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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 7870744" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>Any place can be a character. It just takes an understanding of the place and a good writer. Some place-characters are easier to write than others, though.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Which speaks a bit to having <em>good writing</em>. The Real Ghostbusters had JMS on a whole mess of episodes - the guy who went on to do Babylon 5, and effectively changed how genre shows were plotted forever afterwards...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The critique I'm seeing float around, which probably has some merit, is that the first was actually a science fiction movie that happened to be performed by some of the funniest people in the business at the time. The second movie was written as a comedy, with some sci-fi elements.</p><p></p><p>I think the 2016 movie honestly tired to aim for the sci-fi by funny people idea, but a lot of folks got too wrapped up in the all-female cast to enjoy it.</p><p></p><p>This trailer makes me think they are leaning to a slightly different scifi - "Kids on bikes". The question remains how funny they can get...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think even a small Oklahoma town can have its flavor... if the writers pay attention to it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Correct training? Um... the entire first movie is comedic in part because they had no frelling idea what they were doing! Ghostbusters <em>bumble</em> their way through, training or not. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, given the title, and the cameos... I'm guessing it is less "Chosen Ones" and more like, "We ghosts of the originals now have to find someone to clean up a mess, and if you can't haunt family, who can you haunt?"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 7870744, member: 177"] Any place can be a character. It just takes an understanding of the place and a good writer. Some place-characters are easier to write than others, though. Which speaks a bit to having [I]good writing[/I]. The Real Ghostbusters had JMS on a whole mess of episodes - the guy who went on to do Babylon 5, and effectively changed how genre shows were plotted forever afterwards... The critique I'm seeing float around, which probably has some merit, is that the first was actually a science fiction movie that happened to be performed by some of the funniest people in the business at the time. The second movie was written as a comedy, with some sci-fi elements. I think the 2016 movie honestly tired to aim for the sci-fi by funny people idea, but a lot of folks got too wrapped up in the all-female cast to enjoy it. This trailer makes me think they are leaning to a slightly different scifi - "Kids on bikes". The question remains how funny they can get... I think even a small Oklahoma town can have its flavor... if the writers pay attention to it. Correct training? Um... the entire first movie is comedic in part because they had no frelling idea what they were doing! Ghostbusters [I]bumble[/I] their way through, training or not. Well, given the title, and the cameos... I'm guessing it is less "Chosen Ones" and more like, "We ghosts of the originals now have to find someone to clean up a mess, and if you can't haunt family, who can you haunt?" [/QUOTE]
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