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Ghostbusters Trailer 2

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Salty Rice said:
Yeah Neon Ghosts was a terrible idea. Looks like they are from Pixels.

On the other side if i hold a blacklight in my bedroom i see many ghosts too.
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It's not just the color it's the way they look and move. If I recall correctly the original films used practical puppets, stop motion, and actors in suits. It just looked so much better in every way.
 
How many times in television, movies and commercials have we seen the stage dive but isn't caught joke? It has to be the most recycled gag in the history of film.
 
What surprises me is how little focus McCarthy and Wiig get in both trailers. Especially with McCarthy I have no clue what her character is about.
 
Eh, it's better than the last trailer, but it's still not interesting nor appealing to me. Looks kind of bad IMHO. I'd rather just watch the original....
 
Gouty said:
How many times in television, movies and commercials have we seen the stage dive but isn't caught joke? It has to be the most recycled gag in the history of film.
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But this time its combined with a race/woman joke instead of a overweight joke so its funny.
/s
 
starchild excalibur said:
But my point is that it may not be meant to be commentary at all, but that some people are so certain that the film is an opus to man-hating that the character's inclusion surely must be a commentary on something. Based solely off the trailers, Hemsworth strikes me as a foil character: a handsome idiot surrounded by average-looking geniuses. The humor is in how those two sets of characters interact with one another. It's the same template for any buddy comedy or sitcom - and we never demand a commentary in those genres.

If Hemsworth was a hot female no one would even be talking about the character beyond how hot she was. Because he's a man, some people use it as evidence of some deeper anti-male statement. And it's perhaps this double standard that should be discussed.
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Sorry about that, it was people earlier in the thread claiming it was a social commentary, and I applied that to your post.

Anyways, I just don't see the value that this character adds to the script. It's cool if you like that type of humor, but I find it low hanging and misplaced here. It's unsettling that a Ghostbusters script is rife with elements that would typically be shredded apart in an Adam Sandler script.

I also don't believe any of the "man hating" rhetoric or any other nonsense surrounding this. But that's hardly an excuse for what I consider poor writing.

Just my 2 cents on the issue.
 
This trailer is definitely better than the first one. I think I have Melissa McCarthy burnout, I could go for some more Wiig and McKinnon in these trailers.

I'm really put off by how loud, angry and obnoxious Leslie Jones' character is. It's stereotypical in a not great way. Some stereotypes can be funny, this one is not working for me.
 
213372bu said:
The only thing I'm wondering is that if/when this movie turns out bad as an Adam Sandler film will we all clown on posts and have fun or raise pitchforks a la Uncharted 4 with 70+ bans.

Since the Reddit leak was in-depth with everything that goes on in the movie I'm guessing/hoping that it's going to be so bad that it's the former.
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I really doubt this will be as bad as an Adam Sandler film. Middling? Sure. But Grown Ups 2 and Jack and Jill bad? Not even close. Having a halfway decent comedy director and good cast will help.
 
I wonder what portion of the down votes come from people who never bothered to watch the video. I love the original but never considered it a straight laugh out loud comedy. It sure has some funny bits, but I always considered it an action comedy.
 
No one has seen the movie. Have a little faith. A lot of amazing movies have had lackluster trailers and vice versa. Let's at least wait for reviews before going full Metroid Other M on this project.
 
Rabbi_Vole said:
No one has seen the movie. Have a little faith. A lot of amazing movies have had lackluster trailers and vice versa. Let's at least wait for reviews before going full Metroid Other M on this project.
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Faith in Paul Feig is the only hope some of us have.
 
Spyder_Monkey said:
I really doubt this will be as bad as an Adam Sandler film. Middling? Sure. But Grown Ups 2 and Jack and Jill bad? Not even close. Having a halfway decent comedy director and good cast will help.
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I'm not here to argue quality, but the opening scene and character is literally something I'd expect from an Adam Sandler horror film.
 
I loved the original film, but I wouldn't say it was a laugh a minute with just as many silly gags. Obviously it was popular because it was the first movie like that, the second film was fairly average in comparison, even as a ten year old in 1990 I thought it wasn't that great.

I think the hate for this film is more to do with a sheep mentality more than anything else.
 
So many beats / scenes copped straight from the original. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing really. Trying to keep an open mind but some of those jokes fall kinda flat.

Also, the original reveal of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man coming around the bend is a major comedic moment that's replaced with an angry looking version of the logo's ghost. Seems like it's going to have the same reaction that Doomsday had in BvS.
 
ExVicis said:
I'm not sure if I would use this article, especially when it says things in the tone it does with what appears to be a truck load of assumptions, accusations and even some false equivalency thrown in the mix.
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I don't agree with you.

It's a solid rebuttal.

Also, you're using the "Argument from fallacy" or "Fallacy fallacy." An argument that contains fallacies can still be true. The presence of a fallacy doesn't negate an argument.

Sanjuro said:
He isn't a known name I would imagine with the broader audience.
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General movie-goers may not recognize Paul Feig by name, but they know of Bridesmaids and Spy.
 
B33 said:
I don't agree with you.

It's a solid rebuttal.

Also, you're using the "Argument from fallacy" or "Fallacy fallacy." An argument that contains fallacies can still be true. The presence of a fallacy doesn't negate an argument.



General movie-goers may not recognize Paul Feig by name, but they know of Bridesmaids and Spy.
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Absolutely. However, more for McCarthy. I imagine it is either broken down as "New Ghostbusters movie" & "Ghostbusters w/Melissa McCarthy movie".

Feig and Wiig after.
 
