Ghostbusters reboot with all-female leads

[jimcap]

Bingo!

Hell, not even the original cast cares since they're in this.

That because they got paid!

 

[HODLr]

Good tweet I just saw. "IMAGINE being furious/upset about a Ghostbusters film, though. Imagine how terrible everything in your life must be to arrive at that point."

Pure straw-man. Maybe it is just that people love the original and don't care about, or have any interest, in the new one. Because you don't like something does not mean your life is terrible.

 

[SnakeDoctor]

Good tweet I just saw. "IMAGINE being furious/upset about a Ghostbusters film, though. Imagine how terrible everything in your life must be to arrive at that point."

Are you sure you're just 'stating facts' and not insulting people?

As much as you may delight in your self-superiority, and as much as you might get off on imagining that the people who are irritated at this must live miserable lives ... I'm sorry to inform you, it's not true. I'm plenty irritated that they made this ... and, I'm plenty contented otherwise. Not sure it says good things about you that you'd delight in imagining how terrible someone else's life might be, though -- especially over a stupid movie.

SnakeDoc

 

[jimcap]

Yeah, it's just a silly movie.


Female reviewer who thinks all the females are fantastic and Hemsworth is adorable but the film's problems lie with the male director. Yeah, no agenda here.

She is halve rigth it was the director and writer that let us down.

 

[GasparZizou]

I'm not seeing he film on principle. They went out of their way to remake a film with male leads into an all female cast. I think that's just stupid. And inviting controversy, then calling people that don't like the idea, sexist.

There seems to be a push to turn existing characters races, sexual orientation, gender into anything other than white male heterosexual. And if that bothers you, you are suddenly a phobic, sexist, begot.

I for the record would love to see more diversity in the fiction I consume, BUT AS NEW CHARACTERS!

I'm sick of social justice warriors manipulating pre-existing characters, into different people.


Sent from my Motherbox PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING

You're exactly right of course, but in this case it wasn't even about that, I had no ill will towards the movie until they started with that retarded tantrum of "muh patriarchy" when people started saying, almost unanimously that the movie looked like ****.

It was fun and games before that, now I'm not paying to see it, anyone who does is a cuck.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

how really unusual Die Hard is as an action film.

What's so unusual about Die Hard?

 

[crows]

Well my fellow scientists and I went to see Ghostbusters last night and we loved it. I was never expecting the movie to be the original and nothing ever could for many practical reasons. But this is a Ghostbusters movie and it felt like Ghostbusters. If like me you grew up on the movie and especially cartoon then I think you are going to have a great time and get that feeling you did as a kid. Loved the cast, lots of laughs and the effects were great. Ghostbusters is back in our lives and consider me a fan of the girls!

Eitherway, I do hope some have been proved wrong. Though in the modern online world of keyboard warriors, if anyone was proved wrong, they ain't going to admit to are they?! Big enough to dump on something they haven't seen but most certainly not big enough to admit they were proved wrong. Such is the way of the entitled geek.

yeah! Better than the Original!

( $10 Dollars have been added to your account, thank you for shilling GB )

 

[SnakeDoctor]

Female reviewer who thinks all the females are fantastic and Hemsworth is adorable but the film's problems lie with the male director. Yeah, no agenda here.

She's actually right. Feig always was the main problem. Problem is ... you can't say the girls are right for the movie, but Feig was the wrong director. Feig directing is the only reason those four were ever cast. He only directs comedies about women, for women. It's his schtick. Any other director would've cast men, or at least a mixed-sex team ... and the movie would've looked very different, and possibly a LOT better.

It's weird that she can't manage to connect those dots. If Feig was the wrong man, it follows that the casting she finds so brilliant was the result of the wrong director.

SnakeDoc

 

[RiggsMcClane]

What's so unusual about Die Hard?

At that time nearly every action movie consisted of roided out hollywood stars. To have a hero that was an every man was at least a little bit unusual. Lethal Weapon was similar to an extent.

 

[crows]

Irony. You had your preconceptions. They have theirs. That you "hoped" these "entitled geeks" would be proved wrong explains how your review is so rosy when every other 'good' review I've read has been hedged. Insulting them as "not big enough to admit they were proved wrong" is amusing, though.

SnakeDoc

I didn't confuse an insult with a statement of fact. I just noticed the irony of somebody who confirmed his preconceptions criticizing his opponents for confirming their preconceptions. They can't admit when they're wrong. And, neither can you. You've written the most pollyannish review I've seen. The VAST majority of non-haters wouldn't go nearly so far as to say "[...] it felt like Ghostbusters. If like me you grew up on the movie [...] I think you are going to have a great time and get that feeling you did as a kid." Good grief.

