RedLetterMedia - Ghostbusters 2 Commentary Highlights

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Mike, Jay, and Rich Evans strap on their proton packs and get a severe case of déjà vu via a ghost trap full of nostalgic memories, glowing tributes, and general Dan Aykroyd weirdness in this reappraisal of the oft-maligned supernatural sequel, "Ghostbusters II".
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[@BanyaBat]

Thanks everyone for all the kind words and compliments! As always, support RedLetterMedia through the links in the description above, and if you appreciate the context, effort, and own wee spin my editing adds to things, cheers again, and if anyone is interested in looking to hire an editor or collaborate, get in touch via the email link in my channel's "About" page! Fun fact: I am cheap.

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

Hey, if you happen to see this and have time to reply, could you give me any info on where you got the Proton Pack sound effect for the very end of the video? I'm hoping there's an archive or collection or something of similar samples, maybe. Thanks!

[@vhscopyofseinfeld]

Banya Bitty Bat we need more RLM commentary vids!!!

[@ninjaswordtothehead]

You should charge more. Top notch skills, my guy.

[@onenerdarmy]

High quality screen rip ✅ Cutting in actors lines from clips seamlessly when RLM quotes dialogue ✅ Added in text and explainer segments from other media and content a la Red Letter Media reflecting a level of caliber in this edit above other commentary composite works ✅ Made it nice and long so I don't want to go digging up Bandcamp and my copy of Gbusters to get more satisfaction ✅

[@BanyaBat]

Thanks very, very, very, very much! Hopefully if you enjoyed this, you'll check out my other videos... They were equally time-consuming and frustrating to make!

[@onenerdarmy]

@@BanyaBat yeah dude I've seen my premiere timeline look like a damn nuclear reactor circuit board for tiny short projects, imagining this work took several hours.

[@Oliver_0002]

Chefs kiss

[@kidkangaroo5213]

@@onenerdarmy i felt that

[@supremebuffalo6322]

I didn't know they put commentaries for free on bandcamp, you've just gifted me so much entertainment you have no idea. Thanks@@onenerdarmy

[@manplusguitar]

"Everything you're doing is bad, I want you to know this"... still one of my favourite lines

[@adamwintz1072]

"Oh, but I 'woo'" 😊

[@mickygurll]

Peter McNichol is a gem

[@manplusguitar]

@@adamwintz1072 "Slides are awailable in the gift shop" "come the joyfulness is over"

[@netabolt6546]

"Vhy am i drippings vith goo?!"

[@michaelmyers3709]

Also a nice, concise review of the 2016 movie.

[@mattbright2638]

How sad is it that Ernie Hudson "wasn't enough like Winston" to voice his own character in the cartoon? That's about as bad as the time Charlie Chaplin finished 3rd in a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest

[@spartida3850]

just cause he’s a good actor doesn’t mean he’s a good voice actor. i also think cause of copyright or licensing issues he can’t voice him? idk, but that is funny

[@maskedathiest]

@@Ephebo-ds9nq ahhh 16. old enough to have a job, drive a car, own property, rent a house, travel to another country alone, own their own business, become a pop star, run their own cosmetics empire...... too stupid to get married. makes total sense lol

[@Ephebo-ds9nq]

@@maskedathiest and take a photo of them and get life. what a free country

[@dragons_red]

Voice acting is a different talent than screen acting

[@dragons_red]

@@maskedathiest nice false equivocation arguement. Taking advantage of a child for sex is nothing like those other things. Nit to mention you have to be 18 tomdo half the things you listed.

[@thetopcats.9154]

As goofy bonkers as he sounds, I still love when Dan Akroyd puts on his enthusiastic salesman voice when talking about paranormal stuff and UFOs, because it reminds me of the enthusiastic monologues he used to give as Elwood Blues to intro a Blues Brothers concert.

[@JM_-ix7yh]

thanks for making these match up with the relevant scenes. The other account that does this never bothers doing it, which is the whole point of the commentary.

[@boxwi]

and it becomes more actual OC and not ripping off RLM

[@BanyaBat]

Thanks very much, much appreciated!

[@DendyJungle]

U r gei

[@Ottophil]

@@DendyJungle u r homophobe

[@KaladinVegapunk]

Yeah he's definitely the best fan editor by far There's random others that get posted that are really lazy and basically just posting RLMs stuff without any additional content He adds jokes, matches up the scenes (which is a LOT of editing work) and cuts to relevant other videos, clips and interviews as they're talking about them to add context, it's great He should get RLM to make these official, like how YMS incorporated his editing stream fan

[@evilcharles]

You know, Mike is both a fan of the paranormal AND a horrible alcoholic... JUST LIKE DAN AKROYD! There is a parallel dimension where Dan Akroyd is on an episode of Best of the Worst...

[@janeeyre1990]

Catholicism is the common denominator there.

[@Ottophil]

@@janeeyre1990 every person i know raised catholic is OCD , an addict, and also no longer catholic

[@acidfruitloops]

@@Ottophil Sounds like they throw a solid party though

[@elimgarak4667]

@@Ottophil wow, can confirm.

