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More Perspective On GHOSTBUSTERS III!! Judd Apatow?? Bill Murray?? Harold Ramis Writes The Chicago Tribune!!
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Harold Ramis just emailed the Chicago Tribune’s Mark Caro about the status of the “Ghostbusters III” project, currently being scripted by "The Office" writers Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg. The bit about Judd Apatow -- who worked with Ramis, Stupnitsky and Eisenberg on next summer's Jack Black period comedy "Year One" -- would seem to imply that some of Apatow’s ever-expanding rep company (Seth Rogen? Paul Rudd? Sacha Baron Cohen? Will Ferrell?) might play Junior Ghostbusters alongside the Ramis, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson characters:
yes, columbia is developing a script for GB3 with my year one writing partners, gene stupnitsky and lee eisenberg. judd apatow is co-producing year one and has made several other films for sony, so of course the studio is hoping to tap into some of the same acting talent. aykroyd, ivan reitman and i are consulting at this point, and according to dan, bill murray is willing to be involved on some level. he did record his dialogue for the new ghostbusters video game, as did danny and i, and ernie hudson. the concept is that the old ghostbusters would appear in the film in some mentor capacity. not much else to say at this point. everyone is confident a decent script can be written and i guess we'll take it from there.
best,
harold
Find all of Caro’s story on the matter here.
best,
harold
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I hope this is good, but I'm not holding my breath. The 1st GB is one of those nearly perfect films they cranked out in the 80s that just don't get made any more.
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I'm compiling my annual horror film movie schedule. It runs from September 15th - October 31st at my house. I need recommendations on what movies I should choose to watch. So please help me out movie lovers.
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Paul Rudd needs to be in this. Oh and...third?
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GB3, dats who. Hope it don't suck. Part 2 was a bit crap. But, none the less, looking forward to this, especially if Venkman is in. No word on Ripley? ranma627...Dawn Of The Dead (the original) should be top of the list man!!! :)
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i need something original. something unique or classic. i haven't seen a lot of old films.
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dawn is on my list and as much as i like it, i saw it recently for the first time so it doesn't age too well.
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New,younger ghostbusters.....no thanks.
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so there's still a video game in the making? Sounds great.
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If it's just decent, forget it. And Apatow's group of actors? Jesus H., is there any way we can get away from these guys?
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The Exorcism Of Emily Rose, Slither (good fun), Wolf Creek..just a few suggestions. The Evil Dead Trilogy is always a fun night in. Plus, if you don't dig on the Original Dawn Of the Dead, the remake isn't a bad flick either. Decent horror/zombie/actionfest.
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Not saying they don't make good movies... but still.
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John Carpenter's The Thing and John Carpenter's In The Mouth Of Madness.
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yeah i like both dawns but prefer romero's. wolf creek is a goo choice. always meant to see that. still haven't seen slither either.
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ok marlow. in the mouth of madness it is. maybe i'll rewatch the thing.
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I enjoy the idea. But we cant get rid of the originals to make room for the new.
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As the junior Ghostbusters, Rogen and Rudd and Segel can sit at the Ghostbusters' kitchen table and re-enact their favorite lines from the first two movies.
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..and his gang of trusty(?) actors can do this. It's like how it was back in the 80's. Let them do it. But the script has to be stellar.
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With a brief million dollar a man cameo from the originals for a day's filming. Apart from Ernie Hudson of course, who will probably get $10,000 and a night in a Motel 6.
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the first 2 were great and now they are going to vomit all over that for "new" ghostbusters? Comedians today are more obnoxious then funny and even if they are someone funny they can't replace the old. Just mo cap the friggin thing or don't do it. This is dumb dumb dumb.
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...is the only thing that can save this.
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it sounds like it's not REALLY Ghostbusters III, it's "The New Ghostbusters"...BOOOOOO!!!!!
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He made some incredible deal with the honey i shrunk the kid franchise. Starting from the first film. Where he got a cut of the profits and any attractions or amusement rides associated with the movie. He made so much money he retired.
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would make a hilarious ghostbuster. A trainee or something. I would by that for a dollar.
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if Apatow and co were funny.
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wonder how much scat, vomit and kicked in the nuts humor this will rely on....
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...just as long as the new guys, will fail miserably so that the originals will have to suit up at the end of the second act to save the new guys' asses and of course...the world.
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Up til now I've had no interest in a sequel using new actors, but Rogen could do a lazy, skeptical, wise-ass Venkman schtick superbly.
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Just want to add to the chorus of people not wanting GB:The Next Generation. I want the original guys suiting up and as the main characters. Then again, Next Gen Ghostbusters is better than no Ghostbusters... right?
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I swear he was meant to be the Ernie Hudson character in Evolution.
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Sep 07, 2008 3:49:23 AM CDT
so is Murray gonna die in the first three minutes, as promised?
by maniaq
didn't I hear somewhere that was the beginning and end of the "level of involvement" he was willing to have with another sequel - whether it's Ghostbusters:The Next Generation, or not...??
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Is the perfect example of a shitty, useless sequel. Vacuous, superficial, contrived and bereft of comedy or entertainment value. A new one couldn't be any worse. Fuck it, bring it on.
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Absolutely genius idea, right there. I think it was Moriarty who said that it makes sense for the comedy stars of yesterday to hand over the reigns to the comedy stars of today. I also think Apatow's gang has the right sense of humour for a GHOSTBUSTERS film. It just feels right. I hope this happens.
