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@FuriousMachine I loved Melissa McCarthy in Gilmore Girls which is peak nostalgia for me as I watched it pretty young. Everything afterwards though, she just isn’t my kind of comedy. In fact, that entire group of them from Ghostbusters 2016 just aren’t my kinda thing, I’m not sure if SNL’s comedy doesn’t really translate to a British audience but I always found it a little cringey. That’s the thing, Ghostbusters 2016 isn’t good. Not at all, I just think it’s inherently less cynical than these later ones and at least it went for something rather than being happy to cash in the nostalgia bucks. Like they had to know it was going to be a controversial movie, although I guess they probably didn’t see the levels of vitriol coming, so part of me admires their willingness to stick to their guns.

@nessisonett @FuriousMachine What narks me off about the «Ghostbusters» situation is that not even the exact same creative team behind the first movie had the wherewithal to make a competent sequel — thst nobody else has been able to crack the code isn't really a surprise but that they keep missing by such massive margins is. Just accept that the first one was lightning in a bottle and go do something (anything).else instead..

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I'm currently off as I'm getting a new bathroom fitted. Which leaves me plenty time for catching up on some movies. So far this week I have watched American Fiction which is one of the funniest films I've seen for some time (other than Poor Things). Shin Ultraman was last nights movie and l loved it!

My birthday is on Friday so going to see the latest monsterverse flick. Looks like silly fun.

@nessisonett That is a very good point, GB2016 took a swing whilst Afterlife played it mostly safe. Afterlife felt, to me, like a genuine effort rather than a cynical cash-grab, albeit a not entirely successful one (I still kind of like it). That the legacy characters' appearance amounts to little more than cameos also works in its favor. I'm still