As Twitchy reported a month ago, a bunch of Twitter blue-checks were bent out of shape to learn that there was going to be yet another “Ghostbusters” movie, this one starring men and directed by Jason Reitman, son of Ivan Reitman, who directed the original back in 1984.
Ghostbusters is trending on Twitter Wednesday, apparently because Reitman said his version of the film, unlike the all-female reboot in 2016, would “hand the movie back to the fans.” In other words, the reboot sucked, but this one will be good like the first one.
Here are the proper, woke responses to Reitman’s comments:
I had been looking forward to @JasonReitman’s take on GHOSTBUSTERS. Then he went and said that stupid shit about “handing the movie back to the fans,” as if the female cast had stolen the original from our precious little boy memories or something. I’ll probably skip it now.
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) February 20, 2019
1) This is gross
2) I will never understand why–besides the culture-war angle–anyone was so invested in the sanctity of the original. It was freaking *Ghostbusters,* not the Sistine Chapel ceiling! It was… fine! The remake was… fine!
3) This is gross https://t.co/6yC8WYz5dy— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) February 20, 2019
If your childhood was "ruined" by ANYTHING having to do with Ghostbusters, you really need to take that up with whoever was responsible for ensuring you a well-adjusted childhood.
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) February 20, 2019
The @paulfeig Ghostbusters had a storyline that was faithful to the original, cameos from the first film's stars, and the best performing talent from the modern era of SNL. So all this can possibly mean is "hand the movie back to the sexists." https://t.co/eb6Ad5gBFx
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) February 20, 2019
Yeah, Bill Murray looked thrilled to be in it.
Hi @JasonReitman! Can we have a chat about this little comment you made? Because let me tell you, hoo golly, does it not only completely disregard female fans of #Ghostbusters, it actively supports the behaviors of the festering open wounds known as Men Online. pic.twitter.com/TEViOIBLey
— Alicia Lutes (@alicialutes) February 20, 2019
It's a neat trick how white dudebros can slyly play identity politics by referring to a default setting without explicitly saying "white" or "male" or "straight" or "cisgender" and then turn around and blast identity politics when we ask for a seat at the table.#Ghostbusters
— Charlotte Clymer?️? (@cmclymer) February 20, 2019
So the director of the new film says he will give it 'back to the fans'.
I presume he means the fans like me who do not hate women, but hated reboots and wanted a ghostbusters that was true to the original and set in the original world staring the original cast.
Not misogonysts
— Boogie2988 (@Boogie2988) February 20, 2019
Here is the correct response to Reitman’s comments:
Wait people are still fighting about GHOSTBUSTERS online? This is a thing that is still happening?
God you people are losers.
— Esoteric Jeff (@EsotericCD) February 20, 2019
Yes, they are.
Dearest Martha,
I cannot believe we enter year three of The Ghostbusters Wars. The hardtack has run out, and yet, the tears of my enemies sustain me, their saltiness replacing the sweat that pours from me as I furiously peck away at the keyboard. Little Billy was not so fortuna
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) February 20, 2019
Ghostbusters is trending because the blue check brigade is mad that Reitman doesn't want to make a movie that everyone except them absolutely hates.
— neontaster (@neontaster) February 20, 2019
Honestly I hope they all boycott it. The only thing they have to contribute is garbage hot takes about it anyway. Nothing of value will be lost if they stay home and watch Melissa McCarthy do slapstick.
— neontaster (@neontaster) February 20, 2019
"You hated Ghostbusters because it had women" is kinda like saying "you didn't enjoy this cake made from dog shit because a woman baked it."
— neontaster (@neontaster) February 20, 2019
The people mad about this new Ghostbusters are WAY more mad than the people who were mad about the previous new Ghostbusters.
— neontaster (@neontaster) February 20, 2019
They're mad because they really wanted 2016 to be a huge hit and "show the fanboys."
Basically Ghostbusters 2016 was the Hillary Clinton of film reboots.
— neontaster (@neontaster) February 20, 2019
Yesterday Social Justice Warrior Twitter came for a 1971 John Wayne interview
Today, they're coming for people who say the original Ghostbusters is better than the 2016 reboot.
Social Justice Warrior twitter has too much time on their hands and need to get real jobs.
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) February 20, 2019
There’s an awful lot of entitled Ghostbusters 2016 fans upset over the new movie being true to the originals instead of the spinoff. Stop being so toxic.
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) February 20, 2019
Girl Power Ghostbusters lost 70 million dollars and therefore the problem must be the fans that didn't want to see that crap and Jason Reitman for wanting to make a movie that people actually want to see? Typical liberals.
— John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) February 20, 2019
(stops clock) Aaaaaaand Ghostbusters isn't fun anymore. Great work, everyone.
— Scott Wampler™ (@ScottWamplerBMD) February 20, 2019
Related:
A new Ghostbusters is announced and Blue Checks are not happy it features men, once again https://t.co/QaRQict1Y9
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 18, 2019
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