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.
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!
"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.
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.
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.
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
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
@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"
@@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.
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.
@@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.
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 ?
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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
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.
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.
............................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)
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
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?
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?
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.😆🤣
@@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
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 CZcams 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!
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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..
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.
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.
@@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
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.
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
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.
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.
Hey Lauren I’m curious to hear your opinion on the new Road House movie with Jake Gyllenhaal. I love the campy 80s movie but I found the new one lacking but with some fun moments in between.
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".
@@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.
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?
@@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
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.
Lauren, great content, as always. Just enough charisma to keep people entertained and not so much so that people feel overstimulated. That's the sweet spot. But, please, just go back to normal in terms of the lighting. I feel like I'm on bad mushrooms right now.
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
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.
@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!🤠👻🚫🧊♟
@PowderedVoltage You do realize it's popular worldwide. Also, nostalgia rules Hollywood. So, unfortunately, you are going to miss out on tons more nostalgia.
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
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
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.
@@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.''
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!!!
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.
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? 🤷♂
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?
@@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.
@@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
It seems like the last few videos I've watched on Mediaholic, the camera hasn't been in focus. It's not a quality issue on my end - I'm on 1080p for video settings.
I have 2 questions. #1 - Did they kidnap Podcast to get him to NY? #2 - In Afterlife Ray told Phoebe the firestation was now a Starbucks, did they buy it back and restore it to a firestation? If they did where did they get the money to restore it?
Boy, you were cranky in this review. Still hungover from that 4 hour marathon you hosted? I loved it! You were like a female Critical Drinker - but with your own style. Anyway, thanks for the tip. I will not waste time or money on this movie.
I don't understand why she can't have a thing for her friend Podcast it would have made more sense, but maybe in the future as they age and if another movie is made they might explore that possibility.
"Put a ghost chick in it and make it lame and gay!!!"
ironically i think gozer in the first 1980s movie looks like a gay female.. and pretty lame..
They listened to you: this is exactly what they did!
South Park hit the nail right on the head
@@Ghostalkinghave they ever missed? 😂
@@GhostalkingWhich is exactly why it’s the best animated series ever!
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 👀
Add San Francisco to that list too.
@@gregmeyer1805funny that the Ghostbusters VR game is in San Francisco.
I’m rooting for stay puft now.
@@insertmetalusernamehere I would root for Samhain from the Ghostbusters cartoon if he attacked the city.
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.
Everyone to classic Ghostbusters films and animated show: "Perhaps we treated you too harshly."
And the big Ghostbusters game on Xbox 360 and others.
@@SinuousGrace but no apologies to the Ghostbusters NES game. It was unequivocally terrible. 35 years later and I'm still bitter about it, lol.
My guess is the character Slimer is a blob of used KY jelly .
GREAT MEDIAHOLIC GHOST 👻 BUSTER FROZEN EMPIRE REVIEW 😊😊😊
We treated them harshly? I remember treating them well yes even 2.
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!
I completely agree afterlife was a nice send off but I have only seen that one once this one was meh
Extreme Ghostbusters should count too!
TOTALLY agree freindo 👍
The real Ghostbusters is very similar to this movie.
@@Mowglibaloo2 That is exactly what this is a live action episode of the Real Ghostbusters
"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.
Me too! 😂
Getting out of a really bad situation with minimal trouble is TIGHT!
@@williamfreeman6935Yeahyeahyeah
@@TG-ge1oh 😆
0:04 I can only see Scott Lang helping out a bunch of kids but he forgot to bring his Ant-Man suit along.
But he gets a cool gun
At least there is a super genius teenage girl.
Channeling your inner Pitch Meeting is tight.
Wow wow wow... wow.
Hollywood is so lazy; they have to use the same pathetic formula no matter what.
That's exactly why I don't watch any new movies anymore
“The Message” is all that matters
@@suckit5092 Oh I'm well aware
It's checking boxes now (to fit liberal propaganda) instead of creating a good story line
There was no Ghostbusters movie made in 2016.
There is no ghostbusters 2016 in Ba Sing Se…
There is no Ghostbusters 2016 in Ba Sing Se
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.
The last Ghostbusters movie came out in 1989.
Exactly
I'll just stick to the original.
So am I! I rewatched it last week and still great! 😍
@@Age_of_Apocalypse it's free on CZcams right now! 😁👍
Good call. Original cast ARE the Ghostbusters. Everybody else are Spirit Halloween posers.
@@gregmeyer1805Sprirt Halloween Ghostbusters versus Hasbro Ghostbusters! Lol! Good one!
yeah whatever
DEI - Didn’t Earn it 👍
I still call it D.I.E.
It was correct the first time for it kills industries.
I'll admit it, I'm using this phrase... a lot.
Nice! Snickety sneam, I'm stealing your meme.
