Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Added 2022-02-21 05:01:01 +0000 UTCBC:SF wraps up its Ghostbusters commentary series with the recent Ghostbusters: Afterlife! Topics include: “giving it back to the fans”, how the character named Podcast got his nickname, counting eggs, and more!
Movie starts at…0:51
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It's weird that the guys make such an effort to disguise where the Check republic studio is, where they all live in the vast city of NYC, but wee all know exactly where David likes to sit in any given cinema there.
Norman Normalperson
2024-08-05 20:39:24 +0000 UTCWait sorry I just subscribed to the patreon and am catching up but are you guys also going to do that awful newer one?
Anthony Del Vecchio
2024-06-08 18:55:53 +0000 UTCIDK the patreon search feature sucks and your tag-search sucks so what the fuck
DrJack
2024-03-01 08:23:18 +0000 UTCMy kids like this movie a lot, and I considered disowning them when they said that.
zachary johnson
2024-02-04 00:48:06 +0000 UTCAs a midwest resident (southern Indiana) I will push back on the idea the Oklahoma town is cartoonish. It may not be as authentic as Ghostbusters 84 was authentic to New York (an authentic midwest rural town movie would need Walmart AND Dollar General product placement and that'll never happen), but it DOES get the closest to nailing the vibe of a <5k population midwest town I've ever seen in modern wide release movie. The fact that the town's got a handful of locally-owned businesses that seem to be holding on by the fact they still have neon lighting from the 60s to look cute for Instagram selfies? That strikes home in a big way. The fact the Walmart looks brand-new? Perhaps a side effect of the product placement, but that's also EXTREMELY on-brand as Walmarts are constantly opening new locations because the lease on an undeveloped corn field outside of town is cheaper than renewing in the old building. I don't wanna sound like "rah rah coastal elite don't understand." BUT! From the perspective of someone who has lived in and drives through these bumfuck nowhere towns on a regular basis: Reitman, whether intentional or accidentally, fucking NAILED the vibe of a town like this. The atmosphere of the diner on their first night in town where the place is crawling with asshole teens? That's a Sonic drive-in located in any town in rural midwest territory. On a less-defendable note: as a neurodivergent podcaster, I was entirely primed to hate Podcast. Perhaps it's my profession speaking, but it was cute to see an awkward neurodivergent kid who's so hyperfixated on podcasting he knows professional NPR-taught interview techniques and actually uses the shotgun mic properly.
Gavin Gaddis
2023-07-06 23:32:59 +0000 UTCI surprisingly enjoyed this EP since I'm an Afterlife defender. I loved it unabashedly on first watch and enjoyed it more guardedly on second watching and since I have been seeing professional critics in the entertainment genre like Blank Check, Screen Junkies and Red Letter Media taking very large dumps on it with arguably accurate judgements and don't mind it and can laugh along with the pulling apart of some of the plot choices. I have however also watched multiple reaction folks on Youtube and "regular folks" and "Ghostbusters fans" do seem to like it, and I am still finding myself in that category I suppose. I find it charming and fun, I like the "Kids on Bikes" genre its in, I enjoy the relaxed pace and especially find the cinematography very pleasurable in this movie. Don't mind Podcast, actively like Little Egon's performance, don't mind the little stay puft men, do think the note for note repetition of the final act gozer set pieces was a mistake. Most importantly, just don't care that it might not make perfect sense in relation to Egon's old character. Like who cares! Can't find energy to be bothered by that stuff. Overall I'd put it at a 7 and also put Ghostbusters II as a 7 and Answer the Call as a 6 and the OG as a 9 or 10 depending on the day. So... I'm more of Ghostbusters fan, but not the negative kind. Age 44.
Nikki Lev
2022-03-03 09:36:27 +0000 UTCPodcast might be the single worst character in any film, ever.
John Dougherty
2022-03-01 20:00:59 +0000 UTCI hate that you hated this movie. My kids are 12 (twins) who basically don't watch anything except for Youtube and Spongebob all day. I really am trying to get them into movies, and going to the movies for fun. And I have to say my 12 year son was so into Ghostbusters: Afterlife. He was hooked to it from the very beginning and we had so much fun at the movies that day. For that Ghostbusters Afterlife will always be worth it for me.
David Dein
2022-03-01 19:03:35 +0000 UTCI saw this movie on a lovely IMAX AMC screen here in Madison Wisconsin. And I had no idea that there were post-credit scenes. Because as soon as the first credit appeared I gotta out there as quickly as I could. Fun fact, after paying $19 to see this movie in theaters, I clicked the wrong button and bought this movie for another $19.
Sean Elliott
2022-03-01 16:57:43 +0000 UTCat least when No Way Home came out you had the pleasure of seeing guys explain the movie to their miserable girlfriends
LukeTheNerd
2022-02-27 18:02:18 +0000 UTCyuuup. we will.
Billnetherlands
2022-02-25 21:49:50 +0000 UTCFrom working in a movie theater, I have to say that ushering after this film was maybe one of the worst experiences. Even worse than ushering after No Way Home, if only because I had to endure the final post-credits scene.