[@tristan8940]

With their other guest regular William Shatner.

[@thadeusbaggins9967]

The guy who plays Vigo is also one of Hans Gruber's henchmen in Die Hard, and I'm positively shocked that him saying "Johnny boy!" was not included in this video.

[@jonathanw1019]

Yeah that's a pretty glaring miss on their part.

[@vhscopyofseinfeld]

@@jonathanw1019 glaring miss?? No. No it’s not.

[@Freddisred]

Everything Vigo does is glaring

[@Takeshi357]

Probably because his voice is provided by another, far more famous actor.

[@SammEater]

Man, Bill Murray always look super tired and bored even back in his prime, yet I can't help but to like the movies he is in, especially Ghostbusters. His character is this movie is pretty much 100% him so that fits extremely well. lol

[@Chillton]

I like the sequel. I have a soft spot for it. Maybe because I saw it first, before the original one, and Vigo and Janosh with glowing eyes in the dark hall scared the shit out of me as a kid. And also kudos for the editing.

[@BanyaBat]

I also saw this one first, so probably why I can't be too harsh on it either... Glad you liked my editing!

[@TheElectricMayhem]

100%, and I still get goosebumps from the glowing eyes

[@MauroGagliega]

I totally agree. I didn't even think Ghostbusters II was so badly regarded but for me, well, maybe because as a kid I didn't pick up on the similarities between the two movies but it was mostly about the atmosphere. The Titanic docking at the harbor, the glowing eyes in the hallway, the gooey hands reaching out for Ray's feet in the river of slime, the various shots of Vigo with the river of slime in the background with his backstory that is very reminiscent of Rasputin's (stabbed, poisoned, hanged etc...). I love RLM and great editing, btw, but I think they are being WAY too harsh on this sequel. Plus I've had that chilling creepy soundtrack, like when Rey and Egon climb up out of the manhole cover and enraged by the goo has been stuck in my head for almost 30 years.

[@ericseitzler81]

Hell it still creeps me out and I'm 40

[@scorba3]

this was the first one I saw too! :D and I loved it. still do...

[@Atlink]

Holy shit that cut from old ghostbusters to new ghostbusters really shows how much they cranked up the saturation for that movie.

[@OSW]

The editing is amazing mate! High quality sources, fully synced with your own additions showcasing (and sometimes contradicting) what the lads said. Can of coke to you!

[@talking-over]

Yass! A winner is you!

[@BanyaBat]

Coming from you lads, that's HUGELY heartwarming, thank you so much! If you're ever in the market to franchise yourselves out to Donegal to crack that lucrative North-West market, give me a shout!

[@jasonscibby3362]

Conglaturation ! ! ! You have prooved the justice of our culture. Now go and rest our heroes !

[@variaphora]

Yeah that was brilliant, RLM-like editing.

[@CursedWheelieBin]

@@BanyaBat My grandparents were from Ballyshannon! 👍

[@guyvizard549]

Egon: "I'd like to run some gynecological tests on the mother." Peter: "Who wouldn't?"

[@brycebaker8970]

😅

[@lookoutforchris]

When I was a kid I wanted badly to bust Janine’s ghost.

[@lookoutforchris]

KZbin censored my comment.

[@HopemanGG]

I was young enough that Vigo gave me nightmares. It unlocked the new fear of eyes in a painting following me.

[@bleachedbonez]

Honestly Bill Murray sounds more like Peter Venkman in the game than in this movie. I honestly think that game is the second best thing to come out of Ghostbusters and the only one Bill Murray seemed excited for after the first. Seriously, it's such a good game.

[@mirusso]

Are you fucking high?

[@SammEater]

Considering the other stuff Aykroyd worked on, good or bad that guy was creative, he definitelly was not the one behind the "we must make GB1 again" idea.

[@bubbythebear6891]

Did they really make the first one again though? I mean they kinda did in Afterlife. In terms of the paranormal elements, the second one stands on it's own. People didn't like the presentation for being too much like the first, though I would disagree with that assessment.

[@SammEater]

@@bubbythebear6891 I still have a soft spot for the sequel myself too. But I understand why most people didn't like it.

[@killerbee2562]

@@bubbythebear6891 Afterlife reminded me more of Goonies or Stand by me than ghostbusters.

[@Imanmagnet00]

The game further shows how many other ideas he had. The Shandor stuff they had in the game was completely ignored for Afterlife

[@audiosurfarchive]

It almost certainly is a "you can do it or we'll find someone who will" type thing seen before

[@mayormccheese6171]

I remember seeing this as a little kid in the cinema in 1989, and thinking how stupid it was that all the Ghostbusters were unemployed now, and no one in New York remembered that ghosts and a giant monster attacked the city.

