40 Years of GHOSTBUSTERS... The Whole Story Never Told Before!

[@ThePopcast]

What do you love most about the Ghostbuster's Franchise and what drives you crazy? Do you want more Ghostbusters in the future? And as a correction, we did not include Extreme Ghostbusters. It should have been mentioned here, but was not. Our apologies! Also, here is our one of a kind Ray's Occult Ghostbuster's inspired Graphic Design from the video >> mixedtees.com/rays-occult - Use coupon code: THEPOPCAST for 20% off!

[@alexanderbognar7967]

Yes please

[@johnramirez5996]

When dan did cab cameo they should have use rays occult with them looking for books researching what they were up against instead. Would have tied more of them together with afterlife.

[@garygood6804]

Imagine christopher lloyd, christopher walken, jeff goldbloom and richard prior as the ghostbusters.

[@MrMightyZ]

As a little boy I fell in love with the 1st movie. It was the first time I watched a movie and felt wrapped up by the characters, the comedy, the effects and the music all at once. The first time I wanted to dance during a movie. Next was Beverly Hills Cop and these 2 movies were why I spent the 80s constantly begging mum and dad for trips to the movies.

[@BLD426]

Three white male leads? What were they thinking? Doubt that would happen today.😁

[@theHKsinger]

Born in 1980, I'm a 43 year old Hong Kong dude who grew up with Ghostbusters. I'll never forget the joy and excitement the original movie brought to my childhood, along with my love for all the 80's action figures, the cartoon, the song, and even the video games (and yes, even the nes version, but mostly the Genesis one), and now as an adult, I find myself still collection Mezco ghostbusters, and still lookin at pictures of Ecto-1 as well as proton packs and ghost traps merchandises online. The shot of Egon's ghost at the end of Afterlife brought me to tears, and this franchise will hold a special place in my heart.

[@JadMock]

81 if 5 months ago otherwise you'd be 44 if you were born in 1980

[@jediknightjairinaiki560]

I'm not a huge "Ghostbusters" fan but when Egon's ghost appears and helps his granddaughter, I teared up.

[@herbertorendorff6323]

So did I it was a proper tribute

[@vr3181]

The original Ghostbusters may be my favorite movie ever. When I was a kid, my mom somehow got passes when it was released. We weren’t “living-hand-to-mouth” poor, but we didn’t have money for extras like going to first-run movies in a theatre. So when she got those passes, it was just me and her going to have this movie experience together (my dad stayed home with my little brother), and it’s the greatest movie memory of my childhood. I will love the original Ghostbusters forever.

[@jimdevlin4949]

Sometimes it’s the little things that make the best memories

[@andrewjames1817]

Ricks wife died from breast cancer thats why he left acting to raise his kids..what a guy

[@neilgodwin6531]

Grief can drain your enthusiasm for things you were formerly passionate about. Such a shame

[@2pairOfAces]

​@@neilgodwin6531 Alternatively, it can refocus you towards what's actually important, raising your kids and being there for them when mom isn't. He's rich, accomplished, loved, and respected, there was no need for him to continue his career, as much as it cost the rest of the world. That said, I still think the guy in NYC who tried to kill him should get the chair...

[@bridgetclement2968]

I love Rick moranis!! He was amazing in Ghostbusters but he was funny in FLINTSTONES and the Honey I shrunk the Kids Trilogy

[@Louis-qt5qb]

​​​@@2pairOfAcesgreat comment friend. Rick knows his priorities. Edit- tried to kill him in NYC? I'ma have to remember to look this up.🤔

[@knuckle12356]

​@@Louis-qt5qb yeah same. What's the frequency Moranis???

[@Miko80]

That is a great documentary. I had fun watching it. You did a wonderful job summarizing the whole Ghostbusters history.

[@cookop1]

Ernie Hudson is a vampire.. the dude never ages.

[@bridgetclement2968]

I agree!!! He was in ONCE UPON A TIME as King triton

[@nick6var]

So, simply put, he sucks?🧛🏾‍♂️

[@JadMock]

Invenimus unum esse purgandum societatis sunt nimis Ernie Hudson captus

[@carolharris2329]

I loved it as a kid & still do at 50. What more can I say? I'm like a kid in a candy store when a new one comes out!

[@youtubegarbage7876]

You're the problem.

[@snackbarqueen]

I was 10 years old when GB came out and I love it just as much today as I did then 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@atmadja19]

Ghostbusters 2 was the first one I got to see in the theater. To this day, I’ve never been more excited for a movie. I had such a blast watching it ❤️👻

[@TruittAdventureCo]

The very first movie I saw in a theater was the original Ghostbusters in 1984. I had seen the commercials thinking I would never have the chance to experience it, but my uncle took me to it at the local theater and I've been a fan ever since. It even inspired me to get into paranormal investigations.

