Dr.D wrote:I really hate the fact that any criticism of this movie, any at all, is suddenly denounced as either being a fanboy or being sexist. I'm genuinely disturbed by the fact that people don't want to accept the fact that this movie could be bad regardless of who is in it. Another aspect of the trailer that seems like a bad sign is the fact that it comes across as a huge scale action movie. Feig is not a big action movie director, Spy included in that assessment. It doesn't matter that this clip is so short, what matters is they made the conscious decision to take the years of work dedicated to this film and decided "This is the first footage we're gonna go with". With social media being what it is, they knew this would be scrutinized by people and still felt confident in releasing it. Since when did any of us care about the scale of a Ghostbusters movie? I'm asking genuinely. Call me a fanboy all you like, but I wanted this movie to be good and so far everything from costumes to props has been uninspired and screams of "the same but different".
I feel the same way. I am in my early 20s and was introduced to the franchise through EGB (as you can probably tell from my avatar). With that in mind, the idea of new GBs is not inherently bad to me. They could be any race, gender, demographic, etc. But instead we still have a smart one, a snarky one, a goofy one, and a token black one that does one-liners. The only real difference is that they are all female. So far, this reboot strikes me as a missed opportunity not only in that area, but in more generalized terms as well.
Considering the genesis of the original film, and how it was, in large part, a pastiche of/homage to old slapstick comedies from decades past, why couldn't they do that with the new Ghostbusters? Why even call it "Ghostbusters"? The basic concept is something that could be reimagined in a myriad of different ways.
The only silver lining of a cash grab like this is the release of peripheral franchise material on DVD. Maybe they'll press more RGB steelbooks or actually release EGB legally in the States.