[@gustafsone]

I hate how movie producers always assume kids are stupid. I was 8 years old when this movie came out in cinemas, and I was already a huge fan of the first Ghostbusters movie (I had two older brothers so I got to see a lot of "inappropriate for kids" movies), and I pretty much had the same thoughts as Rich in this commentary. I had already determined the movie was stupid early on, but at the end when they got into the Statue of Liberty, my "this movie is dumb" turned into "I hate this movie". That was the last straw for me.

[@mtpstv94]

Do you realize how accurate this is to real life? It's incredibly accurate. Not the ghosts or anything but otherwise that's the way people and society is. If there were ghosts and this actually happened, it would be the same situation. 6 months later: "Ghosts, what ghosts? What have you done for us?". Or there would be some liabilities or lawsuits. They would go after the Ghostbusters for tax evasion or some shit. I mean seriously. This kind of thing is normal in the real world. Hey you caused a million dollars in damage but we don't care that you saved the city and everyone in it.

[@josephlascola6592]

Jay, after not having any Ghostbusters toys, found a new love for killing cats

[@CaptainWwowW]

Goodnight sweet cats

[@SubtleSerpent]

oh man, the dead-eyed cynicism of Bill Murray saying "these girls are funny" on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Poor man lived too long.

[@vhscopyofseinfeld]

To be fair bridesmaids was a hilarious movie

[@vladpiranha]

I find it hilarious that he ended up in that piece of junk movie instead of a proper Ghostbusters 3 as a direct result of how unprofessional and difficult he was.

[@amityislandchum]

Those women ARE funny. Even funny people make terribly unfunny movies sometimes. The Ghostbusters reboot was also clearly directed at young children, so it's no surprise that it didn't appeal to adults. I couldn't stand the movie, but my young nieces and nephews all love it.

[@-Siculus-Hort-]

...or not long enough.

[@randomneutral4250]

@@amityislandchumthe blame should rightly go on the director.

[@Memoquin]

I really like the deleted/alternate scenes. They add something to the film.

[@gspendlove]

I'm not ashamed to say I love Ghostbusters 2. It may have pretty much the same plot as the first one, but the acting, effects, and comedy were spot on.

[@tim4330]

dont be RLM is just salty

[@fnhatic6694]

The ingredients are mostly good they just assembled them in the worst way possible. Some kind of slime that feeds off of negative and positive emotional energy and can cause supernatural effects in the real world, and it's under NYC, the most negative, awful city in the world. You have tons of things to do with that. What they chose to do, though, okay it wasn't bad, but it was just uncreative.

[@darrenthetuber743]

​​@@tim4330eah, I mean in the 80s every sequel was usually the first one......again, with exception of Back to the Future and Star Trek, etc. But is shocking how slavishly similar it is to the original to the point it felt like it would've been less work to do something different. I still like the movie, the horror aspects are more unsettling here than the original

[@Takeshi357]

@@tim4330 It does kind of seem like a one-joke commentary doesn't it "Wow it's exactly the same as the first movie, but worse!" for like an hour and a half or whatever

[@markantony9038]

@@Takeshi357 If that's all you took away from the commentary then that's an indictment of you.

[@swish007]

i thought Peter MacNicol (yannosh) was the best part of the movie. his weirdness and especially his interactions with bill murray's character were gold. and he pulled off that accent perfectly!

[@michaelbarbarich3965]

Vehr...Vehrs the baby? Yoo-hoo, baby? Will still use this, to this day, when meeting a friend's new baby. Yaaay, 40's!

[@UltimaPowers]

I don't know why he doesn't get more credit, he's superb. "Vhy am I drippings with goo?"

[@CraigTalbert]

Had an awful night and this made it all feel better. Thank you.

[@BanyaBat]

No worries, dude, hope it helped.

[@ElChuntyCabra]

shut up

[@thegrimyeaper]

Seeing this in HD after 30 years of seeing it on cable is surreal. We barely saw the movie until now, really.

[@Edeinawc]

Your editing is brilliant man. Keep on keeping on and all that.

[@-null-null8857]

My Brothers playing Death Stranding in the other room and I just heard "Keep on Keeping On" a half second after I read your comment.

[@BanyaBat]

Stop, stop, I'm blushin'. Glad you enjoyed!

[@MisterTTG]

"They can control whether the slime is positive or negative now?" That's the entire point of the Statue of Liberty scene!

[@bud389]

I've never had a problem with Ghostbusters 2. In fact there's numerous sequences that I actually enjoy a lot, like when they first go down in the abandoned subway system, which is great.

[@Clay3613]

A lot of older critics who disliked GB1 found the humor better in the sequel.

[@merces47letifer4]

Despite all the ridiculous shit, I love GB2.

[@netabolt6546]

@@Clay3613 i love both the two movies but you cant deny that the first one is the better movie thanks to the origin story and also Stay puft and the adult jokes and briliant oneliners and not to mention, more Slimer. Slimer should have been more in the second movie, he was only in that movie for like five or six seconds. but i love ghostbusters 2 for many reasons and it was the first ghostbusters movie i saw so Ghostbusters 2 was my first introduction to the characters so i didnt recognized the Famous Dislike of beeing it the First movie all over again since i never saw it before lol.