Antonio Melgar
2022-02-23 16:06:29 +0000 UTCCarrie Coon is from my town (Akron, Oh) and worked at the local Best Buy. She was coworkers with one of my best friends and she was unbelievably nice. If you would have told me in 1998 that she would star in a Ghostbusters film I would have had my tiny brain absolutely annihilated
dave rich
2022-02-23 04:08:59 +0000 UTCI actually think there is something to the point about about Griff kind of ironically going phandom menace on this movie. Like his points are all totally valid, and yet they're categorically of a type with all the complaints about The Last Jedi. I guess a key difference being that the Last Jedi has ideas and a vision and Afterlife is pretty cheap and cynical, if fine. I guess if JJ had directed Afterlife it would've made 2 billion dollars and Griff would be cool with it and culture would be safe until next Halloween.
Josh Rioux
2022-02-22 20:35:37 +0000 UTCI am more like David where I always thought Ghostbusters was fine but didn’t have an attachment. I do think they should send ghostbusters to Sony Animation and remake the Real Ghostbusters cartoon. I could see the makers of Mitchells vs the machines making a great Ghostbusters movie.
Scott Sawtell
2022-02-22 17:13:04 +0000 UTCI always thought the SNL movies would be a good fit and there’s not as many as you think.
Scott Sawtell
2022-02-22 17:10:47 +0000 UTCi think the difference is the last jedi got slammed for refusing to pander and this one distorts the characters in the name of absolute pandering
disk-kun, the mascot for the famicom disk system
2022-02-21 23:58:43 +0000 UTCGreat episode. But it is funny how indistinguishable Griff is to the “That’s not my LUKE” THE LAST JEDI haters. His “these characters wouldn’t do that” and “why don’t they just give me what I want” is funny when contextualized with this movie.
Ian Smart
2022-02-21 23:52:14 +0000 UTCI liked the movie, its one of the few Jason reitman movies with actual ending
Lundon Boyd
2022-02-21 22:45:57 +0000 UTCLet's go
Josh Rioux
2022-02-21 21:24:20 +0000 UTCI think you can have worldbuilding consistency along with the same satirical tone as the original.
Karl
2022-02-21 20:34:34 +0000 UTCIf we get this to 10 likes I'll take this shit to the top
Josh Rioux
2022-02-21 19:45:46 +0000 UTCHere's a more general question: we all love these guys and this show, but anybody get fatigued by only getting franchises on this feed? I feel like way too often franchise only offer one or two classics and then major diminishing returns leavened only by the (often stretched) notion that they are interesting failures. I'd personally be very interested in the crew expanding the parameters of the Patreon to include other kinds of conceptual groupings of films. Anyone agree?
Josh Rioux
2022-02-21 18:35:22 +0000 UTCIt’s not made for small children though, or even really general audiences. It’s made for guys in their 30s and not many people else, therein lies the problem. Also, imagine subscribing to the Blank Check Patreon and thinking these guys care about movies too much
T.L.
2022-02-21 17:20:23 +0000 UTCAs an Oklahoman myself, I’m appalled David mentioned our weird Sumerian Fortress…you’re not supposed to talk about it…
Skyler Payton
2022-02-21 15:38:05 +0000 UTCThis movie takes things too seriously! There’s no way Stay-Pufft Man would have survived as a brand ambassador after destroying New York. 🤔
Chris Fyvie
2022-02-21 14:23:38 +0000 UTCJust a minor quibble— Oklahoma is definitely the *SOUTH* and not the Midwest. For people out here— the Midwest is specifically the Rust Belt (Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Ohio for instance) and boy will these people let you know it.
Zachary Joseph Daley
2022-02-21 13:31:13 +0000 UTCMan the two friends reaaally hate this. I agree with most of their criticism, but I just can’t be all that fired up about about it. Thought it was pretty competently made and had some good moments between the various pandering attempts.
Albert Dion
2022-02-21 13:00:22 +0000 UTCAfter this, I'd love to hear a Youthful Ben AMA episode. That kid has opinions and sounds like a fun time.
Chris Baiocchetti
2022-02-21 12:38:32 +0000 UTCFaintly ironic moaning about Carrie Coon being bitter while three guys in their 30s can barely contain their fury at a film made for small children. 🙈😂
Chris Fyvie
2022-02-21 12:19:38 +0000 UTC“This Maple leaf Motherfucker”
Lesser Trash
2022-02-21 07:26:16 +0000 UTCThis movie is a grotesque example of the death grip fan culture has on movies. But MAN I love Ben’s bit on this episode.
Anthony Regina
2022-02-21 06:51:31 +0000 UTCRudd and Coon’s thing is BAAAD
Thomas Forletti
2022-02-21 06:19:07 +0000 UTCI really enjoyed this movie but I’m very excited to hear why you guys didn’t.
Travis Williams
2022-02-21 05:17:24 +0000 UTCStarting the film less than a minute in has to be a record.
tim_schu
2022-02-21 05:16:09 +0000 UTCI hope Griff gets through this with only minor mental damage
Jordan B. Anderson
2022-02-21 05:05:24 +0000 UTCYES I’ve been waiting all week for this to drops I’m so excited
Devon Uy
2022-02-21 05:02:48 +0000 UTC.....51 seconds in?
Hope
2022-02-21 05:02:10 +0000 UTC
