Video: The Movie Trailer thread

[Stash]

Maybe the kids will find the Ghostbusters trapped and free them, or maybe they'll have to seek them out to build proton packs or a containment unit...who knows?

Yeah, as long as they're involved somehow, actually playing their original characters, however large or small of a part. I'd expect Ackroyd to be around the most and Murray the least.

 

[nobody]

Yeah, as long as they're involved somehow, actually playing their original characters, however large or small of a part. I'd expect Ackroyd to be around the most and Murray the least.

Thinking about it, the trailer (to me) made it seem like the girl was Egon's granddaughter. But the timing doesn't exactly add up. It's set 30 years after Ghostbusters two. Two was set in 1989, happening five years after the event of the first movie. If Egon had a child, it would have been with Jenine. That child would have been born at the earliest in late 1990, because the events happened toward the end of 89. So, unless the child had children way early, the eldest (Finn Wolfhard) is too old and the younger one, the girl is still kinda old for the film.

However, the location fits the description of the "family farm" Spengler had to sell to fund the Ghostbusters....so it would have been him that got the farm back to leave to family.

They've got a lot of explaining to do.

 

[Stash]

Thinking about it, the trailer (to me) made it seem like the girl was Egon's granddaughter. But the timing doesn't exactly add up. It's set 30 years after Ghostbusters two. Two was set in 1989, happening five years after the event of the first movie. If Egon had a child, it would have been with Jenine. That child would have been born at the earliest in late 1990, because the events happened toward the end of 89. So, unless the child had children way early, the eldest (Finn Wolfhard) is too old and the younger one, the girl is still kinda old for the film.

However, the location fits the description of the "family farm" Spengler had to sell to fund the Ghostbusters....so it would have been him that got the farm back to leave to family.

They've got a lot of explaining to do.

I think they'd simply explain it away by saying that Spengler had the kid before the start of Ghostbusters. If they bothered to at all.

 

[Runwildboys]

I'm curious about the setup. Paul Rudd's character seems to be the go-between for the past and the present. He's giving the kids the history lesson about the Ghostbusters and I have to think will be a bit of a bridge between the kids and the originals as well.

I think the kid he was talking to was probably Egon's son, judging by the look of him. I guess it could be any one of them, but he kinda looks like Harold Ramis.

 

[Stash]

I think the kid he was talking to was probably Egon's son, judging by the look of him. I guess it could be any one of them, but he kinda looks like Harold Ramis.

I thought they did an overt job of trying to have the young girl look like him. From the Curly hair to the glasses, they're trying really hard to show a resemblance.

 

[Runwildboys]

I thought they did an overt job of trying to have the young girl look like him. From the Curly hair to the glasses, they're trying really hard to show a resemblance.

Oh, was that a girl? Lol Guess I wasn't paying close attention.

I was also thinking that with Ramis being dead, that would be a nice way to honor his memory.

 

[Runwildboys]

Yeah, as long as they're involved somehow, actually playing their original characters, however large or small of a part. I'd expect Ackroyd to be around the most and Murray the least.

IDK, Murray had a cameo in the last one, so I imagine he might be eager to erase that from people's memories by playing a little bigger role in this one.

 

[Stash]

Oh, was that a girl? Lol Guess I wasn't paying close attention.

I was also thinking that with Ramis being dead, that would be a nice way to honor his memory.

I very much agree. I think it will be a nice way of honoring him.

 

[Stash]

IDK, Murray had a cameo in the last one, so I imagine he might be eager to erase that from people's memories by playing a little bigger role in this one.

He's never been a fan of the series and has always been the holdup and holdout to getting anything done. That's why they never did despite Ackroyd's best efforts.

 

[Runwildboys]

He's never been a fan of the series and has always been the holdup and holdout to getting anything done. That's why they never did despite Ackroyd's best efforts.

Really? I'd never heard that before. I wonder why he agreed to be in that last piece of crap.

 

[Stash]

Really? I'd never heard that before. I wonder why he agreed to be in that last piece of crap.

Must have taken a lot of convincing. And ultimately, it was all a waste of time just to out the actors in it somewhere.

But yeah, Ackroyd has been hounding Murray to do another one for years and he's steadfastly said no. If not for his holdout, I'm sure we would have had several other films by now.

 

[Runwildboys]

Must have taken a lot of convincing. And ultimately, it was all a waste of time just to out the actors in it somewhere.

But yeah, Ackroyd has been hounding Murray to do another one for years and he's steadfastly said no. If not for his holdout, I'm sure we would have had several other films by now.

If his heart's not in it, it's better that they don't do it. And I don't think Dan could do it without Harold or Bill. He just isn't a strong enough actor, IMO. Great in cameos, but being the lead in a movie?... Remember Doctor Detroit? Lol

 

[nobody]

I think they'd simply explain it away by saying that Spengler had the kid before the start of Ghostbusters. If they bothered to at all.

I made a mistake in typing. It was the Stanz family farm (Ray aka Aykroyd's char)....

