Yes this was some funny shit. Normally the ghostbusters woulda gotten shanked or made into their bitches but since the story was so convincing, they joined in.
I always thought it was funny that the other prisoners seemed to take what the Ghostbusters were saying a lot more seriously than the city officials initially did.
albatani27 Hey, they may be in jail, but they're still regular joes that have probably seen some things. City officials tend to be of the close-minded sort with these kinds of things.
yeah and pirates were famously superstitious, which is why most pirate stories end up doubling as ghost stories. for whatever reason, spooky stuff really appeals to the scumbag psyche.
Hey, Carl Winslow was a cop in New York City and let the Ghostbusters out of jail in 1984 before he moved to Los Angeles and helped John McClane as a cop with a hostage situation in 1988, and then moved to Chicago with his family next door to Steve Erkel and continued his police career. What a well travelled dedicated public servant!
And in the new film that's what this connected to he knew his men would fail so it gave him time for re power egon must hsve planted this for some time even during gb2 he's been studying Shandor's hideouts for years.
Nice comedic moment for Ramis when he says " ...that society was too sick to survive." and then deftly makes a silent scan around the cell. See movie writers, you can be funny with no words at all.
The more you reach into this movie, the more you pull out, a movie that has a giant marshmallow man walking down the street and yet its drenched in subtlety like this, throughout, it’s wonderful.
That's everybodys favourite part that's why this scene is funny all the tough nuts and psychos crowding around to get a piece of the action on something beyond them all lol
Fakkerbelch Egon: After the First World War, Shandor decided that society was too sick to survive. When something deep like that comes from a story from the past, that would definitely get your attention.
It's like the cast has said in many interviews, Akroyd's original script was much darker in tone but Reitman brought Harold Ramis in to shorten it up and give it some light-heartedness. I've always seen it as a scary movie with just enough comedy added in order to make it less scary.
The filming of the jail scene was actually a prison reported to be haunted, and the dailies had many scratches all over with no apparent physical cause. Ivan Reitman (Director) was concerned about returning there, but the crew was very relieved to find enough footage to complete the scene without returning.
@@ThePathStrider Be careful of what you wish for. You have never have been shoved from behind down a steep stairs when nobody was behind you,huh? Seen it happen. Ghost can be bad or not so bad. Hope you don't have to be educated by the bad type. The few I encountered were a mix bag. Keeping right with God and his son seems to keep all of them respectful. Lucky for me that I was dedicated by my parents to Jesus at an early age. The mention of the blood of Jesus sends them away. I had one encounter when I was a teen and I just starting praying and invoking the blood of Jesus. Suddenly the room brightened and the spook left so fast I was wondering if it really happened. I know that you are likely to not have been educated to this but if you ever get dark thoughts that don't jive with who you are or are not of your nature then just try the plea of the blood of Jesus. I have read of Muslims who were being pressured by the other Muslims to be suicide bombers who prayed to Jesus. They are no longer Muslims. They were also alive to write the account of not killing themselves and now are free from that horrible bondage. Praying to a false god 5 time a day or you will be stoned to death seems like a good idea,right? Anyone who wants to quit is sentenced to death and they call it the religion of peace? Don't go to a place of torment if you don't want to be tormented. Jesus is the light and the dark forces hate the light. Call on the light. Hell is described as the absence of light.Its so cold that those who had a taste of it before returning to life said it was like being on fire.
Guards let them take those blueprints into the prison with them? Also, yea, the prisoners becoming increasingly enthralled in Egon's story is easily the best part of this scene.
JamesOhGoodie Well, the city was under attack by ghouls, ghosts, and zombies at the time. I think the police had more important things to worry about than a few eccentric scientists and their pieces of paper.
I'm no expert, but it's just a holding cell, right? We have something similar here, like if you're out drinking and end up in a fight, they might just leave you in a cell in the station for a night to sleep it off.
He must have knew how bad things would get if we don't stop what we're doing to ourselves. Like how T-800 saw us in T2 sky net must have saw us as a sick crazy race my point of view.
Exactly. That's the crux of any film, TV show, or novel. Nothing else is more important. That's why the Eight Deadly Words exist, and they spell doom for a production: "I don't care what happens to these people."
"Ray, for a moment, pretend that I don't know anything about metallurgy, engineering, or physics. And just tell me what the hell is going on?" "You never studied." 😆😆😆😆
Captain Barbossa I love it when Ray bops Peter on the head but also where they first interview Dana and Egon accidently flashes him in the eyes with that light, but his reaction there was hilarious!
Shandor decided that society was too sick to survive…looks around… I believe this is the very line creating the premise for this scene that Harold Ramis used as the literary basis for creating the situation of the Ghostbusters being in jail in the first place. Genius at work!