[@erinthesystem9608]

The soundtracks of the first two Ghostbuster movies were both childhood favorites of mine, featuring Oingo Boingo, Fine Young Cannibals, two insanely catchy Bobby Brown songs, "I Can Wait Forever," the iconic theme music, and others. We had the first one on record, and the second on cassette, and both were a treat.

[@MrRobarino]

Fine Young Cannibals are not on either Ghostbusters or Ghostbusters 2 soundtracks.

[@erinthesystem9608]

@@MrRobarinoThank you- for some reason I thought they were.

[@RosieYogi40]

Ernie Hudson is 78 looking like he’s in his 40s. Love him!!

[@Ultamami]

"I love this town!!!!"

[@girleyreds11-11]

Truely.....black dont crack!!!

[@girleyreds11-11]

He was amazing in Oz...every actor in that series was

[@DrZae]

hearing about how hard it was for the original movie to get green lit and the other hardships that came with the development of the film makes me appreciate the film even more on top of it just being a straight up classic. Awesome documentary!

[@alisonarias978]

I remember running to my mum and very proudly saying “mum!! I didn’t get scared this time” 😂 this movie is my childhood

[@NOTMYWATCH]

Awesome job guys!! This was right up there with Galaxy Quest, my fav by you guys, so far. Great work!!

[@ThePopcast]

Thank you! Appreciate the support :)

[@neilgodwin6531]

I love James Acaster! How did I not know about this? Regarding ATC (2016), seeing the female characters cast as heroes and the male as a himbo put me off. Annie Potts wasn't just a secretary, she was efficient, intelligent and dedicated "I've quit better jobs than this" she says, so obviously experienced as a PA / secretary

[@JurassicRod]

You missed Extreme Ghostbusters. Real Ghostbusters really deserved more focus as it was that cartoon and toy line that made the franchise a phenomenon in the 80s.

[@aaronrocks365]

Born in the early 80s, I came into this world watching Ghostbusters. I obsessed over the movie and cartoon when I was a kid so much it became a part of me. I had all of the toys and action figures, too. Even at 41 I still pop in my Blu-ray collection of GB1 & 2 like I used to do with the VHS tapes so many years ago, and I enjoy watching it so much more as an adult. I just got through watching them again and the nostalgia always leaves me wanting more. Of course, I had to watch a documentary on the history of the franchise, and that's how I ended up here. I always wondered why the original cast never made a 3rd movie, and now I know why. As solid and worthy as Afterlife and Frozen Empire are to be Ghostbusters films, they did well enough in the transition to a new generation, which is a lot less arbitrary than changing the characters completely like in the all-female cast. But, even with that, The Ghostbusters, to me, will always be Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson. I wish they could have made a successful final sequel before Harold Ramis died. I always thought it would be awesome if one of the Ghostbusters movies could have taken a much darker, more serious epic horror-film-like path. Maybe that would be a great idea for a 8-part series one day.

[@jessiesandoval1269]

Ghostbusters is a key moment of my childhood, i can honestly say it's been a franchise that has brought me piece and happiness as an adult

[@paulvickers7441]

Yeah… it helps is you know the difference between “piece” and “peace”.. you should run for office, you’d do very well and I hear there might be an opening soon

[@369frequencyandvibration]

This documentary is so well put together!

[@thatoldyorkshiregeek142]

"Listen! Smell somethin'?" 🤣

[@ThePopcast]

[@geggy310]

What is this from? The kitchen scene in the video game?

[@thatoldyorkshiregeek142]

@@geggy310 The library at the start of the first film

[@geggy310]

@@thatoldyorkshiregeek142 can’t believe I didn’t remember

[@CacD47]

Smells like teen spirit? 😮

[@PJO1961]

🤗Shane, great job. This should be a Blu-ray extra.

[@ThePopcast]

Thank you Penny! You are awesome :) 🥰

[@369frequencyandvibration]

FOR SURE !

[@robinmabbott7334]

-Back then I was at my friend Debbie's house , going thru her music when I came across an old cassette , Thin Lizzy Live" . I asked if I could borrow it and she said yeah So That night we are in bed with the tape playing and reminiscing when suddenly we heard " click it it on ? Yeah Go "Who you gonna call Ghdtbustrs"" Debs kids had gotten hold of what the thought was an old tape plugged up the hole and recorded themselves singing . We laughed so hard we nearly wet ourselves

[@JoeCroninSHOW]

Thanks!

[@THETONESHOW]

Great doc it hit all the big themes and nails from the franchise. I’m 44 and I have been a fan since I can remember as a kid. This video and every doc about the process of making a movie reminds us that movie making is a giant group project and the results vary greatly and include a lot of happenstance and just plain luck. Cheers!

