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Their faces say it all. Movies gonna be dhhhuuuurrrrr. Especially with what looks like Saturday Night live style actors.
I saw Ghost Busters for the first time earlier this year. Kinda Meh movie, but I was born in 94 and saw Batman and Robin like 8 times at the movies because I loved it for some reason. Definitely giving this movie a miss.
You know that the original Ghostbusters (first three) had two Not Ready For Prime Time Players too? (Akroyd, Murray).
The first one was a campy classic though. i don't think you can remake that magic (they couldn't for Ghostbusters II) and not seeing why you should try.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
BeAfraid wrote: The Original Ghostbusters remains one of the Movie Greats of all times:
It is one of the ONLY Science verses Religion films were SCIENCE WINS!
The Characters did not have to go find some spooky amulet, talisman, or tome to banish Gozer, Zul, and Vince Clortho. They used technology, created by Science, and capable of being used by anyone with a little bit of training to take down the bad-guy.
They did not have to "accept" some half-baked inspiration of how maybe their Sciences are not up to the task, and that the so-called "Supernatural" works by rules that are knowable and consistent, just like the rest of our universe.
In other words: There is nothing "super" about the "Supernatural," it is just another extension of the natural world, which requires tools and technologies to work with (just like one needs a microscope or atom smasher to work with the very small, or a telescope (Visual or Radio) to work with the very large.
And. . . I will BET ALMOST ANYTHING that they screw this up with the sequel.
MB
Err... what? I think you're taking the film far too seriously. It's a sci-fi film... which means that anything in it is related to some sort of pseudo science. It doesn't set up any kind of fight between religion and science. I genuinely think that you're looking at it with some confirmation bias, you're seeing what you want to see.
Apparently you did not watch the video.
I am not the one who made that observation.
The FIRST to make it was the Sci-Fi Author David Brin.
Which was then picked up on by several movie critics, this one making a video of the concept.
But the sources supporting the argument are very well documented, and the producers have confirmed a lot of the meta-analysis.
kronk wrote: I'll wait for the trailers, but I'm not a Melissa McCarthy fan at all. She's on 14:59 of her 15 minutes of fame, I'm hoping...
Ditto.
As for David Brin, I liked the Postman novel but then he went and let dances with bad movies ruin it; the highlight of that movie was Tom Petty.
Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do
kronk wrote: I'll wait for the trailers, but I'm not a Melissa McCarthy fan at all. She's on 14:59 of her 15 minutes of fame, I'm hoping...
Agreed.
It's not the female cast that puts me off so much as this female cast. And if Hemsworth's role is what it appears to be...it's probably not an approach to the material that I'm gonna dig either.
The real problem with Ghostbusters is that any sequels or reboots were ever made. The original film as a standalone story is a near perfect comedy.
kronk wrote: I'll wait for the trailers, but I'm not a Melissa McCarthy fan at all. She's on 14:59 of her 15 minutes of fame, I'm hoping...
Ditto. Can't stand her.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
All I'm gonna say is that I would have emphatically agreed with all of the people crapping on Melissa McCarthy, right up until I saw Spy. It was legitimately hilarious, and in turn, gave me hope for this as well.
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Ouze wrote: All I'm gonna say is that I would have emphatically agreed with all of the people crapping on Melissa McCarthy, right up until I saw Spy. It was legitimately hilarious, and in turn, gave me hope for this as well.
She's been in enough crap that, despite the positive things I've heard about it, I have no interest in seeing anything with her in it. To be fair, I didn't think she was funny at all in Bridesmaids, but I did quite enjoy Wiig in it.
If they had to go with 4 women (which I still don't understand), I'd have selected from this list:
Chelsea Peretti
Wanda Sykes
Sarah Silverman
Mindy Kaling
Margaret Cho
Amy Schurmer
Kristin Schaal
Personally, I'd have rather seen any of this group vs. what they brought to the table.
I'd have more preferred a mixed gender cast instead of this....
Ouze wrote: All I'm gonna say is that I would have emphatically agreed with all of the people crapping on Melissa McCarthy, right up until I saw Spy. It was legitimately hilarious, and in turn, gave me hope for this as well.
She has her moments but she's a one-trick pony and we keep getting slammed in the face by that trick with all of the movies she's been in recently.
@cinceydooley
I agree but the downside of most of those ladies is the movie would not be PG at all.
Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Maybe the script sucks and that's why they couldn't find better actresses to take the roles.
Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do
Ouze wrote: All I'm gonna say is that I would have emphatically agreed with all of the people crapping on Melissa McCarthy, right up until I saw Spy. It was legitimately hilarious, and in turn, gave me hope for this as well.
Nope! You tricked me into watching Gigli and Battlefield Earth! Worst weekend ever!
I think Shumer can be really funny when she's not doing the "I'm a woman that's not afraid to say 'pussy' schtick."
Don't know why she's getting credit for that, as there have been a ton of comediennes unafraid regarding language in the past (Sandra Bernhard, Lisa Lampinelli, Sarah Silverman...)
mmm tickets to Alamo for Trainwreck Saturday (wife didn't want to see the Creature From the Black Lagoon special sadly). Jack Daniels, intensely pepperoni pizza, and real butter popcorn, here I come!
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
I don't understand complaints about the original all male cast, or all female cast, being a problem, that's what guys are like at university or when they set up some project together. Guys like their boys clubs. I know diversity is great and all to depict but men and women like their all boys or all girls clubs.
Howard A Treesong wrote: I don't understand complaints about the original all male cast, or all female cast, being a problem, that's what guys are like at university or when they set up some project together. Guys like their boys clubs. I know diversity is great and all to depict but men and women like their all boys or all girls clubs.
I don't care a twist for all boys or all girls. I just wanted full frontal and I'm not getting it.
Howard A Treesong wrote: I don't understand complaints about the original all male cast, or all female cast, being a problem, that's what guys are like at university or when they set up some project together. Guys like their boys clubs. I know diversity is great and all to depict but men and women like their all boys or all girls clubs.
I don't care a twist for all boys or all girls. I just wanted full frontal and I'm not getting it.
Remember the original's full frontal before you wish for that.
Spoiler:
Who do they have playing THAT role?
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Orkeosaurus wrote:Star Trek also said we'd have X-Wings by now. We all see how that prediction turned out.
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