GAY Ghostbusters Gone WOKE? (Frozen Empire Review)

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  • Опубліковано 26 бер 2024
  • ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ now has LGBT ghosts. Who could've guessed? In this review we discuss the ghost love story nobody asked for.
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  • @DiogenesDworkinson
    @DiogenesDworkinson 3 місяці тому +434

    "Put a ghost chick in it and make it lame and gay!!!"

    • @thomasriddle8877
      @thomasriddle8877 3 місяці тому

      ironically i think gozer in the first 1980s movie looks like a gay female.. and pretty lame..

    • @Age_of_Apocalypse
      @Age_of_Apocalypse 3 місяці тому +19

      They listened to you: this is exactly what they did!

    • @Ghostalking
      @Ghostalking 3 місяці тому +23

      South Park hit the nail right on the head

    • @Jas3n
      @Jas3n 3 місяці тому +6

      @@Ghostalkinghave they ever missed? 😂

    • @timothymorris157
      @timothymorris157 3 місяці тому +6

      @@GhostalkingWhich is exactly why it’s the best animated series ever!

  • @Ghostalking
    @Ghostalking 3 місяці тому +89

    Remember when saving New York was a huge deal in movies? Today, I feel like most people would be happy to see NYC go under 👀

    • @gregmeyer1805
      @gregmeyer1805 3 місяці тому +12

      Add San Francisco to that list too.

    • @dominiqueblock7143
      @dominiqueblock7143 3 місяці тому

      ​@@gregmeyer1805funny that the Ghostbusters VR game is in San Francisco.

    • @insertmetalusernamehere
      @insertmetalusernamehere 3 місяці тому +6

      I’m rooting for stay puft now.

    • @BOND19951
      @BOND19951 3 місяці тому +4

      ​@@insertmetalusernamehere I would root for Samhain from the Ghostbusters cartoon if he attacked the city.

    • @mrpopsful
      @mrpopsful 2 місяці тому

      Sure, It's dirty, it's crowded, it's polluted and people would just as soon step on your face as look at you! But come on, there's got to be some sparks of sweet humanity left in that burned out burg.

  • @agentooe33AD
    @agentooe33AD 3 місяці тому +118

    Ghostbusters, Ghostbuster 2, and Ghostbusters The Video Game is the definitive trilogy. The rest can be ignored. The Real Ghostbusters animated series is great also!

    • @Joe-nr4il
      @Joe-nr4il 3 місяці тому +8

      I completely agree afterlife was a nice send off but I have only seen that one once this one was meh

    • @slicerneons3300
      @slicerneons3300 3 місяці тому +6

      Extreme Ghostbusters should count too!

    • @petercampbell8694
      @petercampbell8694 3 місяці тому

      TOTALLY agree freindo 👍

    • @Mowglibaloo2
      @Mowglibaloo2 3 місяці тому

      The real Ghostbusters is very similar to this movie.

    • @markpugh6808
      @markpugh6808 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@Mowglibaloo2 That is exactly what this is a live action episode of the Real Ghostbusters

  • @TheWarmachine375
    @TheWarmachine375 3 місяці тому +147

    Everyone to classic Ghostbusters films and animated show: "Perhaps we treated you too harshly."

    • @SinuousGrace
      @SinuousGrace 3 місяці тому +13

      And the big Ghostbusters game on Xbox 360 and others.

    • @alphabravo1603
      @alphabravo1603 3 місяці тому +1

      @@SinuousGrace but no apologies to the Ghostbusters NES game. It was unequivocally terrible. 35 years later and I'm still bitter about it, lol.

    • @santosmadrigal3702
      @santosmadrigal3702 3 місяці тому +2

      My guess is the character Slimer is a blob of used KY jelly .

    • @BrandonScott-mi5pz
      @BrandonScott-mi5pz 3 місяці тому

      GREAT MEDIAHOLIC GHOST 👻 BUSTER FROZEN EMPIRE REVIEW 😊😊😊

    • @changvasejarik62
      @changvasejarik62 3 місяці тому +2

      We treated them harshly? I remember treating them well yes even 2.

  • @farmgirlrebel1333
    @farmgirlrebel1333 3 місяці тому +64

    "Super easy, barely an inconvenience" loved the nod to Pitch Meeting. That line now goes through my mind everytime I see a character get out of a really bad situation with minimal trouble.

  • @robertkroberjr.157
    @robertkroberjr.157 3 місяці тому +64

    I'll just stick to the original.

    • @Age_of_Apocalypse
      @Age_of_Apocalypse 3 місяці тому +1

      So am I! I rewatched it last week and still great! 😍

    • @robertkroberjr.157
      @robertkroberjr.157 3 місяці тому +1

      @@Age_of_Apocalypse it's free on UA-cam right now! 😁👍

    • @gregmeyer1805
      @gregmeyer1805 3 місяці тому +4

      Good call. Original cast ARE the Ghostbusters. Everybody else are Spirit Halloween posers.

    • @dominiqueblock7143
      @dominiqueblock7143 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@@gregmeyer1805Sprirt Halloween Ghostbusters versus Hasbro Ghostbusters! Lol! Good one!

    • @jeanTonicplusultra
      @jeanTonicplusultra 2 місяці тому

      yeah whatever

  • @seefoghall
    @seefoghall 3 місяці тому +240

    There was no Ghostbusters movie made in 2016.

    • @firenze6478
      @firenze6478 3 місяці тому +19

      There is no ghostbusters 2016 in Ba Sing Se…

    • @raymicheals4127
      @raymicheals4127 3 місяці тому +12

      There is no Ghostbusters 2016 in Ba Sing Se

    • @Adarkane325xi
      @Adarkane325xi 3 місяці тому

      Oh my goodness, so funny! 😒 To quote Batman, talking to Green Lantern: “You wear the tights, that has to count for something.” I have yet to even watch Gb 2016, but i respect the effort they made. Check out “Ghostbusters Get Real,” it deals with dimensional rifts and crosses over ALL the Ghostbusters - The Real Ghostbusters, OG’s and the girls. Guaranteed they’re in a sequel to Frozen Empire - thereby folding them into the Prime Canon.

    • @JoseMendoza-df1ld
      @JoseMendoza-df1ld 3 місяці тому +5

      The last Ghostbusters movie came out in 1989.

