Ghostbusters Reboot/3

I can see Gillian Anderson playing The Egon. That would be cool. (I only know her from X-Files.)

Aubrey Plaza for Fem!Egon, please.

I'd like Tina Fey as Fem!Ray.

Oh gods no. No to and . The first mistake this entire reboot can make is having Fem!Egon or Fem!Venkman and etc. Don't put these new characters in the same archetypes! They need to have their own identities and ways of interacting with each other.

I don't think they're literally going to genderflip the characters and call it a day (Patricia Venkmen, Rose Stantz, Ellie Spengler and Winnie Zeddemore )

But I do think the new characters will fit roughly into the same roles. A snarky one, a nerdy one, etc. If only so they can say, "Yes, this is still Ghostbusters."

Hmm...what actress can pull off Bill Murrayesque snark the best?

Because of someone mentioning Tina Fey, I can't help but think of Amy Poehler to fill Murray's role. Not sure if she does the snark well or not, though.

edited 25th Oct '14 2:26:16 PM by Quag15

I'd like if they could sneak in either Aubrey Plaza or Kat Dennings in there.

edited 25th Oct '14 3:09:27 PM by Schitzo

And I think the instant issue is that their entire performance will be put up to bar against the original cast. And the movie will entirely be judged on just that and will fail and probably be worse the Ghostbuster 2 if that happens. If they make them all completely different and try something new, we can avoid that issue entirely and they no longer can be directly compared to the original cast.

Are we implying that ghostbusters 2 was bad?

So Bad, It's Good.

Am i the only one who legitimately liked it, then? (this is the first i'm hearing of this. It wasn't as good as the first, but still quite good).

Ghostbusters 2 is just terrible.

I've come across a few people who like it, but I can't stand it.

edited 27th Oct '14 7:58:23 AM by PurpleDalek

To be fair, if it had been a movie on its own instead of a sequel to a much better movie, maybe we would be talking about it today in somewhat fond 'ah that crazy movie everyone just kinda forgot' tones now. But yeah, even so, it's crappy and yet endearing enough to count as SBIG.

edited 27th Oct '14 8:00:59 AM by NapoleonDeCheese

True, the fact that it's a sequel is Ghostbusters 2's biggest flaw. The script is, beat for beat, almost exactly the same as the first film except not as funny. It gets tedious fast.

While definitely not as good as the original, I thought Ghostbusters II is still a good film. Especially until about the halfway point, after which it does become a retread of the first movie.

I thought it made a lot more sense than the first one (in terms of being about actual ghosts and not Sumerian gods, the whole "river of slime" thing feeding off the negative zeitgeist of cranky old New York), Vigo was a more fitting villain, and the art historian that he took as his servant was a brilliant Large Ham, or the hamminess of the judge at their trial. Only thing i didn't like was the focus on the baby.

Could possibly be because i saw the second one first out of the two (caught it as a random "Saturday afternoon movie" on a local channel once)

Well of course you wouldn't like it. The only thing the Daleks think is good is hatred.

edited 27th Oct '14 1:03:18 PM by Eagal

Ghostbusters 2 wasn't well received but my point still stands.

edited 27th Oct '14 5:43:12 PM by lancesolous13

Ghostbusters wasn't well received? You getting the first and the second one mixed up there?

It's funny, I bought the 30th Anniversary Blu-Ray release of 1 and 2, which came with an insert written by Ivan Reitman. He said mostly that the first time the cast was in their Ghostbuster uniforms on a New York street and he started to realize just how unique and powerful that image was, knowing the movie was going to be huge. His last note is basically saying that a lot of things have been said about Ghostbusters 2, but he stood by the movie and feels there is still a lot of worth in it to check out.

Ghostbusters 2 was, structurally, very similar to the first film and that is what really knocks it down. But the structure of the original Ghostbusters is not a bad thing to recycle, and there are plenty of original elements to let it stand on its own. The haunted painting, the dancing toaster and the river of slime manage to create their own impression.

edited 27th Oct '14 5:34:44 PM by KJMackley

Sorry. My keyboard sticks sometimes.

Ok cool. That is a bit more clear. I did like GB II personally but compared to the first it just isn't as good.

I've never understood the antipathy towards Ghostbusters 2.

It's just... not very good.