The New Ghostbusters - Part 6

[Travesty]

Somebody got triggered lol

 

[def28]

According to Paul Feig, the reason the trailer mentions the old movies is because they tested several different trailers, and the one(s) with the mention tested better than the one(s) without.

Yeah, we had reports of trailer test screenings last week. And the two things the youtuber mentioned was that the connections to the original's were being tested as well as the tone. One was said to focus far heavier on horror and one on comedy, while one was a mix of both. And with the connections to the originals they had one were they left it out, one that briefly hinted at a connection and one that was more leaning more strongly to it being sequel rather then a remake. Which left the youtuber with the impression that this was a full on sequel.

I don't think they know how to market this confidently one way or the other. And at this point the connection is just confusing people when they have heard it's a hard reboot.

 

[Flint Marko]

According to Paul Feig, the reason the trailer mentions the old movies is because they tested several different trailers, and the one(s) with the mention tested better than the one(s) without.

I can't imagine how poor the other ones must've tested.

 

[bluejake01]

Who are the main villains in the movie? I really don't think that would be a spoiler for this or any movie to know who the bad guys are.

They would be openly declaring it if it was meant for public consumption right now. I am not sure if I have violated the NDA I signed, but I don't think I have. I am prohibited from sharing spoilers on social media...but private communications were not covered by the NDA.

 

[chaseter]

This trailer delivered everything I had hoped for.

 

[Galactus10]

Somebody got triggered lol

Ironic how the "author" of this "article" tries to write critics of the trailer/movie and frame them with a neanderthal mindset yet the trailer opens with a ghost barfing ectoplasm on a doctor. Such sophisticated material people are ragging on. They must not 'get' the comedic genius. Ya know, the caliber jokes elementary students laugh at

Melissa McCarthy possessed and getting a ghost ******-slapped outta her by a loud, hulking black woman with an affinity for Cadillacs also just must be too much comedic nuance for cave-dwelling fire-blowers with penises to process.

 

[TheDreamMaster]

They would be openly declaring it if it was meant for public consumption right now. I am not sure if I have violated the NDA I signed, but I don't think I have. I am prohibited from sharing spoilers on social media...but private communications were not covered by the NDA.

Does that mean you could private message us? Hypothetically of course.

 

[Wheels]

I'm just hoping the second trailer is much better. Still hoping this turns out well.

 

[Gold Samurai]

So did anyone notice the Twinkie ad in the Times Square scene?

 

[bluejake01]

Does that mean you could private message us? Hypothetically of course.

Sure, we are allowed to privately communicate about topics

 

[def28]

Looks like the environment after this frame is aging to around 1975/76. Given Taxi Driver, Ilse of the Snake People and Tommy billboards.

 

[Marvolo]

Looks like a Ghostbusters movie to me. A shinier Ghostbusters film, but a Ghostbusters film nonetheless.

 

[Sithborg]

There's the crap I expected of this thread.

 

[AllEights]

They would be openly declaring it if it was meant for public consumption right now. I am not sure if I have violated the NDA I signed, but I don't think I have. I am prohibited from sharing spoilers on social media...but private communications were not covered by the NDA.

Having signed he same NDA, I can advise you that you have violated it.
Don't think you will be pursued (that would take them finding this forum and the site cooperating with them) but I also wouldn't be surprised if a C&D was sent considering the overall negative reaction to the trailer today. They have been scrubbing the YouTube and Facebook pages of negative comments. Also, the night of the screening someone who had no regard for the NDA took to his Twitter and Facebook to give his opinion and the next morning his posts were gone.
Not trying to scare you but I've never seen a negative response like this before and understand if Sony want to do as much damage control as possible, they have a lot invested in their big summer tent pole.

 

[Shifty]

I didn't really care for the trailer, I've been interested in seeing the film since it was announced so that was disappointing. I watched it the minute the trailer came out, actually a bit excited for the last half hour. What were they going to do to get people in the theatres? Show the Bill Murray cameo? It didn't do it for me. They spent 30 seconds talking about the previous Ghostbusters. That's time spent on 2-3 other jokes or moments to help sell the movie. Now maybe this is a trailer that holds back the best parts, which Feig seems to do. That's all well and good but could kill the film from opening huge.