    • @kalasatwater2224
      @kalasatwater2224 3 місяці тому +1

      Exactly

  • @TheWarmachine375
    @TheWarmachine375 3 місяці тому +72

    0:04 I can only see Scott Lang helping out a bunch of kids but he forgot to bring his Ant-Man suit along.

    • @evilmasterstudios
      @evilmasterstudios 3 місяці тому +1

      But he gets a cool gun

    • @haroldb1856
      @haroldb1856 3 місяці тому +1

      At least there is a super genius teenage girl.

  • @christophercatiller2422
    @christophercatiller2422 3 місяці тому +48

    Channeling your inner Pitch Meeting is tight.

  • @WilliamNeish
    @WilliamNeish 3 місяці тому +51

    Hollywood is so lazy; they have to use the same pathetic formula no matter what.

    • @thepossessor
      @thepossessor 2 місяці тому +4

      That's exactly why I don't watch any new movies anymore

    • @suckit5092
      @suckit5092 2 місяці тому +2

      “The Message” is all that matters

    • @thepossessor
      @thepossessor 2 місяці тому +1

      @@suckit5092 Oh I'm well aware

    • @SonoranVibezzz
      @SonoranVibezzz Місяць тому

      It's checking boxes now (to fit liberal propaganda) instead of creating a good story line

  • @NinjaKittyBonks
    @NinjaKittyBonks 3 місяці тому +141

    "non-boonary" ghosts 👻

  • @Mowglibaloo2
    @Mowglibaloo2 3 місяці тому +6

    The lesbian friendly ghost broke the this movie. Having her talk ends up ruining Phoebe... Having Phoebe essentially kill herself for this ghost ruined the illusion that Phoebe's character is actually smart

  • @wherestheaudio1
    @wherestheaudio1 3 місяці тому +163

    DEI - Didn’t Earn it 👍

    • @firenze6478
      @firenze6478 3 місяці тому

      I still call it D.I.E.
      It was correct the first time for it kills industries.

    • @mrgraham5521
      @mrgraham5521 3 місяці тому +12

      I'll admit it, I'm using this phrase... a lot.

    • @robertpaul50n
      @robertpaul50n 3 місяці тому +6

      Nice! Snickety sneam, I'm stealing your meme.

    • @wherestheaudio1
      @wherestheaudio1 3 місяці тому +2

      @@robertpaul50n YAYAYAYA 💪

    • @SM69
      @SM69 3 місяці тому

      Deport Every Illegal

  • @anulire
    @anulire 3 місяці тому +40

    gayness in Ghostbusters? I'll pass

    • @dannyman9164
      @dannyman9164 3 місяці тому +3

      Is that really why you don’t like it? Gayness? That’s stupid. Now don’t get me wrong I don’t think they should be shoving it down our throats but that shouldn’t be your reason for disliking it.

    • @anulire
      @anulire 3 місяці тому +17

      @@dannyman9164 You know why? I actually don't give a flying f who is gay or who is not. But. I am SO damn sick of any political agenda in everything. That is why where I see any alphabet society having any moment in any film, I will not watch it. It can't be good. and I am sick of it. 15 years ago, I wouldn't care. Now I do.
      The last good movie I watched was Sound of Freedom.

    • @ghostengineer
      @ghostengineer 3 місяці тому +4

      I’m a huge GB fan. I enjoyed the movie overall despite the flaws. I’m baffled by all this gay talk. I saw an awkward teen that is growing up and being defiant. Maybe there was more to the phoebe melody story but I just saw phoebe trying to fit in somewhere and not her turning gay etc. maybe those scenes were cut out ?

    • @jonathandevereaux298
      @jonathandevereaux298 3 місяці тому +3

      ​@@dannyman9164you can have your reasons and others can have theirs. Don't pretend that you're important enough to influence anyone.

    • @ShadowCthulhu
      @ShadowCthulhu 2 місяці тому

      @@ghostengineer that is how it came across to me as well.

  • @elmarakovideo
    @elmarakovideo 3 місяці тому +121

    Writer/Director Gil Kenan ruined Phoebe. She was a likeable geek in Afterlife. Two years later, she became an angry obnoxious teen.🙄

    • @shanemcguire5347
      @shanemcguire5347 3 місяці тому +22

      As all 15 year olds do in real life

    • @dannyman9164
      @dannyman9164 3 місяці тому +6

      How is that bad? It’s part of growing up, it’s realistic. Don’t get me wrong, I agree that she should still be geeky but I can understand her being obnoxious

    • @drawingdragon
      @drawingdragon 3 місяці тому +19

      ​@dannyman9164 I am so. Sick. Of the "character Is insufferable brat because that's just how teens are lolololol" excuse in media. First of all, this is fiction and characters matter way more than explicit realism.
      Second, NO. Teenagers do not just inevitably become the worst humans to ever walk the planet at the flip of a switch after 13. Do they have emotional and hormonal changes and stress? Yes. But there's a way to represent this without just making the most infuriating awful and unlikable person known to mankind.
      Morgan in Disney's Disenchanted is a better example of a "teen angst" phase done well. She doesn't suddenly hate everyone and everything, she's just dealing with stress and growing up and occasionally lashes out.
      Instead, 99 times out of 100 we get the insufferable brat from the Barbie movie as our "teen angst uwu" in media. Just a bad person with 0 redeeming qualities and a get out of jail free card for the most insane and vile behavior because "teens amiright"

    • @MikeInOregon
      @MikeInOregon 3 місяці тому +3

      That’s what teens are.

    • @leondonnelly6271
      @leondonnelly6271 3 місяці тому +3

      @@drawingdragon
      She’s behaving like Egon. Egon himself had issues. Remember how he tried to strangle Peck in front of the police in the first film even yelling at him “YOUR MOTHER!!!” Egon also tried to drill a hole in his head.
      What she told Peck in the new film was accurate.
      Also remember that Phoebe is already socially awkward and struggles with society. It makes sense that as she becomes a teenager and change in hormones would cause changes in her attitude. Especially since she’s been benched and pretty much tossed aside.
      She also redeemed herself in the end.

  • @vhanime
    @vhanime 3 місяці тому +20

    "Super easy, barely an inconvenience"
    I thought screenwriter guy was going to pop up 😮 🤔😆

  • @childofthemist6174
    @childofthemist6174 3 місяці тому +40

    They should have stopped with afterlife. It was a nice send off for Harold (Egon).