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Not since the original ghostbusters has there really been a bunch of comedy actors & writers working that could fit the feel of The Ghostbusters. But perhaps now with folk like apatow, seth rogan, paul rudd etc we could get a ghostbuster movie that ISN'T will smith and a bunch of annoying pretty boy posers. Though DAMN, nothing could ever replace the magic of egon, ray, venkman and winston.
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I mean, that idea was suggested by a couple of lines in the original film and then developed full-way by the GB2 Roleplaying game that features the very Ghostbusters International logo. Type that in to see a cool Jpg of a corporate building with the GB logo at the fansite...
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But at least it will be a trilogy.
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The Descent and Dog Soldiers. the former to show that they can still make creative horror films, the latter as it is just plain horror fun. i would say the original Wicker Man, but you don't really know it's a horror until it ends.
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why would he get involved? the only reason i can think of is to raise his profile a bit before embarking on a shot at an Oscar in something else again, an Oscar he should have picked up for Lost in Translation and perhaps Broken Flowers. even then, the script in general and his part in particular would have to be spectacular for him to contemplate it.
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i would be inclined to agree with you, but many here might start wanking over Lord Of The Rings 3 again in response to you. from my side, probably Police Academy 3 is about the only decent 3rd i can think of. at least they didn't have Ewoks in it.
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I hope it doesn't follow that one.
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The old GB crew as mentors? What a fucking bad idea is this?
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Why can't we have a film about the original team? I don't mind if they have new GB teams out in the field but the film's focus needs to be on Peter, Ray, Egon and Winston.
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But I'm all for Paul Rudd and Jay Baruchel (based on his performance in Tropic Thunder). The key things to remember are that the comedy in Ghostbusters is all fairly low-key and casual, but to the point and not rambling the way Rogen's comedy usually is, and MOST IMPORTANTLY the cast of the original Ghostbusters may be comedy legends now, but in 1984, it was one comedy superstar (Murray), strong supporting (Aykroyd) a writer (Ramis) and an everyman (Hudson). Not everyone in the group is a comedy lead.
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Sep 07, 2008 5:40:46 AM CDT
Please keep Apatow and his crew away from Ghostbusters.
by derlanghaarige
Please :'(
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This whole pass-the-torch idea... can anyone name a movie where this shit actually works?
Nope? Me neither. Much as I'd love to see a GB3, if it ain't about the originals, leave it alone. Or go with Bobo_Vision's_Ghost's plot - it's the best of a bad bunch, and is waaaay more creative than anything Hollywood would come up with.
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He'll be in it. As will be lines with "gramps" and "old man". Can't wait, this may turn out even better than "Disaster Movie"!
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Sep 07, 2008 6:46:31 AM CDT
Ghostbusters worked because we liked the actors and their charac
by wowsah156
but the new actors mentioned for GB3 dont strike me as likeable or even as versatile has Reitmans crew. I will never pay to go and see a movie with that asshole Sascha Baron Cohen or Seth rogen in it. simple as that. There are enough annyoing assholes in the real worl without me have to pay money to watch them on screen. If its not broke ,dont fix it. Ghostbuster 3 can work just fine with the old crew without any new actors coming in. If the blunder fist that is Lucas can still coax Speilberg and Ford to do a semi decent Indy movie then Reitman can do an awesome script and direction for Ghostbuster 3. Keep the humour and character development but go for a 15 rating and have some freaky stuff in it (a'la Supernatural on WB)
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Those Hollywood types. No time to capitalize. Is Seth Rogan in some competition with Shia LeBeowulf for most overexposed douchebag?
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I'd love to see it where Ghostbusters is now a franchise and working there is basically on par with working at Geek Squad or something to that effect. Have the new guys meet the old guys weekly to discuss their quotas.
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and suddenly there are 3 separate Ghostbusters talkbacks in the span of a week?
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in this, I think you could do worse than including Danny McBride. He had some of the biggest laughs in Pineapple Express and Tropic Thunder, and I could see him in this type of role.
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That after more than 20 years that Ray Parker Jr. finally gets to eat again!!!!
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That was the most politically correct piece of crap. Honestly - a goth, a handicapped, and token black and hispanic characters? This wouldn't bother me, but I wouldn't put it past these creators to be PC just to please the whiners and activists out there. What made the original (and even the sequel) so great was that it seemed like everyone in the movie worked well together, and they all were enjoying every minute of it. PC had nothing to do with it. As long as they continue that formula, this sequel could not be any worse than GB2 (which in my opinion is still better than most of the movies that have come out in the past two decades).
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I mean it's hard to custom a list without knowing what a guy already loves, since horror really does run the gambit. But I'm getting a kinda splatter vibe from you, so if you're looking for some 70s/80s brand old delights... RE-ANIMATOR, Phantasm 1&2 (2 is all but impossible to find, but completely worth it, just... amazing), The Gate, The Deadly Spawn, Shivers (Slither? "Fuck that shit! Pabst! Blue Ribbon!"... I mean seriously, Shivers and Deadly Spawn... kick it old school with your killer slug love) TCM2, Evil Dead 2, Re-Animator 2 actually and... well that's a good start. Let me know if you want OLD horror or horror that might actually scare you (assuming you are not easily scared). As I sit here cheerfully typing away I feel the presence of a nasty cold emerging I think I should go deal with it promptly. Oh yeah, and like the guy above said, Nail Marshals first two films make for a fantastic night. Cheers!
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While I'll admit it was the lesser and not a perfect film... DANCING TOASTER! Take that all ye naysayers!
