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[Bobby Roberts]

In my memory, the original SFX weren't so much in your face and loud.

Same movie where Not-Sheena Easton with a pair of Hellhounds set up shop in an bugged-out skyscraper before calling a giant demon made of marshmallows to Godzilla the fuck out of New York City until four guys with nuclear laser ropes took the entire top floor off.

 

[A Link to the Past]

people love to bring that crew left the ridiculous 6 movie when they were 4 native american who left out of 100. give it a rest already

So it's a non-issue because the only people who left the crew were people who were brought on to consult the movie about Native Americans? Further, it's not too surprising that an Adam Sandler movie would engage in obnoxious racism. Further yet, the point was that it got the image of being a film that was so racist that it made crew leave the set, and yet it didn't get anything remotely resembling what Ghostbusters got. "The trailer was bad" is not quite enough for a trailer to become the most disliked on YouTube.

 

[TaterTots]

I just don't like the trailers. They're bad for me. However, I may give the movie a chance regardless. I've yet to laugh at anything. Hope that changes soon.

EDIT: After reading a few pages its clear this has turned into a race/sex thread. That never popped into my brain. The trailers just aren't funny for me. I don't know why all that has to be brought up.

 

[megamerican]

I can't believe they actually did a "Character tries to do a stage dive and the audience just lets them hit the ground" joke. I thought those died 15 years ago.

Yeah I definitely get a schlocky early 2000s PG-13 comedy vibe from this. Will wait for reviews cause Spy looked like shit and turned out amazing. I have more doubt about this one though.

 

[ReaperXL7]

My issue is mainly that I'm so tired of remakes/reboots, especially for films that in many ways were a product of their time and can't really be reproduced in modern times. I don't know if this will be good or bad but despite not liking any of the trailers I might check it out whenever it's released on Netflix because if I'm going to spend the money to go to the theaters I'm not going to do so on a movie that has not sparked any interest in myself or my kids.

As an aside I let my 6yr old daughter watch the original with me and she loved it as much as I did at her age (and still do), wouldn't be true for all kids mind you but still found that to be an interesting thing. I showed her the trailer for this and for BFG and she seemed more engaged with BFG.

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

For the record Ghostbusters was the highest grossing movie of 1984 and was rated PG (PG-13 wasn't introduced until a month after GB's release) so it stands to reason that a lot of kids saw it, never mind TV and video rentals.

How does this look "lazy" to you?

If anything, the misfires you see in the trailers seem to come from expending a ton of effort.

"Trying hard," if you will.

It's lazy in looking like it's pretty much a straight up remake of the original film that's at the same time playing to the worn out, unfunny shticks of at least a couple of the cast members while adding its own unfunny bits, if doing the crowd surfing gag in 2016 is their "trying hard" then they probably just suck at their jobs but I know Feig doesn't because he's done some good work in the past. It stinks of ideas created by a committee at Sony.

 

[geomon]

Just finished watching this new trailer. It actually made it look like a decent movie. I still hate the ghost effects, the car, and the costumes but it may actually be watchable.

 

[SimpleDesign]

It still doesn't look good.

 

[Deleted member 325805]

Oh God it looks so bad.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

I can't believe they actually did a "Character tries to do a stage dive and the audience just lets them hit the ground" joke. I thought those died 15 years ago.

I said the exact same thing to my wife when we watched the trailer. Most of the trailer looks decent enough. But, the couple bad parts look so fucking bad it hurts.

 

[wetwired]

I don't get the "Scooby Doo" visuals critique, have they seen Ghostbusters before?

 

[PSGames]

EDIT: After reading a few pages its clear this has turned into a race/sex thread. That never popped into my brain. The trailers just aren't funny for me. I don't know why all that has to be brought up.

This is my view. I went into these trailers wanting to like them because I like the premise of an all female cast but all the jokes fall flat. It's a shame.

 

[gafneo]

It's not.

You can both like something and understand what it is.

For instance.

I make video games. I think the shit I make is cool.

I still understand that I'm making toys.

I like Ghostbusters.

But people are being fucking disgusting in regards to the hate this movie is getting.

You want to act like it's because "everyone else" is oversensitive, that's fine. But that doesn't mean I have to stop calling people on their bullshit.

