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  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited November 2023 Posts: 16,428
    TheSkyfallen06 wrote: »
    Imagine if Bryan Welsh (the character you play as in the game) played an important part in Afterlife.

    I didn’t know he had a name.
    talos7 wrote: »
    I enjoyed Afterlife very much; it embraced nostalgia without wallowing in it.

    For me I’d say it was the ultimate nostalgia wallow; I thought it went way too far down the avenue of ‘remember this? How about this? I bet you’re excited to see this old prop!’ It wore me out.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited December 2023 Posts: 25,178
    Winter Comes to New York in 'Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire' Poster
    https://collider.com/ghostbusters-frozen-empire-poster/
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  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Reminds me of Empire's Indy cover from last year!

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  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    They are very similar posters.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    Hopefully, Ghostbusters Frozen Empire won't bomb financially or critically. It does have a interesting premise, for me.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited January 29 Posts: 25,178
    GHOSTBUSTERS FROZEN EMPIRE - Official Trailer (NEW 2024)

    This made me smile.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited January 30 Posts: 25,178
    GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE | International Trailer (NEW 2024)

    This trailer shows quite a lot, I think I may go to the cinema to watch this.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    Having just watched Afterlife finally to catch up, which I really enjoyed, I'm definitely seeing this in the theaters.
  • Risico007Risico007
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    What is the video game refernece in ghostbusters afterlife
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    God, that looks awful.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    As a trailer, it doesn't look like trash, so it's already better than the "third" film.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    Just remember as for Bill Murray, remember that he was the main reason that we didn’t get Ghostbusters for a long time. His ego and temper (plus his feud with Harold Ramis) delayed the project for years. I’m happy that he came around for the series though. I like the ice age theme. It feels fresh for the series. It should be a nice birthday present for me. Plus I consider the 2009 video game canon.
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    I’m not really a fan of this new direction taken since AFTERLIFE, with the Ghostbusters being revered as if they’re mythic superheroes while being dogpiled with memberberries.

    I blame the fans for letting this happen. Ghost Egon showing up in AFTERLIFE should have been the moment fans collectively rejected it and called it out as a disgusting display of the studio system desecrating the memory of Harold Ramis, just as they did with the awful 2016 film. Instead, they supposedly ate it up.

    This should have never been a franchise, and I say that as someone that grew up watching the cartoon yet has no real nostalgic feelings towards it.
  • Risico007Risico007
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  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    GHOSTBUSTERS FROZEN EMPIRE Final Trailer (NEW 2024)
  • JustJamesJustJames London
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    MakeshiftPython wrote: »
    I’m not really a fan of this new direction taken since AFTERLIFE, with the Ghostbusters being revered as if they’re mythic superheroes while being dogpiled with memberberries.

    I blame the fans for letting this happen. Ghost Egon showing up in AFTERLIFE should have been the moment fans collectively rejected it and called it out as a disgusting display of the studio system desecrating the memory of Harold Ramis, just as they did with the awful 2016 film. Instead, they supposedly ate it up.

    This should have never been a franchise, and I say that as someone that grew up watching the cartoon yet has no real nostalgic feelings towards it.

    It’s probably *because* you have no real nostalgic feeling towards it.

    If it was the studio system doing it, sure, but it seems to largely be something of a family affair for the people producing the film, that keys in nicely for the thirty and forty somethings who do have the nostalgia. It’s not even memberberries, as they managed to (mostly) organically grow the plot for afterlife from the originals, rather than just sticking them on.
  • TheSkyfallen06TheSkyfallen06 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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    https://ghostbustersnews.com/2024/03/23/gil-kenan-talks-netflixs-upcoming-ghostbusters-animated-series-says-its-in-full-development/?fbclid=IwAR32m1MygKT0uUnMeqPPIa607sU69O0t1AQLj40welNTmsMepUbZ1hgd21M_aem_AQp3CZp5lgeEA5YmDScjl1f8j63ZQn5dbsiKpNvK_CUGnSlaqKhjFrOQMtWUONO69v0
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    TheSkyfallen06 wrote: »
    https://ghostbustersnews.com/2024/03/23/gil-kenan-talks-netflixs-upcoming-ghostbusters-animated-series-says-its-in-full-development/?fbclid=IwAR32m1MygKT0uUnMeqPPIa607sU69O0t1AQLj40welNTmsMepUbZ1hgd21M_aem_AQp3CZp5lgeEA5YmDScjl1f8j63ZQn5dbsiKpNvK_CUGnSlaqKhjFrOQMtWUONO69v0

    Not yet seen Frozen Empire though from the mixed reviews I have heard one thing cropped up, that Frozen Empire does a lot of world building, so this animated series s no surprise I hope it does well.

    Regarding Frozen Empire I will keep an open mind, some reviewers that tend to have the tastes I do liked it so there is hope.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    I'm trying to go in blind. I haven't had time to go see it yet. I'm pretty excited for it though.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Murdock wrote: »
    I'm trying to go in blind. I haven't had time to go see it yet. I'm pretty excited for it though.

    I hope you enjoy it.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »
    Murdock wrote: »
    I'm trying to go in blind. I haven't had time to go see it yet. I'm pretty excited for it though.

    I hope you enjoy it.

    Thanks. :)
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    I finally got around to watching Frozen Empire and It was quite a let down. Way too many new characters, too many plot threads and little for the main characters to do. I'm pretty disappointed especially after enjoying Afterlife so much.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited August 20 Posts: 16,428
    Yes it was pretty weak. I was amazed how, even though I obsessed over GB as a kid, I felt completely nothing at those scenes of crowds outside the firehouse with the car going in etc. Just an empty experience.
    I did wonder what kids watching this for the first time thought about the strange sarcastic old man who kept randomly popping up and then disappearing. I think it actually would have been better without Murray.

    I think they're doing a Netflix cartoon or something. Maybe that'll work.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Frozen Empire lacks focus and has too many characters, not unlike the recent Jurassic World film. They're trying hard to conflate nostalgic sentiment with a new and youthful direction. Conceptually, that could work, but alas, both examples fail in execution.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    Funny enough, I strongly preferred Frozen Empire over Afterlife, even though it was still very flawed. Just found it fresher and more entertaining. The first two films are the only ones I personally own, though, and I don’t really see that changing.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    FoxRox wrote: »
    Funny enough, I strongly preferred Frozen Empire over Afterlife, even though it was still very flawed. Just found it fresher and more entertaining. The first two films are the only ones I personally own, though, and I don’t really see that changing.

    Same here. I think Frozen Empire was a mix of legacy sequel and world building. I'm happy if they do or don't do a sequel. I think two movies a generation is fair enough (for a lot of movies, books and video games).
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    I think it's like Terminator: a nice idea which shouldn't really be a franchise.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    mtm wrote: »
    I think it's like Terminator: a nice idea which shouldn't really be a franchise.

    I don't mind a franchise. There are, after all, some great Terminator comics, cool bits of merchandising, and two solid seasons of a TV series. But the film series, yes, that one probably should have stayed vaulted after T2.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    There is a simple way to react if one doesn't think there should be any more sequels to a popular movie or that it be turned into a franchise: Don't watch the sequels. It worked for me so many times, most prominently regarding Star Wars. I quit watching new episodes after the disappointing "first" three and have concentrated on the three classics (Ep. IV to VI) ever since. Even the versions where Han Solo doesn't shoot first.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    If only the Bond fans who only liked the first two films or whatever saw it that way :P
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