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Don't forget the GINGER SNAPS movies. For low budget indie films, they have really good stories, characters, and special effects.
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Why would Murray do shit like Garfield and then be wary of a Ghostbusters threequel?
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We're not idiots. We can tell when they're using a well liked, perhaps even beloved, franchise as a diving board for already overpaid and underperforming young actors to cash in on yet another ensemble cameo-check project. I was skeptical enough about reviving the original cast, but the next generation? There's very little chance this can possibly be good. For the record, people I want nowhere near this: Owen Wilson, Shia Labeouf, Jessica Simpson, Jack Black, Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Amy Poehler, Kristen Wiig, Tina Fey, Jessica Alba.
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Not big on the whole 'next gen' idea. Only way it would be funny is if they made it a running joke and keep trying to hire a new guy throughout the film and they keep getting killed in bizarre Kenny-like ways.
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"Ravenous" (1999). Very overlooked and very well-done dark comedy about cannibalism in the 19th century. All-star cast with Guy Pearce, a bat-shit Robert Carlyle, and possibly one of the best performances *I'VE* seen from Jeffrey Jones. The music is off-canter and creepy, and the director does a pretty good job of building tension.
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Search your heart, you know it to be novel. The man knows how to cast, and if anybody could pull off finding a new group of actors to replace the feel of the old ensemble, it would be him. Unfortunately, the man doesn't do comedies.
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It would be a great way to get the new "it" faces rotating through the movie, but maintain the irreverence that makes the franchise so entertaining. In fact, it would allow for an easy way to explain Moranis' absence--Tully's Curse; Tully met a freakish misfortune, and it's just been going on ever since for the newest guy.
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I want the original crew in the whole movie. Screw this new young crew in training crap!
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I think Robin and Catwoman should be in it. Oh, wait...
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Sep 07, 2008 9:47:48 AM CDT
Rogen is no Venkman but I think he'd make a good Ghostbuster.
by jkrow21
As far as Paul Rudd that's not a bad idea actually. Sascha Cohen? Meh. Will Ferrel...maybe.
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I say BOO!BOO I say!
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Is the problem maybe that Dan and Bill haven't really been funny on film in over ten years? Maybe they're just afraid... The idea of doing ghostbusters this way is the fastest way to ensure I won't bother seeing it.
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I hope the writers really mine the material's darkest side, perhaps using Frank Miller's "Venkman: Year One" as inspiration. This isn't just populist summer silliness; it has the potential to be so much deeper and more cerebral-- an existential meditation on ghosts and the people who bust them. Suit up, Guy Hamilton and Geoffrey Rush -- your Oscars await.
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Ghostbusters + Apatow crew. I am literally just...ridiculously excited at this amazing prospect.
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they have the old ones as well. It might be interesting to watch the old guards of comedy interact with the new ones. Also, I think Dr. Venkman would mentor so long as his student is a half his age blond girl, like the "psychic" he was testing in the beginning of the first movie.
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you obviously forgot the part where Ray gets a blowjob from a ghost. It's a very strange moment in the first film. Granted, the movie was a family film, but family films in the eighties usually pushed the envelop somewhat. Compare E.T. and Goonies to the bland live action Disney films of today.
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Sorry, I just don't want to see cameo appearances so Seth Rogan and Co. can riff on ghost sex and weed. Make this a Ghostbusters movie please.
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... is Ray Parker Jr. coming back?
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Mentored by Murray, Ackroyd and Ramis? Oh come on, I'd definitely pay to watch that movie.
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"I hope the writers really mine the material's darkest side, perhaps using Frank Miller's "Venkman: Year One" as inspiration. This isn't just populist summer silliness; it has the potential to be so much deeper and more cerebral-- an existential meditation on ghosts and the people who bust them. Suit up, Guy Hamilton and Geoffrey Rush -- your Oscars await." That was so funny I had to repeat it. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrilliant!
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This is an old idea that Dan Aykroyd had at least 10-15 years ago.I remember there was talk of wanting Chris Farley to be one of the "junior Ghostbusters".
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union jackass, thank you. Thanks for reminding me about The Mist. Which is one of my favorite films now.
I didn't care for Descent or Dog Soldiers. Especially Descent, I really hated that one. That was just a horror film/lifetime channel movie. All the scares were timed horribly, as well.
I liked Hatchet, Ruins, and the orphanage but not enough to put them on my list. Maybe the Orphanage but I don't know.
These are movies that I will definitely be watching:
Scream, Halloween (personal fav), Candyman, Jaws, Alien, The Thing, Wolf Creek, The Shining, TCM, Shaun of the Dead, The Devil's Backbone, Jeepers Creepers (sorry but I fucking love this film), Audition, Signs, In the Mouth of Madness, an the Others.
I have plenty more that I'm considering but haven't put them on my list yet. I have a shitload of spots open though. Most of the movies on my list are films I love and watch every Halloween.
I'll also look into Ravenous, donny, I love me some Guy Pearce. First Snow, Memento and The Proposition, all great films with Pearce.
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I liked the film but it sort of fell apart by the end for me.
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By a show of hands who wants a Ben Stiller led GB3 or a Bill Murray GB3? I would hazzard to say we all want Murray. Christ its not like any other reboot attempts ever work.
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I also will be watching Blair Witch project. That movie combined with the documentary Curse of the Blair Witch freaks me the hell out. Love love love that film. Also will be watching the original Saw. Hate the sequels but the first one is still classic to me. Also for family horro films, I'll be watching Little Monsters and the Monster Squad.