[@zerocool5395]

GB2 in a way is kinda like Robocop 2. They're not bad movies, but the originals were great so the sequels get unnecessary hate.

[@jekw23]

@@netabolt6546yes I can’t deny the sequel is the lesser of the two but there’s so much to like.

[@TheInsideVideo]

This is fantastic. I was just expecting audio over a still image, but this is a full fat treatment. Thanks so much!

[@BanyaBat]

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed!

[@horaceb2614]

39:29 "Does he say anything?" JOHNNY BOY

[@PaddyCollector]

Great editing for this video. love the cutaway extras from other things than the movie itself. I dont get the hate for this movie. its not terrible. there is plenty enough fun stuff. they even say that in this commentary track. they like lots of little things about the movie, for me that is enough. its like a 6.5/10 AND the cartoon is WAY better. So many better and more interesting stories in the cartoon. the possessed suit episode, sam hain, the car factory gremlins, the new orleans ghost band, the people busters, the sand man, the boogie man, would have all made better movies than this.

[@PaddyCollector]

@@gsesquire3441 As a kid the movies were more like an extension of the cartoons and comics for me. the opposite of what most people thought. lol

[@MrFuggleGuggle]

Most people want sequels to be bigger, and ultimately better, than the first or previous film in a franchise. It's a hope and a dream shared by many film lovers - snob and casual. History has shown us that sequels that are actually 'better' are quite rare - and most sequels ultimately do (and will continue to) disappoint or fail to meet expectations. But, I do agree that Ghostbusters II is not an outright horrible or meritless sequel. Underwhelming for sure and has some writing/logic issues that feel nonsensical or retreading of the first film, but still fine for kids and adults to enjoy overall. For a silly movie about ghosts and that has the Statue of Liberty getting up and walking around, it's aged better than expected.

[@BanyaBat]

Thanks for the kind words about my editing! And I agree, I kind of love GB2!

[@kailomonkey]

I loved Ghostbusters II as a kid. The slime was a new idea and the painting was scary. I know retrospectively that it doesn't align with the first one in quality and some characters, but I did love the cartoon so like the slimer bit was expected by that point. I'm gonna go a bit off topic now to the point of my likes and dislikes. I even liked 2016 the parade balloons bit reminded me of an episode of the cartoon. Afterlife is controversially the only one I haven't liked. But that comes down mostly to my strong dislike of how rebirth movies pay weird homage to their originals. In those terms 2016 was a satire of what I dislike and Afterlife was an embodiment of what I dislike. Focusing back on Ghostbusters Peace-sign, they had the characters doing their thing and the repeated beats didn't bother me. Looking back I did think myself that the love interest was a bit of a repeat but overall it told a simple encounter with a new phenomena which looked great and was a lot of fun! So what if it didn't focus as much on the characters? How can we complain about that and complain about it being 'the same movie' in the same breath? It was a different movie with a different focus... Anyway this was meant to be a light agreement sorry lol :)

[@Larry]

Ghostbusters II is essentially The Real Ghostbusters: The Movie, a live action version of the cartoon.

[@Dre2Dee2]

It's weird how these kind of bizzare decisions get made. Batman: The Animated Series is it's own thing in terms of story, but visually they were forced to make characters like Catwoman and The Penguin match their Batman Returns movie designs, even though that makes no sense. I guess as soon as they figure out "this franchise is for kids" executive make all sorts of dumb decisions just to sell toys. YAY!

[@jeffrye42q35]

Lmfao never thought of it like that, but very true.

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

That's how I've always liked to look at it. Someone I like on the internet has validated me. Yay.

[@JaxDagger]

yes!

[@BanyaBat]

Considering Bill Murray's sleepy performance in some of these scenes, "live action" might be a bit of a push.

[@SuperEagle112]

Love this movie. The scene where Viggo first eye lazered the sidekick scared me so bad (it was my first jump scare) I spent the rest of the movie with my ears covered but kept watching because I love ghostbusters so much.

[@vladpiranha]

The heads on pikes in the subway freaked me out back in '89. That's pretty hardcore when you're seven.

[@SuperEagle112]

Definite trauma. Having ears plugged mitigated it slightly.

[@netabolt6546]

i had ptsd from the river of slime when i first saw this movie at age 11

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

The deleted scenes are actually really funny

[@katey1dog]

Ghostbuster's 2 was great. THERE, I SAID IT.

