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AIBU to be quite excited by this?

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FuckOffFerret · 09/10/2014 08:41

Ghostbusters 3 will star an all female cast.

I'm normally anti remake and throwing out a sequel 20 years after the fact...but I'm just impressed Hollywood is willing to risk alienating a massive fan base by starring women...and willing to star women in an action comedy which is an almost exclusively male genre.

Most of the comments I have seen have been negative because, "women don't like Ghostbusters so won't go the seen the film anyway so what is the point?" Hmm and, "men won't go see women because women aren't funny". Hmm Hmm Angry

www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ghostbusters-reboot-lands-heat-writer-738556

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PetulaGordino · 11/10/2014 20:14

I can think of very few films where you couldn't do a remake or sequel with an almost entirely female cast

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FuckOffFerret · 11/10/2014 20:02
Hmm

If it has nothing to do with the other two movies, and it’s all female, then why are you calling it Ghostbusters?

So it was male then it would still be Ghostbusters, even though it was different men? Explain that one. What bit of their penises made it Ghostbusters and not the 'bustin?

Women really are "Other" aren't they. Make a movie with all men and all fans are happy to watch it. All women and it's suddenly just a chick flick.

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BriarRainbowshimmer · 11/10/2014 19:33

"I love females"
What type of females? Cows? Hens? Lionesses?

WeAreGroot · 11/10/2014 19:26

What a disappointing response to the project from Ernie Hudson.

"I love females. I hope that if they go that way at least they’ll be funny, and if they’re not funny at least hopefully it’ll be sexy.................But all-female I think would be a bad idea. I don’t think the fans want to see that."

Urgh Angry

MrsTaraPlumbing · 10/10/2014 19:13

I dream of a future where scifi, action and comedy films are full of strong & funny women characters....
fingers crossed for this.
Thank god things have come along way since original ghost busters, but not nearly far enough for my liking.

MrsTerryPratchett · 10/10/2014 13:47

Bill Murray as their Admin would be awesome.

PetulaGordino · 10/10/2014 13:20

bill murray could do the admin in the office Wink

PenguinsIsSleepDeprived · 10/10/2014 13:15

I would love Bill Murray to be, not a Charlie type role exactly, but a bit of a mentor to the new generation. Who are obviously far more slick than he ever was. I think that would be fab!

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FuckOffFerret · 10/10/2014 11:52

I am desperatly hoping it makes obscene amounts of money so this will be the first of many films where 50% actors are represented by 50% of the population.

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FuckOffFerret · 10/10/2014 11:50

The writer from The Heat managed to avoid getting Sandra Bulllock in to any "sexy undercover stripper" scenes or that sort of thing. So I have hopes that MrsTP's crystal ball needs a tune up Grin

My crystal ball does see an ironic-catwalk-esque reveal of the boiler suits though. Possibly a montage and some cheezy music.

It also forsees Bill Murray taking on a Charlie in Charlie's Angels type cameo role. Which would not be feminist but might be quite funny.

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Roobix04 · 10/10/2014 11:20

My only problem with an all female cast is that Bill Murray isn't a female. It's not gonna be the same without him.

noddingoff · 10/10/2014 11:13

I think your crystal ball is going to be right.

MrsTerryPratchett · 09/10/2014 23:08

I have consulted my crystal ball... They will be wearing boiler suits. Thus saving men's eyes from Melissa MacCarthy in anything else. However, the other three will be wearing teeny, tiny vest tops under their boiler suits so that they can do this in any 'resting' shots. There may also be a 'getting changed' scene.

I LOVED GBs so I'm really hopeful that this will be awesome.

SevenZarkSeven · 09/10/2014 21:15

I remember the "this man has no dick" thing and sure I've only seen it on the telly maybe they uncut it more recently?

They do hack them around though I was surprised to learn that whole chunks of star wars were cut on the telly in the 80s when it was on every single year without fail at xmas Grin

PenguinsIsSleepDeprived · 09/10/2014 21:09

I think I have only ever seen it on tv. What did I miss?!

YonicScrewdriver · 09/10/2014 20:56

Bill Murray has no agent. He rules.

WeAreGroot · 09/10/2014 20:46

Anniehetyourgun For years the only copy of Ghostbusters I had access to was a video my parents recorded from the TV. I was amazed when I finally saw the uncut version on DVD, they positively butchered it for TV!

SevenZarkSeven · 09/10/2014 20:42

I would see it for sure and I bet my girls would both love it! Although they haven't seen the original yet as it's a bit scary we all dance to the song on just dance and I always get to the the green slime thing and chase them Grin

Hassled · 09/10/2014 20:23

That's a shame.
Apparently Bill Murray runs up to strangers, hugs them and then whispers "no-one will ever believe you" :o. That's the sort of god he is.

spence82 · 09/10/2014 20:00

Hassled from I what I remember reading from when the film was first proposed Dan akyroyd and Harold ramis both said bill Murray wasn't keen and if he was going to be in it he wanted to be killed off in the first scene.

Anniegetyourgun · 09/10/2014 19:56

"It's true, Your Honour. This man has no dick."

One of the great classic one-liners, sadly seldom heard because it was bowdlerised for general release.

Hassled · 09/10/2014 18:33

In theory I'm very pleased but equally - if there is to be a Ghostbusters3, it can't possibly not have Bill Murray in it. God, I love that man.

AngelsSin · 09/10/2014 18:31

I really hope this will be good, I loved ghost busters as a kid (why do men consider themselves such experts on what women as a whole like/don't like?).

I got the marshmallow man and the mitcheline man confused as a kid and as I had to walk past a huge statue of the mitcheline man on my way home from school everyday, I had nightmares about him coming to life and chasing me!

spence82 · 09/10/2014 18:10

I'm a big ghostbusters fan and I've heard Tina fey will be involved as well who I'm a big fan of.

I'm surprised they are making it still after the death of harold ramis though.

nobutreally · 09/10/2014 15:35

Sigourney was in the original as well of course - admittedly playing a reasonably horrific femme fatale character - so a cameo would be rather neat....