*GHOSTBUSTERS* First Time Watching - We've got Bill and Sigourney

[@Helbore]

As a child of the 80s, I can attest that a lot of the more adult humour just goes over your head at the time. Its one of the great things about this film, though. The older you get, the more "new" jokes you get out of it. For instance, its not just the more smutty stuff that you miss, but the real deadpan stuff like how Egon and Peter and trying to haggle with the realtor and Ray ruins it all with his excited attitude (and being the one actually holding the money). Or the "they're very discreet," before they tear out the building in Ecto-1 with lights and sirens blazing. It was also funny when you realise things before your other friends, too. I remember having a slightly younger friend and he didn't believe me when I said I'd just worked out how the whole keymaster and gatekeeper did the "unlocking." He was convinced it was just the kiss and that was it. Its funny how naive you are about such things when you're a kid! Its like how I used to think that James Bond just lay in bed with women and kissed a bit!

[@mattgarrett2583]

I didn't notice until much later that the "keymaster" inhabits the guy that keeps locking himself out of his apartment.

[@themidsouthcyclist8880]

I can't remember how many times I saw this in theaters (not an excessive amount), and on pay-channels (HBO or Showtime, whichever it was on) followed by VHS. So many older references... but it is still entertaining for the younger crowd, thank goodness.

[@GD-tt6hl]

I was 7-8. I didn't get any of the obvious sex jokes. keymaster/gatekeeper... lol I just know the library ghost scared the pants off me. But other than that I enjoyed the film. My mother took me to see this and she didn't take my brother or my sister (they were younger obviously). It was of my fondest memories with my mother, she died a couple of years back and whenever I watch this I think of her.

[@mikemath9508]

james bond would never kiss a girl. he's a black woman

[@killingmewillnotbringbacky9177]

@@mikemath9508 Jemima Bond

[@Rikrik1138]

I find it absolutely hilarious that The Keymaster keeps locking himself out of his apartment.

[@richinderbyshire4779]

Ive watched this film my whole life and never noticed that.

[@onpoc]

Another reactor said that recently. I don't remember who.

[@cole003f]

@@onpoc mary cherry by any chance ?

[@onpoc]

Ok, I think it was cass darling.

[@jeremyfrost2636]

@@onpoc Yes, I think you're right.

[@crimsonda]

It was the 80s...most of us kids/teens understood the jokes. We laughed. The theater experience was great. The 80s were great. Good times. 😂

[@TTM9691]

The 80s were actually kinda dopey, lol, The 70s were way cooler, and I say this as a member of class of '87. I thought this was ok at the time, not the funniest thing any of those guys had ever done. It's fun. Not anywhere near the best comedy I saw in the 80s, though.

[@gamexsimmonds3581]

Yeah, I mean it was rated PG in 1984 meaning it contains profanity and innuendo. But it's nothing crazy that would scar a younger viewer

[@Hiraghm]

@@TTM9691 the 70s were lost, directionless and largely depressing. We didn't know who we were, we expanded on the worst fashion ideas of the 60s, it was the era of the "disaster movie" which matched the general attitude that the world was over. About like the 2020s are going to be. Let's not forget the "gas crisis" and "national malaise". The 80s were the best decade since the 1940s; possibly since the 1920s.

[@TTM9691]

@@Hiraghm Thats just about the stupidest thing I've ever heard. And PS: The 40s weren't that great, half of the decade was WW2 propaganda. You obviously are a half-wit who has no understanding about movies. The 80s was a moron time, not just in movies, but virtually everywhere on the planet. Get some taste, dopey, because you obviously don't. The era of disaster movies? As opposed to what? The horrible "action" movies of the 80s? Or how about the atrocious horrible teen comedies? How about the instantly dated soundtracks and the AWFUL hairstyles. The fashion of the 80s SUCKED. I'll take the 70s (and 60s) ANY DAY, fashion-wise, what alternative reality were you living in? Even in the 80s itself, I was thinking "what happened to fashion?" Sure, if you were in a dance club in NYC or London, you might see some cool fashion, but the mainstream? I have to remember this name, "Hiraghm", here's a dummy who doesn't even understand the 20th century....and he lived through it!

[@TTM9691]

@@Hiraghm .....I will agree with your first line though: the 70s WERE lost, directionless and largely depressing. And the 80s (mainstream) was taking a sleeping pill and saying "make it go away, Daddy." The films of the 70s were groundbreaking and are STILL being imitated to death, not to mention they're still chasing that "Star Wars" blockbuster. I'll take the music of the 70s ANY DAY over the 80s.

[@SolidSnake8295]

Duaffy: the first person in the history of the world to get Sigourney Weaver confused with Jodie Foster. 😜

[@Pinkielover]

lmao atleast she caught it ..Could you imagine going through the whole movie and then realizing it

[@DanSolo0119]

@@Pinkielover better than when Nasser spent the whole time watching PotC: CotBP thinking Keira Knightley was Natalie Portman. But seeing as Knightley played Portman's decoy in TPM, I guess it's a forgivable mistake

[@jedijones]

I knew a guy who thought Jodie Foster was the voice of Elasti-girl in Incredibles. He got embarrassed when I told him he was wrong.

