Dan Aykroyd, who starred within the first two Ghostbusters, has come to the protection of the 2016 all-female model.

Almost instantly after its launch, the trailer for 2016’s Ghostbusters was one of probably the most disliked movies on YouTube. And whereas that hate has subsided – or at the least been buried by the disappointments of Afterlife and Frozen Empire – it undoubtedly left a mark on the franchise. But it does nonetheless have its defenders right here and there; and discovering one in a single of the OG Ghostbusters is a good get, with Dan Aykroyd persevering with to indicate help.

Aykroyd – who, like the remainder of the unique surviving Ghostbusters, had a cameo within the 2016 model – remembered having some points initially behind the scenes however coming round to the film itself. “I liked the movie Paul Feig made with those spectacular women. I was mad at them at the time because I was supposed to be a producer on there and I didn’t do my job and I didn’t argue about costs. And it cost perhaps more than it should, and they all do. All these movies do.” He added, “But boy, I liked that film. I thought that the villain at the end was great. I loved so much of it. And of course, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones and Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig, you’re never going to do better than that. So I go on the record as saying I’m so proud to have been able to license that movie and have a hand and have a part in it, and I’m fully supportive of it, and I don’t besmirch it at all. I think it works really great amongst all the ones that have been made.”

Dan Aykroyd is little doubt within the minority with that individual Ghostbusters take. It’s one factor to say that it’s a good film however to say that it really works inside the remainder of the universe is a completely different type of stretch. While Afterlife and Frozen Empire are removed from being worthy entries, they do at the least deal with the nostalgia issue fairly nicely and legitimately care about passing the torch. The ’16 model, not a lot.

But hey, good on Aykroyd for going to bat for 2016’s Ghostbusters as a result of it has been a simple film to punch down on. That holds true even for the unique crew, as Ernie Hudson has been vocal in his confusion in regards to the function of doing the film within the first place.

Do you suppose 2016’s Ghostbusters will ever discover its fanbase? How does it evaluate to the latest films?