Okay, This Ghostbusters Trailer Is Way Better

8 years ago

March 10, 2016 at 10:15 am

Since its announcement I’ve been super keen on the idea of a female Ghostbusters movie. Especially one made by the folks behind Bridesmaids.

Sadly, the first trailer was a bit bland.

Thankfully, this new trailer is way, way better.

First of all. It has jokes. Second of all, it’s snappier, a bit more self-aware. This is basically a bit more like the Ghostbusters reboot I was hoping for.

My expectations have been raised by this trailer. That’s a good thing. The movie comes out 14 July 2016. Can’t wait.

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53 responses to “Okay, This Ghostbusters Trailer Is Way Better”

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simocrates

March 10, 2016 at 10:27 am

So can we expect an all male Charlie’s Angels?

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1. warcroft
  
  March 10, 2016 at 10:40 am
  
  No, because thats sexist.
  
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  1. foggy
    
    March 10, 2016 at 10:48 am
    
    Yeah, just wait ’til four men ruin something that four women made great.
    
    Everyone will be like: “That’s the worst baked dinner ever made!”
    
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2. jiggle_counter
  
  March 10, 2016 at 11:28 am
  
  We can gender-swap Game Of Thrones, watch all the dainty males get raped by big strong females
  
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  1. erebus
    
    March 10, 2016 at 1:12 pm
    
    Death by snu snu
    
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    1. derrick
      
      March 10, 2016 at 1:16 pm
      
      bahaha, the spirit is willing but the flesh is spongy and bruised
      
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3. finaldelerium
  
  March 10, 2016 at 12:01 pm
  
  The A-Team. The thing you’re looking for is the A-Team.
  
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comban

March 10, 2016 at 10:34 am

It just all feels forced.

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joeyjojo

March 10, 2016 at 10:38 am

Really? I thought this was just as bad as the first. Jokes weren’t funny and just seemed to be referring to the gender reversal (not sure why they’d do that).

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1. vanit
  
  March 10, 2016 at 10:55 am
  
  Agreed, it’s cut a little bit better but its 95% the same footage.
  
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2. wilkshake
  
  March 10, 2016 at 3:21 pm
  
  Seconded. Just as bad as the other trailer.
  
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Stavros777

March 10, 2016 at 10:44 am

“I don’t know if it’s a race thing or a lady thing, but either way, I’m mad as hell.”

RIP 2016

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1. comban
  
  March 10, 2016 at 12:24 pm
  
  That was the most cringeworthy line. Honestly, the trailer lacks the dry humor of the original.
  It just showcases the typical, wacky, cardboard cut out characters of so many recent comedies.
  
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2. thyco
  
  March 10, 2016 at 12:24 pm
  
  well its not a fat thing because the crowd had no problem with melissa mccarthy
  
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batguy

March 10, 2016 at 10:47 am

I did not find that objectionable. I actually laughed a couple of times. Music sounds good. Ticks enough boxes to keep me interested, will wait for the final verdicts before going to watch it.

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1. joeyjojo
  
  March 10, 2016 at 10:54 am
  
  The music was definitely the best thing in the trailer.
  
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plainfieldghoul

March 10, 2016 at 10:55 am

Melissa McCarthy makes me want to invent time travel so I can go back and make her dad wear a condom

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1. poweredbyme
  
  March 10, 2016 at 2:09 pm
  
  would try and help you fund said time machine.
  
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mrtaco

March 10, 2016 at 11:06 am

Hearing Chris Hemsworth speak in Australian is weird.

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1. decoy
  
  March 10, 2016 at 11:11 am
  
  Its so forced too! Kinda the theme of this movie…
  
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  1. mrtaco
    
    March 10, 2016 at 11:15 am
    
    Silly Ghostbusters, Star Wars was so three months ago.
    
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2. whitepointer
  
  March 10, 2016 at 11:25 am
  
  I found it interesting that they are letting him speak in his Australian accent.
  
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  1. jiggle_counter
    
    March 10, 2016 at 11:30 am
    
    Some americans can barely understand the Australian accent, god knows why.
    
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ShiftyTourist

March 10, 2016 at 11:12 am

It fixes it a bit, but I’m still concerned about this “reboot”. Not because of the gender thing, rather because Hollywood doesn’t do good comedy anymore.

The jokes in the original Ghostbusters, (at least it seems to me through the rose tinted glasses of nostalgia), were understated, dry and flowed naturally from the way the characters were developed and from the story. The story didn’t feel contrived to create a build up to the jokes. It seems to be that every scene in a comedy made recently, just seems to a be a set up for the gag the scene was designed as a platform for.

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1. joeyjojo
  
  March 10, 2016 at 11:55 am
  
  Nah the jokes are pretty good – the stone face delivery of that is golden.
  
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Phase_nz

March 10, 2016 at 11:13 am

Just awful……..Bad movie is just bad.

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monkeychris

March 10, 2016 at 11:24 am

Feel like I’ve seen the whole movie already. Will wait for it to hit Netflix.

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1. finaldelerium
  
  March 10, 2016 at 12:10 pm
  
  Hahaha what?
  
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doubledizz

March 10, 2016 at 11:56 am

I agree, this is much better. I hope it’s good.