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Let me suggest a few beautiful horror films: "Eyes Without a Face (Les yeux sans visage)," directed by Georges Franju (1960); "Don't Look Now", directed by Nicholas Roeg (1973); and "Suspiria", directed by Dario Argento (1977). These are truly great films, as I am sure my fellow horror afficionados here can attest. And now let me also recommend a few other (slightly less well-known) films--two thoughtful masterpieces by Pupi Avati: "Zeder" (1983) and "The House with the Laughing Windows (La case dalle finestre che ridono)" from 1976; "The Last Wave," directed by Nicholas Roeg (1977), a film that comes as close as any to capturing the feel of real Lovecraftian horror; the three episodes in the anthology "Spirits of the Dead (Histoires extraordinaires)" from 1968, directed by Federico Fellini, Roger Vadim, and Louis Malle--my favorite is Fellini's segment "Tony Dammit", but the other two are gorgeous; "Picnic at Hanging Rock", directed by Peter Weir (1975) and George Sluizer's "The Vanishing (Spoorloos)" from 1988, etc... One could go on and on. This was just a random handful of films. But I hope my little list helps--I have tried to present more atmospheric, intelligent, and stylish films here as a counter-point to the gorier and more frenetic stuff that is common. Happy horror festival!
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I have offically added, suspiria, don't look now, the hsuse with laughing windows, and spirits of the dead. I am eager to add older horror films. I've only seen The Innocents and Eyes without a Face. I never even saw the original Psycho. I know, laughable.
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...with recent horror films from the last two decades, so anything preceding that is what I'm looking for. But anything, foreign, which I might have missed, would be appreciated too.
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I'm consider the Exorcist and I hated the Ring. I thought I loved that film but I rewatched it two years ago and it was laughably bad. I mean really bad. I love Gore Verbinski too. Too bad the last Pirates movie let me down.
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That idea always struck me as fantastic, albeit expensive. Venkman gets sucked into Hell and the others have to bring him back.
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The original black & white version of The Haunting should go on that list. That shit was spooky. As for new/old GB3, I'd buy that for a dollar.
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He and Dave Thomas are making a new, animated Bob and Doug Mackenzie series.
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Seriously? Name a group of people making funnier movies. You fucktards.
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The Haunting has beed added, thanks.
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It really would fit well with irreverant nature of the first two, and kinda make sense. Great way to explain away Rick's absense. The originals are getting near retirement, Venkman want to start franchising to cash in to have a sweet retirement and they proceed through a dozen or so tagalong wanna-bes names like Rogen & Rudd who are almost imediately killed in Red Shirt / "Oh my god, they killed Kenny, you bastards!" fashion. In the end, they say screw retirement, we're doing this until we die.
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Put me down for another vote for "The Exorcist." I don't see how any horror fest would be complete without it. Also, the 1979 version of "Salem's Lot," though a TV mini, was pretty well done and has a lot of really creepy shit in it. It pretty well traumatized me as a kid.
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...to gaining SO much weight? How does someone let themselves go like that?
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They NEED a female ghostbuster! Enough with all this seth rogen and company cast! Are the filmakers gay? Are they afraid of girls? Come on! You all know whenever you see a girl dressed up as a ghostbuster when you go to comic con you get excited! Imagine a Tina Fey, Amanda Bynes, Ellen page, etc. comedic type female ghostbuster in there. Give her glasses and she could be a female nerd version of Egon.
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...then my ass is in the seat. If Bill Murray is in ANYTHING, then my ass is in the seat.
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I say Paul Rudd, Thomas Lennon, Michael Ian Black and some token black guy (as long as he isn't a rapper). I don't mind the OG (Original Ghostbusters) passing the torch to a bunch of other people as long as A) It's funny. B) It's funny. And C) It's funny.
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There's no need to make more sequels. What, there's something 1&2 left unexplored? Please.
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Fuck all of the new young hip fresh comedy stars.
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"I'll tell you the effect... it's pissing me off!"
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There's no way the originals should mentor a new team of GhostBusters. If they do, this movie will be an epic failure.
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I can see him in the brown jumpsuit, staring up to screen left, with a pink light on his face and a his hair blowing up while a ghost...does whatever it is ghosts do when they're impressive enough to keep main characters in a fixed gaze long enough for a five second shot of them gape-mouthed.
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except for the "Tina Fey, Amanda Bynes, Ellen page" part. Zooey Deschanel, I think Unknownuser is on to something.
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...That many TB-ers suffer from some sort of misperception of time. Why will the new GB movie be about the next generation of ghostbusters? Because the original ghostbusters are f-ing old. I haven't seen Ayckroyd in anything in 5 years but even then, he looked like he'd swallowed John Belushi. Ramis is also packin em' on. Do you want to see a fat Egon checking his PKE meter? A graying Venkman shamelessly flirting with the (better than likely) 20-something female client like a creepy grampa? These guys would have retired, seriously. They're too old for this shit! I for one do not want to see a paranormal version of Space Cowboys. ...Sorry, just had to get that off my chest.
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for Venkman to be hitting on girls half his age. Although, I think you're absolutely right. Ramis and Ackroyd do not look like they're in the right shape to still be running down ghosts. It doesn't mean I don't want them in the picture (and as more than simple cameos) but I also want some fresh blood.
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The Changeling, with George C. Scott, from 1980. Exceedingly creepy ghost story with at least three scenes that give me chills every time I see the movie.
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Ghostbusters is inextricably linked with those actors, I don't want to see a next generation type thing. It would be total ASS.
