- February 17th, 2019, 6:47 am#4914289Guys... If we take the teaser trailer as a hint at the plot, which I think is the way to go, ALL OF THEIR SHIT has been wasting away in a barn for the better part of 30 years, and is malfunctioning. These are nuclear accelerators, not Bluetooth headphones. Kids will not be inventing tech to update them.
My guess is that if any new tech is introduced at all in this film that it will be some barely finished prototype that Egon was working on before he died.
This movie is going to be focusing on filling the holes in on what happened since 1989. Which is to say: probably not a lot in the world of the paranormal which, again, is why their equipment is rotting in a barn. We get caught up on why/how Egon died, what happened to the other Busters, and introduced to the new team.
This movie is either going to be a soft reboot/passing of the torch, or a conclusion of the original universe entirely. What does that mean? Look at The Force Awakens. It's going to be the blueprint if they're doing a soft reboot. Lots of nostalgia, seeing the old team and old equipment again, and having the old characters pass the torch and slowly die off. It's the only way to guarantee that they'd be able to continue the universe while the old actors are living. They're old and could die before filming or even green lighting for the next film.
Also, I don't mean to be the turd in the punch bowl, I just think all this speculation about smart phones and tech would be better for another thread about equipment.