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PneumonicBook posted:The film makes it VERY clear that's what's happening, like to the point I can't believe people didn't pick up on it.
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deoju posted:Keep posting like this and I'll be able to bend a spoon. As long as you aren't buying proton packs and slapping ecto 1 stickers on your white civic It's okay to dislike a thing that you are a fan of. Your years of loving ghostbusters isn't invalidated. You don't have to love product
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PneumonicBook posted:As long as you aren't buying proton packs I like my proton pack. 
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Jeez no one here loves Afterlife or Frozen Empire but describing them as "awful" is hilariously OTT. At worst, they are mid. 2016 is awful.
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Alan_Shore posted:Jeez no one here loves Afterlife or Frozen Empire but describing them as "awful" is hilariously OTT. At worst, they are mid. 2016 is awful. 2016 is better than frozen empire and probably afterlife but I'm not watching any of them again. 2016 understood that fundamentally Ghostbusters is a comedy, not a fantasy movie, not a broken family movie, etc. 2016 gets it, even though it's bad.
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Alan_Shore posted:Jeez no one here loves Afterlife or Frozen Empire but describing them as "awful" is hilariously OTT. At worst, they are mid. 2016 is awful. I like both Afterlife and Frozen Empire. I like Afterlife quite a bit, in fact.
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Alan_Shore posted:Jeez no one here loves Afterlife or Frozen Empire but describing them as "awful" is hilariously OTT. At worst, they are mid. 2016 is awful. On a scale of mid to cringe, our critic says it's so over.
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Xenomrph posted:I like both Afterlife and Frozen Empire. I like Afterlife quite a bit, in fact. Me too, but do you LOVE them? PneumonicBook posted:2016 is better than frozen empire and probably afterlife but I'm not watching any of them again. This is hosed, I have nothing to say about this at all lol
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Alan_Shore posted:Jeez no one here loves Afterlife or Frozen Empire but describing them as "awful" is hilariously OTT. At worst, they are mid. 2016 is awful. I think Afterlife is legitimately awful and worse than 2016. The movie felt insulting to me in a way few have - the idea that I as a fan of the original film would want to gorge on this slop. Harold Ramis ghost come the gently caress on. PneumonicBook posted:2016 is better than frozen empire and probably afterlife but I'm not watching any of them again. I can't speak of Frozen Empire but that is a point in 2016's favor in relation to Afterlife.
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I wouldn't care about the sloppy and ham-handed Ghostbusters Nostalgia Tour if it was actually funny, but it's not funny at all. I am all for filmmaker pandering - a lot of what get thrown around as "fanservice" is ill-conceived - but when every other element bends to "remember this thing? remember that thing?" it damages the film at the foundation, IMO. On the other hand if you just want boxes ticked, yeah Afterlife is better than 2016. Neither are funny but "at least" Afterlife got the demon dogs, the OG busters, a possession, Gozer, Stay-Puft, etc. etc. etc. I personally would have given all that stuff up for actual jokes and funny stuff but alas, the billion dollar conglomerate and successful director did not consult me, a nobody, on the subject.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:GB:FE had an opening weekend of $45 million domestic, pretty much exactly the same as GB:AL and GB2016 Update on this: it dropped off pretty significantly in weeks 2 and 3 and is now performing worse than GB:AL and GB2016  https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Ghostbusters#tab=summary It's not a flop but it's not doing great.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Update on this: it dropped off pretty significantly in weeks 2 and 3 and is now performing worse than GB:AL and GB2016 It bugs the poo poo out of me that chart doesn't label Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters (2016) more clearly
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PneumonicBook posted:The film makes it VERY clear that's what's happening, like to the point I can't believe people didn't pick up on it. Weird to come to the Ghostbusters thread to complain that all the Ghostbusters movies are awful.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Further to my moment to moment 38 year long analysis of this movie, anyone else ever notice that, at the introduction to Dana as she gets out of her taxi ride, the two car horn honks are in time and not that dissonant against the score at that moment? Of course! Because she's a musician. In that track, even the ondes Martenot is trying to sound 'pretty', rather than, well, like the instrument we associate with wwwwwooooooo-eeeeeeeee scary wails, ha. Basically, that whole little intro is the movie briefly classing itself up. Course, it wouldn't be the only time a car horn is used in conjunction with a GB score. I always loved the way the more frightening horn sound takes us into Parker's opening at the start of GB2. Actually, listen to that whole sequence, and you'll see (well, hear) that the sound crew had some fun making car noises play along with the music. Icon-Cat fucked around with this message at 23:13 on Apr 9, 2024 |
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Alan_Shore posted:Jeez no one here loves Afterlife or Frozen Empire but describing them as "awful" is hilariously OTT. At worst, they are mid. 2016 is awful. I’d rather have a comedy reboot of a comedy franchise than a weepy nostalgic drama reboot of a comedy franchise
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PneumonicBook posted:As long as you aren't buying proton packs Building mine was way more fun.
