Gonna take me some time to adjust to the new name Alley
I thought the new name was much more fitting and appropriate:
“Dunsel was a term used by midshipmen in the 23rd century to describe a part which served no useful purpose...”
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
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I thought the new name was much more fitting and appropriate:
“Dunsel was a term used by midshipmen in the 23rd century to describe a part which served no useful purpose...”
Riceball
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I imagine that it's because if they set it anywhere else but NYC the fans would complain; loudly.
Given that the story involves the original cast and their families, NYC as the setting makes sense given the established continuity.
That said, it would be cool to see Ghostbuster stories set in other parts of the world where they could draw on those mythologies for inspiration.
That said, it would be cool to see Ghostbuster stories set in other parts of the world where they could draw on those mythologies for inspiration.
My life is “dunsel” thenI thought the new name was much more fitting and appropriate:
“Dunsel was a term used by midshipmen in the 23rd century to describe a part which served no useful purpose...”
Lightning
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We will get there eventually. Other franchises in other cities is such a glaringly obvious concept, that it has to be done at some point.
Yeah the idea is just shouting at them. It's an ideal blank slate for sequel/spinoffs. They can do whatever they want with it (new cast, firehouse, Ecto-1, etc) and there's no original in that city to step on the toes.
Imagine a special-ops drop team of GBs that gets flown out to any location where there's a ghost flare-up. (Fictionally it could be anywhere but it will probably look like either Lousiana or New Mexico. Gotta get those tax breaks.)
The team hits the ground in an unfamiliar place & public. They have 1 or 2 friendlys among the locals showing them around. Of course the GBs quickly discover they are in over their heads, but help from HQ in New York is out of reach for a while . . . this thing writes itself. It's 'Aliens' as a comedy.
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Lightning
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Riceball
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But I bet that the moment they drop the news that they're planning on doing that or release word of filming starting or a trailer the fans are going to complain, and complain loudly.
Neither did 2016 so why are they complaining?
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This is what that made me think of...
I'm shocked Bill Murray came back again!
I'm shocked Bill Murray came back again!
Let's not forget Georgia, North Carolina, or even Canada!
Strikerkc
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Catching up on a few points:
-I never took the all girls Ghostbusters as meant to be a hard sequel. Soft reboot/use of the property, Yes. And while it was a poor Ghostbusters movie, it was an entertaining enough 1.5 hour long SNL skit about Ghostbusters. Viewed through that lense, I enjoyed it back in the day.
-Y'all folks out there that were disappointed by Ghostbusters 2 still confuse and befuddle me.
-I like big end of the world stuff set in New York, especially Ghostbusters. The original writers were intimately aware of and loved new york, and tried to make it a real character in the story itself; which i think showed through clearly in both original films. Plus, if you're a refined yet eccentric death cult leader, where the hell else are you gonna build your art deco afterlife antennae skyscraper? Chicago? No, screw them and their pizza-pot-pies. You build that glorious world ending beacon for hell in NY NY.
-This one looks fun too. I really enjoyed Phoebe and Podcast's time on screen together, and I look forward to more. Seeing the Ecto-1 blaring sirens and slammin' a U-e is still one of my simple joys in life. Bring it on.
-I never took the all girls Ghostbusters as meant to be a hard sequel. Soft reboot/use of the property, Yes. And while it was a poor Ghostbusters movie, it was an entertaining enough 1.5 hour long SNL skit about Ghostbusters. Viewed through that lense, I enjoyed it back in the day.
-Y'all folks out there that were disappointed by Ghostbusters 2 still confuse and befuddle me.
-I like big end of the world stuff set in New York, especially Ghostbusters. The original writers were intimately aware of and loved new york, and tried to make it a real character in the story itself; which i think showed through clearly in both original films. Plus, if you're a refined yet eccentric death cult leader, where the hell else are you gonna build your art deco afterlife antennae skyscraper? Chicago? No, screw them and their pizza-pot-pies. You build that glorious world ending beacon for hell in NY NY.
-This one looks fun too. I really enjoyed Phoebe and Podcast's time on screen together, and I look forward to more. Seeing the Ecto-1 blaring sirens and slammin' a U-e is still one of my simple joys in life. Bring it on.
IMO the city itself was a main character in the original GB. Same with the first-gen SNL crew's tone.
But it has all changed a lot in the last 40 years. Today a filmmaker wouldn't look at the current NYC and imagine it becoming 'Escape from New York' by 2040. The city has gotten much cleaner & less crime-prone. Modern SNL's humor style is not what it was in the 1970s either.
It's like doing a sequel/boot to some 1980s franchise where young Robert Downey Jr had played a raging drug addict character. You can bring back RDJ today but he has changed.
And frankly, RDJ needed to change from the 1980s or he would not have survived to today. So that's good for him. But it sorta leaves a gap in the old cast's chemistry now.
Does Ghostbusters still need or belong in NYC? I dunno. Maybe. GB is in a reinvention stage right now too.
But it has all changed a lot in the last 40 years. Today a filmmaker wouldn't look at the current NYC and imagine it becoming 'Escape from New York' by 2040. The city has gotten much cleaner & less crime-prone. Modern SNL's humor style is not what it was in the 1970s either.
It's like doing a sequel/boot to some 1980s franchise where young Robert Downey Jr had played a raging drug addict character. You can bring back RDJ today but he has changed.
And frankly, RDJ needed to change from the 1980s or he would not have survived to today. So that's good for him. But it sorta leaves a gap in the old cast's chemistry now.
Does Ghostbusters still need or belong in NYC? I dunno. Maybe. GB is in a reinvention stage right now too.
I agree. NYC was just as much a character as any of the leads in the original film. It was certainly a very difference place back then too. Part of the humor is derived from the contrast between the grit of the city and the lighthearted goofiness of the plot and characters. Tonally the other factor that made the original work so well is that the Ghostbusters were underdogs. Back then you had to be made of tough stuff to make it in a city where you could be eaten alive by the expense, the crime, or the pace. The movie also had the additional threat of the supernatural to boot. These guys were New York working class heroes who just never gave up. That's what made them so loveable and why it's a classic.
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