The New Ghostbusters - Part 6

[TheDreamMaster]

You know, I certainly don't think it should lump in everyone who dislike sit, but that Man-Baby comment seems pretty apt for some of the commenters on the YouTube video. Yes, I know, "Never read the comments", but you just gotta look sometimes.

 

[AllEights]

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

Just like you and I can edit comments on our Facebook and YouTube pages, so can Sony. I don't blame them for trying to minimize the damage but like someone else in here said, they can't erase the dislikes.

 

[DigificWriter]

I really doubt this whole trailer dislike outbreak is going to mean anything whatsoever when it comes to how this film does financially.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

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.

Did you just miss what happened with the Fantastic Four?

As to what Sony does. They hope and pray it is a vocal minority.

 

[def28]

I really doubt this whole trailer dislike outbreak is going to mean anything whatsoever when it comes to how this film does financially.

Bad marketting will very well hurt this film.

But what it will really need is good reviews and wom weeks before release.

 

[jmc]

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

Then this is a big problem. I honestly don't think it's just because it's leads are women, that group is a minority, this might be a situation whereby the studio completely misjudged whether people actually wanted a Ghostbuster film without the original cast.

 

[jmc]

Did you just miss what happened with the Fantastic Four?

As to what Sony does. They hope and pray it is a vocal minority.

Just checked, last Fantastic Four had 8000 dislikes after 11 million views. Ghostbusters is up to 94,000 dislikes after 4 million in 24 hours. This is not comparable.

 

[Dr. Evil]

I highly doubt that Aykroyd, Murray and Hudson are playing Ray, Venkman and Winston.

If that was the case, people would call Murray a hypocrite.

 

[Brother Jack]

Then this is a big problem. I honestly don't think it's just because it's leads are women, that group is a minority, this might be a situation whereby the studio completely misjudged whether people actually wanted a Ghostbuster film without the original cast.

It's a combination of concerns, some of which are somewhat understandable while others are definitely not. They needed to cut a better trailer to combat the negativity out of the gate, but they fumbled here. I don't think it was a terrible trailer but it wasn't great either.

 

[Dr. Evil]

I wonder, when Chris Hemsworth promotes this movie, how many Marvel related questions will he have?

 

[DigificWriter]

Since I'm anticipating somebody coming in and calling me out for how wrong I was about Fantastic Four, let me clarify my last comment re: not believing that this whole trailer dislike thing is going to have any impact on the film's performance: Less than 24 hours ago, the trailer was unveiled in California for a large contingent of die-hard Ghostbusters fans and received a very enthusiastic reception, to the point that the gathered crowd asked to see it a second time immediately after it finished airing.

 

[Rocketman]

Good god, Sony paid for bots to make positive comments on the YouTube trailer. It's so obvious and cringeworthy. There are dozens.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Just checked, last Fantastic Four had 8000 dislikes after 11 million views. Ghostbusters is up to 94,000 dislikes after 4 million in 24 hours. This is not comparable.

The dislikes on a trailer is not what I am talking about. The reaction to Fantastic Four was toxic for months, with actual reporting on it. "They are going to see it anyway" didn't come from no where. Think pieces on race, and a lot of discussion on the train wreck Trank became. They skipped cons, the reaction to the whole project was so bad.

The dislike button function is built for sexist jerks who were ready to hate this months ago. FF had a legit tidal wave of dislike from he word go.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Since I'm anticipating somebody coming in and calling me out for how wrong I was about Fantastic Four, let me clarify my last comment re: not believing that this whole trailer dislike thing is going to have any impact on the film's performance: Less than 24 hours ago, the trailer was unveiled in California for a large contingent of die-hard Ghostbusters fans and received a very enthusiastic reception, to the point that the gathered crowd asked to see it a second time immediately after it finished airing.

What does that prove? Such an environment breeds a good reaction.

 

[JtheDreamer]

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.