[@nick6var]

Marketing couldn't decide what 2016 was going to be. Sequel? Remake? They tried to sell it as both, but its audience wasn't there. The fans of the franchise, from opening day in 1984, the kids who had the toys, drank the Hi-C Ecto Cooler at lunchtime, who watched the first cartoon series and played the games...THEY said, "This is not our Ghostbusters." WE said, "If you love this crap, then you buy the tickets. You buy the action figures and all the tie-ins you want. YOU support this new direction. We'll stick with our old franchise, ladies."

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

💯

[@jasonrusso9808]

My favorite was Egon holding a straight face while signaling to Pete the amounts. Just the way they read each ither to know how to even begin that. They knew each other so well to pull some flim-flam. And the fact that they were so hastily assembled (ad hoc) that they never discussed the invoice prior.

[@Chris_M_Gaming]

More Ghostbusters!!! By the original family and friends cast members! I personally hated Ghostbusters 2016 for a reason! I was 10 years old when I watched the original 1984 movie. It's been apart of my life. Well done on such a great video!!!! Seriously you kept me engaged from the beginning. I learned a lot from this. BM either saved it or killed it tbh. At least he came back for afterlife and Frozen Empire. Better late than never!!! As they say.❤

[@Philly-lq6zr]

I enjoyed watching ghost buster 2016 , , , First 2 min off it , should have called it ghost crappers , , 😅😅😅 can't beat the original, actors ,

[@neilgodwin6531]

Murray is overrated, his ego is the size of a planet. Not answering repeated messages is just rude, even if you get a staff member or agent to do it., at least acknowledge it. His appearance in Quantumania didn't help the film one iota. It was still pisspoor

[@Ultamami]

*a part, not "apart", which means the opposite. 🙄

[@Ultamami]

​@@Philly-lq6zr*of, not off

[@Studeb]

"It failed to reach their expectations as highest grossing comedy of all time." :D

[@EddieBloecher]

Love Rick Moranis but oh God , Candy so would have been fun in that role as well!

[@mikeklinger1712]

I think Candy would have played a ghost better! Kind of a Madhatter type!

[@Mr.Freeze420]

Honestly, afterlife is exactly what we needed after the reboot, when me and my mother went to go see the reboot we were the only ones in the cinema. I will not let anyone change my mind but imo is an almost perfect movie. I don't understand why the cast got hate though, i feel like they are relatable. Afterlife was a movie made for fans and to give closure to Harold Ramis' death.

[@guyveromega27]

Leslie Jones wasn't attacked by racists and sexists. She couldn't handle the fact her movie was bad and made the claim people were attacking her for those reasons. Very similar to how Disney copes with bad criticism for their lousy Star Wars shows/films.

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

Definitely. Nowadays, anytime someone uses the "RaCiStS!" Or "SeXiStS!" Buzzwords, it is just code for: "I didn't like the criticism that I received from fans so they are the problem, not me." Smh

[@soulman902]

I refuse to watch Ghostbusters Answer the Call. I believe it is a slap in the face of Ghostbusters fan everywhere. Ghostbusters Afterlife was what we needed

[@jonbourgoin182]

The idea of kid Ghostbusters was not much better. The "Junior Ghostbusters" ruined the cartoon and it didn't do much for me in the new movies either, sorry just my opinion.

[@theMyouknow]

Just wished they had Ivo Shandor as the main villain instead of Gozer, he died dirty in Afterlife but it was okey much better then the 2016 trash.

[@alexatkin]

I had zero objection to them doing a female cast movie. I gave it a chance, it just wasn't funny, I didn't feel any chemistry between the characters and Chris Hemsworths character was painful to watch and kinda offensive. They completely missed everything that made Ghostbusters good.

[@christopherhamilton5557]

Afterlife was AWESOME! Love that movie.

[@utubepunk]

​@@jonbourgoin182I don't see how Ghostbusters Extreme ruined a cartoon that was no longer on the air. I appreciated how they handled the source material.

[@matthewmagee3123]

This video is a big bull of awesome!! How many hours of work went into producing this? Brilliant!

[@jonmetcalf6565]

Great video, deserves way more views that it currently has (163k as of writing)

[@rorymurray256]

I enjoyed this. But I wish you would've mentioned the late Michael Gross. He had been Art Director for National Lampoon Magazine and also designed the iconic Ghostbusters logo.

[@williamdixon-gk2sk]

Ya, the whole team at lampoon were ahead of their time. Dude made the 2nd most recognizable logo in the world behind Coca-Cola.

[@thefurtherstudios600]

I say keep it coming. It’s worth it even if there’s just one more “really really good one” ghostbusters for life!!

[@vladyvhv9579]

Yeah. I feel like Frozen Empire was just a bit of more ambition than they could properly fit into conventional movie runtime. Hopefully, they'll take note of that. The Ghostbusters fans won't mind a big ambitious narrative. It just needs to not be compressed into a single movie, or a single movie's runtime. Give us Ghostbusters: The Extended Dune-Length Epic as a 4-6 hour movie or a series of 2-3 movies, and we'll be all for it. We love the universe, the characters, the creators, the actors, the stories. We just would rather not have a 4-6 hour narrative shortened to 2 hours, because it's a lot harder to really get invested in all of what's going on.