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Clinty

March 10, 2016 at 12:01 pm

Uhh, no it’s not. This looks horrid. What’s wrong with you?

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monkeefunk

March 10, 2016 at 12:10 pm

I’m cautiously optimistic, but will definitely wait for reviews to drop before parting with my $$$

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micksy

March 10, 2016 at 12:21 pm

Heh, Ghost-bust.

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gydafud

March 10, 2016 at 12:49 pm

At least the changed the “Four scientists” to “Four friends” on the opening title.

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1. derrick
  
  March 10, 2016 at 1:18 pm
  
  yeah totally, i logged in just to say that
  
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Khel

March 10, 2016 at 1:10 pm

I actually thought this one was a bit worse. The tone of the humour and the jokes is so wrong for the movie, and while at least the first one had a little bit of a nostalgia vibe going, this one didn’t feel like a Ghostbusters movie at all. It feels like the Scary Movie parody version of Ghostbusters.

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mase

March 10, 2016 at 1:18 pm

With Chris Hemsworth as “Sexist, Misogynistic, White CIS Male who learns the error of his ways”… While being a sexual object for the women in this movie and in the cinemas

Edit: Could downgrade it to “Misguided, Uninformed, white CiS Male who learns the error of this ways”

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1. poweredbyme
  
  March 10, 2016 at 2:07 pm
  
  Pretty much the story right there
  
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derrick

March 10, 2016 at 1:19 pm

I’m blown away by the number of people categorically concluding this movie is crap without having seen it

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1. omega_man
  
  March 10, 2016 at 1:35 pm
  
  If you’re a Ghostbusters fan you will instantly pick up ques about the characters, and style of humour that are nothing like the original, which is what made them so great. So to a fan of the originals, this is not Ghostbusters.
  
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  1. derrick
    
    March 10, 2016 at 1:48 pm
    
    You’re essentially saying that anyone who loved the old movies will necessarily not like the new one. It might be your choice to judge the entirety of the movie based on 2-3mins of footage, but it’s not mine. For what it’s worth I’m not at all confident it will be any good, but you know, don’t judge a book by it’s cover and all that…and please don’t assume I’m not a massive fan of the originals just because I haven’t prejudged the new movie.
    
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    1. poweredbyme
      
      March 10, 2016 at 2:05 pm
      
      Omega_man is 100% correct. It’s going to be a shit movie.
      Possibly one of the biggest flops of 2016, maybe even 2017 since it will suck that hard.
      
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      1. derrick
        
        March 10, 2016 at 2:21 pm
        
        hahaha, did you even read what I wrote?
        In any event, an opinion can’t be right or wrong dude. They are, by definition, entirely subjective. I think what you meant to say was ‘I agree 100% with Omega_man’s opinion’
      2. poweredbyme
        
        March 10, 2016 at 3:17 pm
        
        Agreed 😛
2. joeyjojo
  
  March 10, 2016 at 4:03 pm
  
  Trailers these days typically show the best a movie has to offer. Shit most of them give away major plot twists. If this is the best ghostbusters has to offer – yer it’s going to be terrible.
  
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d3cadent

March 10, 2016 at 1:24 pm

Still doesn’t look good.

The Winston ‘replacement’ in particular is just NOT funny across either trailer.

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cannon

March 10, 2016 at 1:34 pm

Meh, still doesn’t grab me, although I notice the negative votes still outweigh positive votes but im guessing people are just doing this out of spilt.

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Bobber

March 10, 2016 at 1:45 pm

Ok we get it Kotaku you are progressive, and you are probably way to invested in defending this movie to back out now but jeez, can we give it a rest with flogging the new Ghostbusters. A lot of people thinks it’s terrible, a few more are deluding themselves it’s good and a mere fraction actually like it.

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starquake

March 10, 2016 at 1:49 pm

Yeah… nah.

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poweredbyme

March 10, 2016 at 1:58 pm

Sweet, thanks for this. Downvoted this trailer like the other one 🙂

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flitty

March 10, 2016 at 2:19 pm

did sony pay you to write this serrels lol

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angry_it_guy

March 10, 2016 at 4:08 pm

As a fan of the originals.. I thought an all female GB team looks like a marketing consultant wrote the screen play in order to “strongly connect with the female demographics”. Seriously, I thought it would have been better to have a mix of male/female ghost busters, but all female is as much of a gender issue as having an all make cast.. Also, these girls are not that funny..

Putting the “bridesmaid” formula to this classic genre is just an insult to the late John Landis. Serrels, Did you see the original ?

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1. minimumquin
  
  March 10, 2016 at 9:25 pm
  
  Ivan Reitman not John Landis; you’re not wrong though
  
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unitzero

March 10, 2016 at 6:54 pm

I liked the first trailer. It was honest and informative. It told me the movie was complete shit and warned me to stay away. Can’t get much better than that.

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1. joeyjojo
  
  March 10, 2016 at 7:15 pm
  
  This comment is a better written joke than anything in those trailers 😛
  
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makkin187

March 11, 2016 at 7:44 pm

This looks terrible. Almost nothing in this trailer appeals to me. The music was kinda cool, the rest was garbage. Just by that trailer I wont be seeing it anytime soon, and I was kinda hopeful for this.

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samsam

March 14, 2016 at 1:36 am

These comments are an embarrassing circle jerk.

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