The Ghostbusters Thread (Old, New, Animated, Whatever)

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According to Hollywood Reporter, domestically it made about $46 million, while internationally it made about $19.1 million, so $65.1 million in total. THR also has a lengthy analysis on why this does not bode well for Sony trying to make this into a franchise.

"The more I ponder it, the worse this scenario plays out. Curiosity played a big factor in the $46 million debut and, as such, I doubt it will hold like a typical Feig comedy. In fact, I think it's going to drop big time when Star Trek Beyond and Ice Age: Collision Course open next week," says box-office analyst Jeff Bock.

"I know Sony is crowing about it being a great opening for a comedy, but the entire Ghostbusters legacy is what's at stake here, and it's not looking good. This was supposed to be a blockbuster," he continues. "Sony definitively did not launch a franchise, and seemingly they might be the only ones that don't know it. I know it's been a tough road for them, and I feel for them."

The article does make a slight diversion about how most of the criticism leveled at the movie being from "some outspoken male fans" but does go on to mention...



Also, just some (not so kind) from women who absolutely hated Sony's latest dumpster fire...

https://youtube.com/watch?v=XJ0_Ke1-mYA
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Sn_vAcFGTJU
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It's always really nice to see people use logic online
 
Apparently Leslie Jones has decided to quit Twitter for good (so we'll probably see her next week) because of the trolling she received.

Having not watched the movie, I'm surprised Leslie Jones received as much negative backlash as she did. I thought McKinnon was outed as the worst actor there for trying to be a female Jim Carrey/Adam Sandler, whereas Leslie was merely a walking stereotype.
 
That Chris Guy dijo:
Apparently Leslie Jones has decided to quit Twitter for good (so we'll probably see her next week) because of the trolling she received.

Having not watched the movie, I'm surprised Leslie Jones received as much negative backlash as she did. I thought McKinnon was outed as the worst actor there for trying to be a female Jim Carrey/Adam Sandler, whereas Leslie was merely a walking stereotype.
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If I remember right, people were making jokes about how "hurr hurr she looks like a gorilla" basically since the cast was publicly revealed.

Honestly I have a feeling that this recent Twitter shitposting may have already been somewhat constant and some guy at Sony told Leslie to start publicly reacting to these posts in an attempt to make the flop movie more relevant and boost sales.

But I hope that it's just that Leslie's a nut cuz this is some funny shit if it's all real.
 
That Chris Guy dijo:
Apparently Leslie Jones has decided to quit Twitter for good (so we'll probably see her next week) because of the trolling she received.

Having not watched the movie, I'm surprised Leslie Jones received as much negative backlash as she did. I thought McKinnon was outed as the worst actor there for trying to be a female Jim Carrey/Adam Sandler, whereas Leslie was merely a walking stereotype.
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The reason she got so much backlash is because she responded to every single tweet a troll would tag her in. She kept giving them attention, so every troll on Twitter got in on it.
 
So, when the fuck are we going to watch this on Movie Night? A copy of it should be floating around by now.
 
Since my my gaming group and I weren't able to play on Sunday, two of them invited me to see the film with them (we needed something to do). I will admit the film was better than I thought it would be, but still only fair. Although Kevin is hot and while I enjoyed his himbo personality at first, he started to get into "too stupid to live territory" and it got annoying. One thing I think it has over the original is the variety of ghost-busting weapons like grenades, duel pistols and gloves for close-range combat.
 
Yaoi Huntress Earth dijo:
Since my my gaming group and I weren't able to play on Sunday, two of them invited me to see the film with them (we needed something to do). I will admit the film was better than I thought it would be, but still only fair. Although Kevin is hot and while I enjoyed his himbo personality at first, he started to get into "too stupid to live territory" and it got annoying. One thing I think it has over the original is the variety of ghost-busting weapons like grenades, duel pistols and gloves for close-range combat.
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How do the grenades help them catch ghosts? It just seems like dumb shit put in to make it an action movie when the original was incredibly light on the action.

Chris Evans is a funny talented guy, a one note himbo is fucking lame.
 
