Favourite Ghostbusters Movie

[Tetsu Deinonychus]

I prefer the first one myself.

[GK Punk]

Same here. Im all about the first one.

[ZariusTwo]

There were times half of JMS' scripts for the cartoon should've been movies, in particular "Citizen Ghost"

[Weapon X]

First one, it was original, funny, and just plain cool, one of my favorite movies.

[Jo269976]

Ghostbusters 1... who could forget....

[Turtledude2k3]

I would say the first one.. I remember picking up the 2 pak dvd back in August. I have like 15 episodes of The Real ghostbusters on tape which was aired about around before Halloween.

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I wonder which Ghostbuster movie Dr.Spengler likes. (not egon, but the member on technodrome)

[DrSpengler]

I love em both, obviously.

Ghostbusters II was actually the first movie I ever saw in a theater, so it holds a special place with me. But the original is still the better of the two. The story is just classic, the jokes are timeless and well-written, the actors' chemistry and interaction is flawless, and on top of all that the movie has something for EVERYONE. Horror, special effects, science fiction, romance, comedy, action...EVERYTHING. Simply put, it's the Perfect Movie.

Ghostbusters II had a few issue that kept it from surpassing the original. It imported a few too many influences from the cartoon, the Janine/Egon romance was pitched out the window, time-edits left a lot of WTF moments, and I'll never forgive them for leaving Winston out of the courtroom sequence.

However, it had better special fx than the original (ILM, baby!), more plotlines going on all at once which lead to a more complicated story, some VERY dark moments (the subway tunnel sequence), a great ghostbusting scene (even if they needlessly ommited Winston), and while he's no Gozer, Vigo the Carpathian was a pretty cool villain.

I've said it elsewhere, but what Ghostbusters II would REALLY benefit from is a Director's Cut. Basically, all the time-edits placed back into the film. There was an entire ARC cut out about Louis having a battle of wits with Slimer...and losing. The arc helped to establish his desire to be a Ghostbuster, why he was so surprised Slimer was helping him at the end, and it also (most importantly) contained lots of scenes between him and Janine which developed their interest in one-another. Due to the arc being cut out, Janine just comes off as a total slut in the movie.

There's also another important part that got axed, Vigo's control over Ray. After the Ghostbusters first investigate Vigo's painting and Vigo mesmerizes Ray, Ray remains under his influence through-out the movie. There's a scene where Ray loses control and tries to crash the Ecto-1A and kill everybody. The lack of these scenes also made the ending where Ray gets possessed by Vigo seem inccredibly cheap and rushed, when it actually had a purpose and wasn't a lame "surprise".

These scenes, or most of em, were left in the comic adaptation of Ghostbusters II.

As it is, though, the original comes out on top. They're both some of the best feel good movies ever made, and I love em both, but number one is #1.

[Tetsu Deinonychus]

I had no idea so much was cut out of the second movie!

[DrSpengler]

Yeah, quite the shame. And Sony doesn't think a Director's Cut would make any money, so it'll never happen.

The comic adaptation is pretty cool, though. It basically works the events of Ghostbsuters II into the Real Ghostbusters timeline (keeping in mind that the movies-themselves are just movies in the RGB universe, as it's supposed to be "the real world"). Just about the only major thing the comic adaptation cut out so GB2 could fit in the universe story-wise was the Janine/Louis-thing, Louis didn't make it to the museum in time at all to even fire his proton pack which makes the Ghostbusters seeing him in unifrom in the episode "Something's Going Around" for the first time still accurate, and the length of time the Ghostbusters were forced out of business (no specific length is mentioned, but it is assumed to have been shorter than 5 years).


Also, for fun...

Here's the original ending to Ghostbusters II that was scripted. Not sure if it was filmed, but the comic adapted it. HOWEVER, the pages were cut from the comic, too, since the scenes were cut from the film and there was a page-length issue.

http://members.aol.com/janmelnitz/gb2d1.jpg
http://members.aol.com/janmelnitz/gb2d2.jpg
http://members.aol.com/janmelnitz/gb2d3.jpg
http://members.aol.com/janmelnitz/gb2d3.jpg

[Jo269976]

I still prefer the original ending though

[DrSpengler]

Originally Posted by Leo_Rulez

I still prefer the original ending though

You mean where they walk out of the museum and into the cheering crowd? Yeah, I prefer that ending, too. It might've been a little dirivative of the ending of the 1st movie, but that's fine with me. Still had that "feel good" ending. Kinda wish they hadn't editted out Slimer flying around the Statue of Liberty and screaming into the camera. Would've been nice if both films had ended that way. The scene in question was left in the theatrical version (I remember it, too) but cut out of all home video versions as they thought it might imply a sequel.