On Wednesday, the all-female stars of the summer reboot of “Ghostbusters” appeared on the same episode of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” as Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton, and the confluence of gender politics and the cultural zeitgeist was not lost on the show’s host.

“Get your Woman Cards ready,” DeGeneres tweeted in anticipation of the show, while an apparent Clinton supporter shared an image of the presidential contender dressed in a Ghostbusters uniform, with her likely Republican rival Donald Trump cast as the gluttonous apparition “Slimer.”

Trump — like many, mostly male, critics — has already expressed skepticism over the new film, a $150 million production helmed by “Bridesmaids” director Paul Feig. ”They’re remaking Indiana Jones without Harrison Ford, you can’t do that,” he said in an Instagram video early last year. “And now they’re making ‘Ghostbusters’ with only women. What’s going on?!”

What’s going on is a massive backlash. After just two trailers and a few commercial spots, legions of fanboys have taken to comment sections to lambaste the project. Its first trailer, released in March, set a record for most dislikes on YouTube and prompted one popular online critic to refuse to even review it. Complaints range from criticism of the CGI-heavy special effects, the replacement of the original cast (although some stars of the original films, including Bill Murray, are expected to make cameos), the lack of solid laughs and the commercial motivations for making it in the first place. But underneath it all, some see an unabashed undercurrent of sexism.

“The backlash is like they’re remaking the Bible with Lady Jesus,” stand-up comedian Elise Valderrama told MSNBC on Wednesday. “A small group of trolls are either angry or trying to make people angry.”