Ghostbusters Afterlife (Jason Reitman)

RayCun · 01-02-2019 3:15pm

The Specialist wrote: »

Do you not see a problem with that?

How can anybody compare that movie to the originals - the entire spirit of the franchise was twisted in to this girl power bull**** with the most prominent male character being a complete thicko? The originals were fun movies and none of the female characters were written or acted like they had the IQ of a shoe size.

My masculinity is not so easily threatened, sorry!

Dades · 01-02-2019 3:18pm

RayCun wrote: »

You people are insane.

That movie had plenty of problems, but all the Hemsworth bits were great.

Agreed! The film was completely "meh", but I thought he was the foil for the best bits.

01-02-2019 3:47pm

RayCun wrote: »

You people are insane.

That movie had plenty of problems, but all the Hemsworth bits were great.

No, Hemsworth was great. He showed actual timing and ability to deliver comedic lines, what he was given to work with however? Sweet feck

HAS to be part of the Thor change of direction

Johnmb · 01-02-2019 4:52pm

The Specialist wrote: »

Do you not see a problem with that?

How can anybody compare that movie to the originals - the entire spirit of the franchise was twisted in to this girl power bull**** with the most prominent male character being a complete thicko? The originals were fun movies and none of the female characters were written or acted like they had the IQ of a shoe size.

I think that, right there, is your problem, and the problem of most others who didn't like it (who seen it, I ignore all the idiots who hated it before it was even released). Don't compare it to the original, watch it for what it is. The original will never be replicated (the sequel, with the same cast, proved that). The 2016 film is a product of its time, and compares quite well with its contemporaries.

py2006 · 01-02-2019 5:44pm

Christ on a bike,

That 2016 nonsense was a pisstake, an insult to the fans, two fingers to men (not women) who wanted the original cast. The casting was wrong, the acting was atrocious, it was lazy, unfunny and the camoes were an insult to the actors.

nix · 01-02-2019 6:05pm

Johnmb wrote: »

The 2016 film is a product of its time, and compares quite well with its contemporaries.

Fysh · 01-02-2019 7:52pm

py2006 wrote: »

Christ on a bike,

That 2016 nonsense was a pisstake, an insult to the fans, two fingers to men (not women) who wanted the original cast. The casting was wrong, the acting was atrocious, it was lazy, unfunny and the camoes were an insult to the actors.

Oh, well, then it must be destroyed!

Counterpoint - being "a fan" in this case means having watched and liked the first film and, presumably, having not learned the lesson in disappointment and diminishing returns offered by GBII. If you feel insulted by a film you chose to watch, perhaps the best response might be to rethink how much impact you let pop culture fluff affect your life

buried · 01-02-2019 7:52pm

All these lame re-makes are a total joke and a total two finger showcase to the audience of contempt from hollywood for the lack of intelligence and merit of actual artistic work its studios are no longer are able to produce on their part. That is a fact. If it wasn't, why are they trying to re-hash and re-pckage and all the actual enjoyable work of merit that was done decades ago? They think they can flash a logo and a bit of a well known original soundtrack score to a 10 second trailer and it will have everyone rushing to the screens in total hype. And they right, a lot of people will rush to it. But that just means all the studios have to do is to apply the same shtick in a near two hour film for it and not create any y'know - Story, Plot, Characters or anything of any semblance of enjoyable well thought out dramatic sense. They'll Just stick in the vehicles, the building, the same music and the logo from the original film decades ago and plot parts will go something like having Rick Moranis appear saying something about there being "a bear in his apartment" while Walter Pecks grandson tries to shut down the Ghostbuster operation from his suite in The Sedgewick Hotel then have a lady Slimer fly into his face

py2006 · 01-02-2019 7:58pm

Fysh wrote: »

. If you feel insulted by a film you chose to watch, perhaps the best response might be to rethink how much impact you let pop culture fluff affect your life

Oh spare me...

Johnmb · 01-02-2019 9:29pm

py2006 wrote: »

Christ on a bike,

That 2016 nonsense was a pisstake, an insult to the fans, two fingers to men (not women) who wanted the original cast. The casting was wrong, the acting was atrocious, it was lazy, unfunny and the camoes were an insult to the actors.

