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Old 12th October 2021, 03:04 PM
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Och to be fair, I don’t usually read reviews until after I’ve seen a film. I’d never allow one to sway me in wether or not I’d go see it at the pictures.

I read this one cause I was just so shocked at the 1 star review.

The reviewer is getting a big pile of hate on Twitter. Folk are accusing him of giving it a bad review only because he was annoyed that the film makers had neglected “Ghostbusters : Answer the Call”, or ‘Fembusters’, as I’ve seen a few folk referring to is as.

Me? I loved the 2016 entry. I’m disappointed too that they’ve just skipped right over it.


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I obviously haven't seen it (and I don't really want to), but I'm probably going to side with this critic. The trailers were nauseating - just endless fan service.

I'm a fan of the original film, and thought the sequel was decent. But my enjoyment comes from the funny script delivered by an excellent comedic ensemble used to working with each other. They knew how to balance it all. Egon was deadpan. Venkman was sarcastic. Ray was slapstick. Winston was the straight man. The ghouls and the props were just the dressing used to enhance the good stuff already there.

Ghostbusters 2016 had no balance. It thought it could just throw four comedians in there, and tart it up with proton packs. What we got was four actors all trying to be the "funny" one, and all the fan-service moments just reminded us that a much, much better version existed.

This new one seems slightly worse. Ghostbusters 2016 was stupid, but it seemed to understand it was supposed to be a comedy (it failed miserably). This seems cowardly - treating a series known for spectral blow-jobs with extreme reverence. And waving the keys of the Ghostmobile to make fans squeal.

But these aren't fans. These are consumers, desperate for identity. Desperate to belong somewhere. Nerd culture is littered with this because it's easy to get in. And as long as you just show complete and utter deference to the product in question, you will belong.

Obviously, it's not good to be an over-cynical bastard, but we shouldn't be foot soldiers for a studio.

Sorry for being long-winded, but this has been bothering me for a long time. I follow a trans woman on Twitter who was subjected to a massive hate campaign for making a slight criticism to Marvel's Eternals. Even nerdy critics were egging on the pile-on. Said woman took it all with good humour, but the stuff levelled at her was disgraceful.
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Old 12th October 2021, 03:24 PM
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Marvel's Eternals.
Now that's one film i will not be seeing!
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Old 12th October 2021, 04:40 PM
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New trailer for 'Scream 5' [or should that be '5cream'?]*


* - Look - the 'S' at the start of the word is actually the number '5'. Clever eh? Oh well...suit yourself!
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That looks shite and bloody hell that kids super annoying . Macaulay Culkin you rooted for, this kid you want them too kill him!
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Old 14th October 2021, 06:39 PM
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That looks shite and bloody hell that kids super annoying . Macaulay Culkin you rooted for, this kid you want them too kill him!
Did we really need a updated version? One and two were good, three wasn't too bad, four was just a waste of time
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Old 14th October 2021, 06:55 PM
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Seriously wtf is this shit, even if it was a film on its own merit still looks shit and would only appeal to little kids .
Are we at that point now that practically every film in existence seems to be getting remade, rebooted, sequel , spin off, etc etc .

Some films should never ever be remade or rebooted and this is one of them.
It’s a genuine cult classic.
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Old 14th October 2021, 09:46 PM
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I'm not even watching the trailer. I want to punch the brat purely from the image on the still video.
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Old 15th October 2021, 05:26 AM
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I'm not even watching the trailer. I want to punch the brat purely from the image on the still video.
"The first trailer released on October 12, 2021. It was met with negative responses by fans and received over 50,000 dislikes on YouTube"

Following in the grand tradition of 'Ghostbusters' (2016) and Cats (2019)

Methinks the Golden Razzies are calling...
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Old 15th October 2021, 07:14 AM
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"The first trailer released on October 12, 2021. It was met with negative responses by fans and received over 50,000 dislikes on YouTube"

Following in the grand tradition of 'Ghostbusters' (2016) and Cats (2019)

Methinks the Golden Razzies are calling...
Trailers are meant to be the part to entice you in to watch the film,
If the trailers look bad dread to think what rest of the film like,
Judging by the the trailer alone be hard pushed by to find a worse film so should so sail it at the razzies.
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