'Ghostbusters': How Sony Plans to Out-Slime the Online Haters

Hollywood Reporter ^ | May 25, 2016 | Tatiana Siegel

[C19fan]

They are trying to define the experience," says Sony's marketing chief as vocal (and sexist?) foes of the female reboot face off against a summer tentpole's trailers. When Sony Pictures' second trailer for its female-fronted Ghostbusters reboot appeared online May 18, fans initially had to find it on Facebook. The studio had switched from YouTube, which hosted the first trailer, in a deliberate effort to combat a cacophony of negative reaction emanating from a very vocal minority online.

[dhs12345]

Yup. A new category.

[Rastus]

Why would you want SJW friends?

[RightGeek]

That was my feeling too. I don’t care if the crew is female. I do care that that it appears to be incredibly lame. At best it is a tedious rehash of the originals.

[fieldmarshaldj]

I’m guessing destroying every copy of this abomination isn’t an option ?

[NFHale]

No need.

Ignore it. It’ll fade into obscurity.

The original will ALWAYS be the best.

[fieldmarshaldj]

The 1989 sequel was a stinker, even with the original cast. This is just... ugh.

[NFHale]

RE Sequel:

Well, yeah... it was a “been done already” situation. Like trying to make an Animal House sequel. You can’t. The “magic” is in the first one, always.

The only sequel I ever enjoyed more than the original was “Aliens” - the second of the series. It was just one kick-ass movie, and very well-done.

Another one that I enjoyed was the 1982 version of “The Thing” with Kurt Russell; in 2011 a Prequel came out, of the same title, that showed the Norwegian team that actually found the alien ship. That one ENDS where the 1982 version begins - with the helicopter chasing the dog/alien clone.

I thought it VERY well done.

“Prometheus”, on the other hand, was a disappointment - that was supposed to be the “Alien” prequel. Could have been much better.

[Impy]

On a scale of 1 to Monica, just how hard do you think this will suck?

[Laser_Ray]

Out of the kitchen, (weight) out of control, and out of what little mind she had.

I swear I can hear the Amish and Mennonites snickering.

[fieldmarshaldj]

“Animal House” had an opening for a sequel, “Blutarski Goes to Washington.” It’s too bad Belushi couldn’t get control of his drug addiction and get clean. Who knows how many more classic movies he could’ve made in the ‘80s ?

One problem with sequels is that, #1, they have a totally crappy script or #2, they waited too long to do a sequel (or both). 2-3 years is about the max for doing a sequel. When it comes 5+ years later, it almost always guarantees it will blow.

I look at Chevy Chase’s “Fletch.” There was a whole series of books and he could’ve been set for 20 years playing a new story every 1-2 years, but instead they waited 4 years to do a sequel and it just was subpar (and was one of the films that contributed to the rapid decline of his bankability as a star - and he did the horrid “Caddyshack II” during that period, perhaps the worst comedy sequel in the modern era).

“Aliens”, of course, was one example where they were able to do a superb sequel 7 years after the original. “Prometheus” was just... I don’t know what that was.

[fieldmarshaldj]

It may be hyper-Lewinski. I expect it may very well be a HUGH and SERIES flop.

[NFHale]

RE Blutarski Goes to Washington:

You are right - I forgot about that at the end - “Senator and Mrs John Blutarski”

Belushi was one of my favorite actors. Blues Brothers is still in my top 10 movies ever.

[fieldmarshaldj]

“Blues Brothers”, yes. And that was also responsible for a stinker of a sequel, and utterly unnecessary, almost 20 years after the fact.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Little Fuzzy

Any of A. Bertram Chandler’s John Grimes books (heck - make a mini-series out of them)

The Amber series

Pern

[NFHale]

I think Blues Brothers still holds the record for most cars wrecked in a movie...

[fieldmarshaldj]

BB2000 deliberately broke the record by one. However, this site says the #1 was a 1982 film called “The Junkman”, a sequel to the original version of “Gone in 60 Seconds.”

http://www.autotraining.edu/blog/top-3-most-destructive-car-destroying-films-in-movie-history/

[Rebelbase]

How does anyone expect to follow up on a Dan Akroyd/Bill Murray movie? It’s like being a stage act having to follow up the kid or animal act.

[Kickass Conservative]

Saw the new Ghostbusters Trailer Commercial when I was watching SNL last Saturday.

I actually thought is was a comedy skit on the Show, not a real Movie Trailer.

It was beyond bad. They put that Big Black Gal from SNL in the Movie. Whatever it is, she doesn’t have it on the Big Screen.

[Galactic Overlord-In-Chief]

One problem with sequels is that, #1, they have a totally crappy script or #2, they waited too long to do a sequel (or both). 2-3 years is about the max for doing a sequel. When it comes 5+ years later, it almost always guarantees it will blow.

Yeah, I can think of a few sequels that came out past their sell-by date and suffered for it. I think Gremlins 2 is a good example, coming out 6 years after the original. Way too long. Sometimes the sequel is made so long after that you wonder why it was made it all. For example, Crocodile Dundee III was made 13 years after the second film, well after the notoriety of the first two films had long since passed.

Ghostbusters II probably needed to come out in 1986 or at the latest 1987. Not only would the memory of the first film still be fresh, but it would have hit theaters at the same time the popular Real Ghostbusters cartoon was in its first season, which probably would have added to the sequel's exposure.

In addition to story problems, Ghostbusters II had the added misfortune of coming out in the summer of 1989, the same summer of Tim Burton's Batman, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Lethal Weapon 2, The Abyss, The Karate Kid Part III, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, License to Kill, and Star Trek V. It was like running into a buzzsaw of big budget summer movies, and of course some of the above got caught in it too.

[Clintonfatigued]

I have no problem with female “Ghostbusters,” but if the stars are using their movie to boost Hitlery’s election chances, I want no part of it.