How do you make a film from a beloved franchise without 'pandering'? Unless you don't include anything that makes the original films what they were, in which case twonks like yourself would complain it's 'not ghostbusters'
Nice to know we have a Hollywood executive posting here. Explain how making a sequel to a beloved classic that is actually respectful to the original is 'pandering'?
>>22964 They've very obviously written something to appeal to the latest generation of kids, opening up new markets for the franchise and the potential for endless more sequels.
>>22963 >in which case twonks like yourself would complain it's 'not ghostbusters'
I wouldn't complain that, at least in part because I don't give a fuck about ghostbusters and never have.
It cost $144million dollars budget plus another $100million in marketing. That's $244million dollars. Because only in your own magical fantasy land does the studio get all of the box office take, the movie actually needs to make at least twice what it cost to make at the box office (theaters tend to get around half of the ticket sales).
The movie made roughly $230million at the box office meaning Sony only took away about half of that, or $115million. Meaning that it actually LOST Sony over $100million and thus cementing its status as a bomb.
Next time make sure you know what you're talking about, lest you make yourself look like a fucking moron again.
I think the problem with that one was the total lack of advertising. Personally I didn't even know they'd made a new one until it was out and the director was hating on men.
The $100 million was entirely marketing for Ghostbusters 2016. It would have been higher if they'd bought a Superbowl ad spot but despite them having already prepped a teaser for that exact purpose, they ended up not buying an ad spot and simply dropped it online a day or two after. By that stage they knew which way the wind was blowing and didn't want to waste any more money on it.
I feel the same way about Ghostbusters as I do about Back to the Future, in that it's an alright film with a couple of shit sequels and it was pretty funny, but I have no fucking clue how it has such a strong, vocal fanbase.
I mean, it's just Ghostbusters. Robocop has a legitimate claim to being the best film ever made, but where are the legions of fans of that film? Lots of people slated that one's remake, but there were no hardcore Robocop fanboys threatening to kill people on Twitter.
I realise you could probably say the same thing about The Terminator, except that it's not a comedy. It's had shit sequels and remake reboots with too many women in them, and at most people gave a resigned sigh. The trouble is obviously that with Ghostbusters they were deliberately and heavy handedly shoving the HEY LOOK THEY HAVE VAGINAS THIS TIME thing down your Jap's eye, but like I said. I don't understand were that bothered, you must surely have realised Hollywood is only good for shitting over old names and squeezing blood out of stones these days.
I'm not angry about it, I'm just commenting on how it's clearly marketed to a particular demographic for the stated reasons. It looks competently made and as though it was done by people who care about handling the IP respectfully but that doesn't make the rest of what I've said any less valid.
Trailer looks unexciting in content other than the nostalgic nods. Tonally there is nothing 'Ghostbusters' in there (they forgot the funny) it is stranger things with 80s nostalgia (so just stranger things see also: IT part 1).
>>22962 is right, get over yourself, you are all just punch drunk from the last film being dog shit and the marketing for it being so abrasive, that you will accept anything that isn't immediately obnoxious even if it is off brand.
It's only the first trailer, they aren't going to put all the best jokes in the trailer like say The Simpsons Movie did. Also there was zero legitimate humour in the 2016 version, unless you count queef jokes and jokes about wonton soup not having enough wonton in it as legitimate humour. It's also worth remembering that there is only one actual 'Ghostbusting' sequence in GBII, ie the courtroom battle. The rest of it is all story driven.
