#Problematic: Ghostbusters, a $144 Million Budget Movie, Opens to Anemic $46 Million

2nd place for the weekend, beaten by "The Secret Life of Pets." That's understandable, sort of -- animated kids' movies own the weekend if they're any good -- but then, Ghostbuster's second place finish isn't anything to brag on, given that third place was held by the did-they-even-make-this-movie-and-if-so-why non-blockbuster Tarzan.

When you add in the fact that every feminist in the country Voted With Her Wasted Time and Dollars to see this flop, and that that business won't be repeat business, the Ghostbusters debut looks even weaker.

This isn't a tentpole, it's a tenthole. (Gendered innuendo intended.)

The big-budget franchise comedy opened to an estimated $46 million in North America, a problematic start for a movie with a net production budget of $144 million.

Plus the costs for advertising and prints which are really part of the budget, and usually included in the total figure -- and which can add almost another %100 over the production costs. For some reason Sony seems to be downplaying the total real costs of this movie.

During box-office press calls on Sunday morning, Sony executives were in full spin mode as they declared Paul Feig's all-female Ghostbusters reboot a triumph, pointing out that the $46 million opening was the biggest launch for a live-action comedy since Pitch Perfect 2 took in $69.2 million in May 2015.
"We are ecstatic with this opening. We have successfully restarted an important brand," Josh Greenstein, president of worldwide marketing and distribution, told The Hollywood Reporter.
But box-office analysts and rival studios are skeptical that Sony has indeed relaunched the storied franchise, considering $46 million is a problematic start for a movie with a net production budget of $144 million (rebates and tax incentives brought it down from $154 million). Ideally, they say, it should have opened to $60 million or more.
Feig's previous female-skewing comedies — including Bridesmaids and The Heat — were extraordinarily successful thanks to incredible multiples, as they held on week after week at the box office. But they cost a fraction of what Ghostbusters did. And they were standalone offerings, not a VFX-driven franchise comedy designed to revive a 30-year-old, marquee film series.

When factoring in marketing costs — the cost of promoting a summer tentpole globally can be upwards of $150 million — Ghostbusters may have to earn $375 million-$400 million worldwide to break even for Sony and partner Village Roadshow Pictures. That means it needs to do sizeable business overseas, since it could top out in the $130 million range domestically. (Sony insiders counter that the break-even number is $300 million).
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"The more I ponder it, the worse this scenario plays out. Curiosity played a big factor in the $46 million debut and, as such, I doubt it will hold like a typical Feig comedy. In fact, I think it's going to drop big time when Star Trek Beyond and Ice Age: Collision Course open next week," says box-office analyst Jeff Bock.
"I know Sony is crowing about it being a great opening for a comedy, but the entire Ghostbusters legacy is what's at stake here, and it's not looking good. This was supposed to be a blockbuster," he continues. "Sony definitively did not launch a franchise, and seemingly they might be the only ones that don't know it. I know it's been a tough road for them, and I feel for them."
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Ghostbusters did earn generally good reviews, but audiences gave it a B+ CinemaScore, instead of a resounding A.

I've read several of the positive reviews, from Social Justice Emporiums like Buzzfeed. Strangely, though the reviews came to the required conclusion of "Recommend," they sure seem littered with more criticisms than praise -- almost as if they had a strong bill of indictment, but were determined at the end to give the movie a pass.

Just like Comey giving Clinton a pass, in fact.

Posted by: Ace at 01:24 PM

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1 Who you gonna call? With, not them.

What about ServPro?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 18, 2016 01:26 PM (8ZskC)

2 I've read a few somewhat positive reviews, but even the most positive had problems with the crappy humor. It was not nearly as smart or well-written as even the second, they say. I dunno. Netflix, maybe.

The problem is to make up the cost of making the film and worldwide ads and distribution, they have to break $300 million and I'm skeptical. Maybe they can do it, but girl ghostbusters who aren't hot in other nations? Probably not gonna be a big seller.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 18, 2016 01:26 PM (39g3+)

3 "This isn't a tentpole, it's a tenthole. (Gendered innuendo intended.)"

LOL

Posted by: Lizzy at July 18, 2016 01:28 PM (NOIQH)

4 Eh secret life of Pets is what 3 weeks old?

What will schlong Vaginal Ghostbusters is Star Trek Derpness' opening this week....

No Chinese Market means VG will lose ~ 30-60 million minimum.

Posted by: sven10077 at July 18, 2016 01:28 PM (SzZnW)

5 Try making something original, Hollywood...

Posted by: steve at July 18, 2016 01:29 PM (jMykV)

6 This could have been huge if they had cast Winona in all 4 roles. Dare I say Oscar-worthy.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 18, 2016 01:29 PM (z5EUE)

7 $300 mil to break even.

So it takes them twelve weeks instead of three?

Posted by: Joal Coalier at July 18, 2016 01:29 PM (2rZ6n)

8 So ace, you didn't go see it?

Posted by: HH at July 18, 2016 01:29 PM (DrCtv)

9 >>What will schlong Vaginal Ghostbusters is Star Trek Derpness' opening this week....

Oh, that's not good news for them.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 18, 2016 01:30 PM (NOIQH)

10 5 Posted by: steve at July 18, 2016 01:29 PM (jMykV)

"On The Waterfront" made with Fallout 4's Mutants....

Posted by: sven10077 at July 18, 2016 01:30 PM (SzZnW)

11 Now if they had called it "BraBusters," and cast Kate Upton and Christina Hendricks as the leads, people'd be lined up around the block.

Posted by: zombie at July 18, 2016 01:30 PM (jBuUi)

12 "That means it needs to do sizeable business overseas..."

And, the movie got banned in China. (The Chinese have a thing about ghosts and the supernatural.)

Posted by: FarkinClownshoes at July 18, 2016 01:31 PM (1lrO3)

13 7 Posted by: Joal Coalier at July 18, 2016 01:29 PM (2rZ6n)

Yes of course...b/c like Zika the audience for Vaginal Ghostbusters will just grow baby.

Posted by: sven10077 at July 18, 2016 01:31 PM (SzZnW)

14 Okay, picture this. Ghostbusters V, ...BUT. WITH. MIDGETS.

Posted by: Studio Pitch Guy at July 18, 2016 01:31 PM (8ZskC)

15 The Patriarchy strikes again

Posted by: brak at July 18, 2016 01:31 PM (MJuTN)

16 I haven't seen any of the Star Trek reboots, but I might go since I really like "Sabotage" by the Beastie Boys...

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 18, 2016 01:31 PM (z5EUE)

17 Eh. It'll probably break even on the rentals just so people can say at parties that they saw it and it struck a blow against the patriarchy, or some such. But, you know, the people associated with it have to bear the shame, so there's that.

Posted by: joncelli, A Stout, Nay, Gravitationally Enhanced Fellow at July 18, 2016 01:31 PM (uz/Pv)

18 I want to see this POS crash and burn...

Posted by: donna at July 18, 2016 01:32 PM (O2RFr)

19 The problem with this reboot is that they went in without any understanding of what made the original a good movie, and then created a film based on nothing but spite.

Yay?

Milo has a pretty funny alternative story line suggestion.

Posted by: Lauren at July 18, 2016 01:32 PM (HN6JB)

20 Ace, you gotta read Richard Roeper's review of GBII -- devastating, and one of the few honest reviews:

http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/ghostbusters-reboot-a-horrifying-mess/

Posted by: zombie at July 18, 2016 01:32 PM (jBuUi)

21 The people who were going to see this movie to sock it to the Patriarchy turned up on opening weekend. They won't be going back again, so look for the fall-off to be big.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 18, 2016 01:32 PM (iLoHX)

22 9 Posted by: Lizzy at July 18, 2016 01:30 PM (NOIQH)

It's a coin flip as to whether we skip ST Derpness or go north to Helena and spring the extra cash to see it in style...

on the one hand Sulu is my favorite character and GAY GAY GAY.....(pissing off even Takei)

On the other hand "Star trek" and wife and I are addicts.

Posted by: sven10077 at July 18, 2016 01:32 PM (SzZnW)

23 Why are 2 of the Ghostbusters fat asses?

Posted by: Richard Simmons at July 18, 2016 01:32 PM (+w+Ur)

24
As mentioned, the production costs and box office take are about the same as the Green Lantern movie.

So, not good.

The real canary is that the Saturday take was lower than Friday, even with people having that day off. Successful movies do better on Saturday.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 18, 2016 01:33 PM (kdS6q)

25 Stupid movie

Posted by: Killerdog at July 18, 2016 01:33 PM (p7X52)

26 If they can figure out a way to work Spiderman into the next Ghostbusters installment they may have something.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 18, 2016 01:33 PM (8ZskC)

27 Bargain bin by end of year.

Actually know someone who went to see it. They said it was okay but McCarthy's jokes were unfunny.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 18, 2016 01:33 PM (P6IAq)

28
Also:

"It was a bonding moment, sweet and real. Their relationships had been tested in the crucible of an interdimensional apocalypse, and they had come out best friends forever."

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 18, 2016 01:34 PM (kdS6q)

29 An all black Ghostbusters probably would have worked. Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, and one more black guy who plays the part of Spengler

Posted by: L, Elle at July 18, 2016 01:34 PM (6IPEM)

30 6 This could have been huge if they had cast Winona in all 4 roles. Dare I say Oscar-worthy.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy

Your very existence has given me an idea:

Ghostbusters III -- but this time starring The Banana Splits!

Posted by: zombie at July 18, 2016 01:34 PM (jBuUi)

31 This could have been huge if they had cast Winona in all 4 roles. Dare I say Oscar-worthy.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy

You and Winona. Look, she's a good looking girl but she squandered her talents.

She has barely shown us her boobs. There have been a couple of sheer see-through scenes, one nip-slip, and one actual barely show the boobs scene.

That's a lot of teasing for a rack like that.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 18, 2016 01:35 PM (1xUj/)

32 The problem Sony faces is that this was supposed to be the start of a whole new franchise series, and even though this was really good for a comedy opening, it cost so much I don't know how well it will work out. I'm certain that if they hadn't pushed the idea of the film being some kind of social justice statement it would have done marginally better. It was one of the dumbest marketing ideas in human history. It was bad on the level of putting gold plated standups of yourself in theaters like in The Big Hit.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 18, 2016 01:35 PM (39g3+)

33 24 Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 18, 2016 01:33 PM (kdS6q)

I think SJW Hot Outside the Film Narrative action killed both frankly.

The 42 million was dedicated GB fans and Lena Dunham Special Forces Moo Cow femynysts....

Green Latrine was hurt by DC deciding that Alan Scott was SUDDENLY GLEE!

I'm old enough to remember when profit/loss and entertaining the monkeys buying the tickets was the biz.

Posted by: sven10077 at July 18, 2016 01:35 PM (SzZnW)

34 Now if they had called it "BraBusters," and cast
Kate Upton and Christina Hendricks as the leads, people'd be lined up
around the block.

Posted by: zombie

Okay, now THAT'S FUNNY!

Posted by: Bossy Conservative...shooting at wolves at July 18, 2016 01:35 PM (RFeQD)

35 Sven,

Star Trek vs VG'er???

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 18, 2016 01:35 PM (P6IAq)

36 Waiting for the porn parody, Ghost Buttsters.

Posted by: davidt at July 18, 2016 01:35 PM (FpN8r)

37 Nope, won't do it, even on dvd.
This movie should do GREAT in mooselimb countries.....

Posted by: lindafell- TEXIT!! at July 18, 2016 01:35 PM (xVgrA)

38 China will not allow the movie to be played in their country and Sony didn't realize that until it was too late. It's going to be a disaster for them.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at July 18, 2016 01:36 PM (UBzPO)

39 Actually... Tarzan was pretty good....

Very true to the spirit of the original books...

Posted by: Don Quixote at July 18, 2016 01:36 PM (qf6WZ)

40 The quality of a comedy is directly proportional to it's quotability. The truly great comedies (Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Animal House, The Princess Bride, etc.) can be quoted at length by a large percentage of the populace, years, even decades after the fact.

You know that a comedy is good when after the fact, everybody who has seen it is quoting the movie, and the people are chuckling just from the quote.

So I submit a simple test for Ghostbusters. If it's a good comedy, give me just one funny quote. That's it. Surely it's vocal supporters can manage that much.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at July 18, 2016 01:36 PM (KUaJL)

41 I, for one, am hoping Trek bombs, too, because they've been such shit.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 18, 2016 01:37 PM (iLoHX)

42 35 Posted by: Anna Puma at July 18, 2016 01:35 PM (P6IAq)

erm sorry...

"VG" Vaginal Ghostbusters

This installment of JJ Trek ain't doing it for me....

the last one was a middle finger at Republicans despite Ogabe being in office...

this one will wave Sulu's wang in my face.

Posted by: sven10077 at July 18, 2016 01:37 PM (SzZnW)

43 Zuul, "The form of the Destructor has been chosen!"

Sony exec, "Whoa! My mind was a complete blank!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 18, 2016 01:37 PM (P6IAq)

44 Bill Kristol praised the movie.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 18, 2016 01:38 PM (4ErVI)

45 You'll get your feminist messaging and you'll like it!

Come on female Jane Bond! Can't wait!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 18, 2016 01:38 PM (2PHKP)

46 Is there a TV commercial that isn't a tie-in to this movie? I won't see it, I didn't much cade for the original.

Posted by: BignJames at July 18, 2016 01:38 PM (x9c8r)

47 29 An all black Ghostbusters probably would have worked. Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, and one more black guy who plays the part of Spengler

Posted by: L, Elle at July 18, 2016 01:34 PM (6IPEM)

Eddie Murphy....

Posted by: Don Quixote at July 18, 2016 01:38 PM (qf6WZ)

48 Actually know someone who went to see it. They said it was okay but McCarthy's jokes were unfunny.

Posted by: Anna Puma

I don't get Melissa McCarthy. I don't get why people think she's funny. To me, she is just kind of annoying.

Hint: my cultural tastes are way out of the mainstream. So my opinion with regards to the entertainment media is worthless.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative...shooting at wolves at July 18, 2016 01:38 PM (RFeQD)

49 And there was a time in this country, a long time ago, when reading wasn't just for fags and neither was writing. People wrote books and movies, movies that had stories so you cared whose ass it was and why it was farting, and I believe that time can come again.

Posted by: President Not Sure at July 18, 2016 01:38 PM (bA3Gd)

50 I'm waiting for the Muslim porn version, "Goatbusters."

Posted by: zombie at July 18, 2016 01:39 PM (jBuUi)

51 The reason they gave me to see this movie was 'Because you're a SEXIST if you don't!'

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 18, 2016 01:39 PM (iLoHX)

52 >>An all black Ghostbusters probably would have worked. Chris Rock, Dave
Chappelle, and one more black guy who plays the part of Spengler

Kevin Hart

Posted by: Lizzy at July 18, 2016 01:39 PM (NOIQH)

53 This movie also seemed to have a greater share of marketing than I have seen in a long while. I am guessing the usual 1:1 ratio of production costs to marketing could easily skew further rightward than normal.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 18, 2016 01:39 PM (3ZoRf)

54 Sven, go watch The Motion Picture and wonder about some of the set designs for V'GER in comparison to VG'er.

The new Trek will get a sympathy bump first weekend because Chekov is dead.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 18, 2016 01:39 PM (P6IAq)

55
In show biz, we had a term for movies like this - stealth turd.

In and out so fast, it didn't have time to stink.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 18, 2016 01:39 PM (27m1/)

56 I look forward to not seeing this film this weekend.

Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at July 18, 2016 01:40 PM (rwI+c)

57 Speaking of entertainment, anyone have google fiber yet? If so, how is it?

Posted by: lindafell- TEXIT!! at July 18, 2016 01:40 PM (xVgrA)

58 38 China will not allow the movie to be played in their country and Sony didn't realize that until it was too late. It's going to be a disaster for them.
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at July 18, 2016 01:36 PM (UBzPO)

Oooooh, hopefully somebody is living in a box under the overpass for a mistake like that. Warms the cockles of my shriveled heart.

Posted by: joncelli, A Stout, Nay, Gravitationally Enhanced Fellow at July 18, 2016 01:40 PM (uz/Pv)

59 52 >>An all black Ghostbusters probably would have worked. Chris Rock, Dave
Chappelle, and one more black guy who plays the part of Spengler

Kevin Hart
Posted by: Lizzy at July 18, 2016 01:39 PM (NOIQH)

Aren't the terms "ghost" and "spook" epithets?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 18, 2016 01:40 PM (27m1/)

60 I'm ready for another "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" parody. That might have been a winner - low budget and cheap laughs. And it would torque the SJWs as a bonus.

Posted by: mrp at July 18, 2016 01:40 PM (JBggj)

61 Eddie Murphy could play all four parts.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 18, 2016 01:41 PM (39g3+)

62 Ghostbusters, The Final Sequence.

Tom Mix, call your office.

Posted by: General Zod at July 18, 2016 01:41 PM (Bdeb0)

63 57 Speaking of entertainment, anyone have google fiber yet? If so, how is it?
Posted by: lindafell- TEXIT!! at July 18, 2016 01:40 PM (xVgrA)

I'm still on the bowl, trying not to strain.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 18, 2016 01:41 PM (27m1/)

64 If it's a good comedy, give me just one funny quote.

I'm sure the black girl says something like "Feets don't fail me now!" or something. That *HAS* to be hi-larious.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 18, 2016 01:41 PM (iLoHX)

65 Still sounds like more of a success than me!!!

Posted by: Marilyn Mosby at July 18, 2016 01:41 PM (H9MG5)

66 An all black Ghostbusters probably would have worked. Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, and one more black guy who plays the part of Spengler

You need one white guy for comic relief. Maybe Tima Allen.

Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at July 18, 2016 01:41 PM (rwI+c)

67 54 Posted by: Anna Puma at July 18, 2016 01:39 PM (P6IAq)

Eh maybe....frankly even amongst the addicts I know NONE of the newer younger hotter actors has a following....

as was said upthread by a more honest soul on the matter than am I....they are shit.

Posted by: sven10077 at July 18, 2016 01:41 PM (SzZnW)

68 51
The reason they gave me to see this movie was 'Because you're a SEXIST if you don't!'