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This is probably one of those things that will either be out-of-this-world fantastic or a major bomb.
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Sep 07, 2008 4:16:57 PM CDT
Out of Shape Ghostbusters unable to catch ghosts?
by shut the fuck up donny
We've all watched COPS to know there's a LOT of out-of-shape (I use that term generously) police officers huffing and puffing about trying to catch perps. So, I don't buy it. A fat-ass Spengler and Stantz seem perfectly legit.
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or is anyone else tired of seeing Seth Rogen?
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Night, Dawn, Day - Videodrome, Scanners, The Brood, Shivers, Warlock 1 + 2, Riki-Oh, Gozu, Visitor Q, Battle Royale, Evil Dead Trilogy, Cube, House, Dead Alive, Cemetary Man, Dead Heat, Eraserhead, White Zombie, Suspiria, Trauma, From Dusk till Dawn, the Toxic Avenger, Bloodsucking Pharoahs in Pittsburgh, Near Dark, Alien, Maximum Overdrive, and I definitely second the Excorsist and Ravenous.
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Mos Def, Orlando Jones, Mekhi Phifer... There's no shortage of talent to fill the great Ernie Hudson's shoes. Though I'd rather just see the great Ernie Hudson.
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Does anyone have a source for that?
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Where THE FUCK does it say anything about a remake or reboot? There isn't even a script yet. You're all fucking stupid. In all seriousness though, I hope most of you are dead before the movie gets made. See ya.
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by the great comedy killer. Judd apatow. no thanks. If Apatow casts that obnoxious and annoyingly unfunny jonah hlll I wont cross the street to see it. Make the movie. then have a twist at the end. They all die.
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I like the Apatow guys, but as Ghostbusters? Sounds more like a parody than a sequel. I could see a movie where a group of losers (Rogen, Segel, Rudd and Romany Malco as the token black guy spring to mind) pretend to be real ghostbusters to earn money, getting into fantastic mishaps along the way. But as the ACTUAL ghosbuters? eh.
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If the studio wants "Ghostbusters 3" so bad, just use the script that Ramis and Ackroyd already wrote. Do we really need Apatow and his disciples updating the series with new blood? I don't care about a Ghostbusters movie that isn't about the Ghostbusters.
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I think the audience can handle one fat Ghostbuster, but two? We can't have two fat guys. Isn't that breaking some kind of cinematographic rule of some kind?
I can accept fat Ray because he was drawn that way in the cartoon.
Speaking of Blair Witch, that piece of garbage is what got GB3 canceled a decade ago. The studios told Dan Aykroyd that Blair Witch was the formula of the future and that all movies needed to be made low-budget and shaky-cam just like it. Thus the original GB3 was killed. -
I was listening to NPR maybe a year ago at most and they had a story about Ray Parker, Jr. playing guitar in a band in some third-world nation.
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COMEDIANS. UNLESS THEY ARE SIDE CHARACTERS AND THE GHOSTBUSTERS return or one last catch is the plot. If murray is just cameos try to have him show up throughout the movie more than a few times. I bet they can get everyone, once the 4 are doing it I'm sure moranis, weaver and potts will show up. just can't wait to see the ghost symbol again on the poster.
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Tell me you haven't seen Wet Hot American Summer. Anyone who's seen that movie and can still say Paul Rudd isn't funny is no friend of mine.
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The new Ghostbusters are in competition with the old ones and everyone writes off the old ones cause they think they're too old and slow and the young guys can do a better job. But the young guys are so green and inexperienced that they can never finish the job and the old ones have to do all the heavy lifting. Murray dies in the first three mins and becomes the new buddy ghost/slimer role. Terry Crews as Zeddmore's nephew is genius, also would be interested in Paul Rudd and Jay Baruchel. And Danny McBride would be funny in the movie but not as a Ghostbuster, preferably as a fringe character. I don't think they should put Seth Rogen or Will Ferrell because that would disconnect too many people from the whole experience. That isn't to say they wouldn't do a good job, it's just that they continue to be in so much other shit that if they do this it becomes a continuation of all the rest of it. Then Land Of The Lost, Green Hornet and Ghostbusters are all of a sudden linked. Fuck that. I think Rudd and Baruchel for two of them, plus Terry Crews and some new unknown guy if you want to go with four new guys. Rogen and Ferrell could cameo in it as a couple of guys trying to audition for the team but they get turned down flat. That would rock.
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Fuck that mentor shit. I thought it sounded interesting as a reunion movie, but I won't watch it with a new cast speckled with cameos. It sounds like more of that craptastic Pineapple Express "humor."
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Maybe Anna Faris. The film just needs a cute girl as a ghostbuster. A girl with good comic timing. Most girls just play the "straight man", I want to see a cute girl with good comic timing. I don't know of that many actresses like that though.
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Sep 07, 2008 7:17:37 PM CDT
Original Ghostbusters vs. Government sponsored Ghostbusters
by earthquake westcoast
Have the Original Ghostbusters vs. some Government/Major Corporation's agency's own ghostbusters. Rivals.
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even if everything else was top notch.
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...then I nominate Carla Gallo to be a female ghostbuster. She doesn't get enough work, and she already slimed Jonah Hill in Superbad...