[@EveryDooDarnDiddlyDay]

@@DanSolo0119 To be fair, in full Amidala regalia, their own mothers couldn't tell them apart.

[@Hiraghm]

Could be worse; she could have confused Sigourney Weaver with Anthony Hopkins...

[@SolidSnake8295]

Louis casually announcing everyone’s private financial info as they arrive at his party is one of the funniest things in the film to me. 🤣

[@ocelot815]

NERD!!😂

[@Will-nn6ux]

That is really funny. :D

[@katecassidy9357]

The people paying 8% on their mortgage! 😱 Man, the 80s were bonkers.

[@aaronmurphy1485]

@@katecassidy9357 And that was a good rate

[@gokaury]

And he invited clients instead of friends as a promotional expense so he could use it as a tax write-off.

[@RLKmedic0315]

"Lenny. You will have saved the lives of millions.... of registered voters" My favorite line in the movie, especially with the Cardinal nodding his agreement.

[@SimoExMachina2]

I really love the way Venkman is so good at appealing to people's weaknesses such as the Mayor's desire to gain positive reputation among voters.

[@serhio4275]

@@SimoExMachina2 afterall Peter has PhD in psychology

[@trayolphia5756]

22:57 “I’m terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought” Even scared shitless he still speaks in scientifically precise sentences Love it

[@mattgarrett2583]

"Mr. Puft is toasted" so cute.

[@airmaildolphin7013]

The Green Ghost (aka Onionhead aka Slimer) was an homage to John Belushi who was one of the actors who was supposed to be in this movie but he passed away before it could be filmed.

[@JW666]

He was supposed to be Peter Venkman.

[@airmaildolphin7013]

@@JW666 I could see that. And I heard that John Candy was originally cast as Louis but he wanted to re-write the character to be German with a heavy accent. They didn't want to go in that direction so he was replaced with Rich Moranis.

[@JW666]

@@airmaildolphin7013 Yes, correct. German accent & having poodles.

[@tempsitch5632]

@14:26 They are holding her breast because she told them to. It’s more realistic and more tension. She knew they were worried about having their arms between her legs and grabbing her and they were too timid when they rehearsed, so she told them to do it right. She’s a good actress.

[@jscan4442]

19:53 OMG the backwards can of Coke with the straight text sign in the background FREAKED ME OUT!! Scarier than any ghost in this movie! 😱😱😱

[@phlarb6505]

When I was 4 years old, I would wake up every morning, my mom would make me a PPJ, and I would pop this movie in the VHS. I love this movie.

[@Cau_No]

In the library scene, Ray has also a film camera in his hand. He is recording.

[@scorp77snake]

Never mind forgot Egon was holding the camcorder

[@jeffburnham6611]

When the movie hit the theaters nobody considered it a horror film. It was a comedy, starring some well known comedians of the time: Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Rick Moranis and Harold Ramis. That little green blob is named "Slimer" and in the animated series was a part of the team. I believe the crossing of the streams at the end wasn't to destroy Gozer as much as close the Gateway. What makes the Stay Puff scene funny was because Ray did choose the safest thing he knew from his childhood. It just turned out to be a 50ft version of it. Seeing a giant marshmallow man walking through New York is hilarious.

[@SolidSnake8295]

12:07 “Man, do you have an imagination.” Duaffy is so sweet and innocent.

[@tempsitch5632]

The swallow right before she says it.

[@MrWhatdafuBOOM]

Wdym

[@nitrokid]

Does she know about the birds and the bees yet?

[@SolidSnake8295]

@@nitrokid I’m not sure, but I do know she didn’t understand what it was Multiple Miggs threw in Clarice’s face in Silence of the Lambs. 😜

[@wolfofthewest8019]

1. The reason Egon would want to drill a hole in his head is because of a medieval medical practice called trepanning in which a hole is drilled into the skull to "release pressure." Trepanning can, according to some occult theories, lead to the development of psychic powers, visions, etc. 2. The reason Venkman ask the librarian if she's been menstruating is because parapsychologists have noted that poltergeists and spirit activity often coincide with the onset of menstruation in teenage girls. Dan Aykroyd, who plays Ray, is a serious believer in the paranormal and wrote the script. He wanted all of the technobabble that the Ghostbusters engage in to be based on real parapsychological theories. Everything Venkman is asking the librarian is what real parapsychologists would ask.

[@davidr1050]

wow.. What if in the new movie "Afterlife"--- Egon DID drill a hole in his head while at the farm?

[@jedijones]

@@davidr1050 No, that would've worked.

[@sparky6086]

"Back off man; I'm a scientist!"

[@toecutterjenkins]

This was a kids movie, I saw it at 10 and got the jokes. We were bad ass in the 80s.

[@jonrolfson1686]

You should have seen us in the 60s, heh heh heh. Being a single dad with kids who became teenagers in the 80s, I just assumed that they got most of the jokes.

[@toecutterjenkins]

@@jimlight5137 I don't know if was originally intended to be a kids movie, but I saw it in the theater and can tell you it was filled with kids and every kid I know saw and loved this movie. There was video games ,cartoons , toys ,cereal and everything else ghostbusters at the time.

[@teddybeer6206]

@@toecutterjenkins What? Ghostbusters was not made for kids. It was primarily for adults and kids were along for the ride. RoboCop and Aliens had the same kind of merhandising (video games, toys). Would you call them kids' movies too?

