What Could Have Been - Ghostbusters 3: Hellbent

[@jiffah]

Dan Akroyd said in interviews that Ghostbusters the video game (2009) is pretty much the closest to Ghostbusters 3 we will ever get.

[@jeremyriley1238]

And it was, until Ghostbusters: Afterlife was released.

[@Bingo_the_Pug]

⁠​⁠@@jeremyriley1238 Afterlife felt more like an epilogue. A true GB3 film should’ve been set in the 90’s like the video game, they probably could’ve even got Rick Moranis to return before he officially retired

[@Bored_Barbarian]

@@Bingo_the_Pug he retired effectively years ago to take care of his kids. Kind of un-retired lately

[@HeyJay2000]

​@jeremyriley1238 I definitely would say Afterlife is a Ghostbusters 3. Like yes, it is the third installment of that universe. Ghostbusters the video game is by far more of a Ghostbusters 3 than Afterlife is. It literally continues from Ghostbusters 2.

[@Elitesolider1023]

To me, afterlife was more like a fourth movie than a third installment, really. I wish they did do that but that would probably confuse the majority of people that have sadly not played the game. It's also sadly. The reason it didn't do so well because the lack of marketing I bet I'm glad they did remastered it though. Still should be canon it even properly explained about everything about shandor and the moods line, which probably has a connection between gozar and vigo I always knew there was a connection between them and that she helped vigo rise ine power​@HeyJay2000

[@johncole015]

Ghostbusters 3 did come out in video game form with all the original cast member reprising their voices.

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Yup and it rocked

[@willcorker763]

It's also Canon. I remember Winston saying he was getting his degree.

[@geesterfunk]

The lore in that game is fantastic! If you know you know!

[@tord6725]

@@willcorker763 check again mate. It was changed for afterlife by Dan

[@DREQON2005]

@@Bulletsandblockbusters of course that game was unbelievable but this would have been so awesome if it was made in live action with the original actors

[@anothergamingchannel2656]

There's also another major issue that put the brakes on ghostbusters 3 and played a roll in Bill Murray rejecting anything to do with it. From my understanding him and Harold Ramis weren't on good terms after making the movie "groundhogs day." There was a lot of friction on set between them and they had a falling out and weren't on speaking terms up until Harold Ramis became ill and was close to passing away.

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

100% They were at odds after Groundhog Day for years unfortunately.

[@richardhussey-cq2se]

@@Bulletsandblockbusters Yes. That is strange, since Groundhog Day was a very good film!

[@jpav35]

I believe it was in Netflix's Ghostbusters episode of "The Movies That Made Us" where Ramis' daughter said Murray went to Chicago toward the end of Harold's life, stopped by a police station, asked if they could take him to see Harold (they hadn't spoken in so long, he didn't know where Ramis lived anymore), they did, and the two made up before Harold's passing. As a lifelong Ghostbusters fan, that story had me in tears.

[@RoosterMontgomery]

I guess he really wanted to make Large than Life (1996) instead of a proper GB3.

[@chm9935]

Murray had a rep of being difficult to work with too.

[@headspaceastronaut]

the closest we'll ever get to the Ghostbusters 3 is the Ghostbusters Videogame, that had a script written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, and featured all of the ghostbusters since it was made before Harold's passing

[@noneofyourbusiness43]

I remember thinking that wasn't bad but don't remember much, have to see if I can find it back

[@somebuddyX]

I have a soft spot for Ghostbusters 2. It does have much too similar structure to the first one but I like that it brings in the river of slime, Vigo, elevated Louis' role, the Statue of Liberty scene, and just the overall message that kindness will triumph in the end.

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

I love it!

[@anthonyflabi4854]

GB2 is my personal favorite.

[@richardhussey-cq2se]

I quite like Ghostbuster 2 as well. I do not think it is quite as good, as the first 1, but still quite good.

[@jpav35]

I loved 2 more than the original when I was a very young lad in the early 90s, and I still have a soft spot for it, but the original overtook its place in my heart by my early teens. I even went well over a decade without seeing 2 until my late-20s, and I somehow never recognized the same plot beats until then.

