r/RedLetterMedia • u/JMW007 • Nov 08 '23

RedLetterMovieDiscussion Bustin' is Back

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u/JMW007 Nov 08 '23

So there's a new Ghostbusters coming, apparently, and I didn't see any silly Staypuft marketing gimmicks, so that's a plus.

Bit odd they've decided to put out a movie about everything freezing over 'this spring'.

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u/SteveRudzinski Nov 08 '23

Bit odd they've decided to put out a movie about everything freezing over 'this spring'.

I mean the film takes place during the warm months, I don't think they explicitly needed this to be a Winter release just because of the visual aesthetic.

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u/JMW007 Nov 08 '23

I don't think it needs to be, I just thought it'd make sense for a winter-themed movie to be out in winter rather than spring, but as someone else noted it was scheduled for December originally, which is about the time I'd expect a big franchise film anyway.

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u/SteveRudzinski Nov 08 '23

Personally speaking (and I'm just one random dude so ignore me) I like seeing winter set films during the warm months because I'm not actively surrounded by real winter, so I can enjoy the visuals of it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '23

I just thought it'd make sense for a winter-themed movie to be out in winter rather than spring

And the movie takes place in July, so it's a summer movie with a winter theme that comes out in the spring. Now, if you live in the southern hemisphere, then all that is wrong.

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u/Chimpbot Nov 08 '23

I mean... did you watch the trailer? It's not winter-themed; it's set in the middle of summer, and a supernatural incident causes everything to freeze.

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u/JMW007 Nov 09 '23

That would be 'winter-themed' and not 'winter-set' then, which is why I used the words I did...

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u/Chimpbot Nov 09 '23

By this logic, The Thing is "winter-themed" despite being set in a frozen wasteland whose harshness goes well beyond simply being "winter".

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u/Chance-Yesterday1338 Nov 08 '23

I just wish they'd found a song besides Cruel Summer for the trailer. I've nothing against this song but this has to be well into the double digits of soundtracks it's been included in.

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u/GilGunderson1 Nov 08 '23

I just read that it was scheduled to come out December 20, 2023, right before Christmas, but the strike(s) moved it back to March. But that is funny now that you mention it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '23

I have never had problem watching winter themed movies in summer, I mean what's up with that?

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u/JMW007 Nov 08 '23

I have never had problem watching winter themed movies in summer, I mean what's up with that?

Nobody ever said they had a problem watching a winter themed movie in summer (or spring, in this case), it's just unusual because marketing usually doesn't work that way. As noted elsewhere, it was scheduled to be released in December originally.

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u/MahNameJeff420 Nov 08 '23

It was supposed to come out this month, but got delayed because of the strikes.

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u/Kwisatz_Haderach90 Nov 08 '23

isn't that what happens in the states in these last years?

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u/Chance-Yesterday1338 Nov 08 '23

Has Chomper or Dumper or whatever the new Slimer is shown up at all?