Ghostbusters 2016: Talk about the movie(s).

[Cyke101]

Re: Ghostbusters reboot: We're (almost, maybe, sorta) ready to believe

The only thing I hope is they present the new team as professionals. I mean joke about them sure but when it's time, show them as wholly competent individuals, like the original films did.

Dude, the only legitimate "busting" sequence of the film, the one at the hotel, shows them to be completely incompetent and in over their heads worse than a high school freshman trying to take off his girlfriend's bra. Throughout the film, they are constantly presented with problems that they have no idea whatsoever how to deal with.

Yeap. That's the entire point that people seem to be missing. Ghostbusters, the 1984 version at least, was in no way a sci-fi action movie. It was a comedy about four nuclear-powered hucksters who accidentally fell ass-backwards into saving the world.

It's a running joke that's perhaps emphasized more in GB2, IIRC -- after they wreck the courtroom, the montage includes them ruining a jewelry shop. Yikes.

But the hotel case in GB1 certainly takes the "cake" (cuz it exploded). There was a lot more emphasis on the untold havoc and destruction of the place.

I do like that some of the episodes from the first two seasons kept it going. Among other places, they wrecked a bowling alley, a chemical plant (a big uh oh), and even poor Ray's Aunt Lois' living room.

Last I checked, did Hangover have a scene with one of the guys shitting in a sink?

So if a character shits in a sink that makes it a chick flick? Gotcha. Boy, I should be writing all this down.


Good stuff.

Aldo, I gotta hand it to you, pal.

Nobody, I mean NOBODY, takes comments out of context better than you.

When did I say that characters shitting in sinks means it's a chick flick?

Pray tell.

Because you're making a direct reference to Bridesmaids, and you've made that very clear several times that you're comparing the reboot to that movie in this thread by constantly bringing that very movie up. You dislike the movie, think of it as only/merely/derivatively a chick flick, which you labeled it as such. You're clearly comparing one heavily-gendered film with another on the other end through a very unique scene from the women's movie.

 

[Amaris]

Re: Ghostbusters reboot: We're (almost, maybe, sorta) ready to believe

The only thing I hope is they present the new team as professionals. I mean joke about them sure but when it's time, show them as wholly competent individuals, like the original films did.

Dude, the only legitimate "busting" sequence of the film, the one at the hotel, shows them to be completely incompetent and in over their heads worse than a high school freshman trying to take off his girlfriend's bra. Throughout the film, they are constantly presented with problems that they have no idea whatsoever how to deal with.

That's the entire point that people seem to be missing. Ghostbusters, the 1984 version at least, was in no way a sci-fi action movie. It was a comedy about four nuclear-powered hucksters who accidentally fell ass-backwards into saving the world.

This.

Also, while it's a matter of personal taste, I think Ray made that entire sequence. He's just so in over his head, they all are, but with him it's clear that, any moment, he's just going to burn the whole damn place to the ground.

 

[Aldo]

Re: Ghostbusters reboot: We're (almost, maybe, sorta) ready to believe

I guess I just grew up looking at the Ghostbusters differently. You're all right, of course, they did stumble through their encounters with ghosts. I guess I more meant because they were really good at it, I mean the movies present them as successful Ghostbusters (at least the second one does after the courtroom scene). But I suppose you could turn that into a discussion, like were they successful because they were really good at what they did? Or was it because they were the only game in town?

 

[Reverend]

Re: Ghostbusters reboot: We're (almost, maybe, sorta) ready to believe

^Mostly the latter, but also it's worth noting that being effective and being proficient can be two very different things.

 

[EnriqueH]

Re: Ghostbusters reboot: We're (almost, maybe, sorta) ready to believe

So if a character shits in a sink that makes it a chick flick? Gotcha. Boy, I should be writing all this down.


Good stuff.

Aldo, I gotta hand it to you, pal.

Nobody, I mean NOBODY, takes comments out of context better than you.

When did I say that characters shitting in sinks means it's a chick flick?

Pray tell.

Because you're making a direct reference to Bridesmaids, and you've made that very clear several times that you're comparing the reboot to that movie in this thread by constantly bringing that very movie up. You dislike the movie, think of it as only/merely/derivatively a chick flick, which you labeled it as such. You're clearly comparing one heavily-gendered film with another on the other end through a very unique scene from the women's movie.

Right, but at that point, someone had compared Hangover and Bridesmaids. But I don't recall Hangover having such an overtly scatological scene.

So I ask again: when did I say that the scene equals chick flick?

[waits]

Ok.

You can take your foot out of your mouth any time now, Aldo.