[@elegla_256]

Amen brotha

[@netabolt6546]

Absolutely! It has so many good jokes and one liners though not as memorable as the first it still is an enjoying experience and i remember more from this movie than the first one because i first seen this second movie. Ghostbusters 2 has my favorite set of both the movies, the Van Horne River of Slime set wich is still amazing to this day. The atmosphere wnd the lore (what is Van Horne Pneumatic Transit?! I know now but it was years later when youtube became a thing that ik know what the VanHorne Pneumatic was. The River of Slime setting looks a bit like tje NYC abandonded Hallway CitySation or what it's called with the architectural arches and Tile Working. Great movie. First movie did got better climax with StayPuft though and had the bureacratic worm getting Karma when all the marshmellow dumped over him that was so satisfying. I love both movies and thankgod im not slone in saying that Ghostbusters 2 is also up there with the first movie. Haven't seen Afterlife though, im not sure if im going to like it and i def. Gonna never watch femininbusters so ghostbusters 1 and 2 are still mamy rewatched. When i get the chance i think i going to download ghostbusters video game wich is supposedly the third movie lol.

[@horaciosi]

What do you want, a medal? Join the club, 'cuz besides these guys, everyone loves this movie.

[@SpawnRevenge92]

That clip of Bill Murray on Kimmel with the female cast never ceases to be painful.

[@Louie_The_Dago]

imagine being the girls and knowing its a lie and that they actually had to drag bill murray and pay him just to tell people they were funny

[@jamesoblivion]

Looks pretty much exactly like clips of him taking about Ghostbusters II. Afterlife is the only GB sequel Bill has ever shown ANY enthusiasm for.

[@SpawnRevenge92]

@@jamesoblivion It's not just him, the whole room is cold and awkward as hell.

[@FoundationGod]

Mike and Rich had some awesome toys. All I had as a kid was a restraining order Rick Moranis sent me.

[@connor4wilson]

Really fun edit, I loved the effort put into this. Did think it was funny painting Afterlife as the savior of the franchise after how much RedLetterMedia ripped into it.

[@BanyaBat]

Cheers , much appreciated!

[@crashing5393]

glad to see you’re getting appropriate appreciation for your editing, kudos. i honestly forgot that i wasn’t watching a rlm vid, and now i’m sad they haven’t actually uploaded similar “highlight” vids for all their commentaries. this is totally excellent and fun, ty for the upload !

[@BanyaBat]

Thanks very much! Hopefully you'll enjoy the one I've just released for RETURN OF THE JEDI too!

[@fnhatic6694]

@@BanyaBat KZbin sent me first to your RotJ one, and I legit thought it was an actual RLM product. Flawless editing and filling in all the references they're talking about.

[@jojobizadTRASH]

Super well done btw, I'm glad you're able to reference a lot of stuff to support or give context in what they're saying. Feels like reading a nice essay tbh👍👍👍

[@BanyaBat]

"A nice essay"? Thanks! If someone somewhere is able to cite this video as a reference in an academic work, I'll send the first person to provide evidence a prize of AT LEAST a $5 value*. (*Maximum prize value: $5.01).

[@JackQNielsen]

@@BanyaBat I’ll cite this to my friends and family during my anal vore fetish coming out party as an example of filmmakers who are up their own ass when making later installments of a beloved franchise.

[@puffd4nny]

39:34 Rich: "does he _say_ anything?" Cue Colin "JOHNNY BEUEUEUOOY!!!"

[@alwaysxnever]

Never underestimate the power of editing. Having everything match up as well as putting in all the insert shots ? This is just so cool,thank you so much.

[@BanyaBat]

Wow, thanks very much! That means a lot!

[@shugaroony]

@@BanyaBat I agree with the comment, your editing is excellent.

[@wowomah6194]

Dan Akroyd is literally my dad. Same energy about UFOs and the supernatural. I wonder what that is about a person to be so absolutely certain of such things...

[@dolanddrumpf6344]

Why not hear your dad out and have him explain why he believes whatever he believes instead of discrediting his opinions? Are you so certain if what you believe is true?

[@lookoutforchris]

Go learn what literal means and then edit your comment.

[@wowomah6194]

@@lookoutforchris Go look up hyperbole and then delete your comment.

[@vhscopyofseinfeld]

@@dolanddrumpf6344 the belief of ghosts is my litmus test for dumbasses.

[@lookoutforchris]

@@wowomah6194 what you did is not hyperbole either. My god the shit you don’t know 😂

[@TheBlarggle]

I feel like the proton pack beam is a little bit more powerful than a simple "ghost lasso" Isn't basically a nuclear laser beam? In the first movie they show it just blast normal shit apart. It being used as a weapon against Vigo makes sense.

[@DrMurdercock]

I still quote "Everytyhing you're doing is bad, I want you to know this" At least once a month

[@guyvizard549]

I had that Slimer toothpaste. It was horrible, and kind of imprinted on my sense memory.

[@JaygeSattler]

I'm of the rare breed that LOVES GHOSTBUSTERS II. In fact, I love it so much that I usually watch them back to back.

[@fizikz9647]

Same I cant watch them with out the other.

[@stejward]

Yep, I don’t understand the hate. You could pick apart Ghostbusters 1 because they’re both very silly movies. The river of slime, the photos of Vigo developing and the Scalary brothers scenes genuinely scared me as a kid.

[@TheElectricMayhem]

And the soundtrack is 🔥

[@scottianson5133]

Me too.

