Ok, let me rephrase that. I'd much rather have one great movie to come of it. I don't think GB is something that warrants a load of movies. It's all about quality vs quantity.
GhostBusters 3 is Finally Being Made. (2020 Release)
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Ok, let me rephrase that. I'd much rather have one great movie to come of it. I don't think GB is something that warrants a load of movies. It's all about quality vs quantity.
Owain isn't saying that. He's saying he doesn't want to see it become that if we do indeed up getting a lot more films like Reitman wants.
I think the idea of expanding the scope of the series has potential if handled correctly with the right writers and directors. No longer focused on the original team but instead seeing how the paranormal presents itself across the globe in different manners.
And you'd be right. I'm responding to Afterlife possibly spawning others via different directors. I just don't see the attraction. Basically, I'm all for international in-universe franchises set in different locations, but they would have to be careful with it, because it just feels like something that could easily burn out.
Right, that's exactly what I mean. We have 4 movies now, and that's just fine. I just don't see it much as an ongoing series.
Eh. They'll fuck it up, or they won't. Either way I think it's a little early to worry about over saturation in a franchise that is literally only just starting to stir again after decades of mostly nothing. At this point, more Ghostbusters is far better than no Ghostbusters.
Don't forget that Aykroyd's original script was *bonkers* in terms of scope. The basic concept has a lot of potential so long as one doesn't limit the concept to "80's comedy business start-up movie" as the framing device.
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Well, it's also way too early for them to start talking doing more when they haven't yet seen any success of this one. Just seems like they might be jumping the gun is all.
But they're not talking about it, are they? They're talking about what they hope will come of it. There's a difference between plans and aspirations, and there's no such thing as premature aspirations. That's kinda the whole point, no?
I think the animated series proves that there is a lot of cool stuff they could do. I wouldn't mind one or two more movies. What I don't want to see are needless spin offs. I'd like them to keep to the core concept of four ghostbusters that are tied to the originals.
Yeah, see, that's what I mean. One or two more? Yeah, I'd find that acceptable. And IMHO, I just feel that the Ghostbusters work best precisely because we haven't had many of them. That's part of the appeal for me anyway.
I want Slimer movie after Slimer movie after Slimer movie. Shove it down my throat.
Don't forget the Mr. Stay Puff origin story which has two sequels already built in. The first film will explore why Mr. Stay Puff wanted to become a sailor and will end on a tease for the next movie which will be Stay Puff Vs. Murray the Mantis.
Then we tease Drool the Dog-faced Goblin and set up the streaming series.
We've had over 140 stories if you count the animated series.
How many stories is too many, Admiral?
There have been two animated shows and both were pretty good. No show with Extreme in the title should be good, but Ghostbusters pulled it off.
Eh, I'll give the animated series as it's actually quite good, but it's an animated series which usually have canon of their own separate from the movies making it distinctively its own thing.
A canon series set between 2 and Afterlife. That's 32 years of history. You can even get a voice actor to play Egon in his later years.
Or dust off Aykroyd's old bonkers draft set in a future world where ghosts are as common a pest as roaches, and make THAT into a show (animated or live action, either is doable!)
Here's the thing about Ghostbusters; it's strength is in the concept, not the lore and continuity. You can tell all sorts of ghostbusters stories without having to turn it into some interconnected MCU style franchise. Hell, you could do a quasi- steam punk take on Ghostbusters set in the 1920's dealing with Shandor's cult, and it could just be entirely it's own thing.
Fretting about the possibility of a Mr Stay Puft origin movie, or a 'Pete, Ray & Egon: The College Years' is just dumb and short sighted.
Here's the thing about Ghostbusters; it's strength is in the concept, not the lore and continuity. You can tell all sorts of ghostbusters stories without having to turn it into some interconnected MCU style franchise. Hell, you could do a quasi- steam punk take on Ghostbusters set in the 1920's dealing with Shandor's cult, and it could just be entirely it's own thing.
Fretting about the possibility of a Mr Stay Puft origin movie, or a 'Pete, Ray & Egon: The College Years' is just dumb and short sighted.