Popcorn posted:

Always troubled me what they did with them afterwards though. What, they're just supposed to stay cooped up in that big safe forever? It's interesting how Ghostbusters doesn't really care about resolving the ghosts' conflict and sending them onto the afterlife, or exorcising them, or whatever.

Scroto Baggins posted:

That voice! That bone-chilling voice!

echoplex posted:

Basebf555 posted:

The best part of The Real Ghostbusters is that they had the rights to the theme song(maybe not the lyrics). For most of the show the soundtrack is really low-key and creepy, but every episode at exactly the right moment, when the poo poo hits the fan, the music would kick in. Honestly I think that show is more responsible for me dressing as a Ghostbuster for multiple Halloweens than the actual movie, there were a lot of cool toys out around that time too.

Scroto Baggins posted:

That's really cool. I had no idea they thought out the containment unit. I always thought that the containment limbo was just a RGB thing. I just thought the inside of the ghost traps just stacked like bricks within the wall, never thought beyond that. Also, I love how the script uses everyone's last names, except Winston.


I think I found this on some Ghostbusters forum while researching a Halloween costume, but I have a .Rar with the RGB soundtrack on it. Or, rather, someone's attempt at stripping the sound of the cartoon to isolate the soundtrack. Some of the songs still have talking in the background. If anyone is interested, I could upload this somewhere?

Boomerjinks posted:

thatsthejoke.jpg

The theme of not caring even a little about untested equipment, severe structural damage inflicted upon clients, and the hiring of indifferent, unqualified people is central to what makes the movie so funny. GB2 was lacking in this department, but it was nice to have lines like "We'll keep the power of your pack to 50% to minimize burning and tissue damage" in the video game.

Echoplex posted:

had they dealt with it it would have almost certainly been the right wing masterpiece SMG cites this to be, worryingly)

Lobok posted:

Peck is a foil but it's obvious how much of the fiasco was due to Peter being a completely uncooperative tool. He saw another Dean Yeager sitting across from him and thought he could stand up for himself this time.

Boomerjinks posted:

I'd like to think that the business really was in gross violation of the Environmental Protection Act.

Great Onion article from 2008.

The_Doctor posted:

Of course it was! They're using unlicensed nuclear accelerators around the five boroughs! Three Mile Island was '79, Chernobyl happened in '86. Nuclear power running free and being let loose like fire hoses can in no way be safe. I'd wager none of the GBs can have children.

Soulwrangler posted:

Mueller's Novelization, which is actually a fun read since Mueller went on to work on RGB and the two kinda feel the same tone wise, has a good bit about the packs being turned for the first time in the elevator. Egon goes first, Ray's fillings start to heat up and Peter's hair stands on end till they each turn on their packs and create a protonic field of their own, canceling out the negative effects of the other accelerators.

They're all most definitely unable to produce children.

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

Watching Ghostbusters II as it's my official New Year's Eve movie. Man, I sincerely hope we get to see the deleted scenes someday.

echoplex posted:

Cut from the shooting script:



I think dealing with any of that whole thing goes strongly against the tone of the whole film.

(had they dealt with it it would have almost certainly been the right wing masterpiece SMG cites this to be, worryingly)

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

Edit 2: Also, why does the slime have about 3 or 4 consistencies? There's the multicoloured river, the red/orange stuff in the jar, the bathtub ooze, and then the chicken-snot being sprayed in the Statue of Liberty.

Captain Quack posted:

If someone wonders how much damage the guys did in the first movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6mIp68KhBQ

Captain Quack posted:

If someone wonders how much damage the guys did in the first movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6mIp68KhBQ

Also I've decided to share those that I made a long time ago:

Scroto Baggins posted:

Nice! Was that all in Photoshop? I think I shared these with this thread, but I can't remember, so there ya go. I made 2 posters just for the heck of it last year:

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

How are you supposed to estimate the cost of not only the specific destruction of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man (something conjured out of thin air, practically), but the Tower of Gozer? Other than that, I enjoyed it.

Scroto Baggins posted:

Nice! Was that all in Photoshop? I think I shared these with this thread, but I can't remember, so there ya go. I made 2 posters just for the heck of it last year:

Scroto Baggins posted:

The_Doctor posted:

They seem to over- and under-estimate a lot of stuff. One Central Park west apartment, $2 million, sure, but only $2.4 million for the rooftop and several floors of the same building?

MyUpperWest blog posted:

If you’re prone to envy or jealousy, you should just stop reading right now.

The penthouse at 55 Central Park West (between 65th/66th) recently hit the market for $35 million, and it’s a doozie.

The 4 BR 4.5 BA apartment features 5,000 sq of interior space and another 2,000 sq of terrace space (including 300 linear feet of Central Park frontage).

Previous owners of the apartment include Calvin Klein and David Geffen. The exterior of the art deco building (which is in the National Register of Historic Places) was featured prominently in Ghostbusters.

