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New Ghostbusters Afterlife trailer
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You know, now that you mention it, I think that's why the later Star Wars movies fell so flat. They forgot that it was supposed to be a fairy tale
Ryujin
Legend
Hand-waving psuedo-science "counts" rather than just allowing it to be what it was, Science Fantasy, was a fairly large misstep.
J.Quondam
CR 1/8
PSEUDO-SCIENCE??
A Neuroscientist Just Tricked 4 Dodgy Journals Into Accepting a Fake Paper on ‘Midi-Chlorians’
The force isn't strong with these journals.
futurism.com
I was thinking more that the story beats were less fairy tale-ish
CleverNickName
Limit Break Dancing
Original Works > Sequels > Reboots > Reboots made by Abrams
Tonguez
A suffusion of yellow
Thats exactly what I said to my brother when Phantom Menace came out - the original movies were fantasy in space, Phantom Menace was too sci-fi
Not being precognitive doesn't make one stupid. In no way was this down to stupidity. Do you have Apple shares? Does not having them make you stupid?
Grendel_Khan
Hero
We must be looking at different reviews:
Ghostbusters: Afterlife review – a slimy, stinking corpse of a sequel
Jason Reitman takes over his father’s franchise and immediately tanks it with a tonally misjudged blend of fan service and bizarrely played-straight spectacle
www.theguardian.com
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Review: Great Until It's Derailed By Fan Service
The Jason Reitman directed sci-fi sequel starring Carrie Coon and Paul Rudd opens November 19. io9 reviews.
gizmodo.com
'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' is a gloomy nostalgia trip through the ruins of American culture
Jason Reitman takes up his father's legacy in the latest attempt to revive the 'Ghostbusters' franchise.
ew.com
Granted, there are some good reviews out there--I know I'm always waiting with bated breath to hear what the finest minds of IGN have to say--but it's by no means a critical darling. And the problems critics are raising are exactly what some of us were worried about based on the trailers--an overdose of fan service. Though I guess that describes most of the MCU at this point, so maybe this'll be a hit, too. If nothing else the most vocal of the Ghostbuster reboot haters can finally feel seen!
billd91
Hobbit on Quest (he/him)
The Guardian reviewers tends to be pretty harsh.We must be looking at different reviews:
Ghostbusters: Afterlife review – a slimy, stinking corpse of a sequel
Jason Reitman takes over his father’s franchise and immediately tanks it with a tonally misjudged blend of fan service and bizarrely played-straight spectacle
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Review: Great Until It's Derailed By Fan Service
The Jason Reitman directed sci-fi sequel starring Carrie Coon and Paul Rudd opens November 19. io9 reviews.
'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' is a gloomy nostalgia trip through the ruins of American culture
Jason Reitman takes up his father's legacy in the latest attempt to revive the 'Ghostbusters' franchise.
Granted, there are some good reviews out there--I know I'm always waiting with bated breath to hear what the finest minds of IGN have to say--but it's by no means a critical darling. And the problems critics are raising are exactly what some of us were worried about based on the trailers--an overdose of fan service. Though I guess that describes most of the MCU at this point, so maybe this'll be a hit, too. If nothing else the most vocal of the Ghostbuster reboot haters can finally feel seen!
Ghostbusters: Afterlife is still running 82% positive on RottenTomatoes. That's with 33 reviews counted. So we'll see how it all sorts out, it's early.
Grendel_Khan
Hero
Rotten Tomatoes can be a bit sketchy anytime, but especially when something hasn’t hit a ton of critics. If you check the Top Critics reviews on there, which filters out stuff like small or personal blogs, there are a whole lotta splats. Even the NY Post’s review, which I think RT considers Fresh based on whatever mysterious calculation, calls the movie “watchable.” Praise doesn’t get much fainter.
trappedslider
Legend
Ghostbusters: Afterlife takes a Force Awakens approach to nostalgia
It brings in a new generation to share everything fans may feel about this franchise
www.polygon.com
Ghostbusters Afterlife Film Review Entertaining Sequel-Reboot Dazzles While Still Feeling Familiar
Jason Reitman pays homage to his father's 1984 remake by both updating it and borrowing from it as much as possible
www.thewrap.com
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Pays Homage to Classic while Being Its Own Film
Ghostbusters: Afterlife is a continuation of the original films that follows a new generation of characters on the hunt for ghosts.
nerdreactor.com
Also given how well it seems to have been received by the fans at NYCC, I think it will be fine
payn
Legend
Right, a film like this is going to have a ton of legacy baggage. The best way is to just judge for yourself.