[@midago7332]

Amazing doco. Well done, this should be definitely the official history and should be on a future disk 😊

[@ventanaestudiocreativo]

Amazing work Man! I seen a few Ghostbusters behind the scenes and documentaries and this ones had a lot of things the other ones didn't, and it was very entertaining! Saludos from Chihuahua!

[@damienrosario2471]

Terrific work on this video. Very interesting!

[@JacobDean88]

Man, Dan has some wild ideas...lol. If he got his way, we would have some pretty insane Ghostbusters stories. Awesome video!! Thank you! It really took me back.

[@14percentviking]

The female ghostbusters movie should be labelled a crime against cinema

[@jrag1000]

Hi didn't like gb2 as much as gb1, the problem I had with gb2 was the time of the year, Christmas new years, it was too cheesy.

[@jrag1000]

The reboot was terrible because they tried too hard to feminise it.

[@danielgyllenbreider]

Ideological propaganda has ruined many franchises. Luckily Afterlife provided a good ending that most fans wanted to see i think.

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

​@danielgyllenbreider Exactly 💯 Also, Leslie Jones can sit down with her Conspiracy Theory comments.

[@GHMYahooka]

hemsworth was really funny though

[@everycloud3388]

I wish I could speak to Sony executives and the directors, producers and everyone involved. I have so many ideas for the franchise and stories. Alas I am an aging actor with no agent and no way to get in contact... basically I'm a nobody! I loved every minute of this video! You sound a lot like Casey Kasem! It made listening so much more enjoyable. Thank you!

[@369frequencyandvibration]

This documentary is so interesting that I'm rewinding to parts i missed!

[@Firefly55X]

Whoever thought Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire was a mediocre movie, does not have good taste. The most awfullest was the one with a all female cast. Frozen Empire was a awesome movie compared to even Ghostbusters 2. Some people just do not know what greatness is.

[@vladyvhv9579]

Frozen Empire is good. It's not great, but it's certainly not bad. It is a bit too busy-feeling. It really feels like with all the stuff in it, it needs twice the run-time or a part 1 and part 2 type of separation. It's that feeling of too much going on in the allotted time that works against it. Makes it harder to really connect with the story/characters because there's so much having to bounce around.

[@Corleone1891]

FanTASTIC work.

[@humble1ne]

Thank you for doing this in-depth, comprehensive documentary. I enjoyed every bit of it and, as a Ghostbusters enthusiast, there were many facts I didn't know until this. It's funny to think we could've had Eddie Murphy as the 4th, but I'm glad Ernie won the role!

[@johnedward8352]

Just look at that list of movies from 1984... all classics. Was 84 the greatest year for movies ever?

[@Liz19791]

1984 the year of iconic classic movies. Ghostbusters Gremlins Beverly Hills Cop Terminator A Nightmare on Elm street Sixteen candles Police Academy Purple Rain Karate Kid....etc. Theyll never make movies like these again. I grew up in the 80s with ghostbusters and completely disgusted when they made answer the call it was crap. Afterlife looks like it may be true to the originals and i might give it a chance though.

[@johnedward8352]

@Liz19791 Afterlife was pretty good! Very nostalgic. Agree completely about 1984. I was 7. Such a great decade! Peace to you Liz 😊

[@Liz19791]

@@johnedward8352 Thanks peace to you also. I was 5 then and remember it all. It absolutely was the last great decade well the 90s had its moments. I will eventually check out afterlife. Im still leery about Frozen Empire though.

[@MarcKingston-se4rd]

1981 was a good year for films…

[@vladyvhv9579]

No. But the 80s were the greatest decade for everything.

[@Dj.MODÆO]

This brought me back to when I was 5-6 years old. The ghostbusters theme was everywhere and everyone including me was excited to see it.

[@StairwellTheCat]

This was the most fun I’ve had watching any video longer than 10 minutes in ages. Only Ghostbusters content can keep my fractured attention span in check long enough to relive the history of my favourite franchise with some amazing facts I hadn’t known. Thank you for this epic.

[@PhillipJackson-rl5ty]

I'm an Extremely Huge Fan Grew up on it LOVED Everything that has been done I Want this New Franchise to continue for along time to come...Thank you✌️😎

[@michaelkottler]

The Popcast is dropping mad GB knowledge here.

[@DrLeroyGreen]

For a stoned script, it's pretty tight!

