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the only way GB3 would work - period
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dafryguy45
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Joined: Sep 18, 2002
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 Posted: Sep 18, 2002 6:12 AM
I think it would be cool if the old guys came and passed the torch to the younger guys. I really think the main cast should be some new undiscovered talent. But the is just what i think. also i think the man has some great points....and that is all i'm saying
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SadEmoKid
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Joined: Aug 12, 2002
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Posted: Oct 27, 2002 12:19 PM
bump!
this is one of the better posts on this site, and I think one of the most insightful. If you haven't read, you should...but if you are reading this, then you have read it...so ignore that first part!  hehe
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brian_reilly
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Joined: Jan 18, 2002
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Posted: Oct 27, 2002 6:08 PM
The only way it would work, period is to keep the old Ghostbusters. NO NEW CAST ADDITIONS! He is 100% right about using new actors like Bruce Campbell. Anybody here seen The Majestic? Bruce Campbell is the star of a fake movie-within-a-movie and the first comment heard in theatre in this seen was, "Look! It's Ash!". There is no doubt that GB3 would be successful, but let's not be too hard on Jurassic Park3. We should hope it would be that high-quality. Look at the pattern here: Jurrasic Park Rocks, The Lost World was, ummmm, semi-decent, and Jurassic Park 3 was better than the Lost World but by then the whole concept was stale. Same thing with the GBs. Great film, Mediocre/Inferior sequel (admit it), and if it's made, GB3 will fix the mistakes from GB2, but it will never be the original. We all KNOW that Bruce Campbell would make a GREAT Ghostbuster! But he is Ash, dammit, and HE WILL ALWAYS BE ASH! Look at any actor you love. You don't love him/her, you love the CHARACTER! And that's why a new cast won't work, because they will be relying on the traits of a fictional character when casting an actor. In ANY Matthew Perry movie you've seen, Matthew Perry is Chandler, no matter what the character name. Same character, different situation. And this is what is know as being TYPECAST.
Now that that unpleasantness is over, I present you with my GB3 idea:
It is the year 2003(or whatever year the film is released), and the GBs have been incredibly successful over the past 14 years...However, they are getting up there in the years. Think the RGBs in that episode of EGB/XGB. While out on a routine spook check, Spengler is injured, not severely, but enough for him to realise his own mortality. Now this where they could go with the Train a New Team idea, or my idea. Spengler sets to work in the lab with an invention that will prevent any ghosts from being stranded in, or allowed to enter the mortal realm. The device fails miserably (but not without some quips from Venkman), and ghosts are unleashed among us with a Hell on Earth type of thingy. Now it's up to the Ghostbusters to save the world! Just like always...a stale plot, but in the end they are going to be heroes, except now we have a valid reason for their failure and this "they were barred from performing work as paranormal investigators" crap from GB2. We have them being failures again, being despised by the EPA, can you smell the William Atherton cameo, and they go out with a bang by besting the head demon, Satan himself, and thus ridding the world of ghosts. Period. No more sequels. They go into retirement. Ernie Hudson is a major character with some lines, dammit! And no more sequels. We get a real end to the series, not this "we'll bust another ghost overlord every film" crap. The main problem with this is the Saturday morning cartoon sure to follow! :D
Now I don't expect everyone to agree with my ideas for the film, but everyone should agree that I made some valid points, as did most, if not all, of the people involved in this discussion...that is all.
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Subway_Ghost
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Joined: Feb 17, 2002
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Posted: Oct 30, 2002 6:34 PM
I disagree with you. Ghostbusters 3 can be made without the originals being the main stars. But the new group has to be actors people have not seen before. Fresh, new, and good actors who have a slight scientific look to them would be perfect! There are a number of ways that they could be introduced. For instance, one could be a very good customer at Rays bookstore. He would always be into the paranormal and discuss it with him.
Then, about the story, what if it turns out that little baby Oscar has a demon within him. This demon was put into Dana by Gozer, years ago. When Oscar was born the demon left her with him. The demon would escape three times, casuing much disturbance in the city.
Then after the third time a gateway is opened and Gozer returns. Gozer`s original form was not destroyed, it was only sucked back through the gate. Gozer is back and the new team of actors/ghostbusters must stop the end of the world.
That is just my idea, hope you like it !
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diehard485
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Joined: Oct 27, 2002
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Posted: Oct 30, 2002 7:18 PM
If you ask me, ghotbusters 3 would rock hard if they had a great concept. The original had an awesome concept, and great comedic actors, but if will smith comes within a hundred yards of this film, may he be struck by lightening that is 4 miles wide! We all know we need a number 3, and if there is one, Sam Raimi wouldn't be a bad idea to bring on as a director. He's got an edge for good comedy, and has used great camera techniques in evil dead 1 and 2, if he could incorporate that into GB3, it would be better than if it was made without him.
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SadEmoKid
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Joined: Aug 12, 2002
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Posted: Dec 16, 2002 2:43 PM
This needs to see the light of day for a a week or so. Sorry if you are bothered by it's return. But for the benefit of the newcomers...indulge yourself in some insightful writing...
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RentonGb
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Joined: Dec 31, 2001
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Posted: Dec 16, 2002 7:47 PM
This is one of the better posts on this board on this site. Great Disscussion, good arguments, there should e more post like this in the future.
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Ghostbusters213
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Joined: Dec 12, 2002
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Posted: Jan 06, 2003 7:45 PM
My "i wish it could be true" Ghostbusters 3 movie cast:
Dr. Ray Stantz - Dan Aykoryd
Dr. Egon Spengler - Harold Ramis
Dr. Peter Venkman - Bill Murray
Winston Zeddemore - Ernie Hudson
Danna Barrett - Sigourney Weaver
Janine Melnitz - Annie Potts
Lewis Tully - Rick Moranis
Slimer - Slimer
Ghost Enemy - whoever
This cast will do the success.... GB3 the movie... year 200????