There was a Prussian (cant remember who, Von Lauenberg or something) who fled to England during the Franco-Prussian war, then on to America. It's believed he was descended from one of the Teutonic Knights who had broken from the order around the start of the 17th century who had decided the wars for land had gone against the teachings of Catholicism. By the time it got to the descendant with war having struck every corner of the globe even before WW1 he had decided humanity did not deserve to see the 20th century and built a following to see the end of the world but (apparently) at the age of 104 some 7 years before the start of the 20th Century he disappeared and his 'following' disbanded. There are obscure references to him in a few books from the turn of the century, I found some articles when I was doing research on less famous disappearances of the late 19th/early 20th century. Maybe be got the idea from this?
The way I see it, Ivo Shandor is the primary antagonist of the whole Ghostbusters franchise. After all the 2009 video game acted as the conclusion of the original films revealing some secrets everyone was wondering.
Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis really did a fantastic job building the lore in the Ghostbusters universe. It's fascinating hearing them talk about all the details of the building, how it was constructed so strangely and why, the details they came up with are rich and believable; they're very talented. Writers today churn out such shallow, vapid, click-baity crap; they could really take a lesson out of the Ghostbusters playbook when it comes to establishing characters and lore.
GB has a perfect plot with the perfect amount of exposition ofcourse when I was a kid I had no fuckin idea about this shit had to see alot of terrible immitations to realize it
I LOVE the mad genius of Ackroyd and him mixing in all his and his family's long history with the paranormal and alien phenomenon. And then in the AMAZING Afterlife we get to see Shandor and go to the mines where he extracted the selenium...such a good call back. I love the idea that the gate on top of Dana's building has a particle flow through it and as long as its open there will be ceaseless versions of Gozer coming into the world to destroy it. Damn I LOVE this film. And yeah I teared up when Egon was brought back in Afterlife. Such a beautiful and touching tribute to the man. Shout out to all you awesome GB fans old and new. Much ♥ ✌️ ☀ from 🇮🇪 you guys and gals are the best.
I did like Ghostbusters Afterlife and it made sense why Egon did what he did... and left Ghostbusters and Gozer comes back in Ghostbusters Afterlife and it was a nice tribute to Harold Ramis and he will be missed Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters 2 were the best I really believed it was real and I would watch Ghostbusters on VHS and it was all the time.
When I first saw ghostbusters I thought Winston was the odd man out. 3 comedic geniuses stealing scene after scene. I thought why in the hell is this guy even in the movie. Upon more viewings I realize just how essential he is. He’s the straight man of the group & he’s the audience. He definitely adds to the value of the film with his presence.
I knew it was over when Jackie Chan Karate Kid came out .. I really like Jackie Chan but talk about rip the soul out of a movie .. I still tear up when Daniel gets inside the car Mr Miyagi knows he was going to choose and finds the dogtags on the keys in the ignition .. Take me back ✌️
The prison had to be one of favourite scenes cause of how Egon tells the story of Ivo Shandor which I say is the biggest mastermind in all the ghostbusters universe, I’d say he’s smarter then gozer
After seeing the stuff from Afterlife, I feel this might be the most important scene in the entire franchise. The story really seems to imply that Shandor had a Plan B.
Bingo. Phoebe Spengler said the New York high rise was built from material found in the mines in the city Ivo founded. If New York washed out, then Ivo had Summerville as backup. Also begs the question what would have happened if Gozer won the battle of 84, poor Ivo was still dead in Oklahoma and would have missed it lol
@@Madbandit77 Ivo shouldn't have been screwing around with an Interdimensional God. Gozer clearly doesn't value any other forms of life. No matter how helpful.
@@KHayes666 Another thing..... anyone else think Afterlife retconned the Video game? If the Busters had already fought Shandor in the 90's, how do we explain his preserved corpse in Summerville?
+Cinefreek Productions i've just noticed how do they have blue prints they were arrested outside their H.Q and would they be allowed them anyway. .ps awesome movie
My sister and I were discussing this over the weekend. It's human nature to get caught up in this sort of discussion. It's human nature to address any and all threats. That what we appreciate about this ... and I agree XD... it's classic comedy!
look at afterlife, THIS SCENE sets it up PERFECTLY, i think Egon dug deeper than this scene indicated, THATS WHY he moved to that dirt farm to set up shop......., WHY THEN didnt he just tell the otheres sooner????
Suxh an amazing scene. I'm amazed now that it's only a 2 1/2 minute scene and there's so much info in it that helps and pushes the story. Yet, I never feels forced or spoon-fed! Just amazing writing, dorecting and acting!