You had to 'wade through bile'. You poor thing. Must've been tough for you. All those words, on the internet ... from meanieheads who refuse to give this movie a chance. How are you holding up?

SnakeDoc

I dont expect anyone to see this whole thing but I am posting it either way (just to not take my word for it)

some of the most positive reviews (the obvious ones) were people rooting for this from day one from a political point.
people that only care about the agenda being pushed. (starts after minute 11)

some of these people are not even reviewing the movie itself.... but using the reviews to just push their opinions forward

this guy found some proof that these reviewers were attacking the fans since months ago

 

[karamazov80]

What's so unusual about Die Hard?

The protagonist is a reluctant, self-deprecating, witty hero in a time when the standard was Rambo, Conan, Dirty Harry, and Charles Bronson from Death Wish.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

At that time nearly every action movie consisted of roided out hollywood stars. To have a hero that was an every man was at least a little bit unusual. Lethal Weapon was similar to an extent.

Ahh...I see. I guess I just never saw him as an "every man" since by the end of the film he was another shirtless one man army blowing everyone away with a machine gun.

I always saw Rambo in First Blood , Indiana Jones, and Jack Burton as more of the every man "hero."

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

The protagonist is a reluctant, self-deprecating, witty hero in a time when the standard was Rambo, Conan, Dirty Harry, and Charles Bronson from Death Wish.

I can see that being different for a film action hero, although Jack Burton had some of those qualities too.

 

[Eamon]

Are you sure you're just 'stating facts' and not insulting people?

As much as you may delight in your self-superiority, and as much as you might get off on imagining that the people who are irritated at this must live miserable lives ... I'm sorry to inform you, it's not true. I'm plenty irritated that they made this ... and, I'm plenty contented otherwise. Not sure it says good things about you that you'd delight in imagining how terrible someone else's life might be, though -- especially over a stupid movie.

SnakeDoc

You really don't sound content I am afraid.

 

[HODLr]

Ghostbusters Toys are already on the clearance rack
https://m.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/4qs0h7/misc_ghostbusters_toys_on_clearance_already/

 

[crows]

Ghostbusters Toys are already on the clearance rack
https://m.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/4qs0h7/misc_ghostbusters_toys_on_clearance_already/

 

[a-dev]

Ahh...I see. I guess I just never saw him as an "every man" since by the end of the film he was another shirtless one man army blowing everyone away with a machine gun.

I always saw Rambo in First Blood , Indiana Jones, and Jack Burton as more of the every man "hero."

McClane went through it all in genuine fear for his life, he spent most of the film hiding and ambushing the terrorists one by one rather than truly going one-man-army like Gerard Butler in those secret service movies. Of course by Die Hard 4 this was completely lost and he truly was just a typical action hero, nothing fazed him, he could do it all and do it all knowing he'd survive.

 

[SnakeDoctor]

You really don't sound content I am afraid.

Let not your heart be troubled.

SnakeDoc

 

[greygoose]

Whether people like or dislike this movie there's no denying that the marketing campaign from the trailers to the constant fan base bashing was poor. This movie will long be forgotten along with all the other crap that's come out over the past few years.

 

[kryptonianmutie]

You're exactly right of course, but in this case it wasn't even about that, I had no ill will towards the movie until they started with that retarded tantrum of "muh patriarchy" when people started saying, almost unanimously that the movie looked like ****.

It was fun and games before that, now I'm not paying to see it,

This the point I'm at as well. Before the trailers I was willing to give it a chance. The movie looked like **** to a lot of people and I was disappointed because the premise didn't sound bad to me. I thought, OK fine, I'll stay home for this one, just another stupid unnecessary reboot I'll catch randomly at some point in the future. Then of course the YouTube dislikes became a story for some *unknown* reason and the cast and director felt the need to start throwing around insults and labeling people. That's when they completely lost me. Now hearing some of the details of the man hatred in this movie(which I don't see refuted anywhere) has cemented my feelings. I won't go so far as to call someone a cuck for going to see it though. There's always curiosity to see how truly good or bad something really is, but they haven't done anything to earn my money.

And, instead of trying to shame people for having a negative opinion, why not aim that backlash toward the studio for making the movie look like crap in the trailers, and tv promos, and movie clips? If it's really better than the trailers convey, that's not the fault of fans on the internet.