A Sharp Decline: Ghostbusters 

well that and the 2009 video game

Honestly I'm amazed neither Real Ghostbusters or Extreme Ghostbusters got much mention in this? Like, they were a MAJOR part of my childhood. I still think that you could add Egon into a sequel by having a CGI Egon Ghost who's styled like a hybrid of Harold Ramis and Animated Egon, and have him voiced by Maurice Lamarche (Egon's VA from the animated shows). That way you get to have Egon present throughout, but also serve as a shoutout to the animated shows.

I still do Vigo was a creepy villain loved him more than Gozer the film gets unnecessary hatred

Also Extreme Ghostbusters cartoon as well.

Dude, same. Seeing this I was like "Oh damn" lol

Extreme ghostbusters, even when I was 10 years old when it was playing on TV before school, it was just okay. I didn't like the grungy Ghostbusters theme sound, and I wasn't a fan of all the ethnic diversity and politically correct ghostbusters. The animation was kind of cool for the time, but overall I much preferred watching the real ghostbusters. I did however like the gadgets and the new trap was pretty cool. And I definitely had a bunch of the toys. But I think at the time I just really liked the Ghostbusters toys for the line, including the ecto-1 which is still to this day the coolest Ghostbusters toy I own. The toy line was excellent. The TV show though, even as a kid wasn't quite my cup of tea. ​@@randallbesch2424

Same here. I was just a kid granted, but I saw GBII a lot and not GB and thought that the content of GB II is what GB was all about. When I finally did see GB as a kid, I wasn't old enough to get the humor and thought that it seemed bland by comparison, like a prequel. As a kid I was more into the ghosts, special effects and villains. While as an adult I did come to see why the majority of fans feel the way they do, I've never lost that liking for GB II for what it was. Sure, people can dislike GBII all they'd like, but I'd say that I like both movies and will never forget how GBII made me feel as a kid.

Yep, it was a magical time

it was a golden age.

I was 9, and yep, greatest time to be alive.

I still have a 1980's Ghostbusters toy that got remade so I got both of them

I was 10 also and feel the same way

Actually though I see your point as I grew up with the first two installments plus the animated series, the second film contains smoking. Ray Stanz visibly smokes cigars (like I smoke) in two scenes: The late night meeting with the Mayor of New York plus when they're using the Slim Blowers to load up the mid region of the Stature Of Liberty with positively-charged slime.🚬

They did the same thing to the Turtles. That's why "Secret of The Ooze" is nowhere near as good as the first one.

Didn't Frozen Kingdom have a swear or two in it's script?

Yeah and also with the edition of the Mini Stay Pufts they also want that Minions Money

Not quite as good as the original, but it's a great flick.

Very much agreed, I still don't understand why people didn't embrace it back then. I mean obviously there are going to be some similarities in the formula, but doesn't every James Bond movie do the same freaking thing it was just different enough and it had for me, much more intimidating and scary villain then the first one. In some ways it was scarier and actually funnier than the first one. And for me at least, I like the fact that it didn't have all the dirty humor that the first one had. It was more the kind of movie that both kids and adults could enjoy. And I like that it had a more positive storyline that was more hopeful and I liked the idea of fighting evil slime with more positive slime that worked whenever there were positive emotions and feelings. I don't know, it had more of a warm and fuzzy feel about it and I like that. I liked the message. Fast forward 25 years and I feel that it's definitely more appreciated now and is considered a classic right up there with the first one buy many fans. However everything that came after 2016 has absolutely failed and it's sad to see. They should have just kept it with the first two movies, and that awesome video game from 2009.

@@petersmithyy4556 💤💤💤

@@thisismyname3928 let me guess you probably loved afterlife or the 2016 crap. Ugh.

