[Film] Ghostbusters: Afterlife. YAY !

[Easy 10]

Saw a trailer for this last night and it made me very HAPPY.

Stantz is back
Winstone is back
Dana is back
Janine is back

But most importantly....thats right boys, its Dr. VENKMAN. Bill Murray reprising his role from the first two films this time, of which this is a direct sequel (they're wisely completely ignoring that 2016 all-female shitfest). Sadly no Louis Tully (Rick Moranis) though, sounds like he's withdrawn from acting for the last 10 years, and of course even sadder no Spengler, although he's apparently not been forgotten from the script.

Roll on July (if we're still allowed in cinemas by then).

 

[Madafwo]

Saw a trailer for this last night and it made me very HAPPY.

Stantz is back
Winstone is back
Dana is back
Janine is back

But most importantly....thats right boys, its Dr. VENKMAN. Bill Murray reprising his role from the first two films this time, of which this is a direct sequel (they're wisely completely ignoring that 2016 all-female shitfest). Sadly no Louis Tully (Rick Moranis) though, sounds like he's withdrawn from acting for the last 10 years, and of course even sadder no Spengler, although he's apparently not been forgotten from the script.

Roll on July (if we're still allowed in cinemas by then).

Rick Moranis has been out of the acting game since 1997 according to Wikipedia, his wife died in 1991 and he decided to give it up to spend more time with his children. He's recently announced that he is getting back into it for another sequel to Honey I Shrunk the Kids.

I'm really looking forward to this as well. The first 2 movies are some of my favourites.

 

[BBassic]

Coming from a guy with a Ghostbusters tattoo - I've been waiting for this for a long old time.

 

[Easy 10]

Rick Moranis has been out of the acting game since 1997 according to Wikipedia, his wife died in 1991 and he decided to give it up to spend more time with his children. He's recently announced that he is getting back into it for another sequel to Honey I Shrunk the Kids.

I'm really looking forward to this as well. The first 2 movies are some of my favourites.

A shame he couldn't be tempted back for GB Afterlife then, his turn as downtrodden superwimp Louis Tully was so good last time.

The main attraction is of course Venkman though. If Murray wasn't on board then I wouldn't have had much of a buzz for this at all, but apparently the script was well written enough to tempt him back into the role, so I'm optimistic this'll be very decent. He's strapping on the unlicensed nuclear accelerator backback again at the ripe old age of 69. Marvellous.

 

[Triggaaar]

But most importantly....thats right boys, its Dr. VENKMAN. Bill Murray reprising his role from the first two films this time, of which this is a direct sequel

I haven't seen GB2 since it was out (whereas I watched GB1 again recently), but my memory is telling me it wasn't very good. Was it?

 

[Easy 10]

I haven't seen GB2 since it was out (whereas I watched GB1 again recently), but my memory is telling me it wasn't very good. Was it?

I've not seen GB2 for donkeys either, but it was always regarded as very much inferior to the original, which did set an incredibly high bar. With some very notable exceptions its rare that a sequel outdoes the original. Like you I'm recalling that the 2nd was quite poor. Murray was apparently put off doing sequels to ANYTHING as a direct result, which tells its own tale.

I will revisit both in the run-up to when this new one comes out though.

 

[studio150]

The trailer if anyone is interested



Working on my rule of thumb, that the longer the trailer the worse the film is, probably one to wait until it reaches streaming services to see.

 

[BBassic]

I still quite like GB2.

It's not a patch on Ghostbusters but it's got some great scenes. And Peter MacNicol chewing scenery as Janosz is brilliant.

Also, fun fact - the kid in the birthday party scene at the beginning who says "my dad says you're full of crap" is none other than Jason Reitman, son of Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman, and director of Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

 

[Jam The Man]

I haven't seen GB2 since it was out (whereas I watched GB1 again recently), but my memory is telling me it wasn't very good. Was it?

I prefer GB2, but I suspect I’ll be in the minority!

 

[Madafwo]

I prefer GB2, but I suspect I’ll be in the minority!

GB2 is the one I remember the most, but it was the one we had on VHS so that probably explains why.

 

[Barham's tash]

I fail to see how this won’t be simply amazeballs.

Rudd has put in some excellent recent turns in similar films [Antman etc] to be a good younger foil for the old crew and alongside the Stranger Things kid will add the right amount of relevance to a younger audience.

Reitman is a solid writer director and the tone of the trailer is excellent.

Very excited about this.

Hope the tricky global theatrical market place doesn’t scupper it’s scheduled release date.


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