 

[Saul]

Re: Ghostbusters reboot: We're (almost, maybe, sorta) ready to believe

I just noticed that the cast are all under 50 which comes across as incredibly ageist to me.

And the other day I heard this guy say something bad about America. He might be a terrorist.

And then I heard someone else say they loved their country. Sounds like a nationalist.

Oh and a girl I spoke to said she didn't like an all female cast Ghostbusters idea. Definitely SEXIST!

I bet that came across as very profound and well said as you were constructing it in your head, didn't it?

Got your attention didn't it?

 

[Beagleman]

Re: Ghostbusters reboot: We're (almost, maybe, sorta) ready to believe

I only know McCarthy as the funny cook on Gilmore Girls.

I win. What's not to like?

Damn, now I want Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel in the movie.


I mean: Gilmore Ghostbusters!

Pure. Win. I'd even love it if they decided not to feature any ghosts...

OT: I would kill for a Gilmore Girls movie, didn't really like the last season but hey...
Oh no, that would be a 'Chick Flick', wouldn't it... just lost all interest right now! Better check my testosterone level and look if my balls are still in my pants.

I checked, you're still good.

Good, for a moment I was really worried!

 

[Owain Taggart]

Re: Ghostbusters reboot: We're (almost, maybe, sorta) ready to believe

It's a running joke that's perhaps emphasized more in GB2, IIRC -- after they wreck the courtroom, the montage includes them ruining a jewelry shop. Yikes.

You could even argue that if there's one thing they're professionals at doing, it's destroying buildings! Need a building leveled? Call in the pros!

 

[Aldo]

Re: Ghostbusters reboot: We're (almost, maybe, sorta) ready to believe

Aldo, I gotta hand it to you, pal.

Nobody, I mean NOBODY, takes comments out of context better than you.

When did I say that characters shitting in sinks means it's a chick flick?

Pray tell.

Because you're making a direct reference to Bridesmaids, and you've made that very clear several times that you're comparing the reboot to that movie in this thread by constantly bringing that very movie up. You dislike the movie, think of it as only/merely/derivatively a chick flick, which you labeled it as such. You're clearly comparing one heavily-gendered film with another on the other end through a very unique scene from the women's movie.

Right, but at that point, someone had compared Hangover and Bridesmaids. But I don't recall Hangover having such an overtly scatological scene.

So I ask again: when did I say that the scene equals chick flick?

[waits]

Ok.

You can take your foot out of your mouth any time now, Aldo.

No removal required because I did no such thing. You kept going on about how Bridesmaids was nothing about Hangover because Bridesmaids was a chick flick so when you brought up the sink scene I just assumed you were still on that path.

Regardless, it's absurd to point to Bridesmaids as having scatological humor and saying that makes it different from The Hangover when that film involves equally gross humor.

 

[Greg Cox]

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I gotta admit, I don't think of BRIDESMAIDS as a stereotypical "chick flick," whatever that is. It's more of a wild, outrageous comedy, like THE HANGOVER or SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, that just happens to be built around female friendships instead.

It's not your standard romantic comedy or tearjerker, which is what usually gets labelled "a chick flick."

I mean, are we going call KILL BILL a chick flick because it's about a woman whose wedding gets spoiled?

 

[EnriqueH]

Re: Ghostbusters reboot: We're (almost, maybe, sorta) ready to believe

Because you're making a direct reference to Bridesmaids, and you've made that very clear several times that you're comparing the reboot to that movie in this thread by constantly bringing that very movie up. You dislike the movie, think of it as only/merely/derivatively a chick flick, which you labeled it as such. You're clearly comparing one heavily-gendered film with another on the other end through a very unique scene from the women's movie.

Right, but at that point, someone had compared Hangover and Bridesmaids. But I don't recall Hangover having such an overtly scatological scene.

So I ask again: when did I say that the scene equals chick flick?

[waits]

Ok.

You can take your foot out of your mouth any time now, Aldo.

No removal required because I did no such thing. You kept going on about how Bridesmaids was nothing about Hangover because Bridesmaids was a chick flick so when you brought up the sink scene I just assumed you were still on that path.

Regardless, it's absurd to point to Bridesmaids as having scatological humor and saying that makes it different from The Hangover when that film involves equally gross humor.

Uh-huh, so you admit you ASSUMED.

Good.

Good.

I rest my case.

Oh, and uh, I know a good dentist...

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Re: Ghostbusters reboot: We're (almost, maybe, sorta) ready to believe

This thread is like a black hole.

 

[Cyke101]

Re: Ghostbusters reboot: We're (almost, maybe, sorta) ready to believe

I gotta admit, I don't think of BRIDESMAIDS as a stereotypical "chick flick," whatever that is. It's more of a wild, outrageous comedy, like THE HANGOVER or SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, that just happens to be built around female friendships instead.

