RichardLess wrote: ↑June 6th, 2023, 4:50 amI take it you are under the impression I meant the ripping up theatre tickets as something to do with the actors career?
My bad, I thought it was a variation of "getting butts in seats" that I hadn't heard of before.
If we held that poll, maybe adult Ghostbusters would win... But the film still seemed to do pretty well in enticing the adult audience even with McKenna, Logan, Celeste and Finn starring prominently in it, and driving around in Wrecto-1, which leaves me with the impression the general public aren't all that turned off by it featuring a sizable teenage cast in place of a fully adult cast... I think the trailer gave a good enough impression of the tone that this wasn't a kids movie with Ghostbusters, but instead a Ghostbusters movie with kids.
...Though whether the past affability of the public holds and continues past when the new films opens is something we have to wait and see.
I will concede that
Afterlife's cultural impact hasn't been huge, but how many people outside of our fandom reference
Ghostbusters II, or
Extreme Ghostbusters? The occasions where it does happen are notable because they're usually so rare.
I think if you were to ask people to name the essential ingredients of Ghostbusters, you'd probably get "Ghosts, back packs, the car, lasers, explosions, comedy, the green ghost" (and maybe Bill Murray), but I don't think anyone would actually say "the world's top comedy talent".
-Especially as (controversial opinion) Bill was never part of "the world's top comedy talent". He can deliver improv that can get chuckles from the audience, but he's no George Carlin, Robin Williams or Victoria Wood (a British stand-up comedian). Bill might've drawn the crowds in based on his previous successful films, but Dan and Harold were clearly where the greater quality of comedy lay (Egon cautiously poking that man in the Sedgewick hallway, or the playful smile and his line about his students being more interested in his epididymis showed Harold had more talent in comedy and more nuance than Bill's loud and obnoxious style). (End of controversial opinion)
groschopf wrote: ↑June 6th, 2023, 8:51 am I can only speculate, but... are the people walking up to the car and taking selfies appear to be extras reacting to the Ecto-1 coming to a stop after taking out the bike rack? Certainly looks that way with the barriers and boom coming down from overhead.
That was my interpretation of that video.
Regarding those filming notices, there's a couple of visual Easter eggs hidden in them.
This one:
Is using the fan-made Ghostbusters font for the project name:
LINK And this one:
Is using the nametag font I made:
LINK