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Mass Hysteria! 😉 ‘So be Good, for goodness sake.’ The humor of Saturday Night Live comedians apple biting the pessimistic sarcasm of the city of New York, until we find a common enemy to bust.
My favorite "snark" from the movie. Every time I see a pair of canine and feline pets canoodling, be it real life or in a YT pet video, I put my own spin on the line, "Cue the mass hysteria because the dogs and cats are 'living together'!"
You know, in the original script, it was supposed to be a giant Pillsbury Dough Boy, but they couldn't get permission. What they put together was sort of a combination of the PDB, the Michelin Tire guy and possibly Bob's Big Boy. Dana had a bag of Stay Puft marshmallows on the kitchen counter next to the eggs. It's not something a first-time viewer would notice, but might notice when watching again. I think there was also a Stay Puft ad on the side of a building outside Ghostbusters headquarters and can be seen when the roof blows up.
The people making the movie had faith in it. Almost no one else did. The movie was very much a surprise smash hit that has become iconic in pop culture.
Not an 80:s film, but The Fifth Element (1997) has a similar spirit as Ghostbusters. It's a well paced, fast, fun action comedy also with a lot of quotable lines. Directed by Luc Besson and a great cast including Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Cris Tucker and Gary Oldman. If you haven't watched it, I think you'll love it.
A must-watch 80's movie that took over US culture by storm instantly was "Back to the Future" 1985. It's as tightly scene-by-scene entertaining as "Ghostbusters".
In the 80's you would watch these movies blind in a one-screen theater that was not a mega-plex and maybe even had a balcony. There was a romance to the transformative experience, especially if it was a big cultural touchstone like "Ghostbusters." Nothing like it today.
I first watched this movie in an absolute flea pit of a cinema. One screen, sticky floors, threadbare upholstery, and it stank of stale cigarette smoke. It's certainly far more pleasant an experience these days, but it is much more sterile.
And usually the upstairs balcony was the smoking section. Better yet was the drive-in theaters. Load up pizza beer snacks kick back relax and watch a movie or two.
Dan Ackroyd is a true believer, his family were all into the paranormal. The best lines "LISTEN ! Can you smell something ?" - "Gozer the Gozerian... good evening." - "I'm going to send you a nice fruit basket." Rick Moranis' accountancy monologue at the party was 100% improv. What a legend. So more 80s - Trading Places (Dan Ackroyd Eddie Murphey) - What About Bob - (Bill Murray Richard Dreyfuss) and one noone is doing that is SOOO funny - Stakeout (Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez). Look up Brat Pack movies as well - Lost Boys, Young Guns, St Elmos Fire. That's the 80s !
When Dan said he showed this movie to his kids I just imagined them sitting in front of the TV during the montage and going "Daddy... What is that angel doing?"
@@TriarchVisgroup That, ahem, "angel" was Kim Herrin. She appeared in a few ZZ Top videos and had a modest career in the 80s as "eye candy" for various other projects. She was also the "Playmate of the Month" in the very first PlayBoy I formally purchased when I reached legal age. So I tended to notice her when she appeared in something.
Ghostbusters is such an amazing blend of comedy, cosmic horror, supernatural horror, and urban fantasy. I can watch it hundreds of times and it never gets old. A similar movie that gets hardly any love these days is Monster Squad(1987). If you watch it you'll see a lot of similarities to a very popular modern show. I can't recommend it enough.
Dana's apartment building was a matte painting. The SPM Man was a guy in a suit. The terror dogs were a combination of live puppets and stop-motion animation. Also, the rich people in the restaurant DID see Louis attacked outside but couldn't be bothered to actually stop eating and help. Classic!
They made great use of air hoses for the special effects. The cards flying up out of the drawers? Air hoses. The eggs exploding? Air hoses. Hair flying back? Air hoses. The marshmallow was actually shaving foam. William Atherton's Walter Peck had around 100lbs (45kg) dumped on him - although the actual amount varies depending on who you listen to. Great reaction to a great film.
