Ghostbusters: Afterlife - Comparing the Ghostbusters: Afterlife movie to previous films

This is… an actual decent analogy. They realized they're not going to make a better Ghostbusters 1, so in order to make a good Ghostbusters, they need to do something different. Just like how OoT's monomyth save the world quest of ages was followed by a deeply personal exploration of grief.

the real ghostbusters:

the real ghostbusters executive meddling seasons: