Who you gonna call?

The childhood theme song for many. After many previous failed attempts, a reboot of an iconic classic is finally hitting us this summer in theaters. Ghostbusters, an infamous movie from the 80’s has finally been thrown back into the chaos that is Hollywood. However this time, it is in the hands of Sony Entertainment and comes with a big twist and fans aren’t happy. The all-male cast is no more and instead it will feature the following well-known female actresses.

(them shoes though…)

And this bit of info hasn’t gone unnoticed. Posters and “accidental” reveals have been hinting to a female cast for a while now. It wasn’t until last week when a trailer went viral that the fans went wild over it. As if oblivious to this the whole time, there is a sudden talk that feminist have taken over and have deeply insulted fans of the series. Is this back-fire from anti-feminist not willing to accept new ideas or do the fans have some actual reasoning to back them up?

(Only 4 days into the YouTube upload)

For those of you have not seen the prequels, the following cast is depicted below.

Now there are two sides of the story. You have the director’s side that states that if anyone feels their childhood is going to get ruined then they should get out more and stop being a “vile, misogynistic s**t. ” With just a two minute trailer out, so much hate for a movie not even out yet has to be due to the change in cast right? Looking at the old film’s trailers (and the above picture), you can definitely see the old team a lot more down and dirty and even occasionally being serious compared to the new release this summer. The new trailer has nothing but slapstick comedy jokes with Melissa McCarthy side by side with Kristen Wiig’s usual awkward comedy skits. Do the fans have good reason to attack this comedy duo line-up? More importantly are we missing the real issue with this movie?

I can agree with some of the fans’ complaints. There seems to be a pretty large genre shift. Going from dark and adult humor combined with elements of creepiness is a big transition to what the trailer represented. Exaggerated characters and neon colors haunted the new sequel’s trailer and I can see why some viewers are not happy. But if there is one thing they got nailed down with the sequel, it’s not sexism but racism. The previous films was infamous for a racial stereotyping feature. The “black ghostbuster” was your typical token black male character who was easily forgotten throughout the movie. Surprisingly, the new movie has the same exact thing! You have 3 smart white female scientist who pair up with your worn-down, stereotypical role of sassy black sidekick who is no scientist and rather contributes using her “New York street smarts.”

And this is as clear as daylight in the trailer and is sadly the least talked about matter on the subject. Which goes to show that for some people, this issue isn’t just a huge genre change that people are so furious about. (It is just a movie after all) If people are trying to take a stance on the movie in regards to race and gender equality; the first thing they should address is the racism depicted. But the reality of it is that some people really are just frustrated about their iconic testosterone-fueled male heroes being replaced by a women of equal worth. Of course this is not everyone, I can’t argue with the fact that there is too large of a shift from the previous films to this one and there also are sources catching this blatant racism in the trailer. If anything, you should just take this trailer with a grain of salt or just not watch the film at all. No ones forcing you.