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

The Feig Ghostbusters was one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen.

then I would suggest you probably haven't seen many movies

I didn't like Feig's GB, particularly, but I have some Terminator sequels I'm dying to introduce you to.

Well no I really haven’t, tbf. I love music. I hate movies.

there's a board for the latter

jesus, Paul Feig played Stanley in Ski Patrol? mind blown

Will always defend GB2 partly because I was at ‘that’ age in the late 80s.

It’s big, OTT and ridiculous, yes. A lot of sequels don’t even have that. The fact that it’s entertaining is enough imo

I love GB2. for stupid reasons, I'm sure. it was the first one I saw in theaters, being 9 at the time.

"Doooooooooo"
"Reeeeeee"
"Egonnnnnnnnnnnn"

"two in the box...ready to go...we be fast, and they be slow!"

"Your Honour, ladies and gentlemen, I don’t think it’s very fair to call my clients frauds. Sure, the blackout was a big problem for everybody. I was trapped in an elevator for two hours and I had to make the whole time. But I don’t blame them, because one time, I turned into a dog and they helped me. Thank you."
"Short, but...pointless".

also the guest on Venkman's show predicted the world ended 2/14/2016 so that explains why everything feels so surreal now

haha, that was Chloe Webb!

lol you're right! literally just saw her when I watched Twins* for the first time

*I was overseas working overnight shifts, this was the only thing I could find on that wasn't a hospital or police procedural, bite me, all!

Best thing in Ghostbusters II is the pink bathtub monster.

that soundtrack was really weird.

there's a song by James "J.T." Taylor (aka the singer from Kool and the Gang) but I remember thinking it was "Sweet Baby James" James Taylor as a kid and being confused by his new direction.

a rap song about the Ghostbusters by Doug E Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew called "Spirit" which seems to be summarizing the entire plot of the movie

an Elton John song called "Love is a Cannibal" (??!!)

also a really dope yet weird song by Glen Frey called "Flip City"...which also seems to be, more abstractly, describing the events of the movie

i always thought the Washington Square Arch monster in GBII was pretty neat

Jeanine: "Hi Dana. How was your date?"
Dana: "Well it wasn't a date, it was just dinner."
Louis: "Where's Peter?"
Dana: "He was arrested."
Jeanine: "Typical."

JEanine is always the best

"...well don't go in there!"

a rap song about the Ghostbusters by Doug E Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew called "Spirit" which seems to be summarizing the entire plot of the movie

lol you're right! literally just saw her when I watched Twins* for the first time

*I was overseas working overnight shifts, this was the only thing I could find on that wasn't a hospital or police procedural, bite me, all!

I didn't know living until I saw Twins.

"I got my driving gloves. I got my driving hat...the only thing I don't have is a CAR!"

arnold is so good in it!

Feigbusters is on netflix.ca, gonna check it out

― insecurity bear (sic), Tuesday, December 10, 2019 11:36 AM (eight hours ago)

I have regrets tbh

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.