Not incredibly thrilled by the trailor

To be fair, at least the first trailer seems to have avoided spoiling any of the good moments. So after enough negative feedback the studios (at least one of them) are capable of modifying their behavior. Who knew? All three surviving original Ghostbusters plus Sigourney Weaver are in this movie yet they didn't show a single brief clip of them. Obviously an intentional choice. No question they're trying to tap into the same audience as Stranger Things, even casting Finn Wolfhard, but I suspect this is also aimed at those of us who watched the original films as kids.

Trying to do quality content that appeals to all ages, and doesn't bore either end of the age spectrum - that's a tough tightrope to walk. Many more attempts misfire than succeed. In real life giving a group of middle to high school age teens functional particle beam weapons to play with would probably result in at least one of them getting accidentally fried. Even if they were uncharacteristically disciplined it's hard to believe they could learn to use all that equipment effectively without help. I expect they'll get overconfident and find themselves in a jam, and that's when grandpa Egon's old buddies will show up to pull their asses out of the fire. And I really, really hope that moment doesn't end up in one of the longer trailers between now and next summer. You want to see it for the first time watching the movie.

Ghostbusters, even Ghostbuster 2, were fun movies.
This looks depressing AF.

And I am a big fan of Stranger Things, I just don't want it in my Ghostbuster movie.

lol true. Something we should all keep in mind when they are doing these reboots and 30 year later sequels they are not making it for the fans of the original. They are making it because franchise films are where the big money is at, so they take an established IP and then try to appeal that IP to the lowest common denominator. At least in this they are just trying to shift it to appeal to kids which actually has a marketable value. GB 2016 seems like it was trying to go out of its way to alienate possibly half of the market, which was particularly stupid since previously the IP was more popular with that half of the market.

Just goes to show, radically changing an established IP and the target market is not a good idea. taking an established IP and targeting it to a younger audience actually might work a lot better. But we will see I guess.

good point, it feels similar to how the new Star Wars trilogy feels like the writers Ghostbusters fantasy and not an organic story. The kids are the author insert how probably loved Ghostbusters as a teenager and now is trying to create that fantasy with a budget of probably $100 million dollars. Well I am not interested in paying 15 to 20 dollars to see some high production of someone else's fantasy.

I get what you are saying and agree they have to shack it up. But I am not crazy about it trying to capture on the 'feel' of another piece of entertainment that is just popular right now (stranger things). Ghostbusters is a little more timeless than that, IMO. I think it might just be a personal feeling on it, but I kind of which they would just leave it alone and let it exist as just the 2 movies.

I'll wait for reviews; if 'drinker recommends' I might go see it.

LMAO...BEARD FAD.

Yeah it did not look like a good trailer. Not quite as bad as the 2016 Ghostbuster's trailer but pretty close.