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Snowglobe of Doom posted:They've obviously gone back to the original version of the car for HYPER NOSTALGIA reasons but is there an in-universe reason they're using Ecto-1 and not Ecto-1A? The trend with franchise reboots is to pretend only the original movie happened.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Wield of Streams. The ghosts of baseball’s greatest players fleeing in terror from Ecto-1 as it chases them through an Iowa cornfield. Sounds like a Family Guy gag.
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Davros1 posted:What if it turns everybody's actually dead and they're all trapped in the containment unit? I would love that
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Davros1 posted:What if it turns everybody's actually dead and they're all trapped in the containment unit? Annie Potts is unbearably attractive there, holy poo poo.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:They've obviously gone back to the original version of the car for HYPER NOSTALGIA reasons but is there an in-universe reason they're using Ecto-1 and not Ecto-1A? The what?
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Gargamel Gibson posted:The what? The car gets some updates in ghostbusters 2
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Dec 7, 2019 17:53
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Ecto-1 and Ecto-1A. You could make an argument they bought another one and the original was mothballed.
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The_Doctor posted:Ecto-1 and Ecto-1A. You could make an argument they bought another one and the original was mothballed. I could absolutely see Ray buying another one and giving it fancier gadgets.
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Sure, why else would they get another license plate number?
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Was it a different prop? I'm pretty sure they got the original Ectomobile because it was cheap as hell.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Was it a different prop? The original Ecto-1 broke down during filming of GB2 (it actually carked it when they were filming the car going across the bridge, as seen in the montage), so the production had to scramble to get its hands on another 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor end-loader hearse, which was rather difficult as there were very few of that specific model that were ever produced. (Most of the fan cars you see at conventions, for example, are 1960-62 models that have been extensively modded by fans ... or you get the goobers who trick out their Subaru Outbacks or whatever and call it the Ecto-1.) That being said, Ecto-1A was always going to be A Thing, because Columbia insisted that the movie be more toyetic than the first (due to the massive popularity of The Real Ghostbusters, which is the whole reason Columbia was pushing for the movie to be made in the first place).
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Timby posted:The original Ecto-1 broke down during filming of GB2 (it actually carked it when they were filming the car going across the bridge, as seen in the montage), so the production had to scramble to get its hands on another 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor end-loader hearse, which was rather difficult as there were very few of that specific model that were ever produced. (Most of the fan cars you see at conventions, for example, are 1960-62 models that have been extensively modded by fans ... or you get the goobers who trick out their Subaru Outbacks or whatever and call it the Ecto-1.) I see a guy around town that's got his mid-2000s Chevy HHR all decked out Ecto-1 style.
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Timby posted:That being said, Ecto-1A was always going to be A Thing, because Columbia insisted that the movie be more toyetic than the first (due to the massive popularity of The Real Ghostbusters, which is the whole reason Columbia was pushing for the movie to be made in the first place). GB2 always felt more like a live-action RGB movie than a continuation of the first film.
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The_Doctor posted:GB2 always felt more like a live-action RGB movie than a continuation of the first film. It doesn't really work as that, though. Them being broken up makes no sense at all if you're going with RGB being even slightly in-continuity, in the cartoon Jeanine was way more overtly romantically interested in Egon and would never have gone for Louis, Winston doesn't act like either his cartoon or first film counterpart, he just acts like a guy who's happy to be working...
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I just meant it was more cartoony and had Slimer hanging around.
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The_Doctor posted:I just meant it was more cartoony Not really. In many ways, it has more horror than the first (all the decapitated heads in the subway, a psycho in a painting that wants to consume a baby, the slime monster in the bathtub, Ghost Janosz as a nanny, Vigo's zombie head on Ray). That being said, when it does go for cornball comedy, it produces some truly godawful stuff (I'm thinking of the guys dogpiling Venkman and Ray yelling "GET HIM!" after the man-eating toaster trick).
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I reckon those severed heads are the most gruesome on screen horror image in any GB film, but, for my money at least the single most menacing scene is Dana being possessed by the dog. Thinking about both original films it is one of the only scenes where there is no comedic element at all, with the heads the impact is softened due to the GBs reaction to it which is funny, but the chair scene serves solely to frighten.