[@TheBaldr]

Consider what box office competition it had, it did surprisingly well. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade had just come out in the previous weeks, Star Trek: The Voyage Home had come out the week before. Then Ghostbusters, then the next week The Batman movie and Honey I shrunk the Kids, then Lethal Weapon 2 the week after.

[@jasonorriss]

I quite enjoyed Afterlife, but in my ideal world, Ghostbusters 3 would have been made in 1991 or 1992 or something, and Ghostbusters 4 would have been a reunion movie made around 2011/2012 with the original cast coming back for one last adventure (along the lines of Star Trek VI:The Undiscovered Country). 2016 and 2022 would have been next generation movies with a handover to a new crew carrying on the legacy.

[@dino-man5475]

We kind of got Ghostbusters 3, it’s also set in 1991, it’s a video game written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, it casts all four of the original Ghostbusters, Annie Potts as Janine Melnitz and William Atherton as Walter Peck.

[@jasonorriss]

@@dino-man5475 Yeah I have played the video game, and I did enjoy it, but I sort of felt like it was Ghostbusters 1.5 bringing back all the usual elements like Slimer, Stay Puft, and linking back to Gozer and Shandor (which Afterlife was also guilty of). The game is the closest thing we’ll have to Ghostbusters 3, but I still dream of a parallel universe where there was a live action movie back in the early 90’s with a brand new villain and plot.

[@Elitesolider1023]

​@@jasonorrissWell, at least we did get gorick. However, you spell his name. I just tell him that for sure. Cause it sounds cooler and he was definitely a cool villain. I would still love to see a team up with him and vigo and gozer Literally a sinister, six moment orchestrated and led by a god among gods that brings them together.

[@AntillesFilms]

Dan Aykroyd should publish his Hellbent script.

[@Elitesolider1023]

It should be ghostbusters five fuck yes.

[@Greenpenguin-s1q]

He should

[@kingovharts]

Sounds like an episode of real Ghostbusters where they go to a parallel dimension where ghosts bust humans in a hellish Manhattan.

[@Noob_Guy2k]

The fact the og cast is in that reboot is punch to the face

[@juniora1670]

I absolutely love Ghostbusters 2. Also, the video game is phenomenal and Afterlife was really good. Especially considering it had to set up a whole new cast and it was focused on kids.

[@Vegan_Photographs]

I agree, I don’t understand why people say it’s poor?

[@BlackangelKatakuri]

I don't like the kids idea tbh gives Dexter vibes

[@joshjonas2856]

Afterlife film was fucking awesome and great for the third Ghostbusters movie

[@DJManiakNYC]

This video essay conjured up a memory that before it went into production, Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey had the working title of "Bill and Ted go to Hell". I don't know how many changes were made from the original draft from what we got (since there's at least one Hell sequence in the finished product), but it might make for an interesting essay if there's any information to mine about it.

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

I'll look into it

[@M567dk]

In all honesty, the fact that Ghostbusters Afterlife was able to reunite the original OG Ghostbusters, even for an appearance was a feat into itself. To be fair, Ghostbusters the video game with the original cast is as close to Ghostbusters 3 as we may as well get.

[@Guernicaman]

"Hellbent" sounded like it potentially would've been a lotta fun. Since such a movie nowadays would be impossible, if I were Sony, I would make the story into a video game. It could be the official-unofficial midquel between Ghostbusters 2 & Afterlife.

[@Elitesolider1023]

No, no, no, no screw that. That should be the fifth movie, my friend. It's perfect way.Perfect hellbent Here we come.

[@MosheMedia2000]

Ray Stanz's cameo in 'Casper' is canon btw, incase you didn't know. It was confirmed by the director in a interview. 👍

[@anomaly395]

Hold up, so Casper is canon to Ghostbusters?

[@MosheMedia2000]

@@anomaly395 according to a Ghostbusters writer in an official interview, yes!

[@anomaly395]

@@MosheMedia2000 Huh. And here I thought it was just a fun cameo lol.