[@eddiejravannen]

11:50 You're one of the only people I know who noticed egon was telling Peter how much to charge for catching the ghost.

[@ericwatson54]

Yeah, that was subtle. Peter kept checking with Egon for prices. That was their first time trapping a ghost.

[@WOLVERINE25TH]

Hi! Original generation Ghosthead here. Let me see if I can answer a couple of your queries. Total protonic reversal. It essentially meant that by crossing the streams it could potentially destroy everything on a molecular level. So, they fired into the pocket dimension accessed by the gateway and basically destroyed it. As for how the equipment works, it generates beams of positronic energy that electrostatically traps the negatively charged energy of supernatural entities. They do run on nuclear energy to generate the sufficient energy required. Their packs are basically miniature nuclear accelerators that create the reactions needed to generate the power and create the streams. And, I'm sure as most things that deal with radiation, the packs are probably lead-lined. Anyway, it's pseudo-science that doesn't have to make 100% sense, just has to seem plausible enough within the context of the film. As for kid-friendly, no, the original movie was decidedly not. It was an 80s comedy and was made accordingly, just not approaching the level of raunch many at the time did. The kid audience came because, well, it's blasting ghosts with cool lasers. Who WOULDN'T like that? The studio learned about the massive kid audience and made THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS cartoon in 1986. Then the 1989 sequel film was sufficiently watered down for that audience as well. Fewer curses, no smoking, no ghostly blowjobs.

[@Hiraghm]

It was "kid friendly" back then because we didn't wrap everyone in cotton and didn't panic if someone got his feelings hurt.

[@vinnynj78]

@@Hiraghm We also had this magic thing called "edited for television". Not all edits were created equal and some of the original content was extremely easy to figure out.

[@ericomartins9794]

In physics we have a name for this phenomenon: vacuum decay. Hypothetically, very high-energy interactions (such as the interaction of high-energy particle beams) could trigger this effect that would destroy the entire universe, reorganizing it at the subatomic level. As you said, they crossed the streams in Gozer's pocket dimension.

[@jpmasiongale2199]

In the DVD commentary, Harold Ramis (Egon), stated that, he is the brains, Venkman is the mouth, and Ray is the heart of the group, and Winston seems to be the realist to me, but these guys played their roles great. So glad to see you reacting, one of my favorite movies ever.

[@jedijones]

Winston is the muscle.

[@StreetHierarchy]

Winston is the one just tryna get his bills paid.

[@SimoExMachina2]

@@StreetHierarchy "As long as there is a steady paycheck, I will believe anything you want me to".

[@acehigh79]

Winston also becomes the default mechanic for ecto 1. As Ray gets more involved and interested in helping egon with experiments, Winston works on the car to pass time.

[@leperwolf7287]

The weird questions such as the ones Vankmen asks are questions a parapsychologist would ask. It's sometimes believed pregnancies and/or being on the special time of the month has an effect on the supernatural world. But, considering his character he probably just overheard the other two at some point talking about it.

[@thedragon133]

Well, he did study psychology and parapsychology. Maybe he remembered (small as that chance is).

[@Helbore]

@@thedragon133 I don't think Venkman was supposed to be an idiot. He knew his stuff. Its just that he preferred to use it for suspect reasons.

[@thedragon133]

@@Helbore Yeah, I agree with you there. He has two doctor titles, after all. You shouldn't get these if you don't have at least a general idea of your field. ;)

[@tempsitch5632]

You don’t need to study psychology to know menstruation could possibly influence the mental state.

[@wantutosigh1117]

Venkman has a doctorate in parapsychology. Hence the questioning attempting to rule out all other possibilities.

[@michaelaustin6623]

I love how Rick Moranis’ character is called the Keymaster and he constantly locks himself out of his apartment.

[@3DJapan]

I think crossing the street wherever you want is pretty common in NYC. We do it elsewhere too but not like New Yorkers.

[@thereturningshadow]

Ghostbusters HQ has been and still is a working firehouse in NYC. Ladder #8 truck

[@janoslehr1256]

If Peter hitting on Dana is considered "creepy", then what is Janine when trying to make a move on Egon? (Poetic question.)

[@arstropica]

Duaffy qualified that by saying that Venkman wasn’t physically attractive. Truthfully, I have an easier time believing in ghosts than in a world where a guy that looks like could land Sigourney Weaver. Confident, funny and persistent can only get you so far…

[@-M0LE]

It’s the modern day crap

[@15blackshirt]

She's even more aggressive in Ghostbusters 2

[@15blackshirt]

@@arstropica, then you wouldn't like the sitcom According to Jim

[@arstropica]

@@15blackshirt let me put it another way, if my sister came home with Venkman, I'd schedule psychiatric counseling.

[@tiutiu859]

I literally finished watching Ghostbusters today. One of my all time favorites.

[@Shritistrang]

"They're gonna have ghosts inside that building." Yes, that's the plan. xD

[@sreif78]

Saw this for the first time in theatres for New Year's Eve 1984 (I was 6). The movie opened in June 1984 but stayed in theatres for 30 weeks, crazy! "Ray, when a someone asks you if you're a God , you say YES!"

[@nochannel1q2321]

I mean, that's a really good rule to live by.

