I really think this franchise should be remade. When I say this, I speak for the good of the new generation, and I'd like to see what someone can do with the franchise. Opinion?

Ehh…

The problem is, remakes are hit and miss.

For instance, I enjoyed the remake of Dawn Of The Dead, and I look forward to seeing King Kong…

But, Starsky And Hutch, Charlie's Angels and others have left me unimpressed… Ghostbusters is close to my heart, and I'd want it done right.

One of the problems, is everone is suggesting ‘actor of the week’ talent for a theoretical remake… guys like Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson and so on… I liked Owen Wilson in Armageddon but there's one major problem. They're slapstick comedians.

Ghostbusters is not a slapstick comedy, it's intelligent humour which has not been doing well of late in Hollywood when a lot of the ignorant audience want easy laughs.

So my first reason for not going for a remake: People are suggesting and wanting the wrong actors.

Following on… I could only see Ghostbusters done either as a comedy or a serious flick… and while I'd be interested in seeing someone make GB as a serious flick, with maybe dark humour… I'd hate to see it be made like a ‘Big Momma’s House' flick, or sheer stupidity like the aforementioned hated remakes.

This is a film that would require careful attention as it could easily shift off into terrible comedy.

It'd also need people who might have worked together in the past… Dan, Harold and Bill worked together in one form or another a little before doing the film… and so a new cast should by rights be similarly talented.

But alas, we live in the ‘instant’ generation… hardly any bands grow up in garages and practice for 16 hours a day any more… now it's all instant fame and immediate stardom with little to no work being put in.


And I think that's the second reason, a Ghostbusters remake could fail simply because Hollywood is not what it used to be, nobody has any roots and has done skits with their co-stars for years before doing the film.

Remake Fever continues to strike. Most are done poorly. I couldn't bear to see our favorite film remade. (*rant)

I wish filmmakers & the creative parties involved would do original work in the spirit of the films, writers & actors that influenced & inspired them, as opposed to remaking a perfect film very poorly. That would a better way of honoring him/her/them than an uninspired, unsatisfactory remake. [I like{d} Steve Martin, but I dispise his remake of The Pink Panther].

Also, it occurs to me that we could suffer the same fate as Texas Chainsaw Massacre, when the remake came out, nobody even knew there WAS an original to begin with. My greatest fear is that if this was done, our board and our fan community at large would be overrun with young little pissant geeks that dont even know anything about Ghostbusters at all, just a cheap imitation.

Oh goodness, no!! Have you seen some of the remakes…they aren't that great….I think they should leave it alone…and have it remain as a great classic comedy…

Nah, either a sequel or nothing.

Although my thirst for Ghostbusters did make me consider voting “yes”… but no - you can't remake Ghostbusters any more than you could remake Star Wars.

Ghostbusters remade is not Ghostbusters. :@

Same here.. It's too great of a movie. Ghostbusters had the 80s spirit. If it came to the fact of a remake. I don't think it would capture that spirit like the first one did.

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ROSLEE (*janine) (*egon) (*rant)

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Ghostbusters remade is not Ghostbusters. :@

Says the guy with what is essentially a remake in his signature…

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Are there any remakes that actually surpass the original? (I assume King Kong, although I never saw the original… only enough to assume) There are heaps of foreign films remade by hollywood, but are they actually improving on the founding source material?

Whenever I hear ‘remake’ I think of “quick cash” that studios think in their heads. Kinda like when a musician does a ‘cover’ (however a lot of those are actually better AND most of the time a different approach)