okay, full disclosure; the failbusters was for me what gamergate was for most of you; a massive redpill moment that sort of avalanched over the next six months to a year.
Lemme try to summarize the timeline (i'll try to put the month/year when I remember it):
2009 the ghostbuster's video game comes out. it's basically the script for ghostbusters 3, and it has most of the original cast involved. it has a plot that's a bit sequelly, but it feels like a ghostbusters story (basically, it's a third person shooter with some ghostbusters gimmicks and the hud built into the back of the proton pack, actually a really clever concept the more I think about it). Dan Akroyd/Harold Ramis talks about how they wanted to make a new movie, but this was basically the third film, so they're happy. on a personal note, this makes me excited for the possibility of a third film, but things die down, and we don't hear anything for almost a decade.
the Exec in charge of Sony at the time, I forget her name, but she goes to feig to make an all female remake.
Paul turns her down twice, but she persists, and basically he says he'll only do it if he has complete control of the project, which ivan reitman basically has full veto power over. She gets reitman to give up control, and feig makes his version of the film.
a couple of teaser pics come out in Nov/Dec. of 2015, and there's some hints of what's to come, but it goes over the heads of me and (I assume) a lot of other people who were hoping for an actual ghostbusters 3.
the first trailer hits in Jan/Feb of 2016, and it's utterly raped online, going on to be one of the most downvoted videos on youtube of all time. (I personally was livid). There's no real clarity over whether it's a remake or a reboot, they (indirectly) call winson zeddemore a scientist, even though he's the everyman, and there's a cover of the original theme by a group that hasn't been popular since the late nineties (I think they were a bit niche even then, but this is more or less off the top of my head, so yeah).
spculatively related, but Deadpool drops in Feb 2016 and absolutely crushes it at the box office, in spite of no faith in the project at Fox.
I'm sure gamergate veterans can guess the next part; the new 'ghostbusters' actors and the director basically blame it all on the usual suspects; misogyny, losers in their moma's basement, you know the song and dance, and sony starts deleting any comments on the trailer that don't fit that narrative, these then make it into the trailer of the movie, with the actors playing the "ghostbusters" live reacting in character. The gaslight is on meanwhile, they scramble to get as many actors as they can from the original movie to recut some scenes for cameos as damage control.
the second trailer drops, and sony sprinkles it across multiple youtube channels that they own to try to dilute the downvoting and make it look like the film isn't as hated as it actually is, "correcting" the "four scientists" to "four friends," still implying winston was a member of the original crew, but not that he was a scientist. Again, no clarity over whether this is a reboot or a remake. (by this time, I'm praying for the film to bomb). Sony is using every trick they can to get people to go watch this trainwreck, free tickets, ecto cooler, whatever gets butts in seats.
James Rolfe, aka the Angry Video Game Nerd, puts out a video explaining why he wont be going to see or reviewing the film, titled "no review, I refuse." He's honestly a hell of a lot more fair about it than I would have been, but he catches the damage control hate maelstrom all the same. He ignores it and continues to make his own projects, gaining at least one more fan in the process (me).
The film drops in june/july 2016 and barely makes its money back domestically. I don't remember what the overseas returns were, but apparently they weren't the fantastic numbers they were hoping for, because it basically kills any hope of reviving the franchise for a few years.
Somewhere in the middle of all this, Sony has a huge cybersecurity breach, taken credit for by people claming to be N Koreans, angry over the portrayal of Kim Jung Un in The interview, and a lot of the backstory comes to light.
Apparently Trump called out the film at some point. I honestly don't remember as I was barely paying attention to politics at the time (bernie bro back then, let the hate fly, lol), but that's what Feig's trying to blame it on.
some of that might have been out of order, but yeah.
Feig didn't even want to make the damn film, now he's trying to blame it on trump. No Paul, you ate a bran muffin, washed it down with a prune smoothie, then you dropped your drawers and took a massive diarhea cascade on top of a beloved franchise. That backfired, and now you're trying to revive your career by jumping on the trump hate bandwagon. Sit your ass down.
