4. Ghostbusters
Make no mistake, the original Ghostbusters is a great film. That said, those special effects just don’t hold up today, and we should worry that younger audiences will stay away from Ghostbusters, distracted by the shoddy-looking ectoplasm. An update with more realistic special effects could be a great thing, provided the new script stays true to the tongue-in-cheek spirit of the original. The one requirement is that Bill Murray must return, budget constraints be damned. Part of the original’s joke was how ridiculous all of the Ghostbusters’ ghost-fighting tech actually looked. A remake could make the tech look more realistic but still retain the original’s nuttiness, giving the Ghostbusters countless new inventions to work with.
We might need to wait a while for this remake, if Ghostbusters 3 gets off the ground, but it’s not an idea without merit. Hopefully a new Ghostbusters could work modern technology into its script in an interesting way, perhaps by allowing ghosts to pass through the Internet and wi-fi networks. With a strong comedy team at work, a Ghostbusters remake could potentially do right by the original while introducing the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man to a whole new generation of moviegoers. That’s a win-win.