5 Things Ghostbusters Haters Have Already Done To Make The Film Fail

5. Refusing To Review It Months In Advance (And Causing Imitators)

While the hate around the film had been there in some form since the cast was first announced, it wasn’t crystalised until the shoddy first trailer was released. Although even then it didn’t become a full-on movement until Cinemassacre got in on the act.

Seemingly at random, The Artist Formerly Known As Angry Video Game Nerd posted a video called "Ghostbusters 2016. No review. I refuse." (no link, I refuse) where he passively explained why he wouldn’t be seeing the new film. His main points were that you shouldn’t have to pay for it and that using the same name discredited the original, although there was a distinct underlying sense of unfair love of the 1984 flick and hurt over Ghostbusters III never coming to fruition.

There’s flaws in the logic there (some of which I touched on in another piece), but this was the expansion of the hate, giving it (at least on an insular perspective) a rational viewpoint; a fan-cum-critic thought it was so bad he wouldn't see it. There were even others who posted their own snide “no reviews” in an attempt to jump on the bandwagon.