Don’t know if disagreeing about remaking Ghostbusters with women is misogynistic or just close-minded. Nothing about the initial premise of the film necessitated a group of guys. I don’t think making it a group of women is so much a gimmick as it is the director just preferred to work with Wiig and McCarthy and then naturally felt that the whole team could be female. The cast is talented enough. I think the more people can think outside of the go-to male action hero/comedy protagonist standard the better. Ghostbusters was going to be remade anyway, in my mind an all female team actually makes me a bit more interesting (I personally feel remakes are pointless if you aren’t going to do a new take on the material - this definitely qualifies).
I agree with what you’re saying about the cast and premise. I didn’t like the trailer specifically because it fell completely flat and appears to be wasting its talent.
Also, I didn’t say that remaking it with women is a problem, but rather the fact that they seem to be remaking it with women purely for a girl-power statement is a subject that I can understand people finding irritating. I also am generally opposed to recasting characters for such statements, much like I am opposed to making existing heterosexuals into homosexuals. Just create new material instead of rewriting the old.
If Ghostbusters turns out to be good, I’ll probably check it out. The trailer didn’t look promising though.
I can think of a few shows that had women protags and no one cared. I mean there’s Tomb Raider. And Clueless. And the Life Before Her Eyes and more. So I agree with you. I think this is more about getting 2 things wrong at once. Making the show a girl-power remake of an already loved show. It just feels like something’s getting trampled here. Almost like there’s a try at rewriting history. I don’t know. The thing is I wouldn’t have had any problem at all if they’d thrown 4 women into a brand new show about just about anything. But when it’s over-obvious they’re just there to replace the guys who came before? It’s nowhere near as fun.