[@sebastiansmallbrain9802]

I just realized Bill Murray has still been in every ghostbusters movie. Even the 2016 one

[@Bored_Barbarian]

I guess I’m in the minority, but I loved Afterlife. Would definitely watch a sequel with Rudd

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Plenty do! I thought it had potential but personally found it disappointing.

[@richardhussey-cq2se]

I liked it as well. 30 years since Ghostbusters 2, I think they did ok.

[@blackenedwhite5127]

It was good. I loved it!

[@LMK-Gaming]

The 2009 videogame is my Ghostbusters 3 even though we technically have a 3rd and 4th films now with Afterlife and Frozen Empire.

[@martingeerars9640]

I always thought a Ghostbusters (3) verses Beetlejuice (2) would be a hell of a movie

[@thecandlemaker1329]

Both franchises have been revived, so who knows?

[@MrEdwardmarlowe]

I think I just saw it too late - maybe 20 years after it was released - but honestly I always found Beetlejuice vastly overrated.

[@brandonspain12345]

​@@MrEdwardmarlowe That is an opinion I will not accept 😞

[@MrEdwardmarlowe]

@@brandonspain12345 Mrs Marlowe would agree with you.

[@FireMadeFleshII]

THANK YOU for calling 'Afterlife' out for what it is. Everything you said about it in this piece is what I said. The fandom was so desperate for something--ANYTHING that wasn't 2016's 'Answer the Call,' they put nostalgia blinders on because 1) We finally see the old gang of Ray, Peter, Winston & Egon (postumously) reunited & 2) Because many saw Afterlife as a last attempt at truly reinvigorating the franchise. I had a sense of that from the trailers & preview clips with the mini pufts, so even though I'm a die hard GB fan, I didn't see it theatrically. Eventually, when I did watch it, that third act confirmed every fear. It was cringy, eyeroll inducingly BAD. Ghostbusters is one those films that even though it deals in the fantastic, it's still very grounded in reality. The most real aspect of everything being the passage of time. There was a window for a true 3rd film & we all saw it slip away thanks to Bill Murray. The End.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

Yeah, it wasn't great. I think most people at least partially went to see Afterlife just to spite Paul Feig 😄.

[@alnu8355]

I think it was a great pallet cleanser, but I'd hardly call it great. Definitely better than Frozen Empire though...

[@redrussell2159]

If they really wanted to make a third Ghostbusters movie they should have had just made Extreme Ghostbusters into a live-action movie

[@AutieDino]

The 2016 film issue wasn’t that the team was all female, it was that it was led by a one trick pony, that the press tour had actresses label anyone with genuine criticism as a ‘moms basement dwelling troll’ & that they waited until the VERY last second to release any footage I felt for Jones & McKinnon as they weren’t bad in the film but they couldn’t save it

[@Jaythesparrow]

Jones was terrible in the movie. Kate McKinnon was the only one who felt like she belonged in the Ghostbusters world. That movie was awful.

[@Wfalen]

The actors themselves were good, but the marketing and press releases were a terrible way to market a movie. The same was with netflixs Cowboy Bebop, they literally said that fans are stupid, so how did they expect people to feel? I did like the idea of having Chris Hemsworth playing a guy who is nothing but eye candy for the ladies. Because that's what he is mostly made to be, and this seemed like a parody of that.

[@srstriker6420]

I thought that the third would have Ivo Shandor as the main antagonist as his existence was hinted at in the first movie when the Ghostbusters were arrested as well the Videogame was closest thing to a third movie until Afterlife came and we got J.K.Simmons as Ivo Shandor. Do Ridley Scott’s I am Legend

[@GenGamesUniverse]

In the original script, Ivo Shandor was supposed to be the original antagonist in the film, not Zuul. It was supposed to have been Paul Reubens as Ivo Shandor and it would have been that Shandor was posing as the owner of the Sedgewick Hotel who the Ghostbusters meet in the beginning (the "WE GOT ONE!" scenes) and orchestrated the whole downfall of the Ghostbusters via Walter "Dickless" Peck.

