:wacko It's not my rule! Feig told Amy Pascal that in order for him to participate, Sony MUST allow him to start from scratch (reboot).
Ok, that's not really clear from your phrasing, but if that's your intent, I retract my posts related that that comment.
"Feig ... insists that the previous iterations be thrown out with it. He MUST start from scratch...at that point, Amy Pascal should have said "we'd like to consider the story first, and probably keep continuity with the old films unless there's a great reason not to as we explore the story."
Tremendously vague. :unsure
There are some major updates from the set of Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters, including the casting of Michael K. Williams, Andy Garcia, Cecily Strong, Matt Walsh... and news anchor Pat Kiernan. Feig has also been having fun on Twitter, giving out more info about the new Proton Pack.
But first, the actors. According to The Wrap, Andy Garcia is playing the Mayor of New York, a role played by David Margulies in the 1984 original. (To recap though, this new Ghostbusters is a completely new story from the Ivan Reitman original and stars Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon.) Williams, best known for his role as Omar on The Wire, is a character named “Hawkins,” Strong (of Saturday Night Live fame who had previously been rumored) is an unknown character, Walsh (currently on Veep) is “Rourke” and Kiernan, a newscaster for NY1, will play himself.
I think the heart sticker is more analogous to "Hi There" written on the bomb in Dr. Strangelove - an ironically cutesy addition to a deadly nuclear weapon. The post you're referring to bothered me because it only assumed that the heart was an unironic gesture made purely to "girl" up the film.
It's starting to grow on me. And I like the heart sticker.