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Sigourney Weaver, Bill Murray, and Dan Aykroyd to Return for Ghostbusters Sequel
- Thread starter Wingfan19
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I wanted the reboot to be good to spite the online worms hate campaign.
It was absolute fucking garbage though unfortunately.
I'd rather watch GBII on a loop for a week than sit through that painfully unfunny excuse for a 'comedy' again. (The hyperbole over how bad GBII is is pretty crazy.)
Me either. I'm one of those weirdo that enjoyed it more than the first :/
It's on par for me. Possibly GB1 a little ahead.
Even 2016 wasn't that bad if you treated it as something outside the original films and didn't compare it to them.
I have such a good feeling about this 2020 film, so long as it isn't just Stranger Things with old Ghostbusters in it.
Your own hyperbole is pretty crazy.
ATC's downfall is they spent way too much money on it for how borderline niche Ghostbusters is. If that film cost forty million, it'd have had a sequel by now. Ghostbusters is not a big enough property to support a mega blockbuster budget.
I haven't forgiven him for what he did to Lorenzo Music.
This is gonna be a new template to follow
1. Reboot old ass franchise nobody cares about anymore
2. Make it more diverse and inclusive
3. Enrage Anti-SJW manbabies
4. Unboot it with the original cast
Can't wait for Blues Sisters starring Emma Stone and Margot Robbie
1. Reboot old ass franchise nobody cares about anymore
2. Make it more diverse and inclusive
3. Enrage Anti-SJW manbabies
4. Unboot it with the original cast
Can't wait for Blues Sisters starring Emma Stone and Margot Robbie
Keep burning?
There has been one movie in the 30 years since Ghostbusters 2. Ghostbusters Answer the Call was decently reviewed and made a modest amount of money it's just a shame they massively overspent on the budget.
I like ATC a lot.
ATC's issue was that it was a full reboot Paul Feig comedy that was more interested in being a Paul Feig comedy than being a Ghostbusters movie. It had a loose script and relied far too much on the ad-libbing talents of it's cast.
ATC is a fun diversion, but it was entirely the wrong direction for the Ghostbusters franchise from the ground-up.
A proper Ghostbusters film of similar quality to the first two could potentially support a mega blockbuster budget... but it doesn't need to warrant such a budget. The direction of the new movie seems entirely sensible.
Emma Stone was lined up for the first try at Younger Ghostbusters.
We needed a man who could play a yuppie style pick in every movie for the next 20 years
For real. I avoided GB2 for the longest time thanks to its stigma. When I finally watched it on a whim, I found myself scratching my head, because, well... it was more Ghostbusters, which was exactly what I wanted from a Ghostbusters sequel.
I figure the plot of the movie is they're gonna encounter Egon's ghost and have to help him. :)
The "my dad says you guys are full of crap" line got me, haha.
Ok so Winston's on stage, there's no way he isn't in the movie. I just hate how Ernie Hudson is treated as an afterthought in reporting/promotion :(
The downfall was a director who allowed his actors to ad-lib much of the film, and then used that footage. Spending less money wouldn't have saved the film from being a pile of crap.
To be the antagonist they fight?
I hope at least someone in the media asks some tough questions to Bill Murray if he does any press for this.
What? Do you not remember what I was originally replaying to that you quoted?
People don't care about the franchise as much as they care about the actors and characters they play.
People don't fucking care that Rocky V exists, people love Rocky. His relationship with Adonis made him a better character and that made people like Adonis as well.
No one fucking cares that Ghostbusters II is derivative. The actors work well together.
When will the people handling legacy IP realize this?
Look, they had a feud. It's unfortunate but at least they reconciled.
Yeah it's weird how he always gets pushed to the side. Hopefully he is in the new movie or at least asked to be in it.
getting Ernie for a new Ghostbusters isn't exactly a hard feat to accomplish.
Because he was just a guy. The original plan was to have Eddie Murphy in the role and I would love to pop my head into that alternate timeline.
Oh I know, I'm a big fan. That would have been....... something for sure, not sure if it would have been better though.
Not a good reason to sideline him though. Winston was an awesome addition to the team. Also Ernie is a great actor and held his own when being thrown in with those big names, he's very a underrated actor imo.
I'm kind of on both sides of the fence for Hudson. On one side, I completely get why he was disappointed that his role was actively reduced during production. On the other side, I understand that an ensamble of comedic talent would alter the role for the introduction of a character actor.
Purely a case of "it's not as good as the first and therefore shouldn't exist." Also, it retreads the first movie and therefore is an unoriginal piece of shit.
I've always enjoyed it, and I think Vigo the Carpathian is more iconic than Gozer.
I'm relieved that I remembered the story above correctly.
Since the dumb "don't forgive Bill Murray" comments have continued, here is some more context from this story:
Perhaps they can recycle the original concept for Egon from Extreme Ghostbusters. He is the ambassador for the ghost world. Make him a CGI ghost that acts as a bridge between the living and the dead. Pull a Marlon Brando from Superman Returns.
It's what I had always visioned as being the solutions to getting Bill Murray back for a sequel— make him into a CGI zombie that decays throughout the film as a visual gag.
I love Ghostbusters 2. I actually enjoy it more than the original, although I definitely love the original. I was 9 when GB2 came out, and I still remember the hype building up to it. I bought the trading cards, and was a huge fan of the cartoon as well, so I was practically bouncing up and down with anticipation for it. And it didn't disappoint. Even rewatching it now, as an adult, I still love the movie. Maybe even more now. Peter McNichols was so good, and I even thought Murray was hilarious in it. His tired, phoned in demeanor worked perfectly with where Venkman's character was at in the story. Rick Moranis was also hilarious, and still cracks me up. Viggo was great, and as a 9 year old, there were some legit scary moments in the movie. The river of slime photo scene, the train tunnel, some good stuff. And the music was fantastic. Such a late 80's movie. I love it, and still rewatch it at least once a year.
Same here. It wasn't quite as good as GB1 but it was still pretty great IMO. (He is Viggo!)
As for Ernie he's been in a ton of TV shows mostly as supporting characters. Recently he was in Grace and Frankie (netflix) with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin.