• Out of Print Archive@mstdn.gamesOP
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      1 month ago

      @UKFilmNerd@mastodon.me.uk

      Out of curiosity, have you seen the new Ghostbusters film?
      And if so, did you like it?

      I’ve yet to see it myself and I’m a little apprehensive to be honest.

      I adore the first one, as well as a the second one.
      Went into the reboot with the mind set of “screw all those misogynistic losers who hate on it because all 4 are women”.
      But sadly, I ended up hating it for a ton of other reasons. 😔

      Liked Afterlife quite a bit although it’s not paced very well and is a very uneven film.

      • JTO is Typing@mstdn.games
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        1 month ago

        @OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games @UKFilmNerd@mastodon.me.uk The one thing I didn’t like about Answer the Call was that, because 3-D was in fashion again, they did the thing-jumps-at-the-screen gag. Which, I only just realized, would have also been around in movies when the first one was released, but as a dying trend until IMAX.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_3-D

      • John 🎬@mastodon.me.uk
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        1 month ago

        @OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games Quick recap, loved 1 & 2, enjoyed the 2016 reboot and loved Afterlife.

        Frozen Empire is a lot of fun but maybe leans too hard on original cast cameos. (Maybe give them a rest now, go your own way.) James Acaster is criminally under-used.

        Not quite as good as Afterlife but still very enjoyable for this biased Ghostbusters fan.

        It makes me laugh that I learnt where most of the film was shot but I won’t spoil anything.

        • Out of Print Archive@mstdn.gamesOP
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          1 month ago

          @UKFilmNerd@mastodon.me.uk

          Ah, I’ll temper my expectations then.
          I don’t really mind the cameos, but I can understand that.

          The best part of Afterfile for me was Mckenna Grace.
          Absolutely brilliant take on Egon’s granddaughter.

          Heard that she gets pushed to the sidelines a bit in Frozen Empire, which kinda upsets me even before seeing the film…

  • JTO is Typing@mstdn.games
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    @OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games I never knew about the Extreme Ghostbusters video games. Code Ecto-1 had a North American release, but the first one was only in Europe, it seems. But there was also a European only PS1 shooter-on-rails which worked with light guns in 2004… but without licensing the sounds and Garrett can kneel behind cover??

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dngti6sO6zA

  • TallonMetroid@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    It was pretty interesting at the time, how different the Wii version was from what got released on everything else. I’ve since played the remaster of the non-Wii version, and while both versions share a lot of the same plot points, the level designs and bosses were completely different. And, of course, the Wii version used pointer controls. I enjoyed them both, but sadly the Wii version is not something that you’ll really be able to find anymore.

    Well, at least it wasn’t Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, which shared exactly one commonality (Yuri Lowenthal’s voice).

    • Out of Print Archive@mstdn.gamesOP
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      1 month ago

      @TallonMetroid@lemmy.world

      I really liked that about games on different platforms beck then and in earlier years.
      While it didn’t always come together, I love the various takes on a single game.

      I’ve seen plenty of people say how the Wii and 360/PS3 game are more or less identical and I have no clue where they are coming from…
      I wonder if they are just regurgitating something they read before and never played both versions.
      It’s one of the only things that makes sense…