The IDW series has used proton grenades before, and it might have been in one of the cartoons too. If I recall, the idea was that it can temporarily stun ghosts and weaken ectoplasm barriers (ie something like the slime wall in the second movie).
 
I've heard that the movie was mostly comedic(in that it had the four mostly bumbling their way through the ghost encounters), and then suddenly at the climax they had an action scene were they suddenly can take tons of ghosts on at once, no problem.
 
That Chris Guy dijo:
Apparently Leslie Jones has decided to quit Twitter for good (so we'll probably see her next week) because of the trolling she received.
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You know, I briefly thought that the reason for that is that deep down inside, she knows that her beef with Milo makes HIM a martyr and her an idiot, but I think she lacks the self-awareness to actually make that click.
 
GabeRegan dijo:
The IDW series has used proton grenades before, and it might have been in one of the cartoons too. If I recall, the idea was that it can temporarily stun ghosts and weaken ectoplasm barriers (ie something like the slime wall in the second movie).
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Say, are the IDW GB comics any good?
 
Okay, since people seem interested in the IDW comics I'll give a quick run down.
From 2008 to 2011 IDW published two limited series and a series of one shots, as well as some tie in stuff to other licensed comics they were publishing. I personally have only read the two limited series, "The Other Side" and "Displaced Aggression". Fair warning, these two series might be off putting if your only experience with the franchise are the original films. If you watched either of the cartoons you might be more open to them.
"The Other Side" involves a plot of mobster ghosts smuggling ghosts out of Purgatory, and has the Ghostbusters temporarily killed by a ghost mob hit. I personally enjoyed the story, but it does deviate from what you would have seen in the films I think.
"Displaced Aggression" is about Gozer's father showing up and banishing the Ghostbusters across time and space. While it's interesting to see how each individual deals with being displaced (Venkman ends up in the Wild West, Ray in Camelot, and Egon ending up in the future), it feels more like something you would have seen in The Real Ghostbusters rather than the film series.
If these series don't appeal to you, don't worry you don't have to read them to follow the main ongoing.

The main ongoing series started in 2011, and for the purpose of backstory, the comics regard both films and Ghostbusters: The Videogame as canon (although I believe a sliding timescale is in effect). This run is more faithful to the films in tone, and I can easily recommend them anyone interested in reading them. The books I recommend are:
- Volume 1, 16 issues that ran from 2011 to 2012
- Volume 2, original called New Ghostbusters, 20 issues that ran from 2013 to 2014
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters, 4 issues that ran from 2014-2015
- Ghostbusters Get Real, a 4 issue crossover between the IDW series and the Real Ghostbusters that ran in 2015
- Ghostbusters International, the current ongoing that started this year

IDW has the license to the Ninja Turtles which is why they did the crossover but you don't need to have read any of that series to understand what's going on.
 
Ghostbusters 2016 reminds me of Sahara, in a way, a 2005 movie starring Matthew McConaughey and Steve Zahn. It performed reasonably well for a summertime action movie (though it was released in April), releasing #1 at the box office (at $18 million, admittedly far lower than Ghostbusters did) and went on to gross $119 million in domestic and foreign box office receipts. Unfortunately, the movie was not designed as a summertime action movie with an implausible plot (which it was, admittedly) but rather as an epic adventure based on a Clive Cussler novel with a budget of $130 million.

That's the same problem as Ghostbusters, it's performing like a summer comedy movie when it should be a big-budget blockbuster. With combined foreign and domestic box office receipts, it has barely made back half of its production values, not to mention the big merchandising push.
 
Xarpho dijo:
Ghostbusters 2016 reminds me of Sahara, in a way, a 2005 movie starring Matthew McConaughey and Steve Zahn.
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I've read most of Cussler's books (including Sahara) and was very disappointed in this movie adaptation. Acting was fine, but the movie just fell flat. They did Raise the Titanic back in the 80's and that was far more fun.

Why is Leslie Dogg thanking her supporters? She was the one bringing the harassment on herself by responding!
 
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