    • @kennethconklin4140
      @kennethconklin4140 3 місяці тому +6

      But...but...MONEY!!!💵💵💵🤑🤑🤑

    • @mallorycarpinski1160
      @mallorycarpinski1160 3 місяці тому +2

      Not have a sequel of a well known IP??? BLASPHEMY!

    • @wanderingthedesert5599
      @wanderingthedesert5599 3 місяці тому +3

      Honestly, they should've focused on the OG characters and gradually transfer over to the new characters, but nobody knows how to do this, so we get a bunch of characters we don't care about and the original actors are terribly underutilized.

  • @dragondude9637
    @dragondude9637 2 місяці тому +2

    I didn't take it as if Phoebe was gay, but more as though she wanted a friend.

  • @helpmeiaminhell
    @helpmeiaminhell 3 місяці тому +32

    1:05 "i had fun with it but i also never felt the need to watch it again after seeing the first time". THAT is the problem with most "entertainment" nowadays. I call it the one and done.

  • @justmehere6094
    @justmehere6094 3 місяці тому +7

    Phoebe was awkward and likeable in the first movie. Great to see they f*cked that up.

  • @rururu5630
    @rururu5630 3 місяці тому +10

    Hahahaha. I was thinking that it would be awesome if Lauren said, "Super easy, barely an inconvenience!" and she did not disappoint

  • @magik22
    @magik22 3 місяці тому +8

    I was dying when Lauren was like, “bitches be lying” 😂

  • @obiejerusalem8587
    @obiejerusalem8587 3 місяці тому +4

    I'll admit that by the end of Ghostbusters Afterlife I was in tears. It was my childhood coming back to say hello.
    Frozen Empire felt more like a fan fiction writer won a contest.

  • @hkaayaakuu
    @hkaayaakuu 3 місяці тому +50

    Old enough to have a lesz relation with a ghost but not old enough to own a gun or whatever movie said

    • @matthewferguson6524
      @matthewferguson6524 3 місяці тому +4

      Rub salt on it: ghost is 21+, phoebe is barely old enough to drive, if even that.

    • @StimParavane
      @StimParavane 3 місяці тому +7

      Groomers got to groom.

    • @TM-df1qv
      @TM-df1qv 3 місяці тому +2

      Old enough to separate your own soul from your body to get a little ecto-loving, but not old enough to operate the nuclear tech that you built yourself.

    • @felixt808
      @felixt808 3 місяці тому

      ​@@StimParavane how is being gay "groomer behaviour" like im sorry do you even know what a fucking groomer is lol

  • @Proudtrekkie96
    @Proudtrekkie96 3 місяці тому +21

    I didn't noticed any lesbiam stuff in the movie. I thought it was cuz Phoebe was being awkward making a new friend due to her being in the spectrum.

    • @aether2002
      @aether2002 3 місяці тому

      It could have been that but. With how Hollywood is they try to push things into everything they added just enough to satisfy the alphabet mafia but also not enough for normal people to just say this is gay I'm not watching they played in the middle with this movie playing both sides

    • @vezner
      @vezner 3 місяці тому +5

      I honestly felt the same way and I really hate woke content.

    • @WilliamWisethewisechoice
      @WilliamWisethewisechoice 3 місяці тому +7

      It was hard to tell. I felt that way until Phoebe became a ghost. That scene just felt awkward. I half expected them to kiss, the way the scene felt.

    • @EnoughisEnough351
      @EnoughisEnough351 3 місяці тому +4

      when the Phoebe come to the dinner with her guy friend...ghost gay girl says.... what's up with the third wheel... and then they were about to kiss... what were you sleeping?

    • @Ironcabbit
      @Ironcabbit 3 місяці тому +1

      No, you’re misinterpreting what happened between Melody and Phoebe according to social conditioning.

  • @rogercotton5134
    @rogercotton5134 3 місяці тому +5

    Based on all media and activism, one would believe just about EVERYONE is gay / trans / queer.

  • @margaretwood152
    @margaretwood152 3 місяці тому +19

    ............................I'm *_Not_*_ Going To The Movies _*_Anymore._* *
    (* It's too much like *_wading through the City Dump_* during the height of summer to find your lost wedding ring)

    • @malex2200
      @malex2200 3 місяці тому +2

      I was thinking the same thing. I have not gone to the movie theater in years and I do not foresee any reason to go in the future.

  • @micheleosullivan4430
    @micheleosullivan4430 3 місяці тому +20

    You mentioned the writing in Ghost Busters. I'm interested in one particular aspect: why has the quality of writing declined so much lately? It seems evident across various mediums-commercials, which have historically been cheesy, are particularly cringe-worthy now. As an avid reader, I've also noticed a decline in the quality of books.
    Has the world lost its imagination and storytelling abilities?

    • @malex2200
      @malex2200 3 місяці тому +9

      The West seems to have definitely lost the spark of creativity. I have been watching more Korean shows since Hollywood seems incapable of creating entertainment.

    • @cody5404
      @cody5404 3 місяці тому +1

      Omg I’ve been talking about this for a while..it’s then hiring all of the worst people imaginable and letting them do what they want and pushing certain political agendas without being checked before rolling it out to the public

    • @jasonmaclean719
      @jasonmaclean719 3 місяці тому

      The way I see it is you don't get work unless you've been to school. Colleges/universities push the woke agenda so hard now. They only write how they've been taught.

    • @makingabusinesswithmoe
      @makingabusinesswithmoe 3 місяці тому +7

      Yes because we’ve normalized the average reading level in the states to a 5th grade level. We’ve minimized and divided male and female individual spaces. You have to include everyone with every background under the sun. Women have been shamed to be feminine and men are applauded for being feminine. There is no creativity anymore and that’s by design. I stopped watching mainstream movies and shows years ago. It’s all starting to trickle overseas now too.

    • @makingabusinesswithmoe
      @makingabusinesswithmoe 3 місяці тому +4

      @@malex2200Same I watch Korean , French, or Polish movies now.

  • @williamgulfo5294
    @williamgulfo5294 3 місяці тому +9

    I grew up in the "80's and didn't know anyone that actually liked Ghostbusters 2

    • @snoopy7261
      @snoopy7261 3 місяці тому +3

      Agreed. I hated Ghostbusters 2.