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Not CGI. Their "glow" can be CGI, but not the actual ghosts. I really don't know what to think about a 3rd Ghostbusters movie. GB II was a lot of a letdown even back when I was only 7 years-old. The original actors are kind of old, and you just know Hollywood needs the current crop of comedians in the movie to attract the younger audience. I hope they don't try to make it an action/comedy SFX extravaganza movie, because Ghostbusters is comedy and chemistry first, with little action and restrained SFX. Again, Ghostbusters II couldn't hold a candle to Ghostbusters. Neither could the two Men in Black movies. Much less Evolution. Ghostbusters III might not be a good idea.
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Rogen, Rudd, Cohen, and Ferrell as a new squad would be pretty awesome. Throw the original four in with them and you could have one really fucking funny movie.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. For the love of God, NO! He'd belabor his overexposed, unfunny schtick in an attempt to eclipse the franchise's veteran actors (i.e. Murray & Co.).
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Sep 07, 2008 8:33:17 PM CDT
The Ghostbusters should have competitors, not juniors!
by julius dithers
Murray, Ramis, Hudson, and Ackroyd versus Kelsey Grammer, Dwayne Johnson and -- time to extend the olive branch, Ackroyd -- Michael Chiklis.
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that sounds perfect.
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Suck suck suck suck suck. I've lost all faith in this project with that little tidbit. Poop.
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If by "mentor" they really meant "fleece a bunch of naive franchisees"...
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I know I'm beating a dead horse here, but I will proclaim this simple movie truth until my dying day: "Ghosts" are funny (Ghostbusters, Nightmare Before Christman, Mike Keaton in Beetlejuice). Dead people AREN'T funny. (That awful Casper movie, Geena Davis and Alex Baldwin in Beetlejuice, Corpse Bride.) The SECOND you let the audience identify the "ghost" as a dead person rather than just a "ghost", they are subconsciously reminded of little things like tragedy, sadness, loss, not to mention their own mortality. That's when they stop laughing!
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Since Rogen and Apatow are being mentioned they mights as well as bring in Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, and just make them as the New Ghostbusters crew. They had great chemistry together in 40 Yr Old Virgin I would love to see more of their ad libbing together again. Plus, Romany could play the token Black guy again.
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GB3 has been in development...?
Uh, hmmmm? It hasn't. Dan calls Harold after smoking some weed and tells him about this fantastic idea he has. Speculation runs rampant and...nothing happens.
If you're gonna do it, do it big.
Get the original cast, Ivan Reitman and some new blood to leave the door open. ghost busters was a seminal film and a cultural touchstone. I feel the original was in fact a perfect film and still holds up today in an age of "disposable" cinema. Bang.
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GB3 has been in development...?
Uh, hmmmm? It hasn't. Dan calls Harold after smoking some weed and tells him about this fantastic idea he has. Speculation runs rampant and...nothing happens.
If you're gonna do it, do it big.
Get the original cast, Ivan Reitman and some new blood to leave the door open. ghost busters was a seminal film and a cultural touchstone. I feel the original was in fact a perfect film and still holds up today in an age of "disposable" cinema. Bang.
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Yeah, the computer got anal.
Just like when Bill Murray was asked to do voice work (LOL!THAT'S NOT WORK DIGGING DITCHES IS) for the upcoming Video Game.
Again sorry about the double cheese up there. Love you all, you filthy nerd brethren!
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Did the Stay Puft marshmallow Man ever squash his beef with the Michelin Man? I smell a lawsuit or an out of court brawl/settlement.
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...because I have a hard time believing it's Apatow and crew. I've found a lot of their stuff to be funny, but I'm getting tired of the same old formula and am kind of getting depressed that nobody seems to be able to pull off a good laugh without resorting to dick/fart/weed jokes. Comedy is an odd duck these days and watching a lot of these guys do their schtick really hits home how lucky we were back when we were watching SCTV, early SNL and sketch troupes like the Kids in the Hall do their thing. It was genuinely funny, the characters were likable, and the restraints they had on how far they could push the envelope meant they had to really work hard at making people laugh without falling back on the "extreme" crutch. I think a lot of that heart is missing nowadays and it's why I have no friggin' clue as to who I would want on board to help the original 'busters without taking us out of the world they created. Too bad Tim and Eric are so weird, 'cause as much as I love their show, the only way they'd fit in is if they tamed their strangeness and honed their acting. Who else is there? I'd believe Rainn Wilson as a GB, Russell Peters could do it (haven't seen him act, but the dude's timing is killer), but Christ, who else? What's the best comedy troupe today? It's a toughie - which is why I worry about what's to come. The GB's are my Star Wars, and I've waited 20 years for a sequel. If they're going to do it now, they'd better do it right... or don't bother. Oh yeah, and limit the goddamn cg too please. Puppet ghosts will do the trick. Just look at what this dude did in his spare time using puppets - now THIS is inspiring:
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Holy Fuck, the mind reels at the possibilites....wow, that could actually be a brilliant bit of casting. Or tragically horrible. But I'm leaning towards brilliant.
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That is the only way for this project to succeed.
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Agree with Mel's Rockpile that art, comedy, and music all flourish under boundaries of some sort.
The quality of music lyrics dropped; instead of poetic lyrics about "making love", we get crap like "I want to fuck you like an animal". And then it just degenerates from there when other "artists" try to aim lower.
Similarly, taste in comedy has dropped. Hack like Seth MacFarlane are making $100,000,000 with dumb-as-dirt, lowest-common denominator "comedy" shows. Shows like the Simpsons that were once smart have started to stoop to the same flatulent humor just to compete.
