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In reply to the discussion: Hiding female cast, 'Ghostbusters' courts male moviegoers [View all]wheniwasincongress
(1,307 posts)39. the same people who are complaining about this film
don't seem to have a problem with other rehashed films. "Transformers 23" and "Captain America Meets Batman and Friends 2" doesn't have the millions of downvotes comments and on YouTube and around the net.
If this same Ghostbusters script was made with guys, we wouldn't even be talking about this. Everyone would want to see it and no one would be complaining about remakes and reboots.
I'm curious, have you seen the movie? Or are you basing your rating of the film on the two-minute trailers (of which for nearly all comedic movies are awful?)
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I did laugh more watching that trailer than watching the actual trailer, so there is that.
Travis_0004
Jun 2016
#55
It's really not the fact that the cast is all female that people have a problem with
davidn3600
Jun 2016
#9
Irony is that your phrase accurately describes the criticisms of a movie unseen.
LanternWaste
Jun 2016
#82
First off, Ghostbusters as a brand is not Superman, Spider-Man or Batman
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Jun 2016
#36
Lets put it this way. They couldn't find 2 minutes of good footage to put in the trailer
Travis_0004
Jun 2016
#54
Are you the Executive Producer of this movie or what? Jeez, you seem butthurt. nt
ChisolmTrailDem
Jun 2016
#65
The first of the new Star Trek films was entertaining as a movie, but shit as Star Trek
Scootaloo
Jun 2016
#32
From the looks of the trailer, they're forming the Ghostbusters company from scratch
jmowreader
Jun 2016
#29
Any "comedy" that uses an "Oooh, that's gonna hurt/leave a mark" joke...
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Jun 2016
#35
Looks like an unoriginal poorly written, cash grab riding the coattails of a classic comedy,
Katashi_itto
Jun 2016
#43
Watching the official trailer, the one with the leads, it just looks BAD.
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2016
#44
I think if they'd remade it with Rogan, Franco, Hill, and Baruchel the reaction would be just as bad
Gidney N Cloyd
Jun 2016
#70
I can't imagine it. And hopefully after his "The Longest Yard" remake, neither can Sandler. :-)
Gidney N Cloyd
Jun 2016
#92