They were showing Ghostbusters 1 & 2 on TV and it made me wonder if the plan was always the reboot from 2016. I know I heard Bill Murray held up a 3rd movie, but I am honestly surprised nobody said "a female reboot makes no sense" in a board meeting at Sony. I remember they wanted to do sequels but the movie didn't do well enough.
It would have made much more sense to have the remaining crew pass the torch to their kids (a mix of men and women) or something like that. I hope this upcoming movie does well. I remember when it was announced people were screeching on twitter and one guy said "you shouldn't give toxic fans the movie they wanted to begin with". Lesson number 3,543 why you don't listen to Twitter morons.
Also, Ghostbusters 2016 was the first time I started hearing the narrative that if you don't like a movie you are a bad person and seeing critics lose any sense of actual evaluation. Also the first time I saw the now common "the original was never that good" headline which always makes me want to ask "then why are they re-doing it".
Back to my original question was the all female reboot always what was planned?
I found the cartoon to be much better than the movies. The episodic format is suitable. The movie does its job on establishing the cast and premise, but there isn't much time left in a movie slot to tell all their adventures.
I also have a personal dislike for Bill Murray, who I recall making a stink over the voice actor playing his character, causing a voice actor changeup that just wasn't the same. (I thought this was detailed on wikipedia, but now I'm not sure where I read it.)