Winterblink
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Every modern movie trailer, man. If you want to see what I call "the-movie-in-the-trailer" effect, check out the first one for Jem and the Holograms.
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Ghostbusters Trailer 2
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I wonder if Stay Puft's mother's name is Martha...
Maybe all their moms are named Martha...
For that scene they mashed up two different scenes from the original (Library ghost + Venkman getting slimed in their first gig), which i guess basically makes the intention of the library scene be completely absent from it. Then again, them running away scared from the library was a joke too.
Soulscribe
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Looks good. All four cast members are funny as fuck. No need to worry.
vainglorious
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The ghost at the end isn't Mr. Stay Puft.
onepiecefan
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I've been steering clear of the trailers to a degree, only watching the previous one in parts. But I watched this trailer in its entirety, and it was tragic. Just terrible, from Bill Murray to this :/
TatteredHat
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I think I share her perspective, for what it's worth.
More films should be like Star Wars. That trailer gave away no story details at all and was actually super misleading in regards to who the main characters were and what their traits were. We didn't even know if Finn or Rey would be the Jedi.
But I'm assuming that Ghostbusters really needs to show more to win people over, considering how people have already decided it's going to suck.
I want to like it but it's just not clicking for me. Ultimately I realize I want the nice balance of broad with sly humour of the original with very, very dry wit.
This is looking like its all broad humour thus far and that's too much of one tone for what I'd like to see in a Ghostbusters movie.
Cast seems fine in principle but the jokes seem mostly obvious and flat (looks nice and colourful though).
It's also looking a lot more like a remake from that trailer too which is also a trifle disappointing.
Will wait for reviews now but I'm shifting from giving it a watch in theaters to picking it up on demand later.
This is looking like its all broad humour thus far and that's too much of one tone for what I'd like to see in a Ghostbusters movie.
Cast seems fine in principle but the jokes seem mostly obvious and flat (looks nice and colourful though).
It's also looking a lot more like a remake from that trailer too which is also a trifle disappointing.
Will wait for reviews now but I'm shifting from giving it a watch in theaters to picking it up on demand later.
BassForever
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Still looks terrible but the selfie scene got a grin from me though the pointless race scene with Patty when the crowd let's her fall after crowd surfing McCarthy balances it out. The attempts to reference the original film also fell flat to me as it was just a reminder of how much better that film was. The original Ghostbusters was lightning in a bottle and neither the sequel or the reboot have lived up to it's legacy.
The generic large white ghost is actually Martha, Stay Puft's mom, and that's why all the ghosts are angry because all their moms are named Martha.
I'm going to make this work, damnit.
DarknessTear
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Baron von Loathsome
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It's still not great, but it's a clear improvement.
You are not alone, it looks better than the 2014 TMNT even.
Better trailer than the first one but still not amazing? Effects and ghosts actually look awesome but the comedy didn't do much for me. Could be just all the meh jokes are in the trailer though. The crowd surfing joke was also a bit weird since it clearly couldn't be a gender thing (given McCarthy had no issue surfing) but whatever 
NYR
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It doesn't look great, but it doesn't look like the worst movie ever - doesn't deserve to be at a 17% like-dislike, people are disliking to be dicks, no matter what they do, people will take their time to be a bandwagoner and get this to be a dislike story again.
It doesn't looks great, but it doesn't look like the worst movie ever - doesn't deserve to be at a 17% like-dislike, people are disliking to be dicks.
It's clearly just an internet thing to do now. Whether sexist, not sexist, ghostbuster fan or not, black or white, skub or anti-skub...
We can all be united in the meme of thumbs-downing the latest Ghostbuster trailer.
It's pretty obviously what this movie is such a lightning rod tho
Alaskanbullworm
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Much better trailer than the first, I actually laughed this time. Liked some of the newer ghost models they showed, but I still hate that glowy crap. Needed more McKinnon though, I feel that she'll be the best of them.
First trailer really put me off, but I think this new one brought me back. But if that synopsis that I read about the movie is true and still like that, then yikes. The ending will tick me off.
First trailer really put me off, but I think this new one brought me back. But if that synopsis that I read about the movie is true and still like that, then yikes. The ending will tick me off.
Juke Joint Jezebel
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Well that's 3 out of 3 flops for me. It was nice to at least get some action shots this time, but colour me still unimpressed. Not even a titter at the jokes.
Although this comment made me chuckle:
Although this comment made me chuckle:
It's a joke to the viewers, but it's not a joke to the characters.
And Venkman getting slimed was also very different. It was suspenseful, and scary to Venkman, up until the point Stantz rounds the corner, and then it's just dry humor over their differing thoughts on the encounter.
This new movie looks to be playing almost every moment for base laughs. Everything is irreverently sarcastic (as someone else said), endless quips said to no one in particular (aka effectively said to the audience), and crank everything to 11. It's the modern Hollywood comedy model.
Spiral Insanity
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Not that bad. It is obvious there is more going on than just another mediocre Hollywood remake.
It's a fucking trailer.
You missed the part where it is a remake of an iconic film?
Corronchilejano
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They spoiled the twist in the movie.
Acerac
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What other remakes have received hate campaigns of this magnitude? Ghostbusters already had a shitty followup in 2.
There's obviously something more going on here.
Secret Fawful
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And seemingly the main villain. Sheesh.
BassForever
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It doesn't look great, but it doesn't look like the worst movie ever - doesn't deserve to be at a 17% like-dislike, people are disliking to be dicks, no matter what they do, people will take their time to be a bandwagoner and get this to be a dislike story again.
I mean I disliked the trailer because I thought it wasn't a good trailer guess that makes me a dick and a bandwagon hater. I consistently like or dislike movie trailers I liked or don't like so this is nothing new for me.
alfredofroylan
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I don't know. I haven't seen the support from the younger generations either. Currently is at number 84 on the top 100 from IMDB, so far the biggest supporters of this film are sites like "The Mary Sue" and "Filmrejects"
problem is it could just be piling on for fun now. There's no way to know if its continued sexism, genuine dislike (and given this looks pretty weak next to original there will be some genuine dislikes in there or just plain old "this is the joke now" herd mentality.
Watching it again I do worry they showed so much of the plot: that's normally not a confident sign.
Disrespectful to what? What does this even mean?
I don't think there has been a remake of a film as beloved as Ghostbusters. It would be like remaking Back to the Future for a lot of people. How would you feel about a remake of Back to the Future?
brandonh83
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Way better trailer. I actually liked a lot of that, and the mass hysteria line callback.
Acerac
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Apathetic? They missed their chance, last year was the year to do it.
When there is a product I don't want to buy I don't whip up a huge campaign to hate on it, if that's what you're asking.
I just ignore products that I don't want. Seems like a way healthier response.
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