[@AC-ih7jc]

My earliest memory of Ghostbusters is the spring of '84, my last semester of college, driving around Long Island and seeing posters stapled to phone poles bearing this strange logo of a red "NO" symbol over a ghost. No words. No date. Not even a title. Just the logo. And I was seeing it _everywhere_ ! (...and Ghostbusters 2 was the last movie I ever saw at a drive-in.)

[@markboz3366]

My favourite cinema experience. I went with a few friends for the first Saturday matinee at the Odeon. There were thousands turned up for a few hundred seats. The foyer was packed but we managed to get in. Still nowhere near the ticket booth we gave the smallest guy our money and sent him crawling along the floor to get the tickets. He got there just before the police arrived to control the crowd. In the theatre the film started and the place was buzzing. As soon as Ray Parker Jr started to sing so did everyone else. About halfway through the song the film was stopped. The manager came to the front and demanded we all calm down and stop or he wouldn't restart the film. Needless to say a lot of popcorn got wasted on him. He gave up and we carried on singing. I have never seen so much excitement for a film and it didn't disappoint.

[@juliepoirier1320]

this sounds incredible

[@utubepunk]

What a great memory! Thanks for sharing!

[@sarahfields288]

What a great video. I enjoyed listening and reminiscing while I crochet

[@Kilroy_5150]

Can you imagine the group walking out and Gozer looking and sounding like Pee Wee and Murray asking, "Somebody wanna tell me why Gozer looks like Pee-Wee Herman? nuff said?

[@BlackCeII]

Hell yeah, this is going to be a great story if told by Popcast!! I'm excited

[@ThePopcast]

Appreciate you!

[@Dreamprism]

Good and fair explanation.

[@arcadia5886]

I think the animated episode where the Ghostbusters went to France could have been a movie for an '87 or '88 release. Dana could be involved because she took a job to Paris after her breakup with Peter. She could have a connection to the villain while the Ghostbusters study the Eiffel Tower as the world’s largest ghost container unit on the verge of breaking down.

[@cwell510]

This is such a great and thorough documentary, great voice over work and editing! Thanks for sharing!❤️💯

[@batticusmanacleas510]

My earliest memory of Ghostbusters is probably the same as anyone born around when I was (1981) Sheer pants-shidding terror at the librarian ghost like 10 minutes in. Stuff made for kids in the 80s often throws a little trauma in there. As a treat.

[@jonathanrendon8579]

Can't wait for more Ghostbusters!!! :)

[@RubyJones-sk9bq]

That was freaking epic ❤❤🎉😊

[@user-of-pot]

53:35 Leslie is the reason why I didn't want to watch it because of how they portrayed her in the trailers... its her character saying "i don't know if it's because I'm black or a woman but I am pissed" that was a nail in the coffin for me and I never even seen it. because of that style of black women died out in the mid to late 2000s so to me it was an old black women stereotype for a new movie

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

💯💯

[@innotech]

Afterlife was solid. Need to watch the new one

[@tobiasgamingOfficial]

My first memory of Ghostbusters was back in the mid 80s, when my cousin played the theme song and I was about 6 ...and damn I was blown away. I first saw the film when it was shown on local Danish television in the late 80s and have been a fan since, but I don't hate the 2016 reboot, but I don't like it either. I like Afterlife and I haven't seen Frozen Empire yet ...I know: "How can you be a fan if you haven't seen the latest GB movie?!". Haven't had the time yet ...sorry.

[@SPCHC]

I'm very glad that the only bias in this video is in favor of the franchise, it's a breath of fresh air from a lot of the negativity online about these movies. I've loved Ghostbusters since I was a little kid and I'll never stop loving it. Great video!

[@EpochUnlocked]

One thing I hated about the 2016 reboot. The lies slung at fans for "sexism and racism". The replacement of the originals was sexist, and attacking one of the largest segment of fans who happened to be white was racist. The media couldn't handle the backlash and lied out their a**es. Had the writers simply expanded the Ghost Busters universe initially, there wouldn't have been an issue. But yet, we were handed nostalgia wrapped crap and expected to consume "wahmen stronk" bs.

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

Perfectly said. 👏👏👏👏

[@bradpeterson7957]

Fantastic Doc! I hope we get at least one more live action movie. Kinda need to fix a few things from Frozen Empire.

[@rodh1404]

I sometimes wonder what significance Bill Murray thought having his character be killed off would have in a cinematic universe where ghosts are real.

[@zhongguojiayou2675]

I remember when I was a just 7-8 years old, me, my older sister who was 9-10 at the time went with my dad, to the local store to rent out videos of The Real Ghost Busters old classic cartoons on the old VHS tapes, I basically grew up watching those cartoons after school everyday. I used to love watching the old classic Real Ghost Busters cartoons. Never seen any of the remakes, I have the first two films on DVD & BD Blue Ray Disc set, I still love the first two movies, you know what they say, they don't make em like they used to. Films nowadays tend to be not made with the same kind of feel to them, everything's different now, it's a different generation, didn't feel the same to films now than when it was back then. I love the older films of Ghost Busters.