[@gestaltdude]

One of the hidden jokes that honestly never occurred to me until last week, after having seen this movie dozens of times, was of Louis, the Keymaster, constantly locking himself out of his apartment. I can't believe it took me over three decades to pick up on that.

[@Ambaryerno]

Dude, I've been watching this movie for over 30 years and I literally JUST realized this as I read through the comments section.

[@StreetHierarchy]

😲😲😲😲😲😲😲

[@songrunner3027]

You got that from cass's channel.

[@gestaltdude]

@@songrunner3027 Cass? To be honest, I just assumed it's like when you watch something you saw as a kid, and suddenly got all the adult jokes. Like in MASH.

[@TheRagingwerepanda]

For me it was Egon telling Venkman how much to charge the hotel discreetly. I can't tell how many I watched this and never noticed that before.

[@AlexandriPatris]

I was probably 9 or 10 when I saw it for the first time. All of the adult humor just went right over my head.

[@johnsensebe3153]

The technical stuff in this film is really just entertaining gibberish. You're not meant to think about it too much. However, the rules are pretty consistent. The apartment building attracts psychokinetic energy, which allows the ghosts to appear. The Ghostbusters catch the ghosts, which slows down the rise in PKE. When Peck has the storage facility shut off, it releases a massive amount of PKE, allowing Zuul and Vince to open the portal for Gozer to enter this dimension. When the Ghostbusters cross the streams, they're firing into a dimensional rift, which takes the brunt it, so their molecules don't explode.

[@BratBond1]

Well, Duaffy, if you liked this, give Ghostbusters 2 a chance when you have time. Therefore, you'll be caught up when Ghostbusters: Afterlife hits theaters in a few weeks.

[@Hiraghm]

And then we can refer to it as "The Ghostbusters Trilogy".

[@SebasTian58323]

Louis: is awkward, but tries to be helpful Duaffy: he was kind of a stalker, but he's nice inside

[@3Rayfire]

After all these years the theme song still slaps.

[@Caseytify]

According to certain parapsych "experts," a woman's period has a significant effect on her psychic abilities. Thus the question. Let me point out here Dan Aykroyd takes this stuff seriously. Louis Tully isn't a stalker. He's just socially awkward and lonely. Calling a woman a dog is old American slang for saying she's unattractive. When a guy showed an unattractive or plain date to his friends, he would say "So, she's a dog." Only Venkman meant it literally this time. :) Venkman has a degree, but he's more con man than scientist. His deadpan disbelief in the paranormal added a comic element, while he was the one who thought of commercializing the process. "What if it happened today?" Ghostbusters: Afterlife is coming out the last week of November. Everyone but Egon will be back, at least for cameos. The teaser trailer is online.

[@wantutosigh1117]

Venkman doesn't "disbelieve" in the paranormal, he just has a "whatever" attitude towards life in general.

[@kylereese4822]

Dan Aykroyd - Ray`s dream ghost is based on a haunting in his home before Ghostbusters... also his dad was a Paranormal investigator...

[@acehigh79]

Such a classic film. One of my favorite quotes is when Ray says "listen......you smell that?" LOL When I was younger I completely missed the key master is the guy who keeps getting locked out of his apartment lol.....others have mentioned this but it's hilarious now!

[@Rocket1377]

You were asking about how the proton packs work, this is explained in more detail in the cartoon series, and is based on theoretical nuclear physics. They are completely shielded and safe to use, and do not damage living organic matter. So even if they hit a person, they would be unharmed. The power cells are nuclear, but the streams they fire are comprised of positively charged protons, which latch onto the negative energy of a ghost like an electromagnet. The inside of the ghost traps and the containment grid at their headquarters work in a similar way, by passing a positive ion charge through a metal cage. The only danger is in crossing the streams, which can cause a nuclear explosion. The doors of Gozer's temple swung closed from the force of the explosion and contained the blast (which is what Egon meant when he said "the doors swing both ways"), so that only the top floor of the building was destroyed.

[@SolidSnake8295]

Watching girls get triggered by Venkman’s behavior is one of my favorite parts of watching Ghostbusters reactions. 🤣

[@tanelviil9149]

yeah woman with no humor.

[@arstropica]

Would Venkman survive in today’s world or would he be doing 5 to 10 in Attica?

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

@@arstropica Society hasn't aged as well as the movie has.

[@phil8821]

@@arstropica We'll find out when the new ghostbusters movie is out

[@themiIes]

@@tanelviil9149 bruh being a creep is not funny

[@lordmortarius538]

Dan Aykroyd is a huge fanatic for the supernatural, all of the stuff he talks about in these movies is from books he has on the subject. Also keep in mind this was the early 80's, things were a little different back then, socially :P

[@MrWhatdafuBOOM]

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[@WOLVERINE25TH]

Although he was lousy with numbers.

[@benmayer5932]

A lot of historical documents point to poltergeist activity corresponding with menstruating women, especially a young girl's first cycle starting. That is why he asked the lady in the library.

[@jasonparry3220]

Back off man - he’s a scientist….