[@horaciosi]

"Rare breed"? Other than me, Siskel, Ebert and these guys, *EVERYBODY loves this movie.* What is it with people saying that Ghostbusters II is hated? Everyone says the exact same thing: "It's not as bad as everyone makes it out to be". Stop pretending GBII is universally hated, I'm sick of it!

[@slymclain19]

I fell out of my bed at four years old and fell right on top of that damn ghostbusters house, ended up chipping my collar bone and had to wear a back brace for like 4 months while it healed. Awesome dad though after i was able to take it off turned it into a cheap version of a proton pack for me for Halloween

[@parallaxview2143]

I still have the firehouse - it's in my kid's room serving as a bedside table. I fell on it 2 months ago while replacing some curtain hooks.

[@slippinjimmy5683]

Good to know that they're aware of the video game although Mike will never play it because he's elderly.

[@disqorddoge1101]

The slime was a form of ectoplasm but it’s a psycho Magno Ætheric ectoplasm which is effected by certain psychokinetic forces including human emotional states. When significantly charged in one way or another it can animate inanimate objects, alter human emotional states and provide a source of concentrated psycho kinetic energy which can be used by ghosts to manifest. The Scaleri Brothers ghosts were likely always hanging around there but they didn’t previously have the power to manifest or manipulate physical objects. The slimes actual origin was explained in the video game that it was being generated by a Slor that was brought to our dimension by Ivo Shandor and his cult. Shandor was able to refine the slime into different kinds including the pink slime in GB2.

[@biggiedickson]

That all sounds terrible.

[@-Zakhiel-]

*NERD!*

[@INFILTR8US]

@@biggiedickson the game is canon smart guy

[@bubbythebear6891]

Great explanation! 👍

[@-Zakhiel-]

*NERDS!*

[@Benjatron-jw2rg]

I would like to add that the actor playing Viggo also played one of the terrorists in Die Hard. He was one of the guys who set up the rocket launcher that was fired at the APC (if that’s what it’s called). You don’t even see him get killed lol.

[@michaeldavis8250]

He was a real piece of shit in real life too. Apparently he raped his stepmom, who later gave birth to a daughter -- who was raised as his sister. His stage name was William Hornburg. Also, he was in The Mouth of Madness as the guy who says, "JOHNNY BOY!"

[@Benjatron-jw2rg]

@@michaeldavis8250 I’d heard he was a real asshole too but I didn’t know why…damn…

[@michaeldavis8250]

@@Benjatron-jw2rg i didnt know that either until last night. It's crazy that he got away with that. If it's any consolance, he spent all his money on blow and prostitutes and spent the last years of his life homless -- so he didnt get to retire as a big shot or anything. Unfortunately, he had a lot of money to spend on blow and hookers, which he definitely didnt deserve.

[@BanyaBat]

Huh. Well there you go.... And he had such a kind face too.

[@JayMaverick]

Ah the well known and respected paranormal "science." Great edit, it's like hanging out with the guys.

[@BanyaBat]

Cheers!

[@Tom_Van_Zandt]

I know GB2 is nowhere near the movie GB1 is, but I still enjoy it for what it is instead of disliking it for everything it's not. I especially love the 1st act where they reintroduce the principle characters, showing what they've been up to since the end of the 1st movie. It's pretty corny, but it's still fun and it's also better than the 2 they've made since.

[@JD-Media]

Rich being Slimer is perfect!

[@PvtPuplovski]

Holy shit you did an amazing job editing! I couldn’t tell if it was from RLM themselves until you fact checked their Ghostbusters 2016 predictions lol

[@BanyaBat]

Quite the compliment! Thanks!

[@mrscruffles801]

This is on par with Clanger Tv in making better content out of the original instead of just reposting. Excellent channel!

[@jswets5007]

I have now watched this more times than Ghostbusters 2.

[@FullTimePRO]

I always liked the painting back at the Ghostbusters' fire house in the game, it used to talk shit when you walked around it IIRC.

[@party4keeps28]

I cracked up at 7:19 when Rich laughed and Sigourney was on screen laughing. It matches perfectly.

[@mikeg4691]

"Hudson read for the part but wasn't enough like Winston to land the role." WTF lol

[@Mayala285]

i was honestly expecting a generic commentary highlights video but i quite enjoyed this one. i love the details that you added and it adds to the playback value. great job man

[@sean3000]

This series is awesome--I'm glad I finally gave in to the KZbin suggestions. I know they must be a ton of work so thanks a ton for putting them together :)

[@henrique5231]

"iT Was oNLy cAuSE i Knew ThESE *gIiiRrlLLsss* WEre FUNny" It looked like he was decaying more and more as he uttered each of those words! You can see it in his face...he wasn't even trying.

[@melvert33]

They can be funny, I've laughed at a lot of their SNL sketches and McKinnon's impressions are awesome it's just that the Ghostbusters re-boot was a terrible film that no comedian could have saved.

[@henrique5231]

@@melvert33 Sure! I don't disagree with you on that! What I wanted to highlight is Bill Murray's soulless "commitment"! To me, he almost looks high!