[@utubepunk]

I'm with you. The Real Ghostbusters was my favorite cartoon, even moreso than GI☆JOE & Transformers. I still want a RGB proton pack. Yeah, movies do feel different. I can't tell if it's nostalgia clouding my judgment or if it's objectively worse. Movies feel way to corporate these days.

[@paulvercetti6002]

Yeah I am a lot older than my partner and by the time it came out I was too old for it but she had me watching Shrek one night to experience something she grew up with. So I wanted her to experience something I grew up with so I had her watch the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film with me. Yeah they just HIT different back then much more adult themed, darker & grittier. We would eventually watch Ghostbusters 1 & 2. :)

[@DrBovdin]

I know that the 2016 detour was widely disliked for various reasons, but if what is said is true, that he didn’t want to disrespect the original, he has earned a bit of respect. That doesn’t change the fact that the film produced was a lemon. But you are allowed to fail occasionally. The main problem the movie ended up with apart from the reboot issues is that the dislike took on political undertones, and at least parts of the cast was happy to play along.

[@neilgodwin6531]

Never argue with the audience. They ultimately pay your salary. Captain Marvel and the Marvels both flopped. Largely because Cheese Larson and others laid into the paying MCU audience. Doctor Who is currently failing badly, because (imo justified) criticism of the poor script and weak plotlines was met with a barrage of borderline abuse from Ncuti Gatwa and a drag queen no one had heard of. People hate being lectured and spoken down to. Feig and others were unspeakably rude instead of taking the high ground and discussing the reasons people didn't like it like adults. If they had done so, we might be seeing a reappraisal of the film. They made such a reconsideration impossible by their attitude

[@DrBovdin]

@@neilgodwin6531 Yeah, you’re right. It’s been a while since the whole debacle and I almost forgot about Feig’s and some of the actors attitudes. That left a very sour and bitter taste in my mouth as well. The film as such is just bad, and can be tolerated as a dud. But the creators’ behaviour is harder to overlook. Nevertheless I tend to adhere to the philosophy of separating art from the artist, so I think I am far more forgiving than many, especially on the internet. That being said, I have very little interest in spending any mental effort, and even less, spending any money on revisiting that train wreck of a movie.

[@alexatkin]

@@neilgodwin6531 Its so annoying as I loved Captain Marvel and especially The Marvels, after getting pretty much bored with the Marvel franchise. Ms Marvel was a breath of fresh air to me in general, especially loved the art style of mixing comic book like assets into the show, which is something I usually hate but it was done so tasteful.

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

​@neilgodwin6531 That is exactly what I said. Most of the problems of that film were basically the reactions of the cast and director of the movie. Instead of doing what you said, they went after people simply because they didn't like the trailer. Furthermore, the impact that Afterlife had made those who were behind Answer The Call felt guilty for not respecting the audience.

[@joshhoke5637]

Great work! Ghostbusters is my favorite movie of all time

[@MoteofLobross]

Most everyone I know didn't like Answer the Call because... well... it was bad. Had nothing to do with the female cast. Hell, I thought Kate McKinnon was absolutely wasted on that garbage film.

[@Ironcabbit]

Agreed. I normally enjoy Feig’s films, but thought that GB: Answer the Call was a frequently illogical movie that insulted everyone’s intelligence while unfairly targeting men. It also forgot that Ghostbusting, while heroic and glamorous on occasion, is usually hazardous, sweaty, disgusting, scary (and not just because of the ghosts), underpaid work.

[@MoteofLobross]

@@Ironcabbit I just thought it was un-funny and tonedeaf.

[@printisdead1983]

Exactly it was like they were making fun of the original, and they turned it into a damn loony tunes cartoon as well, and it was like every actress was like " heyhey yea you ,look at me im funny,no im funny,no im funny"

[@Elizabelle79]

There was way too much improvisation. And too much dancing. It felt like an SNL skit that way overstayed its welcome.

[@Sakura_Shadows]

McKinnon was the only thing I enjoyed about that film. Her character was weird and quirky enough to be likeable, but the film just wasn't funny.

[@IsKor06]

The first time I wattched the movie was on my grandma's crappy little TV back when I was 6 or 7. I got immediately hooked by the moivie. The packs, the CAR, the overall atmosphere.. Began a ghosthead this very day. I saw all the other movies in theaters, and at one time I wore the hell out of my VHS as I was watching GB1 or 2 ON A DAILY BASIS. Since then I never ceased to love this franchise.

[@misterx530]

Great video!!! Instant subscribe.

[@chadchesney3858]

Wow. This is great. I never knew “I want a new drug” was being used as background music on set and then sent to Ray Parker on tape. I mean it just doesn’t sound as underhanded that way. Not Parker’s fault really.

