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This is nonsensical.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Honestly, the only thing I don't like on that photo are the vertical stripes on their boots. Makes it looks like someone stripped off the meat from their shins and they're walking with their bare bones eposed. It actually freaked me out a bit when I first saw the photo. I'd imagine this won't be a problem in the movie as they'd rarely have full body shots from straight ahead anyway. Or they could make a quick joke out of that even.
Mutanthands
Member
The extreme reactions to this movie are baffling. It's an almost Lucas-prequel like level of irrational hate. Movie might be fun, from the look of it.
If we have to live through another internet cycle of "so and so raped my childhood," I'm going to have to find a nice hermit cave.
If we have to live through another internet cycle of "so and so raped my childhood," I'm going to have to find a nice hermit cave.
Candeldandel
Member
Just gonna quote this, since it's extremely relevant information about those stripes that seems to be intentionally overlooked and ignored in every GB thread I've seen here.
It's a losing battle, I know, since they could wear literally anything (or nothing at all) and people would still bitch. There is a legit, real-world reason they have those stripes, and me, you, that guy, those kids not liking them isn't going to void the reason they're on the suits. So just sit back and enjoy the awesome ride Feig is allowing us to see, that is the production of this kick-ass movie we get to see next year, yea?
excelsiorlef
Member
Remakes have been part of movies since well since movies.
brandonh83
Banned
Is this even possible?
Yeah, people do not seem to understand this.
Shamrock7r
Member
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Ghostbusters in Boston is almost as bad as a remake of King Kong taking place in Ottawa.
Pure sacrilege!
plasmawave
Banned
A lot of them tend to suck. That's why people are usually not psyched for remake/reboot.
And some of them are awesome.
Or how about New Zealand and Los Angeles only, with no shooting in NY at all?
The new Ghostbusters still takes place in NY.
plasmawave
Banned
Yes, some.
Scientist Supreme!
Banned
Tbh not a huge fan. Something feels off about the suits(stripes?) Regardless the girl on the far right looks super cool.
Never understimate entitled manchildren fanboyism.
LightofRohan
Member
Man, that will happen whenever this shit gets rebooted. It's predictable and annoying.
This looks like it could be awesome. If only Kristen Schaal was in it.
brandonh83
Banned
I don't. Internet in a nutshell.
I didn't mean it that way first of all everything can chance for me with a single trailer this its just a picture... but form that they kinda lack i dunno maybe charisma? Dunno they just look so boring and average person to me.
excelsiorlef
Member
And some of them are The Fly and The Thing
Didn't know they were fighting fires now nor did I know this was going for realism now in ghost-busting. Are they official emergency services now?
I wore them too, but it doesn't mean I think they belong on a GB suit.
Sorry my opinion differs.
so movies in general, then?
Has this been confirmed? Are they just shooting in Boston, and the story takes place in New York?
El Pescado
Member
I'm still not a fan of the idea of this being a reboot. I just wish it was set in the same universe as the original films. I don't need any appearances by the old characters or anything. It's just the idea of them dumping all the history of the original movies, cartoon, and comics that bugs me.
That being said, I really like that cast photo in front of the Ecto-1 and can't wait to see this.
That being said, I really like that cast photo in front of the Ecto-1 and can't wait to see this.
legacyzero
Banned
This is going to be good, in two ways:
-The movie itself
-The salt in this thread, and the internet in general
-The movie itself
-The salt in this thread, and the internet in general
Well... Alright.
TomJoadsGhost
Member
The cool thing about those stripes is that, I think, they have hi-vis reflective bits between the orange part.
Any idea how great that's going to look reflecting proton glare in darkened environments?
Any idea how great that's going to look reflecting proton glare in darkened environments?
excelsiorlef
Member
Cartoon was already AU. GB movie was a movie in the series. They went to the premiere in an episode.
plasmawave
Banned
Oh lordy. You got to go deeper man.
Hmm, not sure but I assume the stripes are there for either reflectiveness or to glow in the dark to help everyone track clearly which is why I really don't mind them. I mean, ghosts show up in the dark usually, right?
Oh those Ghostbusters. I guess they didn't want the superior source material
Yes! Let's go ghostbusters!
excelsiorlef
Member
Also some end up like Dawn of the Dead and Evil Dead, awesome but different than source. Oh and some of them win Oscars (The Departed)
What you've ignored is that many times these things are put out by people with no passion or love for the source material.
If you think Feig is one of those guys. There's no use conversing because you're on a different plane of existence
Obliterator
Member
Have no hype for this at all, pic didn't change that
LoveCake
Member
I just feel that they tarnish the original, as for "one" yes i know but Ghostbusters is not the only movie i think doesn't require a reboot, i couldn't write them all.
A sequel is usually an attempt to continue the original story or an blatant (obvious) cash in, also most of the time they are made by many of the same people & are also of the same time.
Some reboots can work like Star Trek, but it was concepted to fall with-in the current cannon as an alternate, but what most reboots are is an attempt to bring [insert movie name here] up-to date as if it is something new.
Why couldn't Paul Feig & Katie Dippold come up with something of there own & original, the plot is slightly different in the outset, as they are not scientists, so why then have 'ghost busting' pushed in as a plot device, other than for the studio to use cash-in on the Ghostbusters name?
I know i am looking too deep into this & sound cynical about it, i think the original is a great & classic movie, i didn't think the sequel was a bad film, it wasn't good i agree but it isn't the worst sequel, it was also a blatant (obvious) cash-in, but as mentioned above it had most of the same people involved.
I have kept up with what has been said about this reboot & nothing has pulled me in, or earned my intrest in it, in fact it just reinforces my opinion that Hollywood has run out of ideas.
I am going to leave it at that.
TwEE-N-Toast
Banned
I really hope there's not some sort of overcompensating attitude thing going on in this movie.
excelsiorlef
Member
See Star Trek was reboot done bad. It actually canonically fucked with their history.
You say this tarnishes GB, but the GB universe you love is still in tact. So dunno how you can point to Star Trek seemingly postively and yet complain that this Feig movie tarnishes Ghost Busters.
plasmawave
Banned
I'd say those good remakes are definitely in the minority.
We will have to wait and see for this new Ghostbusters, but I think a lot of people are less excited these days especially with the amount of subpar remakes we've been getting lately.
excelsiorlef
Member
But the point is it's not lately. It's always.
GraveHorizon
poop meter feature creep
They look like Ghostbusters to me.
I'm not a Ghostbusters fanboy.
plasmawave
Banned
It's been happening a lot more recently, dude. With high profile franchises to boot.
Why don't people just leave things alone, if there is one film that doesn't need to be remade, rebooted or updated it's Ghostbusters.
I would rather cinemas put on the original film instead of this.
youre in luck buddy cuz they do. constantly.
OneEightZero
aka ThreeOneFour
This will be a joke in the movie. I swear to you.
Mad Season
Banned
for those saying "yea, not bad... count me in"..... Now think again if it was the original cast and an on-set shot. BOOM, this would look like trash 
Those aren't the boots but shinguards.
excelsiorlef
Member
for those saying "yea, not bad... count me in"..... Now think again if it was the original cast and an on-set shot. BOOM, this would look like trash
I can't decipher if this is in favour of the new movie or against it
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