The thing about Ghostbusters is that the franchise IS those characters. They make the movie. The idea only works because of them. To separate those characters from that world is to see the idea fail.
And not only is the new movie retreading that ground without any connection to the shoulders it stands on, but it actively is trying to cut ties to that original idea.
It's a fucking ouroboros. It's destroying itself to stay alive and only alive because of the thing it's trying to usurp. It's destined to fail because there's a fundamental misunderstanding of why it even exists.
And not only is the new movie retreading that ground without any connection to the shoulders it stands on, but it actively is trying to cut ties to that original idea.
It's a fucking ouroboros. It's destroying itself to stay alive and only alive because of the thing it's trying to usurp. It's destined to fail because there's a fundamental misunderstanding of why it even exists.