[@lotus-prince]

41:33 "My potions are too strong for you, traveler."

[@cannonfodder4000]

Im GLAD someone else thought that too lul

[@taterboob]

God, I wish that I believed in paranormal stuff like Dan Aykroyd does. It seems like so much fun.

[@jekw23]

I know! He’s so enthusiastic and it shows in his works. I’m not into the paranormal but I think that if I went around his place (or he came to mine) with a crate of beer it’s be a great night. I may not have phrased that sentence very well.

[@vhscopyofseinfeld]

Take shrooms and you will become a believer immediately.

[@Shorty_Lickens]

Wilhelm von Homburg (1940-2004) was also one of the robbers in Die Hard. I think he was the one who operated the bazooka.

[@cakescakes7313]

Also in In the Mouth of Madness

[@audiosurfarchive]

@@cakescakes7313 JOHNNY JOHNNY BOIII

[@fizikz9647]

Needed to be midnight of new years to possess the baby, he also comes out of the painting because he almost completed the possession so his energy made him a physical form if even for a small amount of time. People didnt believe in ghosts idea followed on to peck saying it was an illusion and a 'lightshow ' etc. I was a kid and my imagination always filled the plot holes well. Loved both movies.

[@bubbythebear6891]

Yeah, I think some things can be more open ended for the audience to put together, rather than explicitly said out loud.

[@fizikz9647]

@@bubbythebear6891 exactly and considering in the first ghost busters tte subplot was them being shut down as the officials thought it was fake and that the nuclear ghost containment unit needed shutting down. It made sense that after there may have been a lawsuit after to say it was fake and cos of the destruction they werent allowed to be Ghostbusters anymore even if they knew they saved the city

[@Clay3613]

Plus this pandemic has proven that a ton of the populace is just too stubborn to accept any data that challenges their worldview.

[@vhscopyofseinfeld]

@@fizikz9647 bruh a fuggin 100 story marshmallow man waltzed through Manhattan….plus they have a friggin police escorted parade at the end of the movie after they defeat Gozer…

[@SynthAddict]

great work as usual and this makes the content even funnier, lots of work to make all those comparison shots :-) cool, the same way Mike and Jay do for those Plinkett videos this makes the Ghostbuster movies look like the Transformers movies where all the scene beats line up as a big formulaic mess (when they played all 3 together in that one video) - classic stuff

[@BanyaBat]

Thanks very much, they do take some time and it means a lot hearing my own stuff adds to the content, and doesn't make it insufferably worse.

[@pacotaco840]

These are always so well done. The way everything works together is great. I hope you keep making these.

[@BanyaBat]

Thanks for watching them... More on the way very soon! kzbin.info/door/k1jbdRuPM7WCgl9RPX-roQ

[@mikehunt4986]

I love these RLM commentaries and your edits make them ever better!

[@f0ry0u81]

"Ghostbusters peace sign." I love it!!😄✌️

[@Trawies]

I love the movie as much as the original, but then again, i am not over analyzing everything. There is so much fun stuff in GBII.

[@rharms_]

i second that emotion, saw 1+2 back2back as a kid , it was pretty seamless and fun viewing, never noticed a drop of quality or anything

[@Trawies]

@@rharms_ I saw the first one first. I had it on my beta max, so watched it like 20 times before the second one hit theaters. I put on the second one more often than the first, because it funny as hell, Scolari scene, tunnel scene, Vigo was super scary, Janosz was such fun, Lady Liberty walking scene was amazing. I love it. I really think they are totally different, even if the story are basically the same, but thousands of movies have this story aswell, also Afterlife, and I love that one too.

[@mikeminer1947]

So glad to see a few uploads this week after several months! Keep up the good work gents.

[@BanyaBat]

Thanks!

[@magnopere]

"Does he have any lines?" JOHNNY! JOHNNY BOY!

[@helenaconstantine]

I saw it in New York while I was in the American Numismatic Society summer program for grad students together with one of my fellow students. Afterwards we both agreed that it was disappointing that the script writers hadn't studied Neoplatonic theurgy more.

[@Varg84]

Just what I needed to get my weekend going. Great upload.

[@BanyaBat]

Thanks!

[@noeticwolf73]

I've watched this movie a million times never knew Winston was in the court room the whole time.

[@alexgillham225]

Amazing work, love your RLM edits!!

[@BanyaBat]

Thanks Alex!

[@travtotheworld]

26:50 I legitimately think that is Dan Aykroyd in his outfit from Christmas with the Kranks. Is he actually doing a random interview on the supernatural while filming that movie?

[@Louie_The_Dago]

i just googled it. Youre right.

[@Guryguazu]

Holy shit, you're right, did he filmed this by himself in between takes? What the hell?

