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lowkey13
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Yet another Ghostbusters movie
Blue
Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal
I enjoyed the 2016 Ghostbusters, but the only character with the same zany pull as the original three ghostbusters was Holtzmann. (Sorry, I like Zeddemore, but he didn't have the same oomph as the others.)
I didn't come away with feeling it was unrelated, just that it was only loosely related. There was comments from the federal (?) official that this sort of thing had happened before and had been covered up / amazed what people forgot. Sort of a nod that the earlier movie(s) happened without having to build on the later movies in the franchise.
Ralif Redhammer
Legend
I thought they all did a good job, but Holtzmann was assuredly the stand-out character of the movie.
Instead of "not connecting it to the original two films," perhaps I should've said “not keeping it in continuity with…”
Instead of "not connecting it to the original two films," perhaps I should've said “not keeping it in continuity with…”
Aren't constant reboots all the rage these days?
billd91
Not your screen monkey (he/him)
"These days"? People have been remaking stuff since movies began - they just didn't call them reboots.
Ralif Redhammer
Legend
So it would seem. It seems like the reboot cycle is getting faster and faster. Still grumpy about what DC did with Constantine/Hellblazer.
You don’t have to watch them. It’s not like Hollywood doesn’t churn out hundreds of original films every year too.
Ralif Redhammer
Legend
No, true, I do not (Nor do I have to post complaining about it, but here we stand). And honestly, there have been some remakes I've enjoyed. But then something like the Your Name remake gets announced, and it makes me grumpy all over again.
Eltab
Lord of the Hidden Layer
Proposed tie-in: One of the teens is summoned to a lawyer's office because of something about a will. They have inherited a big suitcase: a Ghostbuster proton pack, with instructions (yes, Ramis' character's stuff). The strange things begin to happen when the teen takes it back to his/her apartment, in a high-rise which is being renovated. The structure of the building has a certain amount of the alloy that made the original building into Spook Central and drew Gozer's attention. Ghosts start showing up, "leaking out of the walls". The teen has to read the instructions while looking for friends to help out with a 'defumigation' of the place. Some original stars could put in cameos; Sigourney Weaver could provide actually-helpful information, such as a lead on where the ambulance (plus more gear stored inside it) was parked.
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