[@thedys70]

Both artists "borrowed heavily" from Pop Muzik by Z [1983]

[@Demonologist_Eddie]

Yes, at least one more for sure! Trilogy with the new cast would be nice as long as it's done right 👻

[@archmagefrey]

Buckle up Buckaroos!

[@ThePopcast]

🥰

[@Greysen2025]

Ghostbusters has huge potential! I would love to see other GhostBuster movies made. When GB 2016 came out, I wrote a script on how to fix it. Maybe I will share that story later. Other co-workers loved it, but said they didn't like GB 2016 movie enough to save it. For a new GB movie plot: The dates of the Gozer temple are very important. I was writing a script that tied in real life into the 1883, 1908, and 1945 dates. It connected how Egon knew "don't cross the streams" and Ray picking up instantly on the "total protonic reversal", how it closed the last two previous Gozer portals. My script was based on Gozer being the precursor of a larger entity who allowed Gozer to secure the realm first. Because Gozer didn't return, it meant Gozer was the dominion of earth ushering in this new adversary. So understanding what Egon had been researching leads to the library lady holding the secrets to total protonic reversal of another Mad Scientist who closed an internal dimensional portal in Tunguska 1908. These group of paranormal inquisitors were in-part some of the inspiration Egon and Ray had when they met in college. The concept of crossing the streams originated from interconnecting beams of lights. One beam was a transmitter and the other was a receiver, but both connected through the ionosphere to conduct massive high frequency spectral power. Since the ionization rate of ghosts were not discovered at this time, the thought was to create an overwhelmirng beam of ionized particles to change the ionization of the ghosts, then overwhelm the ghost ionization with supercharged electrostatic spectral frequencies. Connecting two light beams together caused the underpowered receiver to act as a backfire conduit for the stronger beam. Hence crossing the beams meant one would overpower the other and cause the weaker beam to explode gat thre speed of light as it did in Tunguska 1908 (still a misunderstood event) Using the magnetic north the team set up the weaker beam aligned to the magnetic north to create an Aurora Borealis effect of which the stronger transmitter aimed at the magnetic north of the Aurora Borealis, this created an around the globe charged firing weapon into the Tunguska Gozer portal. The library lady was given the plans charged with safeguarding these secrets in a book the librarian ghost lady is often seen reading. She was murdered to obtain the backfiring protonic reversal device. But after death, she warned the team that Ivo Shandor was hunting them after making contact through a spirit listening device in a high frequency laboratory in New York she knew about. Nikola Tesla's life spans through 1883 to 1943. Tesla read many books his father gave to him, one was about ancient Samarian gods and Tesla was fascinated with the paranormal (essentially copying Dan Aykroyd's life fascination in the paranormal). Tesla used his earthquake machine to create the 1883 Krakatoa eruption to stop Gozer the first time as a cover for traveling abroad. Then Tesla created a weapon which would vaporize spectral entities instead of trapping them (a divergence of Ghostbusters trapping them to escape later). This technology was shared only with a few people including the librarian ghost lady. The 1945 return of Gozer leads the crew to operate the portal closing device, but without the inventor who died 2 years prior. The portal is closed, but kill the remaining two crew who were also being hunted down by Ivo Shandor. So the only one who knows of this technology is a dead librarian (of whom the GB have not caught). The 1945 plan to stop Gozer succeed, but Ivo barely excaped. I've Shandon rebuilt the penthouse in the first GB movie. Ray and Winston help the new GBs and GB engineering redesign the Storage facility to parcel out Gozer into separate containers and figure out how to extract partial entities from the firehouse storage facility. The GB group have to study what Egon had knowledge of and talk with the librarian ghost lady for the secrets to stop this new advisory. The Ghostbusters will have to build a new mobile platform and find a way how to power the protonic reversal device from their collective creative geniuses. It could be a two part movie. Everything listed is based on real science and an alternate Nikola Tesla theory to the Tunguska blast that fits in nicely to the back story of Egon, Tesla, the librarian lady, and the Ghost Corps universe. What are your thoughts?

[@jayluck8047]

Lindsey Buckingham didn’t want to be a “soundtrack guy”? Like Huey, he then went on to provide tracks for the “Back to the Future” soundtrack.

[@hayvern]

The problem with the all female movie was that it came about in this time when everyone was pushing this DEI situation. People largely are sick of having that pushed down their throats and the comments of the makers of the movie and the cast just made it worse. It is a phenomena that continues even today with apparently no end in site.

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

Precisely. Keep in mind that 2016 was also an election year, like 2024. Once Trump won the first time, the media exploded with Hollywood trying to preach to the audience who dared disagree with them

[@Cmoth040]

I didn't pan the 2016 Ghostbusters because of any issues with women or any ethnicity, I actually find all of the cast to be very funny. However, I hated the thought that they were recasting the original characters and completely destroying the previous universe that was created. I would have loved to have seen all of the same cast doing new characters with their own personalities putting a unique spin on them. It was a missed opportunity from them, but I never regretted not seeing it. I had too much respect for the original material to want to take part in its destruction, I just wished the studio had thought the same.

