same thing with having another library scene.

I agree though that this movie should NOT be people's first introduction to the Ghostbusters universe. Anyone interested in seeing this movie SHOULD watch the originals first if they haven't seen them before. I'd say that, though, to anyone about ANY new series based off and old one. People should watch the original Star Wars movies before the sequels/prequels. Same with Superman, and Batman, etc.

 

[Something Amyss]

You mean the particle accelerators which were built on top of three mortgages on a single property with $97,000 a year INTEREST payments?

You understand the entire point of that joke was how disproportionate the payments were, right? Like, are you seriously misinterpreting a joke to try and justify why they can't have a Chris Hemsowrth that's no more dressed down than Janeane was?

Fine.

In 1997, the grade of lasers that would be required for a continuous use storage facility still cost hundreds of thousands of dollars apiece. That's just running them, without any power considerations whatsoever. The grid would also require massive amounts of power, as noted by Egon (though no firehouse that I'm aware of could provide sufficient power to run an array of them) and they would likely have needed permits and clearance in 1984 just to acquire them. Hell, in the 90s, you couldn't even have them within a mile of school or residential zones.

Screw Walter Peck, the military should have been involved.

The Ghostbusters were already running into the millions based on tech alone in 1984. And you're going to argue over what they could afford to pay a secretary because they hired the first guy off the street and paid him 11k--another joke.

And ignoring the bit were we don't know the current team is on the same sort of budget. For all we know, they could afford Thor himself.

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.

If nothing else, he's hot charming, so there's that.

The least I can say is he certainly can't hurt the movie at this point.

 

[RedDeadFred]

Aww darn. I for one was kind of intrigued by the idea of a movie with four female protagonists that don't follow typical Hollywood beauty doll standards and who actually crack jokes.
I still am intrigued, that movie is worth seeing on such concept alone. But I'm sad to see that it will likely flop, and we won't see a movie with four female protagonists that don't follow typical Hollywood beauty doll standards and who actually crack jokes... for another century.

Aren't you the one who basically hates how the film industry is filled with constant reboots and sequels? I might be mixing you up with someone else, but I could have sworn you've made multiple threads on the issue.

OT: I'll be honest, I never really cared for Ghostbusters in the first place, so I had very little expectations going into this trailer. I kinda thought that at least one joke would make me crack a smile, but I guess this just isn't my kind of humor. I think some of the jokes would have worked well for me, but they all felt incredibly forced.

 

[Politrukk]

Pure garbage.

The bigger set lady is suffering from Will Smith Syndrome

I'm coining that right here as the new term for when you are cast to play you instead of playing a character.
This differs from Sandler syndrome in that you actually have to be cast for the part, not be casting yourself and romping around with your buddies or parody yourself.

She ends up being the same person with the same shtick in every movie and it didn't stick as good the first time.


I found no highs here not even for her brand of comedy, the rest of the actors are forgettable, the trailer showcases it, we're here for her, she's supposed to be the female bill murray... and it falls flat.



Edit:

I take offence with the fact that the women have to make jokes about the fact that they're women, can't they just, y'know, make jokes.

Actually that's part of the bigger set ladies shtick as well ("I'm big I'm awkward I'm a woman") I just can't get past this one it has bad written all over it.


Second edit:

I forgot about the "hot man reveal"

that's also been overdone.... by her.

I'm sorry this could have been a thing honestly but the shtick reeks.

Third edit:
Someone pointed out the stereotypical portrayal of the black character and I concur.

 

[reciprocal]

Probably would have liked it more if it was a movie based on Extreme Ghostbusters

 

[otakon17]

You can imagine WINSTON smacking RAY in the face as he lays possessed on the ground and Ernie Hudson screaming "THE POWER OF WINSTON COMPELS YOU!" with Dan Akroyd going "That's gonna leave a mark!" afterwards? Truly?

Not Winston, no. Winston's character was way too serious for something like that. But I can easily imagine Ray doing it to Peter, or Peter to Ray.

I think that's one mistake people are making is that they're, like you did, trying to do a 100% comparison of the new characters with the old characters as if this were one of those superhero origin story re-makes they do every few years with a different actor playing the part of Superman and Spiderman. In this movie the original characters didn't die and get reincarnated as women. They clearly state in the trailer that this is decades later from the events in the original movies and these are completely new characters who happen to be women (and comedians of course). Different names, different backgrounds.