[@queencancerous5332]

Ivo Shandor appears in Afterlife, and is immediately killed by Gozer

[@Elitesolider1023]

​@@queencancerous5332Pretty sure he's still around because how can you possibly kill something that's already dead plus in the game. He was also a ghost. I won't suspected the reason gozer ripped him in half. Because she was still p***** of him, trying to overthrow her and then he acts like a coward and comes crawling back to her.

[@Imac7065]

I've said this before... if the girl ghost busters was a sequel, and didn't make every male character in the movie an idiot or evil... it could have worked. The fact that they didn't comprehend this boggles my mind

[@scottotd]

Every male character in the first movie besides The Ghostbusters is an idiot or evil

[@KasumiKenshirou]

They could've had the original guys go missing and their daughters have to figure out what happened to them and rescue them.

[@truthhurts3305]

I’d like to see a comic book version of GB3 Hellbent

[@willhouston588]

They should have just written Murray out in '99 and made the damn thing. He would have been missed, but we might have been better off.

[@dcb_75]

I think Hellbent could have been an interesting films, not sure through if it would have been successful as it sounds much more like a horror film with the Ghostbusters in it than a Ghostbusters films. I will disagree with a couple things you said. Saying the Ghostbusters audience is mostly male isn't exactly true, it also has a large female component. The fact that they didn't support the film either shows no one wanted this film. With Afterlife, it is actually a pretty good show. I have never seen Stranger Things, it has 0 appeal to me despite growing up in the 80s but I thought tying Afterlife back to the original film like that was a good way to restart things. Considering they are making a sequel to it and not dropping it like thr 2016 film, it couldn't have been all bad.

[@GraySkull289]

With Frozen Empire coming out next year that script sounds like it would be good for the third film in the new series.

[@CorduroyPaco]

When I first heard about the all female Ghostbusters I was very excited about it. I thought it would be a cool new take on it and be different enough that people who loved the original wouldn't feel like it was stepping on any toes and it could be a whole new awesome thing. BUUUUUUUUUUUT the problem with it wasn't that it was four female characters, the problem was that it was horribly written and directed and was complete garbage. Truly disappointing.

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Exactly. It was just a really bad movie.

[@GenGamesUniverse]

I disagree, I went in to watch Afterlife knowing that I had played the video game and watched the original 2 films. Yes, it doesn't feature the original team until the end, but I like the fact that it doesn't force it on you that it HAS to be ghostbusters this, ghostbusters that. I liked the fact that it was Phoebe Spengler who found her grandfather's ghostbusters stuff in the hidden bunker too.

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Glad you dug it. It seems many do which surprised me after making this video. It seems to have a strong following.

[@DeathClonic]

Afterlife was fun and different. It's not exactly what I expected it to be, but it was a good movie.

[@NUKESDONTEXIST]

Wrong

[@Moleman_eyes]

​@@NUKESDONTEXISTopinions aren't wrong nor right

[@queencancerous5332]

It was pandering trash, it had the same problems The Force Awakens had.

[@olliesmith2890]

@@NUKESDONTEXIST And i suppose you are right, but still wrong. Its called a opinion mate, look up the description.

[@mlab3099]

If you’re reading this , you HAVE to play the game. It’s THAT good

[@ntcnetwork9934]

Afterlife’s great, I can’t wait for the sequel!

[@NUKESDONTEXIST]

Wrong

[@ntcnetwork9934]

@@NUKESDONTEXIST from my point of view it is YOU who are WRONG. 😂😂

[@NUKESDONTEXIST]

😂😂This ten year old prob loved the emoji movie too

[@JaySee5]

But what was the original Ghostbusters 2 that Murray liked?

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

It went through a few versions with some radical differences like being set in Scotland for example. I’m not sure which is the one Murray liked. It may have been more of a case of the pitch he heard being better than the script he’d eventually read.

[@choossuck7653]

So Ghostbusters 2 wasn't a failure. Its actually a classic movie

[@ConnorTheAdventurer2000]

At the time back in 1989, it was a failure

[@hipdude5277]

So ghostbusters 2 is a failure :) Imperial fact that it sucks!

