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Remaking Old Ghosts

I want to talk about what I just saw. There's been a lot of controversy surrounding Paul Feig's remake of the 1984 film Ghostbusters. Remakes are tricky in general. People, often guided by their nostalgia, worry that a new version of their favorite story just won't live up. This applies here to an extreme. From the time this movie was announced, people were outraged, saying that a remake of Ghostbusters  would ruin their childhood. Their outrage wasn't just because the movie was being remade, but that Feig was putting four women in the lead roles. Feig has always been a champion of women in his work, from Freaks and Geeks to Bridesmaids  and now Ghostbusters . Looking at the original story, there's no reason women can't be Ghostbusters. No. Reason. Well, other than the fact that it could damage fragile male egos everywhere. Thank goodness that wasn't taken account, because the movie was fantastic. Really, really fantastic. The story and characters we