"I think they weren't clear in the marketing initially what kind of movie it was - if it was a sequel, if it was a remake, if it was a reboot," Bertocci said, noting that the film seemed much like a long episode of the animated series The Real Ghostbusters.Īs NPR's Bob Mondello and Andrew Limbong noted upon the release of a trailer, as a result of a anti-female trolling campaign, the 2016 reboot became the most "disliked" YouTube movie preview of all time.
The Paul Feig-directed, non-canonical installment is indeed flawed, but not because those busting ghosts are women. It was good, but failed to fully recreate the genius of the first film.Īnd criticism of a 2016 reboot with all-woman Ghostbusters (including Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Kristen Wiig) got highjacked for all the wrong reasons, Bertocci said. While Ghostbusters II reunited the original film's stars (including Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis and Annie Potts), the 1989 sequel was generally received with a "meh" from most fans. The Ghostbuster franchise continues with varied success
So it should be no surprise that - when it comes to other films in the franchise - absolutely nothing could top the original for Bertocci. In 2015, he wrote the essay that accompanies the film's inclusion as a touchtone of American culture in film. "There's just this magic that happened - an alchemy - where every thing came together so beautifully," Bertocci said of the 1984 film, directed by Reitman's father, Ivan Reitman.Ī decade ago, Bertocci penned a pseudo-academic look at the film titled ' Overthinking Ghostbusters' - an appropriate nod to our beloved flunky scientists-turned-working class heroes.īertocci used the website to launch a campaign to get Ghostbusters in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. It really is different things to different people."Īs New York-based independent screenwriter Adam Bertocci described it, the original Ghostbusters film is "lightning in a bottle." (Just take a quick scroll through the hashtag #GhostbustersAfterlife on Twitter to see for yourself.) The film topped the box office on opening weekend.Īs Ghostbusters Afterlife co-writer and director Jason Reitman said in a recent interview, " Ghostbusters might be the scariest film you ever saw when you were seven or the funniest film you ever saw as a teenager. It's clear from the outpouring of joy from so many fans, that, yes, we had - indeed - missed our goofball heroes. The big moment, of course, is when the original Ghostbusters finally make their return. Namely, the film focuses on the similarly nerdy and endearing Phoebe, his granddaughter, played by McKenna Grace. Egon Spengler - originally played by Harold Ramis. Ghostbusters Afterlife - the long-awaited third canonical installment in the franchise - explores a family discovering the long lost later-years of the bespectacled, gadget-wielding, deadpan stoic Dr. It's also a movie I've built friendships on: anytime certain friends and I see one another, there is healthy talk of Ghostbusters or some new project rumored to be in the works.
It's also a film that I've seen hundreds of times, never tiring from the techno-babble or the dry wit of some of its stars. Ghostbusters is the kind of film my brother and I quoted long before we fully got the joke. From clothes to action figures to plastic proton packs and ghost traps. My identical twin brother Dan and I - as well as many other fortunate ones from our generation - had parents who decked us out in Ghostbusters gear. It also laid the foundation for a gigantic market for children's toys and adult apparel. That blend of genres - somehow accessible to both children and adults - helped create legions of die hard fans. Here's the thing about 1984's Ghostbusters: It's got comedy, it's got romance, it's got horror and it's got sci-fi. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to as the source.Trevor (Finn Wolfhard), Phoebe (McKenna Grace) and Podcast (Logan Kim). Sunday, August 8 - The Mind Series, Tottenham v Arsenalįriday, August 13 – New Premier League season beginsĬopyright 2021 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Sunday, August 1 – The Mind Series, Arsenal v Chelsea Wednesday, July 28 – Arsenal v Everton/Millonarios (Florida Cup) Sunday, July 25 – Arsenal v Inter Milan (Florida Cup) Wednesday, July 21 - We fly to Orlando, USA Saturday, July 17 - Rangers v Arsenal (friendly match) Tuesday, July 13 - Hibernian v Arsenal (friendly match) Monday, July 12 - We travel to Scotland for our training camp Wednesday, July 7 - Men’s first team return to London Colney Scroll down to find out all the key dates for your diary before the start of the new season: With two pre-season tours and three international tournaments happening this summer, it's set to be a busy time for everyone at the club.