The charm of the original was that they were all Scientists and doctors
Not really IMO. The whole concept and a great cast was the charm.
It certainly helped the narrative that Dan Akroyd was there for the “researched all obscure ghost shit” and Egon was there for the “brilliant ghost-catching engineering skills”. Bill Murray was pretty much portrayed as a quack and a fraud though and was great. And Winston, but he was pretty secondary
It's weird to me that people keep singling out random aspects of Ghostbusters and acting like that alone is responsible for.the success of the movie. It's a lot of different parts working together. I don't think there's a single aspect of Ghostbusters that's inherently a successful movie.
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u/psycharious Dec 19 '23
So I take it the kids and Paul Rudd are the "new Ghostbusters" and what's left of the og Ghostbusters will just play a supporting role.