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[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago

Sometimes they're accidentally right about something sucking, but always for a different reason than culture war BS. Ghostbusters 2016, for example.

[-] dkppunk@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I disagree, Ghostbusters: Answer the Call received way more hate than it deserved. I really enjoyed it and I have rewatched it a bunch of times, more than I’ve rewatched Ghostbusters 2. Holtzman is my favorite character and I love the goofy dance she does with Abby. And I love Chris Hemsworth’s character, he does big goofy handsome guy really well.

It was way better than the last 2. I watched Afterlife once and I have no interest in watching Frozen Throne at all.

[-] cygnathreadbare@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago

My only issue with that movie was the timing of a few jokes (they made them longer than they should so they stopped being fun) and that the trailer spoiled half of the jokes. The movie itself is cool.

The newest ones? their only redeeming quality for me is Egon's granddaughter. The kid is really good. Everything else is just the dumbest nostalgia bait ever (even having the mom's boyfriend a literal stand in for the kind of fan the movies pander to).

[-] dkppunk@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I can see where some of the jokes drag on a bit, but I’m personally ok with that. I’ve rewatched it a bunch of times when I use the elliptical or stationary bike at the gym. I feel like the extra laughs give my abs a workout 🤷‍♀️ lol. I laugh my ass off at “The power of Patty compels you!!” and “Is it more or less disgusting if I tell you it came out the front?” every single time. I adore Holtzman so much.

For me, the new ones don’t have a redeeming quality, that’s not the kid actors faults though. Afterlife came out when we still weren’t going to theaters because of COVID. I was very excited for it and I bought it at full price the day it came out on iTunes. I watched it that night and the first thing I remember saying after it was over was “what the fuck was that shit?” All that nostalgia baiting cash grabbing was gross. And the CGI Egon at the end made me feel sick to my stomach, it felt disrespectful to Harold Ramis. I can’t even bring myself to be interested in Frozen Empire.

I often see people complain that a franchise “forgot” what they are supposed to be about and IMO, that is exactly what happened with GBA and GBFE. They completely forgot that GB is a raunchy horror comedy and made a family friendly coming of age “scary” movie. It’s an entirely different genre.

[-] usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

I’m with you. 2016 may not compare to the original, but it was a solid comedy with a good heart. The bloody meltdown parts of the internet had over it was insane.

[-] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Meh. Leslie Jones's character was the laziest "sassy black woman" stereotype I've ever seen. Whoever wrote that drivel isn't fit to work on a 3rd rate sketch comedy show let alone a big budget Hollywood movie.

[-] Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio 1 points 1 day ago

Holy fuck, how many of the things have they made? Jurassic fucking Park over here lol.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

JP series with chris pratt is also bad, but i dont see conservative complaining about that, oh becauses the one as the lead, and not someone J Lawrence. i bet they love him even more now that he identifies as a far right christian.

[-] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah, that movie was so ass. My perfect summation of it. We rented it, my daughter picked it out. Like ten minutes in, she says something like, "This is so terrible, I am going to my room."

Now, normally, she will just ignore whayever is on and play on her phone or whatever and ignore it, this, she actively wanted to flee from.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

It was actually impressive just how bad it was. It's like they were trying to make it unbearable to watch. The fact that it carried the name of an all-time classic made it so much worse.

[-] valkyre09@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I was reading your comments thinking, it wasn’t that bad guys. One quick google search revealed I was thinking about the 2021 movie and had completely blocked all memory of the 2016 one. You’re spot on, it was atrocious!

[-] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 1 points 1 day ago

If I remember right, the only good thing in it was Chris Hemsworthbseemed to be having a good time.

Which is of course, an "awful" criticism on the surface because of course "You must think its woke because you only liked the guy's part of it."

I actually think it could have worked with a better cast honestly. I know the original was basically all SNLpeople, but doing it again just made it really bleh.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 0 points 1 day ago

i noticed that to, STD was one, the show sucked bad. they almost are selfaware, they said terrible writing but then said it is due to wokeness and having women in the show. SG1 was an oddball it got called woke/lib by both tankies and conservatives. right about lucifer in sandman being casted by gwendoline, shouldve been the way in mythology and comics. but comes up with wokeness as the reason.

[-] TransNeko@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

don't remind me of that abomination. that 2016 movie doesn't exist. erase it from my memories.

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