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So there's a Ghostbusters remake on the horizon

The giant Pillsbury Dough Boy, referring to the Statue of Liberty as a "harbour chick", seeing Rick Moranis possessed by a demon and the simply classic Slimer... I'm know I'm not alone in having fond memories of the Ghostbusters movies. And now that there's a remake that seems to actually be happening, the internet is abuzz with opinion. I've been thinking about who would be good to cast in a remake of these classic 80s movies for a while. Maybe I've just been jaded by Hollywood enough to know that a remake was inevitable since the capacity for original thought seems to be greatly diminished. Either way, I can't say that I was expecting an all female cast. Why? Because a remake would imply that the story is being retold with new actors taking the reigns from the original quartet. That being said, when I saw the news my reaction was one of equal parts cynicism and curiosity. Cynicism because I find revamps, particularly those which involve "rei