So after much blathering from the local twitterati I watched the new Ghostbusters trailer.
- It starts with 30 years ago 4 scientists saved New York.
- I think this is the director talking to the audience line, not an in universe line. I am unclear whether this film is mean to be in continuity, or is a reboot, or a retelling, or a remake. This trailer leaves me none the wiser. But I think that line is an overview of the franchise, and is speaking to the fans saying we did this film 30 years ago, now we're doing another one.
Does that make any sense? Nearly 8 months of baby has stopped my brain working..
- Various people have said that Winston isn't a scientist so the opening line is wrong. I argue that he may not be a scientist by training but he is doing scientific stuff as part of the team, so therefore he is a scientist.
- There has been criticism about making the only non scientist (by training) a black woman. If this is a reboot, or remake, then it's makes sense that she, like Winston, is also not a scientist. I'm questioning whether the original film was racist, not just single out the new one. Mind you, the introduction in the trailer did seem to make her explicitly not scientific, and potentially crass and a bit thick (the scene with the car), which is making me cringe.
- The possession scene where the black lady slaps the ghost out of one of the other women is embarrassing.
- The scene where the 4 of them are on the steps and talking over each other and sounding indecisive made me cringe a bit.
- I got a rather large thrill at seeing female scientists do science equations and be intelligent on screen.
I'd quite like to see it. I think it will be entertaining nonsense. I love entertaining nonsense. And monster movies. There will be 'problematic' stuff (how I hate that word now... it's used as shorthand but rarely it is explained what exactly is the problem) and that will make me wince, but I'll hopefully enjoy the rest of it.
*goes back to watching The Big Bang Theory season 8* *considers the ways in which this show makes me cringe*
- It starts with 30 years ago 4 scientists saved New York.
- I think this is the director talking to the audience line, not an in universe line. I am unclear whether this film is mean to be in continuity, or is a reboot, or a retelling, or a remake. This trailer leaves me none the wiser. But I think that line is an overview of the franchise, and is speaking to the fans saying we did this film 30 years ago, now we're doing another one.
Does that make any sense? Nearly 8 months of baby has stopped my brain working..
- Various people have said that Winston isn't a scientist so the opening line is wrong. I argue that he may not be a scientist by training but he is doing scientific stuff as part of the team, so therefore he is a scientist.
- There has been criticism about making the only non scientist (by training) a black woman. If this is a reboot, or remake, then it's makes sense that she, like Winston, is also not a scientist. I'm questioning whether the original film was racist, not just single out the new one. Mind you, the introduction in the trailer did seem to make her explicitly not scientific, and potentially crass and a bit thick (the scene with the car), which is making me cringe.
- The possession scene where the black lady slaps the ghost out of one of the other women is embarrassing.
- The scene where the 4 of them are on the steps and talking over each other and sounding indecisive made me cringe a bit.
- I got a rather large thrill at seeing female scientists do science equations and be intelligent on screen.
I'd quite like to see it. I think it will be entertaining nonsense. I love entertaining nonsense. And monster movies. There will be 'problematic' stuff (how I hate that word now... it's used as shorthand but rarely it is explained what exactly is the problem) and that will make me wince, but I'll hopefully enjoy the rest of it.
*goes back to watching The Big Bang Theory season 8* *considers the ways in which this show makes me cringe*
No comments:
Post a Comment