BronsonLee
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It also helps that being the dumbest motherfucker in the building is right in Hemsworth's wheelhouse comedy wise
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Ghostbusters Trailer 2
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It also helps that being the dumbest motherfucker in the building is right in Hemsworth's wheelhouse comedy wise
This is a nice trailer. Does a better job than the first one on selling the film. And I felt the crowdsurf joke is lowkey referencing the reboot itself, which made me laugh.
I'll definitely watch it on cinemas.
I need to watch Cabin in the Woods again after this comment.
I'll definitely watch it on cinemas.
I need to watch Cabin in the Woods again after this comment.
Literally every millisecond of this movie is going to be put under a microscope whether it deserves it or not.
plasmawave
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Maybe idiotic jock type.
MrCunningham
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Siskel and Ebert's original review of Ghostbusters II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKKQEtFB-gE
They gave it two thumbs down and called it cynical filmmaking that didn't try hard enough to do something original. The movie does have some interesting ideas in it and a few good moments, but they aren't wrong that Ghostbusters II recycles too much of the formula and the beats of the original film. Yeah, it is not as bad as people say it is, but still falls short of the original in so many respects.
plagiarize
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I think between Spy and Other Space he showed the potential to do well with a project like this. Will he? We shall see, but I loved Spy and Other Space personally, and both combined gave me confidence in his suitability for Ghostbusters.
A Link to the Past
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He's not exactly a jock type though. He shares some traits, but he has a lot of personality traits I wouldn't expect from that archtype.
UncleSporky
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Leaning so hard on the references. Egon-stand-in talks about the apocalypse, the group tells the mayor about "mass hysteria," we see Slimer, giant white thing destroying the city...
Heck they even referenced a different movie entirely with "gonna need a bigger boat."
And...not a single thing that contradicts the leaked plot that sounded awful.
Heck they even referenced a different movie entirely with "gonna need a bigger boat."
And...not a single thing that contradicts the leaked plot that sounded awful.
I don't think it's particularly offensive or sexist, but It feels misplaced to me. Why draw attention to a stereotype like that in Ghostbusters of all places?
BronsonLee
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I haven't even seen that movie but him driving that stupid ass motorcycle will never stop making me laugh
Inferno313
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Because it's funny and Ghostbusters are comedy films?
if enough people find it funny on the first watch then it works well enough. i didn't think it was set up well either but i still laughed at the reaction because i wasn't expecting it. so, it works well enough for me.
Zoolander says hi.
A Link to the Past
Banned
What makes McKinnon's character (I don't remember who made the apocalypse line, I'll assume it was her) an Egon stand-in? In most respects she's the mirror opposite of him.
That is what immediately came to mind myself, but Zoolander doesn't really work as an example because it is so intentionally absurd and ridiculous that it borders on parody. Plus, the story suggests that the low intelligence of male models is manufactured in order to make them easier to control.
bengraven
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I'm in board. Huge GB fan from seeing the original premiering on HBO way back in 84. Real Ghostbusters, the toys, the eh NES game.
This isn't my GB but it doesn't have to be. Mine ain't going anywhere. These ladies look like they have the same chemistry as the original cast, the ghosts look equal parts terrifying and cool looking. The tech toys look like a ton of fun.
I don't think that's what he's saying.
More like, Hemsworth's only purpose in this movie is to be a role-reversal of a sexist stereotype. Which is pretty lame, considering the secretary in the original movie wasn't any kind of stereotype.
Ban Puncher
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Daffy Duck
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That's exactly what I was trying to say.
plagiarize
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If he was portrayed as a jock in any of the trailers so far... sure. But if we're just going off what's in the trailers, they've shown nothing suggesting he's a jock. He might be... but they haven't shown that yet.
BronsonLee
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Pssssst
Negotiating shit takes time
And/or he got the gig and brought them in, which makes since because McCarthy is really bankable and Wiig was on the Joe Schmo Show
Daffy Duck
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I have to admit, I love the colours in the film though, the ghosts look spectacular, the theme tune is also fantastic.
plagiarize
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How is that lame?
I don't know if 'female secretary who doesn't give a fuck' was a stereotype before Ghostbusters but I've seen it in way more things than I've seen 'male version of the female airhead secretary'.
Plus Janine was not in any way shape or form a feminist icon.
Ghostbusters 2 arguably did just that with Janine. So I think it's fair game.
Inferno313
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How is it sexist though? A character like that being played by a woman is sexist, because it feeds into stereotypes that exist for women. Those same stereotypes don't exist for men.
This is some real #AllLivesMatter shit.
