- August 22nd, 2022, 12:42 am#4972017
You have to wonder what the filmmakers were thinking when they made this movie. Here they have an opportunity to give fans a movie they’ve waited a long time for and we are in an era where you can make some really cool ghosts. What do we get? Terror dogs? Arms coming out of chair, Marshmallow men, Gozer, a skeleton ghost, a gluttonous bulbous Slimey ghost, a ghost based on a toy from the cartoon. Sound familiar?
It’s so lazy in it’s lack of the new it’s astonishing. I know Ghostbusters 2 got ripped on for repeating the plot but god damn, at least the Ghosts were new and really cool. They gave us something new! The Scoleri Bros are not Slimer.
Seriously. This movie has Gozer and it has no idea what to do with her. None. It’s embarrassingly bad. At one point she’s just laying there.
What did she want? What was Gozer’s purpose? Have any of you seen the concept art for this movie? The artists are creating wonderful ghosts and imaergy and..ugh. For Christ sakes the idea that Gozer had appear however it wants is BAKED into the mythology. Sooo? Let’s have her appear EXACTLY the same way it did before.
Oh cool. She can shoot lightning out of her finger tips. What else can she do? Oh. Oh…that’s, um…that’s it? That’s all you got?
The only thing new we get is the Ecto 1 car chase. And it’s easily the only point in the movie with any pulse. It’s like yeah! Ok! More of this! Give us something new. Oh…terror dogs? Ok well maybe this time they’ll…oh. Ok. Same thing as before?
That sentinel terror dog looked kinda cool. But nah. Who needs that? We can just give you exactly that you had before except not as funny or cool or fresh.
I’m amazed the GB fandom has gotten behind this movie the way it has. Yeah it’s fun seeing all the old props and stuff but…see having Gozer again isn’t the problem, the problem is what they do with her/it.
The reviews really nailed the problem and its fan service. Having mini Stay Puft Marshmallow is fine. But having them come out of a bag is stupid. Stay Puft was in the original for a very specific reason. This time the reason is “oh! Hey! Isn’t that cute? I remember Mr Stay Puft!” And that’s just filmmaking at its worst. It’s lazy,
It’s so lazy in it’s lack of the new it’s astonishing. I know Ghostbusters 2 got ripped on for repeating the plot but god damn, at least the Ghosts were new and really cool. They gave us something new! The Scoleri Bros are not Slimer.
Seriously. This movie has Gozer and it has no idea what to do with her. None. It’s embarrassingly bad. At one point she’s just laying there.
What did she want? What was Gozer’s purpose? Have any of you seen the concept art for this movie? The artists are creating wonderful ghosts and imaergy and..ugh. For Christ sakes the idea that Gozer had appear however it wants is BAKED into the mythology. Sooo? Let’s have her appear EXACTLY the same way it did before.
Oh cool. She can shoot lightning out of her finger tips. What else can she do? Oh. Oh…that’s, um…that’s it? That’s all you got?
The only thing new we get is the Ecto 1 car chase. And it’s easily the only point in the movie with any pulse. It’s like yeah! Ok! More of this! Give us something new. Oh…terror dogs? Ok well maybe this time they’ll…oh. Ok. Same thing as before?
That sentinel terror dog looked kinda cool. But nah. Who needs that? We can just give you exactly that you had before except not as funny or cool or fresh.
I’m amazed the GB fandom has gotten behind this movie the way it has. Yeah it’s fun seeing all the old props and stuff but…see having Gozer again isn’t the problem, the problem is what they do with her/it.
The reviews really nailed the problem and its fan service. Having mini Stay Puft Marshmallow is fine. But having them come out of a bag is stupid. Stay Puft was in the original for a very specific reason. This time the reason is “oh! Hey! Isn’t that cute? I remember Mr Stay Puft!” And that’s just filmmaking at its worst. It’s lazy,