Just checked, last Fantastic Four had 8000 dislikes after 11 million views. Ghostbusters is up to 94,000 dislikes after 4 million in 24 hours. This is not comparable.

Glad to have helped the cause! Very happy that there are people out there not accepting of this nonsense.

 

[Dr. Evil]

I can see Sony adding this to the next trailer:

[YT]Fe93CLbHjxQ[/YT]

Obviously a new version of the song, not sung by Ray Parker Jr.

they kinda did in the current trailer.

 

[DigificWriter]

What does that prove? Such an environment breeds a good reaction.

I personally think it proves that you can't determine whether or not this movie is going to be successful based solely on an apparently overwhelmingly negative ONLINE response to the trailer, since it was well-received by a large contingent of die-hard Ghostbusters fans less than 24 hours ago.

 

[kedrell]

There was just so much inorganic exposition in this trailer that my skin started to crawl. "Oh you, Mrs. So-and-So, are really good at this" and "this is your special skill Ms. Blah-di-Blah" not to mention the whole "we can make a difference and help people... " crap as well as the black chick coming off in such a stereotypical way that I've seen variations on her character more times than can be easily counted. All she was missing was a 'you go, girl!' and a 'oh no, you didn't...' moment and the cliche' would have been complete. I'm really trying hard not to compare this to the original to point out all the places where that was interesting and unusual by comparison but it's tough....it really is hard to resist doing that.

And for the record I have zero problem with a gender-swapped reboot. That was actually something I was genuinely interested in since it's such an unusual choice. But this is just dreck.

 

[JtheDreamer]

Since I'm anticipating somebody coming in and calling me out for how wrong I was about Fantastic Four, let me clarify my last comment re: not believing that this whole trailer dislike thing is going to have any impact on the film's performance: Less than 24 hours ago, the trailer was unveiled in California for a large contingent of die-hard Ghostbusters fans and received a very enthusiastic reception, to the point that the gathered crowd asked to see it a second time immediately after it finished airing.

Sure they did.

 

[jmc]

The dislikes on a trailer is not what I am talking about. The reaction to Fantastic Four was toxic for months, with actual reporting on it. "They are going to see it anyway" didn't come from no where. Think pieces on race, and a lot of discussion on the train wreck Trank became.

The dislike button function is built for sexist pricks who were ready to hate this months ago.

The reaction seems pretty toxic here. I'm afraid we're going to have to agree to disagree then, because as easy as Youtube's dislike button is to hit the odds of the number of dislikes being that high and them primarily being clicked by those sexist people would be extremely low.

 

[kedrell]

I am really worried about this movie now. I didn't care for Bridesmaids or The Heat so much but I loved Spy so I had hope. Now...much less so.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I personally think it proves that you can't determine whether or not this movie is going to be successful based solely on an apparently overwhelmingly negative ONLINE response to the trailer, since it was well-received by a large contingent of die-hard Ghostbusters fans less than 24 hours ago.

Of course you can't. But a crowd being given a sneak peek is going to react well. It is far more useless information then the reaction this film is getting on the net today. You ignored that the entire time with FF, but proved itself to be true.

Right now I can see this bombing domestically, but doing well enough overseas. But the Ghostbusters is a big thing for a lot of grown adults here is the US.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

The reaction seems pretty toxic here. I'm afraid we're going to have to agree to disagree then, because as easy as Youtube's dislike button is to hit the odds of the number of dislikes being that high and them primarily being clicked by those sexist people would be extremely low.

Who goes to a trailer page to complain? Yeah, exactly.

 

[DigificWriter]

Sure they did.

http://deadline.com/2016/03/ghostbusters-trailer-video-1201713457/

Documentable proof right there, buddy.

 

[jmc]

Who goes to a trailer page to complain? Yeah, exactly.

There are plenty of people calling the film out for just plain looking bad, I'm not really sure what you're trying to prove to be honest.