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I've never really poured through Ghostbusters to find stuff like that tbh.
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Nov 13, 2017 00:06
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CelticPredator posted:I've never really poured through Ghostbusters to find stuff like that tbh. Pssshhhh... Then what are you doing in this thread? Kidding, but every time there's some sort of trivia or behind the scenes thingy, it's always brought up how that guy in the background isn't even an extra; he actually accidentally walked on set during the shot and they kept it.
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Nov 13, 2017 00:08
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Ghostbusters exists in the same weird space for me like Star Wars where when it comes to behind the scenes stuff, I really never looked into it. I'm not sure why. It's like they'll always exist on this other plane, like they were formed and not created. I know stuff now, but as far as reaaaallly digging, I haven't done so.
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Nov 13, 2017 00:54
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Do yourself a favour and at least watch the dvd commentary with Harold Ramis, Ivan Reitman and assoc. prod. Joe Medjuck. It’s hilarious, and incredibly informative about the film. Also, it does a great MST3K silhouette of them at the bottom of the screen.
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Nov 13, 2017 01:24
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Has anyone ever cosplayed as this guy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-2WPo0yE9w
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Nov 13, 2017 01:35
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The_Doctor posted:Do yourself a favour and at least watch the dvd commentary with Harold Ramis, Ivan Reitman and assoc. prod. Joe Medjuck. It’s hilarious, and incredibly informative about the film. Also, it does a great MST3K silhouette of them at the bottom of the screen. Is it on the blu Ray? The newest one?
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Nov 13, 2017 01:42
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Well done cosplay. Who is the dork at with the microphone?
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Nov 13, 2017 22:15
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Malcolm Excellent posted:Who is the dork at with the microphone? Irrelevant. Also I have no idea.
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Nov 14, 2017 00:20
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Has anyone ever cosplayed as this guy? The farther Van Halen falls out of modern pop culture, the longer that shot seems to hang on his face before finally cutting away.
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Nov 17, 2017 18:18
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CelticPredator posted:Is it on the blu Ray? The newest one? I think the commentary is, but don't think it has the silhouettes at the bottom, that was a feature of one of the DVD releases. The DVD used a subtitle track or alternate angle track or something to superimpose silhouettes. (The silhouettes aren't a big deal, they didn't look amazing, just something a bit nifty where they were able to use a feature of DVD players to do something beyond what it's normally designed to do.)
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Nov 18, 2017 00:47
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One thing I think anyone who enjoys Ghostbusters needs to do is like a "keep your eyes on Egon at all times" viewing, and see how many times he's just doing hilarious poo poo in a scene that you didn't notice before.
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Nov 18, 2017 00:55
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Basebf555 posted:One thing I think anyone who enjoys Ghostbusters needs to do is like a "keep your eyes on Egon at all times" viewing, and see how many times he's just doing hilarious poo poo in a scene that you didn't notice before. I can only think of two specific instances: billing the Sedgewick Hotel, and rolling his eyes while hugging Janine, right after "I'm afraid you're going to die".
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Nov 18, 2017 01:55
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:I can only think of two specific instances: billing the Sedgewick Hotel, and rolling his eyes while hugging Janine, right after "I'm afraid you're going to die". A lot of the time it's just his facial expressions, not necessarily that he's actively doing something in the background. But yea the Sedgewick Hotel scene kinda blew my mind when I first saw it because I had seen the movie like 50 times before that.
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Nov 18, 2017 01:59
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Basebf555 posted:A lot of the time it's just his facial expressions, not necessarily that he's actively doing something in the background. But yea the Sedgewick Hotel scene kinda blew my mind when I first saw it because I had seen the movie like 50 times before that. Same, I couldn't believe I had missed it over and over again.
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Nov 18, 2017 02:57
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Egon's kind of a weird character in that he manages to do the straight-laced, almost Spock-like weird scientist thing and does it so drat right. And it's nearly impossible to tell how much is him legitimately being weird and how much is taking the piss.
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Nov 18, 2017 04:02
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Inescapable Duck posted:Egon's kind of a weird character in that he manages to do the straight-laced, almost Spock-like weird scientist thing and does it so drat right. And it's nearly impossible to tell how much is him legitimately being weird and how much is taking the piss Taking the piss. You British people, I swear...
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Nov 18, 2017 04:19
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sponges posted:Taking the piss. You British people, I swear... It's a legitimate sample collection. Back off, man, he's a scientist.
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Nov 18, 2017 16:53
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Inescapable Duck posted:Egon's kind of a weird character in that he manages to do the straight-laced, almost Spock-like weird scientist thing and does it so drat right. And it's nearly impossible to tell how much is him legitimately being weird and how much is taking the piss. Ramis was just an incredibly talented comedic actor. Probably almost underrated just because of how much he kinda became Egon in the minds of millions of kids that never really saw him as an actor doing a performance at all. The other guys too though, it's a huge part of what made the film so beloved. Their characters are extremely genuine(well, for Venkman that means he's genuinely an rear end in a top hat, but he's loveable because it never feels forced.)
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Nov 18, 2017 16:57
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Basebf555 posted:Ramis was just an incredibly talented comedic actor. Probably almost underrated just because of how much he kinda became Egon in the minds of millions of kids that never really saw him as an actor doing a performance at all. They put a huge amount of themselves into their characters, especially Aykroyd. They did that in other films as well. Remember that scene in stripes where Murray's character would only join the army if Ramis' character joined with him? That pretty much happened in real life - when Murray was cast as the star of the movie he insisted that Ivan Reitman bring in Ramis as well. (It was mostly so he could rewrite all his dialogue with Ramis.)