[@DisobedientSpaceWhale]

2:40 you show a copy of The English Ghost by Peter Ackroyd, who is definitely not Dan's father 😂

[@joshmedici]

I really enjoyed this document. Thanks for creating such thorough video.

[@phillipjensen5201]

The comic book series is amazing

[@maxmattt]

Many people (including Dan Akroyd himself) consider the 2009 Video game as ghostbusters 3. 53:32 He said that but to this day he still refuses to admit that he made an absolute stinker that was an affront to the franchise and it's fans. Thank God I van's son Jason "Answered the call" and gave us a movie worthy of the Ghostbusters name. 1:14:44 Imagine taking seriously a review from rotten a tomatoes "Critic"

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

Rotten Tomatoes is an example of things that can't be trusted in today's society

[@GTXDash]

I liked Ghostbusters 2. I don't know why everyone hates it. Obviously, it ain't no Ghostbusters 1. But still a fun movie that I thought was funny in its own right.

[@BAM5636]

The first one is a perfect movie. Hard to follow that up. It isn't the first one sure but I enjoyed it as well.

[@paulvercetti6002]

So did I when you're a kid you don't notice that shit especially back then with no internet. Like a lot of franchises that only really have 2 films (not counting the recent two) there's shit you like better about the second film and there's shit you like better about the first film. What's another movie that only had 2 parts? Oh YEAH... Home Alone! 🤐😂

[@paulvercetti6002]

Okay I'm gonna get corrected here 🙄 so I'm just gonna explain myself... In MY brain... much like there are only two Ghostbusters films, Home Alone 3 & 4 do NOT exist!

[@pfarnsworth84]

​@@paulvercetti6002 It ain't Home Alone without Macaulay Culkin.

[@Branfaol1]

That hate to GB 2016 was do to it being a bad movie. It didn't help that Sony was deleting any negative comments about the move trailer even tame one like but they kept up the sexist and bigoted ones. Which were really messed up

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

Which did nothing but create Left Wing Conspiracy Theories about Ghostbusters

[@NOTMYWATCH]

Here we goooooooo

[@johnnyredd360]

I've watched Ghostbusters since I was in the first grade, I'm 21 going on 22 and after this long I've finally made the decision to buy a proton pack kit!! It's looking absolutely beautiful but still in the process of building it, I'm trying to be as close as possible to making what the production team for the second movie called a "semi hero" which mine will be my own personal version but also keeping it movie accurate. I've actually enjoyed this video especially the history with the third movie that was never made, I've actually heard about this a long time ago but still remember the details wishing Harold would've loved longer to make it happen

[@bridgetclement2968]

I wasn't born when the original came out in 1984. I was 4 when the 2nd one came out. Grew up watching the movies during Halloween. Also loved the Cartoon

[@utubepunk]

Would love to see your pack. Please post a vid when you're done! 🙏

[@goodygiggles5410]

There's only one great Ghostbusters movie. The second movie was ok and pretty good compared to the last thirty years of movies, but far from the original. Still, I'm glad to have the sequal. The 2016 movie was an insult. The newer two are basic movies that although are decent compared to modern movies, do not stand up to the standard set by the original at all. Sadly, we only got one amazing Ghostbusters story, but at least they caught it on video and we can watch it whenever we want.

[@Bims-t5b]

Fun fact: most of the og mythbusters team actually came from industrial light and magic

[@michaelreed1768]

I want to see the original smasher movie now

[@davebooth5608]

I went to see Ghostbusters the night it released. I went 7 more times the following week. I’m 53 now and have never seen any other film more than twice. The SPFX floored me. And remains in my top 5 films ever.

[@mayakyen3695]

I was a 4 yr old when it came out. I Loved it hahaha. Bill Murray was one of my fav comedic actors back then cus i grew up on the old SNL stuff with Murray and Murphey. But also i Loved this movie cus it was silly and spooky.

[@Doomzdayxx]

Ghostbusters II wasn't as good as the original, but it had it's merits and in hindsight, it was WAY better than anything that came out afterwards.

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

I think the sequel wasn't as bad as others have said

[@OyDoggy]

Where do people get get this idea that someone has the right to not be offended. No. People can decide to be offended about anything. Nobody has an obligation to care or even think about the feelings of others so I suggest people care less about the opinions of others. People have no obligation to like you. As long as someone isn't hurting you physically (your feelings don't matter) or; financially. Just move on.

[@evantgm1055]

Something I don’t see a lot of people mention when talking about Answer the Call is that Sony was found out to have been deleting comments that had actual criticisms of the movie and leaving the racist and sexist comments