Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 14 hours ago, Stefancos said: It will probably turn out to be mediocre but entertaining. So like Ghostbusters II, then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,352 Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 1 hour ago, Drax said: She's the only one with any sex appeal. She's a lesbian you know (the actor, I dunno about the character) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Yeah, so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Lesbians are hot! I saw a film with lesbians on the interweb once. It looked very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 40 minutes ago, Stefancos said: Lesbians are hot! I saw a film with lesbians on the interweb once. It looked very interesting. Was this the one? It's pretty good https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ve_Heard_the_Mermaids_Singing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 She's a really cute lesbian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,352 Posted May 18, 2016 Author Share Posted May 18, 2016 Haven't watched yet - any better than the last one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giftheck 916 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 This one doesn't even look like it's trying to hide how much it's ripping off from the first film. The final baddie is shown at the end of the trailer. It looks like it is summoned in a similar fashion as Stay Puft. Slimer looks pretty good, but that's about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 I dig the look but I don't dig the attempts at humor. Which I guess it's an improvement over the original, where I wasn't into either of those things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 It's a better trailer, but it really looks like it's leaning a little bit too much on the original Brónach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,511 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 It looks fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 The comedy seems way too scripted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 It's a better trailer than the last. I am now mildly interested again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Paul Feig will make Ghostbusters great again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 The special effects look really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 And that's what's important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,352 Posted May 21, 2016 Author Share Posted May 21, 2016 Another new trailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,686 Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Better than the first trailer. Problem is - they're ruining all the jokes. I really think you need to go into a film like this blind for it to have the biggest impact. Also, 'from the studio that brought you'? Implying that they know no one's heard of Paul Feig or anything he's done. Almost as bad as 'from the visual effects company behind Avatar' a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 I still don't like what I'm seeing. The ghouls look like shit. No one has mentioned that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,352 Posted May 21, 2016 Author Share Posted May 21, 2016 The whole film looks like shit. nightscape94 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 People who don't like this film are sexist biggots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 I might have been interested if the goblins and ghoulies were cool like in the old movies and cartoons, but these look absolutely atrocious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,686 Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 They don't look scary. They just look like CGI 'things' walking around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Is Ghostbusters supposed to be scary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,686 Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 I think so. Are you trying to say you don't think there are scary elements in 1 and 2? Plus I find ghosts scary in general, but that's just me, and watching paranormal documentaries as a kid (bad idea). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 I love ghosts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 3 hours ago, Richard Penna said: I think so. Are you trying to say you don't think there are scary elements in 1 and 2? Plus I find ghosts scary in general, but that's just me, and watching paranormal documentaries as a kid (bad idea). I've never seen the films. I always assumed they were comedies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Looks quite adequate to me. The Ghosts look like you'd expect in this kind of movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Dana's abduction was quite scary to me when I was a kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,352 Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 2 hours ago, Koray Savas said: I've never seen the films. I always assumed they were comedies. You and Michie should watch the original, its a classic comedy. Sequel is alright but still watchable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 The sequel is unfairly bashed. While not on the same level as the first one, it's still a funny flick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giftheck 916 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 You seen it in full already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 We're talking about the 1984 film and its 1989 sequel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giftheck 916 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Ah, right. Misread that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 10 hours ago, Jay said: You and Michie should watch the original, its a classic comedy. Sequel is alright but still watchable. It's not a classic in my book. Both are very mediocre to me. That's why this seems adequate to me. It's pretty much in the same vein. I'm not really invested so if it sucks too bad. If it's good great. I will go because David will want to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Ghostbusters is one of the most overrated 80's films. BTTF is another. Both are good. But classics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 I'd say BTTF is a minor classic. But it's an overrated film and score for me. I do love Leslie Jones so she is my main reason beside David to see Ghostbusters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 If "1980s film" is a category or genre, then both are definitely classics. But in the broader scope of all movies of whatever genre they fall into, then not so much. Then again, I've seen some pretty mundane movies on AMC (American Movie Classics), and never Ghostbusters or BTTF. Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Classics is an easily used word, sort of like art. Epic too. Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Right, and as easy as it is for me to say it is, it's as easy for you to say it isn't. Who's right? Who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 The "classics" in AMC's name basically just meant "old," then Turner Classic Movies came out and did the same thing with a better library, so AMC bought rights to whatever movies they could from whatever era and genre. Now you see lots of bad movies from the 80s, 90s, 00s, etc. They run Friday the 13th and Halloween marathons, and while some of those films are considered important to the genre, there's no pretending that Jason Takes Manhattan is a classic in any sense of the word AMC is as meaningful as "MTV" or "KFC" now - an acronym for who knows what In the subgenre of 1980s comedy or 1980s adventure movies, I'd call the first Ghostbusters a classic. I think to call it an all-time classic is way too much. A lot of people use "classic" to describe the John Hughes movies from that era as well - Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, etc. I think they have a specific generational influence, but 30-40 years later I don't think they've "stuck" as influential films to anyone outside of those generations. I'd say the same about Ghostbusters (and while I think the same thing about BttF, I think the it fares *somewhat* better than Ghostbusters, only because it elicits feelings of nostalgia for both the 1950s and the 1980s in a way that is very palatable for present audiences, including young ones. Give it another thirty years and that benefit will wipe away). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 18 minutes ago, Woji said: Right, and as easy as it is for me to say it is, it's as easy for you to say it isn't. Who's right? Who cares? We care. As for who is right we can believe we are. Breakfast Club is a classic in its genre. Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a classic period. And as I've always said horror films cannot be judge by traditional film standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 TCM is great, it's what AMC used to be when I remember staying up all night in undergrad glued to my TV watching Tora, Tora, Tora, mesmerized also because there were no commercials. 1 minute ago, JoeinAR said: Breakfast Club is a classic in its genre. Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a classic period. I've never seen the former, and the latter only in nonsequential chunks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Now AMC has commercials and the greatest show of all time except for maybe the Wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 The Walking Dead? I hope you don't mean that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 I think he's talking about Low Winter Sun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 9 minutes ago, Woji said: The Walking Dead? I hope you don't mean that. Breaking Bad. Though TWD is a lot more fun. Don't you know the joke? Breaking Bad is the great show of all time except for maybe the Wire. The joke being neither is the greatest show of all time. Star Trek and I Love Lucy fit better than either of those shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 I was going to guess BB but your verb tense of "has" convinced me you meant a current show instead of one that ended. Right now BBC America is the home of Star Trek TNG, which I definitely prefer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,352 Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 @Woji, @JoeinAR is referring to this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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