User blog comment:Mmpratt99 deviantart/How Bad is the New Ghostbusters Movie?/@comment-4849011-20160722002814

The following is directed at remakes/reboots in general and not the Ghostbusters movie specifically. Something that's been touched on is the mistake a lot of remakes/reboots make. They don't have the tone, spirit, or creativity of the originals, and sadly it's often because the makers don't care. Instead of trying to channel the same spirit, they go, "Oh, let's just throw in a bunch of sex, drugs, and crude humor to show how edgy we are! Whee!" I'm not saying the new Ghostbusters movie does that because I don't know that it does; I've just seen it in other remakes. In 1967 there was a popular show called Ironside which lasted eight seasons. NBC did a reboot in 2013, and they botched it so badly it was cancelled after three episodes []. I honestly don't get making a reboot that will turn off and/or anger fans of the original. When you have a remake that ditches everything that made the original great and likeable to shovel in a bunch of sewer muck, you end up with a product that nobody likes.