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Judd Apatow: ‘Ghostbusters’ Haters Are Probably Trump Supporters
Comic Book Resources ^ | 06.02.16 | Anthony Couto

Posted on 06/02/2016 7:51:28 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines

Judd Apatow (“Trainwreck”) defended his “Freaks and Geeks” collaborator Paul Feig on his “Ghostbusters” film, comparing the haters — who disagree with the all-female cast — to Donald Trump supporters.

Apatow told Uproxx in an interview, “I would assume there’s a very large crossover of people who are doubtful Ghostbusters will be great and people excited about the Donald Trump candidacy. I would assume they are the exact same people.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; apatow; election2016; freaksandgeeks; ghostbusters; hollywood; jackoff; juddapatow; melissamccarthy; moviereview; movies; newyork; paulfeig; racistmovie; sjw; suckturneduptoten; trainwreck; trump; whoyanotgonnacall
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To: yarddog

It had a long run for this day and age. Most movies are in and out of the theater in a month or less, even the blockbusters.

It was a pretty good film. My son liked it and I didn’t fall asleep so it was better than lots of the crap that they put out.


21 posted on 06/02/2016 8:16:21 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: KarlInOhio

I still ain’t seen Episode 7


22 posted on 06/02/2016 8:17:29 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

And now Thor is a female as Marvel grovels to PC.

Yeah, that will play well. See JC Penny’s, Macy’s, et al.

Get a clue, morons: We are not racist or sexist. We are just TIRED OF THIS CRAP!!!


23 posted on 06/02/2016 8:18:08 PM PDT by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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To: dfwgator
LOL, from the guy who co-wrote “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls”

Well, he should know then.

24 posted on 06/02/2016 8:20:01 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
We can only hope that everyone who hates the new Ghostbusters movie votes for Donald Trump in November......

Land-slide!

25 posted on 06/02/2016 8:20:09 PM PDT by cincinnati65
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To: yarddog

It had a strong female lead, maintained consistency with the originals trilogy, involved interesting political, personal, and theological issues, and blew the doors off in terms of revenues.

Personally I thought they nailed it.

Sure some Freeper can provide a link to revenues (if that has not already happened).


26 posted on 06/02/2016 8:22:21 PM PDT by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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To: piytar
It had a strong female lead, maintained consistency with the originals trilogy, involved interesting political, personal, and theological issues, and blew the doors off in terms of revenues.

Yes, because having a movie with a strong male lead these days would be "sexist". You must have a waif-looking chick that can beat up six guys at the same time.

27 posted on 06/02/2016 8:24:06 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

We saw the trailer, we said : seen this movie before. Not gonna waste time on this


28 posted on 06/02/2016 8:27:44 PM PDT by rstrahan
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To: yarddog

It’s been out for 6 months now. This is about the time for a mega-hit to be on cable and satellite.


29 posted on 06/02/2016 8:30:47 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius (www.wilsonharpbooks.com - Sign up for my new release e-mail and get my first novel for free)
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To: Jim from C-Town; KarlInOhio; piytar

I am not surprised that it made a lot of money. That was probably a foregone conclusion no matter how good or bad it was.

It seems like only a few years ago that big hit movies would play for a very long time before going to pay per view.


30 posted on 06/02/2016 8:30:58 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: yarddog

Mr. Van Winkle is that you?


31 posted on 06/02/2016 8:31:39 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: dfwgator

It had one female lead and two male leads (Rey, Finn, Poe) just like the original trilogy (Leia, Han, Luke) and the prequels (Amidala, Anakin, Obi-Wan).


32 posted on 06/02/2016 8:32:56 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius (www.wilsonharpbooks.com - Sign up for my new release e-mail and get my first novel for free)
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To: dfwgator

I generally agree with your point.

For example, Lara Croft is a joke. She shoots .50 cal Desert Eagles like they were squirt guns. In reality, taking one shot with a real Desert Eagle would break her wrist.

However, Rey was a well constructed character. She was vulnerable, sought help from the male characters, and grew into her non-physical powers (i.e., the Force).

Don’t see anything wrong with that...


33 posted on 06/02/2016 8:35:51 PM PDT by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Gee - an all-female cast for what was originally a classic on its own - a cheap, unimaginative gimmick to try to bring people to the box office - and those who call them out are the baddies - how juvenile....


34 posted on 06/02/2016 8:37:45 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: piytar

It’s the “Karate Kid” syndrome, they always have to try to replace the male protagonist with a girl to extend the franchise and basically tell the very same story.


35 posted on 06/02/2016 8:38:19 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Yes, because we are not brainwashed idiots who think everything is good because we are told it is.


36 posted on 06/02/2016 8:39:35 PM PDT by reaganaut (I am not "reaganaut1".)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

If this is supposed to be a good movie they sure are trying to hide it by releasing terrible trailers.


37 posted on 06/02/2016 8:41:04 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
i can't begin to describe how happy i am not to have any idea who this mutt is... feh
38 posted on 06/02/2016 8:41:05 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

oh vey, he thinks we are all putzes and schmucks


39 posted on 06/02/2016 8:43:13 PM PDT by ghosthost
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

I saw the trailer for this one with no particular expectations, except that I heard that the actresses involved are supposed to be funny. I never saw the original “Ghostbusters” and so have no commitment to its “iconic” status.

This trailer is simply dull, stupid, insipid, and totally NOT funny. Given that Hollywood tries to pack highlights and laughs into the marketing trailer, for a movie to have such an awful trailer is a very bad sign indeed.

They can rail against the public all they want, but simply based upon the trailer I will not go near this movie, and I expect it ought to bomb badly. Of course, no one ever went broke under-estimating the intelligence of (some) Hollywood audiences!! Maybe it will find its niche....


40 posted on 06/02/2016 8:43:37 PM PDT by Enchante (Shrillary Clinton: Hamas puts its rockets and ammo in schools and hospitals because Gaza is small)
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