This is my all time favorite part of this movie. I cry laughing every single solitary time he breaks out in that song and scare the shyt out of that dude!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Hold it! Are we actually going to go before a federal judge and say that some moldy Babylonian god is going to drop in on Central Park West and start tearing up the city?!" Winston Zeddemore: mild-mannered alter-ego of superhero Captain Reality Check. :D
The PG rating back then was not a family rating. This movie would have been (or maybe not?) PG-13 if it was released a little later than it did. But then again PG movies still had F-bombs ocassionally and language, as shown by the green band PG trailer of "Code of Silence" (rated R) which had the F-bomb from a scene unedited. And that movie was in 1985, when the PG-13 rating was around. The PG rating didn't become a family rating until 1995. PG movies had many things that would be PG-13. But some movies pushed the boundaries and were almost R-rated. "Escape from Alcatraz" has a scene where fingers are cut off. That should have been R. But it was PG.
I am SO SLOW. I just realized that the cop who comes to get them out of jail and take them to see the mayor is played by the same actor who plays Sgt. Al Powell in "Die Hard," and at least one of the sequels.
Eser Alt the intro to the alternate universe movie gave me the same feeling. Then people started talking and the entire mood was lost to terrible writing and deliberately forced cringe.
In 4 years, the prison/jail guard moves to LA, becomes a beat cop, and helps John McClane defeat a small army of terrorists! Then, one year later his family matters are documented and sold as entertainment. Quite the ride, my friend. Quite the ride!
Anyone realize the cop that let the Ghostbusters out is the same cop that helped out John McClane in the first Die Hard? He’s still help out the good guys!
If it's in a prison in New York City, or a diner in an old mining town in Oklahoma .. .. when four people are talking about the end of the world, YOU PAY ATTENTION!
2:10. Hold it!! Now, are we actually gonna go before a federal judge, and say to him that some moldy Babylonian god is going to drop in on Central Park West, and start TEARING UP THE CITY?! Best quote of Ernie Hudson in the film. Got the chills that something bad is coming.
Think about it: Egon is also a doctor. He also attempted to perform unnecessary surgery. With a little nudge, Egon could have gone in very much the wrong direction...
I don't think it was something that would have pissed off the other prisoners. I think it just made them curious, and Egon just milked the momentary popularity like, 'Yes, people are listening to ME.' I could be wrong, but that's what I think.
***** You may be right. I was angling for the prisoners being an example of the "sickness of society". So I was guessing the prisoners were like, "Hey, I think he's talking specifically about *us*!"
I was at the grocery store once and in an isle with my mother, as she explained to me some recipe and people around me where looking at us, I snapped and turned at everyone and did the "IS EVERYONE GETTING THIS?" line, funny as fuck
Rohan Padiyar and I believe after the game, he should’ve been the primary antagonist of the whole Ghostbusters franchise. They’ve mentioned his name several times.
@@kirawedderburn That wouldn't make sense. They'd destroyed his supreme destructor form and dissipated his spiritual energy to a twilight state. He was done. Then we move onto more entities and different cases.
I’m liking where this new movie is going already with the ties back to this scene. Doctor/ architect with a crazy cult following to help build a superconductor to end the world... mine still active and channeling ancient evil... nicely done
Love the expression on Harold Ramis's face around the 1:20 mark. His face is like "Here's a juicy story for you" when he begins talking about Ivo Shandor's medical career
I just think it’s funny that even in 1920, Shandor and his buddies wanted to end the world because they thought society was too sick to survive… they hadn’t seen nothing yet 😂😂😂
It was because of the First World War that Shandor concluded humanity was beyond saving. World War I ended in 1918, and Shandor founded the Gozer cult in 1920.
I saw Afterlife yesterday, and the scene in the dinner and the other kids where watching the main four. I couldn't help but smile when it immediately made me think of this scene.
Ghostbusters Afterlife was a worthless piece of refuse. It will be forgotten along with Ghostbusters 2016. Ghostbusters 1984 and Ghostbusters II were genius movies.
I did a typographical error in my previous post. I put Ghostbusters 1986 when I meant Ghostbusters 2016. The reason Ghostbusters Afterlife was awful was the awful plot and terrible acting. I was literally bored after 67% of the movie was over because I could see the predictable, redundant end of the film coming and most of the movie was not funny. Both good previous Ghostbusters movies had very good comedy in them. The kids also see terrifying supernatural occurances such as their Mom being possessed and none of the kids show any fear at all. There are many other examples of an awful plotline and they could not even come up with another villain but instead do a cheap bring back of Goser The Gosarian. Then they expect me to cry because they bring back Egon in spirit form. This was a movie I wish I had missed.
@@liberty4392 I can agree with you on the 2016 one for sure with you, but the reason why I like afterlife is because it's entertaining to some of us and that it was a tribute to the actor who played Egon Spengler. But I do see the reason why you think Afterlife isn't as good.
I enjoyed afterlife. Although it wasnt perfect and it did feel a bit rushed the movie was fun, and it did try to stay true too the original films. Definatly liked it more than 2016's ghostbusters.
In hindsight, this is the moment that festered in Egon’s brain that caused him to rush to Summerville. Egon knew Ivo Shandor well enough to know a secret back up plot.