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 18, 2016 01:39 PM (iLoHX)

Shaming. Seems a national pastime. Maybe we an get the Cleveland Indians over the line with this method.

Let Cleveland win or you are a racist, native-american hating bastard!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 18, 2016 01:41 PM (2PHKP)

69 Oh, but Black Lives Matter.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at July 18, 2016 01:41 PM (U6f54)

70 60 I'm ready for another "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" parody. That might have been a winner - low budget and cheap laughs. And it would torque the SJWs as a bonus.

Posted by: mrp at July 18, 2016 01:40 PM (JBggj)

We could do it with ISIS beheading videos and Farfour the Hamas Mouse footage.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 18, 2016 01:41 PM (27m1/)

71 Tima?

Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at July 18, 2016 01:42 PM (rwI+c)

72 I lost another one. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Ready to be Hill's AG.

Posted by: Marilyn Mosby at July 18, 2016 01:42 PM (H9MG5)

73 J.J.,
That bad? What's wrong with it?

Posted by: lindafell- TEXIT!! at July 18, 2016 01:42 PM (xVgrA)

74 Will JEM last longer at the theaters, 14 days, than this movie?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 18, 2016 01:42 PM (P6IAq)

75 I don't know why women are content to simply have a female shoehorned into a man's role, like James Bond, or Thor. Write an original female character with her own cool storyline.

Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at July 18, 2016 01:42 PM (FQKBL)

76 Sassed by people I don't like? Nah, I'll pass.

Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at July 18, 2016 01:42 PM (Ceh5y)

77 $5 bin at Wal Mart by Labor Day is looking like a safe bet.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 18, 2016 01:42 PM (m/IZ9)

78 So happy this bombed.

Posted by: Yeah at July 18, 2016 01:43 PM (K3F/8)

79 58 Posted by: joncelli, A Stout, Nay, Gravitationally Enhanced Fellow at July 18, 2016 01:40 PM (uz/Pv)

Funnier still is China allows ghost stories that do not "celebrate the supernatural" ergo it was likely Sony's case of ass on not retitling the film in Chinese that cost them the market.

Posted by: sven10077 at July 18, 2016 01:43 PM (SzZnW)

80 You all looking forward to obama's ESPN gab fest Thursday ?... I'm all atwitter! I can't wait to be told how racist I am...

Posted by: donna at July 18, 2016 01:43 PM (O2RFr)

81 The new Trek will get a sympathy bump first weekend because Chekov is dead.

I dunno, maybe. He wasn't a huge star, wasn't a major character even in the remake, and its been a while.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 18, 2016 01:43 PM (39g3+)

82
I submit a simple test for Ghostbusters. If it's a good comedy, give me just one funny quote. That's it.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously

"This is reckless, Jillian," Dr. Gorin admonished her protegee. "You're breeding fissile plutonium with insufficient criticality moderation. All someone has to do is sneeze too hard and everyone in this building is disintegrated. Do you know how powerful that is?"

Holtzmann shuffled her feet. "I was bad."

Dr. Gorin thwacked off her gloves, put them on the counter, and stared at Holtzmann. "And I've never been more proud of you," she said warmly, gathering Holtzmann up in a hug. "Now let's make this more powerful, shall we?"

"Yeah." Holtzmann was totally in.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 18, 2016 01:43 PM (kdS6q)

83 Tent-Pole??

I don't get it.

Posted by: Margaret Cho at July 18, 2016 01:43 PM (NpXoL)

84 Reboot it and call it Ghostbreasters.

Posted by: Roy at July 18, 2016 01:43 PM (VndSC)

85 Meh. I'll let you argue this one out, Ace. As I've noted before, I think most everything Hollywood's put out since 1965 is junk. I never cared to see the first Ghostbusters and I have no desire to see the estrogen-and-misandry-filled vag stink that the new one is.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 18, 2016 01:44 PM (X6fMO)

86 This GB was also getting a lot of exposure in ads including GB references like Progressive insurance and Papa John's pizza.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 18, 2016 01:44 PM (aVYsC)

87 Eddie Murphy was supposed to be in the original, by the way.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at July 18, 2016 01:44 PM (UBzPO)

88 75 I don't know why women are content to simply have a female shoehorned into a man's role, like James Bond, or Thor. Write an original female character with her own cool storyline.

Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at July 18, 2016 01:42 PM (FQKBL)

Yup...

Remake Modesty Blaise...

or hell.... the entire Honor Harrington series from Sci Fi....

Posted by: Don Quixote at July 18, 2016 01:44 PM (qf6WZ)

89 >>>Ghostbusters III -- but this time starring The Banana Splits!
Posted by: zombie at July 18, 2016 01:34 PM (jBuUi)

4 Ghostbusters. 4 Banana Splits.

Double reboots, double soundtracks, double awesomeness! Banana Splits as Ghostbusters team up with Casper for the sequel. Johnny Quest crossover. This shit writes itself.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 18, 2016 01:44 PM (z5EUE)

90 Funnier still is China allows ghost stories that do not "celebrate the supernatural"

Sounds like someone didn't want to pay the tribute required to get the film released over there.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 18, 2016 01:44 PM (39g3+)

91 An all black Ghostbusters probably would have worked. Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, and one more black guy who plays the part of Spengler

You need one white guy for comic relief. Maybe Tima Allen.
Posted by: Grump928

Ghostbusters meets GalaxyQuest!

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 18, 2016 01:45 PM (m/IZ9)

92 75
I don't know why women are content to simply have a female shoehorned
into a man's role, like James Bond, or Thor. Write an original female
character with her own cool storyline.

Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at July 18, 2016 01:42 PM (FQKBL)

Can't wait till they start shoehorning men into female roles, because equality, yo.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 18, 2016 01:45 PM (2PHKP)

93 I don't get Melissa McCarthy. I don't get why people think she's funny. To me, she is just kind of annoying.

Hint: my cultural tastes are way out of the mainstream. So my opinion with regards to the entertainment media is worthless.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...shooting at wolves at July 18, 2016 01:38 PM (RFeQD)

Taste is very personal. I thought she was funny in several movies.

I don't get all the fuss, pro and con, over this movie though. The whole thing kind of bores me, but I accept that others are wound up over it.

Posted by: stace...SMOD2016--because why the fuck not? at July 18, 2016 01:45 PM (ozZau)

94 Throw in Key and Peele and and that could be a very funny movie. Except for the example of Grownups. How that many funny people can be in one movie and turn out something that unfunny is beyond me. The dialogue was terrible.

Posted by: L, Elle at July 18, 2016 01:45 PM (6IPEM)

95 Reboot it and call it Ghostbreasters.>>>

At work so not gonna check but that movie might already be out there.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 18, 2016 01:45 PM (aVYsC)

96 90 Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 18, 2016 01:44 PM (39g3+)

or the PajamaBoyahadeen types are not as worldly as they act...

Posted by: sven10077 at July 18, 2016 01:45 PM (SzZnW)

97 A couple friends posted on FB they were waiting in line to see it. I snarked a reply, something like "there is a line?", and got a more snarky, almost pissy reply.
Welp, 3 hours later the post was gone, and I had a text saying they apologize for being rude.

Posted by: IP at July 18, 2016 01:45 PM (Fol9S)

98 I, for one, will not rest until Midnight Run is remade with Sarah Silverman playing the Deniro role and Melissa McCarthy playing the Grodin role.

Sigourney Weaver can be the Dennis Farina character

Wiig can be the bailbondsman errr woman
.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at July 18, 2016 01:45 PM (GajfA)

99 Hello Fellow Comedy Lovers!

The Writers of Ghostbusters here. In da Hawse, bitchez!!!

We would ask you to ignore all of the poor reviews and lousy word of mouth and judge our comedy for yourself.

It just so happens that we as a team have been written all of Hillary's speeches!

And you know how full of warm, folksy, feel good humor they are!!!!

We would ask you to go right now to youtube and pick any one of Hillary's recent campaign speeches-

then just sit back and get ready to laugh in the proper way at the proper targets in the approved manner!

That's right! Ghostbusters is chock full of the same kind of humor!*

So give us another chance...and...

Get ready to laugh, America!!!!!

*We blame the delivery of certain actresses *cough*MelissaMcCarthy*cough* for the lousy box office. Hillary does better than her. Check out youtube and see how a real class act handles A-list material.

Posted by: The Writers of the New and Improved Ghostbusters at July 18, 2016 01:46 PM (0cMkb)

100 "estrogen-and-misandry-filled vag stink"

Did someone call me?

Posted by: (hic)H!liary at July 18, 2016 01:46 PM (ucB75)

101 Write an original female character with her own cool storyline.

That would require creativity and imagination.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 18, 2016 01:46 PM (YEelc)

102 "This is reckless, Jillian," Dr. Gorin admonished
her protegee. "You're breeding fissile plutonium with insufficient
criticality moderation. All someone has to do is sneeze too hard and
everyone in this building is disintegrated. Do you know how powerful
that is?"

Holtzmann shuffled her feet. "I was bad."

Dr.
Gorin thwacked off her gloves, put them on the counter, and stared at
Holtzmann. "And I've never been more proud of you," she said warmly,
gathering Holtzmann up in a hug. "Now let's make this more powerful,
shall we?"

"Yeah." Holtzmann was totally in.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 18, 2016 01:43 PM (kdS6q)

I guffawed. All over my desk.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 18, 2016 01:46 PM (2PHKP)

103 Whoever made the decision to market this movie by attacking critics as misoginists should never work in Hollywood again, for many reasons. One of which is that it's really not a bad movie. It's not great by any standard, but neither is it really bad.

It's a typical mainstream studio piece: the story choices were all safe and cookie cutter, the characters one dimensional and often caricatures and the story predictable and flawed.

There were a few decent laughs and honestly I felt entertained. I really like those actresses, I think they're very funny, but they were given nothing in the script.

If not for the stupid controversy, they could have fixed all of these problems in a sequel where they wouldn't be bogged down with character intros and world building (which obviously could have been done well, but weren't), and instead could focus on telling a good story.

Secondly, I think Paul Feig is a one trick pony. He can do raunchy comedies well, but when you limit him to PG13, thereby taking away his ability to let Melissa McCarthy go off improvising about cutting off men's dicks and gluing them on their foreheads to create floppy unicorns, he isn't very funny or clever. He's crass. And that can be funny. But it doesn't speak to great talent.

Posted by: PBJ1515 at July 18, 2016 01:46 PM (UNISu)

104 I did my part and encourage others to do the same! Bought a ticket for each of my 20 cats. Spent $200 @ the snack bar. Had sweet creamery faux butter up to my elbows! Yummy nummy for Cat Mamma tummy!

Posted by: Candy Crowley at July 18, 2016 01:46 PM (+w+Ur)

105 14 Okay, picture this. Ghostbusters V, ...BUT. WITH. MIDGETS.

Posted by: Studio Pitch Guy at July 18, 2016 01:31 PM (8ZskC)

----------------

Ha! I might go see that.

Posted by: Soona at July 18, 2016 01:46 PM (Fmupd)

106 93 Posted by: stace...SMOD2016--because why the fuck not? at July 18, 2016 01:45 PM (ozZau)

The professional Scold class made it so...

I would have been thrilled to ignore it ma'am.

Posted by: sven10077 at July 18, 2016 01:46 PM (SzZnW)

107 I gave the franchise the benefit of the doubt with the first Trek movie. And hated it. Then the second movie tried to remake Khan and I did not even spend money to see it. And the third movie looks like Mad Max in Space!!!! where they had to add actors and shoot more scenes.

And reason why I said first weekend. None of the second tier really are known or have a following. And yeah Peg and Takei getting in a feud over Sulu has been about the only popcorn moment of the third movie.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 18, 2016 01:46 PM (P6IAq)

108 The movie has also been banned in China, one of the few times I have ever agreed with the ChiComs.

Posted by: pookysgirl at July 18, 2016 01:47 PM (K27gs)

109 >>>>The big-budget franchise comedy opened to an estimated $46 million in North America, a problematic start for a movie with a net production budget of $144 million.
.
.
.So it will lose money. I will wait to see it when it comes to the Wal mart $5 bin.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 18, 2016 01:47 PM (iONHu)

110 85 Meh. I'll let you argue this one out, Ace. As I've noted before, I think most everything Hollywood's put out since 1965 is junk. I never cared to see the first Ghostbusters and I have no desire to see the estrogen-and-misandry-filled vag stink that the new one is.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 18, 2016 01:44 PM (X6fMO)

Ghostbusters is a fun movie. Mostly dry, understanted, sarcastic humor. I personally prefer Airplane! as a pure comedy (by the "Quote rule", it is the all time king.)

Still Ghostbusters is a lot of fun.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 18, 2016 01:47 PM (3ZoRf)

111 It is going to tank this weekend. With Star Trek Beyond and the new Ice Age movie coming out its going to be third or fourth at the best. I predict a greater than 50% drop

Posted by: Buzzion at July 18, 2016 01:47 PM (EidnH)

112 Forget Ghostbusters. The coming of Sharknado 4 is upon us.

Posted by: Roy at July 18, 2016 01:47 PM (VndSC)

113 93: the biggest fuss is that it's a reboot. I.E. the original film that everyone loves so much never happened now. None of those characters exist, etc. If they would have made it a sequel and tied the new cast into the old storyline it would not have been as controversial in the geekosphere.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at July 18, 2016 01:47 PM (UBzPO)

114 Hmmm. I'm seeing talk on the interwebs about a movie people haven't seen, have absolutely NO desire to see, and never will see.

Sounds like a big hit there!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 18, 2016 01:47 PM (T/5A0)

115 Why studio never make remake with all-Indian cast?

*tear rolls down cheek*
*picks up a piece of litter*

Posted by: Iron Eyes Cody at July 18, 2016 01:47 PM (8ZskC)

116 Johnny Quest crossover. This shit writes itself.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy

Johnny Quest does NOT get enough credit in the modern world. Growing up, my FAVORITE TV-watching ritual was Johnny Quest reruns. Now it seems to have just totally dropped off the cultural radar entirely, while Stupid Shit is venerated and rebooted endlessly.

Not fair! I want my Johnny Quest reboot, and I want it NOW!

Posted by: zombie at July 18, 2016 01:47 PM (jBuUi)

117 No amount of talent can rescue a bad screenplay, only lighten the disaster a bit. That's why you have bad movies with good cameos.

Posted by: joncelli, A Stout, Nay, Gravitationally Enhanced Fellow at July 18, 2016 01:47 PM (uz/Pv)

118 After the Fire, you call Alex R. Szeles.

Raging Infernos care not for SJWs.

Posted by: Hikaru at July 18, 2016 01:47 PM (XMDuf)

119 Did they mean second place to Pets for opening or for this week? Because Pets opened last week or earlier. We saw it, not anything to write home about.

Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at July 18, 2016 01:47 PM (wmxwV)

120 Mr. BTEG loved all of the Honor Harrington stories, in spite of being an Evil Olive-Skinned Male. Maybe they were decent stories.

Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at July 18, 2016 01:47 PM (FQKBL)

121
I don't know why women are content to simply have a female shoehorned
into a man's role
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius

For the same reason they say they're not hungry and just order a drink, then eat all the fries off your plate.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 18, 2016 01:48 PM (kdS6q)

122 Vagbusters isn't doing badly. You're just a bunch of sad little men who hate strong women.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 18, 2016 01:48 PM (0mRoj)

123 Speaking of entertainment, anyone have google fiber yet? If so, how is it?

Posted by: lindafell- TEXIT!! at July 18, 2016 01:40 PM (xVgrA)

It makes you regular....at the expense of losing your soul.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2016 01:48 PM (GSdpU)

124 92 75
I don't know why women are content to simply have a female shoehorned
into a man's role, like James Bond, or Thor. Write an original female
character with her own cool storyline.

Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at July 18, 2016 01:42 PM (FQKBL)

Can't wait till they start shoehorning men into female roles, because equality, yo.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 18, 2016 01:45 PM (2PHKP)

And Caitlyn Jenner as Scarlet O'Harra!

Posted by: Future Movie Poster at July 18, 2016 01:48 PM (qf6WZ)

125 >>>> Tima?
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at July 18, 2016 01:42 PM (rwI+c)
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Tima Allen can play the part of the trans Ghostbuster

Posted by: L, Elle at July 18, 2016 01:48 PM (6IPEM)

126 I find that Sony did not intend to make a bad move, so it's a success!!!

Posted by: James Comestain at July 18, 2016 01:48 PM (H9MG5)

127 Slightly offtopic...

Went to a drive in to see Secret Life of Pets, but got there too late. (They close off the entrances.)

Waited around to see Tarzan...it actually wasn't bad. Was not expecting it to basically be Tarzan part 2.

Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at July 18, 2016 01:49 PM (cPMmb)

128 "...almost as if they had a strong bill of indictment, but were determined at the end to give the movie a pass."

Sort of like Marc Antony in 'Julius Caesar'. By the time he was done burying Caesar, the crowd was ready to kill Brutus and the rest of the conspirators.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Saturday! Brother Cavil's Emu Ranch Rodeo! sponsored by the Outrage Outlet. at July 18, 2016 01:49 PM (hLRSq)

129 Not fair! I want my Johnny Quest reboot, and I want it NOW!
Posted by: zombie at July 18, 2016 01:47 PM (jBuUi)

Adult Swim has The Venture Bros. which is a homage/parody of that genre. Similar Humor as the show Archer.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at July 18, 2016 01:49 PM (KUaJL)

130 I am waiting for Banana Splits Guy to defend Winona from the charge of showing insufficient boobage.

*throws down golf glove*

(What? I don't have a gauntlet).

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 18, 2016 01:50 PM (1xUj/)

131 Ummm...

"with a net production budget of $144 million (rebates and tax incentives brought it down from $154 million)"

Why are there rebates and tax incentives attached to movies?

Oh... because Hollywood is paid up with and actively promotes the *right* people. Never mind. Back to prosecuting oil companies and small businesses.

Posted by: Damiano at July 18, 2016 01:50 PM (71OEY)

132 Midgets in movies

Under the Rainbow with Chevy Chase and midgets .

Quote: The Pearl is in the liver.