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Icon-Cat posted:Of course! Because she's a musician. In that track, even the ondes Martenot is trying to sound 'pretty', rather than, well, like the instrument we associate with wwwwwooooooo-eeeeeeeee scary wails, ha. Basically, that whole little intro is the movie briefly classing itself up. Yes! Exactly. You get it. I'm glad I'm not alone in this.
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Admiral Joeslop posted:Weird to come to the Ghostbusters thread to complain that all the Ghostbusters movies are awful. Nah, the first is an all-timer. And I liked 2 as a kid (I saw it before the original, so it was just like seeing the guys from my cartoon I liked). It's okay to feel let down by their fall from grace.
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PneumonicBook posted:2016 is better than frozen empire and probably afterlife but I'm not watching any of them again. Nobody who "gets" comedy opens their movie with 10 minutes of Gabe from The Office.
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Admiral Joeslop posted:Weird to come to the Ghostbusters thread to complain that all the Ghostbusters movies are awful. Sorry, I thought it was assumed that I meant all of the sequels. GB1 is really a great movie, every sequel after has been disappointing. At least they're disappointing in different ways I spose.
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Warm und Fuzzy posted:Nobody who "gets" comedy opens their movie with 10 minutes of Gabe from The Office. yes they do.
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Warm und Fuzzy posted:Nobody who "gets" comedy opens their movie with 10 minutes of Gabe from The Office. You could write a whole dissertation about why the opening to 2016 is dogshit and an indictment of modern movies compared to the simplicity and effectiveness of the original
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Bustin? makes me feel good
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CelticPredator posted:yes they do. I don't even really remember him in Ghostbusters, but he's amazing in Avenue 5.
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Alan_Shore posted:You could write a whole dissertation about why the opening to 2016 is dogshit and an indictment of modern movies compared to the simplicity and effectiveness of the original As much as I don't think that movie holds up (or was necessarily any good in the first place), I do think it set up what it was going for pretty well at the start. I remember relaxing when the gag with the guy with the same name as the ghost showed up.
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AFewBricksShy posted:I don't even really remember him in Ghostbusters, but he's amazing in Avenue 5. He's so good as the avatar of chaos in Avenue 5 
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Is there a thread for the game Spirits Unleashed? I've been getting into it, and it's a lot of fun! Essentially it's the MP part of the 2009 game with better character creation.
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The_Doctor posted:Is there a thread for the game Spirits Unleashed? I've been getting into it, and it's a lot of fun! Essentially it's the MP part of the 2009 game with better character creation. It is surprisingly fun.
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It’s great for jumping on, quick 5-10 bust, back out again!
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The_Doctor posted:It’s great for jumping on, quick 5-10 bust, back out again! That reminds me, say hi to your mother from me
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:That reminds me, say hi to your mother from me BAZINGA
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:That reminds me, say hi to your mother from me 
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Just FYI but Amazon Prime has Ghostbusters 2 for free rental, 30 days UHD. I was randomly looking for the original to put on in the background today ( also available to rent but it's like 50 cents) and found this option. Seems like a promotional thing for the new movie so get them while you can, I guess. All that to preface what I wanted to mention - I probably seen Ghostbusters 2 as many times as the original and never noticed that in the beginning when Egon and Dana are talking, she asks if Peter ever mentions her. Egon says no, but is scanning her while he says it and clearly checking the results. I never noticed that he was using her as a test case for his negative emotion study, lmao. Another fabulous little piece that is easily missed https://youtu.be/3Z3NWW3aMrs?si=8jtNw60O9m2o4xnQ Right at the end of this clip .
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McGann posted:Just FYI but Amazon Prime has Ghostbusters 2 for free rental, 30 days UHD. I was randomly looking for the original to put on in the background today ( also available to rent but it's like 50 cents) and found this option. Y'know, I always noticed him doing this, but because I'm stupid, never put it together that he's checking her for her emotional response.
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He also says, "try not to worry," because he doesn't want her mood to mess up his experiment.
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McGann posted:Just FYI but Amazon Prime has Ghostbusters 2 for free rental, 30 days UHD. I was randomly looking for the original to put on in the background today ( also available to rent but it's like 50 cents) and found this option. Also, the character "Peter" the mention is a cool easter-egg and shout out to Peter Venkman, from The Real Ghostbusters.
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I watched The Boogieman Cometh episode of The Real Ghostbusters and it absolutely rules and would have scared the ever loving poo poo out of six year old me when it was first broadcast
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It was drat creepy back then but less so by the end because they win and destroy him. Great episode, it's rare for a kids show to have the heroes go "let's nuke the poo poo out of the place".
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:I watched The Boogieman Cometh episode of The Real Ghostbusters and it absolutely rules and would have scared the ever loving poo poo out of six year old me when it was first broadcast There were a couple of episodes that did that to me back in the day. “When Halloween Was Forever,” "Knock, Knock" and "Ragnarok and Roll" are a couple that come to mind. "The Grundle" too, and that might have been the last episode with Dave Coulier voicing Peter I really liked.
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Lmao no way there’s an episode called the grundle
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