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My turn for a photo. This location look familiar? Click here for the full 1600x1200 image. I walk right around here every day for work. Yeah, it's pretty cool. Bonus present-day firehouse shot:  Click here for the full 1200x1600 image. Rick Sanchez fucked around with this message at 04:16 on Aug 10, 2009 |
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Finally found a photo of the temple set: Just look at the size of it.
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Aug 10, 2009 04:12
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echoplex posted:Anyway, I want you all to look at this photo. This is a great photo. After the first World War, Shandor decided that society was too sick to survive. (looks around)
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Aug 10, 2009 04:15
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A little thing that I noticed when watching the movie on Blu-Ray is the difference in sensibilities between the 80s and today. Like how everybody smokes. You just don't see casual smoking in movies anymore unless they're a period piece.
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Aug 10, 2009 04:21
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Lobok posted:Interestingly, Ghostbusters was Sony's highest-grossing film ever, until beaten by its Men In Black, which has a lot of similarity to Ghostbusters. And then Men In Black was beaten out by its Spider-Man, which while not as evident on film as it is in comics, also shares a lot of similarity with the Ghostbusters (and is maybe why I love the two of them so much). Yeah, I consider Men in Black to be the Ghostbusters of the 90's, it's got that fun loose feel to it with tons of little touches, although the world isn't crafted as well as Ghostbusters. And it also has a sequel that does everything the first movie did, but terribly.
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Aug 10, 2009 04:23
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muscles like this? posted:A little thing that I noticed when watching the movie on Blu-Ray is the difference in sensibilities between the 80s and today. Like how everybody smokes. You just don't see casual smoking in movies anymore unless they're a period piece. Not just the 80s and today, but early 80s and late 80s. Check out the sequel to see how little they smoke in that. I think the only person who smokes in the movie is Murray's brother, the head psychiatrist when they get admitted.
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Aug 10, 2009 04:24
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Paul Allen posted:My turn for a photo. This location look familiar? Actually, it doesn't, and you know why. gently caress whoever thought it would be a good idea to do that to 2 Columbus Circle. MILDLY FUN TRIVIA: You also see 2 Columbus Circle in GB2... the old Ecto-1 drives by during the theme song at the beginning. (You have to sort of know what you're looking at. For obsessives only. It's right before it turns a corner and clunks down the street toward a Duane Reade. Yes, even back then Duane Reades were everywhere.) echoplex posted:I've never looked up the crew for GB2 and this is a total surprise to me - I'm absolutely bowled over by that. I knew the crew, but not Michael Chapman -- I like Scorsese but I'm not an expert on his career -- I only looked up Chapman this year, assuming I'd see a hack just shooting pleasant little studio movies that all looked like television -- and then my jaw dropped. What the hell happened?! A note for anyone visiting New York: the fire house is in Tribeca, and if you have never felt the sensation of a truly uncontrollable smile, you owe it to yourself to stop by. I make a point of stopping by every time I am in the area. (The firemen are also, as you might expect, great guys and more than used to gawking tourists.) Icon-Cat fucked around with this message at 04:31 on Aug 10, 2009 |
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Aug 10, 2009 04:28
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Icon-Cat posted:MILDLY FUN TRIVIA: You also see 2 Columbus Circle in GB2... the old Ecto-1 drives by during the theme song at the beginning. (You have to sort of know what you're looking at. For obsessives only. It's right before it turns a corner and clunks down the street toward a Duane Reade. Yes, even back then Duane Reades were everywhere.) Other mildly fun trivia: The Ghostbusters theme sure sounds familiar doesn't it? Almost like another certain song that was popular at the time (Huey Lewis and the News "I Want a New Drug".) Which is because when originally trying to get a theme song made the studio approached Huey Lewis wanting him to make it. However he declined due to already working on a movie's soundtrack (Back to the Future.) Huey Lewis sued and the case was settled out of court.
