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SBBeauregarde — How To Save : Ghostbusters (2016)

Published: 2017-07-28 23:26:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 6075; Favourites: 39; Downloads: 20
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Description This is a new series that I'm trying out. It's basically my way of trying to turn a train wreck of a movie into something decent or great. The first edition of this series will be dealing with Ghostbusters (2016). To start off this movie was doomed from the beginning. The cast and the way they marketed the movie was horrendous. So I'll be dividing up the movie into steps.


1. Change the cast : Now, it is possible to do an all female cast of Ghostbusters but the people you need to pick the right cast. Kristen Wiig and Kate McKinnon were bland and completely forgettable. Melissa McCarthy is not funny at all and her purpose was really just a hey I'm the fat character so lets make jokes about my weight. However the worst was Leslie Jones. This woman needs to stay away from the movie industry forever. Her role is the stereotypical black woman who has to act from the hood. She's god awful and the main reason I didn't see this movie in cinema. (Eventually I watched in on the internet). Changing the four females leads is a must. I'd put Emma Watson, Emma Stone, Anna Kendrick and Jennifer Lawrence instead. All four have proven their comedic value and could represent each of the characters well.


2. Get rid of the feminism AKA Ihatemenisim : This was how the movie was marketed as a big feminist jerk off. Every male character in the movie is portrayed as an asshole or an idiot. Stop, get some help. You brand this as a Ghostbusters movie, not a feminist movie. You can't expect someone to go to an event where they will just be shamed and berated.


3. Use what you already have to form your plot : There are two good movies, great comics and good TV shows. Use them and take bits and pieces from them to create your own plot. You can have some throwbacks to the older movies which gives the fans nostalgia and allows them to enjoy the movie a lot more. Use your imagination and go wild, as long as it makes sense.


4. Change the ending : The ending seriously needed to change. Shooting the male villain in the dick to defeat him. Refer to step two on why this is stupid. You can have the male villain as a asshole as long as he's the only asshole in the movie. Just shoot him in the head, a torso, anywhere but the fucking dick. if he gains powers and turns into the stay puff marshmallow man then simply recreate the scene from the first movie, simple.


5. Edit parts of the comedy : There's very little good comedy in this movie. Just study the first movie and how they used it's comedy to perfection. Use that as inspiration for comedy. Show the cast the script and allow them to put comedic lines in. They know comedy and can make it work.


Anyways that's how I'd try to save Ghostbusters (2016) and turn the movie into a good or decent movie. Leave your thoughts on my piece and feel free to possibly suggest another edition of this new series.
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Comments: 46

GrandMasterVenom [2019-11-07 22:22:43 +0000 UTC]

I agree with a decent amount of what you said. But don't diss the McKinnon. She was the best part of that whole damn movie

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SBBeauregarde In reply to GrandMasterVenom [2019-11-07 23:35:28 +0000 UTC]

Chris Hemsworth disagrees with this statement.

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GrandMasterVenom In reply to SBBeauregarde [2020-01-14 21:35:57 +0000 UTC]

Each to their own. I won't disagree that he was brilliant. In the end I'll accept that everyone has varying opinions

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blueberryfanworld [2017-07-29 17:36:22 +0000 UTC]

im not sure why they chose the ending like that and yes they could of used your cast that you suggested or different actresses. i think suicide squad was a much better movie than this even tho you have already reviewed over suicide squad . if they end up making another Ghostbusters movie i expect better from them it was a slap in the face to the original series of Ghostbusters how revulting.

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SBBeauregarde In reply to blueberryfanworld [2017-07-29 17:44:51 +0000 UTC]

I could try do one of Suicide Squad if you wanted.

