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What exactly is the target audience for the new Ghostbusters movie?

Posted on 5/22/16 at 8:04 am
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
69488 posts
Posted on 5/22/16 at 8:04 am
After the abortion of the second trailer was released last week, I began to wonder just who exactly this film was made for. You can't say it was made for the fans of the franchise. Ever since Paul Feig announced his plans for the new Ghostbusters movie, the good majority of Ghostbusters fans have been against the film. The poor quality of the trailers have only reinforced our initial misgivings.

Was it made for SJWs? I doubt it. Many of them are still fuming that they made the film's one and only minority character a loud, obnoxious, and uneducated subway worker who gets hired because she "knows New York." Why you need to "know New York" in a battle with a supernatural threat is beyond me, but okay, let's go with it.

Did they make it for the casual moviegoing fan? If they did they failed tremendously. Just look at the like-to-dislike ratio on the first trailer to come to that conclusion.

So in the end it can be said that this movie appeals to no one and will most likely flop when it releases in mid-July. The fact that none of the actors have come to the rescue defending this film is very telling - they don't like it either. Thus making the reddit reports about turmoil on the set between the main cast that much more credible.

Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
60104 posts
Posted on 5/22/16 at 8:11 am to
Unhealthy liberal black women with terrible senses of humor who secretly like fit white guys.


NAILED IT.
Posted by PeteRose
Hall of Fame
Member since Aug 2014
17819 posts
Posted on 5/22/16 at 8:17 am to
misbehaving kids. It'll teach them for acting up.
Posted by Warfarer
Dothan, AL
Member since May 2010
12336 posts
Posted on 5/22/16 at 8:25 am to
I honestly don't know who they made it for but it's first weekend will still be up there high enough to justify allowing these women to keep making shitty movies. it will make $25 to 30 million off people just unwilling to accept that the movie will be horrible and want to prove themselves correct.
Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
76521 posts
Posted on 5/22/16 at 8:31 am to
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Unhealthy liberal black women with terrible senses of humor who secretly like fit white guys.


NAILED IT.


You talking about that awful commercial?

fricking cringeworthy.
Posted by Lacour
Member since Nov 2009
32949 posts
Posted on 5/22/16 at 8:54 am to
This site has really become a refuge for hateful white dudes.
Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
76521 posts
Posted on 5/22/16 at 8:57 am to
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This site has really become a refuge for hateful white dudes.
It also seems to be inundated with multiple white knights.
Posted by LNCHBOX
70448
Member since Jun 2009
88603 posts
Posted on 5/22/16 at 9:01 am to
The movie looks fricking terrible, and it has nothing to do with race or gender.
Posted by genuineLSUtiger
Nashville
Member since Sep 2005
77023 posts
Posted on 5/22/16 at 9:05 am to
Older Gen Xers nostalgic for the Eighties movies they came of age with. I'm sure it will be better than the original. All of these remakes are.
Posted by Breesus
House of the Rising Sun
Member since Jan 2010
69459 posts
Posted on 5/22/16 at 9:19 am to
SJWs everywhere and whoever the frick likes Leslie Jones.

I assume pro linebacker scouts?
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
37866 posts
Posted on 5/22/16 at 9:23 am to
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So in the end it can be said that this movie appeals to no one and will most likely flop when it releases in mid-July.


It will appeal to:
-Non-obsessed Ghostbusters fans
-Fans of Bridesmaids, The Heat, Spy
-Fans of Kate McKinnon waiting to see her featured in a film
-Fans of the comedy of the week who fill the theaters for any high profile comedy

It'll do better than Feig's previous films (which were all fairly successful).
Posted by Rand AlThor
Member since Jan 2014
10399 posts
Posted on 5/22/16 at 9:34 am to
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Was it made for SJWs?


I think this is the answer, but they missed the correct boat. If this was made 3 or 4 years ago the SJWs woukd champion it. Now, they have much bigger fish to fry than "women"
Posted by Lakeboy7
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2011
28130 posts
Posted on 5/22/16 at 9:49 am to
Eh, the movie going population falls over themselves to go watch long, abusively bad movies taken from comic books...I'm sure it will do just fine.
Posted by PsychTiger
Member since Jul 2004
106912 posts
Posted on 5/22/16 at 10:09 am to
The only thing I want to see fail worse than this movie is Alabama football.
Posted by Peazey
Metry
Member since Apr 2012
25424 posts
Posted on 5/22/16 at 10:11 am to
"I don't know if it's a race thang or a lady thang, but I'm mad as hell."

Maybe the worst joke of all time.
This post was edited on 5/22/16 at 10:12 am
Posted by Peazey
Metry
Member since Apr 2012
25424 posts
Posted on 5/22/16 at 10:20 am to
quote:

It will appeal to:
-Non-obsessed Ghostbusters fans
-Fans of Bridesmaids, The Heat, Spy
-Fans of Kate McKinnon waiting to see her featured in a film
-Fans of the comedy of the week who fill the theaters for any high profile comedy


Probably pretty accurate. I'm still not convinced that it will do particularly well, but it will get a good number of views just because of the massive name recognition of the big name actors and the franchise. I don't think the average movie goer is that discerning. Us nerds aren't that representative of the general movie going audience.

I'm curious if it will get enough to justify the big blockbuster budget though. I just looked up that the budget is about $154 million.
This post was edited on 5/22/16 at 10:21 am
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
76373 posts
Posted on 5/22/16 at 10:33 am to
Kate McKinnon is the only reason I would go see this movie. She seems hilarious in the trailers.
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George, LA
Member since Aug 2004
80423 posts
Posted on 5/22/16 at 10:37 am to
I think it will be horrible, but will probably see it just for the special effects.
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
38982 posts
Posted on 5/22/16 at 10:56 am to
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Fans of Bridesmaids, The Heat, Spy


So the movie was made for the UK. Spy killed it over there. And Heat and Identity Thief led most Int. Box office. They seem to like this new trend.
Posted by VermilionTiger
Member since Dec 2012
38839 posts
Posted on 5/22/16 at 11:38 am to
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