Overlording the Underworld
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It's not wrong. In any case where they can pull it off, they should definitely do so. I just hope they pick good teams to do the movies so we get good films as opposed to trash that belonged going straight to DVD and quickly forgotten.
...holy crap, they're actually making this. I love the concept but figured it'd be in Development Hell forever. If they're casting and setting release dates, they're serious.
The Mighty Thor answering the phone is going to be glorious.
edited 11th Jun '15 7:09:03 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Not That There's Anything Wrong with That.
edited 12th Jun '15 2:49:14 AM by TheHandle
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.Between this and Mad Max, we've been seeing a pretty steady female-driven resurgence of old, popular films. It just clicked with me why that is: because Jurassic World finally came out.
- God creates dinosaurs.
- God destroys dinosaurs.
- God creates man.
- Man destroys God.
- Man creates dinosaurs.
- Dinosaurs eat man.
- Woman inherits the Earth.
Fury Road and the Ghostbusters Reboot are fulfilling the prophetic words reinvoked by the existence of a JP sequel.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.So I've just watched the original films.
There's a very stark difference between Velker in the original and in the sequel. In the first film, he's a nigh-complete slimeball and an irresponsible ass. In the second film, he's a Lovable Rogue.
The films are generally preposterous and farcical, and seem much more about Big Applesauce being a City Of Weirdos rather than, you know, ghosts and such.
I think the second cartoon did a much better job of meshing the silliness with genuine horror.
At any rate, how in the world would an all-female reboot work? Velker's The Casanova / Handsome Lech tendencies depend on very specific gender dynamics, and I don't see the joke (such as it is) working with a woman pulling those stunts. Another very recurring theme in this story is men with a Dogged Nice Guy attitude trying half-assedly to seduce women, and women "letting them down gently" by the way of finding weak-ass excuses and the like, and then a very cringeworthy dynamic installing itself.
They should take lessons from Garnet:
edited 13th Jun '15 1:13:50 PM by TheHandle
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.Though with the Vocal Minority who couldn't stop bitching about that movie, I shudder to think about uproar that's going to hit the internet when they release an actual reboot that replaces all the major male characters with women.
Yes, that's the one. The guy who was introduced deliberately fucking up a scientific experiment to bed a student, deliberately harming another student in the process. That's like three Berserk Buttons pushed simultaneously. I instantly despised the guy. Then he gets his friend to put a mortgage on his house so that he can finance a ghostbusting enterprise which he never even expected to work, and which would never have been prosperous if not for the complete coincidence of two surges of paranormal activity, one in each movie. He's a dick, wrapped in prick, deep-fried in jackass.
Then in the second movie he's a baby-kissing sweetie pie. I guess those few years of interval did him some good.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.What? Why? I mean, it's not bad, but it's pretty upper-tier average as far as action comedies go. Also it practically runs on Cringe Comedy, which I don't like as a rule.
The best thing about the film is the theme, really.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.Hold on, now. Are they remaking, rebooting, or sequeling with an all-female cast? This is a very important distinction.
Remaking means they're just gender-flipping the characters.
Rebooting means same concept, new execution, which can be done with all new characters.
Sequeling just means they're picking up the "Ghostbusters are now franchising" plot hook from the video game and telling a story about a new team.
edited 14th Jun '15 11:55:06 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.I would imagine its a sequel-reboot. They're clearly keeping the comedy execution (Why else hire so many comedians) and they better considering Ghostbusters is KNOWN for its Comedy. Its a reboot in the sense that its meant to reintroduce the concept/franchise to a new audience, but it can still act as a sequel due to the 'Franchise' plot hook in the video game.
I will actually be REALLY happy if the refer to the Video Game.
As long as they keep the tone. The dissonance between the blue collar approach to a extremely fantastical concept is one of the best things about the Ghostbusters series.
Despite being scientists who can and do toy around with the very concept of life and death with ease, not to mention veritable action heroes, the Ghostbusters act like a crew of regular joes who treat it like they were just a bunch of every day exterminators, and that's always been a huge part of the series' charm.
edited 14th Jun '15 4:20:26 PM by KnownUnknown
A big struggle with any Ghostbusters spin-off is that the original characters were so perfectly balanced that any new characters introduced will either be an Expy in some form or a Scrappy for being too different. In the original crew:
- Egon: Stoic academic
- Ray: Childlike wonder
- Peter: Sarcastic cynic
- Winston: Practical everyman
- Janine: Sassy Secretary
- Louis: Enthusiastic dork
Those archetypes are also mostly low-key versions. Part of the big success of the franchise is how these characters approach the supernatural with a scientific and business plan edge to it.