When I think about what a Ghostbusters film in today's market might be like, I'm picturing Slimer farting in peoples' faces (like that beast in The Phantom Menace) and jive-talkin' Ecto-1. -
you might try a theme of werewolf movies like Curse of the Werewolf(or any of the Hammer Dracula's and Frankenstein) American Werewolf in London, The Howling. Also if you include The Exorcist(a must) you might want to include some other seventies occult flicks like The Dunwich Horror, Audrey Rose, or sixties like Horror Hotel and of course Rosemary's Baby. Oh, and the original It's Alive.
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I'm still working on it and I will post it on some random popular post once I'm done. Please keep the recommendations coming.
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Sep 08, 2008 1:22:30 AM CDT
If we absolutely have to have new Ghostbusters, here are my vote
by booster gold lives
...let's NOT cast the "usual suspects." Rogen, Carell and Rudd are obvious choices, but only because of the connection to "The Office" and/or Apatow. Let's see something somewhat unexpected (especially since Carell and Rogen are in danger of being overexposed). Let's see a new team -- NOT a replacement team, NOT "junior" 'Busters, but just a new team among many in a worldwide GB organization -- that has to work with the founders to combat some supernatural menace. And let's cast Rudd with Nathan Fillion, Dule Hill, and Zooey Deschanel (as mentioned earlier) -- actors who all have great comic timing, who aren't necessarily overexposed, who would work well with that kind of material, who wouldn't overshadow the original team but who could be used again if the franchise is re-ignited. If they want to bring Ghostbusters back as a truly viable franchise, then Sony, Ramis and Apatow will need to step outside their boxes a bit and not cast the same players again.
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I was watching Back to School last night. Favorite line "Hey don't talk about my wife that way she gives good head..ache."
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about a character giving up his Ghostbusters collectibles so he can become p-whipped and forced to pay attention to some screeching, life-ruining ankle-biter.
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Sep 08, 2008 2:57:44 AM CDT
Ghostbusters II was about them being fat old fucks anyway
by duke of hurl
So why not run with it? Just make sure Rick Moranis is involved, please...
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...as everybody's favorite dick-less environmental protection agent? Seriously, that guy had the asshole market cornered throughout the 80's. Ghostbusters, Die Hard, Real Genius, etc. Somebody should give that guy an award. Preferably a bronze one that resembles an ass with a massive stick lodged in it.
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...reprise their roles from Pineapple Express. The plot could revolve around Dale and Saul starting their own Ghostbuster franchise. David Gordon Green could direct.
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Yeah some of those guys are funny - but please keep Jonah Hill away from this- he is just a fatter, ugler and less funny version of Seth Rogen. Out of all these guys how come Jason Segel gets no love - HE'S ONE OF THE BEST PARTS IN KNOCKED UP - his "Affleckisms" are pitch perfect. Rogen is funny but overdone. Rudd can do drama as well as comedy so that makes him in my books infinitely more talented. For me it should be
Venkman: Jason Segel, Stantz: Rogen (contractually obliged I guess) and Spengler: Rudd. If they need and Egon type character get Micheal Cera. Hell put Jason Batemen in there if you can - he is funnier than all three of them -
meant Louis Tully = Micheal Cera. Moranis looks like a fuckin Egon though
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Its him looking tired and bored.
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I would sign up to see him in a Busters movie. But a thought I just had that may not be all that good but it makes me laugh anyways is, what if it was a UK Ghostbusters with Ricky Gervais, Steve Coogan, Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes? Nick Frost and Bill Nighy could be ghosts or something. Maybe Stephen Merchant in the Rick Moranis role. Sounds pretty awesome to me but it completely doesn't make any sense. I think it would be more watchable than the one they're gonna do though.
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Oh dear, I'm not loving this to be honest and I think Ghostbusters is one of the best and most quotable films ever...Ghostbusters 2 is also great...BUT Ramis did not explain why they are not using the script produced years ago by him and Ackroyd (Ghostbusters in Hell?) and the statements highlights that him and Ackyord would be "consulted" and the original crew will be present in a "mentor capacity" means that R&A will get a co producer credit and Murray et als presence in the movie will be reduced to five minutes cameos. I don't have anything against Aptow, but if we are to have a third film I would prefer it to written, produced, focus on and starring the original crew and directed by Reitman. Otherwise, shudder...
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If Harold Ramis says Bill Murray IS willing to do a cameo, which is the least probable event of this GB3 production, THEN I suppose this WILL happen. Not sure it'll be good, I'm almost sure it'll suck, but now I do believe this film will actually be produced.
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an endurance test. I saw it all the way through to the very end. All of the cast I just found annoying. Katherine Heigel was unbearable, there was nothing remotely sweet about her and her character had no redeeming features what so ever. None of them did. After watching Knocked up and then saw Superbad. Jonah hill was the reason I stopped watching. And I thought to myself more then once they are ripping off American Pie. With the exception of the opening of the third movie, the rest of which I hated, I thought the scene with michelle, jim and jims dad was hysterical as they were through the series. Superbad was American pie one and two with crude language instead of jokes. I sat through Ace ventura, but jim Carrey was at his hillarious best back then. Not everyone finds him a riot. Modern teens are being cheated when it comes to comedy. Judd and his gang are the future. I did find American pie two a little bit laboured in places. It was really funny. over all. AMP one and two heart and third one despite the restaurant scene didnt. US comedy is going down the toilet. Hype is killing comdey i believe. KNocked up and superbad were not the claaics they were painted as.
