VenkMan101 wrote:Batman, Superman, GB...apples and oranges ladies. *AND IN THE SAME BREATH* And I can guarantee you Slimer 28 if the world went according to that, "if it's not broken don't fix it" motto, than such things as Myspace, Youtube, this GB paradise and such projects like the LHC (you can youtube it if you don't know what i'm referring to) wouldn't exist.
*The Internetz and the Ghostbusters - "
Apples and Oranges" baby...Next thing you'll be comparing GB to is Ronco Food Dehydrators I'm guessing...
Expansion is key and that's traditionally what remakes try to do. They're not out to purposely guise the movie into something it wasn't meant to be.
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Right - Like Rob Zombie's "Halloween", Platnum Dunes' "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", SONY's Prom Night", and the upcoming "Night Of The Demons" remake...They were
reeeealll "faithful" to the source material alright - They attempted to "re-invent the wheel" ["Prom Night" being the worst example out of the 4] and
FAILED miserably...And that was just a few choice contemporary examples..."The Blob '88" was NOTHING like it's original, neither was David Cronenberg's 1986 remake of "The Fly" to it's original...It just happened that the latter two came out at a time [the 1980's] when Hollywood was ripe with imaginative directors and SFX crews, and as a result were exceptional films on their own...
*However "Ghostbusters" and it's sequel are too quirky and original to change completely, without it becoming almost completely unrecognizable...Before the films - There was no "Proton Pack", no "Ectomobile", and no "Ecto-Containment Unit", unlike the previous films I mentioned, to where face-less stalkers, or hairy man-creatures
had existed...So changing those said "movie monsters" to suit a particular director's "vision" isn't as bad...Which makes the "making more recognizable and/or relevant to today's audiences" "point" moot - When you say "Ghostbusters", the 1984 Original is still as fresh in their minds as the day they first saw it, or heard the song...And 95% of the people I've ever come in contact with LOVE IT...Young AND old...So any excuse for a "GB Remake" using that flimsy ploy is just a blatant cash-grab as "all the other "hip studios" are doing it" with other older franchises...
I'm sorry you guys take this so personal but there are worse things. It's a catch 22. Fans want to see it remade for the effects and others just don't want it touched. At every angle someone loses. Enough said.
*Yes - People are going to find fault with something, but at least working with the original characters/actors on some degree, even if it's transitioning to a "younger crew" with "updated equipment" is better than outright cramming "new and hot young stars" in "chic" jumpsuits with slick I-POD-esque apparatuses strapped to their backs, and the "phattest" of rides to chase all latest CGI freakshows this side of M. Night Shylama-ding-dong...
*"Ghostbusters" is just one of those things that is FINE as is..."EXPANSION" again, yes - "Reinvention" NO...I mean even the "reboot" of "Knight Rider" is a DIRECT SEQUEL - AN EXPANSION...Micheal Knight's son w/ new ride [that's still black, talks, and is the next model up from the original car]...
And just one question for EctoFriendship up there...are you a screenwriter?
*Um no...Are you,
VenkmanNeedsALessGenericMoniker, a screenwriter yourself?
*And yes - I wholeheartedly agree with Mr. "JackIvyGB"...At least he gets what I'm trying to say...
*Cheers.