Ghostbusters: Afterlife Being Called Stranger Things “Ripoff” After First Full Trailer
The newly released trailer for Jason Reitman’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, released Monday morning, [...]
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prevnextThe new Ghostbusters movie is gonna be a Stranger Things ripoff.
— Santacakes 🤶🎄 (@SaricakesTTV) December 9, 2019
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prevnextmaybe we shouldn't be making any more ghostbusters movies, ever
— The Gordon Problem (@gordon1470) December 9, 2019
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prevnextSo it's a Stranger Things ripoff and not a Ghostbusters movie? At least lady Ghostbusters tried to be a Ghostbusters movie. https://t.co/NKDVQxOJJd
— Grandville Castle Socialists of America (@conspiracystuf2) December 9, 2019
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prevnextTwo 30somethings at a random Starbucks: “what if they did like Stranger Things but it’s Ghostbusters. Get like Paul Rudd or something. Everyone likes him.”
Jason Reitman one table over: *spits out coffee* https://t.co/zufGwdhsTy
— Dave Feeley (@dfeeley413) December 9, 2019
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prevnextI like Stranger Things, Paul Rudd & it is set in the original Ghostbusters' universe so I'll watch this... when it also lands on Netflix.
— Ian (@ian_yyc) December 9, 2019
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prevnextStranger Things + Ghostbusters is probably a smart play but the trailer def didn't feel like Ghostbusters
— Rowdy Roddy Peeper (@el_chiclets) December 9, 2019
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prevnextTotally thought this was going to be a 'fan film' when I clicked on it. I am IN for Stranger Things - Ghostbuster edition. https://t.co/0YI0Lra7o4
— Kyle Frost (@kylefrost) December 9, 2019
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Hmmm, if it's the Ghostbusters trailer you're referring to, I just didn't feel as excited as I was expecting. It didn't feel like Ghostbusters at all - more like a Stranger Things/Super 8 type feeling... Still, there's months to go yet with at least 1 more trailer to come!
— Sean Galloghly (@Klangster) December 9, 2019
prevnextIt just felt like Stranger Things with a Ghostbusters skin. :|
— 💀 Ilexys Crowe ☕️🔞 (@ilexyscrowe) December 9, 2019
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prevnextThe thing about turning Ghostbusters into Stranger Things is that Stranger Things was a new venture and not an attempt to give a dead franchise an, *ahem*, afterlife by making something completely different, sprinkling in references, and slapping a known logo on it. https://t.co/ihHlnctNvb
— David Wunderlich (@Year2) December 9, 2019
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prevAre we honestly pretending the new Ghostbusters trailer isn’t Stranger Things with IP slapped on, starring Paul Rudd as Hopper?
— Jeff Jones (@jmjones) December 9, 2019