New Ghostbusters movie in OG movie universe Jason Reitman directing 2020

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

New release date June 11, 2021

Not anymore! Now November 11th.

Disgusting. Truly disgusting.

https://www.darkhorizons.com/bond-un...s-all-delayed/

[Autbot_Benz]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Not anymore! Now November 11th.

Disgusting. Truly disgusting.

https://www.darkhorizons.com/bond-un...s-all-delayed/

ugh this is starting to piss me off

[Wildcat]

In a general a fall release would be nice to go with Halloween but I don’t think they know what to do. I’m assuming they’re just going wait til next year. I guess it shows they care about giving it the best date possible but the only other option is releasing it On Demand plus theaters.

I would get it On Demand. I could watch more than once.

On a side note there’s gonna be Ghostbusters Twinkies and a new cereal.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Wildcat

In a general a fall release would be nice to go with Halloween but I don’t think they know what to do. I’m assuming they’re just going wait til next year. I guess it shows they care about giving it the best date possible but the only other option is releasing it On Demand plus theaters.

I would get it On Demand. I could watch more than once.

On a side note there’s gonna be Ghostbusters Twinkies and a new cereal.

I don't know, I have mixed feelings. I feel like this one of those where the build up is an hour long and the Ghostbusters will only show up proper like maybe the last half hour or so.

Like it will be a feel-good nostalgia moment, there will be high-fives all around and the theater will cheer, but when all is said and down you'll look back and be like '..... they were only on screen for like 15 minutes... like Murray only got 2 lines'.

[sdp]

Only old people care about ghostbusters, this thing was going to fail regardless of covid, only now fans will have an excuse to blame the failure.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by sdp

Only old people care about ghostbusters, this thing was going to fail regardless of covid, only now fans will have an excuse to blame the failure.

If only 'old people' care about Ghostbusters, why bother making this then?

[sdp]

The studio wants to have an evergreen badly and nostalgia is at an all time profitable and no one wants to miss out on it. But not everything is a hit and I think ghostbusters was a product of it's time and like he-man only appeals to s certain demographic nowadays. Maybe I'm completely wrong, time will tell.

[TurtleTitan97]

Originally Posted by sdp

Only old people care about ghostbusters

That's the most absurd thing I've ever heard.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by TurtleTitan97

That's the most absurd thing I've ever heard.

I'm an "old person" and outside the original film and to a lesser extent the sequel (which was ok), I never cared much for the franchise beyond that.

The only reason the original film was a success was it was an 80's comedy with Bill Murray, there was nothing really special about the concept otherwise. All the cartoons/comics/whatever that came after I couldn't care less about.

[frank_one]

Originally Posted by sdp

Only old people care about ghostbusters

Probably true. I guess most kids don't even know the old movies and if they happen to watch them they probably can't really appreciate them. It's stuff so far from their taste, those movies belong to a whole different generation. Only people in their 30s or 40s care for Ghostbusters, let's deal with it. Sony knows it and that's why they cast that kid from Stranger Things and other youngsters. They desperately want young people to care about Ghostbusters.

[Autbot_Benz]

Originally Posted by sdp

Only old people care about ghostbusters, this thing was going to fail regardless of covid, only now fans will have an excuse to blame the failure.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by frank_one

Probably true. I guess most kids don't even know the old movies and if they happen to watch them they probably can't really appreciate them. It's stuff so far from their taste, those movies belong to a whole different generation. Only people in their 30s or 40s care for Ghostbusters, let's deal with it. Sony knows it and that's why they cast that kid from Stranger Things and other youngsters. They desperately want young people to care about Ghostbusters.

Even when I was a kid, I think I saw the first Ghostbuster film somewhere in the early 90's for the first time...and even back THEN I thought the movie seemed dated and a lot of the adult humor in it flew over my head as a kid.

It took until I was an adult that I rewatched it and was able to appreciate all the humor and dialogue that flew over my head when I was a kid. Ghostbusters definitely doesn't feel "hip" enough for kids these days. It's a very 80's franchise and seeing a bunch of 35-40 year old adults capture ghosts in a vaccume isn't going be that interesting without 80's era Bill Murray.

There's a reason the franchise died off by the early 90's. It felt old back then.

[Powder]

Unpopular opinions are sometimes good opinions. I agree with sdp & Cubed. Looking forward to this all the same but yeah.

[Wildcat]

“Ghostbusters was only good because of the cast/it was a dumb idea” - is one my most hated criticisms...ever.

It has not grown into a bigger movie series because the 1 guy everyone praises never wanted to do anymore and kept everyone else from it too. Until the rights supposedly reached a limit or whatever happened. Who knows.

Saying the idea is too dumb to carry on is just wrong. You’re not obligated to be a fan but the same can be said about all of our favorite franchises. How is ghostbusting anymore “dumb” than [Fill in the Blank]?

Paranormal investigation is an actual thing. You do not have to believe in ghosts but it’s a real subject. Same with UFOs/aliens yet people don’t say alien movies are a dumb idea however fantastical some are.

I’m glad the original members returned (I wish Harold Ramis could have played Egon in a storyline where he was still alive) but getting a new generation of Ghostbusters is pretty much exactly what I wanted. I hope this finally allows for things to expand somehow.

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

I don't know, I have mixed feelings. I feel like this one of those where the build up is an hour long and the Ghostbusters will only show up proper like maybe the last half hour or so.