Because it's so repetitive that it's formulaic, because it neither advances a story nor accomplishes anything. And it's tonally a totally different world

I never understood it either. I mean if someone says the first movie was great but they don’t like the second movie if anything the one complete I can understand is that it is kind of the same movie again. Not the exact same, but it follows the same path. I’ve even watched RU-vid channels that complain that it’s pretty much just doing the same thing the first one did but if the first ones great and the second one is just doing the same stuff over again that can’t mean it’s terrible. Is it as good as the first one? No I don’t think so but that doesn’t mean it’s bad either. And honestly back then I don’t remember a lot of people complaining about it being terrible, it didn’t have a big box office like the first one, but it was also going up against the first Michael Keaton, Batman movie, and for people that we weren’t around back then you have to understand that that Batman movie completely changed how people viewed comic book movies, how movies studios, viewed comic book movies and really how America looked at Batman. Like before that, it was only the Adam West version of Batman that people that didn’t read the comics new, this was the movie that showed everyone who Batman was in the movie was a juggernaut. There was no way a Ghostbusters sequel was going to be able to compete with that. I think if the movie would’ve come out in 1986 I think it would’ve done a lot better I do think maybe they waited just a couple years too long. But yeah, people completely blow it out of proportion it’s not a bad movie at all.

Traditionally at least back then, sequels made less than the first film on average. It feels like one of those things where in pop culture it has become mainstream so most people now believe it. Most people will tell you that empire strikes back is the best star wars film but they dont realize that is because they have just been programmed to believe that and havent really made that decision for themselves. The best example is the narration voiceover in blade runner. Most people will tell you the better version doesnt have it. But I will bet 98% of them have never actually watched the entire film with it.

@bdr113080 GB2 is awful🗑👻

@robotpanda77 Like Ruben&Ed and Muriel'sWedding, EmpireStrikesBack is awesome👌 That is not a "programmed" opinion it is simply extremely engaging and harrowing

I know right? And I don’t even hate parts 3 or 4, but T2 was SO great, and such apart of people’s teenage years and young lives, it was seemingly impossible to follow.

Yes it would be perfect for this

nice night for a walk

What about tea?

​@@Jack_MxM good point or coffee although tastes change now people have tea thats very sweet and iced

@@Jack_MxM Tea is a product of its time. The tea we have today would not be the same as victorian era tea, which too is not the same as the earliest consumption of tea in the Shang Dynasty of China. And thats not counting the different teas we have today - consider that indian chai tea is itself a product of the introduction of tea to India by the British. And, to add on to that, chai tea is a repetition - chai is Hindi for tea.

Back to the Future It seems to be the only Blockbuster that hasn't had any Corporate Reboots that ruined the whole thing

obviously every piece of media is influenced by the time period in which it was made, but in some cases more than others, to the point where it can be distracting

Agreed. I own 4K Blu-rays of the first two films. I'll personally _NEVER_ understand why the second film is so strangely disliked but ah well🤔...

Yeah, the narrator here is coming off as kind of a tool. I really didn't get his smug attack on Yanish. The accent and character were great.

They honestly sound like people who read some reddit post that GB2 is bad and then tried to find some contrived reasons not to like it such as someone using an accent...

​​Exactly. Everything that he mentioned that was not funny, I found absolutely hilarious and sodas most of my family. Like we all pretty much agreed that the second movie is awesome. Some people just have to tell that line. It's kind of like Batman and forever, there are tons of people who loved that movie when it came out and even now really enjoy it. It's by no means a terrible Batman movie, yet because it's directed by Schumacher we are supposed to believe that it's some bad movie. When it's really not, it's actually quite a lot of fun​@@Jaydogg222

@@Jaydogg222 it's a poor film

Such facts don't matter to this channel

Or made a bad movie with no writing and a ham sandwich cast

Having women play the roles was not insulting.

@@randallbesch2424 no, but insulting the audience and cursing at them via Twitter and in interviews, that IS.

@@Jffeeney3rd The fans weren't being cursed. Just the douchebags. If you weren't being a douchebag you had no reason to take what they said personally.