But it wasn't aimed at anyone (men or women) who wanted the original cast. That logic is like saying the original was two fingers to those who wanted John Candy in the cast. It wasn't aimed at those people.

py2006 · 07-03-2019 1:28pm

Casting news:

Carrie Coon and Finn Wolfhard are in talks to be cast in the upcoming "Ghostbusters" film. It is said that Coon and Wolfhard will be cast to play a mother and son in Jason Reitman's take on "Ghostbusters."

The new "Ghostbuster" film is said to revolve around Coon and Wolfhard's characters single mom family. I am hoping Coon's character will be the daughter of Dr. Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) I can see a possible physical resemblance and I think it would be a respectful salute. It would also be a good reason for the old school Ghostbusters to reunite. This is all me just throwing out my ideas of what personally I think would be cool, however, they are keeping the main plot under wraps for now. They still have yet to confirm the original stars returning, but with Ivan Reitman as executive producer and his son Jason Reitman ("Thank You For Smoking," "Juno," "The Front Runner," and "Tully") directing and penning the script alongside Gil Kenan (director of "Monster House," "Poltergeist," "City of Ember"), I could not imagine the original cast saying no.

peteeeed · 27-06-2019 5:32pm

Paul Rudd signs on

https://twitter.com/ghostbusters/status/1144274190910066688?s=21

pixelburp · 27-06-2019 5:35pm

That's good news, I guess? I'm trying to think of stinkers Rudd attached himself to, I want to say he generally has good judgement ...

Slydice · 27-06-2019 5:47pm

Is .. is he trying to do a Bill Murray impersonation?

peteeeed · 27-06-2019 6:50pm

Slydice wrote: »

Is .. is he trying to do a Bill Murray impersonation?

Don't think so

CastorTroy · 27-06-2019 6:52pm

pixelburp wrote: »

That's good news, I guess? I'm trying to think of stinkers Rudd attached himself to, I want to say he generally has good judgement ...

Mac & Me? :pac:

silverharp · 27-06-2019 8:52pm

The opening scene should be MIB using their memory zapper on the audience to eradicate any memory of 2016

branie2 · 27-06-2019 10:40pm

Won't be the same without Harold Ramis, though

Sad Professor · 13-07-2019 7:26pm

First look at the cast:

https://twitter.com/JasonReitman/status/1149837684891881473

Slydice · 13-07-2019 8:50pm

Looks like the kids might get to do some busting

nix · 13-07-2019 10:18pm

That kid from stranger things is in everything and I've no idea why

:pac:

silverharp · 14-07-2019 9:55am

what tone of movie are they going for? what was good about the original was that there was real tension in the movie which the 2016 movie missed completely.

Sarri_ball · 18-07-2019 10:42am

Hopefully darkly comedic. Big fan of Joe Dante so hopefully something similar in tone to what he did with Gremlins and The 'Burbs.

p to the e · 18-07-2019 11:48am

Carrie Coon is just a great actress. Hopefully she has a decent script to get stuck into.

Movie Maestro · 18-09-2019 1:03pm

Amazing news, can't wait for this:pac::pac::pac:

silverharp · 18-09-2019 1:59pm

I saw that clip and there were some commentators saying that it indicated he hadn't signed yet, that he isn't on the set which means either he has a small part or they can change the movie to include him or not as the case may be

AndyBoBandy · 18-09-2019 2:02pm

As long as Bill Murray is involved - its a yes from me...

18-09-2019 2:35pm

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

As long as Bill Murray is involved - its a yes from me...

Yes: Bill Murray hasn't been in a decent movie since
'Lost In Translation'

Dades · 18-09-2019 2:39pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Yes: Bill Murray hasn't been in a decent movie since
'Lost In Translation'

Fans of Wes Anderson disagree.

fluke · 18-09-2019 2:51pm

Dades wrote: »

Fans of Wes Anderson disagree.

and Jim Jarmusch

py2006 · 29-09-2019 12:35pm

According to this character:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A02_rShryE

B.A._Baracus · 29-09-2019 8:40pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Yes: Bill Murray hasn't been in a decent movie since
'Lost In Translation'

I don't get the love for Bill Murray anymore. Sure I grew up watching his movies too but the guy is an as*hole.