Like it will be a feel-good nostalgia moment, there will be high-fives all around and the theater will cheer, but when all is said and down you'll look back and be like '..... they were only on screen for like 15 minutes... like Murray only got 2 lines'.

I think they will have more than a few lines or 15 minutes. The kids need to learn more about Egon and they’ll probably help defeat the villain too. I’m sure they’ll suit up and fight. Even if just at the end.

[Andrew NDB]

What's surprising to me is how top secret they were able to keep the shoot, for the most part. There was some early stuff with the car being leaked, but that was it.

[Wildcat]

The fight scenes could have been done on a soundstage with cgi for the environment. There’s many times something is cgi and people don’t realize it.

Is it that surprising? Are there that many onset leaks happening? I don’t know. We didn’t see anything significant during the reboot’s production. Just pics they purposely showed.

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by TurtleTitan97

That's the most absurd thing I've ever heard.

sdp is like, "Bad Opinions: The Guy." He's like CyberCubed without the whimsy or sly self-awareness or the ability to be occasionally entertaining. Just nonstop cringey "hot takes" repeated ad nauseum. Sometimes I think they're copying Cubed's gimmick and trying to do some kind of absurdist "performance art" with their posts, but if so they're nowhere near as good or effective at it.

Besides, this place only needs one Village Idiot, and Cubed has all but sworn to remain in his forum position until the day he up and dies.

Originally Posted by sdp

Maybe I'm completely wrong

It's a day that ends in Y, so... probably.
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I truly, sincerely feel a deep sadness for people who either missed out on or "don't get" the truly great 1980s properties like Ghostbusters or He-Man, whereas they're all-in on something like TMNT, which is objectively the absolute dumbest of the major 80s "hit" franchises. Not THE dumbest, mind you; there's plenty of dumb stuff that came out of the 80s... just the dumbest one to actually become popular. I mean it's an execrable premise that's been done well in like, two of its 20 different incarnations. Mostly because it only "works" when it's either played Really Straight or REALLY Dumb, and nobody cares enough to do the former and the latter is OVERdone to the point of exhaustion.

I say this "out of love", and all that, but c'mon. TMNT is f*cking DUMB. It doesn't HAVE to be, but it absolutely is, generally speaking.

And yet some people "don't get" Ghostbusters or He-Man. Like seriously, my soul weeps for these people. TMNT fans, of all people, have no room to throw shade at other popular 80s franchises when their object of obsession is more or less a bad joke that goes on way too long without a punchline.

All the "Cool Kids" back then liked Ghostbusters. TMNT was more the obsession of the kids who got picked last in kickball. Juuuuuust sayin'.

Again, "spoken out of (tough) love." I'm a TMNT fan. But it's stupid. I'd never try and say TMNT was "cool" or even "good" while simultaneously saying bad things about other stuff from back then. It's simply not a defensible position.

...Not that EVER playing the "My Nerd Franchise is better than your Nerd Franchise" game is a defensible position in the first place, mind you. I'm just saying, it sounds especially dumb coming from anyone on a TMNT forum, considering that TMNT is, just... SO very and provably silly and dumb.

"Ghostbusters is dumb. He-Man is dumb. But those pizza turtles who talk like Bill and Ted? SOOOOOO COOOOL, man!" C'mon. No. Just no. It shouldn't be a contest, but if it IS, your side loses handily via the sheer vapidity of the bulk of the material. So don't make it a contest.

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by Leo656

All the "Cool Kids" back then liked Ghostbusters. TMNT was more the obsession of the kids who got picked last in kickball. Juuuuuust sayin'

Not kickball specifically....but football/soccer, 'cause they knew I was the worst goal keeper ever

[Leo656]

I was Captain of my 6th and 7th Grade Championship Kickball AND Dodgeball teams. I got trophies and everything. Stuff like that matters a LOT when your Midlife Crisis is threatening to become full-blown any day now!

And don't worry about it, Zar. Over Here, if you'd been any GOOD at soccer (or... siiiigh... "football", as you'd call it) you'd be a huge nerd and nobody'd like you. Over here NOT being good at soccer is a virtue worth Big Points! If you had the foresight back then, you could have told your compatriots that you simply weren't good at it because you were 1/4 American. Of course, they might have picked on you even MORE for that, but it would explain away the lack of goalie skills. Six of one, amIrite?!

It's okay anyway, man. You got spunk. And chutzpah. And a certain... je ne sais quoi (whatever THAT means ).

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Leo656

I was Captain of my 6th and 7th Grade Championship Kickball AND Dodgeball teams. I got trophies and everything. Stuff like that matters a LOT when your Midlife Crisis is threatening to become full-blown any day now!

And don't worry about it, Zar. Over Here, if you'd been any GOOD at soccer (or... siiiigh... "football", as you'd call it) you'd be a huge nerd and nobody'd like you. Over here NOT being good at soccer is a virtue worth Big Points! If you had the foresight back then, you could have told your compatriots that you simply weren't good at it because you were 1/4 American. Of course, they might have picked on you even MORE for that, but it would explain away the lack of goalie skills. Six of one, amIrite?!

It's okay anyway, man. You got spunk. And chutzpah. And a certain... je ne sais quoi (whatever THAT means ).

Lmao ironically a certain je ne sais quoi literally means a certain I don't know what, but it sounds cooler cause it's french.