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blueberryfanworld In reply to SBBeauregarde [2017-07-29 18:12:31 +0000 UTC]

yeah that'd be fine by me go right ahead

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SBBeauregarde In reply to blueberryfanworld [2017-07-29 18:18:37 +0000 UTC]

alright

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finalmaster24 [2017-07-29 15:48:39 +0000 UTC]

The only thing worse than Ghostbusters 2016 is Kamen Rider Ghost, which was full of empty morals ("Being alive is awesome" and messages about friendship so blank even Power Rangers would be too embarrassed to say), rushed yet slow pacing ("I have 99 days, plus extra lives, to come back to life, so I have to be quick and do pointless fillers to do so"), characters who are boring (The only good character is Alain), and sadly, it mocks its franchise, Kamen Rider, which is a classic Japanese TV franchise (While Ghostbusters 2016 looks like a parody, it's affectionate because everyone who was part of the original movies work on it, while Ghost starts off strong then devolves to an unintentional parody of itself).

And two people, RyugaSSJ3 and kohsayo, actually think of this as well.

Proof?
comments.deviantart.com/4/1646…
comments.deviantart.com/1/6920…

P.S. At least 2016 GB's moral that girls can be strong women, which while broken thanks to feminism, is at least filled, while Ghost sends the same message about friendship and stuff like that without context.

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SBBeauregarde In reply to finalmaster24 [2017-07-29 15:53:55 +0000 UTC]

Ok

Don't bring your beef with others into the comments. This is a conversation about how to fix a movie, not some anime.

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finalmaster24 In reply to SBBeauregarde [2017-07-29 15:55:12 +0000 UTC]

Kamen Rider is a live action TV series.

BTW, it's just my opinion. So sorry if I get into trouble.

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SBBeauregarde In reply to finalmaster24 [2017-07-29 16:07:46 +0000 UTC]

ok

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Esbe77 [2017-07-29 13:58:10 +0000 UTC]

I had anoter way to save Ghostbusters: scrap GB 2016 and do it all over again using the FIRST film as a template. When studios have a flop on their hands, the first thing they usually do is go back to square one. Warner did when Superman Returns flopped, and again to re-reboot the King Kong franchise, and so on and so forth.

Only a dim-witted studio would go with the exact same material and not change much because of "financial investments" (which is what Sony now claims). This is beyond forced desperation moves, people.

Square ONE.

Ghostbusters 1 was great. Let's use this as a template and build on this for Ghostbusters 3.

Unless Sony truly wants to crush the franchise forever.

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SBBeauregarde In reply to Esbe77 [2017-07-29 14:20:55 +0000 UTC]

They could use the first film as a template, i could see that working.

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ThoesGere [2017-07-29 08:40:34 +0000 UTC]

If only they'd used your tip #3 when writing the script for star wars episode 7 - the expanded universe stuff is waaaaaay better than the movie's storyline.

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SBBeauregarde In reply to ThoesGere [2017-07-29 11:45:27 +0000 UTC]

Still at least that movie was excellent

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ThoesGere In reply to SBBeauregarde [2017-07-29 11:48:55 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah, that han solo plot twist - WHOA

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SBBeauregarde In reply to ThoesGere [2017-07-29 12:22:27 +0000 UTC]

yeah it was good...

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buttlover7 [2017-07-29 05:46:56 +0000 UTC]

I agree with most of this. However, I have to disagree on one thing: Kate McKinnon and Melissa McCarthy are hilarious. They portray the best characters on SNL. If you want to see a very very funny Melissa McCarthy movie, watch Spy.

Great concept, by the way!

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SBBeauregarde In reply to buttlover7 [2017-07-29 11:44:39 +0000 UTC]

I don't find her funny at all from all the stuff I see. Kate might be funny but she's bland in this movie.

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buttlover7 In reply to SBBeauregarde [2017-07-29 20:21:23 +0000 UTC]

Fair enough.

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SBBeauregarde In reply to buttlover7 [2017-07-29 20:24:41 +0000 UTC]

That's just my opinion .

