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CelticPredator posted:It’s probably going to be two hours of jerking off over reitmans grave Bustin' makes me feel good!
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Since everyone is getting in on the proton pack and props love, if anyone is interested in buying my Matty Collector neutrino wand, contact me. Nothing wrong with it; just got it for a project that never got finished so it's been sitting in the original box for a few years.
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https://www.magnoliclothiers.com/spengler-glasses-p-1149.html
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Jan 25, 2023 20:44
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That’s not terrible for glasses. I’m watching the 2016 Ghostbusters for the first time since the cinema release. It’s not as bad as I remember? Kate McKinnon is MVP by miles, and has all the best line reads. “You have the longest arms.” is great comedy. It could definitely use a much tighter edit though.
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Jan 25, 2023 21:22
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The proton packs were sick in that movie. The trap sucked though
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The_Doctor posted:That’s not terrible for glasses. It was a fine summer popcorn comedy. Weirdly, I enjoyed the extended cut better because they reinserted a lot of background and story development stuff for the characters to give me a reason to care about them. The theatrical cut seemed to prioritize the wall of jokes and edited out a lot of that.
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Jan 25, 2023 22:37
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It wasn't funny at all, which is a huge problem. Kate Mckinnon's "character" was there to cut to for a pithy one liner or a little dance. That's all. Do you remember the first time the Ghostbusters saw a real ghost? Now compare that moment to when the girls see one. That'll sum up everything wrong with the movie instantly.
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Alan_Shore posted:It wasn't funny at all, which is a huge problem. I watched the 2016 movie for the first time last year, and I didn’t hate it. Two things stood out in my mind that I really liked: The ghosts “trapped” in the picture frames or whatever it was, visually it reminded me of old school holography from when I was a kid and I dug it a lot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holography The other bit was this sequence, I thought it was rad as hell: https://youtu.be/zcaKzWWmtRE I also appreciated that the 4 women weren’t just, like, direct analogues to the OG crew, they had their own personalities.
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What school did Venkman get his PhD from? If I'm not mistaken, he grew up in one of the New York boroughs and probably went to school there, too.
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John Yossarian posted:What school did Venkman get his PhD from? If I'm not mistaken, he grew up in one of the New York boroughs and probably went to school there, too. The same one Jimmy McGill got his law degree
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Jan 26, 2023 05:47
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Venkman has PhDs in psychology and parapsychology. Dunno where he got them from though.
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I hate the 2016 movie because it could’ve been better and the weird culture war bullshit it dredged up for something so mid
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deoju posted:Venkman has PhDs in psychology and parapsychology. Dunno where he got them from though. He's a professor at Columbia in the first movie, and at SUNY Cortland in Afterlife. There's some dialogue that possibly suggests that he, Stantz and Spengler have known each other since their college days, so if anything I'd think he got his doctorates from Columbia. TealShark posted:It was a fine summer popcorn comedy. Weirdly, I enjoyed the extended cut better because they reinserted a lot of background and story development stuff for the characters to give me a reason to care about them. The theatrical cut seemed to prioritize the wall of jokes and edited out a lot of that. The extended cut is better just because it explains why Erin becomes estranged from the rest of the team, and why it's such a big deal when she shows up at the final battle. In the theatrical, she's just randomly moping in her apartment with no reason given, and then she arrives at Times Square and everyone's overjoyed to see her.
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If I'm going to rewatch 2016, it'll have to be the extended cut, from the sounds of it ITT. I didn't realize or remember that it had the extra plot stuff in there. Is there anything that helps explain (more so) why Rowan is why he is? Ugh. I truly love everyone involved. Paul Feig made Freaks and Geeks and Bridesmaids! Loved them both. All four actresses are great. I just wish the script wasn't mired down with constant improv one-upping.
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There’s bits that you could easily cut, and if I had the time/wherewithal I’d do a streamlined edit. The bit where Erin is talking to a guy and Patty and Abby are discussing how he dances can go first.
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You couldn't edit in anything truly scary or funny or add good cinematography no matter how hard you tried. Feig was utterly the wrong man for the job
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Alan_Shore posted:You couldn't edit in anything truly scary or funny or add good cinematography no matter how hard you tried. Paul really didn't seem able to determine 'this was so funny in person!' doesn't necessarily translate to film. One of my things with it was indeed nobody seemed super concerned about ghosts except for maybe Patty with the mannequins. No terrified beyond the capacity etc. Related, Leslie Jones was my favorite part of the movie.