Rabbi_Vole
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Some of y'all need some perspective on life. It's a movie. It's going to be fun. Take your kids, grab a coke and a tub of popcorn and just try to enjoy life a bit.
thecouncil
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youtube comments will point you to the reasons for the dislikes:
women:
nostalgia (what does "shit on the original" even mean?):
bandwagon:
who knows?:
women:
nostalgia (what does "shit on the original" even mean?):
They continue to rape my fond memories of the movie
bandwagon:
who knows?:
A Link to the Past
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Janine was a different stereotype - she was the disinterested secretary, the secretary that was irritated and barely wanted to do her own job (a stereotype that almost exclusively is used on female characters). She was then bumped over to "weird nerd girl" stereotype when they paired her with Tully, for some reason.
UncleSporky
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This is enough for me but t's not all that critical to the statement anyway. One of the Ghostbusters talks about the end of the world, just like that classic movie you remember liking.
Having the Ghostbusters keep an incompetent secretary due to sexual attraction seems out of place to me. I just don't get why that needs to be there.
It's also funny when a teenage boy fucks a warm apple pie, but that doesn't mean that it belongs in Ghostbusters because "comedy".
Well this was better, that bit about "well you girls can handle it!" was a good starting joke. This actually was a better trailer with decent editing. I'm wondering (actually I have been for a little while) if that last trailer just wasn't a good trailer in relation to the film and that the trailer editor and whoever else who worked on just didn't do that good a job on it. I know it's tended to happen before.
Ya Rick Moranis was the idiot in the original, not Annie Potts.
Lord Error
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I liked it, quite a bit. Some jokes were funny, some not, kind of like in the first trailer, but it looks like good fun overall. Still that fan trailer can't be beat.
How do they unlock special emoticon just by tweeting? Has there been an Android and iOS update that added this?
How do they unlock special emoticon just by tweeting? Has there been an Android and iOS update that added this?
The fan edit trailer was so much better. so I think that is the case.
I think this will easily be better than GB2. I'd rather forget GB2 existed tbh.
plasmawave
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That's clearly a Xbox fanboy.
Not a Ghostbusters fan. Just caught up on all the drama surrounding this movie. It isn't out for another two months? I assumed it was coming out this week with all the hullabaloo.
It really does look like shit though. No problem with the cast being women, but Melissa McCarthy is just pure awful. Literally anyone else but her.
It really does look like shit though. No problem with the cast being women, but Melissa McCarthy is just pure awful. Literally anyone else but her.
The Elite
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The Internet was a mistake.
Rabbi_Vole
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Moranis wasn't an idiot. He was a socially inept, but obviously successful accountant.
YoYo Switch
Banned
this one was ok
A Link to the Past
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I'm commenting on it because it's my biggest peeve about these conversations (the "x character is filling in for x"). That said, this image is utterly uproarious, seriously. On the left is a person with bleach-blonde hair (a pompadour??) and red round glasses. On the right is a person with non-bleach-blonde hair (that doesn't come out like Egon's does) and tinted goggle-like glasses. It's really stretching things, trying to find whatever evidence may exist (or in this case not) to justify the viewpoint of the cast being a genderswap. Feig didn't look at the cartoon and decide to base her on him visually.
Air Zombie Meat
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Better trailer. Made it look like it won't be a complete disaster.
Big Baybee
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Still looks good. As a huge fan of the originLs I'm looking forward to this. Been rocking with Leslie Jones for like 15 or 20 years.
AngmarsKing701
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Probably gonna fall into the "wait for redbox" for me.
UncleSporky
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I don't have a strong attachment to the viewpoint or anything, but it's not like my mind is going to change either. Whether her character acts like him or not, I'm confident there was an attempt to find a "lanky one with glasses and weird hair."
I mean you call it a stretch right after doing a stretch of your own, nitpicking details, like whether Sonic has green eyes or not.
But we can disagree on this, that's fine.
friskykillface
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eh, was an alright trailer, probably won't see it in theaters but wait until redbox since movies take like 4-5 months to come out on dvd/ blu ray now
only thing I hate about this movie is the decision to have cameos of the old crew instead of having them at least help or give them a tutorial on how the weapons work, 10 minutes max for the old crew, they couldn't have done that?
or have the ghosts kidnap them because and one of the crew members is their daughter or niece and they give them a message from a ghost world to help them, something like that
only thing I hate about this movie is the decision to have cameos of the old crew instead of having them at least help or give them a tutorial on how the weapons work, 10 minutes max for the old crew, they couldn't have done that?
or have the ghosts kidnap them because and one of the crew members is their daughter or niece and they give them a message from a ghost world to help them, something like that
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