Ghostbusters 2016: Talk about the movie(s).
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You can save big bucks by reusing sets, props and costumes by filming them that close together. 'Back to the Future' Part 2 & 3 also saved by spreading the costs of the very expensive future Hill Valley and evil Hill Valley scenes with the low cost western town shots.
You can save big bucks by reusing sets, props and costumes by filming them that close together. 'Back to the Future' Part 2 & 3 also saved by spreading the costs of the very expensive future Hill Valley and evil Hill Valley scenes with the low cost western town shots.
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Some character names and potential casting ideas sound better than a movie which we know literally nothing about beyond who's directing it and who's writing it.
Yeah, that's some sound logic right there.
Some character names and potential casting ideas sound better than a movie which we know literally nothing about beyond who's directing it and who's writing it.
Yeah, that's some sound logic right there.
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Studios all want a "universe" now. A standalone movie for sure isn't enough, and even a trilogy isn't good enough anymore!
Studios all want a "universe" now. A standalone movie for sure isn't enough, and even a trilogy isn't good enough anymore!
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Thank you, sir. You may find details of the movie we know "literally nothing about" with a simple search. That info leaked too. They want Peter Dinklage as the villain, playing a murderer who is executed and becomes some kind of electricity ghost. Oh, and it's going to be scary.
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Exactly so. Anyone expressing an opinion on likely quality based on this material would be blowing smoke.
The folks running Sony looked at properties they owned for those with "franchise potential;" that's what studios do now. Ghostbusters would be obvious, wouldn't it? Ergo, two movies in a few years...
Exactly so. Anyone expressing an opinion on likely quality based on this material would be blowing smoke.
The folks running Sony looked at properties they owned for those with "franchise potential;" that's what studios do now. Ghostbusters would be obvious, wouldn't it? Ergo, two movies in a few years...
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Paul Feig reveals cast on Twitter. The new Ghostbusters:
Kristen Wiig
Melissa McCarthy
Leslie Jones
Kate McKinnon
McCarthy though is supposedly the only one is has officially signed on, but the other three are supposedly expected to sign on as well.
That's a pretty SNL heavy cast. Jones and McKinnon are both current SNL cast members, and Wiig is a former.
Paul Feig reveals cast on Twitter. The new Ghostbusters:
Kristen Wiig
Melissa McCarthy
Leslie Jones
Kate McKinnon
McCarthy though is supposedly the only one is has officially signed on, but the other three are supposedly expected to sign on as well.
That's a pretty SNL heavy cast. Jones and McKinnon are both current SNL cast members, and Wiig is a former.
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Not crazy about the cast but the first one had Murray and Ackroyd. Was Ramis ever part of SNL?
Not crazy about the cast but the first one had Murray and Ackroyd. Was Ramis ever part of SNL?
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No, but he was part of SCTV in Canada, and had experience with the original Second City in Chicago, which is how he met Murray and Ackroyd in the first place.
I'm not fully sold on Jones just yet -- I think Sasheer Zameta would've been a better choice. However, I'm so glad McKinnon is/could be on board. She just commits to a role, period.
I'm also happy that Wiig is on the team, but I'm iffy on McCarthy.
No, but he was part of SCTV in Canada, and had experience with the original Second City in Chicago, which is how he met Murray and Ackroyd in the first place.
I'm not fully sold on Jones just yet -- I think Sasheer Zameta would've been a better choice. However, I'm so glad McKinnon is/could be on board. She just commits to a role, period.
I'm also happy that Wiig is on the team, but I'm iffy on McCarthy.
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I love this. I got three out of four of my guesses correct. I went and checked out Leslie Jones on youtube, and she appears to be a supremely funny lady, so I'm on board with her, too.
I really hope this works out. These ladies could create a classic of their own.
I love this. I got three out of four of my guesses correct. I went and checked out Leslie Jones on youtube, and she appears to be a supremely funny lady, so I'm on board with her, too.
I really hope this works out. These ladies could create a classic of their own.
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McCarthy as she's been playing roles since Bridesmaid have been one dimensional and progressively less interesting. Heat and Tammy are horrid. Bullock saves Heat some but nothing saves Tammy or McCarthy. If she plays another variation of her Bridesmaid role I'll be extremely disappointed. This should be an opportunity for her to expand her range.
Wiig I'm pleased with, she was part of my cast that I did when we did a "pick your female GB cast".
I'm not current at all on the recent SNL cast so I'm indifferent on the other two. I have not seen them to form an opinion.
McCarthy as she's been playing roles since Bridesmaid have been one dimensional and progressively less interesting. Heat and Tammy are horrid. Bullock saves Heat some but nothing saves Tammy or McCarthy. If she plays another variation of her Bridesmaid role I'll be extremely disappointed. This should be an opportunity for her to expand her range.
Wiig I'm pleased with, she was part of my cast that I did when we did a "pick your female GB cast".
I'm not current at all on the recent SNL cast so I'm indifferent on the other two. I have not seen them to form an opinion.
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Oh great! Melissa freakin' McCarthy. Exactly who I didn't want in this. I like the others well enough to give it a shot, but I will be cringing in some scenes, no doubt.