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Jan 26, 2023 15:17
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Alan_Shore posted:It wasn't funny at all, which is a huge problem. Pretty much this. Ghostbusters was an amazing mix of horror and comedy. There's very little fat in the movie. The 2016 film tries to throw way too many gags at you and still manages to drag on forever. I tried to sit through the whole movie and I just can't.
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Jan 26, 2023 15:30
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2016 is still miles better than Afterlife, which is basically a straight remake of the first movie with a climax of "Hey, remember the first movie? We're gonna remind you of the first movie."
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Timby posted:2016 is still miles better than Afterlife, which is basically a straight remake of the first movie with a climax of "Hey, remember the first movie? We're gonna remind you of the first movie." Afterlife is a competent movie, and I'd rather be reminded of the first movie than whatever I was supposed to be thinking of while watching 2016
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Jan 26, 2023 15:55
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No queef jokes in Afterlife. You can quote me on that
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Alan_Shore posted:No queef jokes in Afterlife. You can quote me on that Queef jokes are fair game, just as viable as Ray getting a literal/dream blowjob, or the very clear assumption that Egon hosed the mood slime. "You hound!" Subtlety is always what's needed, however.
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2016 is a bad movie but I disliked Afterlife a great deal more. Don't think I've ever felt more insulted watching a movie before and it certainly didn't help knowing how many people were lapping up everything making me mentally roll my eyes.
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I feel like Afterlife was for da children, and they seemed to like it.
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Apparently I am a child, because I liked Afterlife a whole lot. Yeah it coasts extremely heavily on nostalgia, but it went all-in and I vibed with that and liked it and had a good time.
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Ghostbusters was a comedy with action bits. Afterlife is an action movie with some comedy bits.
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Anyone itt like Bass Masters?
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Malcolm Excellent posted:Anyone itt like Bass Masters? Is that a fishing show? Anyway, GB2 is GB1 with different plot points. The fact that Afterlife is once again the first movie is.... I don't know, it doesn't bother me.
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2016 and Afterlife are both bad movies, but in a way that makes me shocked how quickly the kind of bad that bad movies are evolved. 2016 didn't beg to suck me off though, and is therefore the better movie.
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Every single person I know teared up over Afterlife. I was just happy that some of the shots and props looked nice.
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Groovelord Neato posted:2016 is a bad movie but I disliked Afterlife a great deal more. Don't think I've ever felt more insulted watching a movie before and it certainly didn't help knowing how many people were lapping up everything making me mentally roll my eyes. This. Afterlife made me embarrassed
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CelticPredator posted:This. Afterlife made me embarrassed If I hadn't seen I would've thought "Egon shows up as a CGI ghost at the end to help" was a troll like I thought final season GOT and Rise of Skywalker spoilers had to have been.
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Malcolm Excellent posted:I feel like Afterlife was for da children, and they seemed to like it. Can confirm, this 30something manchild enjoyed it - though the ending was predictable and saccharin sweet, it was still a fun time. Edit: Teach me to not refresh the page before replying, Xeno said it better. High five fellow child! Xenomrph posted:Apparently I am a child, because I liked Afterlife a whole lot.
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I liked the bad guy in 2016. It had all the elements to be good but just couldn't find a way to do it. Also, I think it was too clean and polished for a ghostbusters movie if that makes sense.
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Mooseontheloose posted:I liked the bad guy in 2016. It had all the elements to be good but just couldn't find a way to do it. Yeah. 2016 is too bright. Like in a color saturation way, I guess? 1984 feels more... lived-in.
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Mooseontheloose posted:I liked the bad guy in 2016. It had all the elements to be good but just couldn't find a way to do it. I don't remember anything to 'like' about Rowan; he was just some angry dude. There was no backstory to speak of. I don't mean he wasn't likeable, he's the villain, but character-development-wise, it felt extremely weak.
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McGann posted:Can confirm, this 30something manchild enjoyed it - though the ending was predictable and saccharin sweet, it was still a fun time. I really liked it too. Though one thing I would’ve liked better is if they’d dialled back the ‘Ghost Egon’ thing at the end. Maybe just culminate in his arm on Phoebe’s to steady her proton stream at the end and leave it at that.
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Afterlife was bad, and I think doing the CGI Harold Ramis Golem is just unspeakably horrific, just like every other time they've brought a dead actor back to life for a movie. That said, Egon's granddaughter was a lot of fun, and hopefully a sequel won't be so hard up for NOSTALGIA points.
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I just wish the theme song didn't wait until the closing credits to show up. Give me that stuff right away, c'mon.
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