It didn’t actually begin with Star Wars: The Pressure Awakens, however Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire has what I describe as a Force Awakens-ass trailer. A minimal suggestion of what the film’s precise plot is, and a lot of acquainted faces suiting again up and everybody else reminding us they know in regards to the particular Ghostbusters stuff you additionally learn about.
That’s a bit gripe-y, sure, however whereas Frozen Empire’s previous trailers have largely tried to skirt across the returning familiarity to focus on the icy chills haunting New York this time round—aside from the Ghostbusters firehouse, after all, but it surely’s kinda laborious to skirt round a constructing like that—this new look is all in on reminding you that sure, the outdated forged are again, sure, they even acquired Annie Potts this time too, sure, they’re all within the uniform, and sure, they’re very conscious that busting makes you’re feeling good.
It’d be largely effective if not for Paul Rudd’s strained nod to the legendary track as an earnest name to arms—a line so strained it managed to make the seemingly unaging Paul Rudd really bodily age attempting to get by means of it—which actually pushes this trailer over into the nudge nudge, wink wink nostalgia overload territory. Which is saying one thing, as a result of it’s very a lot a kind of trailers anyway the best way it leans closely on the remaining members of the outdated guard coming again.
However actually, it’s Janine’s traditional line that speaks to the entire thrust of the matter right here: what does Frozen Empire really need? What does it have to supply, past a budget thrill of some battered outdated fits and firehouse?
We’ll discover out come March 22.
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