There’s been an awful lot of talk about childhoods being ruined by the all-female Ghostbusters reboot, which haters have complained violates the legacy of a great movie. Luckily, Screen Junkies is here to remind us that the sanctity of the Ghostbusters franchise died long ago—in 1989, in fact, with the terrible Ghostbusters 2.
This more accurate trailer for the film points out that the sequel’s premise is exactly the same as the original movie, which makes no earthly sense: Why are people skeptical about the existence of ghosts? Doesn’t anyone remember the giant marshmallow who terrorized the city just five years earlier? Even with an identical plot, though, Ghostbusters 2 doesn’t live up to its predecessor in quality, “throwing out the fun grown-up comedy and doubling down on lame kid stuff.” Oh, well. As the trailer so aptly points out, every generation needs its Hangover 2.