It's not your standard romantic comedy or tearjerker, which is what usually gets labelled "a chick flick."

I mean, are we going call KILL BILL a chick flick because it's about a woman whose wedding gets spoiled?

I feel like for some here, yes, it would be called a chick flick, with all the limitations that come with it.

Maybe even the same for the Alien movies, too. Heck, one of them had Ripley protecting a little girl! Ew cooties and estrogen.

 

[ALF]

Re: Ghostbusters reboot: We're (almost, maybe, sorta) ready to believe

This thread is like a black hole.

Can't have a conversation about Ghostbusters without a few black holes! Historically a very tormented fanbase.

It was a comedy about four nuclear-powered hucksters who accidentally fell ass-backwards into saving the world.

That's a humdinger of a summary. I laughed out loud!

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Re: Ghostbusters reboot: We're (almost, maybe, sorta) ready to believe

I just noticed that the cast are all under 50 which comes across as incredibly ageist to me.

And the other day I heard this guy say something bad about America. He might be a terrorist.

And then I heard someone else say they loved their country. Sounds like a nationalist.

Oh and a girl I spoke to said she didn't like an all female cast Ghostbusters idea. Definitely SEXIST!

I bet that came across as very profound and well said as you were constructing it in your head, didn't it?

Got your attention didn't it?

Dog shit gets your attention when you're trying to avoid stepping in it. But at the end of the day, it's still just dog shit.

 

[Saga]

Re: Ghostbusters reboot: We're (almost, maybe, sorta) ready to believe

I bet that came across as very profound and well said as you were constructing it in your head, didn't it?

Got your attention didn't it?

Dog shit gets your attention when you're trying to avoid stepping in it. But at the end of the day, it's still just dog shit.

 

[EnriqueH]

Re: Ghostbusters reboot: We're (almost, maybe, sorta) ready to believe

I gotta admit, I don't think of BRIDESMAIDS as a stereotypical "chick flick," whatever that is. It's more of a wild, outrageous comedy, like THE HANGOVER or SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, that just happens to be built around female friendships instead.

It's not your standard romantic comedy or tearjerker, which is what usually gets labelled "a chick flick."

I mean, are we going call KILL BILL a chick flick because it's about a woman whose wedding gets spoiled?

I feel like for some here, yes, it would be called a chick flick, with all the limitations that come with it.

Maybe even the same for the Alien movies, too. Heck, one of them had Ripley protecting a little girl! Ew cooties and estrogen.

Actually, I enjoyed both Kill Bill and Alien/Aliens.

I wonder why you guys can't tell the difference between what is a chick flick and what isn't.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Re: Ghostbusters reboot: We're (almost, maybe, sorta) ready to believe

I gotta admit, I don't think of BRIDESMAIDS as a stereotypical "chick flick," whatever that is. It's more of a wild, outrageous comedy, like THE HANGOVER or SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, that just happens to be built around female friendships instead.

It's not your standard romantic comedy or tearjerker, which is what usually gets labelled "a chick flick."

I mean, are we going call KILL BILL a chick flick because it's about a woman whose wedding gets spoiled?

I feel like for some here, yes, it would be called a chick flick, with all the limitations that come with it.

Maybe even the same for the Alien movies, too. Heck, one of them had Ripley protecting a little girl! Ew cooties and estrogen.

Actually, I enjoyed both Kill Bill and Alien/Aliens.

I wonder why you guys can't tell the difference between what is a chick flick and what isn't.

Because we disagree with your identification of Bridesmaids as an example.

 

[{ Emilia }]

Re: Ghostbusters reboot: We're (almost, maybe, sorta) ready to believe

I wonder why you guys can't tell the difference between what is a chick flick and what isn't.

As a woman I'd love to hear your definition.

 

[Greg Cox]

Re: Ghostbusters reboot: We're (almost, maybe, sorta) ready to believe

I feel like for some here, yes, it would be called a chick flick, with all the limitations that come with it.

Maybe even the same for the Alien movies, too. Heck, one of them had Ripley protecting a little girl! Ew cooties and estrogen.

Actually, I enjoyed both Kill Bill and Alien/Aliens.

I wonder why you guys can't tell the difference between what is a chick flick and what isn't.

Because we disagree with your identification of Bridesmaids as an example.

Yeah. The Joy Luck Club is arguably a chick flick. How Stella Got Her Groove Back is arguably a chick flick. The Notebook and pretty much any other Nicholas Sparks movie are largely regarded as chick flicks.

But Bridesmaids is a zany, off-color comedy. And pretty hilarious, too.