Ghostbusters (2016)

[Yui Is My Wife]

STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP RAPING MY CHILDHOOD, FALLOUT BOY!!

[monster]

Here's the original version for comparison's sake:

[Galaxian]

Ghostbuster has 3 iconic symbols: Their logo, Slimmer and, of course, the song. The movie had to screw at least one of them up.

[ImperialKnight]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...-50m-us-905913

https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/sony-pic...191129981.html


I dunno what do you guys think?

Honestly I dont' care much but I'd like to see the movie underperform just for the lulz

[TnAdct1]

Originally Posted by monster

Here's the original version for comparison's sake:

Furthermore, here's the Run-DMC version that was written for Ghostbusters II:

Originally Posted by Galaxian

Ghostbuster has 3 iconic symbols: Their logo, Slimmer and, of course, the song. The movie had to screw at least one of them up.

Four, if you also include the Stay-Puff Marshmallow Man.

[Galaxian]

Originally Posted by TnAdct1

Four, if you also include the Stay-Puff Marshmallow Man.

I thought of counting it, but I know of people confusing it with the Michelin Man.

[Psyco Diver]

Originally Posted by ImperialKnight

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...-50m-us-905913

https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/sony-pic...191129981.html


I dunno what do you guys think?

Honestly I dont' care much but I'd like to see the movie underperform just for the lulz

Wow calling critics of the movie "haters", didn't realize he was a 12 year old, talk about immature. I was planning on watching this movie and try my best to judge it on its own merits but that comment actually makes me want the movie to fail so hard he never sees involvement in a major motion picture ever again

[Chosen_Hero]

Originally Posted by Galaxian

Ghostbuster has 3 iconic symbols: Their logo, Slimmer and, of course, the song. The movie had to screw at least one of them up.

What if I told you that:

Spoiler for Slight Slimer spoiler:

Slimer has a girlfriend, a pink Slimer... yeah, this is real...

[Kyero Fox]

Originally Posted by Chosen_Hero

What if I told you that:

Spoiler for Slight Slimer spoiler:

Slimer has a girlfriend, a pink Slimer... yeah, this is real...

Oh my god are you freaking kidding me........ the SJW's are going to lose..their..shit.

[Chosen_Hero]

Originally Posted by Kyero Fox

Oh my god are you freaking kidding me........ the SJW's are going to lose..their..shit.

Oh, it's real alright... basically slimer is now:

Spoiler for Slimer:

Whipped.

If anything they'll rejoice.

[Lord of Fire]

Originally Posted by Chosen_Hero

What if I told you that:

Spoiler for Slight Slimer spoiler:

Slimer has a girlfriend, a pink Slimer... yeah, this is real...

The fuck? Can they sink any lower than that?

Also, $50 million estimate on opening weekend? Assuming the vast majority of critics stay far away from this movie, I seriously doubt it. And if it does, I definitely want to get off this rock asap. Or strangle someone, whichever comes first.

[Aya Reiko]

Originally Posted by ImperialKnight

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...-50m-us-905913

https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/sony-pic...191129981.html


I dunno what do you guys think?

Honestly I dont' care much but I'd like to see the movie underperform just for the lulz

ID4-2 could only barely reach $40 mil, and it has a far more impressive build than GB2016. My bets are on somewhere around $25 mil as being more probable, which is what last year's Pixels did in its opening weekend.

Looking at the release schedules, GB2016 is going to get mauled in its opening weekend by The Secret Life of Pets in its second week.

[Galaxian]

They must banking of the movie's ardent defenders and the morbidly curious.

[Lord of Fire]

The skeptics are screwed either way, now that I think about it.

If it succeeds, the people involved will say that 'girl power' has prevailed, and that it's time for women to take the spotlight, after which they'll announce a sequel (which, if other sequels ar anything to go by, will probably be even worse).

If it flops, the amount of racism, sexism, and other accusations that get thrown around will be through the roof, to the point where every mainstream media outlet will probably cry wolf about it.

[Sheba]

I want off the fauxgressist, virtue signaling and posturing ride. The earliest.

[Guido]

Check this one out, the Japanese PV video made for the film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is31GGfhz8o

[MrTerrorist]

Ghostbuster Hamburgers Are Just As Ridiculous As You'd Hope

[quigonkenny]

Originally Posted by ImperialKnight

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...-50m-us-905913

https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/sony-pic...191129981.html


I dunno what do you guys think?

Honestly I dont' care much but I'd like to see the movie underperform just for the lulz

The only thing going for it is that it's in something of a dead spot, theatrically, for releases. It's effectively opening unopposed by anything with close to the same demographic. Well, anything decent.

I'd say $40M is the top end of what I'd expect it to get opening weekend, which would probably be proffered as a wild success, even though it will probably be dipping under the daily take of at least one of its tepid competitors by the next weekend, at which point all media discussion of it will disappear if Star Trek Beyond does any kind of business. It won't make back its budget (~$150M, I believe).

It's pretty clear that Sony expects this to bomb, or else every news article would be talking about the movie, and not about how everyone who has misgivings about the premise or what they've seen in the trailers is a "whiny misogynist".

[Kyero Fox]

They just hope the hate fuels more ticket sales.

[ImperialKnight]

Originally Posted by Kyero Fox

They just hope the hate fuels more ticket sales.

Granted bad publicity is better than NO publicity but still...