Ryan Reynolds Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 1 hour ago, ZattMurdock said: Am I a bad person for kinda liking Afterlife? it was decent up until the third act , most modern reboots seems have issues here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorkingonaName Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Afterlife is mid as hell yet still is the 2nd best Ghostbusters movie by a wide margin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZattMurdock Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 2 minutes ago, Ryan Reynolds said: it was decent up until the third act , most modern reboots seems have issues here My point is that I really like the whole metaphor about the Reitman’s father and son relationship there. Film has heart, which was missing from Feig’s remake. It feels like a new beginning for the Ghostbusters universe, I actually want to spend more time in that world. Really curious with them going back to the NYC setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poweranimals Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 13 hours ago, ZattMurdock said: Am I a bad person for kinda liking Afterlife? Everyone seemed to like it when it first came out but now people are hating on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grebacio Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 (edited) Ghostbusters movies will release any time of the year except in October Edited July 29, 2023 by Grebacio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAtGender Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 On 7/28/2023 at 10:54 PM, WorkingonaName said: Afterlife is mid as hell yet still is the 2nd best Ghostbusters movie by a wide margin. The best Ghostbusters movie is the 2016 one 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 3 hours ago, BadAtGender said: The best Ghostbusters movie is the 2016 one Agreed. And this new one will also gross less than the 2016 one did, just like Afterlife. (I know Afterlife had a sensible budget and was probably profitable, but less people seen it). 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Spidey Freak Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 8 hours ago, SpiderByte said: Ghostbusters bringing the Disney Princess sparkle in March now that Snow White has made a break for it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ZattMurdock Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 I’m not sure if the new generation of nerds hang around this message board. I’d imagine they do not, but whenever people trash Ghostbusters for Egon’s granddaughter being the main focus of Afterlife, Star Wars because of Rey or Marvel because of whatever female character is in the order of the day to hate on, I think of little moments like this: I’m glad that a new generation is getting the toys I used to play around with. Afterlife was about not really pleasing the old fans nostalgia, but forging a new fandom around the franchise. Yeah yeah, cynical money cash grab by Sony yes, but you can say that about literally every single blockbusters made by any of the studios. Shit like this warms my heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 5 hours ago, ZattMurdock said: I’m not sure if the new generation of nerds hang around this message board. I’d imagine they do not, but whenever people trash Ghostbusters for Egon’s granddaughter being the main focus of Afterlife, Star Wars because of Rey or Marvel because of whatever female character is in the order of the day to hate on, I think of little moments like this: I’m glad that a new generation is getting the toys I used to play around with. Afterlife was about not really pleasing the old fans nostalgia, but forging a new fandom around the franchise. Yeah yeah, cynical money cash grab by Sony yes, but you can say that about literally every single blockbusters made by any of the studios. Shit like this warms my heart. Afterlife was absolutely about pandering to those man babies that decided to harass a group of women that had the audacity to work on a movie. It's for people that deserve absolutely nothing and reeked of cowardice in the highest degree by Sony. 4 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadOlCatSylvester Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 1 hour ago, SchumacherFTW said: Afterlife was absolutely about pandering to those man babies that decided to harass a group of women that had the audacity to work on a movie. It's for people that deserve absolutely nothing and reeked of cowardice in the highest degree by Sony. Femmebusters barely crawled past $220M worldwide on a $144M budget. People just didn't like it. If the Fandom Menace backlash was the sole hurdle then it would still have made far more money than it did, as other female-centric movies since then have displayed. Granted, Afterlife didn't get much past $200M worldwide either, but at least that can be reasonably blamed on the foul stench of Femmebusters and the unstable marketplace at the time. Oh, and it also cost half as much. Sony going back to the original continuity isn't cowardice, but the mythical sensible move from their end. They never should have rebooted in hindsight, and they should've just done a proper Ghostbusters 3 to begin with. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 56 minutes ago, BadOlCatSylvester said: Femmebusters barely crawled past $220M worldwide on a $144M budget. People just didn't like it. If the Fandom Menace backlash was the sole hurdle then it would still have made far more money than it did, as other female-centric movies since then have displayed. Granted, Afterlife didn't get much past $200M worldwide either, but at least that can be reasonably blamed on the foul stench of Femmebusters and the unstable marketplace at the time. Oh, and it also cost half as much. Sony going back to the original continuity isn't cowardice, but the mythical sensible move from their end. They never should have rebooted in hindsight, and they should've just done a proper Ghostbusters 3 to begin with. I'm not talking about the financial aspect of it. These sad acts seemed to take pride in running the cast off of social media through sheer harassment, why on earth do people like that deserve to be catered to? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Train Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 The 2016 movie was so hated that it barely beat a movie released during the pandemic. That was a terrible performance. Sony shifting back to the original continuity was the right move, Hollywood is a business. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YM! Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 (edited) I don’t get the appeal in Ghostbusters in general or the fervent nostalgia that is many due to Hi-C and Halloween costumes as I don’t think anyone under 35 really cares that much for it. It’s just supposed to be SNL actors dicking around with ghosts. The first is a solid 3.5/5 but the video game is the only time the franchise has ever wowed me. Feel like a Buress/Hader/Davidson combo would be a fun time though with them just riffing on each other. Ghostbusters 2 is mediocre and the less we saw about it the better, Ghostbusters 16 is technically the 2nd best because it sticks to the concept but not more than a 3/5, Afterlife is kind of TROS of the franchise made to appease but winds up juiceless. I have not much interest in Frozen Empire unless it looks really funny or cool. Think the sequel will have a similar increase percentage wise as Sonic 1 -> Sonic 2 (~155m domestic/300m WW). I’m curious if Sony Animation will ever get the animated movie they’re making off the ground as they got directors recently. Edited November 1, 2023 by YM! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooldude97 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 both movies sucked 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrHardapple Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 If the new one is half as good as Afterlife, it will be a great film! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDude391 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 I adore the first Ghostbusters but its a franchise/fanbase that has severely misremembered the original film. 2016 Ghostbusters was quite bad but it was MUCH closer in tone/style to the OG than the other films. Completely irreverent comedy where SNL guys riff on what if bug exterminators but for ghosts. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 (edited) 18 hours ago, TheDude391 said: I adore the first Ghostbusters but its a franchise/fanbase that has severely misremembered the original film. 2016 Ghostbusters was quite bad but it was MUCH closer in tone/style to the OG than the other films. Completely irreverent comedy where SNL guys riff on what if bug exterminators but for ghosts. No it wasn’t. Ghostbusters 2016 was a bad Nickelodeon comedy. Ghostbusters 1984 was a comedy but still played the terror and threat straight and didn’t devolve into slapstick. Afterlife sucked too though for being a lazy nostalgia rehash. The 2009 video game will always be the real Ghostbusters 3 Edited November 2, 2023 by John Marston 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
