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*CyberCubed* · 04-07-2021, 07:57 PM

Ghostbusters never need to be a "franchise." The first movie wasn't even a kids movie, it was a dark comedy and was fine as a one-off. There's a reason Ghostbusters 2 didn't do as well (besides being written worse) back in the 80's.

The fact that people bring up the kids cartoons or comic spinoffs is irrelevant, every movie in the 80's got spinoffs. (Anyone remember the Rambo cartoon, lol?)

~~Leo656~~ · 04-07-2021, 08:21 PM

You speak as if The Real Ghostbusters cartoon wasn't objectively one of the Top 3 cartoons of its era, at least during the first half of its run before it became The Slimer Show (which was admittedly terrible). Those early seasons consistently rank high on Greatest Cartoons of All-Time lists.

I always cringe when people who have TMNT among their Very Favorite Things try and assess pop culture. It's always a "stones and glass houses" kinda thing.

Stay in your lane, kids.

*IMJ* · 04-07-2021, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Ghostbusters never need to be a "franchise." The first movie wasn't even a kids movie, it was a dark comedy and was fine as a one-off. There's a reason Ghostbusters 2 didn't do as well (besides being written worse) back in the 80's.

The fact that people bring up the kids cartoons or comic spinoffs is irrelevant, every movie in the 80's got spinoffs. (Anyone remember the Rambo cartoon, lol?)

Ghostbusters was a family flick, all the way man. I was absolutely a kid when it came out and every kid I knew loved it. It also went on to become one of the best animated series of the era. It had "franchise" material written all over it.

I liked Ghostbusters II! I was a fan.

*Coola Yagami* · 04-07-2021, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by IMJ

Ghostbusters was a family flick, all the way man. I was absolutely a kid when it came out and every kid I knew loved it. It also went on to become one of the best animated series of the era. It had "franchise" material written all over it.

I liked Ghostbusters II! I was a fan.

Yeah that part where Ray gets a blowjob from a ghost was totally for kids. As was Peter trying to bang Dana all throughout the movie.

~~Leo656~~ · 04-07-2021, 09:43 PM

Everybody except Bill Murray (and snob critics, of course) liked Ghostbusters II until The Internet came along and told everyone that it was terrible because it was "too much like the first one". SOME of us are actually old enough to remember this.

Considering we've had EIGHT movies in the Rocky franchise that all have the same basic plot of "Boxer might lose, then guess what? He wins!", and how we've had like 20 "Fast & Furious" movies that are all some variant of "Something Something Cars Go Fast", I think that "too much like the first one" is some straight-up Bullsh*t Criticism and that The Internet can go f*ck itself. "Ghostbusters II was Bad" is a retcon. Everybody liked that movie, pre-2000. It was constantly on cable for a decade straight. That means it got good ratings, which means people liked it.

As for the "adult" content in the first movie, all the kids my age knew it was stuff we "weren't supposed to see" but we didn't "get it" anyway so nobody's parents made a big deal out of it. And some of it was edited off of regular TV airings, anyway; most kids who saw the first movie after its original theatrical release saw it on it's annual network TV broadcasts, since not everybody had a VCR until somewhere around 1988 or so. Some kids never even saw the "ghost BJ" scene in the movie until they rented it on video years later. The original movie was never a cable or network TV staple to the same degree as it's since become or how Ghostbusters II was in the 90s. The first Ghostbusters movie showing up on TV was an "event" back then, on account of how rare it was. So some kids went years without seeing it, and when they did it was usually a G-rated TV edit. Which always bothered me quite a lot.

By that same token, those same kids were all QUITE pleased with the scene of Dana in her bra in Part II.

By that age we knew what we were looking at!

*Wildcat* · 04-07-2021, 11:10 PM

My posts from 2019.

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Ive heard of the marshmallow man/slime theory. It’s cool but if they didn’t fully get rid of the fluff I’d prefer it splits him into smaller ones. That’d be cute.

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You’re right about the mayor and stuff. Being deemed hazardous would not really make sense. Ya a non-secret government agency...that’s why I said GB:MIP. Not that they’d name it that.

I don’t mind Gozer being the villain again. I hope Stay Puft appears in some way. They should do something with that marshmallow fluff fan theory. Mini-Marshmallow Man or Zombie Stay Puft, where he’s like half melted.

I agree about the article. Even if the originals do not have huge roles they must have significant roles in order to setup the story and interact with the kids/teens.

Like Rick Moranis. He’s not the focus but he played an important part.

The fan theory was that the marshmallow fluff turned into the mood slime. I thought of a mini marshmallow man and I swear I was going to bring up the idea of marshmallow minions recently but I didn’t get around to it.

Oh I wish I had because this freaking blew my mind. I guess it was not that far fetched that nobody else would think of it but seeing it happen is still cool.

I’ve seen some others call it pandering or a gimmick to sell food/toys but here’s why it’s not (even though it will happen).

Having Gozer as the villain it makes sense that his/her powers would have an affect that would bring the marshmallows to life. Like the spirit of Stay Puft returns and takes over the actual food product.

It’s actually very creative. It’s the perfect way to bring him back without being a giant again since the final threat is probably something new.

Plus they’re very cute and I love them

*ZariusTwo* · 06-09-2021, 11:45 AM

*Autbot_Benz* · 06-09-2021, 12:33 PM

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This was a great Vignette The Fact that Ivan Rietman was on set the whole time with his son. Just shows how this is the Ghostbusters Sequel we have been waiting for.

