- July 24th, 2017, 11:36 pm#4896103
It's like deja vu all over again... If the family's OK with it then I'm OK with it. I wonder how much screen time it would be, though. Would it be a full role or a cameo?
Davideverona wrote:Violet Ramis weighed in on the possibility of putting a cgi Egon in what the media already started calling Ghostbusters 3 (so, yes, it's officially Ghostbusters 3 all over again).It would be weird for sure, not quite certain I could accept a "living" representation of Mr Ramis but I could certainly take a ghost with Egon like qualities, especially if voiced by mr LaMarche. I was so into The Real Ghostbusters that his take on Egon is just as important to me. I guess it would be an evolution on the idea of Slimer being the ghost of John Belushi only I imagine a little more obvious and hopefully tasteful.
She said that would be bizarre but her father would have liked it if done in a smart way and that sits ok with her.
I think that if the late actors relatives gives their blessing they can proceed.
robbritton wrote:Yes thank you! I did always think that was weird when fans brought it up (and their fan rage about it only made it seem more hilarious frankly). Would the Ghostbusters really all have kids who wanted to be scientists, never mind paranormal exterminators? Never mind I really have trouble picturing Venkman or Egon settling down with a family. Winston I could definitely see it. Ray, maybe, but then again I think he'd be just as content doing science with Egon forever, lol.
(also, having them young(ish) again removes the horribly clunky thing where their children are now Ghostbusters. It's always such a weird plot thread. I'm not an Agricultural Lecturer just because my Dad was, y'know?!)
Davideverona wrote:Well, if my dad was a ghostbuster I would have killed to have his job!Oh sure, some kids would! I just don't think they all would.
It would work with Oscar being Venkman's stepchild, or having Egon's niece.There you go, that's how you do it, have the kid being like one step removed from the authority figure. Like in Dragnet (1987), it would have been too cartoony to have '80s Joe Friday be the son and literal clone of '60s Joe Friday. But you could understand a nephew idolizing an uncle from afar.
Davideverona wrote:Ecto Force on hold despite having gained interest from various networks in favour of the animated movie linked to the original universe. Reitman revealed this on the Empire Movie Podcast.Also saying he doesn't want a multiverse, but to retool things so ATC is a direct sequel to the originals, which is ridiculous. Every fan idea for that has been pants. Come on Ivan, keep it multi dimensional and move on, man!
Here's the link
http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news ... cott-buck/
robbritton wrote:WHAAAATTT???Davideverona wrote:Ecto Force on hold despite having gained interest from various networks in favour of the animated movie linked to the original universe. Reitman revealed this on the Empire Movie Podcast.Also saying he doesn't want a multiverse, but to retool things so ATC is a direct sequel to the originals, which is ridiculous. Every fan idea for that has been pants. Come on Ivan, keep it multi dimensional and move on, man!
Here's the link
http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news ... cott-buck/
Davideverona wrote:I'll try!robbritton wrote:WHAAAATTT???
Also saying he doesn't want a multiverse, but to retool things so ATC is a direct sequel to the originals, which is ridiculous. Every fan idea for that has been pants. Come on Ivan, keep it multi dimensional and move on, man!
I'm a little "deaf" when it comes to spoken English...can you elaborate a little more? transcribe what he said??
robbritton wrote:Yeah, but just the implication that he somehow wants to do the "everyone forgot the originals" idea that some fans had been touting leaves me cold.Well he didn't seem to be saying that specifically.
Davideverona wrote:so, Ivan wants to retcon ATC by making it a GB2.5Well again, it pretty much already was with that end credits scene, at least that's how my audience took it (this was the Madam Tussaud screening so only hard core fans in the audience).
So, the hurdle is: why no one remembers the old GBs?It's obvious, people are ungrateful little yuppie larvae. They had a whole movie about this!
The government put everything under the rug.And ATC hinted at that, thus helping the idea that a new movie would be a sequel.
