During last week’s WFMU fund raiser, on Best Show with Tom Scharpling, funny guys John “Daily Show” Hodgman and Patton “Big Fan” Oswalt went head to head in a mini-geek trivia contest. A controversial, subjective question was added at the end, asking the two if there should be a Ghostbusters 3. Both said no, but they did properly worship Ernie Hudson as a god, and deep down, I think they know they’ll see it if it comes out. For they are geeks!
It’s not deep or anything, but it was a nice surprise in the middle of a long podcast – in fact, it’s surprising how often Ghostbusters comes up in podcasts – I don’t post about half of them, it being a labour intensive thing to cut up and post sound.
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Nice to know two comedians I quite respect have a similar opinion to me.
But of course, the question on everyone’s mind is: “what does Dane Cook think”?
O_O
Man, I thought I loved these guys before…
But if they were asked to be in the movie i bet they would say yes.
“But if they were asked to be in the movie i bet they would say yes.”
Exactly.
Here’s something kind of funny and random one of my facebook friends posted. A video up on youtube of a person’s surprise encounter with Bill Murray…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwwEGjGbxXM&feature=youtube_gdata
Everyone keeps saying GB3 is a bad idea. It’s not a bad idea, but it could be a bad reality. I’ve struggled with the pros and cons of finishing the trilogy- it all really comes down to the fact that nobody (including some cast members) have faith in the guys who brought us Stripes, The Blues Brothers, Groundhog Day and Meatballs just to name a few. I don’t want a bad movie, but just because the Mountain is high doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be climbed- what I mean is- let’s at least give these guys a chance and not jump to conclusions until the final script is in. Then we can make say if its a good idea or not.
Ernie Hudson is the man, and Patton Oswalt is my wizard god of the mountain. LOL
I’m with Laneamania. I remember my dad talking to me about rumors of GB3 when I was 5. I’m now 24 and I’m still patiently waiting to see what they come up with.
Everyone is being so cautious about GB3. Which I think is good. It means the want to make sure the film is done right and not end up crappy.I’m glad GB3 didn’t get made sooner. The 90′s had so many cheesy movies let alone terrible sequels. GB3 would have ended up more of special effects whore then GB2 with maybe two returning cast members. Early 2K’s would have been the same way. It would have been pumped through the Hollywood movie machine on a small budget and milked for every penny they could get out of it despite it being a crappy movie. At least now with the game doing so well and companies being a little more cautious with franchises maybe we will get a decent film.
I’m fine with Sony wanting a younger director too. Ivan Reitman doesn’t seem to have a lot of zeal to do GB3. I would rather have someone who loves the franchise, grew up with it, and has the attitude that it could be a great film. Granted I wold like them to have good directing experience also. Should GB3 be made or need to be made? Not really. But it would be awesome to reintroduce one of the greatest films of all time (my opinion) to a new generation.
I say no as well! Unless it’s a high quality CGI movie, I don’t want to see a GB3. I don’t wan’t to see new people or the old guys, neither do I have interest in Oscar. It seems they are getting to the point where they are making a movie just to make a movie.
I’m still patiently waiting as well.
I’d like to know why the interviewer thought to ask two people completely unassociated with Ghostbusters about GB3.
By the way, you misspelled John’s last name in your post tag as “Jodgman”.
It wasn’t an interview, it was an ad-hoc nerd trivia contest for laughs – a question with no right answer is terrible trivia but good for jokes.
Ahh, I see. It still seems like an “out of the blue” think to ask.
Ahh, I see. It still seems like an “out of the blue” thing to ask.
I don’t think that they should make Ghostbusters III either. The reason being that I don’t think there’s enough originality left in it. In my opinion a good sequel requires a truly fresh and original situation to place the characters in but all I see with Ghostbusters III is a retreading of old ground. I think it would be extremely nostalgic and quite emotional to see these characters back together again but I don’t think that’s enough.