And

Time Bandits

.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at July 18, 2016 01:50 PM (GajfA)

133 The reviews I've read haven't been from typical SJW types and while they've still pretty much given it a thumbs down they do fall all over themselves to not sound like they're giving it a thumbs down.

Posted by: Nigel West Dickens at July 18, 2016 01:50 PM (LYCUN)

134 Can't wait till they start shoehorning men into female roles, because equality, yo.

Posted by: It's Monty Python's Flying Circus. at July 18, 2016 01:50 PM (VndSC)

135 >>>Johnny Quest does NOT get enough credit in the
modern world. Growing up, my FAVORITE TV-watching ritual was Johnny
Quest reruns. Now it seems to have just totally dropped off the cultural
radar entirely, while Stupid Shit is venerated and rebooted endlessly.

Not fair! I want my Johnny Quest reboot, and I want it NOW!

Posted by: zombie at July 18, 2016 01:47 PM (jBuUi)<<<

What?! How can you say that when I'm now running for Vice-President for goodness sake.

Posted by: Race Bannon at July 18, 2016 01:50 PM (H9MG5)

136 "The professional Scold class made it so...

I would have been thrilled to ignore it ma'am."

That's not funny.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at July 18, 2016 01:50 PM (OD2ni)

137 Iron Eyes Cody had a good cameo in "Nevada Smith."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 18, 2016 01:50 PM (27m1/)

138 75 I don't know why women are content to simply have a female shoehorned into a man's role, like James Bond, or Thor. Write an original female character with her own cool storyline.

Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at July 18, 2016 01:42 PM (FQKBL)

Because it's not about actually wanting the role. It's about _taking the role away_ from men.

Posted by: Hikaru at July 18, 2016 01:50 PM (XMDuf)

139 Just because I am in nerd culture up to my eyeballs, I know a bunch of people who went. I will not be one of them. I have also studiously avoided the Red Dawn and Conan the Barbarian remakes. I think John Milius did those right the first time.

I got a lot of "It might not be as good as the original, but it was still pretty good" mandatory happening because I want to fly my flag vibe off it.

I can live without it. I fucking hate chick comedies.

Posted by: Colonel Kurtz at July 18, 2016 01:51 PM (SSiqh)

140 Johnny Quest does NOT get enough credit in the modern world. Growing up, my FAVORITE TV-watching ritual was Johnny Quest reruns. Now it seems to have just totally dropped off the cultural radar entirely, while Stupid Shit is venerated and rebooted endlessly.

Not fair! I want my Johnny Quest reboot, and I want it NOW!

Posted by: zombie at July 18, 2016 01:47 PM (jBuUi)

Sorry... but a White Guy, with WHITE Hair, as a heroic figure... named RACE Bannon?

ain't happening...

Posted by: Don Q. at July 18, 2016 01:51 PM (qf6WZ)

141 132 Midgets in movies

Willow...

Posted by: donna at July 18, 2016 01:51 PM (O2RFr)

142 116 Johnny Quest crossover. This shit writes itself.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy

Johnny Quest does NOT get enough credit in the modern world. Growing up, my FAVORITE TV-watching ritual was Johnny Quest reruns. Now it seems to have just totally dropped off the cultural radar entirely, while Stupid Shit is venerated and rebooted endlessly.

Not fair! I want my Johnny Quest reboot, and I want it NOW!
Posted by: zombie at July 18, 2016 01:47 PM (jBuUi)

Ever watch the Venture Bros.? Some good stuff there, if uneven.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 18, 2016 01:51 PM (3ZoRf)

143 Funnier still is China allows ghost stories that do not "celebrate the supernatural" ergo it was likely Sony's case of ass on not retitling the film in Chinese that cost them the market.

Posted by: sven10077 at July 18, 2016 01:43 PM (SzZnW)

Did the original (and only legitimate) Ghostbusters play in China?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2016 01:51 PM (GSdpU)

144 >>>Not fair! I want my Johnny Quest reboot, and I want it NOW!
Posted by: zombie at July 18, 2016 01:47 PM (jBuUi)

All that is wrong with the world can be summed by the fact that we got live action Scooby Doo and nothing on Johnny Quest. Multiple shitty Scooby Doos.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 18, 2016 01:51 PM (z5EUE)

145 Comedy movies seem to have gone the way of contemporary Shakespeare acting--content and subtlety is trumped by over-"acting" and overloud delivery. Kenneth Branagh isn't the worst offender, but he is one that's familiar--yelling every line instead of acting each with nuance and an overall range.

Comedy's the same way--it's too loud, and it's usually working with really flimsy, stupid material.

Posted by: General Zod at July 18, 2016 01:51 PM (Bdeb0)

146 Ghostbusters is a fun movie. Mostly dry, understanted, sarcastic humor. I personally prefer Airplane! as a pure comedy (by the "Quote rule", it is the all time king.)

Still Ghostbusters is a lot of fun.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 18, 2016 01:47 PM (3ZoRf)

They don't make comedies like they used to. You could watch a movie like Airplane and miss half the jokes just because you happened to look away from the screen at the wrong time.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at July 18, 2016 01:51 PM (KUaJL)

147
Speaking of movies:

Hyapatia Lee.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 18, 2016 01:51 PM (27m1/)

148 I don't know why women are content to simply have a female shoehorned
into a man's role
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius

My theory is it is all about tearing men down - those sort of women do not have to try any harder or actually work to better themselves if they've pulled "Mr. High-and-Mighty" down into the ditch where he belongs.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Saturday! Brother Cavil's Emu Ranch Rodeo! sponsored by the Outrage Outlet. at July 18, 2016 01:51 PM (hLRSq)

149 I saw it with my stepson. My husband was working and it was a matinee, so I thought it was slightly okay since it was less Hollywood money.

It was completely forgettable. Not cringeworthy bad or over the top camp (if it had been like The Mummy, it could have been fun) and it wasn't any good, either. Like, not good as a scary movie or good as a comedy. And the (few) funny bits were usually bits involving secondary characters and they felt like one-off bits, not part of a story, if that makes sense. Like, the opening scene with Jared from Silicon Valley as the tour guide was enjoyable - but it was totally disconnected from the rest of the movie and it had none of the main actors in it.

It was a movie that went from scene to scene, and there was nothing memorable about any of those scenes. They were just in sequence.

#grrrlpower

Posted by: sunny-dee at July 18, 2016 01:52 PM (QAOZh)

150 The Johnny Quest reboot will be called Joanie Quest and instead of Hadji, it's Chachi.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 18, 2016 01:52 PM (P6IAq)

151 >>>>I, for one, am hoping Trek bombs, too, because they've been such shit.
.
.
.
.Evan George Takaie says it was a bad idea to cast Sulu as gay, that should be telling us something.

Bombs away!...........

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 18, 2016 01:52 PM (iONHu)

152 If there's something strange
In the neighborhood,
Who you gonna call?
Cockpunchers!

Posted by: Fritz at July 18, 2016 01:52 PM (oia+s)

153
Not fair! I want my Johnny Quest reboot, and I want it NOW!

Posted by: zombie at July 18, 2016 01:47 PM (jBuUi)

What?! How can you say that when I'm now running for Vice-President for goodness sake.

Posted by: Race Bannon at July 18, 2016 01:50 PM (H9MG5)

thread winner?

Posted by: Don Q. at July 18, 2016 01:52 PM (qf6WZ)

154 Adult Swim has The Venture Bros. which is a homage/parody of that genre. Similar Humor as the show Archer.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously

I don't want a sarcastic postmodern ironic "parody" of Johnny Quest made by hipsters -- I want it straight-up sincere! I am sick to death of hipster irony! It stopped being amusing 15 years ago.

Posted by: zombie at July 18, 2016 01:52 PM (jBuUi)

155 I don't really care about the Ghostbusters reboot. It just doesn't seem interesting to me.

Mrs. Hobbit and I usually see a new-release movie once a week or so. Neither one of us have any interest in the movie.

I encourage The Horde to see Free State of Jones. We were very touched by it. It's a conservative-leaning movie (Democrat voter fraud!) and I'm sure that the left doesn't like it.

Posted by: Michael the TEXIT Hobbit at July 18, 2016 01:52 PM (nvMvs)

156 >>> 132 Midgets in movies

AHEM.... We had 134

Posted by: Lolypop Guild at July 18, 2016 01:52 PM (Fol9S)

157 147
Speaking of movies:

Hyapatia Lee.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton
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woo, woo, woo, woo.....

Posted by: Iron Eyes Cody at July 18, 2016 01:52 PM (VndSC)

158 Johnny Quest does NOT get enough credit in the modern world. Growing up, my FAVORITE TV-watching ritual was Johnny Quest reruns. Now it seems to have just totally dropped off the cultural radar entirely, while Stupid Shit is venerated and rebooted endlessly.

Spongebob.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 18, 2016 01:53 PM (m/IZ9)

159 Adult Swim has The Venture Bros. which is a homage/parody of that genre. Similar Humor as the show Archer.

Johnny Quest showed up in an episode of the Venture Bros. a few seasons back. He, umm.. hadn't aged well.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 18, 2016 01:53 PM (YEelc)

160 150 The Johnny Quest reboot will be called Joanie Quest and instead of Hadji, it's Chachi.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 18, 2016 01:52 PM (P6IAq)

and Dr. Quest... a FEMALE scientist....

Posted by: Don Q. at July 18, 2016 01:53 PM (qf6WZ)

161 >>>
8 So ace, you didn't go see it?

I want to and still might but I haven't yet.

I think I must go. Just not sure when. Can't go during the convention, obviously.

Posted by: ace at July 18, 2016 01:53 PM (ciA+W)

162 They 're doing a reboot of The Professional with Carla Gigno - the Haywire lead as Leo.

.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at July 18, 2016 01:53 PM (GajfA)

163 143 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2016 01:51 PM (GSdpU)

Nah they still had their COMRADE on at the time and it was Capitalist Poison...

But Bing "Chinese Ghost Films".....

ergo

"there are Chinese Ghost Films"

Posted by: sven10077 at July 18, 2016 01:53 PM (SzZnW)

164 Did the original (and only legitimate) Ghostbusters play in China?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2016 01:51 PM (GSdpU)

It did, but the title was changed completely from Ghostbusters. It was something like Spirit-defense-killer-something.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 18, 2016 01:54 PM (3ZoRf)

165 153
Not fair! I want my Johnny Quest reboot, and I want it NOW!

Posted by: zombie at July 18, 2016 01:47 PM (jBuUi)

What?! How can you say that when I'm now running for Vice-President for goodness sake.

Posted by: Race Bannon at July 18, 2016 01:50 PM (H9MG5)

thread winner?
Posted by: Don Q. at July 18, 2016 01:52 PM (qf6WZ)

We've already had nearly 8 years of Bandit, who next January will eat himself.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 18, 2016 01:54 PM (27m1/)

166 "Not fair! I want my Johnny Quest reboot, and I want it NOW!
Posted by: zombie at July 18, 2016 01:47 PM (jBuUi)"

That would be cool, but I worry about what they would do to Hadji today.

Posted by: Benji Carver at July 18, 2016 01:54 PM (OD2ni)

167 I don't know why women are content to simply have a female shoehorned

into a man's role, like James Bond, or Thor. Write an original female

character with her own cool storyline.

Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at July 18, 2016 01:42 PM (FQKBL)

==============================

How about "Pussy Galore And Her Flying Circus - The Untold Story"?

Posted by: mrp at July 18, 2016 01:54 PM (JBggj)

168 166

That would be cool, but I worry about what they would do to Hadji today.
Posted by: Benji Carver at July 18, 2016 01:54 PM (OD2ni)

He runs a 7-11 and will be played by Dinesh DeNiro.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 18, 2016 01:55 PM (27m1/)

169 ...but audiences gave it a B+ CinemaScore...

----

And you can totally trust reviews from "real people." There's simply no way computer voting can be rigged or bought.

Posted by: RKae at July 18, 2016 01:55 PM (+qoyA)

170 161 Posted by: ace at July 18, 2016 01:53 PM (ciA+W)

With me, it is the whole "what if the Denver Theater Shooter Kills Me At This Film" test....

I could die justifying my murder to see "Captain Yankee Civil War"....

Vaginal GB not so much.

Posted by: sven10077 at July 18, 2016 01:55 PM (SzZnW)

171 "When factoring in marketing costs -- the cost of promoting a summer
tentpole globally can be upwards of $150 million -- Ghostbusters may have
to earn $375 million-$400 million worldwide to break even"

But they've already visibly spent much more than Hollyweird normally does for a Big Summer Movie. They really nailed their colors to the mast.

Also, um, "worldwide" markets often aren't smitten with female protagonists. How much box office did they expect to do in the Middle East?

And the People's Republic of China already decided not to approve showings.

Posted by: torquewrench at July 18, 2016 01:55 PM (noWW6)

172 75 I don't know why women are content to simply have a female shoehorned into a man's role, like James Bond, or Thor. Write an original female character with her own cool storyline.
-------------
Probably because nobody in entertainment has thought about it yet. Not, even being snarky here.

Posted by: lindafell- TEXIT!! at July 18, 2016 01:55 PM (xVgrA)

173 I'm thinking that one of you intrepid posters could put "woot, woot" up in itsy bitsy tiny subscript font size to reflect the enthusiasm of the reviews?

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at July 18, 2016 01:55 PM (4ng05)

174 162 They 're doing a reboot of The Professional with Carla Gigno - the Haywire lead as Leo.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at July 18, 2016 01:53 PM (GajfA)

Wasn't she the one with the beautiful, impressive.... acting ability in Sin City?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 18, 2016 01:55 PM (3ZoRf)

175 >>> That would be cool, but I worry about what they would do to Hadji today.

No kidding, Indiana Jones couldn't have the oriental kid today.
Not that that would be a bad thing....

Posted by: IP at July 18, 2016 01:55 PM (Fol9S)

176 I saw GB weeks ago on Pedphile Isle. I chortled and guffawed! The underage gals loved it...and the movie!

Posted by: Bill in Chappaqua at July 18, 2016 01:56 PM (+w+Ur)

177 164 Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 18, 2016 01:54 PM (3ZoRf)

Thought that was GB II....?

Anyway yeah the GB that DID play there was "spirit fighter" in the marketing....

Posted by: sven10077 at July 18, 2016 01:56 PM (SzZnW)

178 So, is this a case of the Feminists not being willing to put their money where their mouths are? Or are there, dare to dream, less of them than their online presence suggest?

Posted by: Ktgreat at July 18, 2016 01:56 PM (Bl4dy)

179 I f*** hate chick comedies.

Funny enough, there is nothing in this that *is* a chick comedy. I mean, there is nothing overtly feminist, but also nothing that is unique to being a woman. Like, it really hammers home the fact that they are trying to copy the original as opposed to saying something new or in their own voice. Considering the gagging SJW media campaign (looking at you, Uproxx), I really don't get how the movie dodged ANYTHING like a feminine voice.

Posted by: sunny-dee at July 18, 2016 01:56 PM (QAOZh)

180 >>>118 After the Fire, you call Alex R. Szeles.

Are they nationwide, or are you also a Central PA Moron, Hiraku?

Posted by: LJim at July 18, 2016 01:56 PM (XMDuf)

181 Iron Eyes Cody had a good cameo in "Nevada Smith."

Since he was Sicilian, he'd have done better in The Godfather.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 18, 2016 01:56 PM (m/IZ9)

182 Also, um, "worldwide" markets often aren't smitten with female protagonists. How much box office did they expect to do in the Middle East?
-------

..only of the non-porn type.

Posted by: Roy at July 18, 2016 01:56 PM (VndSC)

183 Can't go during the convention, obviously.

How is that obvious?

The convention is Trump's kids and his latest wife. What would you miss?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 18, 2016 01:57 PM (1xUj/)

184 And Winona doesn't show her boobs to YOU because she is saving them for ME!!!

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 18, 2016 01:57 PM (z5EUE)

185 I'm just waiting for them to do Peter Pan with a female lead.

Oh... wait...

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at July 18, 2016 01:57 PM (4ng05)

186 176 I saw GB weeks ago on Pedphile Isle. I chortled and guffawed! The underage gals loved it...and the movie!
Posted by: Bill in Chappaqua at July 18, 2016 01:56 PM (+w+Ur)

You're channeling Mickey Rourke from "Diner," no?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 18, 2016 01:57 PM (27m1/)

187 "All that is wrong with the world can be summed by the fact that we got live action Scooby Doo and nothing on Johnny Quest. Multiple shitty Scooby Doos.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy"

I liked the Scooby Doo movie. The chick who played Velma had nice cans.

Posted by: Benji Carver at July 18, 2016 01:57 PM (OD2ni)

188 So this is sounding like Black Lives Matter. Pretending to be helping a group, convincing the LIVs that they're helping a group, but in reality undermining that group.

Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at July 18, 2016 01:57 PM (FQKBL)

189 Just saw Trigglypuff marching on TV in Stop Trump march.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 18, 2016 01:57 PM (IqV8l)

190 169 ...but audiences gave it a B+ CinemaScore...

----

And you can totally trust reviews from "real people." There's simply no way computer voting can be rigged or bought.
Posted by: RKae at July 18, 2016 01:55 PM (+qoyA)

Metacritic still has it at a 2.5 out of ten with movie goers.

Still 57% on rotten tomatoes (which is baffling, because every review I see criticizes the direction, script, effects, plot, but then praises the cast.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 18, 2016 01:57 PM (3ZoRf)

191 >>>I don't want a sarcastic postmodern ironic
"parody" of Johnny Quest made by hipsters -- I want it straight-up
sincere! I am sick to death of hipster irony! It stopped being amusing
15 years ago.

Posted by: zombie at July 18, 2016 01:52 PM (jBuUi)<<<
**beep... beep beep beep beep beep... beep beep beep... beep beep... beep beep beep!!!**

Posted by: Helper at July 18, 2016 01:57 PM (H9MG5)

192 Japanese alternate titles?

Honorable Ancestor Vomits on Lazy Women

Posted by: Chupacabra at July 18, 2016 01:57 PM (BZMZh)

193
Saw the Secret Life with the girls. It is not the movie shown in the trailers and is probably for kids over 10. I give it only an OK, wait for TV rating.