[@crypticknight3652]

I always felt the videogame was Ghostbusters 3.

[@graefx]

I dont have as much hate for the 2016 Ghostbusters. But the Hellbent premise really highlights the problems with modern franchise revivals. Hellbent wanted to grow and mix things up and variety was what everyone wanted. Now, its all about reverence, reference, and nostalgia trying to capture or retread the old rather than doing fresh and interesting new ideas. I wish I had played the Ghostbusters game

[@Crazyairealestate]

Tbh the 2016 was alright and most of the comedy was funny but I do blame the very first trailer that was bad and misleading when the movie finally came out

[@graefx]

The first trailer was a complete dumpster fire. Jokes cut up and out of context, Patty looked like a clown and she ends up being the most reasonable and level headed one of the team, one of the jokes in the trailer that just seemed cringe and pandering got a genuine laugh outta me in theater. Movie had a lot of problems, including basically all of the 3rd act, but that first trailer doomed the whole thing.

[@daverichards9141]

Afterlife was terrific, we watched two different films.

[@Beercorn86]

I always knew that Dan Akroyd had written a third Ghostbusters movie about them going to hell but I didn’t know ALL OF THOSE DETAILS. Now that I hear fuller and more fleshed out synopsis, it actually does sound like it could have been really good.

[@Shane661]

Afterlife was really good, imo. Way, way better than expected. And I saw the original at the theater with my parents, when it came out. Had the game on my C64, too. 😊

[@FunkesBlowhard]

I view Ghostbusters: The Video Game as the third official movie. I've watched an edited together version of the cut scenes/play through and found it to be significantly better than what we got in Answer the Call and Afterlife. I completely agree with your take on Answer the Call: know your audience and don't actively antagonize them. I don't mind the prospect of an all-female team, but the execution and finger pointing that went into that production took away any interest I might have had.

[@cartooningwithchris5329]

I really don't think Afterlife is that bad honestly. I'll take that movie over Answer the Call which I just like to pretend doesn't exist. I would have liked to see a Ghostbusters 3 around 1999-2000. It's too bad that it didn't get off the ground.

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Lots of people like afterlife so you’re not alone. I didn’t love it but to each their own! But it’s a million times better than answer the call.

[@anthonyflabi4854]

This proves the point I made about "Afterthought" (aka: Afterlife) was nothing more than a bandaid movie in response to the major backlash of the 2016 movie. Both are incredibly bad movies. The video game was what we should have gotten as a proper CGI third Ghostbusters installment.

[@nathanforester5993]

Afterlife was definitely one I actually loved because in a way it was a perfect sendoff for Egon and managed to work the passing of the character into the story.

[@Malum09]

You Know, a mid '90s 3rd Ghostbusters movie starring the "Bad Boys of SNL" ( Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, David Spade, and Chris Rock with Rob Schneider in a small role) would have been a good "Passing of the Torch" movie for the franchise.

[@maxordman4100]

Certainly, it is a franchise that I am very devoted to. I love the original movie. I love Ghostbusters 2. I love the video game and I can see why the fans love to say it serves as a great stand-in for a “third movie” and in addition I love Afterlife. However, the Hellbent script sounds interesting and I would like to see it get more recognition. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this project.

[@johnaraya3761]

had to give myself a little time out but now its ghostbusters 3 lol how do you make these so short yet they feel like longform docs not thats a bad thing thats awsome i live on youtube and this is the only channel i ever felt that too wow love this channel thanks bud

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Thanks man! Really appreciate the kind words and support! Glad to have you

[@johnaraya3761]

@@Bulletsandblockbusters brother im going nowhere youll see me in the comments and thanks

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

I love it!

[@mead8519]

Afterlife was awesome

[@NUKESDONTEXIST]

Wrong

[@MainOneCollector]

I enjoyed every Ghostbuster movie. You cant hit a homerun every time at the plate. So some of the product will be better than others. I even enjoyed the female Ghostbuster movie I thought it was funny. Some things could have been tweaked story wise but it wasn't horrible as people say.

