News Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire anticipation thread
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It's cool to see Janine suited up. I wonder if there's significance to the fact the kids are the only ones in red? Maybe they're trainee uniforms?
I have a feeling how much she's in will depend on where this filmed in relation to the final season of Young Sheldon. I've assumed her role on Young Sheldon was why she was in so little of Afterlife.Fuck YEAH!
I've always wanted more Janine and my sole disappointment with Afterlife is that she only got one (but wonderful!) scene.
Plus, we already know can Annie Potts kick ass thanks to Toy Story 4.
Grumpy old person says grumpy old person thing which isn’t actually real shock. Happens often.
Ray's got reason to be grumpy in this one - that magazine cover notwithstanding, Winston's refusing to let him suit up.
“He’s got fitness problems, insurance problems – Winston’s the shot-caller now and he decides Ray should step back from the ghostbusting frontline and just be an advisor. Ray does not like this. Gozer’s gone, but there’s an equally terrible threat emerging from Queens – by way of the Indus Valley – and Ray wants to be out there, driving the Cadillac.”
“He’s got fitness problems, insurance problems – Winston’s the shot-caller now and he decides Ray should step back from the ghostbusting frontline and just be an advisor. Ray does not like this. Gozer’s gone, but there’s an equally terrible threat emerging from Queens – by way of the Indus Valley – and Ray wants to be out there, driving the Cadillac.”
I REALLY wanted a TV series in the vein of Stargate SG-1. Jack O'Neill's type of humor and disdain for authority were very much like Peter Venkman
Winston could still be the financier and mentor to a new team.
Winston could still be the financier and mentor to a new team.
I like that Janine is going out into the field this time around. Plus, Annie Potts is a hoot.
Apparently J. Michael Straczynski is having another fit over Frozen Empire because according to IGN the Empire article makes another reference to the show being inspired by The Real Ghostbusters. This just seems like it's a bit of an overreaction on his part, all they said was that they were inspired by the kinds of villains they had on the show, it's not like they're actually adapting one of the episodes or bringing a specific villain he created into the movie.
What exactly is JMS trying to get from this sarcastic grousing anyway?
Could the production have reached out to him for input? Sure.
Did they have to...should they have to? Not in my opinion. Not at all.
One wonders if JMS reached out to Reitman, Ramis, and Aykroyd for their advice when he worked on The Real Ghostbusters.
Could the production have reached out to him for input? Sure.
Did they have to...should they have to? Not in my opinion. Not at all.
One wonders if JMS reached out to Reitman, Ramis, and Aykroyd for their advice when he worked on The Real Ghostbusters.
It's not like this kind of petty bullshit is new for Straczynski. Remember how he got into a slapfight with a bunch of folks at Marvel after he left the Spider-Man comics, resulting in Mark Waid delivering one of the most devastating burns ever?
I'm not a big fan of JMS but come on, it was one tweet in response to headlines from about how the new movie is drawing inspiration from the TV show he made, making it clear that while he made the tv show he wasn't involved in the movie but was around if anyone had wanted to contact him. And no one did. One tweet isn't a fit. That's clickbait.
If the makers of the film want to keep talking about how it's inspired from and used his show I don't see that it's inappropriate for the artist behind the show to make a tweet after each interview about his lack of involvement.
If the makers of the film want to keep talking about how it's inspired from and used his show I don't see that it's inappropriate for the artist behind the show to make a tweet after each interview about his lack of involvement.
Thing is, it reads like sour grapes. I've learned to take everything he says with a grain of salt these days, as he always seems to have a beef about something. When's the last time we heard him just be... happy?
It's like someone at court trying to bring up objections.
It's like someone at court trying to bring up objections.
I mean, this isn't the first time he's publicly whined about it. Do you see Michael Mann complaining that Christopher Nolan directly drew influence from Heat for the opening bank heist in The Dark Knight, or Martin Scorsese taking potshots at Todd Phillips because Joker is basically a re-skinned The King of Comedy?
Straczynski is just a very, very deeply insecure man who is terminally online--really, has been ever since the Usenet days--and has a desperate need to be acknowledged as the creative genius he is in his own mind.
This time specifically, which was called a fit, was one tweet. The other time I saw him complaining about it was also the last time the makers of the new movie gave interviews citing the cartoon as the influence and him saying that nobody reached out to him.
I really don't get this site sometimes.
"Hey, we made this movie heavily based off this cartoon."
"I made the cartoon, if its heavily based on it nobody told me. And they could have."
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There are no shortage of creators of storylines later "adapted" or "inspiring" blockbuster movies coming out on twitter or other social media saying they weren't consulted (or paid) for the blockbuster adaptations. It happens practically every marvel movie.
If they're citing his work, he doesn't have the right to say anything about it, via a single tweet, without being told he's throwing a fit?
But that's the thing: HE DIDN'T CREATE IT. Straczynski didn't develop the show, he wasn't a producer, he wrote 24 out of 140 episodes. It wasn't his baby.