I really do need to get some more Ghostbuster images in my library.
Since I have a number of different topics planned for this week I’m going to combine all three trailers that came out over the weekend and I think last week. Yes, I know the new Star Wars trailer came out but it’s the last one and I don’t really pay attention to trailers past the first one unless I’m not quite sure yet if I’m interested. At this point I’m willing to watch the train wreck in the hopes of learning what not to do with an established franchise while still trying to make a good story. A good story doesn’t always mean it’s a good adaptation.
For example the reboot of Ghostbusters in 2016 was not a proper torch passing, although I don’t know how it stands as a movie in general. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has put out a lot of good stories but has made a number of adaptation errors, especially in a couple of their more recent films where they bowed to social issues and China over the original product, as if they couldn’t have both. Okay, maybe not the Ancient One but you’re adapting an American comic for an American audience so why should they care so much? Aren’t you saying China is right to come down on Tibetan monks or something? Meanwhile the DC movies haven’t been very good at either category, although the movies have improved slightly and at least Shazam! was based on a version of Billy Batson. Too bad it was the New 52 version that was a re-imagining anyway.
So yes, we will be looking at the trailers for Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Black Widow, and Wonder Woman 84 to see how they fare in both potentially good story and potentially good adaptation. Let’s start with the first one.