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Nov 18, 2017 17:52
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Basebf555 posted:A lot of the time it's just his facial expressions, not necessarily that he's actively doing something in the background. But yea the Sedgewick Hotel scene kinda blew my mind when I first saw it because I had seen the movie like 50 times before that. loving Pan and Scan, is all I have to say.
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Nov 18, 2017 18:09
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Davros1 posted:loving Pan and Scan, is all I have to say. I always thought it was totally bizarre the film was shot that way and didn't realize for years that the version I was familiar with was pan and scan. Ridiculous.
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Nov 18, 2017 18:11
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I remember watching Ghostbusters on VHS for years, then getting the DVD and being BLOWN away by seeing everything in widescreen. I have fond memories of borrowing a VHS tape off a friend that had both films on. I'd watch GB1, and watch through the credits, then a title would come up saying FIVE YEARS LATER then GB 2 would start. Probably watched that every day for a whole summer. Ah, being young, eh?
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Nov 18, 2017 18:15
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Most pan and scan is just cropped with an occasional scan across the screen. I had a pan and scan version of Ghostbusters that was so bad it was like motion sickness. It would just whip back and forth.
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Nov 18, 2017 18:20
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Alan_Shore posted:I remember watching Ghostbusters on VHS for years, then getting the DVD and being BLOWN away by seeing everything in widescreen. I had one of those, with (bizarrely) an episode of a 1940s Batman serial inbetween the films.
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Nov 18, 2017 18:29
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I don't know if it was all the VHS copies or just the one I had, but I remember the scene where they're in the elevator at the Sedgwick didn't even pan back and forth, they just took the entire widescreen frame and smooshed it into 4:3 so their faces were all narrow
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Nov 18, 2017 18:53
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Ghostbusters was one of the first like huge must-own VHS releases wasn't it?
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Nov 18, 2017 19:09
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Basebf555 posted:Ghostbusters was one of the first like huge must-own VHS releases wasn't it? The very first thing I ever recorded on VHS was the Ray Parker Jnr Ghostbusters music video so yeah, the timing was about right.
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Nov 18, 2017 19:17
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First VHS my family ever owned was Raiders of the Lost Ark. It had a trailer for Temple of Doom before it.
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Nov 18, 2017 19:18
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I just remember that when I only like 5 years old my parents and I went over to another couple's house for dinner and the whole night revolved around them having Ghostbusters on VHS so everyone watched it after dinner and it seemed like it was a big deal at the time that we could do that.
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Nov 18, 2017 19:21
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Basebf555 posted:I just remember that when I only like 5 years old my parents and I went over to another couple's house for dinner and the whole night revolved around them having Ghostbusters on VHS so everyone watched it after dinner and it seemed like it was a big deal at the time that we could do that. At that point VHS tapes were still pretty expensive, so someone throwing down for a copy probably was sort of a big deal. The first massive VHS release was Top Gun. It was cheap at $29.99, had a massive marketing campaign, and smashed all previous VHS records based on pre-orders alone.
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Nov 18, 2017 19:32
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Basebf555 posted:Ghostbusters was one of the first like huge must-own VHS releases wasn't it? It seems to be among the first 5 releases of every new format. It was the first DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K Blu-ray I saw.
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Nov 18, 2017 20:00
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The_Doctor posted:It seems to be among the first 5 releases of every new format. It was the first DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K Blu-ray I saw. Makes sense... Sony is the company who tends to spearhead new formats, and GB is the shining jewel of their catalogue.
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Nov 18, 2017 20:24
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Makes sense... Sony is the company who tends to spearhead new formats, and GB is the shining jewel of their catalogue. Yeah if you adjust for inflation then Sony/Columbia's top film is Ghostbusters with the '02 Spider-Man fairly close behind. Then comes Spider-Man 2 , Tootsie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Lawrence of Arabia way behind them and then somewhat further back comes Men in Black and The Bridge on the River Kwai. Apart from the first two Raimi Spider-Man films their recent track record has been fuckin' woeful, and by 'recent' I mean "since the 70s and 80s". http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm
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Nov 18, 2017 22:05
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ghostbusters 2 vhs was letterbox and pan and scan. i knew something was wrong even when i was four or whatever but could never put my finger on what.
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Dec 16, 2017 22:26
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I remember when Fox made a big deal about re-releasing some of their more popular films in widescreen on VHS. They came in plastic cases, with bronze borders around the cover art.
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Dec 17, 2017 16:22
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Groovelord Neato posted:ghostbusters 2 vhs was letterbox and pan and scan. i knew something was wrong even when i was four or whatever but could never put my finger on what. Finding out what pan and scan was when I was 8 or 9 was like a divine revelation, I hadn't been insane, you really could see more of the [jungle/control room/Winston] in widescreen. And so began a life of futility, trying to explain this to my dad.
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Dec 31, 2017 01:58
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Inspector Hound posted:Finding out what pan and scan was when I was 8 or 9 was like a divine revelation, I hadn't been insane, you really could see more of the [jungle/control room/Winston] in widescreen. And so began a life of futility, trying to explain this to my dad. Learning to embrace widescreen and the dreaded "black bars" and then trying to convince your parents it was actually better was a right of passage. Now they just get widescreen TVs anyway and would complain about vertical black bars if they tried to watch old 4:3 television.
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Dec 31, 2017 03:31
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Smooth Motion is the new black bar struggle with televisions. I must have changed a half dozen television settings this past week while visiting relatives.
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Dec 31, 2017 03:56
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ruddiger posted:Smooth Motion is the new black bar struggle with televisions. I must have changed a half dozen television settings this past week while visiting relatives. Ugh the worst is the people who see this as a sign that it's even HIGHER DEF than other HD instead of the abomination it is. I overheard an in-law saying they needed to get the same TV as the one we were watching because you could tell it was much higher def.
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