Johnny ChopsockyScootaloo! We have to cook!Grillin' HaysenburgersRegistered Userregular
My problem with the new Ghostbusters and why I'm waiting for accurate reviews (say from someone who was skeptical going in but got won over) before seeing it is because the marketing has been really bad. The trailers have done nothing to sell me on it.
Then again, Spy's trailer did nothing to sell me on it and that movie was really good, so I'm hoping Ghostbusters 2016 can pull it off but I'm not spending money on it without some assurances.
If Rolfe took that stand on all Hollywood remakes that's be better.
But then again that's like 80 percent of their output currently.
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UnbrokenEvaHIGH ON THE WIREBUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered Userregular
well, I made it through half of that "won't review Ghostbusters" video until I got to his reason for refusing, and it's super dumb
the problem is, it has the same name as the original, which he claims is it "trying to sweep the original under the rug as if it didn't happen" and will just confuse people because now when you look at IMDB there's "Ghostbusters (1984)" and "Ghostbusters (2016)"
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AtomicTofuShe's a straight-up supervillain, yoRegistered Userregular
well, I made it through half of that "won't review Ghostbusters" video until I got to his reason for refusing, and it's super dumb
the problem is, it has the same name as the original, which he claims is it "trying to sweep the original under the rug as if it didn't happen" and will just confuse people because now when you look at IMDB there's "Ghostbusters (1984)" and "Ghostbusters (2016)"
Sounds like the kind of reasoning you get when you start at "I don't like this" and try to work backwards from there to justify it.
that said I do sort of hate when reboots use the exact same name
not that much though
Yeah, like, it's a valid thing to complain about. But not as a basis for boycotting a movie or refusing to review it or whatever, it's nowhere near that BIG of an issue.
Probably got burned out trying to understand Battlestar Galactica, or Point Break, or Doom, or any other number of properties that have done the exact same thing.
GustavFriend of GoatsSomewhere in the OzarksRegistered Userregular
One of my pedantic things on the radio show is to only ever refer to sequels as their numbers. I'll throw in the subtitle, but otherwise I'll always add the number. Thor 2- Dark World or whatever.
One of my pedantic things on the radio show is to only ever refer to sequels as their numbers. I'll throw in the subtitle, but otherwise I'll always add the number. Thor 2- Dark World or whatever.
That's not a bad thing--after all, there's nothing to indicate the order of the Captain America films since they don't have numbers. I like that they don't have numbers because the movies work fine either as stand-alone films or as part of a larger canon that includes non Cap-focused movies, but if you want to watch the Captain America movies, it's good to know the order. Be weird to watch Civil War and then Winter Soldier.
I do wonder how many people are just earnestly against a new version of Ghostbusters, because I'm sure there are those people
I'm trying to imagine the response to a version of this movie that stars Bill Hader, Jason Sudeikis, Will Forte, and Tim Meadows, and I suspect it would be less negative!
But I don't understand people being way way way into Ghostbusters in general, it seems like a singular inexplicable cult phenomenon
It was a massive hit, it's got a number of beloved comedians, and it has a bunch of technobabble and cool costumes. It's not really that inexplicable that people would gravitate to it the way they have.
I mean, it's a pretty good movie anyways, which helps
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Then again, Spy's trailer did nothing to sell me on it and that movie was really good, so I'm hoping Ghostbusters 2016 can pull it off but I'm not spending money on it without some assurances.
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But then again that's like 80 percent of their output currently.
the problem is, it has the same name as the original, which he claims is it "trying to sweep the original under the rug as if it didn't happen" and will just confuse people because now when you look at IMDB there's "Ghostbusters (1984)" and "Ghostbusters (2016)"
Dates are hard
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The REAL Ghostbusters?
Sounds like the kind of reasoning you get when you start at "I don't like this" and try to work backwards from there to justify it.
that said I do sort of hate when reboots use the exact same name
not that much though
Yeah, like, it's a valid thing to complain about. But not as a basis for boycotting a movie or refusing to review it or whatever, it's nowhere near that BIG of an issue.
the ninth game is called Mortal Kombat
the tenth is Mortal Kombat X
X, the letter
Not X, the roman numeral
Um, I believe it's pronounced "Mortal Kombat Cross"
No, its X
There are multiple interviews with Ed Boon where people call it Ten and he's like "no no, please, X"
the man is just taking a principled stand against our sequel and reboot culture
they don't make true originals like bride of frankenstein and star trek v anymore
(I was doing a joke)
oh if any franchise was gonna do it it should be this one
its still very dumb (mostly in a good way)
That's not a bad thing--after all, there's nothing to indicate the order of the Captain America films since they don't have numbers. I like that they don't have numbers because the movies work fine either as stand-alone films or as part of a larger canon that includes non Cap-focused movies, but if you want to watch the Captain America movies, it's good to know the order. Be weird to watch Civil War and then Winter Soldier.
It was a massive hit, it's got a number of beloved comedians, and it has a bunch of technobabble and cool costumes. It's not really that inexplicable that people would gravitate to it the way they have.
I mean, it's a pretty good movie anyways, which helps