Comments on: Why The World Needs Ghostbusters 3

By: mk2cav

mk2cav — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:28:37 +0000

Ghostbusters, Weird Science, Back to the future (1) better times.

By: Old_Fool

Old_Fool — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:06:14 +0000

This entire article assumes that somehow Ghostbusters 3 would be like the original and not some special effects driven, tongue in cheek, insult. I've seen what they did to Indiana Jones and Star Wars. Why would I want that for Ghostbusters as well. Instead of supporting Hollywood's sleazy “squeeze the classics for more money” scheme they've been on lately, lets encourage new creative writing.

By: mk2cav

mk2cav — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:28:37 +0000

Ghostbusters, Weird Science, Back to the future (1) better times.

By: Old_Fool

Old_Fool — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:06:14 +0000

By: Jesse

Jesse — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:22:05 +0000

Lamo to the max dude! Batman could kill you in the face.

By: e cigarette

e cigarette — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:43:37 +0000

Awesome… I love ghostbusters.

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:25:27 +0000

i never comment on anything, but this article was beautiful.

By: Zwei

Zwei — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:55:45 +0000

"Star Wars has turned into a religion in which people worship microscopic aliens."

Wasn't the most common lament regarding midichlorians that they turned something originally rooted in spiritual mysticism into concrete biological symbiosis?

And if you really want to talk about the defeat of the supernatural, notice its quiet exit from movies of all kinds: things like vampires and zombies being the product of disease instead of curses or juju, or Indiana Jones grappling with inter-dimensional aliens instead of the Artifacts of the All-Mighty. Yes, science sometimes (and probably too often) comes off as the bad guy, but at least it still forms the basis of these films' cosmology, and that, I think, is a very powerful message.

As for Dr. Langdon wasting his degree, I can't imagine what else one is supposed to do with a Ph.D. in a made-up field as ridiculous as 'Symbology,' so there's probably not a lot to cry about there.

By: Yaniv

Yaniv — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:49:47 +0000

Having a cast of young comedians wont help the cause though. It will turn this franchise into a dumb comedy blockbuster. Original cast or bust!

By: Tony G

Tony G — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:45:55 +0000

“People would rather work at McDonalds than learn physics.” I sadly agree. But people are looking at the cost/benefit ratio. Why go school and eat ramen while hammering your brain out for 8 years and accumulate 100K in student loan debt so you can graduate to a $60K a year job. If you're lucky. Or spend half that time in McDonalds working up to manager level, where you'd make the same amount or more without the hassle or student loan payments. The math just sucks.

By: pogi

pogi — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:43:33 +0000

Dude.. who you gonna call when you have a science problem? MYTHBUSTERS!

By: josh850

josh850 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:34:04 +0000

The 1980s were a time when we didn't have an organized anti-science political party. The Republicans were a pro-Science party as the Democrats were. How times have changed. We don't need the Ghostbusters as much as we need crusty old Creationists and Glenn Beck fans to hurry up and die.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:21:24 +0000

Hey, wait a minute. The 1980s all about science? Nightmare on Elm Street. Willow. Gremlins. Starman. Robocop. Terminator. ET, where the scientists nearly kill a little kid and his best friend. Truly a golden age for science-based entertainment for little sciencelings.

People can like Wall-E, the Dark Knight, AND the Ghostbusters.

But yeah, I say bring on #3.

By: Eduard

Eduard — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:01:01 +0000

In film you may be right but when you look at TV being smart and/or a scientist seems to be cool again. Examples: Bones, Numbers, CSI, Big Bang Theory

By: Eduard

Eduard — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:54:16 +0000

In film you may be right but when you look at TV being smart and/or a scientist seems to be cool again. Examples: Bones, Numbers, CSI, Big Bang Theory

By: Agustian Hermanto

Agustian Hermanto — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:47:58 +0000

Brings back memories… I miss Ghostbusters.

By: oscarmorejon

oscarmorejon — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:45:11 +0000

This article = Win.

Thank you for such a great article.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:36:23 +0000

This almost brought a tear to my eye.

By: xxteemo

xxteemo — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:29:28 +0000

Oh wow, now THAT looks like a LOT of fun!

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