[@pinklefoo]

"Historical documents"

[@coryfarnes1735]

Im gonna recommend another Rick Moranis film "strange brew". Great comedy.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

*SECONDED!*

[@chrisbiebel6205]

BTW, Rick Moranis, the dorky guy who was the key master actually had a great career as a comic actor, but then his wife died and he quit acting to be a stay at home dad for his kids, since he knew that if he kept up acting, he wouldn't be able to spend much time with them. He's definitely a guy who had his priorities in order.

[@dan_hitchman007]

It's too bad that it sounds like he did not make a cameo in the upcoming Ghostbusters 3.

[@ctmdarkonestm]

After the movie was a hit there was a cartoon series and toy line, that is how i found out about ghostbusters before seeing the movie. late 80s/early 90s seemed full of making cartoons/toys out of things you wouldn't think should be for children

[@balrog73]

And the green ghost was now a mascot/friend/entity named Slimer, who lived with the guys at the station.

[@pleshette2716]

When I was young I remember a kid in school calling Gozer "the lady with the soap all over her body"

[@scottvanhille5688]

Just watched TBR Schmitts' reaction to this film and they liked it. Glad you liked it too Duaffy. Time for part 2. Sigourney Weaver was in a biopic film called Gorillas in the Mist (1988).

[@rexcaliburn]

The proton pack, designed by Dr. Egon Spengler, is a man-portable particle accelerator system that is used to create a charged particle beam-composed of protons-that is fired by the particle thrower (also referred to as the "neutrona wand"). Described in the first movie as a "positron collider", it functions by colliding high-energy positrons to generate its proton beam. The beam allows a Ghostbuster to contain and hold "negatively charged ectoplasmic entities". This containment ability allows the wielder to position a ghost above a trap for capture. While the Ghostbusters' dialogue indicates that the accelerator system operates similarly to a cyclotron (and indeed Dr. Peter Venkman refers to the proton packs in one scene as "unlicensed nuclear accelerators"), modern particle accelerators produce well collimated particle beams. This is far different from the beam from a proton pack, which tends to undulate wildly (though it still stays within the general area at which the user is aiming). The proton stream is quite destructive to physical objects, and can cause extensive property damage.

[@joemercury100]

All serious analysis aside, this was just a fun movie with a VERY catchy theme song! Love you, Duaffy! 🤗

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

YAY! Can't wait for the Duaffy laughs to start on this one!

[@missyotsuba8508]

Arguably, one of the best movies of all time. Definitely, no argument needed, one of the best comedy movies of all time. It was a unique set of circumstances that brought a very talented group of people together. If you have the anniversary BD there is a great documentary on the making of it. Right up until day one of filming no one knew if Bill would turn up. Then just as they were getting ready to shoot in walks Bill. Most of Bill's lines were improv. hahaha It was pure chance that all these guys came together to make this movie. Half of the cast were not even the 1st second or 3rd choice. Winston was supposed to be played by Eddie Murphy, Peter was supposed to be played by John Belushi, Louis was supposed to be played by John Candy... The script that Dan wrote was over 800 pages long (normal scripts are about 100). Ivan cut it down with Harold got it into a decent length. The budget was tiny and the studio wanted it to be made in a few months. Everything was against this movie. But they did it. Ohk, yeah they did it. Those 3 main characters have such a great onscreen chemistry that it's impossible to recreate. That's why the new one failed so hard. The only good thing about the new one was that the Ghostbusters are ladies. As that's the only thing that separates the old from new. Just a shame they fooked it up so much. I will never understand why people try to remake good movies. They never take a shitty movie and msake it better. They always choose a good movie and make it worse....

[@TTM9691]

"Arguably", yeah, that's an easy argument: it's not one of the best movies of all time, lol. I mean, let's not be overly hyperbolic! Fun movie, though, absolutely! But if a person thinks this is one of the best movies of all time, they probably haven't seen that many great movies! And it's not even in my top ten of 80s comedies, much less comedies-of-all-time.

[@missyotsuba8508]

@@TTM9691 Yeah. I accept that everyone has an opinion and this movie is not for everyone. The majority of reviews and critical scores do give it an overwhelming positive review. The way you feel about this movie is how I feel about The Exorcist being the scariest movie. It just isn't. But that's my opinion and I'm in the minority. When it comes to how good art is, be it movies, music, paintings, not everyone will have the same opinions.

[@TTM9691]

@@missyotsuba8508 Well, the fact that people evaluate horror movies on what's "scary" is infantile to me. I can count on one hand the movies that "scared" me. There's eerie, spooky, disturbing, there are lots of movies that haven't "scared" me but that have haunted me, and left a linger atmosphere. So the fact that you evaluate "The Exorcist" (which I'm not a particularly huge fan of, by the way) as "not scary" just kind of demonstrates that you don't exactly have the most sophisticated approach to watching a movie. It sounds like to me you're projecting on to the film what you want to see before you see it, rather than just letting a movie tell it's story and be what it is. Just so you know: "The Exorcist" wasn't conceived as a horror movie, so the aim in fact wasn't to "scare" you, it was to tell the story of what a real possession might be like in the modern world. Anyways, back to Ghostbusters, it's fun, I like it! I saw it when it came out! But let's see, what came out that same year? 1984? Oh "Broadway Danny Rose", there you go, brilliant. Ah, and it has a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes, look at that! Since you want to hide behind critics to make your case about "Ghostbusters"....I'll take "Broadway Danny Rose" ANY day over "Ghostbusters". That's definitely the way I felt in 1984, and still do, that's a no-brainer. lol

[@missyotsuba8508]

@@TTM9691 Yep, that's fine making arguments against what I did't say. I'm agreeing with you, but you're twisting my comments to fit your argument...