To telling Lucy lu she can't act. Head butting MCG. Accordingly punching his wife.... The list goes on.
He's the real reason why Ghostbusters 3 was never made. But people still love him. He held out doing it for years then agreed to be in the terrible remake.

wezzopalooza · 30-09-2019 1:39am

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

I don't get the love for Bill Murray anymore. Sure I grew up watching his movies too but the guy is an as*hole.

To telling Lucy lu she can't act. Head butting MCG. Accordingly punching his wife.... The list goes on.
He's the real reason why Ghostbusters 3 was never made. But people still love him. He held out doing it for years then agreed to be in the terrible remake.

That was the really galling thing- a proper GB sequel has been doing the rounds for at least 20 years, and would have been a done deal except Murray kept holding out. I thought the success of the 2009 video game would have brough a new film, but then when Harold Ramis died that became an impossibility. After all the refusals he ends up doing that dumpster fire from 2016. Would have had more respect for him if he just kept his stance. Although there were rumours that his appearance and promotion of film was more due to a legal obligation, so who knows.

This new film is better than nothing and I will enjoy seeing those characters again, but I'm not expecting any more than a few scenes with the originals, basically some glorified cameos that they can use in the trailers to sell tickets and create a buzz. I reckon Murray and the rest were locked in for this a long time ago as it seems to be a quite secretive production so far.

peteeeed · 30-09-2019 8:32am

I love Bill Murray

peteeeed · 20-10-2019 8:00am

Filming looks like it's done

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3xjkzshmH2/?igshid=117o6l4zmt49w

pixelburp · 20-10-2019 11:11am

With the prominence towards kids as main characters, do we know what / who this is geared at? Wondering whether this might be a "kids" film, which is funny given how much of a schlubby, adult film the original was.

Tony EH · 20-10-2019 2:06pm

I think there's going to be a LOT of Ghostbusters fans that are going to be really disappointed with thing.

Riesen_Meal · 20-10-2019 2:11pm

Not sure how I feel about this to be honest, I'm a huge fan of the original, I think if anyone wants the real GB3 story they should play the game that has been rereleased recently in the new consoles...

This film is supposedly a torch passing one of the old guys to the new gen, hence the kids seem to be in it...

bnt · 09-11-2019 9:02am

Dan Aykroyd has confirmed the original cast is all back in, including Bill Murray.

The way Aykroyd describes the script, it sounds like a torch-passing film, with the new family related in some way to Spengler, who won’t be there himself since Harold Ramis died in 2014.

w/s/p/c/ · 03-12-2019 10:42am

Film has a new title (according to twitter)....

GhostBusters : AfterLife

Trailer supposed to drop this week at some stage!

pixelburp · 06-12-2019 7:12pm

Trailer coming on Monday apparently; in the meantime, there are a few photos via Vanity Fair:

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/12/ghostbusters-afterlife-first-look

[...] The Leftovers’ Carrie Coon starring as mom Callie, I, Tonya’s Mckenna Grace as her science-obsessed daughter Phoebe, and Stranger Things’ Finn Wolfhard as gearhead son Trevor. They have left everything they know and moved to a small town in Oklahoma after inheriting property from the father she didn’t know.

So I'm going to go ahead and guess that Egon Spengler is the mystery (grand)father.

Slydice · 06-12-2019 10:52pm

Poster!

https://twitter.com/Ghostbusters/status/1203011220493754368

mrmorgan · 06-12-2019 11:22pm

pixelburp wrote: »

Trailer coming on Monday apparently; in the meantime, there are a few photos via Vanity Fair:

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/12/ghostbusters-afterlife-first-look

So I'm going to go ahead and guess that Egon Spengler is the mystery (grand)father.

will they have him replaced as an actor, or killed off screen?

pixelburp · 07-12-2019 12:05am

mrmorgan wrote: »

will they have him replaced as an actor, or killed off screen?

Reading the article, and between the lines, it sounds like Egon's daughter will inherit his property in Oklahoma after death; that she and the kids move there, with the kids discovering the old Ghostbusters car and equipment.

mrmorgan · 07-12-2019 12:16am

pixelburp wrote: »

Reading the article, and between the lines, it sounds like Egon's daughter will inherit his property in Oklahoma after death; that she and the kids move there, with the kids discovering the old Ghostbusters car and equipment.

interesting, wonder where they will take it from there!