BUT...check this out:

 

[Stash]

I made a mistake in typing. It was the Stanz family farm (Ray aka Aykroyd's char)....

BUT...check this out:

Good stuff. Thanks for sharing that.

 

[Runwildboys]

I made a mistake in typing. It was the Stanz family farm (Ray aka Aykroyd's char)....

BUT...check this out:

I'll have to check it out later. I'm about to pee in a cup....not for my own enjoyment, at the behest of the DOT.

 

[Juggernaut]

 

[Stash]

Here's my own 'fan theory':

Spoiler

I think that while they won't say it publicly, Abrams and the Star Wars 'braintrust' will be undoing as much of the damage that Rian Johnson did in The Last Jedi as they can. Already in trailers, we've seen Kylo's helmet rebuilt and the Skywalker light saber that was broken in half reassembled.

Now, I think this big reveal is two-fold.

One, that Rey is in fact Luke's daughter. One he never knew he had. I think Keri Russell's character will be her mother and fill us in on that.

And two, I think Palpatine will reveal that it was he who created Anakin and the Skywalker bloodline in the first place. As he explained to Anakin about how Darth Plageus learned how to create life, he will finally reveal that it was he who used the Midichlorians to create Anakin, and by extension, the entire Skywalker line.

That's what I'm expecting anyway.

 

[Runwildboys]

Here's my own 'fan theory':

Spoiler

I think that while they won't say it publicly, Abrams and the Star Wars 'braintrust' will be undoing as much of the damage that Rian Johnson did in The Last Jedi as they can. Already in trailers, we've seen Kylo's helmet rebuilt and the Skywalker light saber that was broken in half reassembled.

Now, I think this big reveal is two-fold.

One, that Rey is in fact Luke's daughter. One he never knew he had. I think Keri Russell's character will be her mother and fill us in on that.

And two, I think Palpatine will reveal that it was he who created Anakin and the Skywalker bloodline in the first place. As he explained to Anakin about how Darth Plageus learned how to create life, he will finally reveal that it was he who used the Midichlorians to create Anakin, and by extension, the entire Skywalker line.

That's what I'm expecting anyway.

Spoiler

Interesting theory, but why would he not keep Anakin around and raise him under the watchful eye of dark side?

 

[Stash]

Spoiler

Interesting theory, but why would he not keep Anakin around and raise him under the watchful eye of dark side?

Spoiler

My opinion? For a few reasons - one, the Smith Rule of Two, a Master and an Apprentice.

Second, he had too much going on to 'raise a kid'

Third, he needed those other apprentices (Maul and Dooku, and likely Sifa Dias) to assist him in ways that a child just could not.

When he felt the time was right, he had Anakin kill Dooku, and effectively become his new apprentice soon thereafter.

And ask yourself why he didn't just leave Anakin to die and kept him around, even though he was a shell of himself and never truly became as powerful as everyone had hoped? To that point, he had been a bloodthirsty, cutthroat, untrustworthy, rat, who used everyone for what he wanted and then threw them away. But with Vader? He showed atypical compassion, akin to charity. Out of character.

More food for thought, where did those nightmares come from that Anakin had about his mother and Padme? Just because? Or because Palpatine was manipulating him even then? And why did those Tuskans abduct and hold Anakin's mother? Just because? Or because someone hired them through orders from Palpatine?

Again, all of this is just my opinion and I reserve the right to be completely wrong.

 

[Runwildboys]

Spoiler

My opinion? For a few reasons - one, the Smith Rule of Two, a Master and an Apprentice.

Second, he had too much going on to 'raise a kid'

Third, he needed those other apprentices (Maul and Dooku, and likely Sifa Dias) to assist him in ways that a child just could not.

When he felt the time was right, he had Anakin kill Dooku, and effectively become his new apprentice soon thereafter.

And ask yourself why he didn't just leave Anakin to die and kept him around, even though he was a shell of himself and never truly became as powerful as everyone had hoped? To that point, he had been a bloodthirsty, cutthroat, untrustworthy, rat, who used everyone for what he wanted and then threw them away. But with Vader? He showed atypical compassion, akin to charity. Out of character.

More food for thought, where did those nightmares come from that Anakin had about his mother and Padme? Just because? Or because Palpatine was manipulating him even then? And why did those Tuskans abduct and hold Anakin's mother? Just because? Or because someone hired them through orders from Palpatine?

Again, all of this is just my opinion and I reserve the right to be completely wrong.

Spoiler

Again, you raise interesting concepts.

That said, I wasn't suggesting he would've raised him as an apprentice, or even raised him personally. It seems likely to me that he would've had him raised by someone under his thumb, until he was old enough to become his apprentice.

As for why he saved him, I think he did that simply because he knew Vader would still become the most powerful apprentice possible. I don't think it was genuine compassion.

I do think Palpatine manipulated the dreams about Padme, but not the ones about his mother. Also, I don't think he hired them to take her, as they don't seem like the mercenary types. I could be wrong, but I thought they had a reputation for doing exactly the type of thing they did to her. I thought that's what her husband was saying.