  • @TheWarmachine375
    @TheWarmachine375 3 місяці тому +18

    0:26 There is no sequel to Ghostbusters Afterlife that gave a send off to Harold Ramis aka Egon Spengler in Ba Sing Se.

  • @user-ue9cq3fh3v
    @user-ue9cq3fh3v 3 місяці тому +7

    "It's very easy. Barely an inconvenience!"😂 Never imagined Lauren saying that😂

    • @user-jk5rk6hz1w
      @user-jk5rk6hz1w 3 місяці тому +1

      DID LAUREN JUST QUOTE RYAN GEORGE???!!!

    • @user-ue9cq3fh3v
      @user-ue9cq3fh3v 3 місяці тому +1

      @@user-jk5rk6hz1w apparently so!! The reference I didn't know I needed 😂

    • @user-jk5rk6hz1w
      @user-jk5rk6hz1w 3 місяці тому

      @@user-ue9cq3fh3v 😅

  • @avarion9538
    @avarion9538 3 місяці тому +79

    So we got Gaybusters? No wonder it flopped 🙂

    • @FloridaMan05
      @FloridaMan05 3 місяці тому +7

      Except it didn't...😂

    • @timothymorris157
      @timothymorris157 3 місяці тому

      No not Gaybusters, Wokebusters! 👻🚫

    • @PowderedVoltage
      @PowderedVoltage 3 місяці тому +7

      Yeah, it really didn't flop, from what I understand. I believe it led the box office with 45 million, which what was roughly expected. Definitely not a flop.

    • @joshuabellan6587
      @joshuabellan6587 3 місяці тому +2

      This is only its second weekend and it made $45 million domestic and $61 million worldwide which is more than half of its budget which is $100 million

    • @followerofchrist3125
      @followerofchrist3125 3 місяці тому +3

      @@joshuabellan6587The movie does not even have lgbtq thank goodness, I just wished they had made the final fight with the ghosts slightly longer.

  • @mattjohnson8585
    @mattjohnson8585 3 місяці тому +40

    Of course the romance is, not just gay, but also involves people too young to even get into that kind of thing. FFS.

    • @mlapointej
      @mlapointej 3 місяці тому +5

      There was no romance with Pheobe. People need to stop reading into things that aren't there.

    • @mattjohnson8585
      @mattjohnson8585 3 місяці тому +12

      Right. Flirting and toying with entering the spirit realm to be with a cute girl definitely doesn't sound like a romantic emotional attachment...

    • @bobhope5114
      @bobhope5114 3 місяці тому +3

      That's nice, So anyway how's your crippling glue habit coming along? ​@@mlapointej

    • @felixt808
      @felixt808 3 місяці тому +3

      ah yes, because you can only be gay at 18 and beyond, but apparently youre never too young to be straight...

    • @mattjohnson8585
      @mattjohnson8585 3 місяці тому +2

      I was talking more about sexuality and relationships in general, but you go ahead and keep projecting.

  • @justatech552
    @justatech552 3 місяці тому +7

    The "super easy... barely an inconvience" refernce made me smile. I will go watch those videos now

    • @MostafaSaadMedia
      @MostafaSaadMedia 3 місяці тому +1

      Fr I like that she also didn't emphasize it too much, more a iykyk kinda thing.

    • @user-jk5rk6hz1w
      @user-jk5rk6hz1w 3 місяці тому

      Ryan George! 😂

    • @grim_2000
      @grim_2000 3 місяці тому

      ​@@MostafaSaadMedia
      the 'wink' was in a camera close up.

  • @nicholasdeporto5257
    @nicholasdeporto5257 3 місяці тому +30

    Why the hell did they make her gay it added nothing to the plot? The writers could’ve had the same subplot but with a boy ghost, I’ll tell you why because if they didn’t the alphabet crew would raise their keyboards and have a crying fit. I go to the movies to be entertained, not to have a lifestyle I don’t agree with forced down my throat.

    • @roxxibelle4
      @roxxibelle4 3 місяці тому +2

      If she was straight, would that add anything to the plot? What difference does it make???

    • @vezner
      @vezner 3 місяці тому +6

      @@roxxibelle4the point is, why include sexuality at all? It didn’t do anything to serve the plot.

    • @roxxibelle4
      @roxxibelle4 3 місяці тому

      @@vezner Romantic relationships are always included in action, adventure movies like this. This is nothing new. If she was interested in a guy, then you wouldn't be asking that question

    • @vezner
      @vezner 3 місяці тому +4

      @@roxxibelle4 yes I would. It was a completely pointless plot point. Period.

    • @roxxibelle4
      @roxxibelle4 3 місяці тому +1

      @@vezner No, you wouldn't. Because no one complains about it when it's a straight romance.

  • @chaburchak
    @chaburchak 3 місяці тому +14

    I was skeptical of this flick when Peck says on the trailer "They say they saved the world, but no eyewitnesses..." So those cheering crowds at the end of GB 1 and 2 must've had their eyes shut? Or how do you explain the Statue of Liberty left standing in the middle of the city?

    • @SuperMarioBrosIII
      @SuperMarioBrosIII 3 місяці тому +3

      @chaburchak Maybe Peck was away or out of the city or he just doesn't remember LOL!🤔🤨🙄🤷

    • @PowderedVoltage
      @PowderedVoltage 3 місяці тому +4

      He was probably just being a normal politician. Gaslighting, and disingenuous.

    • @allthingsnerd.4484
      @allthingsnerd.4484 3 місяці тому +5

      In the first GB movie, Walter Peck was RIGHT THERE when Gozer (in the form of the marshmallow man) showed up at the Shandor high rise apartments and fought the ghostbusters. He was doused in like 300 gallons of melted marshmallow after the gate was shut and the marshmallow man exploded. So, I mean…. He’s lying about no witnesses. But since he’s a politician now (mayor of NY, no less) lying comes with the job.😆🤣

    • @followerofchrist3125
      @followerofchrist3125 3 місяці тому +2

      @@allthingsnerd.4484It’s his fault Gozer escaped the first time.

