Ghostbusters live action series

Would the show fly? I've always thought Ghostbusters had vague and general similarities to Stargate SG-1.

 

you mean like this

 

It would be better if they were all something hipper and more trendy - like werewolves.

 

"Werewolf Vampire-Slaying Ghostbuster Chicks" is a show I'd watch every week!

 

I've always thought the exact same thing. Although, instead of having the original four characters, maybe have it be a "next gen" type of thing (particularly if the series is in the same continuity of the previous films and is set in present day).

 

Sounds great. I can't wait to see the episode where the gang hop into their Ford Explorer Ecto 2 and head out to stop a half naked ghost named Reitman, who's scaring the crap out of customers at a local Staples by throwing bags of Chipotle Ranch Doritos at everybody. I just hope the team remembered to power up their iPacks before they left.

 

You never know...

I said back in the early part of this decade, "Why not make a Terminator TV show?" and everyone laughed at me...

 

They had a cartoon like that.

 

Extreme Ghostbusters for the win. A live action ghostbusters series could be just that.

A recast and older Egon(unless Ramis wants to be in the show) Or he or Aykrod could be producers

Lucifer could be a season finale or an on going arc

 

Yeah, doing a spin on the EG concept. I would say that you can pull in Ramis or Aykrod to do a guest spot in the pilot or something and go from there. I suppose they can be given a producer credit, but I guess that depends on how much they want to be involved with the show. Maybe they can be producers in name only if they want little to do with it.

 

Ugh! Those chicks got to be really really hot to justify the plot.

 

Oh God, PLEASE not let it be anything like Extreme Ghostbusters. Come on, wheelchair dude? Emo chick? Lame. I don't want to watch a bunch of hip diverse teenagers fighting ghosts, leave that shit for the CW.

 

I was thinking myself when watching GB1 if a live-action series could work, and I really think it could esp. with today's production values and quality control. (Such as it is.)

Unfortuanly, I think it could only work with "these" characters so they'd have to be recast parts (which puts a strain on it working) but I think it would be pretty neat and I really think it'd be an interesting show. Especially if, say, it was done in a CSI-like vain.

 

It would take a lot of planning in advance, and input (and writing) for the wirters of the first movie and creators, otherwise I don't see how a live action series based on the film could do anything but betray it's roots and fanbase.

 

I never really got the concept of Ghostbusters as an ongoing franchise. The first movie was a lot of fun, but anything beyond that is just telling the same joke over and over again.

 

It could start out small like the first seasons of Stargate SG-1. There would inevitably be filler episodes with ghosts we'd never heard from again and some that could be reoccurring.

The first season could build up like the first movie. More and more ghosts are appearing until we get to the big bad for the season finale.

There would have to be a "Apophis" type villain.

Some episodes could even involve dead family members. This would give the actors a time to shine.

"Egon says he has a way to bring back my Mother!"

"Peter......let her go"

 

Hmm I always liked it, then again I was fairly young when it was on.

 

I liked it too, though I was twelve when it was on. I did recognize that it was essentially PC gone amuck even then, though.

And Kylie was goth, not emo, get it right. I say this because goth girls are hot, and emo aren't.

 

I've never understood the appeal of a next gen type GB show. The Real Ghostbusters showed that with good writing you could use the original characters in new ways.

Why not simply recast the original characters, ignore GB2 and do a follow up series to the original movie? Indeed, it might be worthwile to make it a period piece and set it in the 80s.

You could do some funny stuff with oversized eighties tech.

 

Agreed. It's kind of like Tremors in that way-- the fun is all in watching these characters figure stuff out and band together for the first time.

Once they and we know all the rules, it just becomes another ho-hum, routine mission. Which is what we saw happening in Ghostbusters 2.