I bleed myself waiting for this movie.
Hey... visit my GB metal covers song page at: http://www.ghostbusters213.tk
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Gmoney
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Joined: Dec 30, 2002
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Posted: Jan 06, 2003 9:40 PM
Another crappy installment?!?! If you are implying that GB 2 was crappy then I am speechless, cause GB 2 was a perfect example to how a sequel should be. GB 2 was just awesome. And you dont want a GB 3?????!?!? What are you trying to do, are you trying to ruin it for all the other millions of Ghostheads that have dreams about GB 3 everynight. What if Sony came on here and saw your post and thought that nobody wants a GB 3. Then it would be people like you that made all the other Ghostheads biggest dream to become a dream forever. Wow, thats some insane stuff. A Ghosthead that doesnt want a GB3?! Im just speechless and dont try and prove to me why there shouldnt be a 3rd movie. Because there should be a 3rd because we deserve it. And the series deserves it. And thats the last word.
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SadEmoKid
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Joined: Aug 12, 2002
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Posted: Jan 07, 2003 12:32 PM
No offense GMoney...but did you read this whole post???
GB2 killed Ghostbusters. It was not a great movie. It was cool to see the guys back, but it could have been done a lot better. As for people NOT wanting a GB3...they may in fact be doing you a service. Making a new movie for the sake of keeping them alive would push them further into their graves than they already are. A movie can't be done without the original cast. Ans even if they all came back, the comedic stylings of today are far different than in years past. No one wants to see our boys stoop that low. GB is not about money, it's about a timeless comedic cast and a wonderful and original idea. To quote Bilbo Baggins..."I feel like butter pread across too much bread." That's what you get with too many sequels, and not enough ideas.
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evil_toaster
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Joined: Oct 05, 2002
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Posted: Jan 09, 2003 11:39 AM
Let's face it - there's almost 100% chance that the film will not go ahead if there are no new stars.
So I think the big question regarding GB3 now is: Would we rather see...
1) A movie with Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, and Ivan Reitman; made in perfect tradition of the past two films, with a great script and plot; and just being generally what we want it to be - but having it fall flat financially and become unliked with many of the younger members of our society? If this is what happens, those who are not "ghostheads" may be turned off by the new film and thus with the entire franchise, which then causes our GB community to grow smaller. So in this case, the end result would be a great GB film which satisfies us, but does little to promote GB-awareness amongst non-ghostheads.
Do we want this, or...
2) A movie with mostly new, popular actors, with small cameos by the original cast; somewhat in the style of EGB; generally a film which fails to follow in GB tradition. This doesn't really sound that great to us, but it has more box-office potential than the above idea, and this could result in new GB fans. Now, chances are, if these new fans enjoy GB3, they'll definetly take a look at its predecessors, grow to love the first two movies, and become "ghostheads". This in turn helps the GB community to grow.
So what would you rather have?
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Eltar
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Joined: Jan 21, 2003
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Posted: Jan 21, 2003 7:24 AM
I'm a very new member of this site, but I must admit that I agree with a lot of what has already been said in this post.
It would be difficult for GB3 to work without the original cast, but it would not neccessarily be impossible. If the story had a plausible reason for the changeover.
I agree with diehard485 in saying that Sam Raimi would be a very good choice for director, should the choice be necessary.
I also believe that GB3 is dead (for now), but - as the films show - the dead sometimes get up and walk around
I, for one, am going to keep on hoping.
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Randy
Banned
Joined: Jan 13, 2003
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Posted: Jan 21, 2003 6:18 PM
Umm, no and no again. GB 2 was a great movie and it shows just how a sequel should be. GB 2 was just absolutly awesome.
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leprechaun_4
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Joined: Mar 12, 2002
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Posted: Jan 21, 2003 10:47 PM
I think that a new GB movie with new GBs would work if we got the right actors. Yes, it would be great to see the originals back again, but they are too old to be doing another physical movie. Have any of you seen Bill Murray latley!? He looks really old. We need to get some actors that can handle the proper comedy aspects. No stupid sex or fart jokes that accompany most comedys these days. I personally think that Liev Shriber(spelling?) would be great as "the straight man", Jimmy Fallon as "the funny one", Jeffrey Combs as "the smart one", and i'd like to see a female GB. Let's say... Rose McGowan. And the good thing is that none of them really have a "face" so to speak. None of them are really big actors. Sure, Jimmy Fallon is from SNL, but hasn't been in any movies. Jeffrey Combs is known as Herbert West from the Re-Animator series, but only to hardcore horror fans. The other two have some work under their belts, but neither of them are instantly recognizable to the masses.
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Woym
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Joined: Aug 04, 2001
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Posted: Jan 25, 2003 1:07 PM
Ya. I agree with many of you guys when you talk about casting and so forth. I definitly agree with brian_reilly when he talks about TYPECAST. This is even more apparent with the career of Adam Sandler. Look at many of his recent movies: they all involve him being a guy with anger issues.
I almost completely agree with Bizdog. I also agree that long posts are cool. Anyway, I think that a new GB cast of younger guys would be the best idea... but the old GBs must definitly pass the torch.
The whole prob with the new GB cast idea is that you need to find a REALLY good way for the torch to go from the old hand to the new. There has to be an awsome story and reason for it to happen. Of course we don't wanna see a Batman Beyond type story where kids simply break-in or find the GB HQ... we want a legit reason. Also we don't want any kind of "Dr. Stantz's newphew is the lead GB" type. Avoid relatives and stumble-upon-HQ types. Thanks.
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