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Not a retread...its like, totally different!

posted 9 years ago by psmithyyyyy
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Personally I prefer this one over the first film. botjh are good, but this one made me laugh more and was actually scarier in spots. This is the silliest "complaint" ive ever heard about this movie. its a retread? its completely different! there is something called a formula, and EVERY film series uses it! how many batman movies have him drive a car, stop a villain, get thew girl? all of them! its a formula, but they go about it in a different way each time. they didn't rise the statue of liberty in the first one, jump in a river of slime, have venkman as a father figure to a baby, go to court, etc. it was a totally different story, but it shared that the GB's had tio fight a new villain, trap ghosts, and thats about it! how is that called a retread? i guess then every james bond movie would be considered a remake because they are all the same!

as far as I'm concerned, both 1 and 2 are classics. I only realized gb 2 was not as well liked by the online nerds when I started coming online. its gotta be one of the funniest and yes even scariest action comedies ive seen! its got a good message and is generally a very feel good sorta film. and cmon vigo is such a better villain then gozer. damn scared me as a kid!

[–] TerrorTribble 9 years ago

I think people noticed (mostly as they got older) that GBII hit some of the same beats (Louis/Janosz, Stay Puft/Statue, prison/asylum), but you're right that just because a movie follows a basic formula doesn't mean it's an outright retread.

have venkman as a father figure to a baby

Exactly, I was watching the two movies back to back on VH1 the other day. We actually see in GBII how Peter and Dana's relationship evolved. It's not like they just started over again, you can see that they have a history now.

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[–] Hendry_William_French 9 years ago

Well said, I agree 100%. You'd never get something like' Venkman's World of the Psychic' or Louis Tully being a Ghostbuster in the original. This movie did what every good sequel should do by giving the original characters some cool new stuff to do & say and make the story and set pieces original. Vigo and the slime was a great concept.

The hate this film gets is weird. It will probably be more appreciated once people realize that it was a) the best possible sequel to the original that could've been made under the circumstances and b) The original cast of characters all together and all in their prime and c) once people watch the feminist Ghostbusters.

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[–] TerrorTribble 9 years ago

They should have been able to enjoy GBII without this reboot. If they retroactively decide to support GBII out of spite, then they just shouldn't bother.

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[–] psmithyyyyy 9 years ago

The reboot will bomb, and sony will learn an important lesson, "DONT MESS WITH THE BEST!"

I loved this movie since I was a kid, and honestly I think people go with the hate is because bill murray publically said he wasn't happy with the 2nd film. but hes made so many other REALLY bad movies, how could he say this was? it was an excellent sequel.

[–] TerrorTribble 9 years ago

Well that's a whole other thing. I'm just saying I don't want fans to magically warm up to GBII just cause of that.

But you're right, I think a lot of fans just thought it was cool to be seen agreeing with Venkman.

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[–] bossdog677 9 years ago

Bill Murray was too busy doing "Operation Dumbo Drop" reunions to reprise his ONLY iconic role. I mean the guy doesn't even have a memorable SNL character. Steve Martin has several and he wasn't even an official cast member

[–] psmithyyyyy 9 years ago

everyone knows SNL has sucked for so long, its just time to cancel that dinosaur. I have no clue how its still on.