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The only good thing about it is the practical effects.
It was cool how a kids movie about ghost hunting managed to make the EPA the real bad guys
Its a sign of the times that they put a whole subplot making fun of giving blowjobs in the kids movie.
In all fairness it should fall under the jurisdiction of the Nuclear Regulatory Committee.
arguing about entertaiment media you consume is Lib Identiy , especially if its a stupid american movie , it shows your insular mindset ...
Watch "BAHUBALI the Beginning" and "BAHUBALI the conclusion" and shut the fuck up about any other movie , especially if its an american movie ..
In this allegory the water is american movies and the sexy lady is bahubali - "The Beginning " -- and also Bahubali "The conclusion " , Movie Magic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0ce5AgLphM
Edit: and you can be Bahubali - Strong ! - if you climb out !
arguing about entertaiment media you consume is Lib Identiy
"Time For My Stories" podcast fans on suicide watch.
Ghostbusters the Theme is more artistic than anything in Ghostbusters the movie. (both a slight to the film and a commendation of the theme)
EPA as bad guy is a fucking insane move, but it was 1984 so I believe it was hollywood regulation to hate regulations. Don't you guys know, companies will keep themselves in check in whacky but effective ways
That aint worth much considering the theme is just a ripped off Huey Lewis song.
They're both fucking good. I also think while it is a copy- I think there's enough changes to it to be a new thing. So I'm for it
Also I audibly laughed just as much in 1984's Ghostbusters as I did in the 2016 Ghostbusters. Yet again, a commendation of 2016's film as much as a slight on 1984's film.
EPA as bad guy is a fucking insane move, but it was 1984
The Reagan Era EPA was a fucking joke and would have absolutely pulled the plug on a box full of ghost-monsters to Own The Leftist Academics.
haha, I wasn't totally serious, just commenting on how you're setting up a strug sesh
Wow, this roller-coaster reminds me of the excellent plot structure of Ghostbusters
It's like there's an otherworldly voice commanding us to choose the form of the destructor, and we all collectively thought of a burrowing owl.
It's just, neoliberal economics: the movie, isn't it?
To be entirely honest I can't remember much of ghost busters because of how bored I was the entire time.
Are you saying it's neoliberal from the angle of like "small business brazenly disregards environmental regulations because they're cool and the EPA are nerds"?
It's the thesis of "any problem can be solved by private enterprise". If ghosts and stuff become such a problem that exterminators of sorts are required, and it's like super-dangerous tech and stuff... then why are 3 shlub professors in New York doing it on their own dime? Shouldn't that be like a public interest matter?
Yeah, they're effectively petit bourgeois entrepreneurs making profit off a natural disaster. The video game (effectively Ghostbusters 3) makes some vague gestures at squaring that circle though. They've become contractors working for the city with a public insurance fund. The EPA guy from the first movie is their supervisor or something, but they still treat him like a nerd dork loser. I'm not sure if this was a conscious decision to make the Ghostbusters seem more publicly accountable, or if it's supposed to imply they gained more public trust, or maybe it's just a silly game play mechanic where you get a report of the dollar amount of destruction at the end of levels.
I always thought it was more of a dig at capitalist beaurocracy kinda like Brazil. The Ghostbusters are by no means the ideal solution to the ghost problem, but they're the solution that capitalism allows for.
The EPA joke was always more of a "the government would rather try and apply standard beaurocratic procedures to this novel problem than mobilize a massive publicly funded response to it".
Switch out ghosts with covid and it's actually surprisingly prescient about how the US government handles novel problems that effect the public health.
It’s just, neoliberal economics: the movie, isn’t it?
Neoliberals famously using super-science to find and trap ectoplasmic entities, then fight a dark god.
No, but neoliberal economics does heavily rely on privatisation and removal of regulations, both of which are major themes of Ghost Busters. From the EPA guy being the main antagonist of the film, to the lack of any government assistance in busting ghosts. The main thesis of Ghost Busters is that small businesses should be allowed to do as they please without big government regulations restricting them.
But of course movies don't have any subtext, ever.
neoliberal economics does heavily rely on privatisation and removal of regulations, both of which are major themes of Ghost Busters
Ghost Busters was built on the premise that people who didn't believe in ghosts were being asked to govern a ghost-catching business. It was, at the end of the day, a comedy. And its worth noting where they were playing up conflict for comedic effect and where they were actually expressing criticism of an institution.
The main thesis of Ghost Busters is that small businesses should be allowed to do as they please without big government regulations restricting them.
Didn't the Ghost Busters accidentally bring about the end of the world and demolish a big chunk of the city by summoning a massive State Puff Marshmallow Man?
the only good Jurassic Park movie is the one where that girl defeats raptors with gymnastics
The first Jurassic Park is both a good movie and good politics.
All subsequent Jurassic Park movies are derivative and reactionary.
Pumpkinhead is my favorite when it comes to practical effects. Everyone should watch Pumpkinhead instead. It's about racism, class, swamp witches and vengeful spirits in the south.
The cartoon is good, the movies are eh
The cartoon has legitimately creepy ghost designs and lasted 50+ episodes before it started getting bad
Damn Slimer
The 2016 ghostbusters is the best one. The first is about metoo. The seccond is about casual sexual harassment. The tbird and beat shows how cool action scenes could be if you just gave women the same fight choreography as men.
Ghostbusters is bad because the political viewpoint that it sort of implies if you look for it is in contradiction with mine. My dad worked for the EPA and when this movie came out he was beaten to death with a homemade proton pack by a man wearing a rubber Bill Murray mask. It's also solely responsible for Reagan getting a second term.
It's a comedy about catching ghosts.
ngl the idea of someone being pummeled with a proton pack is funny
That would have been a better solution than crossing the streams .
