Well, we've all heard the announcement, and it has convinced me to come out of my temporary retirement and carry on with this blog.
Ghostbusters 4 is about to be released (I'm going to get some angry comments about that) and, unlike the previous film, Ghostbusters 3 or Ghostbusters: Answer the Call. it will be set in the "Original" Ghostbusters Universe.
Now, I wish this wasn't a problem, but it is. People are annoyed that the Answer the Call Ghostbusters, Erin Gilbert, Abby Yates, Jillian Holtzmann and Patty Tolan, are being cast aside in favour of a new team, possibly aided by Dan Aykroyd's Ray Stantz and Ernie Hudson's Winston Zeddemore.
However, if anyone here knows the IDW Comic series, every team of Ghostbusters exists in multiple Universes, now with an easy way of colliding. Although I think that Alternate Universes are cliché and overused nowadays, we saw in Answer the Call that there is no way the two continuities exist together, unless the '84 Ghostbusters are in hiding or something. It does add some odd questions (like what the hell would have happened to the Containment Unit?) but that's why it's a theory that isn't widely accepted.
But, the thing I am looking forward to the most is Bill Murray, not only one of my favourite comedy actors, but one of my favourite actors in general, and although he has soured on the Ghostbusters franchise since Ghostbusters 2 back in 1989, he seems to have mellowed recently. He agreed to appear in Answer the Call, and although he had an annoying character, it's still progress. It would be good if, in the new film, Venkman had also distanced himself from the Ghostbusters and had to be turned around by the end, where we could see him striding out of a smoke filled room, clad in his old beige uniform, wisecracks at the ready.
However, all speculation aside, we'll definitely see a new Ghostbusters film. Hopefully it can unite all the fans, but at the very least, I'd like it to be a good film.
Here's to the Ghostbusters, old and new, here's to the Reitmans, here's to the fans, and finally, here's to the ghosts! Happy Hunting!
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| ECTO-1 as seen in the teaser trailer. Note that it's the original, not ECTO-1A or the new ECTO-1. |