Oh great! Melissa freakin' McCarthy. Exactly who I didn't want in this. I like the others well enough to give it a shot, but I will be cringing in some scenes, no doubt.
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I haven't seen St. Vincent yet, so I wonder how she is in that movie. From what I got in the trailers, she's actually the straight woman in the movie, with Murray and Naomi Watts doing all the antics.
I haven't seen St. Vincent yet, so I wonder how she is in that movie. From what I got in the trailers, she's actually the straight woman in the movie, with Murray and Naomi Watts doing all the antics.
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Yeah, I'm not greatly familiar with the others so, whatever.
Melissa McCarthy? Ughhhhh. Expect a lot of "look she's fat!" jokes since that's basically her entire shtick. She's way too broad of a comedian for her to really work. The brilliance of the original movie is that you had these 3 great, comedic, actors but none of them broadly so. They all played it straight, the humor was deadpan and subtle. Murray wasn't going around dry-humping every object he could, Ramis didn't have tape holding his glasses together, over-sized teeth, and was constantly pushing his glasses back up his nose while spouting off tons of technobabble and Akroyd wasn't trying to explain every event he saw as having something to do with ghosts.
The movie played it straight. It took the tropes these characters were playing (womanizer, brains, believer) and played them straight. Even Murray gave it a nuanced, subtle, performance. You could believe this womanizing, sleazeball was smooth enough to talk his way into a date or charm his way through people to get what he wanted -only to enrage the people into wanting to give him a comeuppance-.
But McCarthy? She's going to have her dial at 11 and unless the movie is a wacky, over-the-top, rated-R comedy intended to be broad and ridiculous and everyone takes their notches to 11 with her in their particular trope they're playing, it's not going to work.
I really would have liked to seen the franchise take a more serious, "darker" -if you will- tone treating the notion of spirits and demons and then exterminating them somewhat more seriously. Played it straight.
But looks like we're in for a pointless comedy.
Not writing the movie off 100% but I still remain unimpressed and unhopeful.
Yeah, I'm not greatly familiar with the others so, whatever.
Melissa McCarthy? Ughhhhh. Expect a lot of "look she's fat!" jokes since that's basically her entire shtick. She's way too broad of a comedian for her to really work. The brilliance of the original movie is that you had these 3 great, comedic, actors but none of them broadly so. They all played it straight, the humor was deadpan and subtle. Murray wasn't going around dry-humping every object he could, Ramis didn't have tape holding his glasses together, over-sized teeth, and was constantly pushing his glasses back up his nose while spouting off tons of technobabble and Akroyd wasn't trying to explain every event he saw as having something to do with ghosts.
The movie played it straight. It took the tropes these characters were playing (womanizer, brains, believer) and played them straight. Even Murray gave it a nuanced, subtle, performance. You could believe this womanizing, sleazeball was smooth enough to talk his way into a date or charm his way through people to get what he wanted -only to enrage the people into wanting to give him a comeuppance-.
But McCarthy? She's going to have her dial at 11 and unless the movie is a wacky, over-the-top, rated-R comedy intended to be broad and ridiculous and everyone takes their notches to 11 with her in their particular trope they're playing, it's not going to work.
I really would have liked to seen the franchise take a more serious, "darker" -if you will- tone treating the notion of spirits and demons and then exterminating them somewhat more seriously. Played it straight.
But looks like we're in for a pointless comedy.
Not writing the movie off 100% but I still remain unimpressed and unhopeful.
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Ironically, I've found the funniest Melissa McCarthy moments to be from her appearances on SNL.
If they weren't going all-female I think Kenan Thompson would be pretty funny. I love his WTF? expressions on SNL, I imagine they could work well in the context of Ghostbusters.
Ironically, I've found the funniest Melissa McCarthy moments to be from her appearances on SNL.
If they weren't going all-female I think Kenan Thompson would be pretty funny. I love his WTF? expressions on SNL, I imagine they could work well in the context of Ghostbusters.
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I'm fairly disappointed that Rebel Wilson isn't part of this lineup. To me, she seemed like a given.
(But not disappointed enough to not watch the movie.)
I'm fairly disappointed that Rebel Wilson isn't part of this lineup. To me, she seemed like a given.
(But not disappointed enough to not watch the movie.)
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I don't know if we can assign roles just yet, but I would think that if anyone on that list were the analogue for Murray/Venkman, I would think it would be Kristin Wiig. She got plenty of critical acclaim for her work in The Skeleton Twins, which is a dramedy, and she was also one of Bill Murray's choices for Ghostbusters when he came up with the idea of an all-female team in the first place.
I don't know if we can assign roles just yet, but I would think that if anyone on that list were the analogue for Murray/Venkman, I would think it would be Kristin Wiig. She got plenty of critical acclaim for her work in The Skeleton Twins, which is a dramedy, and she was also one of Bill Murray's choices for Ghostbusters when he came up with the idea of an all-female team in the first place.
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The way to go is to not have analogues.
The way to go is to not have analogues.
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