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I seriously hope they don't O.D. on the CGI effects (*a-hem!* Star Wars episodes 1-3) It's the organic elements [story, relationship between the characters, etc.] that really make Ghostbusters operate in the real world & seem tangible.

One of my greatest fears is that they choose a cast based soley on what they think the current teen/early adult market would love rather than on the quality of the actor and their comedy. One of the things I've greatly disliked about the rumors surrounding the Apatow crew is I've never been convinced they were anything but the flavour of the month.

I also hope they don't go overboard on the CGI but I accept that in this day and age there will almost certainly be a large degree of it that would appear in a post-millennium Ghostbusters movie.

one of my fears is that somebody in the cast will die before the movie will come out!
Seriously...Harold is 65....a man of his age and weight could easily have a heart attack... I hope this will not happen not only for GB3 sake but because i really LOVE these guys!

i quote what Kingping said: no Apatow crew, i can pass over today's SFX.
And please...i want to see the OGBs with jumpsuit and proton pack one last time!

I swear your first statement was like #2 on my list! You said it, man. I hate it when studios insult their audience. At one point I think they were talking about using Ashton Kutcher, Will Smith, Seth Rogan, & Ben Stiller as a part of the new GB recruits. Nothing against them personally, but there's so much more depth to the GB universe than your stereotypical, big named "funny men." There are dimensions to each of the original GBs & a lot of their comedy comes from their chemistry. It's not a superficial sideshow of prat falls, dated topical humor, etc. The same goes for the story & its writers [Apatow]. If the studios want a good idea of what the fans want, all they have to do is cut on a computer and read messageboards, chats, & forums like this.

In reference to the CGI, I've kinda accepted that it's 2009 & movies are largely defined by their special effects, but I'm still hoping they only use the effects when it's absolutely necessary.

im just worried that they will make the new one more like they did the new TMNT movie. it was a good movie but nothing like the original 3 turtles movies. I want to see like adam sandler's crew do the cast. they crack me up. put him and all his buddies including james from king of queens.

I know there's a lot of hate towards the Apatow crew, and that's fine, but I get the feeling it's mostly geared toward Apatow having any input and Rogen getting in a jumpsuit.

However, if you had to consider him part of the Apatow family, I'd still love to see Bill Hader on board, I just think he's fantastic. I might even go as far as not saying Paul Rudd would be cool to see in the movie, but probably more as a supportive character like Tully, rather than a GB himself. Anyway, as far as Apatow related individuals go, just those two as far as I'm concerned.

Honestly my worst fear...

No matter how good the script is, no matter how good the cast it, no matter how awesome the SFX and props look...my worst fear is reading the immense amount of pissing and moaning that will be posted about how it will ruin Ghostbusters.

The whole inter-dimensional traveling thing scares the Bejesus outta me, to be honest. Ghostbusters used to be as grounded as possible in reality, but slipping from dimension to dimension just feels like it would undo all the previous movies worked towards. My opinion, anyways. Also, I share your views with being worried about a cast of big names-no talents.

As for the Apatow crew, my dad remembers when the Murray/Ramis crew were working together and he'd gotten annoyed with their brand of humor. His own personal taste, but it worked very well in our favor. Perhaps the Apatow crew just hasn't gotten a decent script lol? I happen to like their movies, and I wholeheartedly believe that Paul Rudd and Jason Segel have great chemistry; whether they should be together for a GB movie, well that remains to be seen.

To be honest, I like Paul Rudd. If you put him and James Mardsen from SexDrive together, you'll have the beginning of a great little cew.

My worst fear is that the movie doesn't turn out as good everybody hoped and leaves a bad taste for all of us that was expecting something great

My worst fear is that this movie gets made... Sequels as of late aren't exactly boding well for the original movies.

The Dark Knight? Not all sequels are bad...more just get shitty direction.

Amen to that!

This is one way of thinking that i've never understood. A sequel changes nothing about the original. It's still there. Just like remakes. If the remake sucks(which is most often the case), the original is still there in all it's glory...

Look at it like this: Smokey and the Bandit was, and still is, a classic. Amazing, pure and simple. The second? A step down, but still very watchable, and a good compliment to the first movie. The third? I'm pretty sure Jerry Reed died after finally sitting down to watch that peice of crap. Like I said, it's all about direction.

I second the possibility of someon of the original cast. Dying, not only would it be devestating to fans...I dred the day, but almost expected everytime they do a GB film, even the first one, someone dies. First Belushi, then well...I guess no one died for the second actually, but then there was Farley.

I actually had a dream that the movie got the green light and just after that Murray died. I woke up sweating and about to cry.

He was gonna be a ghost in earlier drafts anyway....

I agree. The inter-dimensional traveling should be reserved to the animated shows & video games. What works about the films is that they're so grounded in reality. You have these somewhat ordinary people operating in an extraordinary environment. It's that balance of normal vs. abnormal that makes the whole GB world seem tangible. If you tip the scale too far in one direction [as Krenzy stated] you could destroy the integrity of the previous films.

My worst fear is that they try to hard to be politically correct they muck it all up and stray from the fun of the original franchise.

seen too much of that with the old bring backs.

I find myself a bit excited at the possibility of dimension hopping, company expansion, and the integration of more of Dan's original ideas from his first draft. I vote that we at least wait til we play the game to pass judgement on some of these elements of the story, as it looks like they will be present to a smaller degree based on the E3 trailer and what we've heard so far.