Davideverona wrote:This is Reitman's way of putting two fingers in the Feig's eyes who wanted absolutely no connection with the old movies, right?He wanted ATC to be able to stand on it's own, but I believe he is ok with a connection in a sequel or otherwise, hence him being ok with GB101 (and even buying a copy himself).
Davideverona wrote:so, Ivan wants to retcon ATC by making it a GB2.5 (if the next live action movie sees the original team coming back...THAT would be the Real GB3).Well Ivan said before that he was testing the waters so to speak with the GB 101 storyline and he said that for the most part it was getting positive feedback. Now if he wants to move forward putting the cinematic world in one universe they could pull it off without acknowledging what happened in the comic. I believe the question that everyone is asking is if The Original Ghostbusters are teaming up with the ATC crew because the ATC crew are from another dimension how can they both exist in ONE reality. I do love your theory about the 101 story being a Time Overlapping and not Dimension overlapping, but they could go a different route. I mean The Real Ghostbusters existed in it's own world seperate from the films. None of the events in The Real Ghostbusters carried any weight in Ghostbusters 2. The comic just created a multiverse or as IDW puts it a multifaceted world where these worlds could actually co exist all bight different dimensions. Even the current comic has it's own continuity. It is a world that is heavily influenced by the films and includes everything that fans have come to love from all aspects of the franchise with The Inclusions of Dan's Easter Eggs. Like someone said here before, they acknowledge events of the video game, but certain events from the game played out a little differently in this world.
Interesting. so far I thought they were pulling the "two separate universes" string. The GB 101 story shows that....APPARENTLY.
WHAT IF....
In GB 101 the ATC team comes simply from the future and the overlapping is happening not between two dimensions but between the past and the future?
So, the hurdle is: why no one remembers the old GBs? The government put everything under the rug. A powerful demon made evryone (Ghostbusters included) forget about everything but, thanks God, there were a team of girls smart enough to reinvent the wheel.
Davideverona wrote:Ecto Force on hold despite having gained interest from various networks in favour of the animated movie linked to the original universe. Reitman revealed this on the Empire Movie Podcast.
Here's the link
http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news ... cott-buck/
Davideverona wrote:What I'm excited about is all the talk about the new live action movie to MAYBE be A Ghostbusters 3. It's starting to feel like the good old 2008 again
philmorgan81 wrote:LOL! Same here. I know many enjoyed or even loved ATC. I was disappointed in it, but I am starting to feel that it needed to be made in order for a traditional sequel to be truly appreciated. I mean they could have just made Ghostbusters 3 26 years late and people probably would have just rolled their eyes at it for just banking on Nostalgia. I am not saying that ATC didn't try, but it felt way different than a Ghostbusters movie to me. In those ways the movie did succeed in being it's own thing. I am looking forward to seeing something that looks familiar and feels like Ghostbusters. Hopefully capturing a bit of that nostalgia the RIGHT way.Exactly, and I do get the rough impression that's what Reitman and Aykroyd felt as well, that if they couldn't get a GB3, ATC could be tolerated as a needed jolt to the franchise. I doubt they or anyone else could have predicted the "women aren't funny" nonsense that ensued. That was a bizarre distraction.
Davideverona wrote:In February 2015 Aykroyd stated : "Let's get this one made then we can move on to a more traditional sequel like was planned". So maybe you're not that far from the truth.Darn. That quote could have calmed a lot of people who where convinced/raging how ATC was going to replace the originals.
Alphagaia wrote:Lol, well that quote wasn't kept secret or anything, it was around. And I did try to explain this to detractors over and over again, that if they didn't support ATC, it might make a sequel even less likely to happen.Davideverona wrote:In February 2015 Aykroyd stated : "Let's get this one made then we can move on to a more traditional sequel like was planned". So maybe you're not that far from the truth.Darn. That quote could have calmed a lot of people who where convinced/raging how ATC was going to replace the originals.
Seth Rex wrote:I'm eagerly awaiting any news that pops up in the future months. Tell me, in your opinions, are we getting the Animated movie or the Live-Action first? It doesn't matter to me, I'm just wonering which one I should anticipate first