    • @gregmeyer1805
      @gregmeyer1805 3 місяці тому

      ​​@@followerofchrist3125Peck absolutely handled the situation terribly. But to be fair, he was a member of the EPA, and the Ghostbusters had an unlicensed nuclear containment system in their basement. Talk about a health hazard lol

  • @NKWTI
    @NKWTI 3 місяці тому +3

    I'm a 37/38 year old male who grew up with the franchise, and yeah, it sucks that this movie was disappointing. Afterlife had actual stakes and I was invested in the return of a big villain, although a rehash, it felt like something threatening was looming over the movie to be defeated. I felt emotionally connected to Phoebe's fight to stand up for the reputation of her grandfather, and I was intrigued by the plans Egon put into place. It was lacking in some areas, but a nice, humble, small town reboot to the franchise is just fine for the first one.
    Ghostbusters Frozen Empire had NO STAKES. Wasn't emotionally connected at all. The opening to this movie was amazing and awesome, that's about it. It's a good movie to throw on in the background if you want some silly jokes and some random "Ghostbustery feels," but not the kind of movie you get excited about. I'm still open to them having an awesome third movie and just forgetting about Frozen Empire. It didn't kill GB for me, it's just boring. If I can have one more epic GB movie, I will gladly skip ahead a few years and throw the next one on after watching GB II or maybe even Afterlife.

  • @PriceOfLibertyEternalVigilance
    @PriceOfLibertyEternalVigilance 3 місяці тому +9

    You're dad is funny! I always appreciate the honesty...lol...

  • @gonzobeyondo
    @gonzobeyondo 3 місяці тому +5

    Papa Chen is my favorite film critic, hands down.

  • @timflint25
    @timflint25 3 місяці тому +3

    I blame Sony Pictures. They've suffered from corporate rot for like 15 years now. Haven't made a single decent film in that entire span besides the Spiderverses. Not a single one. The level and longevity of their ineptitude is truly unprecedented.

  • @TitanicFan1997
    @TitanicFan1997 3 місяці тому +7

    Hey Lauren. I noticed you said, "Super Easy. Barely an Inconvenience." You jumped even higher on the cool meter. Also, the relationship between Melody and Phoebe was cringe worthy.

  • @Beinacts
    @Beinacts 3 місяці тому +8

    Ngl I was thinking of Pitch Meeting right before she said “barely an inconvenience”

  • @Slamdoxicalz
    @Slamdoxicalz 3 місяці тому +31

    2:11 It's not just cliché, it's done before; Ghostbusters II was all about being sued for property damage and no longer being allowed to hunt ghosts. If that's a major plot part I'll skip this one.

    • @grim_2000
      @grim_2000 3 місяці тому +1

      It's not a major part, but it's there.
      Mostly to be a cause for family rift & subsequent teen angst

  • @chrispike2441
    @chrispike2441 8 днів тому

    And the fact that Melody didn't tell Phoebe if only you can be a ghost for a bit but Phoebe says I should be a ghost for 2mins.

  • @yourikhan4425
    @yourikhan4425 3 місяці тому +27

    I don't care if it's really woke or not. They made the girl gay enough. I will not watch on principle.

    • @kwaichangcaine-xu4jh
      @kwaichangcaine-xu4jh 3 місяці тому +9

      Apparently they were so proud of this Character that they Hid Her Completely in the Trailers and Advertising for this film.

    • @PowderedVoltage
      @PowderedVoltage 3 місяці тому +2

      Leave it to 2024 to produce gay ghosts in a family movie.

    • @Darkpooower
      @Darkpooower 3 місяці тому

      Sure she is gay? It looked like a friendship. I have saw the movie.

    • @soniyashi
      @soniyashi 3 місяці тому +3

      @@Darkpooower it's ''OG Sailor Moon dub,'' gay. meaning if you're perceptive enough you'll know it's there, but it's hidden under a thin layer of ''close cousins.''

    • @Darkpooower
      @Darkpooower 3 місяці тому +4

      @@soniyashi I hope in future Ghostbusters films there will still no gay propaganda

  • @adamdixon3187
    @adamdixon3187 3 місяці тому

    Poppa chen is awesome. Love these reviews Lauren, please keep em coming.

  • @MMLynnmarie
    @MMLynnmarie 3 місяці тому +4

    09:45 "B!+ches be lying" was hilarious. Favorite part of the video. I needed that laugh.

  • @Eternally_Sardonic
    @Eternally_Sardonic 3 місяці тому +16

    10:33 Oh, saying that phrase was TIGHT!

  • @joshjacks2837
    @joshjacks2837 3 місяці тому +3

    There's a scene in the film where Phoebe and a friend are called in to a diner to bust a ghost that turns out to be the ghost girl just sitting at a booth.
    This scene kind of bothers me because I now wonder how many benign/ innocent ghosts have been "busted" just for being a nuisance rather than an actual danger. Maybe that was at the back of the writers' mind as well. Like somehow the Ghostbusters are helping gentrify New York for the living.

  • @david_fl507
    @david_fl507 3 місяці тому +5

    so let me get this right: you CAN'T fight ghosts at 15, but you can chop off any and all body parts even younger than that? right....

  • @RustCole01
    @RustCole01 3 місяці тому +8

    LOL, This is really funny if you have already seen the Red Letter Media review... W0KE?!!? Hahaha, they described it as inserting the obligatory representation, while still maintaining "Plausible Deniability".

    • @kwaichangcaine-xu4jh
      @kwaichangcaine-xu4jh 3 місяці тому +2

      Mustn't Offend those Lucrative Foreign Markets.

    • @bryan81584
      @bryan81584 3 місяці тому +1

      Have they finally come around to admitting it is happening and it's not just a "conspiracy"?

    • @Billy-bc8pk
      @Billy-bc8pk 2 місяці тому

      @@bryan81584 Nah. Almost every "mainstream" channel pretends people are just off their rocker, and that Hollywood just has managed to trip and fall on every major studio release with bad writing and DEI casting -- it's all just a coincidence and we all need to just close our eyes and pretend it's one giant, coordinated mistake. That's how they approach the matter, which is why I stopped watching them.

  • @b.calvinsaul1909
    @b.calvinsaul1909 3 місяці тому +1

    Laura: You might think it would be hard to defeat a frozen god without a lifetime of fire mastery practice...
    Me: Say it! Say it! Ooooooo, she's gonna say it!
    Laura: It's super easy! Barely an inconvenience!
    Me: Yes!!!

