- March 25th, 2022, 11:04 pm#4968324
RichardLess wrote: ↑March 25th, 2022, 9:45 pm I don’t want a Ghostbusters 4. Let it be. Let it rest with Ivan & Harold. I know that will be an incredibly unpopular opinion but…Ghostbusters, for me anyways, is such a specific thing and no one has come close to getting it right beyond those first 2 movies. The only person who I think has the right tone to make Ghostbusters interesting for me again would be if one of 2 directors were hired.I think the writing matters, too. You give too much emphasis on the director being the main factor. Harold Ramis knew how to write the characters. If you go through the timeline of his movies Animal House, Meatballs, Caddyshack, and Stripes then Ghostbusters you can see it was his hand that made these funny characters and was another big factor that helped make these movies succeed, imo. Not to disparage Jason or Gil, but I think they and Ghost Corps should be also looking at writers that have the same abilities Ramis had. Devil's advocate, he did mentor Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg who did drafts on the GBIII that didn't get made. And no, I'm not saying someone who worked with Ramis or was anointed by him. I am curious how someone like Adam McKay would write a GB story.
RichardLess wrote: ↑March 25th, 2022, 9:45 pm Wes Anderson(which will never happen) or Gore Verbinski(which is maybe a tad plausible but extremely unlikely).Yeah, Wes needs his own sandbox. I don't know if he'd play in other's. But then again, Jason was an indie director before Afterlife who kept saying he wouldn't go a GB movie. Murray is a frequent collaborator with Wes so he could ask... but I think it's more likely someone like Taika Waititi would direct.
RichardLess wrote: ↑March 25th, 2022, 9:45 pm It’s always surprised me how little some of you seem to care about what Ghostbusters has primarily been: a comedy. A very specific kind of comedy. Sometimes when I visit this place it’s like visiting a Star Wars forum. And if that’s what you dig about the films, all the power to you.I don't understand what you mean by like visiting a Star Wars forum as I don't go on them. Do you mean like how we tend to talk only about in-universe technical elements ad nauseum? I know some people had quibbles with the amount of comedy in AL but I dug Paul Rudd long before he was cast in AL but loved his stuff. Like when Callie kisses him on the cheek and he tells her to slow down. Gold. Or like Podcast, I thought Phoebe was hilarious. If they're going to try and cast a new team of adults to be the next Ghostbusters working for Winston, easier said than done.
But like I’ve said countless times, Ghostbusters is all comedy through character first and foremost(again for me anyways). With occasional sight gags. It’s heavy on the sarcasm, irony & character wit.
prodestrian wrote: ↑March 25th, 2022, 10:12 pm The other advantage of TV is you can mix it up with different writers and directors each week, it doesn't matter if there's a few weaker episodes if there's also some great ones in the mix. They can experiment and see what works instead of pinning everyone's hopes on a single film.Yup, I'd be down with a TV series or a streaming series too. But Sony doesn't have it's own but I wonder if they'd do one through Netflix or Amazon. Unless they're gonna retrofit Crunchyroll with all their live action content in the next couple years. A 8-10 episode season wouldn't be a tall feat.
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