{"id":1635,"date":"2016-05-23T22:05:21","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T21:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/?p=1635"},"modified":"2021-09-27T15:44:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T13:44:12","slug":"ghostbusters-2016-starring-chris-hemsworth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/1635\/ghostbusters-2016-starring-chris-hemsworth","title":{"rendered":"Ghostbusters (2016) &#8211; Starring Chris Hemsworth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, everyone and their dog has written or made a reaction or review video about the first trailer and then the international trailer of <em>Ghostbusters<\/em> (2016) a.k.a. &#8220;The Female Ghostbusters&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t seen them, here they are:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_36409\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w3ugHP-yZXw?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_58656\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Egs6RfGenvg?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nPretty much everything was criticised. From the awful jokes (slime in cracks, wigs), the parody-like elements (Yay, finally someone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w3ugHP-yZXw#t=2m10s\">makes fun of <em>The Excorcist<\/em><\/a>, that&#8217;s never been done before!) to general criticism of blatant plagiarism (library ghost), being unclear whether it&#8217;s a sequel or a reboot, factual errors (they were never four scientists, they were 2.5 at best [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5ohlA__xABw\">Venkman with his parapsychology shtick<\/a> being the half one]) to having the black woman be the &#8220;street smart&#8221; non-scientist. Not to mention the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b-mArPr_Txg#t=3s\">Scooby-Doo<\/a><\/em> type <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w3ugHP-yZXw#t=1m36s\">CGI ghosts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So I won&#8217;t get into all of that again. Because in the end I will only end up being called a sexist for not liking what I&#8217;ve seen so far, because everyone who doesn&#8217;t appreciate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Egs6RfGenvg#t=1m25s\">failed-crowdsurfing-gags<\/a> is an evil women hater.<a href=\"#footnote\">*<\/a><br \/>\nBTW: To prove how devilish a sexist I am, I deliberately made the headline listing only the male actor. *muahahahaha*<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->So I&#8217;m doing something different. I&#8217;m watching a featurette about the new Janine a.k.a. Kevin, played by Chris Hemsworth (<em>Thor<\/em>). This one to be precise:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_27279\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5p6PnbUuC5I?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nWhile Janine was only a minor character, she was never portrayed as dumb. Kevin seems to be just that. He&#8217;s the eye candy (something Janine also wasn&#8217;t, so score 2:0 for the guy movie) for the women to goggle over. How dumb he is you ask? About this dumb:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/movies_dumb_and_dumber_41.jpg\"width=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We also get to see more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5p6PnbUuC5I#t=27s\">highbrow humour<\/a> with as well! I haven&#8217;t been that intellectually challenged since <em>Not Another Teen Movie<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>But to be fair, there was a point that was actually subtle. It wasn&#8217;t funny, but at least it wasn&#8217;t on-the-nose either. And that&#8217;s when Kevin is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5p6PnbUuC5I#t=1m11s\">mansplaining<\/a>&#8220;. But then again, they&#8217;ll probably use the actual term in the movie, taking the subtlety out of it again.<\/p>\n<p>ALL OF THIS IS AWFUL! And these are the &#8220;male jokes&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p>None of the Hemsworth scenes in this featurette had anything remotely funny in it. I mean he spits back in the coffee and she&#8217;ll drinks it anyway. Hooray for feminism!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sorry, I&#8217;ll take the actual Janine over this Darwin Award candidate any day of the week!<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"footnote\">*<\/a> Ghostbusters-2016-not-likers-are-mysogynists articles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/entertainment\/archive\/2016\/05\/the-sexist-outcry-against-the-ghostbusters-remake-gets-louder\/483270\">The Atlantic: The Ongoing Outcry Against the <em>Ghostbusters<\/em> Remake<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2016\/05\/19\/donald-trump-s-sexist-anti-ghostbusters-crusade-goes-mainstream.html\">The Daily Beast: Donald Trump\u2019s Sexist Anti-\u2018Ghostbusters\u2019 Crusade Goes Mainstream<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/arts-and-entertainment\/wp\/2016\/03\/04\/people-are-hating-the-ghostbusters-trailer-guess-why\/\">The Washington Post: People hate the \u2018Ghostbusters\u2019 trailer, and yes, it\u2019s because it stars women<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jezebel.com\/new-all-feminist-ghostbusters-is-a-punch-in-the-dick-to-1682292125\">Jezebel: New All-Feminist <em>Ghostbusters<\/em> Is A Punch in the Dick to All of Mankind<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@RachelBanks\/misogynistic-mra-bob-chipman-cries-male-tears-over-all-female-ghostbusters-94f07f0870f6#.hnipc3v91\">Medium: Misogynistic MRA Bob Chipman Cries Male Tears Over All-Female GhostBusters<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8230; (the list goes on)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, everyone and their dog has written or made a reaction or review video about the first trailer and then the international trailer of Ghostbusters&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192,13],"tags":[1212,1825,750],"class_list":["post-1635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cinema","category-web","tag-ghostbusters","tag-the-excorcist","tag-thor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1635"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1650,"href":"https:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635\/revisions\/1650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}