- September 24th, 2022, 4:56 pm#4972879
**Apologies if this has been mentioned before**
GB2 holds a special place in my heart. I feel like it’s been unfairly maligned over the years & so I carry a special torch for it. No it’s not perfect. But one of the criticism the movie seems to get, is something I’m sure you’ve all heard
“Why does no one believe in ghosts? They saved the world! Shouldn’t everyone believe in ghosts?”
I’ve never understood this criticism. How many characters explicitly say they don’t believe in ghosts? The judge? Hardmeyer? And…Jason’s Dad? I guess you could maybe throw in the doctor at the psychiatric ward.
That’s not a lot. How does 3-4 characters not believing in ghosts turn into “no one believes in ghosts? That doesn’t make sense!”
The movie shows the GB’s still being beloved by the city. So I’ve never got the “hey! Why doesn’t everyone believe in ghosts now?”
Even if it were true that a lot of people didn’t believe in ghosts…I still don’t think it’s a valid criticism. We went to the moon multiple times. And there is a sizeable amount of people who don’t believe it happened. The earth has known to be round for hundreds and hundreds of years…but there is a sizeable contingent of people who believe it’s flat.
It’s not unreasonable to think people would constantly be questioning the legitimacy of the Ghostbusters even if they were as busy as in the cartoon.
GB2 holds a special place in my heart. I feel like it’s been unfairly maligned over the years & so I carry a special torch for it. No it’s not perfect. But one of the criticism the movie seems to get, is something I’m sure you’ve all heard
“Why does no one believe in ghosts? They saved the world! Shouldn’t everyone believe in ghosts?”
I’ve never understood this criticism. How many characters explicitly say they don’t believe in ghosts? The judge? Hardmeyer? And…Jason’s Dad? I guess you could maybe throw in the doctor at the psychiatric ward.
That’s not a lot. How does 3-4 characters not believing in ghosts turn into “no one believes in ghosts? That doesn’t make sense!”
The movie shows the GB’s still being beloved by the city. So I’ve never got the “hey! Why doesn’t everyone believe in ghosts now?”
Even if it were true that a lot of people didn’t believe in ghosts…I still don’t think it’s a valid criticism. We went to the moon multiple times. And there is a sizeable amount of people who don’t believe it happened. The earth has known to be round for hundreds and hundreds of years…but there is a sizeable contingent of people who believe it’s flat.
It’s not unreasonable to think people would constantly be questioning the legitimacy of the Ghostbusters even if they were as busy as in the cartoon.
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