My fear isn't so much the final product or who is in the film or how it's made ( though I'd be a fool to not wonder at how it may turn out), but the reaction and word of mouth from a young movie going culture that is finding it more and more the "cool thing to do" to bag on a movie based on how much it caters to fans (aka nerds in their eyes) and generally be annoying jerks about anything that others may find entertaining and cool. These will be the people who think GB3 will be lame if the original 4 suit up and bust at all, seeing as they'd be "too old". These would be the people that were born after RGB ended and have never seen the original films or didn't care the one time they did. They're the people who wait for silence and an awkward moment to make a joke the whole audience would hear. They can ruin a movie experience. I saw Incredible Hulk, an AMAZING film, and had to put up with guys making stupid jokes behind me the entire time.

I guess what I'm saying is that I hope that the stars sort of line up for a perfect experience. When I saw Dark Knight, it was the perfect amount of anticipation on my part, being surrounded by people who were just as excited, and great execution on the film's part. People clapped and cheered when we found out gordon wasn't dead, gasped when the dead batman hit the mayor's window, and the audience roared as gordon said the final lines and batman rode into the light.
Now, I've seen some great films since then (Star Trek, T4, Watchmen, etc.), but none of them had that same mood going in like Dark Knight. I hope GB 3 is another perfect night again. My biggest fear is that despite whatever quality the movie has, it won't be a perfect experience. Heck, I could give the movie a B+ overall solely based on the film, but the experience can change the night from "hey that was a great movie", to "I can die happy now".

As a huge fan of the franchise, my worst fear is them replacing the old GB's with new GB's. I wouldn't mind Seth Rogen though, but I heard rumors of people like Will Farrell, Jack Black, Will Smith and Ben Stiller?? I say HELL NO! Those 4 would ruin the movie in my view, if the 4 originals can't make the magic happen, then maybe they should put the kibosh on the 3rd movie. Cause I can't stand Farrell or Black. The new plot for GBIII is horrible, come on, "Hellbent?" Give me a break. GBIII should have been done in the early 90's, it's a too popular of a franchise to be ruined by today's Hollywood actors. That's just what I think.

I am quite worried that GB3 will become a teenage drama/action film rather than comedy. I can also see GB3 being modernized and made politically correct which IMO will completely ruin it. I can see the new squad using skateboards (as Ecto 1 will be classed as evil due to its CO2 emissions or something ridiculous). What made GB so good was the chemistry provided by the 4 main characters, how is a whole squad going to achieve this?

I wish the originals and ONLY the originals would be the main focus of the film. Let our childhood heroes have one last outing while they still can just about and please dont make "dude wheres my proton pack"

I never really had a huge problem with a younger generation replacing the guys, I always thought eventually it would happen. I mean we can only stay young for so long lol, it's bound to happen. Like other people I do have certain concerns with who they feel is acceptable to play these roles. I'm not a picky person for most of the time but some of the choices they have said or even rummored have me wondering how the movie will play out. But as for a younger cast of Ghostbusters I'm all for that idea. It works out sensible in my mind, you have the first movie which introduces you to the original guys and sets up for a great origin storyline, the second which gives you more insight on how the company was reborn and what each of the charactors where up to since then, and now a possiable thrid movie showing again an update on each of them since the last film in terms of personal growth and maturity and the classic handing down of the tourch plot. It could make for a perfect cycle that has now been completed and finishes off the movies in a classical trilogy type of method. Isn't that what most fans want, to have an begining to end story that ties it together but leaves opening for something more if the opportunity comes along? Of course this is just my personal thoughts as im sure each of us has our own lol.

My worst fear is that the original cast will become an afterthought and a new cast will somehow be shoehorned in................wait a minute Noooooooooo

My worst fear is that this movie isn't canceld or shelved again.

Obviously not many people here watch the Office! If its a teen/drama flick that you guys are worried about its not gonna be like that at all! The Office is one of the very few comedies now that is very similar to that humor of Dan,Harold, and Murray!

Even though nothing is official the fact that Rick Moranis might come out of retirement for this movies after almost ten years of not acting on screen tells you something! If Aykroyd says that Sigourney Weaver is excited to possibly return despite how much she has trash talked the idea of a third movie tells you one thing! Even Ivan Reitman is not ruling out directing anymore if the script is good enough!

These are all signs that this must be a good damn script, also Dan and Harold are revising just a treatment that was done by the office writers meaning that they will pen the final and intial draft!

Who are we to say what will work and what won't. Dan, and Harold created Ghostbusters its their worl they know it inside and out so we should not have doubts!

Everyones biggest fear is that they have high expectaions and that their dreams will be smashed by a not good enough film!

I think that since every fan has been begging for a GB3 and that in pretty much every interview that Any of the actors has had since GB 2 they are always asked about GB3.
I think the desire for the film paid off and that every party involved with the project will work extra hard to make this the best film possible for both old and new fans and non fans!

So lets look forward to this movie with a little more optimism because despite what everyone on this board says and what they read by critics and what not, you all know damn well that you will be the first people in line for the midnight showing! Most of us in full gear too at that!

AMEN!!!

RedSpecial, my fears exactly! I don't like the idea of the older Ghostbusters taking a back seat to make way for the younger ones. Female Ghostbusters?! NO WAY!!! I am female but I don't want to see any female Ghostbusters, I would rather stick with all males. It's not sexist, I just think in this case, the boys do it better.

If Harrison Ford could manage to be the same, fantastic Indiana Jones in Indy 4 and he's in his 60s, then I think Dan and co will be just as good.

My only real fear is that they just end up rehashing the first movie. I hope we get something really original with the next movie.

That it will start with "The Ghostbusters are out of business" again.

Oh shit...