Movie marketing is a strange and unexpected animal. Sometimes what you think people want, they don't want. And sometimes what you think is intended for a certain audience is all of a sudden adopted by a much larger one. Take this Japanese Ghostbusters music video, for example. It stars four female Japanese comedians (Tomochika, Oniyakko Tsubaki, Naomi Watanabe and Shizuyo Yamasaki) singing the original Ghostbusters theme song, goofing around with proton packs as bright neon colors dominate the performance in what's a clear throwback to the upcoming remake's 1980s roots. It's a music video intended for Japanese audiences, posted by Sony Pictures Japan, and yet it's attracting a much larger fanbase around the world and especially in the United...
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- 6/29/2016
- by Erik Davis
- Movies.com
Ray Parker, Jr. got his groove on in the music video for his classic Ghostbusters theme song. But it’s nothing like the way the quartet of comediennes dance their hearts out in the newly released Japanese version of the song. The new cover and accompanying music video features comedians Tomochika, Oniyakko Tsubaki, Naomi Watanabe, and Shizuyo Yamasaki donning their jumpsuits and proton packs in a neon landscape inspired by the original 1984 music video. The synth-powered sound of this cover is also a lot closer to Parker’s track than cover unveiled stateside last week. Sony deserves kudos for trying to deliver something different with that Fall Out Boy and Missy Elliott cover rather than a carbon copy of the original. But I bet this Japanese version will be much more of a fan pleaser than Fall Out Boy’s over-produced track that insisted on choking the silly fun out...
- 6/28/2016
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
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