  • @knightwolfpro4494
    @knightwolfpro4494 3 місяці тому +2

    Just a reminder, the Mayor (Peck) in this movie was out to get the ghostbusters all the way back in 84 too. Plus even real new york seems to be out against anyone who would want to protect the citizens, so that part of the story is pretty realistic.

  • @hannahkennelly6961
    @hannahkennelly6961 3 місяці тому +8

    Lol barely an inconvenience!! Love that reference!!😂😂😂

  • @RockLeeMC
    @RockLeeMC 3 місяці тому +3

    Now i think of the Travel Channel and all their ghost hunting series... I guess ghost hunters should add to their list of questions to the supernatural, "Are you... gay?" LOL

  • @jamestaylor2333
    @jamestaylor2333 3 місяці тому +6

    I really wanted to enjoy this film more than I did. At least Afterlife has some heart... This one was just BLOATED with memberberries and this wanna be gay relationship. And I totally agree that activities or plot arcs that were given to characters we couldn't care less about should've been given to perhaps the original GBs. I'll probably never watch this again.

  • @fiero11
    @fiero11 3 місяці тому +3

    I think my favorite part of the review is referencing Ryan George's Pitch Meeting... super easy, barely an inconvenience!

  • @jabbarmuhammad
    @jabbarmuhammad 3 місяці тому +5

    This version of Ghostbusters is only a one time see because of the irritating Phoebe character

    • @elmarakovideo
      @elmarakovideo 3 місяці тому +1

      Yep. She is the worst!

    • @kwaichangcaine-xu4jh
      @kwaichangcaine-xu4jh 3 місяці тому

      A Mary Sue who can do anything.

    • @VenomBroly
      @VenomBroly 3 місяці тому +7

      It’s even worst since she was adorable in afterlife

  • @malmazing24
    @malmazing24 3 місяці тому +7

    It needs a full reboot, no family. How about a brand new team with 4 brand new comedians. 🤔

    • @DiogenesDworkinson
      @DiogenesDworkinson 3 місяці тому +6

      Female comedians?

    • @John-fk2ky
      @John-fk2ky 3 місяці тому +9

      Been there. Done that. It was complete crap. Go make something NEW.

    • @malmazing24
      @malmazing24 3 місяці тому +6

      @@DiogenesDworkinson Hell No

    • @PowderedVoltage
      @PowderedVoltage 3 місяці тому +5

      How about no more Ghostbusters period. The only great film is the original, while everything that follows ranges from mediocre to abysmal.

    • @malmazing24
      @malmazing24 3 місяці тому

      @PowderedVoltage You do realize it's popular worldwide. Also, nostalgia rules Hollywood. So, unfortunately, you are going to miss out on tons more nostalgia.

  • @avarion9538
    @avarion9538 3 місяці тому +8

    So the movie is unrealistic, even for a Ghostbusters movie. What people do and want doesn't make any sense. Also what about the ghosts in other cities? Do they also have Ghostbusters, or are they doomed? 🤷‍♂

    • @kwaichangcaine-xu4jh
      @kwaichangcaine-xu4jh 3 місяці тому +1

      I'm confused. If the Ghostbusters cause a disturbance everytime they Trap a Ghost, Why don't the Police intervene? In this film It's portrayed as something that happens so often that the Cops completely ignore It. So why do they get in trouble all of a sudden for basically just doing their jobs?

    • @matthewferguson6524
      @matthewferguson6524 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@kwaichangcaine-xu4jha 15 year old child with an explosive device blasting random buildings in a city mayored by a man who has had it out for you before you were born tends to get the law involved. Not defending the movie, just explaining their reasoning. In all honesty it should not have happened, thus no need for Dickless in the movie.

    • @Antonio-ys5zd
      @Antonio-ys5zd 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@@kwaichangcaine-xu4jhit's more so the manner in how Phoebe went about taking out the ghost. Instead of isolating the ghost in a less populate area to minimize the risk of casualties, she chose to fire randomly causing mass damage and endangering lives. That's why she got into so much trouble. The OG Ghostbusters didn't do that. They contained the threats and treated them with caution even though sometimes the environment was destroyed

  • @akiyajapan
    @akiyajapan 3 місяці тому +1

    The villain was a side note. He also didn't believe in killing anyone. It was a teen talkfest drama for most of the film and not in an even slightly good way. Watching it in the Japanese dub helped it actually, but I almost walked out.

  • @OrthoLou
    @OrthoLou 3 місяці тому +15

    In another video about this movie, there were people in the comment section actually trying to say the "romance" wasn't there and they were just friends...lol.
    The "third wheel" comment that Casper the LesbiGhost makes about Podcast (a BOY it seemed Phoebe would have a thing with in the last film) made it pretty clear to me.
    Risking your life with a crazy experiment that essentially kills you temporarily is not something one does for a "friend" they just met... Just what exactly were they "separated" from doing as friends..?
    And if you think her saying "Boo" back at her wasn't flirty... You are oblivious. The music and the way they looked like they were about to kiss made it obvious.
    Pushing this onto kids in any capacity is unacceptable.

    • @kwaichangcaine-xu4jh
      @kwaichangcaine-xu4jh 3 місяці тому +6

      ^ Absolutely Right.

    • @SuperMarioBrosIII
      @SuperMarioBrosIII 3 місяці тому +2

      @@kwaichangcaine-xu4jh Phoebe And Her Friendly Ghost sounds better!👻👧🚫♟

    • @matthewferguson6524
      @matthewferguson6524 3 місяці тому +3

      I forgot about the 'Boo' moment... I physically cringed at that scene.

    • @OrthoLou
      @OrthoLou 3 місяці тому +3

      @@matthewferguson6524 I was seconds away from getting up and leaving because I thought they were gonna kiss. They chickened out to try and placate to "both sides" and cut it off with "action," but what was done was already enough.

    • @OrthoLou
      @OrthoLou 3 місяці тому +3

      @AetheriusComics I hadn't even considered that... But I'm sure the intention would be to influence those friends..
      I think they're angry because they're in denial and want to love the movie since they're big fans. I understand because I'm also a fan, and I was in denial about Disney Star Wars at first lol.