I never looked at Ghostbusters like it was a complete comedy. Definitely an action comedy. I guess because I was a kid of the 90s and I had all the toys and video games and such, I looked at Ghostbusters like more than just a basic comedy, it was definitely action-filled and also scary. So it was like a weird combination of things but I never looked at as purely a comedy.

​@@petersmithyy4556Ghostbusters has more in common with Porky's and Caddy shack than it does with action films. Remember the first movie only has one actual ghost hunting scene in the whole movie. The finale is a bit different

I find it hilarious. I mean the dancing toaster, Vigo was scary as hell and I still have a hard time looking at that painting. Let's face it viggo was a much more awesome and intimidating villain then gozer. I just found the second one hilarious, the script was excellent and it was just great to see all the guys back a few years later and seeing them do other things when they didn't ghostbust. And of course Bill Murray is still perfect, and he brought the perfect level of humor and lightened up any of the Vigo scenes which honestly terrified me. And of course yanoosh, how can you not find that little guy hilarious in every scene he's in haha! And the tunnel scene! Still to this day scares me and I'm almost 40!

Those are great suggestions!

I just saw FROZEN EMPIRE and surprise; I liked it, too, about as much or slighly more so than AFTERLIFE. It might be my second favorite in the series.

And Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

@@randallbesch2424 "Dude remember the first movie LMAO" Nah

No thank you ​@@randallbesch2424

​@@randallbesch2424eh afterlife is an alright movie but missed the point of the story

@@randallbesch2424 Afterlife is not canon because it makes the first movie completely pointless and I hate that movie with every fiber of my being, it's my number 1 Least Favorite Movies of all time.

its just anti bad movie

When you look at Ghostbusters 2 in hindsight especially compared to the newer movies, boy it's actually really excellent. But then again I never had a problem with Ghostbusters 2, I grew up with it just as much as I grew up with the first one. And I always enjoyed it and I still in many ways enjoy it, in some ways more than the first. I don't see what the hate was at the time, but then again, timing is everything. It did come out a full 5 years after the original, so while it is a fun movie that for me is just as good as the first one, I think that sometimes you just can't get lightning in a bottle again.

The Courtroom Segment is chockfull of quotable lines from everyone. It felt like a return to form in some way, with the only exception being the whole "And you don't want us...exposing ourselves" bit that you could tell Bill Murray found not even chuckle worthy in his facial expression while delivering the line.

I agree.

I couldn't even finish, his take was terrible, in my opinion.

Yeah, it's one of those things - at the time it was disappointing and weak compared to the first one. However, there's been so much trash over the last twenty years that it looks pretty decent now.

Most people don't like it because of it being more kid friendly than the first one

It’s better than 90% of the garbage released nowadays? At least it had soul.

Because it is not good. Ghostbusters was better as a stand alone film. Period. Full stop They have YET to recapture the lighting in a bottle that was rhe first film.

​@@LUCKO2022That's because it's not possible.

This little piggy wants more slop for the trough.

Terrible actors. I'd prefer Paul Giamatti, Ben Stiller, Ryan Gosling, and Adam Sandler

Sounds terrible.

I can imagine the old team doing an audition process for the "new team". That would be funny and in line with the first movie

This is just another one of those woke shill "media literacy" channels that just plugs the latest woke Marvel slop from the Hollywood Longhouse.

Also I think Ghostbusters two holds up. It’s very re-watchable

You can tell how unenthused Feig was by his over extravagant suits the whole time and casual not giving a fuck as well. The actresses were not at fault, just that turd of a director who gave no fucks and was more focused on looking good every day than making a good film.

You ever notice that the children of celebrities never become plumbers, or cops, or office workers? They always go into the same job as their parents as if their clones or something. Strange.

WORD.

yeah its a worth sequel for sure.

Hairless pets! Dogs and cats living together.. Mass hysteria..

When there is a market, someone will fill it.

Bhost Gusters?