Busting out in giggles: New ‘Ghostbusters’ trailer slimed

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try another trailer. That’s apparently the “Ghostbusters” motto amid even more derision and skepticism.

As the L.A. Times reported: “After the first trailer for the new ‘Ghostbusters’ film was seen as something of a dud, with infuriated denizens of the Internet making it the most ‘disliked’ movie trailer on YouTube of all time, the second look at the film, released Wednesday on Facebook, is leaning on nostalgia to win back fans of the franchise.

“The new look at the film, a gender-swapped reboot of the 1984 classic that pits paranormal specialists against a growing ghost invasion, spends much less time on setting up the premise than the first trailer did, instead letting the comedic powerhouses they’ve cast (Melissa McCarthy, Kristin Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones) do the heavy lifting for them.”

But the Twitter-Humor Industrial Complex was firing on all cylinders, with remarks like: “I’m boycotting the new Ghostbusters movie because none of the ghosts they fight are free-range, organic or locally-sourced” and “Call us when the Ghostbusters are trans.”

With the movie in theaters July 15, we have two months of this to come:

Like if you think the new @Ghostbusters should NOT have been shot entirely in a @Target men’s restroom!

— Gabriel Gundacker (@GabrielDreyfuss) May 19, 2016

The new Ghostbusters looks like it is going to be atrocious

— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) May 19, 2016

I’m boycotting the new Ghostbusters movie because none of the ghosts they fight are free-range, organic or locally-sourced.

— Kashana (@kashanacauley) May 18, 2016

Wow, Ghostbusters looks as bad as new TMNT

— Doug Gottlieb (@GottliebShow) May 19, 2016

Wow, Ghostbusters looks as bad as new TMNT

— Doug Gottlieb (@GottliebShow) May 19, 2016

If we’re gonna attack this new Ghostbusters for ruining our childhoods, we should also address my parents’ divorce

— Jensen Karp (@JensenClan88) May 19, 2016

Here’s my opinion vomit on the new #Ghostbusters trailer https://t.co/8E6T13E8kS

— Jeremy Jahns (@JeremyJahns) May 19, 2016

Imagine reading the news and out of everything happening in the entire world, a Ghostbusters reboot was the thing that made you speak out.

— Anne T. Donahue (@annetdonahue) May 18, 2016

If I owned movie theaters I would screen nothing but the original Ghostbusters the day the fempocalypse version comes out

— Milo Yiannopoulos ✘ (@Nero) May 18, 2016

Call us when the Ghostbusters are trans.

— Los Feliz Daycare (@LosFelizDaycare) May 18, 2016

I think most of the Ghostbusters animosity stems from people realizing they’re 32 years older and there’s nothing we can do about it.

— Stay Puft (@staypuft) May 18, 2016

Sorry. The naysayers are just wrong about #ghostbusters. The trailer brings a giant smile to my face.

— Josh Gad (@joshgad) May 18, 2016