{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "More than any culture war thing the issue with Lady Ghostbusters was\neveryone still invested in Ghostbusters was invested in the...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/656761398565715968/", "html": "<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"https://max1461.tumblr.com/post/656761275425128448/also-the-original-ghostbusters-was-an-80s\" target=\"_blank\">max1461</a>:</p><blockquote><p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"/post/656760692621410304/\" target=\"_blank\">kontextmaschine</a>:</p><blockquote><p>More than any culture war thing the issue with Lady Ghostbusters was</p><ul><li>everyone still invested in Ghostbusters was invested in the original films (not even the cartoon or toys!)</li><li><i>no one</i> was invested in the concept of ghostbusting</li><li>no one was even that invested in the universe - I saw the occasional costume and there was Stranger Things, but I can&rsquo;t remember the last time someone cared about proton packs or ECTO-1</li></ul></blockquote><p>also the original ghostbusters was an 80s blockbuster, which people often fail to recognize was a <i>genre unto itself</i>. new ghostbusters, like all recent reboots of 80s blockbuster franchises, was not part of this genre. it was a 2010s blockbuster, an entirely different (and worse) type of film. this is also the problem with the new star wars imo. it&rsquo;s like if they remade lord of the rings in the style of game of thrones, it just wouldn&rsquo;t work.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Jurassic World was absolutely, intentionally, a <b>blockbuster</b>-era movie, or at least a tribute to them</p>"}