Despite voting against Trump, I actually think her statement is silly and for just the same reason. Rather, I weigh in on Ghostbusters as it, alongside the NES, were the first things I was ever into.
I had watched the movies every time they were on tv, I begged my mother to get me the VHS tapes when we finally got a VCR. The best part of my day was getting home from school and watching The Real Ghostbusters, then playing some Super Mario Bros. while sipping Ecto Cooler. The toys were the best ever created at the time, which was a windfall for me because despite how huge Nintendo was and how much merchandise we got in the 80's. I don't remember much in the way of playable nintendo figures that weren't unposeable figurines. And then there was Ghostbusters the video game. The NES game sucked, but I played it anyway. I just loved all things Ghostbusters that much.
I remember the Ghostbusters 3 discussions being one of the oldest ones I have ever had on the internet, going back to the 96-99 time frame. Ghostbuster fansites were all over the place. Some of the oldest message boards were devoted to talking all things Ghostbusters. We all sorely wanted it, but Bill Murray just wouldn't fucking budge. Year after year it was nothing but "He's in! He's out. He's in! Er, now he's shredded the script". After the 2000's all that energy and enthusiasm just seemed to die. I consider myself grateful for having gotten Ghostbusters the video game, as it is the only closure we're ever going to get to the original four. This announcement would have made my fucking day twenty years ago. But now I fear it's just all too late.
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