So far I've watched at least two different fans take what Sony offered and make good to outstanding trailers: Only by virtue of editing the material that Sony presented.

Amateurs on home computers making better movie trailers than the mega-budget, mega studio itself?

WTF, Sony? Get it together already!

GHOSTBUSTERS: SECOND TRAILER

ON THURSDAY io9 CALLED THE OFFICIAL GHOSTBUSTERS TRAILER PERFECT ...
The New Ghostbusters Trailer Is Here, and Everything Looks Perfect
By German Lussier
After decades of waiting for a new Ghostbusters movie, here's your first footage from one. To celebrate the launch of this awesome trailer, we talked with director Paul Feig, producer Ivan Reitman and writer Katie Dippold, and they told us why this trailer reintroduces so many of the things we love.

Continued at io9.

... ON FRIDAY THEY HAD A CHANGE OF HEART AFTER SEEING THE BEVAN CUT!
This Fan-Edited Ghostbusters Trailer Fixes Several Problems From the Official One
By German Lussier
We like the new Ghostbusters trailer. It's got a true love for the franchise, as well as action, humor and character to spare. But at the same time, it's obviously not perfect.

Continued at io9.

GHOSTBUSTERS: ReBOO - THE BEVAN CUT!

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Did the 'Ghostbusters' trailer misrepresent Leslie Jones as a sassy sidekick?
By Donna Dickens
This morning Sony released the trailer for their rebooted take on the Ghostbusters universe. Thirty years after the original team saved New York City from the supernatural, a new generation of scientists have arrived for the passing of the proton pack.

I am personally stoked to see Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones suit up. Each woman has a distinct personality and look. I will forever be in love with McKinnon licking her gun. But as happy as I am to see these women join an iconic franchise, there was a problem with the trailer. Leslie Jones' character of Patty — the only woman of color in the cast — is also the only non-scientist member of the team.

Continued at HitFix.

PLUS

Leslie Jones reacts to criticism of 'Ghostbusters' character
By Derrik J. Jang
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leslie Jones ain't afraid of no ghost — or playing a transit worker.

The co-star of the upcoming all-female version of "Ghostbusters" took to Twitter to defend her role as a member of the paranormal-fighting group who appears in footage released Thursday to be an employee of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

The portrayal of the team's only non-white member as a subway worker in filmmaker Paul Feig's new "Ghostbusters" came under fire on social media after the trailer debuted online.

Continued at Bigstory.

GHOSTBUSTERS Official Trailer THE BEVAN CUT
Forget Sony Pictures' mediocre vision and version. Check out the new Bevan cut!

GHOSTBUSTERS: ReBOO - THE BEVAN CUT!

WATCH THE VIDEO

QUICK BITES

The question has given movie fans conniptions for years. At the end of John Carpenter's 1982 horror classic, we're left with two survivors, MacReady (Kurt Russell) and Childs (Keith David). They share a drink while their camp burns and we're just left wondering if one of them is actually a shape-shifting alien monster in disguise ... or are we?

Continued at Huffington Post.

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10 Awesomely Bad Heavy-Metal Horror Films
By Chris Lane
Hard rock and heavy metal have always been about excess, and the over-the-top nature of the types of bands within those genres would seem like a natural fit for horror films. Since the 1980s was a golden age for both terrible horror films and heavy metal, there were quite a few attempts at combining the two. In a lot of cases, the plots involved fake bands or real musicians playing a fictional version of themselves; almost all of these are both awful and unintentionally hilarious.

Continued at HoustonPress.

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'Mad Max' Is Mad About Namibia, But Some Namibians Are Mad At The Crew
By Malaka Gharib
Crimson sand dunes, cracked desert floors, big open skies and landscapes that look like paintings — it's no wonder why Namibia was name-checked four times at the Academy Awards for helping Mad Max: Fury Road take home six Oscars — the biggest haul of the night.

Continued at NPR.

ALSO

10 Great Modern Horror Movies That Were Made For Next To Nothing
And made back even less!

Check out the article by Ben Bussey at WhatCulture.

WASSMOR

Why The Crow Director's Opposed To Hollywood Remaking His Film
It's important for Alex Proyas to remember: THE CROW was your movie. You didn't write the screenplay and you certainly didn't create the original material or have anything to do with making the comic book so popular that a Hollywood studio would hire a guy like you to direct it.

You don't own James O'Barr's creation, Alex. You only briefly played with his toys. But the original CROW belongs to O'Barr and he is not chained to your wall, your vision.

On that note, read this illuminating article by Dirk Libbey because Alex Proyas legitimately has some naturally strong emotional ties to the original THE CROW movie.

Full Article at CinemaBlend.

FINALLY

Victor LaValle's New Novel Is H. P. Lovecraft, Without the Horrific Racism
By Lincoln Michel
There are two things everyone knows about H. P. Lovecraft. The first is that he's one of the most important horror writers of all time. His cosmic horror works helped shape the trajectory of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, while influencing everyone from Stephen King to George R. R. Martin. The second thing is that he was super racist. The two facts are not unrelated, as Lovecraft's racist fears are central to his worldview and appear either subtly or very, very overtly in most of his fiction (including, infamously, a cat with a racial epithet for a name). Consequentially, the genre world seems to never stop debating what to do with Lovecraft's legacy. Can his racism be dismissed as merely "of his time"? Should his work be ignored by modern readers, despite its influence? With his newest book, author Victor LaValle finds a third way to respond to Lovecraft's complicated legacy: the literary clapback.

Continued at Vice.

GHOSTBUSTERS Official Trailer
"Ow! That's gonna leave a mark."

Ha! Ha! Still hilarious after 20 years. Whatever happened to Freakazoid!, anyway?

GHOSTBUSTERS: ReBOO

READ THE FULL ARTICLE - TWO TRAILERS

QUICK BITES
J.K. Rowling confirms 2 unnamed 'Harry Potter' movies are in the works
By Megan Willett
n case you hadn't heard, J.K. Rowling wrote the script for the film "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," and fans are eagerly awaiting the upcoming prequel to the "Harry Potter" universe.
Now we know another exciting detail —

Continued at Business Insider.

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Scientists claim they've invented a Matrix-style device that instantly uploads skills to your brain
By Bec Crew
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. This week, a team from California research facility, HRL Laboratories, announced that they'd invented an interface that could teach total novices to pilot a flight simulator using a technique called transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), which they say accelerates learning and skill retention.

Continued at ScienceAlert.

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THE DARK TOWER FILM CONFIRMS IDRIS ELBA AND MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY
By Jonathan Hatfull
Well, those long-rumoured Dark Tower rumours have been confirmed and we couldn't be happier.

Stephen King himself tweeted that Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey have joined Nikolaj Arcel's film of The Dark Tower, following months of rumours that they would be playing Roland Deschain (The Gunslinger) and The Man In Black respectively.

Continued at ScifiNow.

ALSO

A new Call of Cthulhu video game is coming
By Alger Alama
Yes, that's right. If you're a fan of H.P. Lovecraft and the entire elder god mythos, then you are in for a treat. Several years ago, Headfirst Productions developed a terrifying game called Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth. It was fairly well received and gamers who acquired the game shared their experiences stating that it was true to the madness and horror that's usually packaged within this world that Lovecraft has created.

Continued at NerdReactor.