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Aug 10, 2009 04:50
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I was released the summer before Ghostbusters was released. We grew up together! •But I'm also a girl. GB is funny, scary, and also  . The result: broad appeal. Because of that, I loved GB2 as well. Watching these guys do anything goofy is good for the soul.•You just can't help but love them, because these were smart but fairly normal guys. So many movie heroes are 'larger than life,' but these are characters we can understand and care about. SFX can't make up for that. •As many of you know, John Belushi was meant to be a Ghostbuster, so what would it have been like if he hadn't become a ghost instead (perhaps Slimer is an homage)? Having Dan and John, who were Bestest Friends in the Whole Wide World, in another movie together would've been great, but I don't think the group dynamic would've been the same. •The fact that Dan Aykroyd actually believes all this ghost stuff makes it seem more real to me now (even if I don't believe). •László Kovács? The same guy who did 'New York, New York'? Good choice! But I never realized this until now. echoplex posted: Fat now, but he's still on my forever heroes list and there's nothing he can do to get off of it.
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Aug 10, 2009 05:10
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Going over the OP again, I realized that like him, Ghostbusters was also my first DVD, and it definitely was like seeing it for the first time. Not only were all the effects truly and finally eye-popping, but there was so much stuff I missed out either due to grainy film quality or drat fullscreen. I hadn't known it was Egon subtly telling Peter how much to charge after Slimer was busted, that Stay Puft was foreshadowed on the kitchen table and outside the firehall (why did Ray think of it?), or what the vandalism said on the guys' door at the University before they got kicked out. Many VHS' knew what it was like to be roasted in the depths of my fireplace that night I can tell you!
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Aug 10, 2009 05:13
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muscles like this? posted:A little thing that I noticed when watching the movie on Blu-Ray is the difference in sensibilities between the 80s and today. Like how everybody smokes. You just don't see casual smoking in movies anymore unless they're a period piece.  Lobok posted:Going over the OP again, I realized that like him, Ghostbusters was also my first DVD, and it definitely was like seeing it for the first time.
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Aug 10, 2009 05:21
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Ema Nymton posted:"A little thing"? Cigarettes do stunts in this movie! The only times I've ever even considered taking up smoking were because of Ray Stantz. The shot you posted, and also the one at the very end when he's smoking with Aykroyd's credit onscreen. Speaking of Aykroyd, he believes in most of this stuff as was just mentioned, and a lot of the things mentioned in the movie are taken from real occurrences or real spiritual lore, but does anyone know if the metallurgy or architecture of Dana's building is inspired by anything?
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Aug 10, 2009 05:25
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Great thread, OP. I haven't seen the movie in 6 years or something; this made me want to go see it again. I know you've talked a bit about your BttF and DeLorean love in AI, would you consider doing a similar thing for those movies sometime? I'm sure it'd be just as interesting.
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Aug 10, 2009 05:33
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So nobody's going to mention how all the extended Rick Moranis sequences bring the film to a screeching halt? That entire B plot behaves like a series of speedbumps in an otherwise great movie. Just sayin'.
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Aug 10, 2009 05:45
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TheSwami posted:So nobody's going to mention how all the extended Rick Moranis sequences bring the film to a screeching halt? Its another artifact of the 80s, Rick Moranis being considered funny. Seriously though, something I noticed on the BR version is how during the scenes with him and the dog how wildly inconsistent the effects work is. They have the physical dog puppet that looks fine but then whenever it starts jumping around it looks like crap, which is odd because the librarian and Slimer ghost scenes work so much better and aren't that different in scope.
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Aug 10, 2009 05:54
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Rick Moranis is funny though in Ghostbusters. His whole monologue at the party as he's introducing everyone is fantastic.
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Aug 10, 2009 05:56
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I've been appreciating the swarm of great OPs going about here recently, and yours is no exception. Indeed the art style really brings out the film, but I couldn't exactly put my finger on why that was. A big thanks is owed to your analysis. I've also got to shamefully admit that at a young age, I liked GB2 more than GB1, if only because it seemed to get more syndication time where I lived than the first film. Most of the stuff in that film I can tolerate though, with one exception: The insipid, rancid, mother puss bucket of a song known as the "Ghostbusters Rap". With the dispute Ray Parker Jr. was having at the time over the theme song, I can see how they needed something diferent, but there is NO excuse for that piece of trash to ever have been crafted.
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Aug 10, 2009 05:58
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muscles like this? posted:Its another artifact of the 80s, Rick Moranis being considered funny. I'd say the dogs were much harder. Slimer gets an easier time because he's a ghost, who isn't really "there" and even when he flies it looks a bit wonky. The dog was a real creature though, and had to move around like one. That's pretty hard to do without good CGI.
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Aug 10, 2009 06:02
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muscles like this? posted:Its another artifact of the 80s, Rick Moranis being considered funny. 