[@warlord1873]

Love the work , keep digging more, I am the eggs popping on Dana's counter

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Haha

[@walterhager8626]

Well we got afterlife which is an incredible movie and lived up to the original ❤❤❤❤

[@prosklystios]

What are your thoughts on the new Frozen Empire trailer?

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Where were the jokes? Lol. How bout you?

[@stevebragg4256]

@@Bulletsandblockbusters it was a teaser, not a full trailer. Were there a lot of jokes in the earliest trailers for GB1 and GB2?

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

That’s actually a very good point!

[@beebomcgroober9316]

It sounds like the "Man-Hell-ton" idea was worked into the animated series, or maybe it was vice versa? There was an episode very much like what you're describing where they visit "Boo York", a mirror image of New York completely inhabited by ghosts. I think it was called "Flipside"

[@tremorsfan]

I don't care what anybody else says, I loved the second film.

[@catpin]

Ghostbusters 3 movie was temporary canceled But ultimately it got revived as they reworked Ghostbusters 3 into Ghostbusters AfterLife I'm so happy.They bought it back the third Ghostbusters film of the original saga And they have to introduce The family of one of the Ghostbusters members Ego Spengler.

[@dpiddy82]

I'm glad someone has finally said it: GB: Afterlife really isn't great. And it definitely isn't "Ghostbusters". You summarised it perfectly, and exactly how I felt when I came out of the cinema. A hash up between Stranger Things and Super 8 with a wrapping paper of GB insignia. Answer the Call was just an awful movie but had great visual keys (the GB characters look great, but the film - nah). Like everyone who has come here to watch this video, GB1 is legendary. It is perfection. Turns out GB2 isn't actually all that bad when you look back on it and also compare it to what came after. For me an opportunity for a true GB3 film has been and gone. It should've been something based loosely around Extreme Ghostbusters. a handing of the torch moment. And also have been done, dusted and released before the end of the 90's. Oh and one more idea I have had today: they should definitely consider doing a standalone live action "The Real Ghostbusters" - coloured uniforms, lookalike actors to the cartoon character GB, Slimer as a friend, themes and sequences from the toon. I dunno, if done right it could be pretty good.

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Well said

[@bobbyscott2123]

Ghostbusters 3 would have to have been at least 91 or 92 ,93 Because ghostbusters 2 was released 1989 It was the same year as Batman, Indiana jones last crusade , black rain etc

[@CarlyCatharsis]

The 2009 Ghostbusters Game Actually DID Bring Back ALL The Originals in Voice Form & Used MANY GB3 Plot Elements! So It's The TRUE 3rd Film, Whereas #Afterlife is More Like Pt.4 & Therefore: "Answer The Call" Pt.5

[@Jaythesparrow]

Answer the call is not part 4 😂😂 it’s not connected to the main franchise and is quite honestly a piss poor excuse of a ghostbusters movie. Disrespecting the originals and their characters.

[@hoder1_]

I'm looking forward to the new movie but it is a shame we never got a #3 back in the day. I'd still be interested in seeing what could have been though, is there a copy of Dan Aykroyd's script floating around somewhere?

[@themikereda]

“Know your audience” I agree. Jason Reitman knew his audience and that’s why Ghostbusters Afterlife was a huge success for Ghostbusters fans. Yes they definitely retread a LOT of old ideas but it was a great way of bridging the 35 year gap and generating interest in the franchise again. You may not have wanted a sequel to Afterlife, but the fans do. Because of Afterlife’s success, they’ve made multiple new video games, a VR experience, there are more animated movies coming, and the “Firehouse” sequel. We’re pumped to have the crew and Ecto-1 and all the busting gear back at the firehouse in NY, and I can’t wait to see what they come up with. So yeah, know the audience. Looks like they do!

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Ya the next one looks like it’s gonna take place in nyc which I’m excited for and mildly optimistic

[@TheRealJerry]

Fun fact Ghostbusters (2016) is predicted in Ghostbusters II

[@DeceasedFlesh]

Ok I finally watched this video, I watched all your other videos first, and left this for last. I also subscribed, and I don't subscribe to just anyone. But I love your "what could have been videos"

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Thank you for the kind words. It means a lot and welcome aboard!

