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The negative buzz for the Jem & the Holograms reboot was just as bad and it did kill the movie
The cast of Jem and director Jon Chu have publically blamed the so-called "haters" for ruining the movie. I, on the other hand, blame them for making a bad movie. I don't think Ghostbusters will be as bad - Jem had record low opening and opened to mostly completely empty theaters.
Jem had similar problems as Ghostbusters. Massive number of thumbs down for the trailer on YouTube, negative user reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, people on Twitter and Facebook bashing the movie. The Jem Facebook page was nothing but people saying how much they hated the movie months before it came out. All articles with comments had people trashing the movie. Many people first heard about the Jem movie from articles about the backlash to the trailer. That's similar with Ghostbusters. And when people see a so-so trailer with the idea in the back of their mind that it's bad, that will influence their opinion of it.
Had the Jem movie been actually someone it's target audience wanted to see, the negative 30/40-year old Jem fans would have been drowned out like the G1 Transformer fans who hate Michael Bay's Transformers. And that's the biggest challenge Ghostbusters has - the trailer just isn't funny and the effects look direct to video quality.
The moral of the story - don't mess with children of the 80s.
are trolls going to kill Ghostbusters? May 19, 19:53
Are ghosts going to kill Trolls? May 19, 19:54
Are the dwindling number of people going out to the movies going to kill movie theaters? May 19, 20:37
I ain't fraid of no trolls!!!...I am going to buy a ticket just to see whats all the hate about??? {nm} May 19, 21:04
The negative buzz for the Jem & the Holograms reboot was just as bad and it did kill the movie May 19, 23:38
Mainstream moviegoing audience =! Twitter trolls. May 19, 23:53
Watch Midnight's Edge videos on youtube... if even half of what they reported is true then it's going to be horrible! Plus May 20, 03:55
Thanks for the heads up Baron. Those videos offer a more plausible explanation than the tired old 'sexism' meme. {nm} May 20, 04:28
thanks for these {nm} May 20, 05:27
MMAX4 failing is Max was a blood bag, then muzzled, then forgettable,the action so overthetops it was sad. {nm} May 20, 07:37
Sony thinks differently, and they study audience reactions to movies. {nm} May 20, 07:45
Maybe it's indicative of how many factors worse this is than the average bad quality (wannabe) franchise film. {nm} May 20, 09:41
Oh look, square one again {nm} May 20, 09:50
Just to expand on the snark, which I admit isn't helpful... May 20, 11:45
i see movies 20x worse than FF every week. Granted they arent studio films, but they do exist and they are something {nm} May 20, 13:03
As a huge MM this is the true reason. That was not a MM movie ... {nm} May 20, 09:20
Interestingly, I hated the casting change same as I do with Ghostbusters and Tom Hardy is a man, so.., May 20, 09:22
Citical reception rarely equates to box office. The movies that compete for the Oscar race are often lower grossing, ... May 20, 20:31
I loved the movie, but I think the studio overestimated how popular Max is... May 20, 10:32
The movie isn't going to do what Sony hopes regardless of its quality May 20, 09:44
The movie isn't going to do what Sony hopes regardless of its quality May 20, 09:44