[@BanyaBat]

If you rearrange the letters in "Christmas With The Kranks", you get: "What rethinks sham tricks?" Need I say more? ;) #UFO #Area51 #PureGlycolFreeVodka

[@bobbyjones3351]

They should of put all of Dan Ackroyds crazy ideas into the script and done a Gremlins 2 style FU sequel

[@regularshowman3208]

The editing here is so good, you could have me fooled if you told me this cut together highlights video was officially made by them

[@siogopablo6824]

Please keep making these , love your stuff

[@BanyaBat]

Cheers, dude, will do.

[@greybush6939]

I rewatched 1 & 2 a couple years ago, after not seeing either of them for a very long time. I laughed more at 2!

[@pottybhoy]

Well done mate. Great to have these with matching visuals. Much appreciated!

[@BanyaBat]

Cheers Andy, glad you appreciate the extra effort, thanks for watching!

[@danielclawson2099]

So many clever transitions, add-ins to this video thank you very much.

[@Virjunior01]

Phenomenal job with the editing, man!

[@BanyaBat]

Cheers, glad you liked my efforts!

[@donovaneckstrom]

I usually have these playing in the background while I'm editing work related things and at 27:08 Dan Aykroyd sounded like Mike doing a Dan Aykroyd impression. I had to watch it again to be sure. What a mesmerizing man.

[@NONOOBZ4EVR]

Who, Dan or Mike?😉

[@bigbeefscorcho]

please don’t stop making these because they’re amazing

[@algorithmicalychallenged.291]

Thanks for the up load. This was hilarious.

[@BanyaBat]

Cheers!

[@azzgunther]

You are awesomeness manifested in human form. Thanks for these.

[@BanyaBat]

Cheers!

[@Slop_Dogg]

I really wish RLM released more commentary tracks. There was barely even one this year.

[@vhscopyofseinfeld]

Honestly they give us enough.

[@danij5055]

Wow. I knew the second movie took a fair amount from the first one. But I didn't realize just how shot-for-shot it was!

[@yogidemis8513]

"I used to have a roommate, but my mom moved to Florida." ~Louis Tully~

[@JohnVullo]

As much as I love these guys and the detail they go into, its strange they miss obvious things. The reason why Winston is not a defendant, because he wasn't with the rest of the guys while they were digging up 1st ave! It seems like they only hate on the 2nd one cuz they love the 1st one so much. Of course nothing'll match the 1st one, but as Rich said, its a kids movie. I loved it and still do! Id rather have this, then them trying something new and failing haha.

[@JohnVullo]

Also them talking about the "2" in the movie because IIRC, they weren't IN business at the time. Then after the courthouse thing, they re-opened their business and I supposed used to 2 to say they're back or something. I dunno, it just seems odd.

[@freespeechisdead1565]

I've noticed that about Mike, Rich, and Jay. They have spent their whole lives (and apparently made a career out of) sitting around and talking about movies. And yet there are so many times they miss the most obvious things or they show that they don't understand how macguffins or plot devices work, or they simply didn't understand a scene or sequence of events that the movie spent a painful amount of time or resources to explain. I believe in their review of Ghostbusters 1984 Mike said it seemed really convenient that the Ghostbusters formed exactly at the time that a massive interdimensional rift was about to happen when Ghostbusters 1984 spent nearly the entire movie explaining that the formation of the Ghostbusters was directly dependent on the sudden spike of scientifically observable paranormal activity. You just have to shake your head sometimes with these guys and remember they are three drunks who don't know much about movies. If you don't believe that, watch Spacecop.

[@larrote6467]

@@freespeechisdead1565 solid logic there mate: "If they miss some things then it means they don't know anything", they are just humans, they have good insight and miss some things; that's NORMAL, but they definetly know a lot about filmaking otherwise they wouldn't have the pull they have

[@freespeechisdead1565]

@@larrote6467 no use responding to you because it just deleted my last response. Watch Spacecop and then think about how much they know about movie making.

[@rharms_]

i bet they don'T like 2 cause bill don't like it, and they are bill fanboys first cause he has same kind of demeneor as rlm crew, like dan akroyd is too whacky its kinda like something they make fun of while bill murray is the opposite of dan- like "everything sucks" which is kinda their thing

[@tebasak1]

Dan Aykroyd's voice = Mike's voice. try it Mike. you might be surprised.

[@robliefeld2646]

Great editing! You did some really funny and clever stuff with it.

[@BanyaBat]

Thanks, I try!

[@ultradank4799]

Yo thanks for the upload. Wouldn’t be watching this video without you!

[@BlueBoy0]

A+ editing.

[@theantagonist2521]

Great videos. The Batman & Robin commentary reeled me in.

[@BanyaBat]

Thanks, sir... Check out my Smershpod edits here if you haven't yet, I think they might be up your street: kzbin.info/door/k1jbdRuPM7WCgl9RPX-roQ

[@maxk310]

The GOAT returns! Thanks for the video

[@BanyaBat]

You're too kind! Thanks for the thanks, much appreciated!

[@crispyjuice2110]

27:53 WTF! "Sorry Winston, but you are not enough like Winston for this part" how the hell does that work?! Poor guy...