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Ghostbusters 2016 at the very least was Ghostbusters adjacent. They got the surface level idea right while completely fucking up the core (GB's strength was great writing and brilliant acting, GB16 tried ad-libbing with awkward acting).

This, though, is yet another "kids battle supernatural entities while adults remain largely oblivious/unhelpful save one or two" which we've had enough of lately with movies like IT/Super 8/Stranger Things, etc. And it sure as hell isn't a Ghostbusters movie.

An interesting premise would have been the integration of ghost catching into society expanding beyond the original 4. You saw how quickly NYC forgot about them in the sequel, it would make a lot more sense that society not only would be more accepting of the idea of catching ghosts, but eventually how easy it would become that it would be considered an every day profession like a mechanic. An unglamorous position for college dropouts, and maybe have a ghostbuster dealing with a society that sees them as less integral because you can buy your own proton packs and ghost traps off Amazon. Hell, you could have Venkman be the one who sold off their patents, and Ray could be pissed about the commercialization of what they're doing.

The point largely being that we don't need "SPOOKY GHOSTS/CLOWNS/ALIENS/WHATEVER SCARE KIDS UNTIL THEY FIGHT BACK" again. Ghostbusters was literally a movie about exterminators that happened to target ghosts. Replace it with rats and you'd still likely have just as brilliant a movie.

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