[@dp3154]

Various responses: if you ever visit New York, absolutely go to the New York Public Library, it's book heaven. The Hittites were an ancient middle eastern people, however it's inaccurate that they existed in 6000 BC- more like 2000 BC. There is a theory that the Hittites are the ancestors of the Armenian people. It is very much a cultural context of 1980s America that the main antagonist of the film is a government environmental inspector (this was the decade of Ronald Reagan).

[@Hiraghm]

that's... "this is the decade that was blessed with Ronald Reagan". FIFY it was only 11 years before this that the dark comedy "Soylent Green" was made.

[@wolfkniteX]

I don't know about you but I recently learned the irony of "The Key Master" possessing the one guy that gets locked out of his own apartment.

[@jamesdee759]

Back in the 80's they even had a cartoon called "the Real Ghostbusters". The cartoon started before the 2nd movie came out. In the cartoon, the green ghost, who likes to eat, became the Ghostbusters friend and mascot and they called him "Slimer". Slimer even lived with them in the Firehouse.

[@jaspr1999]

Thank you for reacting to this one. Um, to answer your question about the adult nature of the jokes... You're correct. Like the subtle jokes of the early Loony Tunes, those jokes went over all of our heads as kids. Going back and watching them now is quite an experience. Not a lot of people were very overly aware of some things then but then again, this was the time of the Satanic Panic (the Dungeons & Dragons controversy) as well as the music "morality" movements when parents (mine included) burned my RPG's and records. I think I was around 12 when I figured out that biology, anatomy, sex, and all references to any of the above were evil, but westerns, where people got shot and killed, were good, and parents and politicians were incredibly stupid for believing that. In other words... Times haven't seemed to change much.

[@ashscott6068]

The "adult" jokes you mentioned in this movie, all have a more literal interpretation that a child would more likely arrive at than the sexual one. When a kid hears "I want you inside me" said in that context, their assumption will be that she means she wants him inside her the way Zuul is inside her. Venkmans response bears this out, and works as a good reply, no matter which way you took the previous line.

[@MichaelScheele]

I was 13 when I saw Ghostbusters in the theater. I got some of the jokes. Some went over my head. That made later viewings more humorous. I saw the 30th Anniversary screening of Ghostbusters. The clothes, cars, electronics, etc. definitely dated the film. As did the special effects. A child of a woman in the row ahead of me asked her why people were smoking indoors. She had to explain that things were different back then. Despite all of that, it's still a movie I'll watch if it's playing. I'm looking forward to Ghostbusters Afterlife later in the year. It looks like it has much of the same spirit as the original. It's directed by Ivan Reitman's son. He was the boy having the birthday party in the restaurant when Louis becomes possessed by the Keymaster.

[@andreadeamon6419]

Sweetie - recorders weren't in everyone's hands in the mid 80s. Unless it was a cassette recorder. Camcorders didn't start coming out until around 93

[@bemasaberwyn55]

There are actually studies linking hormones to hallucinations. I truly hope you watch this film's follow up and check it's videogame sequel, as this series is much beloved(as you probably noticed by your patreon poll). Btw slight irony that Luis Tulley, who gets possessed by Vinz Clortho Keymaster of Gozer.....gets locked out of his apartment. Btw you're only the 2nd reactor to this film to notice the chair hands getting......fresh with Dana

[@sugelite5068]

Fun fact john belushi was originally gonna have the bill murray role

[@darionirwin4138]

fun fact Bill Murray only agreed to do this movie bc the studio said they'd fund The Razor's Edge

[@darionirwin4138]

and in The Razor's Edge the eulogy he gives for Piedmont is the same real life eulogy Bill gave for John Belushi

[@Sara_Feingold]

As someone who worked sorting books and taking inventory in a library, you don't have much time to read on the job :(

[@jrvthatsme]

Ah. I was hoping to see how you reacted when Peck had all that melted mashmallow fall down on him.

[@metoo7557]

Do you love the gag about how the keymaster is the one that keeps getting locked out of his own apartment?

[@cjclark9051]

" This little hungry fellow " lol

[@Alan-te8im]

I remember when my brother and I were peeing as kids, he would say: "Don't cross streams!!" Anyone else do that as kids?

[@irreliventable]

We called it sword fighting and intentionally crossed and clashed. It was kind of nice being that naive with no concept of cringe.

[@wantutosigh1117]

Hahaha😅

[@BreinGames]

Wachoo mean? I still do it as an adult!

[@MadcapMatt]

I'm happy to see you started this iconic franchise. After you watch part 2 you have to play the game. It was written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. They even got a lot of the cast to give their voices and likenesses to basically be an unofficial 3rd movie.

[@getdeved]

With respect, I think it would be accurate to say, this iconic movie, since the 2nd movie and the reboot weren't well received.

[@Helbore]

@@getdeved The second isn't bad, its just not a classic like the first. The reboot is dreadful, though. I agree that the game (from around 2009, I think) was fantastic and works really well as a proper sequel.