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BigGirlsLove [2017-07-29 04:10:14 +0000 UTC]

Well they are apparently working on a comic series that will team the old team with the new team as for the film basically Sony which is run by Amy pascal you know the one who created the sad feigi meme about venom being in the mcu basically wanted Paul feige to make the movie the way it was of coarse with a feminist agenda and they practically begged him to direct it for reasons we will never know and they practically exiled Ivan reightman who along with Dan akroyd and the departed herald ramis created Ghostbusters but they kept Dan around cause you have to have someone stand up for your film who was connected to the original to cover your ass cause bill Murray sure as hell wasn't going to do it but frankly there's no saving future movies cause these characters don't have enough development and it's going to be fairly obvious if they did a recasting which frankly would be for the better keep Kate McKinnon and maybe one other female actor or get Kevin Hart and Chris Pratt  I don't know that's what I've pitched for years.

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SBBeauregarde In reply to BigGirlsLove [2017-07-29 11:45:06 +0000 UTC]

Ok

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bluelove123456 [2017-07-29 01:08:07 +0000 UTC]

It was wasted potential. Some things are really funny, but it all got weighed down by studio interference. Nice ideas though.

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SBBeauregarde In reply to bluelove123456 [2017-07-29 01:10:13 +0000 UTC]

Yeah that's true. I think some things are funny but possibly with my ideas it could have been more enjoyable.

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bluelove123456 In reply to SBBeauregarde [2017-07-29 01:50:33 +0000 UTC]

Yeah

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Pikaart345 [2017-07-29 00:21:18 +0000 UTC]

Here's how you can fix that movie:
Don't even remake such a beloved classic from the 80's. I swear if someone remakes Back to the future, they'll probably die in an alleyway

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Jinglevellrock In reply to Pikaart345 [2017-07-29 00:30:45 +0000 UTC]

Well that's Interesting for sure. All your points actually make a lot of sense, and it's awesome! Cool series, would love to see more

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SBBeauregarde In reply to Pikaart345 [2017-07-29 00:29:30 +0000 UTC]

They probably will.  You could say that but people will always be asking for them.

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scotishjoker1 [2017-07-28 23:57:27 +0000 UTC]

Nice is this a new thing your doing

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SBBeauregarde In reply to scotishjoker1 [2017-07-28 23:58:35 +0000 UTC]

If people like it then yes....

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scotishjoker1 In reply to SBBeauregarde [2017-07-29 00:09:38 +0000 UTC]

I hope they d its awesome

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SBBeauregarde In reply to scotishjoker1 [2017-07-29 00:28:42 +0000 UTC]

ok

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Frankenbeanz254 [2017-07-28 23:43:02 +0000 UTC]

YOU CAN'T SAVE IT

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SBBeauregarde In reply to Frankenbeanz254 [2017-07-28 23:48:12 +0000 UTC]

It's possible I think with my proposed changes.

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Frankenbeanz254 In reply to SBBeauregarde [2017-07-29 00:20:46 +0000 UTC]

it's still a huge Possible even with the stories.

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SBBeauregarde In reply to Frankenbeanz254 [2017-07-29 00:28:50 +0000 UTC]

true

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DarthBooty1995 [2017-07-28 23:40:43 +0000 UTC]

I didn't mind the movie, but it still could of been better. The ending did need to change though, it was a bit weird and bland

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SBBeauregarde In reply to DarthBooty1995 [2017-07-28 23:48:31 +0000 UTC]

Yeah true. I just hated the movie personally.

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DarthBooty1995 In reply to SBBeauregarde [2017-07-28 23:49:42 +0000 UTC]

I can understand why. The original Ghostbusters was the best one, the I'd say the second, then the reboot

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SBBeauregarde In reply to DarthBooty1995 [2017-07-28 23:58:53 +0000 UTC]

Mhm, no doubt.

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DarthBooty1995 In reply to SBBeauregarde [2017-07-29 01:00:57 +0000 UTC]

Ok

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Megatron1997 [2017-07-28 23:29:30 +0000 UTC]

did they really beat the villian by shooting in the schlong? if so that is painful.

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SBBeauregarde In reply to Megatron1997 [2017-07-28 23:33:23 +0000 UTC]

Yep,

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Megatron1997 In reply to SBBeauregarde [2017-07-28 23:37:14 +0000 UTC]

only one thing to say: yikes!

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SBBeauregarde In reply to Megatron1997 [2017-07-28 23:39:40 +0000 UTC]

mhm

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