@@robertpaul50n YAYAYAYA 💪
Deport Every Illegal
"Super easy, barely an inconvenience"
I thought screenwriter guy was going to pop up 😮 🤔😆
"non-boonary" ghosts 👻
😁
10/10, my friend.
I like it. I like it a lot.
Well done.
😮
They should have stopped with afterlife. It was a nice send off for Harold (Egon).
But...but...MONEY!!!💵💵💵🤑🤑🤑
Not have a sequel of a well known IP??? BLASPHEMY!
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.
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
Writer/Director Gil Kenan ruined Phoebe. She was a likeable geek in Afterlife. Two years later, she became an angry obnoxious teen.🙄
As all 15 year olds do in real life
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
@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"
That’s what teens are.
@@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.
gayness in Ghostbusters? I'll pass
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.
@@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.
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 ?
@@dannyman9164you can have your reasons and others can have theirs. Don't pretend that you're important enough to influence anyone.
@@ghostengineer that is how it came across to me as well.
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.
I was dying when Lauren was like, “bitches be lying” 😂
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.
Hahahaha. I was thinking that it would be awesome if Lauren said, "Super easy, barely an inconvenience!" and she did not disappoint
Phoebe was awkward and likeable in the first movie. Great to see they f*cked that up.
Old enough to have a lesz relation with a ghost but not old enough to own a gun or whatever movie said
Rub salt on it: ghost is 21+, phoebe is barely old enough to drive, if even that.
Groomers got to groom.
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.
@@StimParavane how is being gay "groomer behaviour" like im sorry do you even know what a fucking groomer is lol
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?
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.
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
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.
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.
@@malex2200Same I watch Korean , French, or Polish movies now.
0:26 There is no sequel to Ghostbusters Afterlife that gave a send off to Harold Ramis aka Egon Spengler in Ba Sing Se.
............................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)
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.
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.
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
I honestly felt the same way and I really hate woke content.
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.
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?
No, you’re misinterpreting what happened between Melody and Phoebe according to social conditioning.
"It's very easy. Barely an inconvenience!"😂 Never imagined Lauren saying that😂
DID LAUREN JUST QUOTE RYAN GEORGE???!!!
@@user-jk5rk6hz1w apparently so!! The reference I didn't know I needed 😂
@@user-ue9cq3fh3v 😅
Poppa chen is awesome. Love these reviews Lauren, please keep em coming.
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?
@chaburchak Maybe Peck was away or out of the city or he just doesn't remember LOL!🤔🤨🙄🤷
He was probably just being a normal politician. Gaslighting, and disingenuous.
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.😆🤣
@@allthingsnerd.4484It’s his fault Gozer escaped the first time.
@@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
Based on all media and activism, one would believe just about EVERYONE is gay / trans / queer.
I grew up in the "80's and didn't know anyone that actually liked Ghostbusters 2
Agreed. I hated Ghostbusters 2.
The "super easy... barely an inconvience" refernce made me smile. I will go watch those videos now
Fr I like that she also didn't emphasize it too much, more a iykyk kinda thing.
Ryan George! 😂
@@MostafaSaadMedia
the 'wink' was in a camera close up.
10:33 Oh, saying that phrase was TIGHT!
Ohhhh! She said the thing!
Wow wow wow... wow.
You're dad is funny! I always appreciate the honesty...lol...
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 CZcams 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!
Mate, her new editing style and thumbnails are going to give us cancer.
Ngl I was thinking of Pitch Meeting right before she said “barely an inconvenience”
Fr a say the line Bart moment
Me too! 😂
Always appreciate and enjoy your Dad's review. He has very good insight. Great reviews overall.
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
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.
Papa Chen is my favorite film critic, hands down.
You know, having watched the movie before this review, I agree with this.
And thank you, Papa Chen.
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.
I think my favorite part of the review is referencing Ryan George's Pitch Meeting... super easy, barely an inconvenience!
Mine too! 😂
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.
So we got Gaybusters? No wonder it flopped 🙂
Except it didn't...😂
No not Gaybusters, Wokebusters! 👻🚫
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.
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
@@joshuabellan6587The movie does not even have lgbtq thank goodness, I just wished they had made the final fight with the ghosts slightly longer.
I didn't take it as if Phoebe was gay, but more as though she wanted a friend.
Love your reviews Chen (and your dad reviews too, a big hug to him), you nailed this Woke GhostBusters review.
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..
Of course the romance is, not just gay, but also involves people too young to even get into that kind of thing. FFS.
There was no romance with Pheobe. People need to stop reading into things that aren't there.
Right. Flirting and toying with entering the spirit realm to be with a cute girl definitely doesn't sound like a romantic emotional attachment...
That's nice, So anyway how's your crippling glue habit coming along? @@mlapointej
ah yes, because you can only be gay at 18 and beyond, but apparently youre never too young to be straight...
I was talking more about sexuality and relationships in general, but you go ahead and keep projecting.