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It's not that we can't have a good Ghostbusters team with younger actors. Just don't go to kindergarten! Imagine a new "field team" consisting of Steve Carrel, Tina Fey, Neil Patrick Harris, and maybe "trainee" Michael Cera. Dork them up a little, and they're good to go. For the love of god, don't use just 20 somethings.
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I WOULD TOTALLY PAY MONEY TO SEE GHOSTBUSTERS III. Fuck Yeah. The Ghostbusters franchise is one of my favorites of all times. I NEVER get tired of the first movie, and even the second movie wasn't that bad. And the first couple of seasons of The Real Ghostbusters saturday morning cartoon were FANTASTIC. Bring it on. And I can see Apatow and his crew bringing the right kind of humor to the movie. MAKE THIS HAPPEN or there will be CATS AND DOGS LIVING TOGETHER, MASS HYSTERIA!
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of Sigourney please
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...way to FUCK UP...swell. Good lord, Apatow and his "stable" are the maybe the worst things to happen to modern film comedy in some time.
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How about Paperhoue (if you can find it) I remember seeing it about 15 years ago and it scared the shit out of me.
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I meant PAPERHOUSE!
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As much as I like Apatow & crew, not love mind you, they are completely wrong for this. Ramis & Aykroyd are COMEDY geniuses, where as Apatow is all about RAUNCHY HUMOR.
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Remember when Stiller and pals were seen as the saviours of modern comedy. didnt last long really.
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I dont know how prevailing the view is about Apatow and company is.
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that should be I dont what the prevailing view of Apatow and company is. But obviously they keep getting work. Someone likes them enough to give them work. There was a sweetness in the Weitz brothers ameican pie. yes gross was there, but it never overwhelmed the first two movies. Third one was disgusting. I loved the whole comedy of embarrasment with jim and jims dad. Apatow seems to be about comedygrossnogrpahy. ie pushing the limits of gross out humour. Ron Burgandy had its moments. bit hit and miss. I will be seeing step bros. Will ferrell can be very funny. but he can be annoying. But reigned in he is very good in serious work.
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It doesn't matter who makes it or who's in it. You'll watch it. Be honest.
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I find the Apatow crew funny as hell, guess im weird. Anyway i'm interested to see their take on GB, i'm sure they'd respect the source material (Parts 1&2) to the fullest. Only worry I have is them placing a female GB on the team. Another Dana Berret type character would be fine, just no Girl ghost buster, please. That wouldnt be respecting the first two movies at all.
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ive been waiting for this movie for a long time. but now that its a possibility i dont care anymore. its been almost 20 years. let it go. im fine with the game idea b/c at least it features the original actors and takes place in 1991. i dont need a 2010 ghostbusters.
if it does get made for some damn reason then i hope they dont cast annoying actors in the roles. i cant stand will ferrell and the thought of the apatow crew filling in makes me sick. im one of the biggest ghostbusters fans and i just dont see how this will work. i did like one guys idea on here though about the new crew actually being rivals. so maybe if the original ghostbusters are retired and out of shape and these "new" ghostbusters are taking over the town and trying to steal their business and they have to join forces at the end to fight the villian then i might see it having some value. i dont want ghostbusters as mentors telling seth rogen how to use a trap or will ferrell crossing the streams and egon yelling at him for it. thats stupid -
even though im against this idea 110% if i had to choose a group of 4 ghostbusters id choose charlie murphy as the winston character, neil patrick harris as ray, steven colbert as egon and ryan reynolds as peter. then get that mclovin kid to play loius and janines son. oh yea and someone to play oscar.
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Is going to be Batman? I thought they stopped doing silly Batman movies with Batman and Robin?
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I didn't expect the original cast to be the only actors in the film, but I was really hoping they were veering away from the 'frat pack' casting. Granted, that's basically what they did back in the 80s, but still. Rogen, Rudd, etc are all hilarious. I just hope this isn't treated as another 'let's just see how many jokes you can make out of this single unfunny line.' I'm confident it'll work. I was just hoping they were going with a different type of cast instead of playing into those old rumors. fuck.
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Still feels ashamed for Evolution, which is my worst film ever.
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I guess I'll put off killing myself. Again.
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I'm also frequently postponing suicides due to upcoming films, CDs or books. Pathetic, I know, but it works.
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Including Ivan Reitman, are involved, I could see this as having good potential. But it's always risky to revive a franchise after such a long amount of time between movies. This should get a green light, only if everyone is in agreement for the direction of the movie, and a superior script, otherwise it will taint the other two movies if it winds up to be just a cashi in on the name.
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Sounds like it could work, though I'm no big fan of Apatow and his universe. I wanna get me hands on that video game!
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Sep 08, 2008 8:56:03 PM CDT
ANYONE THAT DOESN'T WANT A GIRL GHOSTBUSTER MUST BE GAY!
by earthquake westcoast
Did you know that guys that don't like girls are gay! Whoever doesn't want to see a girl in a ghostbuster uniform and only want to see sweaty fat men in their 30s, well they must be gay! To all those gay fanboys that are afraid of girls....I say you should go back to watching "300" on dvd and watch all those half naked men wearing diapers run around after each other. Or better yet, go read your little comic books featuring big, muscular men wearing tight spandex. Or better yet....go watch football and see those big sweaty men running around in tight spandex pants running around trying to grab the other guys ball! As for me, I WANT TO SEE A GIRL AS A GHOSTBUSTER! I LIKE GIRLS! Apparently....alot of fanboys prefer the company of men. *coff gay coff*
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please no juno or zooey d
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Sounds like you're in denial yourself....
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