Sssoooo... have you seen the new images for the new Ghostbusters movie? Come to find out that it's no longer a sequel, but another fucking reboot. Because the first Ghostbusters did so terrible at it. A reboot, if done right, can be a good thing. Sometimes you bring new ideas to the table, maybe update with new technology, both in the movie and filming it, perhaps find actors that do the original justice.

However, Ghostbusters will not be one of those movies. It's such a bad idea that they aren't even going to use an original idea, they're actually using the original plot from the first movie. The major difference is that it's "now" and an all female cast. I don't have a problem with a gender swap in movies, as long as it's not stepping on the toes of other movies. Let's say for instance that they decided to reboot Scarface and said, "you know what would make this movie rock? If we cast Megan Fox as the lead role!".

An all female cast of Ghostbusters isn't such a bad thing, it'd be neat to see what they can do... however, one such actress on the team is Melissa McCarthy... ugh... if you're a fan, I apologize. Like Megan Fox, I don't see the appeal. She's not funny, loud and obnoxious. I've always had this theory in music that if you play bad, you play it louder so people can't tell how bad you are. The same can nearly always be applied to acting, especially comedy. If you can't act and can't act funny, just be loud and yell a lot. Now, some people can pull it off, like Chris Farely, but part of it was the writing and the people he had acting around him. McCarthy is about as funny as a rock.

I mentioned the plot. While some sites say the plot is "yet unknown", I read on a news site that the basic gist of the story is one of the team members writes a book about ghosts, trying to prove they exist, then gets "thrown out" of college when the book resurfaces years later because no one takes her seriously. She and her friends decide to start a business to catch ghosts and even have a Cadillac hearse for their vehicle. In New York. Sound just a tad familiar?

I was really hoping for a real sequel, something like what Star Wars is doing by passing the torch to the new generation of actors. I know Ivan Reitman is gone, but we still had Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murry, they could have been "retiring" and gone on to teach new members. I did read that Murray said the only way he'd do a new movie is if he was a ghost. he would too :P

I get that Hollywood has now become this company that is afraid to take chances, but for fuck's sake, they've scraped the bottom of the barrel so much that it's poked a hole through into the ground.

Yes, another fail reboot that will once again remind people what not to watch and when you ask them "hey, did you see "that movie"?" They'll be like "yeah, I hated it" when you REALLY mean the original. No one seems to remember the original Total Recall or Robocop anymore *sighs*