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.
🤣 I died when Papa Chen said Phoebe had an "annoying face" because I always thought that about character. Love his honest review!
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.
If she was straight, would that add anything to the plot? What difference does it make???
@@roxxibelle4the point is, why include sexuality at all? It didn’t do anything to serve the plot.
@@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
@@roxxibelle4 yes I would. It was a completely pointless plot point. Period.
@@vezner No, you wouldn't. Because no one complains about it when it's a straight romance.
After hearing the magic words I had to see if pitch meeting made a video yet😂
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.
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
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.
It's not a major part, but it's there.
Mostly to be a cause for family rift & subsequent teen angst
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.
“Annoying face, not pleasant to look at.” 😂
Hey Lauren I’m curious to hear your opinion on the new Road House movie with Jake Gyllenhaal. I love the campy 80s movie but I found the new one lacking but with some fun moments in between.
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".
Mustn't Offend those Lucrative Foreign Markets.
Have they finally come around to admitting it is happening and it's not just a "conspiracy"?
@@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.
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....
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?
Im sad they did Grace Dirty
If it were Disney...they would have made the Black Girl lesbian....to fill their DEI quota.
@@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
ahh yesss.... there's that super easy says. well done Ryan , you've plague the internet much more than you knew
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.
10:44 Pitch Meeting references are tight!
Yeah yeah yeah. 😂
09:45 "B!+ches be lying" was hilarious. Favorite part of the video. I needed that laugh.
Lol barely an inconvenience!! Love that reference!!😂😂😂
They say Ghostbusterz Afterlife made a $300 profit.
Lauren, great content, as always.
Just enough charisma to keep people entertained and not so much so that people feel overstimulated. That's the sweet spot.
But, please, just go back to normal in terms of the lighting. I feel like I'm on bad mushrooms right now.
I liked the super easy barely in the inconvenience reference period. Do you have a patron?
Wow wow wow... wow.
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
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.
@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!🤠👻🚫🧊♟
Great thoughts and presentation. Also Papa Chen is amazing. What a boss.
It needs a full reboot, no family. How about a brand new team with 4 brand new comedians. 🤔
Female comedians?
Been there. Done that. It was complete crap. Go make something NEW.
@@DiogenesDworkinson Hell No
How about no more Ghostbusters period. The only great film is the original, while everything that follows ranges from mediocre to abysmal.
@PowderedVoltage You do realize it's popular worldwide. Also, nostalgia rules Hollywood. So, unfortunately, you are going to miss out on tons more nostalgia.
hahahaha all I can hear is Jay's RLM comment, "The last thing you want is a thumbnail saying WOOOOKE! We've become grifters!"
I always appreciate your perspective on these movies and that it's not just about how it's woke
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
+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
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.
lol nice pitch meeting reference
Yeah yeah yeah. 😂
I don't care if it's really woke or not. They made the girl gay enough. I will not watch on principle.
Apparently they were so proud of this Character that they Hid Her Completely in the Trailers and Advertising for this film.
Leave it to 2024 to produce gay ghosts in a family movie.
Sure she is gay? It looked like a friendship. I have saw the movie.
@@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.''
@@soniyashi I hope in future Ghostbusters films there will still no gay propaganda
Did the screening came with the borderlands movie trailer mine did
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!!!
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.
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? 🤷♂
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?
@@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.
@@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
"Super easy, barely an inconvenience!"
Turning your video into a Pitch Meeting by saying on sentence is TIGHT!
youd think they learn after last time lol
10:43
So, you have a Pitch Meeting reference for me?
This version of Ghostbusters is only a one time see because of the irritating Phoebe character
Yep. She is the worst!
A Mary Sue who can do anything.
It’s even worst since she was adorable in afterlife
It seems like the last few videos I've watched on Mediaholic, the camera hasn't been in focus. It's not a quality issue on my end - I'm on 1080p for video settings.
If you watch Mckenna Grace in the interviews, I think think they should have had her look like her normal smiling self in this film.
I have 2 questions. #1 - Did they kidnap Podcast to get him to NY? #2 - In Afterlife Ray told Phoebe the firestation was now a Starbucks, did they buy it back and restore it to a firestation? If they did where did they get the money to restore it?
A lot of Hollywood has lost the thread- just hire the most talented people. It’s a wild concept.
Wait there’s more than 2 ghostbuster movies? Wait there’s 9 Star Wars movies? Since when.
Afterlife is decent.
Frozen Empire is... well, not bad.
There is but one word to describe this movie; diluted.
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!
Boy, you were cranky in this review. Still hungover from that 4 hour marathon you hosted? I loved it! You were like a female Critical Drinker - but with your own style. Anyway, thanks for the tip. I will not waste time or money on this movie.
I don't understand why she can't have a thing for her friend Podcast it would have made more sense, but maybe in the future as they age and if another movie is made they might explore that possibility.