[@getdeved]

And that's fine, I'm just saying that I think not a lot of people like the 2nd movie.

[@josealmeida2842]

It took two years but eventually they came out with a children’s cartoon that continued the adventures of the Ghostbusters called “The Real Ghostbusters” the reason it was called this, was to compete with a Ghostbusters cartoon with different characters and gadgets. Anyway in the Real Ghostbusters series, the Green blob ghost moves in with the Ghostbusters and becomes there unofficial pet. They even give him the name Slimmer. And that is what he’s been called to this day, even in GB commercials and the official video came which featured all four original actors and is Harold Ramis’s final performance as Egon before his passing. Since you’re a gamer I highly recommend it! You get to play a brand new member of the team. Ray asks for your name and Peter responds by saying “No names Ray. Remember what happened to the last guy?”

[@hoagsmash4188]

Yea, I loved this movie as a kid, most of it went over my head, as I was like 5 or 6 when this hit home video. Such nostalgia!

[@3DJapan]

4:41 Maybe because video cameras in 1984 were huge.

[@ChirumboloFilm]

I have no idea if this is right, but the explanation for crossing the streams and reversing them that I came up with when this came out makes sense to me. I thought that when used properly, the streams were used to gather in and contain the ghosts, but when crossed they did the opposite which would be to blow them up. Also, other than the contained radiation of the power source, the Proton Packs wouldn't be radioactive. The electricity produced by a nuclear power plant isn't radioactive, so the Packs wouldn't be either. Love this channel!

[@Rocket1377]

Not exactly. Crossing the streams creates antimatter, which explodes when it comes into contact with matter. The streams work by latching onto ghosts like an electromagnet, since the beams are made of positively charged ions, while the ghosts are made of negative energy. The guys who wrote this movie clearly did a lot of research into theoretical nuclear physics.

[@psychoent]

i just notice that in the scene with the eggs in Dana' appartment there is a bag of saty puff marshmallow.

[@lazyperfectionist1]

10:40 "It's right here, Ray." You've got a proton pack, Peter. Hold it.

[@claytonhaag6931]

Classic Duaffy! You will enjoy this one. Though like anything almost 40 years old, the effects don't all hold up. Still a must watch at least once...

[@wantutosigh1117]

I don't know, everyone who reacts to this movie jumps at the librarian ghost.

[@dan_hitchman007]

For the most part, they do. I've seen much worse CGI.

[@sparky6086]

Sometimes awkward, cartoonish, or otherwise primitive special effects are done on purpose to add to the comedy or to be surreal, not because they can't make them more realistic. This is partly the case in "Ghostbusters" (Also, what do "real" ghosts and monsters look like anyway?). This is especially prevalent in the movie, "Mars Attacks". In that movie, the special effects were done poorly or primitive to give the movie the feel of a classic 1950's science fiction movie as well as for comedy.

[@SkullAngel002]

24:25 - That little ghost is Slimer. He became the Ghostbusters' mascot in the popular Ghostubsters Saturday morning cartoon.

[@Wyrmshadow]

Saw the movie as a kid. I loved it, was fun. Saw it again as an adult and I was LOL in so many parts I never realized the subtle adult humor at the time.

[@ericwatson54]

I always laugh when I see everybody covered in marshmallow, except Venkman. He just has a dollop of it on his head.

[@SnabbKassa]

Teachers in college dating students wasn't a big deal back then. It went on in the 90s a lot at my university. We weren't so uptight about having a strict separating line.

[@foljs5858]

Yes. It was still the era of the sexual revolution, before the prudes took over

[@jedijones]

@@foljs5858 The prudes lost it in the sexual revolution. Then the feminists took over.

[@seannovack3834]

@@foljs5858, you mean before the AIDS epidemic?

[@foljs5858]

@@seannovack3834 Before both these things: the AIDS epidemic and the killjoys taking other even when AIDS (due to drugs, condoms, better understanding, etc.) wasn't a big issue any more (and in things where AIDS never was an issue anyway).

[@seannovack3834]

@@foljs5858 can you try that again in English?

[@christophercurtis4131]

I loved your comment about the library. I could spend the rest of my life living in a library or bookstore and die a happy man. And this movie is a classic. I never get tired of watching it; I had the picture storybook of the movie when I was a kid and wore out my audio cassette I had of the soundtrack. I loved the songs.

[@gastronomist]

But if you did spend the rest of my life living in a library or bookstore, you'd probably break your glasses and you wouldn't be able to get replacements.

[@botwitaprice]

You got it right about the Green Ghost; actually, the Green Ghost was a nod to John Belushi, who had just died; he was going to be one of the Ghost Busters.

[@SimoExMachina2]

For myself, I could never call Rick Moranis an "asshole". If someone cuts me off in the traffic or almost crashes into me, I will cladly use the term, but Rick Moranis for me, is immune.

[@jeremiahfelder]

I think you don’t understand how old this is, video cameras were huge back then.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

LOL remember those big steady-cam harnesses they used to wear? They even used some as gun-stabilizers in "Aliens."

[@jeremiahfelder]

@@jean-paulaudette9246 exactly.