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I think the mix of horror and comedy is a core franchise strength. The ghosts and monsters are grotesque and silly but also dangerous and frightening.
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Timby posted:Ghost Janosz as a nanny, This goes against your point. It's also, to me, the dumbest aspect of GB2.
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Lurdiak posted:
That guy talking about all the tickets he's gotten out of in interviews makes me want to choose the form of the Destructor
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The scariest Janosz thing is when his eyes start glowing in the hallway.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Was it a different prop? You mean it was cheap for the production company? Because the joke is that Ray bought a POS that needs to be completely rebuilt and paid $4800 for it. Which seems like a very Dan Akroyd thing to do.
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Kevyn posted:The scariest Janosz thing is when his eyes start glowing in the hallway. Absolutely. Also, have you seen the original version of Vigo coming out of the painting? Holy shiiiiit  It's here a little ways down the page. Anyway, saw this, thought it was pretty good: 
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Kevyn posted:The scariest Janosz thing is when his eyes start glowing in the hallway. I remember seeing a behing-the-scenes doco where they talk about shooting that scene and it was surprisingly difficult to achieve that effect
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:I remember seeing a behing-the-scenes doco where they talk about shooting that scene and it was surprisingly difficult to achieve that effect I wrote it up earlier in the thread. First they had to shoot the plate of MacNicol walking down the hall, shifting his head from right to left and back. Then they had to shoot someone walking down the hall with a flashlight, making sure the flashlight's shine on the wall and movements were exactly tracked to match MacNicol's head movements. And then finally--I think this is one of the effects that had to be offloaded to Apogee because ILM was slammed with getting effects done for all the re-shoots--the effects team had to animate the eyebeams to match everything.
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The Boogeyman from the Real Ghostbusters was scarier than anything in GB2. Also, that one ghost that had a second mouth in its stomach that ate other ghosts.
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Davros1 posted:The Boogeyman from the Real Ghostbusters was scarier than anything in GB2. Don't forget this guy: 
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Absolutely. Also, have you seen the original version of Vigo coming out of the painting? Holy shiiiiit gently caress, that's pretty frightening, that would have certainly poo poo me up as a child.
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Karloff posted:gently caress, that's pretty frightening, that would have certainly poo poo me up as a child. Yeah, I sincerely hope Jason Reitman gets the whole 'scary is good' thing. It'll make the levity more powerful when it happens.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Yeah, I sincerely hope Jason Reitman gets the whole 'scary is good' thing. It'll make the levity more powerful when it happens. Ghostbusters is a comedy first, sci-fi / horror second.
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Timby posted:Ghostbusters is a comedy first, sci-fi / horror second. Yeah, I know, especially given the talent involved. That being said, good horror and good comedy just make each other stronger. GB2016 had neither of these elements in full force. The Mike Hat gag was pretty good, though.
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SimonCat posted:You mean it was cheap for the production company? That sounds right, similar to the firehouse. Lurdiak posted:Don't forget this guy: The creature designer for The Real Ghostbusers was Everett Peck, iirc, who has a real knack for freaky rear end poo poo. The Jumanji cartoon has some famously hosed up creatures he designed too. (see the Bogleech article)
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Do we know what time the trailer drops today? I'm like a kid on Christmas Eve over here.
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If this trailer isn't good I'm gonna take it out on all of you
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Bacon Terrorist posted:Do we know what time the trailer drops today? I'm like a kid on Christmas Eve over here. I think it's going to be around 830 EST
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Ehud posted:If this trailer isn't good I'm gonna take it out on all of you I hope it's bad so we can all keep our expectations low for the actual film. Then if the film is good we'll be pleasantly surprised.
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Davros1 posted:The Boogeyman from the Real Ghostbusters was scarier than anything in GB2. Slimer Come Home, that episode hosed me up for a while
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I hope it doesn’t drop at 8:30, I’m in the middle of nowhere for the next couple of hours with barely one bar of signal. 
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:I think it's going to be around 830 EST 5 minutes
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