Ghostbusters Reboot: Sony Hits Back at Fan Backlash - General

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aQTJw1wlQ8[/media] I am very curious on what the fallout for this movie is going to be.

The only thing that I dislike about this film is the continuing trend of comparatively mediocre rehashes of previously huge films, rather than investing in new original ideas.

[QUOTE=bitches;50625973]The only thing that I dislike about this film is the continuing trend of comparatively mediocre rehashes of previously huge films, rather than investing in new original ideas.[/QUOTE] originality is hard look no further than the last decade of flopped sci-fi television shows [editline].[/editline] that is to say, people will watch even the worst remakes just because of the name it carries

[QUOTE=bitches;50625973]The only thing that I dislike about this film is the continuing trend of comparatively mediocre rehashes of previously huge films, rather than investing in new original ideas.[/QUOTE] Brand recognition sells everything. People love to pin all the blame on the studios, and yes they're a major part of the problem, but so is the average viewer/consumer. This wave of nostalgia-driven consumerism has more or less enabled studios to be lazy and just re-churn shit they've already done, because people happily buy up merchandise for shit they already know.

[t]http://i.imgur.com/6dYbiCB.png[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/2Lyi5Pa.jpg[/t] Oh hey, look at this. Previous Ghostbuster's media have had a wide selection of representation and no men complained.

Really? People on twitter insulted James Rolfe's fucking WIFE? How low can you fucking be to do that when you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about

I wouldn't mind a GhostBusters reboot if they actually took the time to do it properly, just take a note from Disney and get some competent people that know the franchise and have some talent to work on it.

fucking funny how they think they can target a male audience and at the same time attack their male audience

[QUOTE=megafat;50626220][t]http://i.imgur.com/6dYbiCB.png[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/2Lyi5Pa.jpg[/t] Oh hey, look at this. Previous Ghostbuster's media have had a wide selection of representation and no men complained.[/QUOTE] if the real issue was simply that they weren't doing a good job in making the new adaptation of a beloved series, we would have seen many other such outbursts with all these shitty remakes of late if anything, i think this shows that the biggest fans of the ghostbusters series don't mind the female cast, but the small group of the most hardcore of fans willing to follow the comics instead of just the big film title are not really representative of the mass outcry in the first place

[QUOTE=bitches;50626335]if the real issue was simply that they weren't doing a good job in making the new adaptation of a beloved series, we would have seen many other such outbursts with all these shitty remakes of late[/QUOTE] Bro i dont know where you've been but every shitty remake gets assblasted for being a shitty remake. This ones only gotten attention because its A) Ghostbusters and B) Misogynism accusations being pushed to bring more attention to the movie.

[QUOTE=megafat;50626220] [t]http://i.imgur.com/2Lyi5Pa.jpg[/t] [/QUOTE] Is that Inspector Gadget?

good thing we won't get that back to the future reboot until bob gale and robert zemeckis are dead.

[QUOTE=usaokay;50626715]From all of the advertising I've seen, it'll probably make back it's budget and then some.[/QUOTE] it's hard to say it can go either way I see it doing well first weekend and flopping after that,.

[QUOTE=AaronM202;50626368]Bro i dont know where you've been but every shitty remake gets assblasted for being a shitty remake. This ones only gotten attention because its A) Ghostbusters and B) Misogynism accusations being pushed to bring more attention to the movie.[/QUOTE] As far as this shit has gone, I would be surprised if there WASN'T some sleazy executive at Sony who somehow helped this movie get greenlit under the pretense of "If people criticize it, everyone will call them a misogynist! Social media is going to do all our advertising FOR us!" There had to be SOME higher-up who banked on pitting people against each other to drum up tons of free publicity for the movie.

I never intended to see this once that first trailer came out. It just looked really bad, and the fact that they're playing so low in order to drum up what is basically sympathy watches for the movie by pulling the misogyny and sexism card has only convinced me further that this isn't actually going to be very good at all. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't hoping this would bomb.

[QUOTE=Loofiloo;50626837]As far as this shit has gone, I would be surprised if there WASN'T some sleazy executive at Sony who somehow helped this movie get greenlit under the pretense of "If people criticize it, everyone will call them a misogynist! Social media is going to do all our advertising FOR us!" There had to be SOME higher-up who banked on pitting people against each other to drum up tons of free publicity for the movie.[/QUOTE] you aren't too far off actually [video=youtube;GixfiDGhSlk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GixfiDGhSlk[/video]

[QUOTE=megafat;50626220] [t]http://i.imgur.com/2Lyi5Pa.jpg[/t] [/QUOTE] I see the picture of these 4 Ghostbusters and I think. MAN! That looks awesome. Diverse characters with expressive and uniqe personalities. Then I look at the new Ghostbusters movie and I think... annoying stereotypes. I never cared about their gender, but the characters are just super flat, lack charme and are just super annoying. Imagine Left4Dead but instead of having Bill, Francis, Louis and Zoey you replace them with an all male cast, consisting of Aiden Pearce from Watch_Dogs, "Not Important" from Hatred, Ramirez from Modern Warfare and Cole Train from Gears of War. In the end, I am glad that it's a "remake", since it wont be connected to the Ghostbusters movie timeline.

[QUOTE=Loofiloo;50626837]As far as this shit has gone, I would be surprised if there WASN'T some sleazy executive at Sony who somehow helped this movie get greenlit under the pretense of "If people criticize it, everyone will call them a misogynist! Social media is going to do all our advertising FOR us!" There had to be SOME higher-up who banked on pitting people against each other to drum up tons of free publicity for the movie.[/QUOTE] sony has specialized in this since they realized it happened with the interview there was some shit movie they were gonna put out but removed from theaters t the last second due to "complaints." it failed because no one cared also: [url]http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/167802-Sony-Pictures-Chairman-Asks-for-More-Ghostbusters-Reboot-Haters?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=news[/url] [QUOTE]When asked about how he thinks "online bashing" will impact the reboot, Rothman said: "It's the greatest thing that ever happened. Are you kidding me? We're in the national debate, thank you. Can we please get some more haters to say stupid things?"[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Loofiloo;50626837]As far as this shit has gone, I would be surprised if there WASN'T some sleazy executive at Sony who somehow helped this movie get greenlit under the pretense of "If people criticize it, everyone will call them a misogynist! Social media is going to do all our advertising FOR us!" There had to be SOME higher-up who banked on pitting people against each other to drum up tons of free publicity for the movie.[/QUOTE] The thing is that social media didn't create a whole lot of advertising for Sony, it mostly made material that Hollywood would later spin [I]into[/I] advertising. And they would've been able to do that regardless of whether or not said material actually existed. That's the thing about social media: it will never, ever be able to establish an alibi without excessive amounts of surveillance, so it can be blamed for virtually anything and it will always be guilty.

Honeslty I feel like its one of those shitty "chick flicks" with a ghostbusters spin/gimmick tbh

I can't even imagine someone jumping to those conclusions about James. Like, he's the nicest guy ever why would you even paint him like that without any evidence and than attack his family like that?

[QUOTE=megafat;50626220][t]http://i.imgur.com/6dYbiCB.png[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/2Lyi5Pa.jpg[/t] Oh hey, look at this. Previous Ghostbuster's media have had a wide selection of representation and no men complained.[/QUOTE] I'm guessing those were released in times when a couple of negative comments on Youtube or other social media would not make "top" news.