[@The_Dudester]

Why is he always a casanova? One of Bill Murray's characters on Saturday Night Live was the Lounge Lizard. If you've ever seen a lounge lizard, part of their act is making sure some woman will invite him to her hotel room at the end of the show. Anyway, most of Bill's characters has been a variation on a lounge lizard.

[@artdeco64]

I’ve got one for you. 1968’s (horror/drama) classic, Rosemary’s Baby. Quentin Tarantino said he believes Rosemary’s Baby is one of the greatest movies ever made. There are college course/lectures on the, purposely placed, similarity between the movie’s plot - what Rosemary’s going through - and women’s equality and the emotions women have/feel while going through a pregnancy.

[@TTM9691]

That's a great movie for her to do, she'll really do a great job with that, absolutely. There are fifty reasons why she'd do a great reaction to "Rosemary's Baby". Duaffy: oh please, do "Rosemary's Baby"! Fantastic movie!

[@jbrisby]

"If she's a student, what do you want to do with her?" the only thing students are good for, obviously.

[@highlander31527]

Duaffy also missed that Venkman's test, pain induced psychic abilities as a defense mechanism to avoid further pain, worked on the guy getting shocked. Was Venkman being a dick to the guy? Or was he getting a date and proving his hypothesis? Because, he kinda did all three.

[@natmanprime4295]

"the hungry little guy...is on another level" lol

[@trayolphia5756]

5:50 actually Egon was going on about those things which they could easily fix themselves, but by expressing his “concerns” that way try to negotiate the price down a bit…Ray’s optimistic enthusiasm however just torpedoed the strategy

[@veot.2869]

Duaffy, fun fact: There was a Saturday cartoon series version made years later. The green ghost's name was Slimer. He was always hungry!!! 🍕🍖🍗

[@michealoceallaigh4716]

Ghost detector called PKE meter (Psycho Kinetic Energy), The green ghost is called "Slimer" It's "Gozer" not "Gazer" I suggest looking up "The Real Ghostbusters" cartoon.

[@lazyperfectionist1]

7:57 Dana: "What I have to say may sound a little unusual." Peter: "I _really_ don't think so. There _is_ no 'usual' in this city. What is it?"

[@alanhilton3611]

Love this movie take's me back to being and kid Bill Murray is so hilariously dry and funny.

[@gluuuuue]

After all the countless times of watching and rewatching this movie since I was a kid, I've realized it's so hilarious primarily because almost no one in it is taking anyone else in it very seriously. It's like everyone's just on the lookout for being conned/gaslighted (or just completely oblivious). And we knew, at a reasonably conscious level, what some of the adult humor was about. It was just funny Venkman kept failing (mostly).

[@madzec]

Actually all of Ghostbusters ARE scientist (expect Winston because he got employed later) but when they formed the Ghostbusters business, because do not forget they all were professors at the university. Like everyone forgot that Indiana Jones was also teaching at the university too. Also in movie you only see three "ghosts" that were not practical effects: Slimer (green guy), lady in the library and the ghosts that escape from subway. All other effects were hand made practical effects.

[@tsogobauggi8721]

1:39 Hundred points to Duaffy. :) 2:42 Everything. 6:20 You are just about 24 cm wrong. ;) 7:27 What did you think he was doing...? :) 14:25 Ghosts just "accidentally" grabbed her there. 15:35 "I guess the roses work, huh?" :D 16:06 Yeah it really is. 20:14 Sigourney's legs look almost endless...

[@Blazeor2]

If youre a ghost who wants to posses someone, do you would think about only grab on ankles and wrists?

[@dbsti3006]

Someone brought up the fact that after the tower explodes, the cloud above it looks like Stay Puft. I'll be damned if I never noticed that after dozens of times watching this since the 80s.

[@juanbernando]

Love the green ghost. It's like something out of the Divine Comedy. Ghost eats to satisfy an insatiable hunger.

[@Oddworld2024]

Respectfully u are the only person to laugh at many parts in this that most would be wierded out by or scared by. Lol. Interesting reaction.

[@hcm9999]

Congratulation for the 50 thousand subscribers!

[@thereturningshadow]

The "Go get her, Ray!" not only was a good joke but is goes back to the beginning of the movie when Ray told the guys in the library basement, "GET HER!"

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

I just love Ray'd deadpan speech after that, though.

[@Belnick6666]

i think jeremy clarkson did that jaywalking thing in USA as a test in one of those 1980s documentaries and he just walked out into the streets and cars slowed down and let him pass where he said in UK he would have been run over, he did not understand it either, it was a very heavy trafficked road as well I think

[@cheeseburger12]

Bruce Campbell movies- Evil Dead 2 and/or Bubba Ho-Tep

[@15blackshirt]

Another great horror/comedy is Gremlins

[@pedanticperson1149]

"Why is no one recording this?" It's 1984, camcorders were only just coming out (1983) so was quite expensive.

[@pedanticperson1149]

As for the adult jokes, they use to edit for TV so the ghost-job that Ray got would have been cut out.

[@gokaury]

@@pedanticperson1149 I remember one line that was replaced with an alternate take in the TV version. It was the "We came. We saw. We kicked its ass" line. Instead, Peter says "What a knockabout of pure fun THAT was." The d*ckless line in the mayor's office was also replaced with Ray referring to Peck as "Wally Wick" and Peter responding that "He's some kind of rodent. I forget which."