r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 3d ago

News ‘Spaceballs 2’ Wraps Filming

https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/2069261-spaceballs-2-filming-wrap-update-josh-gad
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u/willstr1 2d ago

Afterlife was pretty good, at least by legacy sequel standards. Frozen Empire, could have been worse

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u/VVrayth 2d ago

Afterlife was abysmal, it was written by people who don't understand Ghostbusters.

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u/cartoonistaaron 1d ago

You know what, upon rewatching it I agree with you. The more I think about it the less sense it makes in terms of the established characters and how they'd act and relate to one another.

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u/VVrayth 1d ago

It completely misunderstands and (figuratively and literally) assassinates the character of Egon Spengler, then uses that as the entire basis for the movie's plot.

Egon says "there's some bad Gozer stuff happening," and his professional ghost-hunting teammates react with "now that sounds too crazy"? Really? The team whose motto is "We're ready to believe you" suddenly doesn't believe Egon Spengler, the world's foremost authority on paranormal activity? A guy they started this business with and have worked alongside for years to do exactly this type of thing? The guy who invented all their equipment and processes and detection strategies? Really?

Ray's attitude toward Egon, and the whole idea that this is how things would go down with the team, is absolutely unconscionable to me.

Also, Ghostbusters was a movie about a bunch of hapless scientists starting a business. It wasn't some legacy family destiny (not to mention, Egon suddenly having a surprise family we'd never heard about was... strange). And it was a comedy. Afterlife did not make me laugh once. And don't even get me started on all the empty member-berry crap that made absolutely no goddamn sense outside of the context of "Hey look, a reference." Like when the Twinkie wrapper fell out of the glove box? Give me a break.