Honestly I don’t see how people would get confused. You had Kevin dressed in the flight suit at some point so the newer generation knows what a male Ghostbuster should look like. You also have male Ghostbusters in the mobile game, and video game. You also have lego dimensions and that was very recent.
As for the backlash half of that was generated by Sony and half of it was due to actual misogynists. A large portion of fans were also just not thrilled with the idea.
Im sure the new cast or at least one of them will be involved in training this new team, how much air time they get is the question. Do we want them to overshadow the new mixed team or do we want to just see them setting them up in the beginning? I would love to see different teams working on improving their ghostbusting equipment while visiting whoever’s headquarters.
No, a spin off set in the reboots universe wouldn’t be confusing. I’m saying if they now went back and did GB3 (Ray training a new team ignoring the reboots universe), people wouldn’t know what the hell was going on. Not because people wouldn’t remember the originals, I just mean the average movie goer isn’t going to keep the universes straight.
Yeah, I’ve said time and again that the one constant I’ve seen with reviews, positive and negative, is that a majority liked the cast. As Sony reviews all the info, I doubt they’ll just throw out the cast.
This is why I’d like a Ghost Smashers story. Another team emerges to steal the Ghostbusters contract away from them. You introduce a new team (mixed gender if you need it…I don’t care) with some new leads and their own take on the tech. Maybe make it flashy and new compared to the garage tech of the current team. You’ll set up more busts with different strategies and, ultimately, make it something with the new teams tech that creates some kind of apocalyptic event. For Ghost Smashers, they tried to simply disentigrate the ghosts, but that backfired.
Anyways, now both teams have to team up and save the day. Everyone’s happy, girls keep the contract, but they decide to vet the new team and…another franchise is born for more movies.
I would like to see the reboot cast come to meet the original GBs in a cross-over thing, or some kind of continuation because as it stands right now I have no plans to revisit the reboot film nor a sequel if they make one. The story was just very bland to me. It was entertaining enough to kill an hour and a half in 3D imax, but not enough to get me to watch it again. Nothing in it was very interesting to me and most of the jokes fell flat along with poor editing. Definitely a different director.
If the new Ghostbusters movie gets a sequel, they could still tie in the original Ghostbusters. As was stated:
People forget. The cat gets put back in the bag
This allows for the possibility that the world moved past the events of the 1980s.
With that stated, ignore the cameos we’ve seen. In the new Ghostbusters 2 have Abby getting more into paranormal research. Her search for reference leads her to Ray’s Occult Books. In this movie, Egon’s deceased, Peter’s whereabouts are unknown. Winston’s around and has his own life (but pops up as needed) and Dana ( and Oscar) aren’t even mentioned.
Ray sold the firehouse years ago (the mortgage was in his name so he’d be the one to sell it) and returned to his shop. Abby has no idea about the original Ghostbusters and only has an acquaintance with Ray through his bookshop. In the course of her research she discovers the existence of the original Ghostbusters and Ray’s history with the paranormal. The existence of the original Ghostbusters (who are all but forgotten) explains how the modern Ghostbusters got their name… (the newscaster calling them “Ghostbusters” was sparked by by a faded memory of a team that once was).
Ray takes on a Yoda sort of role… there for advice and information but not an actual member of the team.
I would like for it to be revealed that the Reboot universe and the Original Universe are one in the same. It would save a lot of trouble from jumping back in forth depending on what Ivan and the Studio would like to do going forward.
Is it possible for them to connect the two “universes” as both films are called Ghostbusters? Won’t that raise some problems? Or will they rename the reboot Ghostbusters III?
Love it. It would also make my Ray’s Occult T-shirt a total collectors item haha.
Seriously though, people are going to take issue no-matter what direction they take with the (potential) sequel. I think connecting the universes would be a great way to expose the purely misogynistic haters, while at the same time giving the legitimate haters the bone they’ve been so desperately begging for.
Even if it turns out to be a far fetched idea that makes no sense, we get what we want. Not to mention, we’ve already extended disbelief to believing in ghosts, phantoms, gods, demons, etc.
Also, imagine how heart wrenching it would be to see Ray Stantz, the heart and soul of the Ghostbusters, slip away into the abyss.
Now let me explain why this made me so angry, that way I can move on and stop bothering everyone about it… It starts off stating how much the film made at the box office, and then shows a quote by Rory Bruer stating that there is no doubt in his mind that a sequel will happen. All fine and well. It’s clearly not an opinion piece by anything so far stated in the clip, just factual news.
But to end it, they tack on an insult to Ghostbusters II that adds nothing to the piece:
This is a mean dig at what is actually a great film, it adds absolutely nothing noteworthy to the news piece, and is unprofessional. I want to learn facts when I watch the news, I don’t want (what are supposed to be) factual pieces telling me that one of my favorite films has a crappy reputation. A professional news agency should not even insinuate that something subjective (like a film) is crappy. It is simply not good reporting practice, and should be unacceptable by professional news agency standards.
I hope you don’t mind me getting that off my chest.
I would be interested in them exploring the ramifications of Rowan breaking the barrier. While the vortex got closed, perhaps the barrier wasn’t sealed and it suffered damage so now more entities can sneak in through the cracks. Maybe that was the basis of the post credit teaser. Yeah, it’s sacrilege to not have a GB movie in New York, but would be interesting to see a big threat pop up in another city like I think the tie-in game did.
You guys. There is NO WAY they can explain in a sequel to the reboot that it is set in the same universe as the originals. Cat back in the bag? People forget? Yeah maybe, but not to this extent. The reboot clearly sets up that most people don’t believe in ghosts because they are not common place to see. There is NO proof of their existence. I don’t care if it’s been 30 years. Scientists obsessed with the paranormal would know about the original Ghostbusters. The general public would remember the time the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and the Statue of Liberty went for a stroll through the city.
The sequel will have to be either a direct sequel again not including the original GB’s or some sort of inter-dimensional story line where the guys can come over. That or a spin off to the reboot featuring yet another new team.
Plus let’s not forget Jason Reitman’s exchange with Aykroyd in GB 2. Basically in the span of 5 years the GB have been come a joke and viewed as frauds. So it’s entirely possible that with 25+ years that they easily could be forgotten especially if the government wants to cover up their existence
As much as I appreciate the enthusiastic postings of others, there’s NO way the general public would “forget” the absolute proof and existence of ghosts and the proof of some sort of confirmation of an after life.
It’s wishful thinking. These universes both GB & Reboot crossing would be interesting, but there’s just no way they’re in the same one.
I think it was said (in the mayor’s office) that the government actively covered things up in order to prevent mass hysteria. If so, then it’s entirely plausible that Stay Puft and such were simply swept under the rug. And after thirty years it’s slipped from public memory. Stay Puft didn’t really do a lot of damage, after all. And Lady Liberty was back on Ellis Island within a day.
