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Old 01-30-2015, 02:30 AM   #11
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My biggest problem with this- and with remakes in general- is that the original left some pretty big shoes to fill. Even decent attempts at major updates, such as Robocop (which I enjoyed) kind-of falter under the weight of its own name. As I said, the afore mentioned Robocop was "good", but not as good as the source material even without the nostalgia tinted goggles.

"Ghostbusters" invokes some lofty expectations from a fandom point of view, and there is a possibility that this may actually work with the female cast... but even this is more than a gimmicky cash grab; even if it is greater than anyone can imagine thus far (which, let's be honest, the bar is set really low at the moment), it will inevitably be quite unfavorably compared to the original.
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