*Andrew NDB* · 06-09-2021, 03:14 PM

Heh, I love it... but let's be clear the point of that video: "Hey doubters... LOOK! Ivan himself was hands on during the whole movie! Jason wasn't flying solo!"

~~Vegita-San~~ · 06-09-2021, 03:16 PM

pretty much. they know the last one screwed up so bad, they are trying real hard to make sure that the fans are back in charge now.

i just hope it's good.

*Wildcat* · 06-09-2021, 11:00 PM

I really do not think that’s the reason for the video or him being there. Regardless of GB’16 I’m sure Ivan would have still accompanied his son for this particular movie.

Unless people want to imply Ivan did more work while Jason was “director”.

*Andrew NDB* · 07-27-2021, 05:07 AM

Finally. New trailer ah... any time now? Today.

*The Deadman* · 07-27-2021, 08:35 AM

*ZariusTwo* · 07-27-2021, 09:04 AM

Also a breakdown from Jason

~~Leo656~~ · 07-27-2021, 09:05 AM

I keep forgetting this is even a thing.

*oldmanwinters* · 07-27-2021, 09:11 AM

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I keep forgetting this is even a thing.

All I wanted was the limited edition Twinkies and Ecto Cooler.

Alas...
https://ghostbustersnews.com/2021/06...ters-twinkies/

~~Vegita-San~~ · 07-27-2021, 09:23 AM

please be good

*Anarchistguy* · 07-27-2021, 09:25 AM

Alright, so this looks promising but it looks like it takes itself a bit too seriously; it lacked the comedy aspect

We shall see

*Autbot_Benz* · 07-27-2021, 10:41 AM

So Far this looks great.

*frank_one* · 07-27-2021, 05:36 PM

Perfect trailer, I'm sold.

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06-09-2021, 03:14 PM	#569
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06-09-2021, 11:00 PM	#571
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07-27-2021, 05:07 AM	#572
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04-07-2021, 07:57 PM	#561
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,887	Ghostbusters never need to be a "franchise." The first movie wasn't even a kids movie, it was a dark comedy and was fine as a one-off. There's a reason Ghostbusters 2 didn't do as well (besides being written worse) back in the 80's. The fact that people bring up the kids cartoons or comic spinoffs is irrelevant, every movie in the 80's got spinoffs. (Anyone remember the Rambo cartoon, lol?)

04-07-2021, 08:21 PM	#562
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	You speak as if The Real Ghostbusters cartoon wasn't objectively one of the Top 3 cartoons of its era, at least during the first half of its run before it became The Slimer Show (which was admittedly terrible). Those early seasons consistently rank high on Greatest Cartoons of All-Time lists. I always cringe when people who have TMNT among their Very Favorite Things try and assess pop culture. It's always a "stones and glass houses" kinda thing. Stay in your lane, kids.

04-07-2021, 09:43 PM	#565
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Everybody except Bill Murray (and snob critics, of course) liked Ghostbusters II until The Internet came along and told everyone that it was terrible because it was "too much like the first one". SOME of us are actually old enough to remember this. Considering we've had EIGHT movies in the Rocky franchise that all have the same basic plot of "Boxer might lose, then guess what? He wins!", and how we've had like 20 "Fast & Furious" movies that are all some variant of "Something Something Cars Go Fast", I think that "too much like the first one" is some straight-up Bullsht Criticism and that The Internet can go fck itself. "Ghostbusters II was Bad" is a retcon. Everybody liked that movie, pre-2000. It was constantly on cable for a decade straight. That means it got good ratings, which means people liked it. As for the "adult" content in the first movie, all the kids my age knew it was stuff we "weren't supposed to see" but we didn't "get it" anyway so nobody's parents made a big deal out of it. And some of it was edited off of regular TV airings, anyway; most kids who saw the first movie after its original theatrical release saw it on it's annual network TV broadcasts, since not everybody had a VCR until somewhere around 1988 or so. Some kids never even saw the "ghost BJ" scene in the movie until they rented it on video years later. The original movie was never a cable or network TV staple to the same degree as it's since become or how Ghostbusters II was in the 90s. The first Ghostbusters movie showing up on TV was an "event" back then, on account of how rare it was. So some kids went years without seeing it, and when they did it was usually a G-rated TV edit. Which always bothered me quite a lot. By that same token, those same kids were all QUITE pleased with the scene of Dana in her bra in Part II. By that age we knew what we were looking at!

06-09-2021, 03:16 PM	#570
~~Vegita-San~~ Banned Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 6,089	pretty much. they know the last one screwed up so bad, they are trying real hard to make sure that the fans are back in charge now. i just hope it's good.

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07-27-2021, 09:05 AM	#575
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	I keep forgetting this is even a thing.

07-27-2021, 09:23 AM	#577
~~Vegita-San~~ Banned Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 6,089	please be good

07-27-2021, 09:25 AM	#578
Anarchistguy Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Canada (This country is too peaceful, Something's up...) Posts: 2,137	Alright, so this looks promising but it looks like it takes itself a bit too seriously; it lacked the comedy aspect We shall see __________________ M.D.K. Maim! Destroy! Kill!!! "When my time comes, I wanna be buried face down, so those who don't like me can kiss my ass!" Last edited by Anarchistguy; 07-27-2021 at 05:21 PM.

07-27-2021, 10:41 AM	#579
Autbot_Benz Hellblazer Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Ventura California Posts: 9,193	So Far this looks great. __________________ I respect what FW cartoon did for the turtles franchise but it is the most overrated and hard to watch of the 3 turtles cartoons.

07-27-2021, 05:36 PM	#580
frank_one Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southern Europe Posts: 2,254	Perfect trailer, I'm sold.