And, honestly? The fact that you actually spend this much vehement energy and time defending people who say "I'm not sexist" while at the same time trying to demonize everyone else speaks volumes about how invested you are in actually looking at this issue from a non-biased viewpoint.

That was a burn
This movie seems to have everything I ever wanted in a modern Ghostbusters.
Tons of ghosts
Goofy comedy
Giant monster scene with destruction in the city
Slimer moments
references to old movies
Updated effects, although more practical would have been nice
SNL cast
theme song
proton packs

 

[Hickbilly Deluxe]

I watched this one as As I did the previous one, and I am still hoping its good but I will still hold back on a final opinion till I see it. It could be good or bad, but I cant tell for sure from previews. I refuse to give into the hype and anti-hype surrounding the movie till I can judge fully for myself.

As of now, I will say it looks less than what I would want, but maybe it will surprise me. Hopefully it isnt horrible, but I cannot and willnot give a proper opinion till I actually see it.

 

[PezDispenser]

- Incredibly forced "awkward moments"

- People getting unwittingly messed on (slimed, tar-and-feather, pie in face, etc)

- People falling down

The three most beaten horses in the history of comedy. Hell, the last two were played out to the point of being insulting over 20 years ago when they were being ran into the ground by every children's show on television.

And this is the best they could trot out to market this thing?

At this point anyone who's still looking forward to this lazy cash grab is either extremely easy to please, or is one of those people with some bizarrely misplaced sense of righteous obligation. Have fun being intellectually asphyxiated in the theater for this tripe, O brave defenders of corporate brand hawking.

 

[SneakersSO]

I can't believe they actually did a "Character tries to do a stage dive and the audience just lets them hit the ground" joke. I thought those died 15 years ago.

As I noted in the last thread where the clip was shown, this joke is even worse to me because one of the points the joke relies on ("I dunno if it was a race thing or a lady thing, but i'm mad as hell") is completely nullified by the fact that Melissa McCarthy jumped off stage without incident seconds prior (in the trailer anyway, although I don't see her character on stage when Leslie Jones' character jumps, so I think its safe to assume Melissa had already jumped). Its just another example of poor writing (imo) that seems to permeate all the footage shown for this film thus far.

 

[A Link to the Past]

I just don't like the trailers. They're bad for me. However, I may give the movie a chance regardless. I've yet to laugh at anything. Hope that changes soon.

EDIT: After reading a few pages its clear this has turned into a race/sex thread. That never popped into my brain. The trailers just aren't funny for me. I don't know why all that has to be brought up.

Because people despised the movie at a point when it was literally nothing more than "a Ghostbusters film starring women". After the cast was revealed (but before the trailer), we had people who criticized the cast for going to a children's hospital, claiming that it was shameless PR (when in fact it was a hospital near where they were filming and the kids put up a sign to show support (and perhaps get them to visit, haha). There may be a sizable number of people who dislike the trailer for its quality, but people talk about sexism in this context because sexism is objectively a factor in the discussion

 

[gafneo]

Ghostbusters is not a kids' movie, but that's belaboring the point. All Fusebox really meant was that it's a long-running property that for many people has roots all the way back to their childhood.....which is why the reboot is an inherently different situation than just ignoring an obvious clunker like Gods of Egypt.

Then why do I have fountains of Ghostbusters toys from when I was a kid? Why was there cartoons on Saturday morning? Why was I tucked in with Ghostbusters bed sheets if it was not for kids? Why didn't my parents buy me Scarface pajamas instead?

 

[excelsiorlef]

Because people despised the movie at a point when it was literally nothing more than "a Ghostbusters film starring women". After the cast was revealed (but before the trailer), we had people who criticized the cast for going to a children's hospital, claiming that it was shameless PR (when in fact it was a hospital near where they were filming and the kids put up a sign to show support (and perhaps get them to visit, haha). There may be a sizable number of people who dislike the trailer for its quality, but people talk about sexism in this context because sexism is objectively a factor in the discussion

Oh god I forgot about that thread.

 

[BroBot]

Refreshed page. Saw 41,059 dislikes.... literally refreshed it a second later. Saw 41,182 dislikes.

The dislikes for this trailer is crazy. With that said, I'm not going to see this in theaters. I don't want my childhood tampered with.

