Ghostbusters: Afterlife | November 19 2021 | Sony | Delayed again

[AJG]

21 hours ago, Nikostar said:

Lol this is getting the same kind of reviews as the 2016 version.

“It’s fine but whatever 🤷‍♂️“
 

- The New York Times.

[dudalb]

On 10/11/2021 at 8:26 AM, Hatebox said:

^ Was just about to post that. "Jason Reitman takes over his father’s franchise and immediately tanks it with a tonally misjudged blend of pandering fan service and bizarrely played-straight spectacle"

 

Looks like you either buy into the lack of comedy or you don't.

A lack of comedy in a "Ghostbusters just makes no sense. It's spoofing supernatural thrillers, not trying to be seriout take on one.

[WittyUsername]

2 hours ago, dudalb said:

Not really. if it was their Star wars, they would not have put it on ice for  25 years.

But if they are trying to actually go serious with it in the upcoming movie, that is a huge, huge, mistake.

I said it was the closest thing they have. I didn’t say it was anywhere near the level of Star Wars. As a side note, Ghostbusters 3 was in development for years. It wasn’t until Harold Ramis’ passing that Sony (initially) gave up on that. 

[dudalb]

Actually, I think that Spiderman and James Bond (until Sony lost him) were the big SONY franchises.

[EmmaPeel]

Yeah, if anything is Sony's Star Wars it's Spiderman.

 

 

[WittyUsername]

9 minutes ago, EmmaPeel said:

Yeah, if anything is Sony's Star Wars it's Spiderman.

 

 

The difference is that Sony doesn’t own Spider-Man outright. They don’t profit off any of the merchandise. In that sense, Ghostbusters is their closest equivalent.

[dudalb]

25 minutes ago, WittyUsername said:

The difference is that Sony doesn’t own Spider-Man outright. They don’t profit off any of the merchandise. In that sense, Ghostbusters is their closest equivalent.

Which says something about SONY's lack of franchises.....

 

[Porthos]

Found the first batch of showtimes for this locally (4pm previews on 11/18).

 

If scheduling is starting to drop in, tickets will probs be on sale soon-ish. Within a week or so, I would think.

Edited October 23, 2021 by Porthos

[Porthos]

9 hours ago, Porthos said:

Found the first batch of showtimes for this locally (4pm previews on 11/18).

 

If scheduling is starting to drop in, tickets will probs be on sale soon-ish. Within a week or so, I would think.

 

11/1 per EC.

 

Fair enuf.  One of my locals must have decided to schedule some shows super early for some reason or another.

[grim22]

Spoiler-ish

 

 

 

 

[Porthos]

Saw my first TV ad for this on a NFL game just now.

 

ETA:

 

Followed by a mini ad a couple of drives later.

 

Sign to come of the level of advertising push?

Edited October 24, 2021 by Porthos

[baumer]

Paul Rudd is good or comedy.  But this just doesn't look funny at all.  I'm very disappointed in the direction this movie seems to be heading.

[titanic2187]

On 10/14/2021 at 3:28 AM, dudalb said:

Actually, I think that Spiderman and James Bond (until Sony lost him) were the big SONY franchises.

How can you forget Jumanji.

[poweranimals]

11 hours ago, baumer said:

Paul Rudd is good or comedy.  But this just doesn't look funny at all.  I'm very disappointed in the direction this movie seems to be heading.

I don't think it's supposed to be a comedy though. And given how the last one turned out that's probably a good thing.

[EmpireCity]

The movie is hilarious and there is a ton of comedy in it.  Who in the world is saying there isn't??

[EmpireCity]

The marshmallow men scene in Wal-Mart had a crowd of a few thousand rolling for a solid 5 minutes.  

 

Saying there is no comedy in this movie is flat out wrong and insane.  

[baumer]

2 hours ago, EmpireCity said:

The marshmallow men scene in Wal-Mart had a crowd of a few thousand rolling for a solid 5 minutes.  

 

Saying there is no comedy in this movie is flat out wrong and insane.  

 

The trailers have kept the comedy out of it. 

 

But you're saying it is funny so that makes me very excited to see it now. 

[Last Man Standing]

4 hours ago, baumer said:

 

The trailers have kept the comedy out of it. 

 

To be fair to them, when trailers do show comedy people later complain that they spoil the jokes in the movie.

[famicommander]

Major Force Awakens/JJ Trek vibes here. 

 

"We don't have a good story to tell, but we love the old movies and would please like more money"

[dudalb]

19 hours ago, poweranimals said:

I don't think it's supposed to be a comedy though. And given how the last one turned out that's probably a good thing.

Which, for a Ghostbusters film, makes  no sense. It's a comedy franchise.  It's like trying to make a "Vacation" film into a serious drama.