On FemGhost, my guess is that once they realized it was so bad they had to create a controversy to get people to go see it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 18, 2016 01:58 PM (ODxAs)

194 Just saw Trigglypuff marching on TV in Stop Trump march.

Hope You have eye bleach handy...

Posted by: donna at July 18, 2016 01:58 PM (O2RFr)

195 Posted by: torquewrench at July 18, 2016 01:55 PM (noWW6)

Add in that a lot of humor is culture based... some even Language based...

I just don't see how American Social Justice 'Humor' is going to fly in most of the world...

Posted by: Don Q. at July 18, 2016 01:58 PM (qf6WZ)

196 And FYI, never do an image search for Johnny Quest

Posted by: Chupacabra at July 18, 2016 01:58 PM (BZMZh)

197 >>> Saw the Secret Life with the girls

Whoa, where's that showing?
Asking for a friend...

Posted by: IP at July 18, 2016 01:59 PM (Fol9S)

198 The China version of Ghostbusters 2016 will be titled "Super Power Dare Die Team." Just imagine how cool it would be to have a T-shirt with that emblazoned across the front.

http://tinyurl.com/h7th5cs

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 18, 2016 01:59 PM (8ZskC)

199 189 Just saw Trigglypuff marching on TV in Stop Trump march.

Gasp. Did it have to stop every three feet for another hit of beetus juice?

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 18, 2016 01:59 PM (s/EUv)

200 I'm just waiting for them to do Peter Pan with a female lead.

Petra Pan

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 18, 2016 01:59 PM (m/IZ9)

201 I'm just waiting for them to do Peter Pan with a female lead.
===================

Sandy Duncan wasn't enough for you?

Posted by: mrp at July 18, 2016 02:00 PM (JBggj)

202 de-petered Pan

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 18, 2016 02:00 PM (s/EUv)

203 And Mary Martin?

Posted by: mrp at July 18, 2016 02:00 PM (JBggj)

204 So Trek will put a photon torpedo up ECTO-1's exhaust pipe next week?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 18, 2016 02:00 PM (P6IAq)

205 201 Posted by: mrp at July 18, 2016 02:00 PM (JBggj)

Sandy Duncan has bigger balls than Ogabe.

Posted by: sven10077 at July 18, 2016 02:01 PM (SzZnW)

206 I'm just waiting for them to do Peter Pan with a female lead.

The fuck?

Posted by: Sandy Duncin at July 18, 2016 02:01 PM (1xUj/)

207 Three weeks ago we went to see Range 15. The audience was mostly young vets and active duty military.

When the Grrrrrlz Ghostbusters trailer came on, there were "boos." Which I thought was funneh.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 18, 2016 02:01 PM (1ZOkK)

208
Midgets in movies

Under the Rainbow with Chevy Chase and midgets .

Quote: The Pearl is in the liver.

And

Time Bandits

OK, it's from 1938, but Terror of Tiny Town.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 18, 2016 02:01 PM (X6fMO)

209 189 Just saw Trigglypuff marching on TV in Stop Trump march.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 18, 2016 01:57 PM (IqV8l)

So Bill Murray's plan to stop Mr. Staypuft is FINALLY coming together.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 18, 2016 02:01 PM (3ZoRf)

210 187 "All that is wrong with the world can be summed by the fact that we got live action Scooby Doo and nothing on Johnny Quest. Multiple shitty Scooby Doos.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy"

I liked the Scooby Doo movie. The chick who played Velma had nice cans.

Posted by: Benji Carver at July 18, 2016 01:57 PM (OD2ni)

Loved the bit in the movie 'Looney Toons, back in Action' was when the cartoon Shaggy was in the face of the Actor who played him in the 'real' movie about how he portrayed him....

Posted by: Don Q. at July 18, 2016 02:01 PM (qf6WZ)

211 204 Posted by: Anna Puma at July 18, 2016 02:00 PM (P6IAq)

Shazbot!

Yeah even a "weak" Trek open is what 80+ million?

So yeah I am going out on a limb and betting VGB is gone in two weeks.

Posted by: sven10077 at July 18, 2016 02:02 PM (SzZnW)

212 Watching chick comedies is like watching an enthusiastic EMT give mouth-to-mouth to a severed head. You appreciate the enthusiasm, but you have a hard time hiding contempt for people--especially to the EMT--who don't see how fruitless the effort is.

Every time I see Samantha Bee's mug, I can tell that she's another sneering, overcaffeinated failure of the aforementioned type.

Posted by: General Zod at July 18, 2016 02:02 PM (Bdeb0)

213 >>I don't know why women are content to simply have a female shoehorned

into a man's role, like James Bond, or Thor. Write an original female

character with her own cool storyline.

probably mentioned above, but just in case: they get just as much joy out of destroying an iconic male character/storyline.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 18, 2016 02:02 PM (NOIQH)

214 they've still pretty much given it a thumbs down they do fall all over themselves to not sound like they're giving it a thumbs down.

Yeah that's the impression I got, too.

And yeah, Johnny Quest is around, its just being recalled by hipster douchebags from their youth and given a snarky, bitter remake.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 18, 2016 02:02 PM (39g3+)

215 Just saw Trigglypuff marching on TV in Stop Trump march.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 18, 2016 01:57 PM (IqV8l)

Was she being followed by a guy in white coveralls, toting a push broom and a big dustpan?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2016 02:02 PM (GSdpU)

216 **beep... beep beep beep beep beep... beep beep beep... beep beep... beep beep beep!!!**

Non need to cuss like that. English will do.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 18, 2016 02:02 PM (YEelc)

217
All that is wrong with the world can be summed by the fact that we got live action Scooby Doo and nothing on Johnny Quest. Multiple shitty Scooby Doos.

With lesbian subtext, no less.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 18, 2016 02:03 PM (X6fMO)

218
this one will wave Sulu's wang in my face.
Posted by: sven10077

Alien's face hugger comes to the Trek franchise.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 18, 2016 02:03 PM (IqV8l)

219 @159 Johnny Quest showed up in an episode of the Venture Bros. a few seasons back. He, umm.. hadn't aged well.
-------------------

The original intent of Venture Bros. was to do a "Johnny Quest gets older, and everything's screwed up" type of show. But the writers figured that it would be too much trouble and expense to get the rights to Johnny Quest.

So they changed the names.

Then later they found out that Cartoon Network had acquired the rights to Johnny Quest (not sure if that was before or after Venture Bros. was conceived), so they went ahead and tossed him in as a cameo.

Posted by: junior at July 18, 2016 02:03 PM (mUM5y)

220 218 Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 18, 2016 02:03 PM (IqV8l)

"We're all Bawney Fwank now..."

//Trekkies

Posted by: sven10077 at July 18, 2016 02:03 PM (SzZnW)

221 Winona's boobs have seen better days. I used to shave them. Massive nipple hair.

Posted by: Johnny Depp at July 18, 2016 02:04 PM (+w+Ur)

222 >>>So Trek will put a photon torpedo up ECTO-1's exhaust pipe next week?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 18, 2016 02:00 PM (P6IAq)<<<

Well, that thing's gotta have a tailpipe.

Posted by: Lt. Uhura at July 18, 2016 02:04 PM (H9MG5)

223 G-d, "I want you to clean all that up. Be careful there. It's pure concentrated evil."

Time Bandits had its moments.

Maybe they'll remake Neverending Story next. And have oh Rhianna handle the songs... *thud* -twitch-

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 18, 2016 02:04 PM (P6IAq)

224
Hyapatia Lee.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 18, 2016 01:51 PM (27m1/)

Now you're talkin'!!!

Posted by: Dirty Randy at July 18, 2016 02:04 PM (jjaLl)

225 The only ghosts in this movie is the ghosts of their acting careers.

Holy crap. This has to be among the top 10 worst movies of all time.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 18, 2016 02:04 PM (4AVeu)

226 "We are ecstatic with this opening. We have successfully restarted an important brand," Josh Greenstein, president of worldwide marketing and distribution, told The Hollywood Reporter.

OK, I can't be the only one who thought that said "retarded an important brand", right?

Posted by: josephistan at July 18, 2016 02:04 PM (7HtZB)

227 Btw Secret Life of Pets was pretty lame. Rehashed Warmed-over Bros. Shtick and uninspired character design.

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at July 18, 2016 02:04 PM (s5JFK)

228 "Add in that a lot of humor is culture based... some even Language based..."

The grammatical structure of German has a lot to do with why Germans are often perceived as being humorless. Many jokes just don't fit into or work well with their linguistic model.

Posted by: torquewrench at July 18, 2016 02:05 PM (noWW6)

229 222 >>>So Trek will put a photon torpedo up ECTO-1's exhaust pipe next week?
_________________________

Suicide Squad on August 5.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 18, 2016 02:06 PM (4AVeu)

230 "Biggest launch since last year" is a trendline no business can survive on for long.

Posted by: JSchuler at July 18, 2016 02:06 PM (HlV/4)

231 #244 Hyapatia Lee DID have a great smile.

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at July 18, 2016 02:06 PM (s5JFK)

232 was the biggest launch for a live-action comedy since Pitch Perfect 2 took in $69.2 million in May 2015.
***
Google says Pitch Perfect 2 cost $29M. So in its opening weekend it made more then twice as much as it cost.

For the Ghostbuster's reboot to have a similar success it would have had to make about $300M - so it feel about 85% short.

Math how does it work?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 18, 2016 02:06 PM (X7E8f)

233 JOHNNY DEPP I WILL TAKE OFF YOUR TATTOO WITH A RUSTY NAIL AND A HAMMER AND GIVE YOU A BETTER ONE!!!

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 18, 2016 02:07 PM (z5EUE)

234 The unwashed masses outside the GOP convention are devolving pretty quickly.

I see the need to send in Hurricane Sheppy.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 18, 2016 02:07 PM (1ZOkK)

235 201 I'm just waiting for them to do Peter Pan with a female lead.
===================

Sandy Duncan wasn't enough for you?
Posted by: mrp at July 18, 2016 02:00 PM (JBggj)

Knew your father, I did.

Posted by: Mr. B Natural at July 18, 2016 02:07 PM (7HtZB)

236 ace:

We're guys like you mad when they made The Wiz? It too was a version of a beloved classic made with a different audience in mind. It too was over budget and under performed at the box office. I was pretty young with it came out, but I don't remember there being much outcry about (other than 'hey, isn't Diana Ross a bit old to play Dorothy?).

Was that sentiment there and we just didn't hear it because no internet, or is this different?

Posted by: Seattle Slough at July 18, 2016 02:07 PM (mCz8+)

237 Re: Quotable quotes, I'll probably using "Safety lights are for dudes," in my day-to-day life, but it may draw more blank stares than chuckles.

Apart from being forced to confront my own mortality when I realized my movie date didn't know who Thomas Dolby is, I enjoyed it well enough. I'm not sure why the promoters decided to make it an arbiter of everyone's SJW orientation, but there's no law says you have to go along with that, either.

Two things: 1. There was a lot of GB I fan service in the movie, a lot of it worked, but some of it was a little groan-worthy. 2. The AMC people at least seem to be positive this is a chick movie based on the previews they showed. (Apparently there were more Bridget Jones books than just the first one.)

Posted by: Dora Suarez at July 18, 2016 02:07 PM (0/Svj)

238 169 ...but audiences gave it a B+ CinemaScore...
----
And you can totally trust reviews from "real people." There's simply no way computer voting can be rigged or bought.
Posted by: RKae at July 18, 2016 01:55 PM (+qoyA)

The parking lot of the movie theaters probably looked like a Subaru dealership.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 18, 2016 02:07 PM (SRKgf)

239 234 The unwashed masses outside the GOP convention are devolving pretty quickly.

I see the need to send in Hurricane Sheppy.

Bring in the fainting couch...

Posted by: donna at July 18, 2016 02:08 PM (O2RFr)

240 Was that sentiment there and we just didn't hear it because no internet, or is this different?

Posted by: Seattle Slough at July 18, 2016 02:07 PM (mCz8+)

Get out of here. Your shift at the glory hole ain't over until 3:00.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2016 02:08 PM (GSdpU)

241 On the deleted open thread I asked if someone could explain Suicide Squad to me. I know it's the comic book version of the Dirty Dozen but what comic book world do they inhabit if any?

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 18, 2016 02:08 PM (0QLpr)

242 >>Math how does it work?

There's math and then there's Hollywood math, such as the kind that insists certain movies never made a profit to avoid paying certain stakeholders (e.g. Forrest Gump author). I'm sure they'll find a calculations that meets the desired political narrative.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 18, 2016 02:08 PM (NOIQH)

243 "declared Paul Feig's all-female Ghostbusters reboot a triumph, pointing
out that the $46 million opening was the biggest launch for a
live-action comedy since Pitch Perfect 2 took in $69.2 million in May
2015."

You summer tentpole designed to launch a franchise opens 33% lower than the sequel to "Pitch Perfect" and you try to spin that as a triumph? Man, that's some expensive virtue signalling right there.

Posted by: James Felix at July 18, 2016 02:09 PM (x7byD)

244 The sequel to the female Ghostbusters will open the week of the sequel to Jupiter Ascending... and lose badly.

Posted by: not a fortune teller, but did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night at July 18, 2016 02:09 PM (H9MG5)

245 Have the unwashed masses turned to cannibalism yet?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 18, 2016 02:09 PM (P6IAq)

246 >>my movie date didn't know who Thomas Dolby is

He blinded you with silence.

Posted by: General Zod at July 18, 2016 02:09 PM (Bdeb0)

247 According to the interwebz, the Chinese title for The Sixth Sense was "He's a Ghost!" complete with exclamation point.

Jeez, talk about a spoiler...

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 18, 2016 02:09 PM (s/EUv)

248 #213 some consolation at least in that Nazi Captain America is going away as fast as they can retcon the storyline.

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at July 18, 2016 02:09 PM (s5JFK)

249 221 Winona's boobs have seen better days. I used to shave them. Massive nipple hair.
Posted by: Johnny Depp at July 18, 2016 02:04 PM (+w+Ur)

-----------------

Watched Stranger Things on Netflix yesterday and thought Winona did a decent job with the character.

Posted by: Soona at July 18, 2016 02:09 PM (Fmupd)

250 Is Tarzan bad? I kinda want to see a hunky half-nekkid dude swinging on vines.

Posted by: @votermom at July 18, 2016 02:09 PM (7lVbc)

251 Meh, 46 million is much better than I thought it'd do. I was expecting high 20s/low 30s.

Posted by: Mike at July 18, 2016 02:10 PM (YMpXZ)

252 241 Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 18, 2016 02:08 PM (0QLpr)

DC, largely the Batman/Superman rogue's galleries.

The Suicide Squad is a government project to engage in Federal goals the Superhero community would find troublesome....

largely DC's answer to Marvel's "Project Wideawake" aimed at the mutant population.

Posted by: sven10077 at July 18, 2016 02:10 PM (SzZnW)

253
You summer tentpole designed to launch a
franchise opens 33% lower than the sequel to "Pitch Perfect" and you try
to spin that as a triumph? Man, that's some expensive virtue signalling
right there.

Posted by: James Felix at July 18, 2016 02:09 PM (x7byD)

Technically, the Titanic was a success because it floated for a while.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 18, 2016 02:10 PM (2PHKP)

254 236 ace:

We're guys like you mad when they made The Wiz? It too was a version of a beloved classic made with a different audience in mind. It too was over budget and under performed at the box office. I was pretty young with it came out, but I don't remember there being much outcry about (other than 'hey, isn't Diana Ross a bit old to play Dorothy?).

Was that sentiment there and we just didn't hear it because no internet, or is this different?
Posted by: Seattle Slough at July 18, 2016 02:07 PM (mCz8+)

This is a good question. The Wiz was still staying true to the themes and characters of the original though, just placing them within a different cultural framework by changing the looks of the actors and songs. It was not predicated on pissing on the old audience. I imagine a fair number of people who liked the original, also liked the Wiz.

Lady Ghostbusters seems predicated on not just getting rid of all of the old characters, but also the old audience.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 18, 2016 02:10 PM (3ZoRf)

255 Someone once told me that German humor is like German porn. Thanks, but no thanks.

Posted by: Fritz at July 18, 2016 02:10 PM (oia+s)

256 Oh, check out the CLFA book bomb*
Link in nic

*not a real bomb, just a marketing term, please calm yer tits, NSA Bob

Posted by: @votermom at July 18, 2016 02:10 PM (7lVbc)

257 241 On the deleted open thread I asked if someone could explain Suicide Squad to me. I know it's the comic book version of the Dirty Dozen but what comic book world do they inhabit if any?
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 18, 2016 02:08 PM (0QLpr)

DC Universe: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman.

Posted by: josephistan at July 18, 2016 02:11 PM (7HtZB)

258
The parking lot of the movie theaters probably looked like a Subaru dealership.
Posted by: Jay Guevara

Brad was parked there.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 18, 2016 02:11 PM (IqV8l)

259 I liked the Scooby Doo movie. The chick who played Velma had nice cans.

Its funny to me that the fat, nerdy girl is the one all the guys think is the hot one, and the slim, sylish redhead "hotty" nobody likes. I dated a real life Velma for a while, and she was loads of fun. Couldn't tell the truth to save her soul, but fun.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 18, 2016 02:11 PM (39g3+)

260 241
On the deleted open thread I asked if someone could explain Suicide
Squad to me. I know it's the comic book version of the Dirty Dozen but
what comic book world do they inhabit if any?

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 18, 2016 02:08 PM (0QLpr)

Batman.

Posted by: davidt at July 18, 2016 02:11 PM (FpN8r)

261 >>Every time I see Samantha Bee's mug, I can tell that she's another sneering, overcaffeinated failure of the aforementioned type.
Posted by: General Zod at July 18, 2016 02:02 PM (Bdeb0)

Was on a flight next to young lady who watched Samantha Bee the entire flight. I listened to the Meatmen.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 18, 2016 02:11 PM (z5EUE)

262 Nobody really gave a shit about the black Annie movie, either. Or the Look Who's Coming to Dinner remake.

Comparing black remakes against SJW remakes ain't even in the same zip code.

