By Kristi O’Toole

The trailer for this summer’s Ghostbusters reboot is the most disliked movie trailer in YouTube history. Most of those might just be fans of the originals upset at the very idea of the reboot, but the trailer is confusing for other reasons as well. Johnjay and Rich of iHeart Radio, for instance, wanted to know if the new film takes place in the same universe as the original films, what with the “30 years ago” opening and all. They asked Melissa McCarthy about it, and it turns the star is on board with everyone else stating, “The trailer is very confusing.”
But does that really mean that things are looking dire for the pic’s prospects, or is there something strange in this particular neighborhood?

There is no way to check where the thumbs-down votes have come from, but the metrics seem genuinely strange when taken in context of other deeply unpopular YouTube videos; the most disliked video on the platform, “Baby” by Justin Bieber, has one thumbs-down vote for every 225 views, for example, and on average, the top 10 most disliked videos on YouTube — there’s a playlist — has one thumbs down for every 449 views. Is Ghostbusters really almost 10 times less popular than the most disliked videos on the platform? (It is now the 18th most unpopular video on the site, apparently.)

When Kristi isn’t writing for NewzBreaker, she writes supernatural suspense novels having three currently published. If you would like to check out any of her books they can be found online and at other major retailers like Books a Million and Amazon. Never one to rest, she also paints/designs shoes and items for the home. Check out her eBay store, Watered Down Vodka and her FB page.

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