Why An All-Women Ghostbusters Squad Should Be Embraced

It’s official. I’m making a new Ghostbusters & writing it with @katiedippold & yes, it will star hilarious women. That’s who I’m gonna call. — Paul Feig (@paulfeig) October 8, 2014 It’s fitting that on the 30th Anniversary of the original film that Hollywood finally gets the ball moving on a third film. But while many Ghostbuster fans fully embraced the idea of an all female squad, of course there were some who weren’t ready to accept the change and speak their prejudices out loud for anyone willing to hear it. To those people I ask..why does it still matter? Frankly speaking, throughout my lifetime I’ve seen this franchise butchered in just about every medium imaginable. Comic books, games, cartoons. The only property that doesn’t fully tarnish and embarrass this franchises legacy is the original film. Sony has tried and failed to conjure a new Ghostbusters so many times, that it’s not surprising they would embrace a daring new take. Lord knows that a third film has been in limbo since the 90’s with passed over plotlines such as one where the original cast gets transported to a hellish version of Manhattan. Or others involving a new younger group (Ashton Kutcher was rumored to be the lead..ugh) taking over for the originals. With the death of Harold Ramis and the leader of Ghostbusters not willing to pick up a damn script (Bill Murray reportedly read a draft for the third film. Shredded it and sent it back to Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, with a note saying “No one w…