BatDan wrote: ↑July 21st, 2022, 4:40 am Im still hungry for more.
Rich, I think youre feeling Carpathian Kittenloss..GB3 has been a carrot on a stick for the longest time and always felt like a myth/what if and never possible…and now that you got the carrot, youre in the midst of a “okay so what now?” Period
Like alpha said, there was alot more going on during GBAs announcement with the “barn teaser” and such to get us pumped.
Looking back for me, GBA was like finally getting into the hotel after a long long drive. Now im ready to see some more festivities.
As long as the movies as solid as GBA, im in good faith, all i ask is this time around..incorporate the OG characters into the plot a little cleaner.
I’ve thought about it and what I think is going on is my disappointment has won out. I mentioned before how long I(and most of us here) have been waiting for more GB. And for me they were both just not…good. And I can’t drum up the enthusiasm when I know the guys attached are not comedy writers & the movie likely will be a similar feel. I feel like that lady in the Wendys commercial but instead of “where’s the beef?” It’s “where the comedy?”.
I mean GB16, for all it’s faults, it at least attempted to be a comedy film. Not one member of the main cast on GBA comes from a comedian or SNL player background, which is a break in tradition. Look at the original and it’s a lot of SNL/SCTV talent. GB16 was a whose who of the improv comedy scene. GBA had…Paul Rudd?
Long before GBA came out I made a thread about what fans expect from their Ghostbusters movie & if memory serves more than I expected were ok if it wasn’t an overt comedy. But that just shows how diverse this fandom can be. You can be in it for the comedy, the sci fi, the mythology, the spectacle etc.
I feel weird for saying this but…I don’t want teenagers or kids to be the focus of a Ghostbusters movie. I want a movie with adults. I’m not sure I can articulate why other than Ghostbusters is guys(or girls) living at the firehouse, investigating paranormal and getting in adventures while hilarity ensues. I feel like kids just puts a wrench in that. Now I liked Pheobe. A lot. I could maybe foresee a movie where she does a summer internship with Podcast. Meanwhile a new team is established and maybe Pheobe & Podcast feel like they are getting pushed aside while the “big boys” go to work. I don’t know.
Now if Jason Reitman announced tomorrow that Dan, Ernie and Bill are not just cameos but in this movie as actual characters? I’d be there for that because those are my boys. But I don’t see that happening.
I also wonder if my reaction to the movie was tainted by not seeing it in theatres. The first time I saw GBA I think I loved it. But I don’t remember because I was as high as a kite on pain medication. Sometimes when you watch a movie in a theatre with a crowd, it’s a totally different experience. I’ve watched movies in the theatre and went “oh my good this movie is HILARIOUS” and then I rent it when it comes out and watch it with a date or friends & I’m like…”WTF? This movie is terrible”.