 

[MC Safety]

They should stop making trailers for this.

The only amusing bit amid the three (?) trailers was the dumb secretary.

I'll see Ghostbusters for sure, but it's not a ringing endorsement. I go to a lot of movies and while I am critical, I am not very discerning in what I choose to see.

 

[SneakersSO]

If you ignore the cartoons and comics it is even weirder to hate on this .... is the first reason for merchandising and reiviving of something you love you had in a LONG time. if you are really a fan you should be celebrating because the other option is YOUR BELOVED FRANCHISE IS DEAD FOREVER

I mean, things, even franchises, can just stop being worked on. Thats totally okay to me and i'm sure many other people who are fans of franchises. I've gone this entire time with no new Ghostbusters and nothing i've seen so far seems at all appealing to me as a fan of the original works. Thats okay, sure; its a new Ghostbusters for a new generation. I may not necessarily be the target audience. This existing & seemingly being bad doesn't take away from the entries I did enjoy from existing, doubly so since this is a remake & not a sequel. However, this new entry in a long dormant franchise where the original creators aren't even (or barely even) involved aren't entitled to my or anyone else's fandom just because it shares a name we're familiar with.

It pains me to think what will happen when the inevitable Back To The Future remake/reboot/sequel happens. And no, I don't care who or what is involved in that, I do not want another entry in that franchise either.

 

[Forsaken82]

especially for films that in many ways were a product of their time and can't really be reproduced in modern times.

I don't get this statement at all...

There are plenty of examples of the opposite...

Honestly, you shouldn't have to look any further than Mad Max: Fury Road though.

 

[excelsiorlef]

Refreshed page. Saw 41,059 dislikes.... literally refreshed it a second later. Saw 41,182 dislikes.

The dislikes for this trailer is crazy. With that said, I'm not going to see this in theaters. I don't want my childhood tampered with.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Oh god I forgot about that thread.

That thread was fucking amazing.

 

[excelsiorlef]

That thread was fucking amazing.

I think my favorite was the insinuation that the kids were probably really disappointed that it wasn't the real Ghostbusters, and that they probably were sad they were being used by those 4 jerk for PR.

Like that thread was the most cynical thing I've ever witnessed.

 

[alfredofroylan]

That thread was fucking amazing.

From that thread.

Those aren't the REAL Ghostbusters.

Welp...

 

[starchild excalibur]

- Incredibly forced "awkward moments"

- People getting unwittingly messed on (slimed, tar-and-feather, pie in face, etc)

- People falling down

The three most beaten horses in the history of comedy. Hell, the last two were played out to the point of being insulting over 20 years ago when they were being ran into the ground by every children's show on television.

And this is the best they could trot out to market this thing?

At this point anyone who's still looking forward to this lazy cash grab is either extremely easy to please, or is one of those people with some bizarrely misplaced sense of righteous obligation. Have fun being intellectually asphyxiated in the theater for this tripe, O brave defenders of corporate brand hawking.

And Deadpool is an hour and a half of insult humor and meta-self awareness.

Arrested Development is nothing but one person saying something, only for it to be ironically contradicted moments later.

See how easy it is to boil something you don't like into stupid, simple, reductionist arguments?

We get it. You don't find it funny. I guess the rest of us intellectually asphyxiated folks will have to lose what little oxygen we have flowing through our bodies by laughing at something we may, dare, find amusing.

 

[Kintaro]

This trailer was better than the last one. May go see it with the girlfriend.

It's amazing how among the tons of Hollywood remakes of beloved childhood remakes and old ass sequels, this is the one that people draw the line in the sand for. This one. Ghostbusters. With one great movie and one poor movie and a bunch of average cartoons. This one. Not GI Joe, Transformers, TMNT, Star Wars, Indiana Jones and the bunch of others that sold us toys.

It's easy to see why some believe at least some part of this is because of the cast.

 

[excelsiorlef]

From that thread.

Welp...

Heh reading through it I forgot that the hospital facebook page got inundated with sexist and racist comments... a year ago, but yes the unnatural level of dislikes is just about the movie itself....

 

[border]

Then why do I have fountains of Ghostbusters toys from when I was a kid? Why was there cartoons on Saturday morning? Why was I tucked in with Ghostbusters bed sheets if it was not for kids? Why didn't my parents buy me Scarface pajamas instead?