Posted by: Chupacabra at July 18, 2016 02:11 PM (BZMZh)

263 JOHNNY DEPP I WILL TAKE OFF YOUR TATTOO WITH A RUSTY NAIL AND A HAMMER AND GIVE YOU A BETTER ONE!!!

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy

Look, there was one nip slip in a movie with Richard Gere that had October in the title. Eventually there was a scene in Sex and Death that had actual boobage, but it was fleeting and way too late.

The see-through bouncy business in Dracula was good, but not enough.

I'm sorry, Winona, your boobs have disappointed.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 18, 2016 02:11 PM (1xUj/)

264 We are ecstatic with this opening. We have successfully restarted an important brand.

Posted by: Turkish Coup Leader at July 18, 2016 02:11 PM (ppaKI)

265 Joe Hallenbeck: the Suicide Squad is from DC comics, inhabiting the same universe as Batman, Superman, the Flash etc. The movie opening in a couple of weeks takes place in the same universe as "Man of Steel" and "Dawn of Justice", which is different from the TV universe wherein dwell "Arrow", "The Flash" and "Legends of Tomorrow".

Hope that clears it up for ya!

Posted by: James Felix at July 18, 2016 02:11 PM (x7byD)

266 250 Is Tarzan bad? I kinda want to see a hunky half-nekkid dude swinging on vines.
Posted by: @votermom at July 18, 2016 02:09 PM (7lVbc)

Just go to San Francisco & wait.

Posted by: josephistan at July 18, 2016 02:12 PM (7HtZB)

267 Gyno Ghostbusters is worse than my Holocaust Clown movie!

Posted by: Jerry Lewis at July 18, 2016 02:12 PM (+w+Ur)

268 Gotta go see Trek because the wife was peripherally involved with the franchise back in the day. But I'll go see it at Alamo Drafthouse I can go out to the lobby and visit the builqt-in bar and comics shop.

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at July 18, 2016 02:12 PM (s5JFK)

269 >>Was on a flight next to young lady who watched Samantha Bee the entire flight. I listened to the Meatmen. Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 18, 2016 02:11 PM (z5EUE)

Did you blame turbulence for spilling hot coffee on her eyeballs?

Posted by: General Zod at July 18, 2016 02:13 PM (Bdeb0)

270 We are ecstatic with this opening. We have successfully restarted an important brand.

Posted by: Turkish Coup Leader at July 18, 2016 02:11 PM (ppaKI)
___
You've read your lines really well. Unfortunately now I must purge you.

Posted by: Erdogan at July 18, 2016 02:13 PM (X7E8f)

271 The unwashed masses outside the GOP convention are devolving pretty quickly.

- - -

Some nasty elbows to in the nudie protest/artistic effort.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 18, 2016 02:13 PM (08Znv)

272 248 #213 some consolation at least in that Nazi Captain America is going away as fast as they can retcon the storyline.
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at July 18, 2016 02:09 PM (s5JFK)

Evidently Disney stepped on them when they realized the comic writer's foolishness could interfere with their movies (ala Chris Evans and the Hail Hydra thing.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 18, 2016 02:13 PM (3ZoRf)

273 Alan Vega of electro-punk pioneers Suicide has passed away.

Turns out he was a full 10 years older than anyone thought. And Jewish, not Puerto Rican.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 18, 2016 02:13 PM (s/EUv)

274 We're guys like you mad when they made The Wiz?

It being remade with all girls isn't the problem. Its being remade with all girls, deliberately to have grrl power and be girls, and telling everyone they are a sexist monster for not loving it that is obnoxious.

Its lazy and cheap to just port over an existing property into your special interest group, no matter who does it or what group. Get creative, make it your own story.

In any case, if the film had been fun and well written, the complaints wouldn't have come around. People enjoy quality and humor no matter what its about. The problem is its at best meh, even according to its biggest backers.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 18, 2016 02:13 PM (39g3+)

275 258
The parking lot of the movie theaters probably looked like a Subaru dealership.
Posted by: Jay Guevara

Brad was parked there.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 18, 2016 02:11 PM (IqV8l)

Shut up! That crazy b-yatch still thinks I'm dead!

Posted by: Brad at July 18, 2016 02:13 PM (7HtZB)

276 Deray's doing a Nivea ad.

Copy under name.

https://post___.org/image/6qo0o8md3/

Posted by: BumperStickerist at July 18, 2016 02:13 PM (GajfA)

277
Allah Is Satan vs Support Syrian Refugees

https://goo.gl/XtS58k

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 18, 2016 02:13 PM (iQIUe)

278 Movies have been going down hill since the '80's, the Don Simpson/whatever his name was days. Yes, a lot of blockbusters that were actually good came out, but since then, Hollywood has been relying on "big Blockbusters" and they are just out of ideas. And the public is so dumbed down that I doubt a really good movie without CGI could ever make it...

Posted by: JoeF. at July 18, 2016 02:13 PM (eQZ2h)

279 The chick in Tarzan was hot, but no Bo Derek scenes.

Posted by: Jean at July 18, 2016 02:14 PM (Doh4+)

280 272 Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 18, 2016 02:13 PM (3ZoRf)

Indeed...

I am just about burned out on comic flicks anyway....

DC or Marvel is competing to see which I spike first from the 10077 family budget.

Posted by: sven10077 at July 18, 2016 02:14 PM (SzZnW)

281 "Jesus Christ Superstar" performed in London, with Herod's court as a 1970s discotheque--gaudy, decadent, kind of smutty, over-the-top, with Herod in platform shoes and a nightclub getup. It worked; like the Wiz, it held the concept and intent.

Posted by: General Zod at July 18, 2016 02:15 PM (Bdeb0)

282 Is anyone else watching Stranger Things? I'm only two episodes in but I am quite enjoying it.

Posted by: alexthechick -Darth Sugartits at July 18, 2016 02:15 PM (mf5HN)

283 I actually liked Tarzan.
but then I take my margaritas blended too with no salt.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 18, 2016 02:15 PM (08Znv)

284 AtC where is Stranger Things?

Posted by: @votermom at July 18, 2016 02:16 PM (7lVbc)

285 ~~When~~ If you go to see the chick Ghostbusters, the concession stands will only give you Kaboom. Dry Kaboom (no milk, no beverages of any kind).

Posted by: SMOD, take me away at July 18, 2016 02:16 PM (H9MG5)

286 Hollywood running out of ideas maybe?

Posted by: Skip at July 18, 2016 02:16 PM (bksJQ)

287 282
Is anyone else watching Stranger Things? I'm only two episodes in but I am quite enjoying it.

Posted by: alexthechick -Darth Sugartits at July 18, 2016 02:15 PM (mf5HN)

Almost got started on that this weekend. Is it good? Kind of seemed like an X-Files type deal.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 18, 2016 02:16 PM (2PHKP)

288 282 Is anyone else watching Stranger Things? I'm only two episodes in but I am quite enjoying it.

Posted by: alexthechick -Darth Sugartits at July 18, 2016 02:15 PM (mf5HN)

It's on my queue. I'll start it up after I finish Sons of Anarchy.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at July 18, 2016 02:16 PM (KUaJL)

289 Jeb: Please clap.

Ghostbusters Remake: Please laugh.

Posted by: @votermom at July 18, 2016 02:16 PM (7lVbc)

290

AtC where is Stranger Things?

You're soaking in it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 18, 2016 02:16 PM (IqV8l)

291 284
AtC where is Stranger Things?

Posted by: @votermom at July 18, 2016 02:16 PM (7lVbc)

NetFlix

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 18, 2016 02:17 PM (2PHKP)

292 AtC. I thought you'll be interested to know I stepped out of the shower the other day, and grabbed a freshly laundered towel. Guess what crawled out?

I was conflicted as to whether to carry the towel outside and burn it, after using half a roll of toilet paper to grab the arachnid and flush it.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 18, 2016 02:17 PM (1ZOkK)

293 284 AtC where is Stranger Things?

- - - -

Under the stranger's blouse?

Posted by: Diogenes at July 18, 2016 02:17 PM (08Znv)

294 Thanks for the background. Previews look pretty good but I'm not a comic book guy .

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 18, 2016 02:17 PM (0QLpr)

295 It's starting to remind me of the episode of The Critic where Jay is commissioned to write the script for "Ghostchasers 3."

The episode is on youtube. Go watch that instead.

Posted by: Hal at July 18, 2016 02:18 PM (9+Yad)

296 I actually liked Tarzan.
but then I take my margaritas blended too with no salt.

The second one? Tarzan and his Mate?

1932, there was technically the Hayes Code but it was two years before anyone was enforcing it.

Good God, Maureen O'Sullivan nearly naked was a good thing.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 18, 2016 02:18 PM (1xUj/)

297

Posted by: gNewt...don't like Ryan..better call Paul at July 18, 2016 02:18 PM (6qmBU)

298 But I'll go see it at Alamo Drafthouse I can go out to the lobby and visit the builqt-in bar and comics shop.
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at July 18, 2016 02:12 PM (s5JFK)

I hardly ever go to movies anymore, but when I do that's where I go, or to this other one in town that's just like Alamo.

Posted by: stace...SMOD2016--because why the fuck not? at July 18, 2016 02:18 PM (ozZau)

299 You could watch a movie like Airplane and miss half the jokes just because you happened to look away from the screen at the wrong time.

I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.

Posted by: GMan at July 18, 2016 02:18 PM (sxq57)

300 Is Tarzan bad? I kinda want to see a hunky half-nekkid dude swinging on vines.

I have heard its pretty good, its just a story that has never appealed to me at any level. Even the original movie with Maureen O'Hara in that outfit didn't work for me.

Jungle Book looked neat to me too, but I hear they kind of messed with the story which is really too bad. Those tales are really, really good.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 18, 2016 02:18 PM (39g3+)

301 Indeed...

I am just about burned out on comic flicks anyway....

DC or Marvel is competing to see which I spike first from the 10077 family budget.
Posted by: sven10077 at July 18, 2016 02:14 PM (SzZnW)

I am meh on a lot of te marvel movies, honestly. Thor is okish, same for Iron Man (early ones at least.) GotG and AntMan were definitely in the meh category.

Only ones I have consistently loved are the Captain America movies. The first one was about the best, most faithful portrayal of a comic book archetype on film that I have ever seen. The second was good. The third, I am still trying to decide.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 18, 2016 02:18 PM (3ZoRf)

302
Remakes and sequels in general are almost always bad. Godfather II notwithstanding. I find it hard to name many more.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 18, 2016 02:18 PM (ODxAs)

303 >>This is a good question. The Wiz was still staying true to the themes
and characters of the original though, just placing them within a
different cultural framework by changing the looks of the actors and
songs. It was not predicated on pissing on the old audience. I imagine a
fair number of people who liked the original, also liked the Wiz.

Exactly, which is also why remakes and re-imaginings of stories by Shakespeare, Austen, etc. are uncontroversial and generally enjoyable.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 18, 2016 02:18 PM (NOIQH)

304 292
AtC. I thought you'll be interested to know I stepped out of the shower
the other day, and grabbed a freshly laundered towel. Guess what crawled
out?

I was conflicted as to whether to carry the towel outside
and burn it, after using half a roll of toilet paper to grab the
arachnid and flush it.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 18, 2016 02:17 PM (1ZOkK)

Imagine the look on your neighbors face with you, buck nekkid, carrying a towel outside with your fingernails.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 18, 2016 02:19 PM (2PHKP)

305 You mean calling your audience sexist doesn't shame them into seeing it?

It's almost as if movies are completely optional in most peoples' lives.

Posted by: jmt at July 18, 2016 02:19 PM (I8vjj)

306 And the public is so dumbed down that I doubt a really good movie without CGI could ever make it...

Or Hollywood is so disassociated from reality they can't make a movie about ...people.

Posted by: gNewt...don't like Ryan..better call Paul at July 18, 2016 02:20 PM (6qmBU)

307 OT: Officer Brian Rice acquitted in Freddie Gray case.

http://tinyurl.com/j568454

Media whore Marilyn Mosby now batting 0 for 4

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 18, 2016 02:20 PM (8ZskC)

308 Imagine the look on your neighbors face with you, buck nekkid, carrying a towel outside with your fingernails.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 18, 2016 02:19 PM (2PHKP)

Oh, I would have put on a robe. We're pretty secluded due to woods, so only the deer and squirrels would have watched me burn it.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 18, 2016 02:20 PM (1ZOkK)

309 302
Remakes and sequels in general are almost always bad. Godfather II notwithstanding. I find it hard to name many more.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 18, 2016 02:18 PM (ODxAs)

I find your lack of faith disturbing

Posted by: The Empire Strikes Back at July 18, 2016 02:20 PM (7HtZB)

310 >>>>>original movie with Maureen O'Hara in that outfit<<<<<

Maureen O'Sullivan, not O'Hara.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at July 18, 2016 02:20 PM (tEDMc)

311 There's math and then there's Hollywood math, such as the kind that insists certain movies never made a profit to avoid paying certain stakeholders (e.g. Forrest Gump author). I'm sure they'll find a calculations that meets the desired political narrative.

Posted by: Lizzy

Which screams for a vindictive, no holds barred IRS/FTC audit; those left wing bitches want to play politics -- give it to them good and hard.

Posted by: Jean at July 18, 2016 02:21 PM (Doh4+)

312 The worst movie I ever paid to see was the Bo Derek's Tarzan. It wasn't my choice, and boy howdy did it stink.

This new Tarzan looks kind of good in the ads. The dude who plays Tarzan was in one of my favorite movies, Battleship.

Posted by: stace...SMOD2016--because why the fuck not? at July 18, 2016 02:21 PM (ozZau)

313 Is anyone else watching Stranger Things? I'm only two episodes in but I am quite enjoying it.

============

I'm not big on the sci-fi whodunnit thing. Pretty good acting + production values., though.

I'm working my way through "The Last Kingdom" on Netflix. Entertaining, but that Uhtred character wouldn't have lasted 48 hours in Wessex.

Posted by: mrp at July 18, 2016 02:21 PM (JBggj)

314 302 Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 18, 2016 02:18 PM (ODxAs)

Godfather II was not so much a sequel as the 2d part of a saga.

I mean that literally, had Brando cooperated it would have been seamless.

Same production team, same actors for the most part etc etc.

If you are ever driving cross country and want a treat RandomHouse Audio has a full ensemble cast reading of Puzo's literary Godfather that is very well done....

clocks in at 16 hours if I recall correctly.

Posted by: sven10077 at July 18, 2016 02:21 PM (SzZnW)

315 Has anyone seen the trailer for the Ben Hur remake?

All these remakes of classics make me sad.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 18, 2016 02:21 PM (1ZOkK)

316
Its funny to me that the fat, nerdy girl is the one all the guys think is the hot one, and the slim, sylish redhead "hotty" nobody likes.

Male perception. The fat, nerdy girl is probably into anal (or at least swallows), but you'd have to buy the hotty a new pair of Jimmy Choos before she'd let you tongue-kiss.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 18, 2016 02:21 PM (X6fMO)

317
Remakes and sequels in general are almost always bad. Godfather II notwithstanding. I find it hard to name many more.

Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!

Posted by: James T. Kirk at July 18, 2016 02:21 PM (IqV8l)

318
Maybe mentioned before, but.... Brian Rice, the lieutenant in the Freddy Gray case in Baltimore.... also found NOT GUILTY on all charges.

Sugartits Mosby is now a four time loser.

Posted by: fixerupper at July 18, 2016 02:22 PM (8XRCm)

319 I was a huge Tarzan fan as a kid. Watched all the movies. Even liked the Ron Ely TV series. It was recently shown on one of those retro channels. good for kids. Adults not so much.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 18, 2016 02:22 PM (0QLpr)

320 Any of Jane's neighbors post here? If so keep us posted.

Posted by: Skip at July 18, 2016 02:23 PM (bksJQ)

321 National Review has a story up (it's an excerpt from Dinesh D'Souza's book on Hillary) about the massive amounts of money that the Clintons ripped off (from private corporations, as well as U.S. taxpayers) in the guise of "helping" Haiti after the earthquake there.

If Trump's people are smart, they will make some commercials about this. As SOS, Hillary funnelled hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to corrupt crony corporations (that were making big donations to the Clinton Foundation) so they could get gov't contracts to do stuff in Haiti. Then, once they got the money, the corporations didn't do the things they had promised to do, or else they did it in a half-assed way that failed miserably.

The Trump people could film the empty/abandoned sites in Haiti were all the houses and factories and hospitals and schools were supposed to be built, and where the Clinton crony companies got millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to build them, and then show how many millions of dollars in "donations" and/or "speaking fees" the Clintons raked in from the same corrupt companies.

Most Americans know the Clintons are corrupt. But some voters need to have this spelled out for them in graphic terms. And showing them how the Clintons took advantage of the poorest of the poor (the blacks in Haiti) to enrich themselves, would be powerful stuff.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at July 18, 2016 02:23 PM (NnYnv)

322
Could Hollywood even do remake of Cisco and Pancho today???

And those of you that went "who??", youre on my lawn.

Posted by: fixerupper at July 18, 2016 02:23 PM (8XRCm)

323 Holy crap.
My dog just caught a bird. That was pretty damned amazing to watch.
I think I should take the thing away from him & throw it in the trashcan, but he's pretty proud of himself, and, to be honest, I'm proud of him too.

Posted by: Miracle Max at July 18, 2016 02:24 PM (ufy6O)

324 Almost got started on that this weekend. Is it good? Kind of seemed like an X-Files type deal.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 18, 2016 02:16 PM (2PHKP)

----------------------

It's kind of a mix of many subgenres of horror. I recognized at least four when I was watching it.

Much of it reminded me of the book "It" by Stephen King.

Posted by: Soona at July 18, 2016 02:24 PM (Fmupd)

325 Tarzan was OK; writing had weird holes in it. But, watchable. I saw it as double feature at drivein with life of pets.

Ghostbusters and The Shallows were on the other screen; the shallows looked like it had potential. The CGI in Ghostbusters that I could see sucked.

Posted by: Jean at July 18, 2016 02:24 PM (Doh4+)

326 319 I was a huge Tarzan fan as a kid. Watched all the movies.