However, other people did like what they saw. I don't know what it will do at the box office but the competition isn't that tough this July. Is there demand for a 5th Ice Age? Star Trek has its own problems, has Bourne been away too long?

Adjusted for inflation the original GB made $619M while GBII made $247M.

If people saw Hemsworth, will they wonder:

- Why is his hair so short?
- Where's the hammer and suit of armor?

He's in a supporting role but he's rarely in film outside of Thor/Avengers that does even okay at the box office.

Yeah, Ghostbusters had the creep factor in there, but it's more comedy than anything. It had an edge to it to be sure, but it was rated PG at the end of the day.

Just looked, PG-13 wasn't introduced until one month after Ghostbusters was released. It definitely would've been PG-13 had it come out in July 1984.

 

[bluejake01]

Having signed he same NDA, I can advise you that you have violated it.
Don't think you will be pursued (that would take them finding this forum and the site cooperating with them) but I also wouldn't be surprised if a C&D was sent considering the overall negative reaction to the trailer today. They have been scrubbing the YouTube and Facebook pages of negative comments. Also, the night of the screening someone who had no regard for the NDA took to his Twitter and Facebook to give his opinion and the next morning his posts were gone.
Not trying to scare you but I've never seen a negative response like this before and understand if Sony want to do as much damage control as possible, they have a lot invested in their big summer tent pole.

I didn't receive a copy of the NDA, but I did read it and I don't recall which clause I would be violating.

 

[def28]

Been watching a few fan edits of the trailer and while not perfect there have been some more well received cuts going around. Mostly ditching that whole possession scene and changing the music.

Just looked, PG-13 wasn't introduced until one month after Ghostbusters was released. It definitely would've been PG-13 had it come out in July 1984.

Yeah the sexual humor alone would get it a PG-13. Ghost oral sex and possessed women wanting someone to be inside them is not PG in todays rating system.

 

[Galactus10]

Sony is pathetic for deleting any unfavorable comments in online public spaces unless they were against the law.

This is artistic integrity these days? Release standard promotional marketing to the general audience in arenas with feedback options then censor a percentage of negative ones...lol I get that they are mad and embarrassed at the reaction so far but that's a pretty scummy practice that I'm sure is commonplace in the industry

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

They can't delete all those dislikes though.

 

[AllEights]

I didn't receive a copy of the NDA, but I did read it and I don't recall which clause I would be violating.

They don't have to provide you a copy (if anything you could've taken a picture of it) - did you read and sign it?
I've been to a lot of these over the years and this was one of the more stricter ones I had read. Beyond saying you wouldn't give away details of the film, the bottom line was that you couldn't even say that you had seen it at all, it was not limited to internet forums and social media but also verbal discussion, meaning you just can't go up to your co-worker/neighbor/cousin and say "hey guess what I just saw...."

Again, Sony coming after NDA violators isn't probable but it is possible. Better safe than sorry though.

 

[jmc]

Jesus, 91,000 dislikes on Youtube. Even Batman v Superman for all the skepticism wasn't generating even a quarter of that negativity on its trailers. This is a trailer PR disaster that's unrivalled and I have no idea how Sony fixes this. There's more to this than just a bad trailer, maybe Ghostbusters is so close to peoples heart that there's a genuine dislike for this movie even existing.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Considering how sexist a lot of the comments are, yeah I can see why they are censoring this stuff.

As someone looking forward to this, I did not like the trailer. I am getting the feeling this might bomb domestically, whether it is good or not.

 

[jmc]

I wonder what Sony does if this backlash continues. This is kinda unprecedented. I don't even recall this amount of vocal negativity towards a blockbuster movie ever.

 

[def28]

Fant4stic is the only big budget one that comes to mind. But that first teaser was not near the ratio from what I remember.

The Jem film was bashed on youtube more, but it was a lower/no budget film.

 

[Brother Jack]

Jesus, 91,000 dislikes on Youtube. Even Batman v Superman for all the skepticism wasn't generating even a quarter of that negativity on its trailers. This is a trailer PR disaster that's unrivalled and I have no idea how Sony fixes this. There's more to this than just a bad trailer, maybe Ghostbusters is so close to peoples heart that there's a genuine dislike for this movie even existing.

There's been a vocal contingency against this movie since day one. It's not just a mediocre trailer.