As with Robocop and Toxic Avenger, marketing gurus determined that the franchise had heavy-kid appeal and opted to steer it in that direction with toys and cartoons. I think it's pretty hard to look at the original film and think it was intended for children. Most of the jokes are so wry and dry that they would completely go over a kid's head. If it had been written with children in mind there would have been a lot more slapstick humor and gross-out humor......and a lot less profanity. Kung Fu Panda never says "Yes, it's true. This man has no dick."

 

[Acerac]

Heh reading through it I forgot that the hospital facebook page got inundated with sexist and racist comments... a year ago, but yes the unnatural level of dislikes is just about the movie itself....

I enjoyed the implication by many in the thread that the actresses were only doing it for publicity.

 

[excelsiorlef]

As with Robocop and Toxic Avenger, marketing gurus determined that the franchise had heavy-kid appeal and opted to steer it in that direction with toys and cartoons. I think it's pretty hard to look at the original film and think it was intended for children. Most of the jokes are so wry and dry that they would completely go over a kid's head. If it had been written with children in mind there would have been a lot more slapstick humor and gross-out humor......and a lot less profanity. Kung Fu Panda never says "Yes, it's true. This man has no dick."

I don;t think it was for kids but it definitely wasn't not kid friendly either. Definitely a watch with parents.

Arguably as good as the cartoon was it fucked up GB II because that one did everything it could to be more like the cartoon.

 

[border]

It's amazing how among the tons of Hollywood remakes of beloved childhood remakes and old ass sequels, this is the one that people draw the line in the sand for. This one. Ghostbusters. With one great movie and one poor movie and a bunch of average cartoons. This one. Not GI Joe, Transformers, TMNT, Star Wars, Indiana Jones and the bunch of others that sold us toys.

Sexism has something to do with it. But to be fair, none of those other remakes were as radically re-imagined. The Ghostbusters reboot effectively deletes the entirety of established canon, and replaces all the most beloved characters with ones that are markedly different. GI Joe, TMNT, and Transformers still contain all their core characters, albeit in wildly different scenarios.

 

[Metroidvania]

Eh. Better than the first trailer, but not anything to write home about.

Honest first thought with the aftermath of the crowd-surf fail is that it was a response to the 'haters'.

Will wait to see how reviews pan out.

Also, the 'nobody panic' followed immediately by tablecloth pulling while being dragged out made me wince.

 

[Kintaro]

Sexism has something to do with it. But to be fair, none of those other remakes were as radically re-imagined. The Ghostbusters reboot effectively deletes the entirety of established canon, and replaces all the most beloved characters with ones that are markedly different. GI Joe, TMNT, and Transformers still contain all their core characters, albeit in wildly different scenarios.

I can see that.

But I question just how beloved those characters were when their actors couldn't manage to get a Ghostbusters 3 off the ground. Old age? Maybe, but Harrison Ford is pretty fucking old and we have him as Han again and an ancient Indiana Jones...TWICE. =/

 

[Mully]

It's a better trailer, sure, but the jokes don't land particularly well. There's a lot of talent on screen, yet somehow the trailer does a really good job of depicting a Ghostbusters film written for Adam Sandler and his buddies.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

I don't get the "Scooby Doo" visuals critique

Have you seen the 2 Scooby Doo movies?

 

[Abounder]

Sexism has something to do with it. But to be fair, none of those other remakes were as radically re-imagined. The Ghostbusters reboot effectively deletes the entirety of established canon, and replaces all the most beloved characters with ones that are markedly different. GI Joe, TMNT, and Transformers still contain all their core characters, albeit in wildly different scenarios.

The video game spoiled the fans, even had Bill Murray phoning it in. That kind of fan service is something else and set the benchmark. Don't like what I'm seeing from this reboot but I wonder if the dislikes come more from it being a bad trailer or if it's just a thing now after the Fine Bros react videos.

 

[Evil Monkey DTT]

Did you watch this trailer? Looks like there will be plenty of nods to the original.

Well it's a remake, you could argue the entire script is a nod. I'm referring to the fact that in this ghostbuster movie universe the previous events didn't happen, these are the original ghostbusters in the eyes of the people in the movie. That's gross, it's why I hate remakes in general. Reboots are fine, all it would literally take for the characters to say "well we have our own branch" and I wouldn't have a problem.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Reboots are fine, all it would literally take for the characters to say "well we have our own branch" and I wouldn't have a problem.