I do think though that the new movie did try to make it too similar to the original in some ways. If indeed these are completely new characters in the Ghostbusters universe then they didn't HAVE to have 3 white women and one african-american woman. Why not 2 white and 2 african-american, or an asian-american, or Indian-american, Russian, or anything else? Or heck, why not have 5 ladies instead of just 4, or 3 ladies and 2 men? By using the same quantity and racial makeup they DO invite direct comparisons with the original cast which I would think they shouldn't want. Same thing with having another library scene.

I agree though that this movie should NOT be people's first introduction to the Ghostbusters universe. Anyone interested in seeing this movie SHOULD watch the originals first if they haven't seen them before. I'd say that, though, to anyone about ANY new series based off and old one. People should watch the original Star Wars movies before the sequels/prequels. Same with Superman, and Batman, etc.

She's the non-scientist. SHE is supposed to be our layman explanation character comparable to Winston. Don't try and say otherwise. She's the audience stand in and she's very loud. Least she seems to be. Though glad to see someone else agree that this should NOT be the first bit of Ghostbusters someone should have contact with.

 

[otakon17]

Probably would have liked it more if it was a movie based on Extreme Ghostbusters

I would have REALLY liked that. Extreme Ghostbusters had memorable characters and some DAMN crazy ghost designs and out-there stories. But they didn't, they did this. *sighs*

 

[happyninja42]

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.

If nothing else, he's hot charming, so there's that.

The least I can say is he certainly can't hurt the movie at this point.

Yeah, I'm trying to think of a role he's done that I've seen, that I didn't enjoy. Granted it's not much, but he's always been an enjoyable actor to me. He doesn't take himself too seriously, and is willing to poke fun at himself if he needs to. Which I always appreciate in an actor, especially if they are a hot/sexy leading man/woman. I expect he's going to have fun with his part, even if the movie sucks, which I hope it doesn't. I don't want this movie to blow, I just fear, based on what I've seen, it's not going to be anything more than a mediocre comedy movie, that doesn't really capture what made the Ghostbuster movies (yes, plural, I like GB 2) fun. Sort of like a Cargo Cult, they're going to mimic the actions that struck gold the first time, without any real understanding of what made them good.

 

[Something Amyss]

Yeah, I'm trying to think of a role he's done that I've seen, that I didn't enjoy. Granted it's not much, but he's always been an enjoyable actor to me. He doesn't take himself too seriously, and is willing to poke fun at himself if he needs to. Which I always appreciate in an actor, especially if they are a hot/sexy leading man/woman. I expect he's going to have fun with his part, even if the movie sucks, which I hope it doesn't. I don't want this movie to blow, I just fear, based on what I've seen, it's not going to be anything more than a mediocre comedy movie, that doesn't really capture what made the Ghostbuster movies (yes, plural, I like GB 2) fun. Sort of like a Cargo Cult, they're going to mimic the actions that struck gold the first time, without any real understanding of what made them good.

I keep hoping with Reitman onboard, and Aykroyd at least somewhat involved (hopefully not just to sell his vodka), that there will be some understanding of what made the original work. I mean, I'm kind of beating a dead horse at this point, but Reitman's Evolution was still a solid Ghostbusters movie, even if not in name. I think it proves the concept can work. I'm just worried it maybe won't translate to this production.

But yeah, Hemsworth seems like a fun actor. He reminds me of Heath Ledger in his less serious roles. And not just because of the accent. >.> I just mean the approach. I don't know how good he is as a serious actor, but that really shouldn't matter in a Ghostbusters movie. Even the deadpan characters weren't so serious.

 

[reciprocal]

Probably would have liked it more if it was a movie based on Extreme Ghostbusters

I would have REALLY liked that. Extreme Ghostbusters had memorable characters and some DAMN crazy ghost designs and out-there stories. But they didn't, they did this. *sighs*

I mean, Extreme Ghostbusters wasn't perfect but I think it was too far ahead of its time. Given the success of Force Awakens and the trend of making 80s/90s caroons 'gritty', it would really be a good idea to do a modern sequel where the old generation hands the reigns over to a new generation.

I can't even tell whether this movie is a reboot or a sequel.