--

Loved the Johnny Weismuller series!
Cheeta! Ungawa!

Posted by: @votermom at July 18, 2016 02:24 PM (7lVbc)

327 I'm also surprised at how many morons bashed Guardians of the Galaxy. It was one of my favorite comic book movies. Sequel coming out in 2017.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 18, 2016 02:24 PM (0QLpr)

328 Is Mosby just hoping one of the cops will take a jury trial?

Posted by: Chupacabra at July 18, 2016 02:24 PM (BZMZh)

329 Oh, I would have put on a robe. We're pretty
secluded due to woods, so only the deer and squirrels would have watched
me burn it.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 18, 2016 02:20 PM (1ZOkK)

Eh...it works better without the robe.

So there you are, dripping wet with a towel in your fingertips held out at arms length, cussing. Loudly. Neighbor looks over and you catch his gaze.

Unphased, you look at him and say...''Can you believe it? NO fabric softener!'

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 18, 2016 02:24 PM (2PHKP)

330 Will no one rid me of those troublesome Jews?

http://tinyurl.com/h2f6fbh

Posted by: President For Life, His Majesty Barack the TFG at July 18, 2016 02:25 PM (/m8T6)

331 Winona koks pannenkoeken. Ik vragen voor boter en stroop. Ze legde de boter en stroop op de pannekoeken met haar borsten. Wij maken liefde.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 18, 2016 02:25 PM (z5EUE)

332 315 Has anyone seen the trailer for the Ben Hur remake?

All these remakes of classics make me sad.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 18, 2016 02:21 PM (1ZOkK)

I really do agree with the Redletter media guys when they say that they need to remake "Cult classics" that were very flawed, but could be done better.

The mistake is that they are remaking things that were perfect when they were made, and still hold up today.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 18, 2016 02:25 PM (3ZoRf)

333
Could Hollywood even do remake of Cisco and Pancho today???

The Cozi TV channel was playing those a few months ago.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 18, 2016 02:25 PM (IqV8l)

334 250 Is Tarzan bad? I kinda want to see a hunky half-nekkid dude swinging on vines.
Posted by: @votermom at July 18, 2016 02:09 PM (7lVbc)

I liked it.... but then I like the original books...

and this story was VERY true to the original books...

Posted by: Don Q. at July 18, 2016 02:25 PM (qf6WZ)

335 Big star Star Trek fan here. Never saw the first JJ Trek movie and don't plan to. Saw Into Darkness. It aggravating because it would show me things that felt like star trek (the section 31 subplot was pure candy for me, loved the feel of the scene on Qo'nos, the first scene felt like an episode of the original series) only to follow them up with shit that pissed me off: Spock selling Kirk out to the brass and completely missing the point, KHAAN!!! scene redux competely took me out of the story, and as much as I like the actor who played him, Nu Khan was utterly one dimensional, does not hold a candle to Montalban's portrayal. Don't remember hearing any slams on Dubya, though. Considering JJ Abram's stuff has a tendency to implode once he takes his hands off it, I suspect this one will bomb. Won't be seeing it regardless.

Posted by: Jackal at July 18, 2016 02:25 PM (Lyh9/)

336 The way people are talking about Ghostbusters it sounds exactly like the movie a bunch of idiots thought that Mad Max Fury Road was going to be. Ghostbusters really is the men are awful women are awesome movie.

Posted by: Buzzion at July 18, 2016 02:25 PM (z/Ubi)

337
Has anyone seen the trailer for the Ben Hur remake?

Are you serious?

ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?!?!?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 18, 2016 02:25 PM (X6fMO)

338 46 million in box office?

Hell, my last five movies didn't pull 46 million combined, and those chuckleheads in Hollow-wood are still lining up to shovel money into my latest bomb.

I give a crap about butts in seats. I get paid up front, baby!

Plus a few lefty-guilt awards thrown in; it's all good!

Posted by: Spike Lee at July 18, 2016 02:25 PM (XdbLA)

339 Years ago, Ace gave the best advice I've ever read for anyone attempting a movie remake. I don't remember the exact phrasing but the upshot was "never remake a movie that worked." There are so many elements that go into making a good successful movie that it almost impossible to catch that lightning again and when you screw it up you will always be compared unfavorably to the original.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at July 18, 2016 02:26 PM (tEDMc)

340 Imma go a bit heretic here. Wasn't planning to go, got dragged by some friends.

The new Ghostbusters film was NOT HORRIBLE.

It did not ruin Ghostbusters forever.

There were a few funny scenes, and plotwise, really, a bunch of ghosts in NYC you can't really blow the reality whistle on it. Generally the same plot as in the original, different enough to not be a total copy.

Cameos by all the original Ghostbusters except Rick Moranis (seriously even Igon).

The sexist parts were played for laughs (well, almost, one gratuitous shot at the end was gratuitous, wasn't funny, and, well, just dumb.) We went as 2 couples, we were all Ghostbusters age and while my wife took the hardest view of the sexism, laughed harder than anyone else over the beefcake scenes with Hemsworth.

I think that Milo's review is too harsh. It wasn't everything he said. Everything he said has a basis, but, honestly, I read it and he is trying too hard to dislike it.

It does start out clunky, but it does hit a stride.

3 stars.

Posted by: blaster at July 18, 2016 02:26 PM (tewYv)

341 Posted by: Chupacabra at July 18, 2016 02:24 PM (BZMZh)

If that was her plan then she is even dumber than I thought, and that's pretty damned impressively dumb.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 18, 2016 02:26 PM (Zu3d9)

342 I just watched GotG for the first time start to finish the other day. Cute, not spectacular, but not a waste of time either.

Posted by: IP at July 18, 2016 02:26 PM (Fol9S)

343 327 Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 18, 2016 02:24 PM (0QLpr)

I predicted it'd be a hit...

Posted by: sven10077 at July 18, 2016 02:26 PM (SzZnW)

344 Hell, the remakes that are really bad are when the original film is foreign, such as "Mostly Martha" and "The Secret in Their Eyes." Can't think of any that was better or even on par w/the original....

Posted by: Lizzy at July 18, 2016 02:26 PM (NOIQH)

345 If you're a feminist, wouldn't you want to blaze your own trail? Why try and copy (or outdo) or a male-dominated movie...and a classic at that?

If you're a feminist, you can argue that "Bridesmaids" or "The Heat" do far more credit to female comics than a reboot of Ghostbusters. Am I the only one who sees this?

Posted by: Mike at July 18, 2016 02:26 PM (ISxUB)

346 Just as long as they stay away from El Cid and Rio Bravo (or any of the remakes that John Wayne did), I will be happyish.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 18, 2016 02:27 PM (3ZoRf)

347 322
Could Hollywood even do remake of Cisco and Pancho today???

And those of you that went "who??", youre on my lawn.
Posted by: fixerupper at July 18, 2016 02:23 PM (8XRCm)

------------------

Ah, Ceesco. Ah, Pancho.

Posted by: Soona at July 18, 2016 02:27 PM (Fmupd)

348 The worst movie I ever paid to see was the Bo Derek's Tarzan. It wasn't my choice, and boy howdy did it stink.

This new Tarzan looks kind of good in the ads. The dude who plays Tarzan was in one of my favorite movies, Battleship.

Posted by: stace...SMOD2016--because why the fuck not?

I barely remember the movie; but still remember her. I think I was 12 when I saw it.

Posted by: Jean at July 18, 2016 02:27 PM (Doh4+)

349 But Marilyn Mosby has said that Lt. Brian Rice is still going to get discipline charges from the police I heard on the radio news at 2pm.

Posted by: Skip at July 18, 2016 02:27 PM (bksJQ)

350 318
Maybe mentioned before, but.... Brian Rice, the lieutenant in the Freddy Gray case in Baltimore.... also found NOT GUILTY on all charges.

Sugartits Mosby is now a four time loser.

----------------

She may as well aim for a perfect six, and at least achieve SOMETHING. Even if that something is infamy and record-setting futility.

Posted by: Stu-22 at July 18, 2016 02:27 PM (rUc9h)

351 Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 18, 2016 02:25 PM (3ZoRf)

Haven't seen it yet but the Point Break remake seems like it would be better.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 18, 2016 02:27 PM (0QLpr)

352 Like to see them lose their humongous asses.

Posted by: Eromero at July 18, 2016 02:28 PM (zLDYs)

353 Some remakes are better than the originals.

"Man on Fire", for example, should have won Best Picture. Denzel Washington was incredible.

Posted by: MTF at July 18, 2016 02:28 PM (/m8T6)

354 Could Hollywood even do remake of Cisco and Pancho today???

And those of you that went "who??", youre on my lawn.

Rin Tin Tin. In color.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 18, 2016 02:28 PM (m/IZ9)

355 All that is wrong with the world can be summed by the fact that we got live action Scooby Doo and nothing on Johnny Quest. Multiple shitty Scooby Doos.

---

There was a new Jonny Quest (and, yeah, it's spelled "Jonny") about 20 years ago, and it was everything you fear it would be.

There was now a token girl on the team, and they turned Jonny into a snot who, every five minutes like clockwork, would say, "What do you know? You're just a girl!"

Unbearable.

Posted by: RKae at July 18, 2016 02:28 PM (+qoyA)

356 >>>Its funny to me that the fat, nerdy girl is the
one all the guys think is the hot one, and the slim, sylish redhead
"hotty" nobody likes.
Male perception. The fat, nerdy
girl is probably into anal (or at least swallows), but you'd have to buy
the hotty a new pair of Jimmy Choos before she'd let you tongue-kiss.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 18, 2016 02:21 PM (X6fMO)<<<

Zoinks. Live action Velma... definitely not fat!

Posted by: Shaggy at July 18, 2016 02:28 PM (H9MG5)

357 Winona koks pannenkoeken. Ik vragen voor boter en stroop. Ze legde de boter en stroop op de pannekoeken met haar borsten. Wij maken liefde.

I would watch that movie. I would buy that movie in VHS, DVD, BlueRay, and Laser Disc.

She didn't make that movie.

Selfish keep my boobs to myself bitch.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 18, 2016 02:29 PM (1xUj/)

358 335 Big star Star Trek fan here. Never saw the first JJ Trek movie and don't plan to. Saw Into Darkness. It aggravating because it would show me things that felt like star trek (the section 31 subplot was pure candy for me, loved the feel of the scene on Qo'nos, the first scene felt like an episode of the original series) only to follow them up with shit that pissed me off: Spock selling Kirk out to the brass and completely missing the point, KHAAN!!! scene redux competely took me out of the story, and as much as I like the actor who played him, Nu Khan was utterly one dimensional, does not hold a candle to Montalban's portrayal. Don't remember hearing any slams on Dubya, though. Considering JJ Abram's stuff has a tendency to implode once he takes his hands off it, I suspect this one will bomb. Won't be seeing it regardless.
Posted by: Jackal at July 18, 2016 02:25 PM (Lyh9/)

Yeah, Montalban did a much better job of portraying calm, cultured menace and evil, even in the ridiculous costume than Cumberbatch did.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 18, 2016 02:29 PM (3ZoRf)

359 And those of you that went "who??", youre on my lawn.

Rin Tin Tin. In color.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT

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I tend to confuse people all the time with mentions of Sgt. Preston and his dog King.

Posted by: RKae at July 18, 2016 02:29 PM (+qoyA)

360 >>Has anyone seen the trailer for the Ben Hur remake?
>>Are you serious?
ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?!?!?

Yup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BmeR9GYdDU

Posted by: Lizzy at July 18, 2016 02:29 PM (NOIQH)

361 Rin Tin Tin. In color.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 18, 2016 02:28 PM (m/IZ9)
______________________________

Might as well do a current period Roy Rodgers since we're at it...

Posted by: IP at July 18, 2016 02:30 PM (Fol9S)

362
Birth of a Nation has a remake.

Ishitchunot.

(who is a Pokeman)

Posted by: fixerupper at July 18, 2016 02:31 PM (8XRCm)

363 I was forced to watch a trailer on youtube. Sometimes trying to get to a movie you get an ad first. From what I saw it looks like nothing but used up cringe inducing one-liners. No interest.

Posted by: washrivergal at July 18, 2016 02:31 PM (CFc5L)

364 >>Haven't seen it yet but the Point Break remake seems like it would be better.

Nope.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 18, 2016 02:31 PM (NOIQH)

365 Somebody mentioned Rin Tin Tin which always reminds me of Tin Tin.

I thought the live action movie was ok.

Can you imagine a live action Asterix movie?

Posted by: @votermom at July 18, 2016 02:31 PM (7lVbc)

366 >>Has anyone seen the trailer for the Ben Hur remake?
>>Are you serious?
ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?!?!?

----

"Ben-Hur" is my personal high point of "greatest movie ever made."

The fact that a remake made it through one single pitch meeting is evidence of the End Times.

Posted by: RKae at July 18, 2016 02:31 PM (+qoyA)

367 This isn't a tentpole, it's a tenthole. (Gendered innuendo intended.)

---------------------------

WRONG! KATE MCKINNON IS THE (SYNTHETIC) TENTPOLE! I READ IT ON THE INTERNET!

[ROBOTIC CACKLE]

Posted by: Hillary! and her rainbow exoskeleton at July 18, 2016 02:31 PM (rUc9h)

368 Ben Hur 2016 trailer:

http://tinyurl.com/hjozdyh

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 18, 2016 02:31 PM (1ZOkK)

369 Begun, the Slime Wars have.

The reason studios are hot for comedies is that they typically don't cost much to produce, and if they take off... Jackpot, baby!

This movie seems to have flipped this and flopped.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 18, 2016 02:32 PM (gyKtp)

370 356
Zoinks. Live action Velma... definitely not fat!

Posted by: Shaggy at July 18, 2016 02:28 PM (H9MG5)

Shaggy has the "baggy" while Scooby rolls the doobie

Posted by: Our Country Is Screwed - Sorry Ben, we f*cked it up at July 18, 2016 02:32 PM (jxbfJ)

371 141 132 Midgets in movies

Willow...

Posted by: donna at July 18, 2016 01:51 PM (O2RFr)

Willow is a midget? Don't you meanAtC?

*runs, hides under bed*

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at July 18, 2016 02:32 PM (u0lmX)

372 Hollywood remakes movies because taking a shot on a proven title that made money in the past is better than taking a shot on an unknown entity. It's an odds thing. Also, the same reason once a certain "type" movie makes money, you get thirty versions of the same thing (sexy vampires, zombies, etc.).

Same thing happened with Alien movies, college frat party movies, young kid saves the galaxy movies, fish out of water movies, buddy cop movies, single character playing multiple character movies, etc.

SSDD.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 18, 2016 02:32 PM (2PHKP)

373 327 I'm also surprised at how many morons bashed Guardians of the Galaxy. It was one of my favorite comic book movies. Sequel coming out in 2017.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 18, 2016 02:24 PM (0QLpr)

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That was a good, fun movie.

Posted by: Soona at July 18, 2016 02:32 PM (Fmupd)

374 Ace,

You mentioned "prints" as a seemingly significant cost. My assumption was that most theaters are digital, and all they do is pop in a few DVDs for the video and audio and the Smell-O-Vision.

Anyone know?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 18, 2016 02:32 PM (Zu3d9)

375 Winona en ik werp bieten op het blote billen van Bandersnatch! Winona en ik eet bieten met mosterd en ketchup. We seks hebben!

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 18, 2016 02:33 PM (z5EUE)

376 Galaxy Quest is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. I loved it, and its hugely quotable.

The Ben Hur remake: this time, with less Jesus!

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 18, 2016 02:33 PM (39g3+)

377 And... I forgot the link. Damn weed...

Live action Velma -- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004802/mediaviewer/rm1160812544

Posted by: Shaggy at July 18, 2016 02:33 PM (H9MG5)

378 Birth of a Nation has a remake.

Yeah, I saw the poster.

Black guy's head in a US flag noose.

Thank you, no.

Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at July 18, 2016 02:33 PM (XdbLA)

379 >>>>>Yeah, Montalban did a much better job of portraying calm, cultured
menace and evil, even in the ridiculous costume than Cumberbatch did.<<<<

I've started watching The Hollow Crown but I don't know if I'll make it past Henry V because I am not looking forward to Cumberbatch as Richard III. I think he will suck the humor and life out of the character and play him as all suppressed rage.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at July 18, 2016 02:33 PM (tEDMc)

380 That was a good, fun movie.

Posted by: Soona at July 18, 2016 02:32 PM (Fmupd)

Completely forgettable, completely fun. Exactly what it's supposed to be.

I am looking forward to the sequel.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 18, 2016 02:33 PM (Zu3d9)

381 *runs, hides under bed*
Posted by: Donna and V.

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Well.... she'll CERTAINLY see you there.

Posted by: fixerupper at July 18, 2016 02:33 PM (8XRCm)

382 357 Winona koks pannenkoeken.

I believe this means "Winona cooks pancakes."

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at July 18, 2016 02:33 PM (u0lmX)

383 ...a triumph, pointing out that the $46 million opening was the biggest launch for a live-action comedy...

...this weekend. (They forgot to mention that part.)

Anything is demonstrable if presented in sufficient isolation.

My favorite review was by AP, where they basically said that this Ghostbusters thingy is as good as the SNL which spawned it. I thought it was a 'damning with faint praise' but AP doesn't work that way.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at July 18, 2016 02:34 PM (o7l6R)

384 376 Galaxy Quest is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. I loved it, and its hugely quotable.

They were scheduled to do a sequel but Dr. Lazzarus died so no remake....

Posted by: donna at July 18, 2016 02:34 PM (O2RFr)

385
Birth of a Nation has a remake.

The movie poster has a picture of a black man being lynched with an American flag.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 18, 2016 02:34 PM (IqV8l)

386 "Ben-Hur" is my personal high point of "greatest movie ever made."

The fact that a remake made it through one single pitch meeting is evidence of the End Times.

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The remake of Patton is going to be great. This time Hollywood will focus exclusively on the slapping incident.

Posted by: SH at July 18, 2016 02:34 PM (gmeXX)

387 Might as well do a current period Roy Rodgers since we're at it.

Paladin, Gunsmoke,

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 18, 2016 02:35 PM (m/IZ9)

388 327 I'm also surprised at how many morons bashed Guardians of the Galaxy. It was one of my favorite comic book movies. Sequel coming out in 2017.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 18, 2016 02:24 PM (0QLpr)

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Meh. I didn't much mind it as a sci-fi. But the "funny" stuff wasn't.