That's not a reboot, that's a sequel.

Reboots are remakes intended to restart an entire series of films from square one. That's all they are. Usually they're not even that, they're just the empty term used in place of remake because that's how terminology works now.

But I don't think fictional people no longer acknowledging the fictional existence of Stantz/Spengler/Venkman/Zeddmore is a sticking point.

What's way more important is that this version of the movie is funny and interesting, with really well-developed characters playing off each other in endearing ways.

That is the most important thing and right now, after two trailers, that is pretty goddamned up-in-the-air, and I'm not supremely confident in whatever might be coming down.

I really do think Feig's decision to, just before filming, swap McCarthy and Jones' roles isn't a great sign.

 

[RedRum]

Sigh. I want to like this, but they are trying ridiculously hard to force humor. It's just too overdone in my opinion.

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

Looks like that long-running rumor of the ghost from the logo being in the film is true.

Neat.

 

[Evil Monkey DTT]

That's not a reboot, that's a sequel.

Reboots are remakes intended to restart an entire series of films from square one. That's all they are. Usually they're not even that, they're just the empty term used in place of remake because that's how terminology works now.

But I don't think fictional people no longer acknowledging the fictional existence of Stantz/Spengler/Venkman/Zeddmore is a sticking point.

What's way more important is that this version of the movie is funny and interesting, with really well-developed characters playing off each other in endearing ways.

That is the most important thing and right now, after two trailers, that is pretty goddamned up-in-the-air, and I'm not supremely confident in whatever might be coming down.

I really do think Feig's decision to, just before filming, swap McCarthy and Jones' roles isn't a great sign.

Well that's egg on my face then, I gotta learn my terminology. Well if that's the case then alot of my problems aren't really a factor other then just being sick of brand restarting. But I can't fault this movie on that, here's hoping it's good. Although I agree the role thing scares me I did not hear that before.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Well that's egg on my face then, I gotta learn my terminology. Well if that's the case then alot of my problems aren't really a factor other then just being sick of brand restarting.

And honestly, just having a sequel kick in after a long time away sure as hell seems a lot more viable after 2015:

Jurassic World
Creed
The Force Awakens

But then again - what are the odds we ever get three sequels that late, THAT good, again?

The longer time went on though, the more it seemed likely the only way Ghostbusters would come back was as a reboot/remake. Shit just took way too long.

 

[border]

But I question just how beloved those characters were when their actors couldn't manage to get a Ghostbusters 3 off the ground. Old age? Maybe, but Harrison Ford is pretty fucking old and we have him as Han again and an ancient Indiana Jones...TWICE. =/

I think their inability to get a sequel off the ground doesn't really have anything to do with the quality of the characters. The lukewarm reception to Ghostbusters 2 was probably a major factor. For whatever reason, it also seems like Bill Murray just wasn't into it. After 2000, it seemed like he only really wanted to do well-written prestige films or low-effort voice acting roles. He never took a starring role in any major big-budget Hollywood production outside of Groundhog Day in 1993. By most accounts, every attempt to do a new Ghostbusters film hinged on Murray's involvement, and he really didn't have any sincere interest. That doesn't necessarily mean that Venkman was a poor character, or one that was not loved by fans.

 

[Professor Beef]

Not sure if it deserved its own thread or not.

Patton Oswalt’s Defense Of The New ‘Ghostbusters’ Movie Turns Ugly When Twitter Trolls Take Aim At His Deceased Wife

 

[Acorn]

Not sure if it deserved its own thread or not.

Patton Oswalt’s Defense Of The New ‘Ghostbusters’ Movie Turns Ugly When Twitter Trolls Take Aim At His Deceased Wife

God damn people. What the fuck man.

 

[XAL]

"People on twitter being complete assholes"

Take 2,010,202,404,505,979,279,397

 

[duckroll]

Not sure if it deserved its own thread or not.

Patton Oswalt’s Defense Of The New ‘Ghostbusters’ Movie Turns Ugly When Twitter Trolls Take Aim At His Deceased Wife

What a bunch of cowardly cunts.