The rarely lived-in (what the heeeeellll?) duplex penthouse at 55 Central Park West, one of the neighborhood’s Art Deco (very nice)pioneers, is available again, this time for $35 million.

Itself a gigantic lens trained on Central Park, the empty 12-room apartment has been obsessed about far longer than the decade since its current owner, Steve Gottlieb, acquired it for $8.6 million from the designer Calvin Klein, then his absentee upstairs neighbor. Mr. Klein had deemed the apartment so beguiling, he owned it twice: first in 1983, when he got into a publicized fracas with the co-op board after installing a hot tub on the roof, and again in the 1990s, when he tore down all the interior walls. Credit it to an act of major minimalism.

New York Magazine ran a feature on the history of the apartment back in 2005.

Here’s the listing detail:

TROPHY PENTHOUSE ON CENTRAL PARK WEST

A rare opportunity to acquire a grand duplex penthouse, with two terraces, atop one of Central Park West’s most distinguished cooperatives. Spanning approximately 5,000 square feet, the sprawling, sundrenched residence is located on the 19th and 20th floors; with over 300 linear feet fronting Central Park. Both levels have expansive terraces and the apartment enjoys unparalleled views of Central Park.

The space has been dramatically expanded and has never been offered as a combined unit. There has been an extensive amount of design and architectural planning to create this architectural masterpiece and over five million dollars of improvements have been made to render it a clean white box, ready for your personal finishes and appointments. The apartment provides extraordinary flexibility for up to 7 bedrooms. You can bring your own ideas and architect, or adapt the extraordinary proposed plans which are available for review upon request.

The proposed floor plan has a gracious 37′ gallery, leading to a dramatic entertaining expanse with enormous windows overlooking Central Park and a vast South East terrace. There is a 27′ x 20′ living room with a fireplace, a 30′x 17′ formal dining room, and a 17′ x 14′ Family Room/Media room, all overlooking the Park. The Southern wing of the home includes a 20′ eat-in-kitchen with a 14′ x 11′ dining area, a butlers pantry and laundry room. A sprawling Park-facing master suite with fireplace overlooks both the Eastern and Northern terraces, and has French Doors opening onto the East-facing wrap terrace. It has an oversized master bath and dressing room. There are two spacious bedrooms, both with ample closets and full baths en suite; one of which overlooks the apartment’s Northern terrace.

The upper floor of the apartment contains a double-height tower room, a glass-enclosed Conservatory and Pavilion, all opening on to an expansive corner terrace, with views from the upper reaches of Central Park as well as sunsets to the west.

There is also a fireplace, full bath and a wet-bar. One could use this entirely as entertaining space, or utilize part of the space for an additional bedroom. There is also a separate staff suite, located on the garden level of the building.

Notable past owners include Calvin Klein, David Geffen, Marsha Mason, and Keith Barish, who is famously said to have purchased his apartment with the exchange of a Jasper Johns Flag painting. This iconic building and its terraces were featured in the movies Ghostbusters and Superman.

Constructed in 1930, 55 Central Park West was designed by Architect Schwartz and Gross and built by Victor Earle and John C. Calhoun and is considered one of the pivotal structures of the Central Park West Historic District. Earle had been actively developing the Upper West Side of Manhattan since the 1910s and the duo is also responsible for many of the other buildings along Central Park West, and particularly for setting the Art Deco style as the prevailing trend for this block. Both the interior and the exterior possess unique architectural features that set the structure apart from its peers and it is considered to be the first fully Art Deco structure on Central Park West. Shaded in tones from red at the base to pale tan at the top, forty different hues of earth colors were established to create the illusion the sun was always shining on the building. The building is part of the Central Park West Historic District, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. This full-service cooperative has a bike room, children’s playroom, storage bins and laundry room. Pets are allowed; as is pied-a-terre ownership.

The apartment is co-listed by Brown Harris Stevens and Prudential Douglas Elliman.

In addition to the $35 million asking price, monthly maintenance is $11,632 ($139,584/year).

Captain Quack posted:

Thank you! Yes, they were all done in Photoshop...
...
...it's been a long time that I didn't do anything in it, I should start painting again...

zVxTeflon posted:

Dont know if this was posted but its p cool

http://imgur.com/a/OdtlD?gallery

echoplex posted:

Making Ghostbusters, which is depressingly expensive these days. The book is mostly script, though, that covers most of the best bits. I'd scan mine more often but I don't want it to crumble.

Coffee And Pie posted:

Scan it! Then, it shall live forever!

Basebf555 posted:

There's a pretty good episode of The Real Ghostbusters where Slimer ends up accidentally inside the containment unit and they have to figure out a way to find him and get him out. Its interesting because the Ghostbusters clearly realize its not a fun place to be for a ghost, but the only ghost they give a poo poo about is Slimer.

SocketWrench posted:

Well yeah, and why not? All the ghosts but Slimer were rear end in a top hat villains. Why would they give a poo poo about any of them except the comedy relief?