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T-Bone posted:Rick Moranis is funny though in Ghostbusters. His whole monologue at the party as he's introducing everyone is fantastic. The commentary points out how it's entirely ad-libbed, which makes it that much better. Just wanted to say, great write-up OP. As much as Ghostbusters II does wrong, it gets a few things right. 1. Peter as a TV psychic. 2. Harris Yulin as the judge. 3. The villain has a larger role. 4. Winston is the loving man! 5. "On Our Own." is less guilty to listen to than "Ghostbusters" I read this article a while back and it gave me a fresh perspective on the movie: http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/06/08/the-ghostbusters-are-horrible-people/ It's no coincidence that Back to the Future has a similar logic and outlook to itself as well.
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Not to hitchhike too heavily on this great post, but I'm proud to say I'm right in the middle of co-writing/directing a little homage/nerd-love-letter to Ghostbusters and Men in Black, called "Emerson Wild: Monster Hunter" about an inept monster "exterminator" in Los Angeles. We're hoping to capture a little bit of that magic we fell in love with as kids. You can check out the thread I posted in GBS here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3183464 Also, on another strange note. I was completely floored when "Casper" was on some movie channel in the background the other day and this showed up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpmSldUC0hU
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Icon-Cat posted:I agree that Ghostbusters II is tepidly shot (how did Michael Chapman go from shooting "Taxi Driver" and "Raging Bull" to just giving up on life?!) The mid-80s was a good time for high-concept movies that delivered on their promises all but perfectly - Ghostbusters, Back To The Future, Aliens, Robocop... It'd be nice to see a return to that kind of form; I doubt that 20+ years from now, there will be a similar appreciative nostalgia for Revenge Of The Fallen, unless summer blockbusters devolve into Nutshot!: The Movie.
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muscles like this? posted:Its another artifact of the 80s, Rick Moranis being considered funny. Rick Moranis was hilarious in the courtroom scene in GB2.
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Got to watch the film again tonight, and found out the OP's avatar text is from the movie  (I also like Art Deco style  )I'd forgotten how much this movie made me laugh, among other things. Bill Murray was, as always, a tour de force. His deadpan delivery of basically every line always left me laughing. Aykroyd and Ramis wrote a good script here. I echo the previous poster's (Payndz) sentiment towards the 80s movies that had a plan, and then set it into motion to the best of their ability. I only wish that I were alive then so that I could have seen them with my friends in the cinema.
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Aug 10, 2009 09:32
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I would rank Bill Murray as one of my top childhood heroes for this movie alone; he was just so different from other characters at the time like Optimus Prime, Batman etc.... zVxTeflon posted:Rick Moranis was hilarious in the courtroom scene in GB2. quote:Your Honor, ladies and gentleman of the audience, I don't think it's fair to call my clients frauds. Sure, the blackout was a big problem for everybody. I was trapped in an elevator for two hours and I had to make the whole time. But I don't blame them. Because one time, I turned into a dog and they helped me. Thank you.
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Payndz posted:The mid-80s was a good time for high-concept movies that delivered on their promises all but perfectly - Ghostbusters, Back To The Future, Aliens, Robocop... It'd be nice to see a return to that kind of form; I doubt that 20+ years from now, there will be a similar appreciative nostalgia for Revenge Of The Fallen, unless summer blockbusters devolve into Nutshot!: The Movie. That movie's been out for a month, and it took me a few moments to figure out what you were talking about when you said "Revenge of the Fallen." So I think you're on the money with that.
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Dooo Reeee Eeeegoooon! *Harold Ramis smirks* One of my favourite moments.
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ZeeBoi posted:Dooo In case people don't remember.
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Completely  there, always gets me.
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Aug 10, 2009 10:46
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I can agree with so many posts in this thread. The movie is brilliant. I watched it daily when I was 4 to 5 years old. I think the second one lacked where the first one did in ingenuity. When I was 13 the movie made me laugh a lot more. And a decade later, it makes me laugh even more.
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I don't care what anybody says. I love Ghostbusters 2 every bit as much as I love Ghostbusters 1 and it would be the model for movie sequels in my mind were it not for Aliens and Terminator 2. Also, the OP is awesome despite table-breakage.