[@Sam_T2000]

_GB1:_ Entrepreneurs _GB2:_ Fat Cats _GB3:_ Washed-Up Has-Beens

[@mikearchibald744]

The only part I'd add is that to return to Ghostbusters Two, I'd heard that nobody really enthusiastically rejoined, what they were enthusiastic about is the fact that they were promised if they did a sequel none of them would ever have to work again.

[@and_metatheory]

I loved Year One, it came out at a time when I saw a lot of movies stoned at the theater, and it was so surreal and funny, David Cross was particularly good in that

[@boilingmanTV]

The animated series had an episode which must have existed in 1999 and must have been absorbed intentionally or unintentionally, by Akroid when writing this treatment 🤔 don’t recall the episode name, but in it the busters were transported to a ghost-themed parallel New York, called ‘Boo York’

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Yeah that was probably lifted from his script.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

@@Bulletsandblockbusters The Real Ghostbusters ended in 1991, so the cartoon writers couldn't have lifted anything from a 1999 script.

[@RyanSawyers577]

I have to say I’m kinda glad that out of all of the different ways this could have gone they didn’t get to do the ones where Venkman died, I love that character too much and I don’t think I could watch that

[@SAPProd]

I loved Ghostbusters 2 when I saw it in theaters, but it definitely is inferior. Now I’d like to know what the original Ghostbusters 2 that Murray was excited for would have been like!

[@bebozaha]

I really hope Ghostbusters Hellbent gets made, whether it's a live action movie or an animated movie or series, (even a novel or comic book). It sound too good and epic of a story to be left unmade.

[@ExaltedMarauder]

The year Harold Ramis passed away was also the year Robin Williams passed away. I loved both of them, but I was upset with how little time they paid homage to Harold Ramis during the 2014 Academy Awards recap that year of actors that have passed away because Robin Williams got the majority of the tribute time, followed by Paul Walker. Both were great and deserving of the tributes they received but Harold barely got any and it was frustrating to see that, as Harold should have had more time then he received.

[@BlackangelKatakuri]

Definitely more time than Paul Walker

[@houseofchinn6112]

I think GB 2016 caused the whole start of removing the dislike button. Which they shouldn't have done at all

[@josephrusso8135]

I tapped out at DT type character.

[@somarriba333]

I thought the name "Manhellton" sounded stupid but I can totally hear Ray or Egon coming up with that name in the movie and it would make sense. If they can make a 50 foot Twinkie work, so can Manhellton.

[@KSCGGuy14]

Wasn't there a part of this video where you briefly talked about Ghostbusters Afterlife or your thoughts on the 2016 reboot?

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Yes, I removed it

[@BKL809]

In my heart, and I think a lot of other Ghostbusters fans will agree that Ghostbusters: Afterlife is the 3rd film we never thought we'd get! can't wait for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire! 👻🚫

[@KingofCabal]

GB 2 got way too much hate. It was good in parts just a bit stupid in others. Compared to the other sequels its far superior. Bill Murray was really the only reason we never got a proper GB 3.

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

I love GB2, but that's also because I grew up with it. It definitely has its moments, but if I'm being objective I can see why it was a disappointment when it came out.

[@SLICK8116]

It was terrible 😅😂

[@LeftTownMedia]

I think Ghostbusters 3 should've began at The White House, similar to X-Men 2, where the staff witness poltergeist activity and the president encounters a ghost. It's revealedthere are numerous amateur ghostbusters throughout the country. Some are good at catching ghosts; others are not. The President requests the original Ghostbusters team- the real Ghostbusters- to come to the white House to solve the problem. The president explains that he was in Manhattan during the events of Ghostbusters 2 and was there when the fhostbusters brought the statue of liberty to life. The 4 original ghostbusters are invited to the white House where they investigate. I think a precise like that would've been good and had potential for some memorable comedy

[@Gu3stish3r3]

Imagine the green demons were just alternate slimers in the what could’ve been, Ghostbusters 3: Hellbent 2:27

[@business_casual_rex]

Those dark Ghostbusters uniforms are pretty drippy

[@walker1984]

I'm glad they waited to get the script right.