  • @Varnzy20
    @Varnzy20 3 місяці тому +2

    “Annoying face, not pleasant to look at.” 😂

  • @WilAdams
    @WilAdams 2 місяці тому +1

    You know what really surprises men about this? The idea that people are actually SURPRISED by the creeping 'woke' in this film. How can you be surprised? Hollywood (through u-tube channels like Grace Randolph) has been recently bemoaning the fact that people are rejecting their 'message-heavy' films/books, and saying out loud that the MISTAKE they made was being to OBVIOUS about the message. They then said they would go BACK (yep, they admit they were putting messages in to these IPS for decades in order to SHAPE society) to just HINTING at the message for a while. This brought us to this film. The gay part here is only kind of hinted at, some say you could choose to NOT see it. This film will serve as a warning about how they play to restart the CREEP and slow down the PUSH.

    • @Billy-bc8pk
      @Billy-bc8pk 2 місяці тому +1

      This, this, this! Somebody here gets it. In fact, you're pointing out something that actually highlights a ton of comments in this very video: a ton of people have chosen NOT to see the gay part. Even though the subtext is clear as day based on the description of the two characters' relationship. It reminds me of Nightmare on Elm Street 2, where you basically had to be completely oblivious to every single social cue and narrative framing trick not to see what the movie was hinting at. But you're right -- back in the day things were subtlely nudged onto the audience, then they went full bore for a while, and now they're back to slowly boiling the frog, and you have plenty of people syaing, "I don't mind... I don't see a problem... it's no big deal". I think that is actually worse yet, because it's cultivating a mindset to normalise Hollywood's intent with little to no pushback.

  • @mterenzi
    @mterenzi 3 місяці тому +1

    I enjoy your reviews and your awesome dad! I did notice a bit of editing to zoom in and out a bit during your review. I get that it’s the style for videos today. And it’s a very mild form of it. But I prefer your original video style. Be aware I am 45. That’s 120 in UA-cam years. So feel free to continue using the style if it brings in an audience. I will continue watching either way. I just wanted to give my two cents. You have a good day!

    • @goatsmith26
      @goatsmith26 3 місяці тому

      Mate, her new editing style and thumbnails are going to give us cancer.

  • @Storytime2023x
    @Storytime2023x 2 місяці тому +1

    What happened to the great movies? The great minds are gone. The great talent is gone. The great ideas are gone. And quotas are here to stay.

  • @jacob_90s
    @jacob_90s 3 місяці тому +2

    My biggest issue with Ghostbusters Afterlife was Phoebe's character. There were a lot of things I could have overlooked, but they never gave her any sort of reality check, and i felt like they had the perfect opportunity; at the end when the family saw Egon's ghost, I thought they should have had him say "Sorry" before he left, and then let Phoebe have to realize that just because you're smart, just because you're right doesn't give you the right to treat your family and friends like shit.
    Seriously, from House, to Sherlock, to Sheldon, this damn trope needs to die.

    • @SuperMarioBrosIII
      @SuperMarioBrosIII 3 місяці тому +2

      @jacob_90s You know the late Harold Ramis gave his reasons back in 2008 why he wasn't interested in a third Ghostbusters movie in a rare interview. He said it might not be as good as the first and look at how Indiana Jones And The Crystal Skulls turned out. So it almost feels like he was foreshadowing these current Ghostbusters movies back then! Leave well enough alone! Albeit Afterlife had heart and was a nice tribute to Harold Ramis. Frozen Empire on the other hand was just a frozen movie LOL! And yet we would get another Indiana Jones movie after that LOL!🤠👻🚫🧊♟

  • @user-jk5rk6hz1w
    @user-jk5rk6hz1w 3 місяці тому +3

    "Super easy, barely an inconvenience!"
    Turning your video into a Pitch Meeting by saying on sentence is TIGHT!

  • @theAlphatron
    @theAlphatron 3 місяці тому

    Always appreciate and enjoy your Dad's review. He has very good insight. Great reviews overall.

  • @Julius.Council3
    @Julius.Council3 3 місяці тому +1

    Someone pointed out the girl is too young to hunt ghost but not too young to do lesbian stuff.

  • @jkhadem5729
    @jkhadem5729 3 місяці тому +1

    Youre right about the gay love story part, which is extremely weird how they were pushing that story line while having to tell the audience over and over about the characters age, almost like trying to normalize it, but aside from that and the one line about the Indian guy being a back up date for some guys brother, the movie was enjoyable

  • @Pizzpott
    @Pizzpott 3 місяці тому +5

    I never wanted to watch Afterlife because there was the forced 'girl that's the answer to everything' in it. I certainly won't be going to see this pile of shit now that I know it has this girl that's the answer to everything is now gay too! - forced gay shit....just put in there because - well, for no reason. Hollywood is shit...
    As for the gestion of how that Indian thing knew about the tech - he couldn't have but he had to know because the plot needed it to flaunt a gay relationship in the film - that's way more important that a cohesive storyline and writing don't you know?

  • @wilsonwarner6903
    @wilsonwarner6903 3 місяці тому

    You know, having watched the movie before this review, I agree with this.
    And thank you, Papa Chen.

  • @3dayztill
    @3dayztill 3 місяці тому

    After hearing the magic words I had to see if pitch meeting made a video yet😂

  • @user-ii6qv2xy1d
    @user-ii6qv2xy1d 2 місяці тому

    You nailed review perfectly.
    It reminds me of Disney Star Wars The way no Han, Luke, Leia didn’t have a scene, here you have Slimmer and Peter, both in firehouse and no scene together, Peter and Walter Peck same thing..

  • @artofficialjoe
    @artofficialjoe 3 місяці тому +4

    I really liked afterlife. Frozen Empire was a mess. Too many characters and only one had an arc. My ranking of Ghostbuster films are
    1. Ghostbusters
    2. Afterlife
    3. Ghostbusters 2
    4. Frozen Empire
    5. The all female one

  • @hkaayaakuu
    @hkaayaakuu 3 місяці тому +7

    Im sad they did Grace Dirty

    • @rayharvey1330
      @rayharvey1330 3 місяці тому +2

      If it were Disney...they would have made the Black Girl lesbian....to fill their DEI quota.

