Saturday, September 6, 2008

Something weird, and it won't look good

I'm kinda disturbed by reports that a couple writers from The Office are working on a script for Ghostbusters 3.

I can't think of any "3" sequel that hasn't sucked.

Spiderman 3? Sucked.

Godfather, Part III? Sucked.

Return of the Jedi? Sucked.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade? OK, that one was pretty good, but Indiana Jones and the Phantom Menace, or whatever the hell it was called? Sucked.

Hell, Ghostbusters 2 sucked. What's the point in making a third one -- besides the fact that everyone involved stands to make a shitload of money? I loved the first one, pretty much forgot about the second one.

Here's my prediction of the plot: The ghostbusters' glory days are behind them. Peopel have mostly forgotten how they saved NYC. They're famous now mostly for being famous. At least some of the four original ghostbusters have a cable reality series where they go into haunted houses. Unlike the real-life ghostbusting shows, theirs will be phenomenally popular, although the ghosts they encounter will be pretty tame. I suspect at least one of the four original ghostbusters -- Bill Murray's character, most likely -- will have gone onto other things.

And then something happens.

Something happens that's too evil, too dangerous for the remaining ghostbusters to handle alone. They have to recruit the wayward ghostbuster(s) back; only by working together can they save the world and possibly find redemption.

That's my prediction, and I'm sticking to it.

UPDATED Sunday, Sept. 7, 6:07 p.m.

Just saw that there's gonna two more Spider Man sequels.

Five bucks says at least three of these things will happen in the sequels: Aunt Mae dies; Uncle Ben's ghost appears; Peter and Mary Jane break up; they get back together; their wedding is disrupted by a super villain; Green Goblin and/or Green Goblin Jr. will appear to Peter in a dream.