I'm also pretty weary of "We have laser cannons and photon rifles... but the guys who are supposed to fix things are off having a knife fight." Really?

Posted by: RKae at July 18, 2016 02:35 PM (+qoyA)

389 You Star Trek fans amuse me. ST was a TV show and nothing more. Move out of your parent's basement

Posted by: Zombie Gene Roddenberry at July 18, 2016 02:35 PM (+w+Ur)

390 353 Some remakes are better than the originals.

"Man on Fire", for example, should have won Best Picture. Denzel Washington was incredible.
Posted by: MTF at July 18, 2016 02:28 PM (/m8T6)

Agreed. That was a fantastic movie, and one of Denzel's best roles.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 18, 2016 02:35 PM (0mRoj)

391
Paladin, Gunsmoke,

Heck I watch re-runs of the Waltons...

Posted by: donna at July 18, 2016 02:35 PM (O2RFr)

392
"Ben-Hur" is my personal high point of "greatest movie ever made."

The fact that a remake made it through one single pitch meeting is evidence of the End Times.

Posted by: RKae at July 18, 2016 02:31 PM (+qoyA)

Yeah... they already really screwed up Spartacus....

Posted by: Don Q. at July 18, 2016 02:35 PM (qf6WZ)

393 358: Cumberbatch was a one-note psycho. It was like Abrams and Cumberbatch had just read a description of the character and went off that. Montalban's Khan, in the context of "Space Seed", was someone who had lost everything (His wife, his chance to create a new world) and was bent on vengeance against the person he saw as responsible.

Posted by: Jackal at July 18, 2016 02:35 PM (Lyh9/)

394 Willow is a midget? Don't you meanAtC?

*runs, hides under bed*
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time)
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She can still kick you in the shins. Better to hide on top of the bed.

Posted by: Miracle Max at July 18, 2016 02:36 PM (ufy6O)

395
Im really surprised nobody mentioned the apostasy that was the remake of "Red Dawn".

Posted by: fixerupper at July 18, 2016 02:36 PM (8XRCm)

396
**ponders**

A Ben-Hur remake. Wonderful. So now we can get Gore Vidal's snicker about putting a homosexual relationship between Judah and Messala shoved right in our faces. Just lovely.

Here's a shot from the 1925 movie: Francis X. Bushman as Messala and the lovely Carmel Myers as Iras the Egyptian:

http://goo.gl/B3VxKl

I need a drink. See you all tomorrow.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 18, 2016 02:36 PM (X6fMO)

397 You mentioned "prints" as a seemingly significant cost. My assumption was that most theaters are digital, and all they do is pop in a few DVDs for the video and audio and the Smell-O-Vision.

Anyone know?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

The two 'discount' theaters I go to are both digital and get their movies via a satellite downlink. One is a family owned drive in and the other with $2 movies. So, I suspect the print days are long gone.

Posted by: Jean at July 18, 2016 02:36 PM (Doh4+)

398 Winona onthult haar borsten voor mij! Bandersnatch winkels voor de sokken!

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 18, 2016 02:36 PM (z5EUE)

399 Sitting in the waiting room for my physical therapy appointment. TV tuned to the local news, when an ad comes on at commercial break:

"Today on Ellen! The cast of Ghostbusters, plus Hillary Clinton!"

Talk about the perfect storm of feminist bullshit....

Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 18, 2016 02:36 PM (wtvvX)

400 368 Ben Hur 2016 trailer:

http://tinyurl.com/hjozdyh

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Um, is Christianity even going to be mentioned in this movie?

"Are we having fun now brother?"

Hm, yeah, that sounds authentically ancient Roman-ish, fer sure.

Posted by: @votermom at July 18, 2016 02:36 PM (7lVbc)

401 373 327 I'm also surprised at how many morons bashed Guardians of the Galaxy. It was one of my favorite comic book movies. Sequel coming out in 2017.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 18, 2016 02:24 PM (0QLpr)

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That was a good, fun movie.
Posted by: Soona

I am Groot.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 18, 2016 02:36 PM (m/IZ9)

402 Watching the "Dump Trump" circus outside CLE on Fox. What a class of clowns.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 18, 2016 02:37 PM (9ym/8)

403 When will they make a movie of apes eating dates in a grotto?

Posted by: Puddin Head at July 18, 2016 02:37 PM (oDCMR)

404 Im really surprised nobody mentioned the apostasy that was the remake of "Red Dawn".

Posted by: fixerupper

The response to that was anethema.

Posted by: Jean at July 18, 2016 02:37 PM (Doh4+)

405 Linda Cardellini(Velma) was good in Grandma's Boy.

Posted by: davidt at July 18, 2016 02:37 PM (FpN8r)

406 bonk bonk on the head

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 18, 2016 02:37 PM (GdFQh)

407 I liked "Into Darkness." I liked the "KHAAAAN!" scene/death scene business. It showed that, even when you switch a whole universe around, there are threads of destiny that are going to happen.

But I thought Cumberbatch was stupid as hell.

I don't understand the worship of that actor in the geek world. I think he's silly -- as silly as his name.

Posted by: RKae at July 18, 2016 02:37 PM (+qoyA)

408 Its funny to me that the fat, nerdy girl is the one all the guys think is the hot one, and the slim, sylish redhead "hotty" nobody likes.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 18, 2016 02:11 PM (39g3+)

They weren't aiming for realism, were they?

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at July 18, 2016 02:38 PM (u0lmX)

409 I might pay money to see an updated Cisco and Pancho set in the present day.
Something involving enterprising food truck owners being harassed by corrupt government inspectors paid off by Big Restaurant.
The chase scenes involving low riders, food trucks and health inspector Priuses would be a classic.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at July 18, 2016 02:38 PM (FtrY1)

410 Didn't movie critics do something similar with Fantastic Four? Giving it much better reviews than it deserved because it hit the right progressive buttons? (I refused to watch it after the lead actress threw a hissy fit and about a "sexist" Southside Steve interview and SJW's did what they do in response. As it turns out, I missed nothing).

Posted by: lowtech redneck at July 18, 2016 02:38 PM (KF8B+)

411 Because the remake of True Grit worked out so well we're going to remake the remake.

This time we'll have a red-headed female in the lead role, and her name will be Rooster Cockburn.

Oh and it we're bringing back Matt Damon because... MATT DAMON!!!

Posted by: Hollyweird at July 18, 2016 02:38 PM (H9MG5)

412 327 I'm also surprised at how many morons bashed Guardians of the Galaxy. It was one of my favorite comic book movies. Sequel coming out in 2017.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 18, 2016 02:24 PM (0QLpr)

I liked it. I liked it better than Deadpool - I guess that got hyped so by the time I saw it I was expecting too much.

Posted by: @votermom at July 18, 2016 02:38 PM (7lVbc)

413 Um, is Christianity even going to be mentioned in this movie?

"Are we having fun now brother?"

Hm, yeah, that sounds authentically ancient Roman-ish, fer sure.
Posted by: @votermom

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Let alone, in the title: "Ben-Hur: A Tale Of The Christ."

Posted by: RKae at July 18, 2016 02:38 PM (+qoyA)

414 Waiting for Netflix to release "Er Ist Wieder Da (Guess Who's Back)," the German comedy about a time-traveled Hitler who lands, confused and somewhat sheepish, in modern Germany. Trailer is a stitch, even with subtitles:

http://tinyurl.com/ptsn95z

Posted by: General Zod at July 18, 2016 02:39 PM (Bdeb0)

415 Linda Velma Cardellini was also Hawkeye's wife. No wonder he was not banging Black Widow.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 18, 2016 02:39 PM (z5EUE)

416 Here's a shot from the 1925 movie: Francis X. Bushman as Messala and the lovely Carmel Myers as Iras the Egyptian:

http://goo.gl/B3VxKl

Oh that's nice. That's from before the prudes decided that nice things were bad.

I just googled and it looks like Birth of a Nation isn't so much a remake as it is a completely different story with that title.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 18, 2016 02:39 PM (1xUj/)

417 Film critics, in addition to being the worlds most useless profession, are the most embarrassingly predictable too. Of course they weren't going to pan this nonsense because grrl power. Just like they weren't going to give "13 Hours " a fair shake, because "blah blah Michael Bay jingoism gurgle gurgle". What an effort bunch of human cancer cells

Posted by: UGAdawg at July 18, 2016 02:39 PM (cpLq8)

418 I think we need a remake of Saving Private Ryan, except in Afghanistan, with a Tranny.

Posted by: Fritz at July 18, 2016 02:39 PM (oia+s)

419 She can still kick you in the shins. Better to hide on top of the bed.

Posted by: Miracle Max at July 18, 2016 02:36 PM (ufy6O)

And hide the ladders!

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at July 18, 2016 02:39 PM (u0lmX)

420 I don't know if SMFH is in the house today, but I received a response from Indiegogo about the issues I had in trying to donate some coin to her friend Carl, and I was able to resolve them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2016 02:39 PM (GSdpU)

421 389 Posted by: Zombie Gene Roddenberry at July 18, 2016 02:35 PM (+w+Ur)

Shut up and pass the coke Zombie Gene....a lot of basement dwellers helped you buy it.

//Zombie Gene Koon

Posted by: sven10077 at July 18, 2016 02:39 PM (SzZnW)

422 This time we'll have a red-headed female in the lead role, and her name will be Rooster Cockburn.

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Hen Cockburn.

Posted by: RKae at July 18, 2016 02:39 PM (+qoyA)

423 Don't hate me but I enjoyed pretty much all the recent Marvel movies. Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Guardians, Captain America, & Ant Man.

Posted by: lindafell- TEXIT!! at July 18, 2016 02:39 PM (xVgrA)

424 260 241
On the deleted open thread I asked if someone could explain Suicide
Squad to me. I know it's the comic book version of the Dirty Dozen but
what comic book world do they inhabit if any?

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 18, 2016 02:08 PM (0QLpr)

Batman.

Posted by: davidt at July 18, 2016 02:11 PM (FpN8r)

Minor villains in federal jail that a gov't honcho decides she can use, so she gives them a choice; do this mission you might get killed on for me, you go free. If they agree, they get a bomb inserted in their bodies so if they run off before accomplishing the mission or fail, boom! The original was kind of fun because the villains were so relatively z-grade that they could be killed off and stay dead, unlike the usual comic book business where good guys and bad guys get written back to life all the time.

Posted by: El Skippito Friskito at July 18, 2016 02:39 PM (kZVsz)

425 They don't use a DVD for movies, they use a hard drive that is mailed in. Its small, light, and a heck of a lot easier to use than the old reels.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 18, 2016 02:39 PM (39g3+)

426 Birth of a Nation has a remake.

Uh...not really. Just similar names IIRC.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at July 18, 2016 02:40 PM (9krrF)

427 Hey why not re-make GI Jane and make it GI Joe?

Posted by: donna at July 18, 2016 02:40 PM (O2RFr)

428 Effete bunch. Damn auto correct

Posted by: UGAdawg at July 18, 2016 02:40 PM (MvJ7S)

429 The remake of Patton is going to be great. This time Hollywood will focus exclusively on the slapping incident.

Naw, naw, I'm gonna explore that unresolved homo-erotic relationship between Patton and Rommel.

Maybe sneak in a bit about a secret romantic getaway to Casablanca with those two, and Monty's all, like, jealous.

You know, could have happened that way!

Anyway, the homo stuff guarantees that Geffin's in for some big coin.

And I get paid up front, baby!

Posted by: Morry 'Morry' Finkel-Hackenburg, Screenwriter to the Stars! at July 18, 2016 02:40 PM (XdbLA)

430 I just googled and it looks like Birth of a Nation isn't so much a remake as it is a completely different story with that title.

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Ah... an allusion. My bad.

Posted by: fixerupper at July 18, 2016 02:40 PM (8XRCm)

431 I watched the remake of Conan on Netflix; save your time and ignore this massive turkey. It's true that most remakes suck donkey balls. Cape Fear and True Grit were pretty well done, and they waited a decent amount of time before doing them.

Superman, Spiderman and Batman suffer reboots every 10-15 years; hardly enough time for the corpses to cool off.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 18, 2016 02:40 PM (gyKtp)

432 The best Fantastic 4 movie was the no budget limited release thing Corman did in the late 80's/early 90's to keep the rights.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at July 18, 2016 02:40 PM (tEDMc)

433 uh oh. . . chongo

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 18, 2016 02:41 PM (GdFQh)

434 They may done a remake that I'm not aware of and it may be heresy but when I saw first saw High Noon not that long ago, I thought it was a great story that could have been done better.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 18, 2016 02:41 PM (0QLpr)

435 Linda Cardellini baking cookie in an apron, and only an apron, is my idea of how a super hero comes home from work.

Posted by: Jean at July 18, 2016 02:41 PM (Doh4+)

436 Let's not say this movie is going to be in the Christmas bargain big.

It's more likely that we'll find that is short order, it will be characterized by the phrase "Coming soon to a cellular phone near you."

I can't imagine too large a segment of its target audience putting down Pokemon Go long enough to watch this picture. I've seen better film on teeth.

Posted by: Qoheleth DIXIT at July 18, 2016 02:41 PM (iIzG7)

437 >>Im really surprised nobody mentioned the apostasy that was the remake of "Red Dawn".

Ugh, yes. They kill off the older brother, a soldier, and have the whiney-ass younger brother become the leader at the end. Seriously sucked.
A better version is "Tomorrow When the War Began" (I know, based on a book, so it's not really a Red Dawn remake).

Posted by: Lizzy at July 18, 2016 02:41 PM (NOIQH)

438 "And if Sony and departments acknowledge that there's a problem and there's an issue, then that, too, is going to contribute to real solutions. And, as I said yesterday, that is what's going to ultimately help make the job of being a entertainer a lot safer. It is in the interest of Sony that their communities trust them and that the kind of rancor and suspicion that exists right now is alleviated."

Posted by: Howard Hughes at July 18, 2016 02:41 PM (Lf1Ga)

439 I can see a remake of Blazing Saddles, with a white, female sheriff and her wacky tranny sidekick.

It will be an ode to SJW's and lacking any comic relief whatsoever.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 18, 2016 02:41 PM (1ZOkK)

440 Francis X. Bushman as Messala and the lovely Carmel Myers as Iras the Egyptian:

http://goo.gl/B3VxKl

I need a drink. See you all tomorrow.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 18, 2016 02:36 PM (X6fMO)
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And Bushman's daughter married Col. Potter who beat her. Small world! I think Morgan's problem may have been dementia.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 18, 2016 02:42 PM (iQIUe)

441 This time we'll have a red-headed female in the lead role, and her name will be Rooster Cockburn.

Posted by: Hollyweird at July 18, 2016 02:38 PM (H9MG5)

"Hen Cockburn" just doesn't sound very catchy.

If they do a remake of the "Louise Gehrig Story" will the Yankees have a cowpen?

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at July 18, 2016 02:42 PM (u0lmX)

442 Im really surprised nobody mentioned the apostasy that was the remake of "Red Dawn".
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Well in consideration, the actual release was a remade ChinkCom to Nork remake.

Posted by: RioBravo at July 18, 2016 02:42 PM (NUqwG)

443 I might pay money to see an updated Cisco and Pancho set in the present day.
Something involving enterprising food truck owners being harassed by corrupt government inspectors paid off by Big Restaurant.
The chase scenes involving low riders, food trucks and health inspector Priuses would be a classic.

I'm smelling a mashup of Smokey and the Bandit with The Big Lebowski, from a Hispanic POV.

Y'know what, I'd watch the hell outta that.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at July 18, 2016 02:43 PM (9krrF)

444 Guardians of the Galaxy was okay, it was fun but not really rewatchable. I think it tried too hard to be cool, and is going to age really, really poorly.

On the whole I like the Marvel comic movies, but I wish they'd stop trying so hard to not be comics. Lets never use code names! Or secret identities! Or costumes!

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 18, 2016 02:43 PM (39g3+)

445 The new Ben Hur pretty much looks like Gladiator with horse racing.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 18, 2016 02:43 PM (1ZOkK)

446 >>>This time we'll have a red-headed female in the lead role, and her name will be Rooster Cockburn.

Played by Christina Hendricks?

Winona's hair is too perfect for a bad dye job.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 18, 2016 02:43 PM (z5EUE)

447 407: I get that, It just came off wrong and stupid to me. His portrayal of Spock hasn't worked for me from the beginning. He plays him like a robot with occasional anger issues. Very cardboard, none of the dry humor he had in TOS. I don't mind the guy who plays Kirk. The way he's played makes sense.

Posted by: Jackal at July 18, 2016 02:43 PM (Lyh9/)

448 If they do a remake of the "Louise Gehrig Story" will the Yankees have a cowpen?

Once a month they'll have to bring up the entire farm team.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 18, 2016 02:43 PM (m/IZ9)

449 I'm also pretty weary of "We have laser cannons and photon rifles... but the guys who are supposed to fix things are off having a knife fight." Really?
Posted by: RKae at July 18, 2016 02:35 PM (+qoyA)

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Literalists usually never enjoy movies. They spend too much time picking them apart. I'm surprised you even went to watch it.

Posted by: Soona at July 18, 2016 02:44 PM (Fmupd)

450 But I thought Cumberbatch was stupid as hell.

I don't understand the worship of that actor in the geek world. I think he's silly -- as silly as his name.
Posted by: RKae at July 18, 2016 02:37 PM (+qoyA)

Almost ALL of that is from Sherlock. He does a very good Sherlock Holmes character (although I dislike that they did not go a more Jeremy Brett interpretation of the character than the asshole Basil Rathbone on steroids, but you cannot have everything.)

The coincidental irony here is that, like Shatner and Kirk, Cumberbatch may be ONLY really good in one role.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 18, 2016 02:44 PM (3ZoRf)

451 Hey why not re-make GI Jane and make it GI Joe?
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**snort, heh**

Posted by: lindafell- TEXIT!! at July 18, 2016 02:44 PM (xVgrA)

452 439 I can see a remake of Blazing Saddles, with a white, female sheriff and her wacky tranny sidekick.