    • @hkaayaakuu
      @hkaayaakuu 3 місяці тому

      @@rayharvey1330 i believe you senor gengar. Women like Amy pascal and Kathleen Kennedy are still on whitewoman🤍 ♀️ activism but Disney goes above and beyond in Dei

  • @Age_of_Apocalypse
    @Age_of_Apocalypse 3 місяці тому +2

    In the first two Ghostbusters movies, we had three(3) white guys and one(1) black one, all of them very likable and looking like a true TEAM; now, they have been replaced by an unlikable super intelligent girl boss without the support of a real team AND apparently for some people, there is NO woke in this "Frozen Empire" movie ...YEAH RIGHT! 🤦‍♂😖

  • @BlazingOwnager
    @BlazingOwnager 3 місяці тому +2

    hahahaha all I can hear is Jay's RLM comment, "The last thing you want is a thumbnail saying WOOOOKE! We've become grifters!"

  • @neoware9030
    @neoware9030 3 місяці тому +2

    Love your reviews Chen (and your dad reviews too, a big hug to him), you nailed this Woke GhostBusters review.

  • @jmacmalcolm
    @jmacmalcolm 3 місяці тому

    Hey, just had a curiosity.I know you do a lot of movie critiques on bad movies, but I would love to hear.Maybe your list of your top ten favorite movies and why

  • @riftshredder5438
    @riftshredder5438 3 місяці тому +1

    Producer Guy: Why doesn't she still help out behind the scenes?
    Screenwriter Guy: So the movie can happen
    Producer Guy: Gotcha

  • @cursedcancersurvivor
    @cursedcancersurvivor 3 місяці тому +1

    People will say: "oh, you just don't like it (Phoebe and Melody) because it's gay!"
    Bish, I grew up with that 90s Casper movie and the stuff between Casper and young Christina Ricci was still weird amd gross. 😂

  • @SinuousGrace
    @SinuousGrace 3 місяці тому +3

    I actually thought the The Last of Us gay love story episode was well done and touching. But this one, with kids, just seems both creepy and weak sauce at the same time, and I'm not into it.

    • @John-fk2ky
      @John-fk2ky 3 місяці тому

      I thought the very concept was stupid because it completely changed what happened in the game. Then again, the same can be said about a lot of the show.

  • @gamervet4760
    @gamervet4760 3 місяці тому

    8:24 When they introduced that and said human trials were still being worked out, I immediately thought of the slime. That's what they use to get rid of the ghost in possesd people.

  • @JamieMaloney1
    @JamieMaloney1 3 місяці тому +2

    When the theme song finally played at the climax of the movie and the crowd was filling a lot of the empty spots of the screen is when the energy started picking up, that’s the energy the whole movie should have had,not wait until the very end. The first two movies had that amount of energy, that the ending of this film had, throughout the first two installments. The lack of energy and addition of wokism is what is destroying modern film making. People want to go along for an adventurous ride, not sit in a chair bored, and at worst, bored and cringed.

  • @aaronfoster6032
    @aaronfoster6032 3 місяці тому

    🤣 I died when Papa Chen said Phoebe had an "annoying face" because I always thought that about character. Love his honest review!

  • @sebbenforte
    @sebbenforte 3 місяці тому +5

    I'm so tired of the fallacy that just because you exist, it's your right to be represented in media. Hollywood already learned how to produce movies for the largest audience-- it was the 80's, 90's, and early 00's when movies were wildly successful. This smooth-brained drug-craving for a STILL LARGER AUDIENCE is having predictable outcomes: You cannot appeal to some people without alienating others.

    • @Welshy
      @Welshy 3 місяці тому

      Well I guess us gays will keep our tax money for ourselves I’m sure you’d have no issue with that 😂

    • @sebbenforte
      @sebbenforte 3 місяці тому

      @@Welshy my gay brother in christ, may we all keep our tax money one day.

  • @Bignuke87
    @Bignuke87 3 місяці тому +3

    You'd think the mayor would be more understanding considering what happened in the first 2 films...not to mention a little property damage is preferable to a vindictive spirit killing everyone and compeltely razing the city to the ground

  • @TheFabianFaria
    @TheFabianFaria 3 місяці тому +1

    I was thinking the same thing I thought that the little girl was very sexually attracted to this female ghost, but in the most accurate way, it was almost like it was being pushed into that narrative, whether you like it or not. Disgusting.

  • @ClassicLes
    @ClassicLes 2 місяці тому +1

    I didnt care about the romance part, to me it felt more like: "you are my friend who gets me"
    I did not like the turning a ghost scene, it felt cheap and not even well thought out.
    They could have let Melody (controlled) take possession of Phoebe to release Garraka, making Melody feel guilty about it and resume the story of this movie.
    Skip the whole becoming a ghost part. I found it uncomfortable messaging of "****** yourself is fine"

  • @evanjd_
    @evanjd_ 3 місяці тому +2

    These movies are the reason i swipe right past anything that sounds woke. I was enjoying loudermilk... until that one woke episode. they always have to ruin it with nonsense.

  • @MunirRahool
    @MunirRahool 3 місяці тому

    What I was thinking after introduction of Nadeem, how irresponsible his grandmother was, not to train the next generation of Fire Masters! It would be a better story if he on-purpose refused to be one and then he had to work for it.

  • @hoibsh21
    @hoibsh21 3 місяці тому +2

    They say Ghostbusterz Afterlife made a $300 profit.

  • @gamervet4760
    @gamervet4760 3 місяці тому +1

    13:10 I know. She's supposed to be this genius prodigy, yet she thinks she can get it on with a ghost.

  • @gloriathomas3245
    @gloriathomas3245 3 місяці тому +2

    So I guess one of the most celebrated TV series, Buffy The Vampire was woke for making one of its main characters a lesbian in season 4....

  • @mmuser9137
    @mmuser9137 3 місяці тому +4

    Everyone I know who's seen it said it was horrible.

  • @CARTOONIVERSE1
    @CARTOONIVERSE1 3 місяці тому +1

    As soon as they introduced Egon's tomboy grandaughter in the 1st movie...I KNEW they would wait for the 2nd movie & make her gay. CALLED IT!

  • @MikeInOregon
    @MikeInOregon 3 місяці тому +2

    Do not look up “Rule 34 Ghostbusters”.
    You will never get _that_ image of Slimer out of your nightmares.

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    @fennysompotan6033 3 місяці тому

    ahh yesss.... there's that super easy says. well done Ryan , you've plague the internet much more than you knew