213372bu said:
I'm not here to argue quality, but the opening scene and character is literally something I'd expect from an Adam Sandler horror film.
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Either you've never seen an Adam Sandler film, and you've just equated the concept of them with 'bad, I don't like' in your head, or you're willfully over exaggerating because you're mad about something else.
 
Spyder_Monkey said:
No, no it doesn't.
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dantevsninjas said:
Either you've never seen an Adam Sandler film, and you've just equated the concept of them with 'bad, I don't like' in your head, or you're willfully over exaggerating because you're mad about something else.
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The post is deleted but it's essentially
a hotel attendant who is walking around gets trapped in a door at a hotel for hundreds of years and develops the ability to see ghosts.

Which, yeah, among other details seems something really bottom-of-the-barrel like Adam Sandler would do.
 
Whenever someones equates the new Ghostbusters to an Adam Sandler comedy vehicle, they out themselves as having not seen a recent Adam Sandler comedy like Pixels (which is dog shit).
 
B33 said:
Whenever someones equates the new Ghostbusters to an Adam Sandler comedy vehicle, they out themselves as having not seen a recent Adam Sandler comedy like Pixels (which is dog shit).
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I've seen Pixels. i don't think the comparison is that far off...
 
Inferno313 said:
Star Wars was actually kind of cagey about if Rey was entirely the lead, at least in the trailers. They gave Finn equal screentime and weight, and even alluded that he'd be wielding the lightsaber in the film.

Meanwhile, The first Ghostbusters trailer literally had no lines from men. Which I think is pretty great, but it's easy to see why that would enrage a certain audience more than the Star Wars trailers did.
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Man, i loved that EP7 had a female lead because it instantly avoided all the possible comparisons between Luke and a supposed new guy.
Besides, the characters themselves behave different from the old cast, and even have different origins (special focus on Finn, a stormtrooper turned good).

But on the new ghostbusters... it's just a skin. They are women because they wanted women. Besides, why did ALL FOUR OF THEM have to be women?? I'm not a fan of the racially diverse trope either (one white + one black + one chinese + free spot).

The cast should have been:

- Main scientist man (in his 40s, no wife)

- Main scientist woman (35, failed marriage)

- Brute force and brave character (33, cool guy)

- Main scientist man's niece (21, main character and audience's proxy that is explained all the high tech gear to)

Male scientist wants his niece to work with her because she wants here to have the business someday, the woman scientist doesn't like this.
Niece clashes all the time with the other female scientist (like walter white and jessie) but at the end of the movie, male scientist dies and both women understand they need to work together.
Big bad guy escapes and promises a big revenge. Plot ends in a cliffhanger. Final scene is the three characters in the HQ, feeling down, then a guy walks in.
- Hey, are you the ghostbusters? You guys made a big mess last night. I think you could use some help.
- Do you even know us? who are you??
- I'm
Peter Venkman Jr
*theater explodes*


Everybody's happy.
 
Holy fuck, the trailer again has like 85% dislikes already. I thought this one was okay; much funnier than their previous trailers. I do not fucking understand internet hate mobs.
 
B33 said:
Whenever someones equates the new Ghostbusters to an Adam Sandler comedy vehicle, they out themselves as having not seen a recent Adam Sandler comedy like Pixels (which is dog shit).
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Actually, those two movies look to have kind of similar cinematography and overall look. Both are Sony, and look atrocious.
 
Spyder_Monkey said:
http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2016/05/18/the-soft-sexism-of-hating-on-the-new-ghostbusters

Would you look at that. Somebody else did it for me.
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One thing about the final paragraph:

One last note to the "Angry Video Game Nerd" and his friends: the original Ghostbusters was very important to you as a young man. Why can't you be big enough to let the new Ghostbusters be very important to a new generation of young women? Nobody's taking your Venkman away, they're just giving the other half of the population something they can look at and see a reflection of themselves. Wasn't that part of what was cool about watching Ghostbusters when you were young, that you could project yourself into this working class fantasy? Isn't it great that someone else who looks different than you do and who has a different life experience than you do can now have that same fun? That's not taking anything away from you.
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I found this part odd, as if the intended audience of a movie is limited by who stars in it. The old Ghostbusters starred men, so it was "for men". This new Ghostbusters stars women, so it's "for women". Am I the only one who finds this odd?

As if women can only relate to female characters, and men can only relate to male characters. As if the two genders are like completely two different species, with no common characteristics or humanity to empathize with. I don't need a new Alien movie for men, I can relate to Ripley just fine. Can't a little boy see a reflection of themselves in Rey? Not gender-wise, but in terms of, I dunno, being courageous? Can't a little girl see a reflection of themselves in Harry Potter? Maybe she has an older brother who's like Dudley, and can relate that way. This kind of mentality just divides the genders further.
 
I've never been a fan of Ghost Busters and I hate Melissa McCarthy... but visually it looks really cool.

Why does everyone hate this trailer?
 
B33 said:
Whenever someones equates the new Ghostbusters to an Adam Sandler comedy vehicle, they out themselves as having not seen a recent Adam Sandler comedy like Pixels (which is dog shit).
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I've watched my Adam Sandler movies with younger cousins or right before watching a RLM review.

I'd say calling hyperbole over Pixels is weird.

Lots of similarities based on ads alone.
 
Melissa's lines are delivered pretty flat.

It's easy to tell she isn't comfortable with green screen and her lines are really subdued because of it.
 
I kinda wish this was taking place in the original universe. Then I'd be completely alright with Slimer and Mr. Stay Puft showing up here.

It'd have been easy, too. Just have Dickless shut off the machine that holds the ghosts again and then years of ghosts get released.
 
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