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Original Cast On Board For Ghostbusters 3
bowman9991 writes "Dan Aykroyd reveals that all the original cast have now signed on for Ghostbusters 3, including Sigourney Weaver, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson. Apparently Bill Murray, who holds a one-fifth controlling interest, was very reluctant at first, not even willing to read a third draft of Aykroyd's script. Aykroyd would like to see Ivan Reitman or Harold Ramis direct, wants to introduce a 'new generation' of Ghostbusters, and believes they could be filming the new Ghostbuster movie by winter."
I'm all for Ghostbusters 3, but I don't understand this idea to put the original cast in it. They left Schwarzenegger out of Terminator 4 for a reason. Harrison Ford looked like a bad casting job in the latest Indiana Jones.
Seeing a bunch of guys in their 60s doing action/adventure stuff won't cut it for me, I don't think. It's just a mis-match of the phases of human life and the plot of the story. Running around doing crazy shit is a young person's thing; a story where the cast is middle-aged should have the plot that involves the drama that a middle aged person gets involved in -- kids, grandkids, getting old, missed opportunities, rectifying relationships, taking on responsiblities, coming to terms with your life, etc.
I think the baby boomers represented the great consumerist generation, and the marketers are trying to squeeze the last dollars out of this demographic.
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At least they finally made up their minds.
I remember when they first decided to make a new one, then scrapped the movie in favor of a video game... some of us are still haunted by the original ghostbusters games.
I can't wait to see who they're going to cast as the annoying kid ghostbuster, complete with mini-backpack.
I hear Jessica Biel is going to play the kick-ass female ghostbuster who doesn't take crap from nobody - but is she falling for the hunky new ghostbuster (Shia LaBeouf)?
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The movie should be in 3D with a slime projector aimed at the audience.
I hear Jessica Biel is going to play the kick-ass female ghostbuster who doesn't take crap from nobody - but is she falling for the hunky new ghostbuster (Shia LaBeouf)?
Make it R-rated with Lindsay Lohan falling for the kick-ass female ghostbuster and I'll go see it! Or at least download it from the pirate-bay!
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Iron Man was great because it gave 40-somethings an action hero *THEY* can relate to.
Not your typical, whiny, prissy-haired Generation-Y superhero who between fighting bad guys (like "Eco Man" and "The Recycler") shops and uses his iPhone to update his Twitter feed: "kckd butt yo lol lawl in4a!"
If GhostBusters 3 gives 60-somethings an action hero they can relate to (Because Indy 4 sure as hell didn't), good for them!
Gawd, this is why the new one will suck even if its good. Too many good jokes done already.
It's gonna stink on ice. It's going to feel like Star Trek and Indy IV, actors we love and respect acting like paunchy, 45 yr old high school football stars trying to hit on hot young thangs at the bar. Jesus, you were good twenty years ago but it's over now, show some fucking dignity and let it rest. But no, they won't. Even if I don't see the movie I'll be traumatized just from the sheer weight of hype out there.
You know what the sad thing is? Ghostbusters 2 was an awful movie but, honestly, the first one wasn't very good either. The premise is still great, that holds up all these years later, but the damn thing was just so underwritten. As a first draft it's fine but there needed to be more punch in the dialog, more oomph per minute. I saw it about six months back after not having seen it since it first came out, my strongest memories from the cartoon. (Collect Call of Cthulhu? You guys rawked). While I missed out on all the sexual subtext as a kid (and didn't realize Akroyd was getting a spectral blowjob), I also didn't realize just how creepy Murray came across. He's the skeezy sexual harassment guy.
Ah, well. It's not like common sense or good taste has ever turned Hollywood off from a project.
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This "passing the torch" idea is bad. Those who relate to the cast aren't going to relate to the new team and if they go forward in new GB flicks, you'll lose the generation that remembers the original. Then you have a heavy burden: make the movie SO good you WANT to know where the new team goes next. That's a tall order and the odds are against you.
C'mon. At least of the 6 major Batman movies, 4 of them were decent or good (I'm sorry, but Batman & Robin and Batman Forever SUCKED!). Did you even SEE The Dark Knight? Hardly slapping on a fresh coat of paint and slapping it up there. And nevermind that Batman Begins WAS basically a "reboot" for the franchise.
And it's not necessarily originality that's lacking in Hollywood. It's the fact that original, high profile, big budget pictures tend to elicit quite a following if they're at least decent, and this causes sequels to be "big" as well simply because people who liked the first (or second, or tenth) will come see the next simply out of curiousity. Repeat ad nauseum.
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Excellent reasoning...
Just like George Lucas had "reasonable" success. He'd certainly earned enough money that he didn't need to do the Star Wars prequels. So the fact that he did them is part of the reason they were so...hang on...something is wrong with this train of thought
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I hate to break this to you - but Hollywood has been recycling themes and plots since about the time the fourth movie came out of Hollywood. Hell, even Shakespeare recycled plots and themes.
Not much. "Police Academy 8" is back in development, after being shelved in 2003 and 2006. I think that's the highest sequel number with the same title.
Hollywood is down to mining the more obscure comic books and toys. The Silver Surfer has been done. GI Joe comes out this summer. There's another Transformers movie. Yawn.
Even "Terminator Salvation" is disappointing.
"Angels and Demons" isn't bad, except that it turns into one of those stupid "beat the clock" movies. (Previous "beat the clock" movie: "12 Rounds". Next up, "The Taking of Pelham 123". Yes, idea shortage.)
We need another Spielberg. There isn't one in sight.
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