[@DblTap317]

I still like Ghostbusters 2 better than the first. As a kid i enjoyed the kid friendy speed of the 2nd. As an adult i like the first but i still have a bigger place in my heart for 2

[@CRUELLANDER]

I think they should’ve done a Ghostbusters film with this cast: Adam Sandler as a Ghostbuster Kevin James as a Ghostbuster Bruce Campbell as a Ghostbuster Ted Raimi as a Ghostbuster Vince Vaughn as the new lawyer of the ghostbusters Simon Pegg as the new receptionist & Nick Frost as the new Mascot of the Ghostbusters brand, wearing a costume of the ghost from the logo, promoting Ghostbusters as a brand.

[@AutieDino]

One positive of that 2016 film was it was so bad that he couldn’t refuse to be in Afterlife after being in that

[@jakebutler9808]

It was great and the sequel was incredible, i hope they get another one

[@delsouls76]

GB2 is definitely under appreciated, but mostly cuz of Peter MacNicol, he stole it.

[@mikeawesome9212]

The reason Afterlife was so much like Stranger Things is because they cast Flip Wolffhard and wanted him to be happy.

[@Jaythesparrow]

What? Your comment doesn’t even make sense.

[@kytkeyboardsyoureterrific439]

Apparently, in the dvd version of blues brothers, one of the actors is listed to be in “Ghostbusters 3”

[@andrewgardner8972]

If ghostbusters 3 did happen like that, it would’ve been a crossover between end of days with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Constantine with Keanu Reeves, etc. imagine the ghostbusters went up against Gabriel Byrne’s devil in ghostbusters 3?

[@VashVenus]

Ben Stiller would be an amazing ghostbuster

[@anubusx]

I always thought Steve Guttenberg would've been as well.

[@AllyC_Rhythms]

I hated Gb ATC but I really enjoyed Afterlife. Been a fan since the first movie hit UK tv in Xmas 1987 - and have been very overly protective of the franchise. But I think that Afterlife was a great follow up. Appreciate it follows many of the same beats of the first movie but there is a ritual to the coming of Gozer so you couldn’t avoid the Keymaster/Gatekeeper vibe. Thing is you have to move the story onto a younger cast as so much has changed for the originals. So it was always going to feel like a coming of age movie in some way. The only comparison to `stranger things is Finn Wolfhard. If Trevor had been cast by anyone else this comparison wouldn’t be so prevalent. Great video though 👍🏻

[@futuramayeah]

in the second movie, all the kids at the birthday party wanted He Man, he was getting his first live action movie in 1987, was that the same year as the second movie?

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

89

[@fedorovexpress]

Afterlife was awesome! and Frozen Empire was good.

[@RichardBenoit-q4z]

No, this is dead. It has been rewritten too many times and changed too many time. Either go back to the original and get Murray to direct it or co-direct with Ackroyd or don't waste your time or the fan's time.

[@harrymonk6]

So stranger things stole the gb3 idea

[@harrisonlittrell1140]

Fortunately, we did end up getting a Ghostbusters 3, in the form of Afterlife.

[@kmech3rd]

This sounds... pretty good actually. Compared to 2016 anyway.

[@derricknichols5787]

Evolution was a fun movie to watch

[@LukeLovesRose]

Thanks a lot, Bill and Harold. Your petty squabbling screwed us out of a properly Ghostbusters trilogy

[@matthewgaudet4064]

I like parts of II but i can't pretend it isn't a kids movie effected by Real Ghostbusters.

[@Noob_Guy2k]

Everytime franchises go child friendly it’s a joke

[@hansentheman8084]

I got no problem with there being female Ghostbusters, it was just everything else about Answer The Call that I hated.

[@drakocarrion]

Ghostbusters: The videogame was the sequel we should have got

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Agreed