...you're shitting me...🤣
okay, full disclosure; the failbusters was for me what gamergate was for most of you; a massive redpill moment that sort of avalanched over the next six months to a year.
Lemme try to summarize the timeline (i'll try to put the month/year when I remember it):
2009 the ghostbuster's video game comes out. it's basically the script for ghostbusters 3, and it has most of the original cast involved. it has a plot that's a bit sequelly, but it feels like a ghostbusters story (basically, it's a third person shooter with some ghostbusters gimmicks and the hud built into the back of the proton pack, actually a really clever concept the more I think about it). Dan Akroyd/Harold Ramis talks about how they wanted to make a new movie, but this was basically the third film, so they're happy. on a personal note, this makes me excited for the possibility of a third film, but things die down, and we don't hear anything for almost a decade.
the Exec in charge of Sony at the time, I forget her name, but she goes to feig to make an all female remake.
Paul turns her down twice, but she persists, and basically he says he'll only do it if he has complete control of the project, which ivan reitman basically has full veto power over. She gets reitman to give up control, and feig makes his version of the film.
a couple of teaser pics come out in Nov/Dec. of 2015, and there's some hints of what's to come, but it goes over the heads of me and (I assume) a lot of other people who were hoping for an actual ghostbusters 3.
the first trailer hits in Jan/Feb of 2016, and it's utterly raped online, going on to be one of the most downvoted videos on youtube of all time. (I personally was livid). There's no real clarity over whether it's a remake or a reboot, they (indirectly) call winson zeddemore a scientist, even though he's the everyman, and there's a cover of the original theme by a group that hasn't been popular since the late nineties (I think they were a bit niche even then, but this is more or less off the top of my head, so yeah).
spculatively related, but Deadpool drops in Feb 2016 and absolutely crushes it at the box office, in spite of no faith in the project at Fox.
I'm sure gamergate veterans can guess the next part; the new 'ghostbusters' actors and the director basically blame it all on the usual suspects; misogyny, losers in their moma's basement, you know the song and dance, and sony starts deleting any comments on the trailer that don't fit that narrative, these then make it into the trailer of the movie, with the actors playing the "ghostbusters" live reacting in character. The gaslight is on meanwhile, they scramble to get as many actors as they can from the original movie to recut some scenes for cameos as damage control.
the second trailer drops, and sony sprinkles it across multiple youtube channels that they own to try to dilute the downvoting and make it look like the film isn't as hated as it actually is, "correcting" the "four scientists" to "four friends," still implying winston was a member of the original crew, but not that he was a scientist. Again, no clarity over whether this is a reboot or a remake. (by this time, I'm praying for the film to bomb). Sony is using every trick they can to get people to go watch this trainwreck, free tickets, ecto cooler, whatever gets butts in seats.
James Rolfe, aka the Angry Video Game Nerd, puts out a video explaining why he wont be going to see or reviewing the film, titled "no review, I refuse." He's honestly a hell of a lot more fair about it than I would have been, but he catches the damage control hate maelstrom all the same. He ignores it and continues to make his own projects, gaining at least one more fan in the process (me).
The film drops in june/july 2016 and barely makes its money back domestically. I don't remember what the overseas returns were, but apparently they weren't the fantastic numbers they were hoping for, because it basically kills any hope of reviving the franchise for a few years.
Somewhere in the middle of all this, Sony has a huge cybersecurity breach, taken credit for by people claming to be N Koreans, angry over the portrayal of Kim Jung Un in The interview, and a lot of the backstory comes to light.
Apparently Trump called out the film at some point. I honestly don't remember as I was barely paying attention to politics at the time (bernie bro back then, let the hate fly, lol), but that's what Feig's trying to blame it on.
some of that might have been out of order, but yeah.
Feig didn't even want to make the damn film, now he's trying to blame it on trump. No Paul, you ate a bran muffin, washed it down with a prune smoothie, then you dropped your drawers and took a massive diarhea cascade on top of a beloved franchise. That backfired, and now you're trying to revive your career by jumping on the trump hate bandwagon. Sit your ass down.
Amy Pascal
thank you, lol