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My favourite scene in Ghostbusters is where the three guys go and check out the fire house. Murray isn't convinced, Ramis is playing with his toys and states that "The building should be condemned" but Aykroyd is like a little boy, sliding down the pole and getting over-excited. What really makes it great is Murray looks at Ramis, is met with a shaking of the head, and then agrees to take it. He just can't say no to the kid. Murray is the dad, Ramis is the mother and Aykroyd is the 2-year-old child.
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Ghostbusters is my favorite movie of all time. I've easily seen it a hundred times. I think Bill Murray is the true foundation and anchor of the movie, and shows his complete and utter brilliance. Look at Peter Venkman's character: he's a scientist, yet uses his experiments only as a way to indulge his sadism, and seduce college girls (notice how even after the test subject gets a card right, he immediately ignores the result). He squanders his university's money--Dean Yeager was correct in everything he said about Venkman. He pushes the Ghostbusters idea onto his colleagues, and proceeds to exploit Ray's financial resources. He insults his secretary. He in no way believes in Dana Barret's problem, yet clings onto the case as a way of getting into her pants. He needlessly antagonizes Walter Peck, which leads to disaster. He sends the naive, earnest Ray Stantz to parley with Gozer. He sends his colleagues up the stairs to the roof first, in case of danger. Yet, he is unmistakably the hero. He avoids taking advantage of Dana Barrett while she was possessed. He convinces the mayor to back them by appealing to his desire for votes. And while Ray and Egon know more about the supernatural, and do all the technical work, only Venkman confronts the supernatural head-on without terror. It's a delicate balancing act, one that only Murray--and only Murray--could have pulled off.
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My favourite joke is still this one. I never got the joke when I watched it as a kid, probably because I wasn't paying attention, but the way Venkman and Egon squirm together into the corner of the elevator, as if two feet extra distance is going to save them from a nuclear explosion, is hilarious.
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boogs posted:My favourite joke is still this one. I never got the joke when I watched it as a kid, probably because I wasn't paying attention, but the way Venkman and Egon squirm together into the corner of the elevator, as if two feet extra distance is going to save them from a nuclear explosion, is hilarious. I was always fond of the scene right before this one, with the big cockroaches, that man always cracks me up.
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boogs posted:My favourite joke is still this one. I never got the joke when I watched it as a kid, probably because I wasn't paying attention, but the way Venkman and Egon squirm together into the corner of the elevator, as if two feet extra distance is going to save them from a nuclear explosion, is hilarious. I just rewatched Ghostbusters about a week ago with my friend, and it was the first time I had noticed this joke. I know there were a lot of jokes that I missed or went over my head as a kid. It's tough finding them as an adult as you just get so used to it as a kid, that it's the same. I also did notice the smoking this time that I had never noticed before.
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Aug 10, 2009 12:35
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Thanks to this thread I just ordered GB 1&2 for $8.99 on Amazon. While I was there I got the Jurassic Park trilogy for $12.99!
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I only realised I loved the production and art design so much after playing the PS3 game! I loved playing through those environments, especially with the whole gang along with me. Great experience. Silly Scenes I enjoy: The exchange with the Crunch bar. Everytime I see one, I think (or say) "You, you earned this". The exchange when they come out of the bank: "You're not going to lose the house everybody has three mortgages nowadays". When they bust Slimer and Peter is telling how much the Hotel owes them and he has no idea what it costs and the look of Egon showing him: "...we are having a special this week on proton charging and storage of the beast."
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Wank posted:I only realised I loved the production and art design so much after playing the PS3 game! I loved playing through those environments, especially with the whole gang along with me. Great experience. The best part of the game is (dont worry its the first level) slimer escapes and goes to the same hotel as the movie, in the banquet room. After I finally captured slimer the room was just as trashed as the movie, I had such a stupid grin on my face after that.
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I've gotta day, I think Ghostbusters is my all time favorite film. As a child I use to watch it at least every month, for about 5 or 6 years. My favorite thing about the movie is that every time I watch it, I notice something new. A joke in the background or how a particular actor's inflection in his line lends a different meaning than I remembered. I watched it again about a month ago and I am totally ready for another viewing. I always felt that the problem with GB2 was that it was geared towards a younger audience. The first movie was just made. The 2nd movie was made with an audience in mind. They brought in Slimer (no longer Onionhead) from the Real Ghostbusters and they cut down on the swearing and smoking. I remember listening to the commentary on GB1 and Ramis mentioned that he thought the underground scene in GB2 was too scary for the kids. I don't think "the kids" were even a thought when they were making the 1st Ghostbusters.
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