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If we take the rumor mill from the supposed director and the word of Bill Murray, the new Ghostbusters will have an all-woman team. Bill's chosen ladies... are all beautiful, white...
I'm sorry, my mind went into a Playboy-esque photoshoot and then promptly belly-flopped into the gutter. In other words, it will be hard to pull it off and not make it look sexist/femme-explotationist.
But instead, don't reboot it. There's a good series that can be had. Yes, any good fan can write a half-decent movie. So, here's my take:
First, the 2008 Ghostbusters: The Video Game done via Atari is cannon. It was described as "the third movie." At the end credits, the option to expand the company into other areas is offered.
This is where we pick it up. The Rookie gets a name, and there are franchises in DC, Chicago, Vegas, and San Francisco (areas which a sorid history and thus high rate of hauntings). Each on old historic buildings (firehouses, etc). Ray and Winston visits each and every one to recruit to take over the NYC "home office"... which also has a rookie there too.
And yet the timing is perfect. Each has a major PKE event, which each team, plus Ray and the rookie for that team, battle and defeat. Jenine gets a few walk-ons and mentions, saying that activity on NYC is still low, but the chosen replacements are getting good and that one guy even spruced up Ecto-1. Hints are dropped to Peter and Egon's whereabouts*. The GBVG Rookie also is found in one movie, and returns to NYC.
The trick is casting for three to five movies (three if shortened, five if we do one per city). You need a Peter, Ray, Egon, and Winston, and a rookie that can replace one. Ether the rookie goes to NY, or the staff member, but it should be hinted that they are "out of place". Once everyone's at NYC, Ray and Winston end up getting captured, and it's up to the new team to flush out the ghost and get Ray and Winston back.
The goal is to introduce the new team, be it a good gender and ethnic mix, and then have a good adventure.
* I would put Peter in the slammer for fraud in an unrelated-to-Ghostbusters scheme, and Egon... well... lets just say he's on a deeper mission and won't be back.
I'm sorry, my mind went into a Playboy-esque photoshoot and then promptly belly-flopped into the gutter. In other words, it will be hard to pull it off and not make it look sexist/femme-explotationist.
But instead, don't reboot it. There's a good series that can be had. Yes, any good fan can write a half-decent movie. So, here's my take:
First, the 2008 Ghostbusters: The Video Game done via Atari is cannon. It was described as "the third movie." At the end credits, the option to expand the company into other areas is offered.
This is where we pick it up. The Rookie gets a name, and there are franchises in DC, Chicago, Vegas, and San Francisco (areas which a sorid history and thus high rate of hauntings). Each on old historic buildings (firehouses, etc). Ray and Winston visits each and every one to recruit to take over the NYC "home office"... which also has a rookie there too.
And yet the timing is perfect. Each has a major PKE event, which each team, plus Ray and the rookie for that team, battle and defeat. Jenine gets a few walk-ons and mentions, saying that activity on NYC is still low, but the chosen replacements are getting good and that one guy even spruced up Ecto-1. Hints are dropped to Peter and Egon's whereabouts*. The GBVG Rookie also is found in one movie, and returns to NYC.
The trick is casting for three to five movies (three if shortened, five if we do one per city). You need a Peter, Ray, Egon, and Winston, and a rookie that can replace one. Ether the rookie goes to NY, or the staff member, but it should be hinted that they are "out of place". Once everyone's at NYC, Ray and Winston end up getting captured, and it's up to the new team to flush out the ghost and get Ray and Winston back.
The goal is to introduce the new team, be it a good gender and ethnic mix, and then have a good adventure.
* I would put Peter in the slammer for fraud in an unrelated-to-Ghostbusters scheme, and Egon... well... lets just say he's on a deeper mission and won't be back.
