Why Do We Need A “Ghostbusters” Reboot?

When I was seven years old my grandfather took me to see the original Ghostbusters. I fell in love. I didn't get all the jokes, of course. Particularly Bill Murray's sexy humor. But I knew I was seeing something special. I, like many of my friends, was a Ghostbuster for Halloween. Then, a few years later, Ghostbusters 2 came out. It was nowhere near as good as the original one but it was still pretty fun and, most importantly, it had the original four characters that we all fell in love with. Now the rumor is that Paul Feig will do a reboot with all women. I have no problem with it being women. In a way, it's better. It would be unacceptable for anyone play Dr. Peter Venkman who is not Bill Murray. I question the entire enterprise. Why do we need a Ghostbusters 3?

More is not always better, particularly when a movie sequel is made 20-30 years after the original. When has that ever been good? Godfather III? Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull? The Star Wars prequels? "But Jack, it's a reboot. What about Batman or Star Trek?". OK, I'll give you that those were solid, but we had been used to different interpretations of Batman and other Star Trek spin-offs. But the only Ghostbusters we've had are the two original films and a decent cartoon series with the original characters. I'll hold my final opinion until I see the movie, but I'm not optimistic.