Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon, Melissa McCarthy = new Ghostbusters

how many osha violations do we think are involved in letting a bunch of teenagers run around with unlicensed nuclear accelerators on their backs

Someone please find that ILM thread about all these terrible 90s movie tie-in rap songs, like the Run DMC “Ghostbusters II“ song and “Ninja Rap” and “Turtle Power”.

"Addams Family Rap!"

xpost I'm starting to think Arnold is kinda underrated. I mentioned it on a different thread, but on a recent rewatch I was really struck by how well he, of all people, pulled off an everyman character in "Total Recall." I think part of it is his charisma, part of it is good timing, but part of it is just being a good sport. He conveys intent and commitment in the face of ridiculousness, which is why he works as well in "Twins" as he does in "Terminator."

Found it!

worst movie tie-in rap songs

A super weird subset, btw, is the *unofficial* movie tie-in, like Neil Diamond's "Heartlight" or Fresh Prince's "Nightmare on My Street."

otm josh

and he plays up being arnold very well in his late career

You want a keeper, check this (non-rap) shit out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_YLP_Ad7s0

Why does a Friday the 13th movie even have or need an official tie-in song? Co-written by Tom Kelly!

I was really struck by how well he, of all people, pulled off an everyman character in "Total Recall."

some of the best acting he ever did was the brief video scene where he plays the 'real' secret agent quaid - he's so palpably a different character in those 30 seconds or so he's onscreen

and yeah, pretty much every interview i've ever read with his costars or directors will mention how committed he is to everything he does in front of the camera - obviously it works better in some roles than in others, but in twins in particular he's just fantastic as this oversized puppy of a man

yeah I was surprised. he really felt like a sheltered guy who had lived on an island his entire life.

also he was great at apologetically beating people up

or comically not understanding that his girlfriend wanted to have sex

back upthread if y'all wanna go deeper into the cheesy movie tie-in rabbit hole, I created another thread last night: the compendium of cheesy movie tie-in soundtrack tunes

somehow forgot not only that there was a rap movie tie-in poll from 4 years ago, but that I started it :/

The thing is, I find it hard to take Ryan Reynolds seriously after two Deadpool, Hobbes & Shaw, those video game ads, and Free Guy, so that's going to be bothering me about 6 Underground

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2m-08cOAbc

the assassins bodyguard was not good or anything but every now and again it delivered a chuckle

I’ve never taken Ryan Reynolds seriously: I guess I first knew him from Two Guys a Girl and a Pizza Place.

trust me when I say that Ryan Reynolds is the least that will be bothering you about six underground

also why are we talking about it in the ghostbusters thread?

It's ILE. We are lucky we don't run out in traffic when we see a rubber ball

I re-watched all three Ghostbusters while wrapping presents this weekend.

1. The end credits of Ghostbusters 2 actually feature three songs in succession: the original theme, the Bobby Brown song, then the Run DMC one
2. The reboot makes me laugh a bunch, Sigourney Weaver has the best cameo
3. I still have a huge crush on Janine, Ghostbusters 2 version
4. The music in the original is really, really good

Lol neanderthal

Holy shit, not only did I forget this existed, but I didn't even notice that the rebooted reboot never even came out, and apparently has been bumped to March 2021.

i've got bad news for you about every new movie

Except Tenet!

Yeah, but those other movies that got moved I knew they got moved. This one (like the Wiig one), I forgot it even existed. Had it never come out at all I never would have realized it, I don't think.

I liked GHOSTBUSTERS (2016).

I ended up watching the 2016 one last year and I had problems with it for sure, but probably equally as many as I had with Ghostbusters ✌️

The biggest problem I had with it, iirc, was that it wasn't funny, which is a pretty big problem for a comedy. But what can you do?

saw this recently; fair take but I still think the jokes could have been better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOL5BHzBvIA&t=0s

one more try
https://youtu.be/EOL5BHzBvIA

I imagine the old cast will show up as ghosts, including ghost Harold Ramis. And the old ghosts will fight the new ghost baddie. That seems like the most obvious, tacky prediction.

― Josh in Chicago, Monday, December 9, 2019 4:54 PM (one year ago)

AVClub review:

... bespectacled, deadpan-voiced, poofy-haired scientist and erstwhile ghostbuster Egon Spengler, brought memorably to life by the late Harold Ramis, whose specter haunts the new movie Ghostbusters: Afterlife in more ways than one.

Looking back in this thread, and lol Free Guy ended up being on of the biggest hits of this year so far.

Ghostbusters people really acting like the wiig version doesn’t exist

Phoebe’s new pal, self-nicknamed Podcast (Logan Kim)

what

I guess that's like calling yourself "Data."

"Podcast, meet Medium-Sized Sedan..."

Podcast meet fanduel

Accidentally got the new one as one of my final Netflix DVDs.

Watching now.

It starts like Fuckin' Transformers movie.

You have to accept young Egon smashed someone who wasn't first flick Janine, and Carrie Coon was a he result.

You have to accept this small-town drive-in diner has an Otis Rush on Cobra 45 on the juke.

Do I detect a faint influence of Murphy's Romance?

In the future, there will be a Cheers reboot/reimagining, and McKenna Grace will play Lilith.

FUNKADELIC

Fracking Subplot!

Old Man Aykroyd = Bob Dole

It's <Uncanny>

...and we got product placement!

TS: Baby Stay-Puft vs. Baby Yoda

https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8x8ulicCj1qewm9xo1_1280.png

He's really aged into that role

"Mike Hat" still the best joke of any Ghostbusters movie

FUCK, this finally turned into a remake of the original... except it's in Oklahoma.

Are you watching the extended six hour cut

I took a break.

It's a little over two hours.

Wow, this is really shameless.