It will be an ode to SJW's and lacking any comic relief whatsoever.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 18, 2016 02:41 PM (1ZOkK)

"The Sheriff is near!"

"What'd she say?"

"She said the Sheriff is near."

*laugh track*

Posted by: Insomniac at July 18, 2016 02:44 PM (0mRoj)

453 353 Some remakes are better than the originals.

"Man on Fire", for example, should have won Best Picture. Denzel Washington was incredible.
Posted by: MTF at July 18, 2016 02:28 PM (/m8T6)
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You know who else was damned good in that movie?
Marc Anthony.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 18, 2016 02:45 PM (T/5A0)

454 Posted by: General Zod at July 18, 2016 02:39 PM (Bdeb0)

FWIW...I could have sworn I saw "Guess Who's Back" in the Trending or New Release sections on Netflix just yesterday....

Posted by: Dirty Randy at July 18, 2016 02:45 PM (jjaLl)

455 On the whole I like the Marvel comic movies, but I wish they'd stop trying so hard to not be comics. Lets never use code names! Or secret identities! Or costumes!
Posted by: Christopher Taylor

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Oh, God! Thor had that cool chrome helmet! ...For ten seconds, then he takes it off and leaves it on the floor.

And then Cap has to take his mask off every time he wants to talk to somebody. And he goes through the entire last half of Avengers 2 without it.

Posted by: RKae at July 18, 2016 02:45 PM (+qoyA)

456 We need more remakes with non-feel-good, non-Hollywood endings. Von Trapp family gets strafed in the meadow-dancing scene. Jaws' Brodie misses on final shot, fade to red. Jack Nicholson murders annoying Wendy (Shelly Duvall), lives in comfortable madness in a snowbound Colorado hotel, drinking to distraction...

Posted by: General Zod at July 18, 2016 02:46 PM (Bdeb0)

457 >>>The coincidental irony here is that, like Shatner and Kirk, Cumberbatch may be ONLY really good in one role.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 18, 2016 02:44 PM (3ZoRf)<<<

You... take that... back right now!

Posted by: T.J. Hooker at July 18, 2016 02:46 PM (H9MG5)

458 I'm smelling a mashup of Smokey and the Bandit with The Big Lebowski, from a ~~Hispanic~~ Born in East LA or Up in Smoke POV.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 18, 2016 02:46 PM (m/IZ9)

459 it was fun but not really rewatchable.

My kids have watched it a dozen times -- and keep the music going. I get asked monthly about the next one. Had one kids stay up watching the trash cans so he could see a real raccoon ...

Posted by: Jean at July 18, 2016 02:46 PM (Doh4+)

460 Go long enough to watch this picture. I've seen better film on teeth.
Posted by: Qoheleth DIXIT at July 18, 2016 02:41 PM (iIzG7)

Nice insult!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 18, 2016 02:46 PM (3ZoRf)

461 speaking of remakes:

https://youtu.be/q-RBA0xoaWU

Posted by: GMan at July 18, 2016 02:46 PM (sxq57)

462 353 Some remakes are better than the originals.

"Man on Fire", for example, should have won Best Picture. Denzel Washington was incredible.
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Holy damn! "The Equalizer" remake was astounding! Denzel was creating-a-character his ass off!

Posted by: RKae at July 18, 2016 02:46 PM (+qoyA)

463 Im surprised Geffen hasn't jumped all over a Vachss/Burke movie. Its got positive ghey/tranny stuff in it. Maybe Burke scares to many Hollywood types.

Posted by: Jean at July 18, 2016 02:47 PM (Doh4+)

464 >>FWIW...I could have sworn I saw "Guess Who's Back" in the Trending or New Release sections on Netflix just yesterday....Posted by: Dirty Randy at July 18, 2016 02:45 PM (jjaLl)

Thanks for that! (Gets nosebleed in rush to log onto Netflix...)

Posted by: General Zod at July 18, 2016 02:47 PM (Bdeb0)

465 "Cape Fear and True Grit "

The "True Grit" remake was something special. Probably better than the original IMHO. A rarity.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 18, 2016 02:47 PM (9ym/8)

466 The coincidental irony here is that, like Shatner and Kirk, Cumberbatch may be ONLY really good in one role.

He's good in many roles, as long as the role is hyper-intelligent slightly aspy guy. See the Bletchly Park movie.

He's not that different from Harrison Ford. Some people act and some people play themselves.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 18, 2016 02:47 PM (1xUj/)

467 450: The question is: Does Cumberbatch have the sense to embrace it and profit or is his ego too big?

Posted by: Jackal at July 18, 2016 02:48 PM (Lyh9/)

468 I got it! A "Lethal Weapon" TV series!

Posted by: The Huys Who Brought You Fantastic Four & Female Ghostbusters at July 18, 2016 02:48 PM (7HtZB)

469 Oh, God! Thor had that cool chrome helmet! ...For ten seconds, then he takes it off and leaves it on the floor.

And then Cap has to take his mask off every time he wants to talk to somebody. And he goes through the entire last half of Avengers 2 without it.
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Yep, they should have taken their shirts off and left the mask/helmets on! Definitely no shirts, works for me... What????

Posted by: lindafell- TEXIT!! at July 18, 2016 02:48 PM (xVgrA)

470 Wasn't even a serious movie -more like one giant troll-a-thon from inception, to promotion, to release. The problem is convincing people to shell out their $ in order to get trolled by leftists. As we've observed - flyover USA is far too nuanced to fall for that ham handed fakery

Posted by: rex mundi at July 18, 2016 02:48 PM (XXQx1)

471 The problem with a Ghostbusters reboot is the franchise is 33 years old. And there during that interval there was little to keep it in the public consciousness other than a mediocre sequel in 1989.

Posted by: Ernie McCracken at July 18, 2016 02:48 PM (eoo1z)

472 I may have seen the pron parody of Ghost busters yesterday.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 18, 2016 02:49 PM (6Ll1u)

473 Jane, that is awful and I am amazed you didn't burn the house down, as is only right and proper.

Almost got started on that this weekend. Is it good? Kind of seemed like an X-Files type deal.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 18, 2016 02:16 PM (2PHKP)

So far it's quite good. It's a smash up of mid 80's Spielberg, John Carpenter and early X-Files and I mean that as a compliment.

Posted by: alexthechick -Darth Sugartits at July 18, 2016 02:49 PM (mf5HN)

474 Nood. Turkish Coup. Which sounds dirty.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 18, 2016 02:51 PM (3ZoRf)

475 I got it! A "Lethal Weapon" TV series!

Mad Max cruising the outback.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 18, 2016 02:51 PM (m/IZ9)

476 >>I got it! A "Lethal Weapon" TV series!

Would you believe a "Handmaiden's Tale" series. And a "Westworld" mini-series?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 18, 2016 02:52 PM (NOIQH)

477 466: Explains why he failed as Khan. Khan was none of these things.

Posted by: Jackal at July 18, 2016 02:52 PM (Lyh9/)

478 I may have seen the pron parody of Ghost busters yesterday.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby

Nutbusters?

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 18, 2016 02:53 PM (m/IZ9)

479 469 Oh, God! Thor had that cool chrome helmet! ...For ten seconds, then he takes it off and leaves it on the floor.

And then Cap has to take his mask off every time he wants to talk to somebody. And he goes through the entire last half of Avengers 2 without it.
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Yep, they should have taken their shirts off and left the mask/helmets on! Definitely no shirts, works for me... What????

Posted by: lindafell- TEXIT!! at July 18, 2016 02:48 PM (xVgrA)

But... no Capes!

Posted by: Edna at July 18, 2016 02:53 PM (qf6WZ)

480
I REALLYYY liked the remakes...

Snow White and The Seven Sailers
Lust of the Mohicans
Lawrence of a Labia
Missionary Impossible

Posted by: fixerupper at July 18, 2016 02:53 PM (8XRCm)

481 Almost ALL of that is from Sherlock. He does a very good Sherlock Holmes character (although I dislike that they did not go a more Jeremy Brett interpretation of the character than the asshole Basil Rathbone on steroids, but you cannot have everything.)

The coincidental irony here is that, like Shatner and Kirk, Cumberbatch may be ONLY really good in one role.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 18, 2016 02:44 PM (3ZoRf)

I like Cumberbatch as Sherlock, but then I end up liking almost every variation on that archetype, from Encyclopedia Brown to House to Monk. I really enjoy watching Martin Freeman in it. The creators have found a way to make Watson more than just a chronicler, which a lot of adaptations can't seem to do very well.

Posted by: El Skippito Friskito at July 18, 2016 02:53 PM (kZVsz)

482 Why not a feelgood remake of Porky's except with adolescent, virgin, muslim refugees looking to pop their cherries?

Posted by: Fritz at July 18, 2016 02:54 PM (oia+s)

483 I don't want a sarcastic postmodern ironic "parody" of Johnny Quest made by hipsters -- I want it straight-up sincere!

Posted by: zombie at July 18, 2016 01:52 PM

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I agree, Zombie. I mean, they only did one season of Jonny [no H] Quest, so there have to be lots more stories to be told. Hadji's back-story, for example. Or, what happened to Jonny's mother, and who was she?

I bet the Horde could do it proud.

Posted by: Lurkette at July 18, 2016 02:54 PM (PLmfk)

484 Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel could not be reached for comment.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 18, 2016 02:56 PM (VdICR)

485 Cumberbatch does not have glorious pecs made of rich Corinthian leather.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 18, 2016 02:59 PM (VdICR)

486 Bug-a-salt gun works on arachnids. Never shower without one.
Aim well. Wounded ones charge.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at July 18, 2016 02:59 PM (FtrY1)

487 Not fair! I want my Johnny Quest reboot, and I want it NOW!
Posted by: zombie at July 18, 2016 01:47 PM (jBuUi)

No you don't because Race and the Dr. will be married in a reboot.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at July 18, 2016 03:10 PM (Ee2nz)

488 469 Oh, God! Thor had that cool chrome helmet!
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Helmet polisher.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 18, 2016 03:16 PM (4AVeu)

489
drudge has a red headline that says our dictator wanna be made a secret deal that gets Iran nukes in half the time. No shocker really.

He wants his muzzie buddies protected as much as possible before he is out.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 18, 2016 03:21 PM (ODxAs)

490 Come on female Jane Bond! Can't wait!

Brad Thor's "The Athena Project" will be the closest you'll get. It's on the way.

Posted by: RushBabe at July 18, 2016 03:30 PM (OJKE+)

491 23
Why are 2 of the Ghostbusters fat asses?
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Representative of the American public nowadays.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 18, 2016 03:31 PM (txdEq)

492 Deadpool made 3x as much it's opening weekend. How was that not a "live-action comedy"?

Posted by: Scott M at July 18, 2016 03:32 PM (AdBfq)

493 I remember when the original came out, Roger Ebert loved it -- he pointed out the "sly" humor. And it is. Example, when the 3 GBers go on their first call, to the hotel, and are in the elevator:

Ray: We still haven't had a full field test of this equipment.
Egon: I blame myself.
Peter: So do I.

"Sly" humor is apparently beyond the grasp of screenwriters nowadays.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 18, 2016 03:37 PM (txdEq)

494 The problem I suspect the movie has from reading reviews (I'm not one for sitting in a theater for 2 hours, much less paying to do so) is as follows.
They tried a "redo" more than a "remake".

If me and 3 of my buddies tried to remake Ghostbusters just as we rememberd it, changing only a few things (a villain change, and that's about it?), even if we had CGI and a huge budget and all that. We'd fail.
Hey, we can be funny guys; but unless my nameless friends have the names "Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd" it'd be somewhere between mediocre and a disaster.
We're not Murray and Aykroyd, and that's really why the first movie worked.
It was campy B-movie fluff with just enough structure to let them save the movie from being mediocre... And admittedly not much else.
You need a new vehicle to carry your new project... or you end up with a mismatch that people see, notice, and inevitably hate.

4 new comedian guys trying the same thing would fail the same way...
It wouldn't look/feel quite right, and it'd bomb.

If you're going to make a new movie... Make. A. New. Movie.
I'm not sure why it's sexist and misogynistic to claim a tautology is factual (if not really moving anything along in a rational argument).
But here we are.

If you want to claim geek-boys hate women and strong women leads and that's why it failed? Explain Alien.
Geeks hated Alien because Sigourney Weaver played a strong female lead role and it didn't work because sexism... right?
Oh, not right?
I guess men were more accepting of women in strong roles back then?

It can't be because that was genuinely a good movie regardless who or what gender had the lead... that wouldn't fit the narrative.
The stupid pointless and endlessly whining narrative must be served.

Posted by: gekkobear at July 18, 2016 03:39 PM (0p8Lv)

495 92 . . . Can't wait till they start shoehorning men into female roles, because equality, yo.
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Xeno the Warrior Prince!

Brian the Vampire Slayer!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 18, 2016 03:40 PM (txdEq)

496 116 . . .
Johnny Quest does NOT get enough credit in the modern world. Growing
up, my FAVORITE TV-watching ritual was Johnny Quest reruns. Now it
seems to have just totally dropped off the cultural radar entirely,
while Stupid Shit is venerated and rebooted endlessly.

Not fair! I want my Johnny Quest reboot, and I want it NOW!
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One of the best animated title sequences in TV history, for sure.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 18, 2016 03:43 PM (txdEq)

497 A social justice warrior desperately trying to keep the movie afloat...

7 reasons why 'Ghostbusters' is the movie America needs right now (commentary)

http://tinyurl.com/zgc366m

Posted by: LOL! at July 18, 2016 04:04 PM (Mrl1e)

498 This isn't a tentpole, it's a tenthole. (Gendered innuendo intended.)

I'll admit it. I LOL'd as well.

There are some movies that were done so well the first time, that there really isn't much point to remake them in the first place. This version of Ghostbusters was a money grab from the studio, pure and simple.

If a few elements were tweaked, they could have made a new product without the baggage of having soiled a well loved property. But SJWs will be SJWs, and franchise udders will be milked for all that they are worth.

(see what I did there?) ;-)

Posted by: itzWicks at July 18, 2016 04:41 PM (Ql1ja)

499 "Paul Feig"? The name doesn't sound female. Is she a transgender? Or at least gay? Or is this yet another movie directed by the Hollywood patriarchy?

Posted by: Fight the Hollywood patriarchy! Boycott Ghostbusters! at July 18, 2016 04:51 PM (5xDis)

500 Speaking of entertainment, anyone have google fiber yet? If so, how is it?

I have AT&T Gigapower and it's great, 1gb of download speed and it half of what I paid for time Warner.

Suicide Squad explains why and how villians keep coming back to fight the good guys, it never made sense that they all escape.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at July 18, 2016 04:53 PM (dKiJG)

501 113: the biggest fuss is that it's a reboot. I.E. the original film that everyone loves so much never happened now. None of those characters exist, etc. If they would have made it a sequel and tied the new cast into the old storyline it would not have been as controversial in the geekosphere.

Franchise company with Bill Murray as the smarmy corp. CEO that the ladies have to bamboozle in between busting ghosts.

Posted by: mark at July 18, 2016 05:38 PM (dQ3dT)

502
Too bad! So sad!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 18, 2016 06:45 PM (q1jj9)

503 Just to be clear:

Remake the Wizard of Oz with an all black cast (The Wiz) = OK.
Remake a Japanese Horror movie with an all white cast (The Ring) = OK.
Remake a Hong Kong action movie with an all white cast (The Departed) = Best Picture Oscar.
Make an all black Dracula movie (Blacula) = OK
Remake the Seven Samurai with white cowboys (The Magnificent Seven) = Classic
Then remake The Magnificent Seven with a racially diverse cast (coming soon!) = ????

Remake Ghostbusters with ladies = Ruined Childhood.

So it's a women thing?

Posted by: Seattle Slough at July 18, 2016 06:55 PM (mCz8+)

504 I'm bit confused by all the conservative butt hurt over this movie. I get the annoyance at another remake, but this is well beyond that level of annoyance. Who gives a shit if they used women in the remake. And all these women are as funny as any men acting in movies or tv today.

Posted by: Blooshier at July 18, 2016 08:25 PM (TXtUa)

505 isnt saying "butt hurt" a homophobic slur?

So sad Ghostbusters bombed, 2nd place to non-Pixar animated movie that's been out for a while

Posted by: Ghetto at July 18, 2016 08:32 PM (VH1Q/)

506 butt hurt is only a homophobic slur if you're wife's not adventurous.
I'll reserve my like or dislike for the new ghostbusters for when I actually see the movie. In the meantime, showings of the original ghostbusters on cable are up because of the reboot. So that 's good.

Posted by: Blooshier at July 18, 2016 08:48 PM (TXtUa)

507 Saw "Pets" this past weekend--very very fun and funny! Ghostbusters' trailer looked lame, as did all the rest of the previews except "Sing" (opens Christmastime I think) and that Kevin Spacey-Christopher Walken thing--because Walken is freakin' awesome.

Posted by: Jane at July 18, 2016 09:14 PM (od0aQ)

508 People pay to go to summer blockbuster movies to be entertained, not to spend two hours enduring an endless stream of SJW bullshit. The way Sony and the cast marketed the movie, and the way the MFM lectured us all about being racist, wife-beating pigs if we didn't rush right out to see it, told anyone not blinded by Y-chromosome hatred what they were going to get.

The box office ain't Tumblr. Maybe next time Sony will make a "comedy" that's actually funny instead of being nothing but a vehicle to preach "Smash the Patriarchy!" rubbish.

Posted by: Gator Country at July 18, 2016 09:17 PM (y2L4l)

509 The whole "misogyny" angle was a deliberate attempt to mitigate a disastrous film rather than an attempt to push an agenda.

They saw just how shitty their movie was and made a calculated decision to manufacture a controversy thereby guaranteeing an emotional response rather than a rational one.

In making this about feminism they made it so society's tribalistic tendencies would convince people to disbelieve their own eyes and embrace the lie that this was good. It's much like when fans of politicians laugh at bad jokes.

Posted by: Dohn_Joe at July 18, 2016 11:13 PM (E/OOZ)

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