So I finally finished Final Fantasy VII Rebirth this week. Not having a PS5, I had to wait until it was available on the Steam Deck to get a chance to play it. Which was kind of annoying, since Final Fantasy VII Remake came out on PS4 and I enjoyed playing it on that just fine. Oh, and spoiler alert and all that, you have been warned. It’s funny, I don’t think I have so…
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One thing a lot of fans and critics have said about Ghostbusters Frozen Empire is that it has too many characters with too little focus on each, and too many plotlines for one movie. There have been interviews with the director where it's been said they looked towards The Real Ghostbusters cartoon on how they wanted this movie to feel, but I think they should have made it feel like only ONE episode of Real Ghostbusters. This movie has so much crammed into it that I feel they could have taken any number of scenes and plots from this movie and made it into its own sequel. Spoiler warning for those that haven't seen the new movie yet!
Take the possessor ghost, for instance. In its normal form, the possessor ghost looks kind of like a red orb. But it's constantly possessing things and making them move around. It possesses the lion statue outside the New York Public Library, as well as the Ecto-1 and even a proton pack briefly. This felt very close to an episode of The Real Ghostbusters from season 3, The Copycat. Instead of possessing items, this ghost can copy anything it sees, such as a lamp, a dog, or even one of the ghostbusters! A ghost like the possessor getting free and being able to control anything it touches could have been a pretty solid story for an hour and a half adventure. It could even have possessed the Ecto-1 and proton packs at key moments to make the ghostbusters cause some real damage and take the blame for its mischief!
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