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Ghostbusters trailer is most disliked in YouTube history
UK Guardian ^ | May 2, 2016 | Catherine Shoard

Posted on 05/06/2016 8:10:39 AM PDT by C19fan

For a film to break records before its release is usually a good sign. But such records tend to be for advance ticket sales or most trailer views – they do not tend to register unusually high levels of online dissatisfaction.

When the first look at footage from Paul Feig’s female-fronted Ghostbusters reboot debuted in March, the reaction encompassed outrage not only that the beloved comedy was being remade, but that the lead characters’ genders would be altered.

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: ballbusters; catherineshoard; elizabethperkins; feminism; ghostbusters; guardian; juddapatow; katemckinnon; kristenwiig; melissamccarthy; paulfeig; pc; racistmovie; reboot; stupididea; suckturneduptoten; youtube
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To: C19fan

Good, it deserves it. It looks awful and ruins the Ghostbuster franchise.


21 posted on 05/06/2016 8:26:58 AM PDT by Gennie
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To: SoCal Pubbie

Bill Murry carried that movie (as usual). Her role coulda been played by many others and it wouldn’t have missed a beat.


22 posted on 05/06/2016 8:27:58 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: C19fan

The trailer is so absolutely terrible you’d think they wanted the film to fail.


23 posted on 05/06/2016 8:28:21 AM PDT by mykroar ("Never believe anything until it has been officially denied." - Otto von Bismarck)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
I heard this also happened in the CBS series “Elementary”, which is a Sherlock Holmes inspired series. In that series, Dr. Watson is a woman.

CBS's took the Sherlock Holmes story and placed it in modern day NYC, as opposed to Victorian London. It's the same quirky Holmes. But Dr. Watson is now a woman, Lucy Liu. I was skeptical at first, but it absolutely works for me.

Disclaimer: I always thought Lucy Liu was kinda hot, so I guess that affects my review here.

24 posted on 05/06/2016 8:30:12 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: C19fan

It has “Massive Flop” written all over it.


25 posted on 05/06/2016 8:30:25 AM PDT by yuleeyahoo (There's no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit - R. Reagan)
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To: mykroar
The trailer is so absolutely terrible you’d think they wanted the film to fail.

And trailers can make bad movies look good. If this is the best they've got, it is doomed.

26 posted on 05/06/2016 8:32:33 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: butlerweave

Is Slimer being played by Rosie O’Donnell?


27 posted on 05/06/2016 8:33:40 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: C19fan

Rick Moranis is the only one with enough sense not to make a cameo in the movie


28 posted on 05/06/2016 8:34:54 AM PDT by Donglalinger
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To: C19fan
I laughed when I heard that they were planning to remake a politically correct Ghostbusters. First of all, it's a pretty weak franchise to begin with, and one that succeeded only because of the strength of the Three Stooges ensemble who carried it, and secondly, because it was a weird, novel idea at the time.

Now, it's just stupid, and three skanky bimbos are NOT -- repeat NOT -- going to have the clownish chemistry of Akroyd, Murray, and Ramis.

Yet some doofus managed to convince the Hollywood idiots that this anchor could fly, and was worth sinking millions of dollars into.

It's not even a bomb; it's a PRE-bomb!

29 posted on 05/06/2016 8:38:02 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: C19fan

Two words: New Coke. “They’re gonna LOVE this!”


30 posted on 05/06/2016 8:40:14 AM PDT by 50sDad (A Liberal prevents me from telling you anything here.)
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To: V_TWIN

True, but at least it showed she can deliver a professional performance in a straight supporting role.


31 posted on 05/06/2016 8:40:35 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: C19fan

If these guys wanted to do their little reboot, then they could have at least gotten a better cast.

Jason Bateman
Dave Chappelle
Zach Galifianakis
Sarah Silverman
Melissa McCarthy

All the comedy bases covered from the straight man, black guy, the weird guy, the “manish” female, and the lovable female underdog.

At least the dynamic would lead to some genuinely funny moments, and would not have alienated 101% of the audience.


32 posted on 05/06/2016 8:41:19 AM PDT by VanDeKoik (Viral v)
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To: yuleeyahoo

Columbia admits to a $154 million budget. I’m going to presume that doesn’t include promotion as summer gets closer.

Sony is going to take another massive write off.


33 posted on 05/06/2016 8:41:58 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Snickering Hound
Melissa McCarthy looks like this now:

"Mike & Molly" has been cancelled, in part because she no longer fits the profile of the character she was hired to portray.

34 posted on 05/06/2016 8:45:31 AM PDT by justlurking
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To: C19fan

The trailer looks like the original’s out-takes wearing dresses.


35 posted on 05/06/2016 8:48:55 AM PDT by pabianice (LINE)
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To: jalisco555
She was actually very funny in Bridesmaids, one of my guilty pleasures. But as the star she’s terrible. I tried watching the cop buddy movie she made with Sandra Bullock but turned it off halfway

The Heat is actually one of my guilty pleasures, as much as I am loathe to admit it. I thought she was funny in that and in Bridesmaids.
36 posted on 05/06/2016 8:49:14 AM PDT by needmorePaine
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To: castlegreyskull
They have change the race from white to black as well. Example “Annie.”

I heard that is happening with Uncle Buck, except it is going to be a TV series.
37 posted on 05/06/2016 8:50:33 AM PDT by needmorePaine
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To: C19fan

is this the foul mouthed woman who played i na movie with jason bateman?


38 posted on 05/06/2016 8:52:32 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Snickering Hound

Was is that? The Stay-Puft marshmallow man was also changed to a female lead?


39 posted on 05/06/2016 8:54:24 AM PDT by BRK
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To: needmorePaine

Everytime they do something like this, the movie is a monstrous failure.

I haven’t heard about Uncle Buck. It will fail too.

Annie
Steel Magnolias
The Wiz (Wizard of Oz)
The Honeymooners


40 posted on 05/06/2016 8:57:30 AM PDT by castlegreyskull
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