@@maplenutsreact Yup, the entire card catalog was fake. The had effects guys standing behind it pushing the drawers open on cue. Inside each drawer was a copper pipe that another team member would let air blow into to get the cards to fly out that way 😆. Also, the part where the book shelf fell over behind them wasmt meant to happen but did and they kept it in and the brief dialogue was inproved
A few of my favorite stories that came out of this film are 1) the bookshelf that fell in the library basement wasn't supposed to happen 2) the male student didn't mean to spit out his gun. It happened and sent the crew into hysterics 3) the pyrotechnics on the maid's cart scared her and her "What the hell are you doing?" reaction is real 4) in the montage scene, when Egon looks over his shoulder, it's because the crew wasn't supposed to shoot there so a security guard was chasing the actors and it ended up in the film 5) the ghost bj scene is a deleted scene where Ray and Winston visit a haunted Army fort 6) John Candy was supposed to play Louis but he wanted to play Louis as a German man with two big German Shepard dogs 7) when Peck gets drenched in marshmallow, the crew used 50 gallons (I think) of shaving cream and it nearly knocked the stuntman off his feet 8) Paul Reubens (Pee-Wee Herman) was the original choice for Gozer
For Bill Murray movies, Groundhog Day is a great one. Also, I just love Rick Moranis, and have to wonder if you two are familiar with his comedic Canadian duo, called The Mckenzie Brothers. They made a movie in 1983 called Strange Brew and, if you haven't seen it, you must! 😆 (pretty sure it is a Canadian rite of passage; at least, that is what I read on the internet, so, that's obviously true).😆
at 8:56 the yellow and white van behind Peter Venkman-Bill Murray shoulder when discussing the 1959 Cadillac Ambulance that eventually becomes ECTO-1 was my father's van (parked the Van, went to work) it is forever in this movie Greetings from the sub-City of Gotham
One of the greatest movies off all time i can quote this movie start to finish and everyone is perfectly cast it but Venkman is my personal favourite and the Ecto 1 ties with the Deloreon for coolest and most iconic movie car ever"Your right no human being would stack books like this" "He slimed me" "We came we saw we kicked its ass!!" " Ray whenever someone asks if your a god you say yes!!" "Its the Stay puft marshmallow man"awesome reaction guys!😊
Hearing the young lady saying 'there are so many things in the background' makes me feel good and makes sense that is why I saw it over 50 times. Every time I watched it I saw something I didn't notice the 9th time...and kept laughing!
Your mention of the cartoon series reminded me of one of my favourite bits of pop-culture connection trivia... Peter Venkman was voiced by Lorenzo Music for the first two seasons and Music also provided the voice for Garfield in the Garfield and Friends cartoons. While the live action Venkman was of course Bill Murray, who would eventually also voice Garfield in the 2000s movies
There really is no other movie like this one! 😂 You've mentioned gaming often, did you know there's a fairly recent Ghostbusters game, Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed, where four of you can suit up as ghostbusters and play together? It's not the greatest game, but it is fun, especially customizing the character to make myself as a ghostbuster. Worth a whirl to play together IMHO. There's also an amazing singleplayer game from 2009 that they've remastered that you can get on steam. It features all the actors and Aykroyd and Ramis worked with the writers. It's basically the 3rd movie we never got, in game form. Just thought I'd share in case you were interested! Anyways! Have fun!
If you guys want to watch a great movie from the 80’s that will scratch both your Mortal Combat itch and your comedy itch, than you have to watch “Big Trouble in Little China” with Kurt Russell. It’s so good and another cult classic. You will love it!
The legendary Elmer Bernstein did the score for the film. He has done epics like the Ten Commandments, Ben Hurr, and other classics from the late 50's and early 60's. From the 80's onward he would do the score for various films, but you can always notice his style. Originally John Candy was to play the part that Rick Moranis plays. John Candy just didn't understand the part, and kept wanting to do a German accent. He eventually let the guys know the part wasn't for him, but he knew of a guy that would be excellent. He recommended Moranis, since Candy knew of his work from SCTV. Rick Moranis instantly understood the part and for his audition did exactly what you see in the film. Moranis became really well know after the film, and helped him land larger parts later on. That's the sort of person John Candy was, if he felt he couldn't do a part he would always recommend someone else, and usually help make them a bigger star.
Went to see this twice in the same week when it was released, once with my older brother and then again with my best friend after I kept going on and on about it to my parents. I was seven and this film was a huge part of my pre-teen childhood. The first time it was shown on TV I was there with my blank videotape, ready and waiting! I mustve nearly worn that tape out. Favourite line? 'What a lovely singing voice you must have!'
In the days before CGI, there were still special effects. And because they are real, they look more real. The cards were propelled from the card catalog by little compressed air tubes, The green blob ghost (later informally called "Slimer") was meant to represent the late John Belushi, who had recently died. The slime is (as always) Methyl Cellulose, which is typically used as a food thickener and is, thus, non-toxic. Although there is an actual building at Central Park West that was used for the entrance to Dana's building, many floors were added via matte painting, and to create the temple and elaborate roof. For the buckling street, a copy of the entrance and first few floors was built at the studio. The main temple set was built on the sound stage and surrounded by a giant cyclorama of the New York skyline. All courtesy of the production designer, the late, great John De Cuir.
When my daughter was very little, she cutely asked... - "Daddy? Can I watch Ghostbusters..." (YES!) - "...2?" (NO!) That said, I'll await you making your way there... for the sake of science! And comedy. 😆👍
When they catch their first ghost, watch Harold Ramis. He is giving Bill Murray the cues on how much to charge with his fingers. The Slimer Ghosts is their mascot in the animated series.
As a little boy i had a proton pack with a nerf shooter and a floor trap with a foot pedal to open it and all the gadgets. Was amazing back then!!! Now that i'm thinking about it, I bet my mom still has that stuff stored somewhere. This woulda been late 80's but more likely early 90's.
I didn't know this until recently but Slimer is actually just a guy in a suit filmed on a black background. I always assumed it was a puppet on strings.
I had a behind the scenes book when i was a kid. They DID build massive sets. The Stay Puft scene was just a guy in a suit. Walking through a miniature NYC with lots of model cars and model trees for Central Park. Same with a lot of the "dog" shots. There's actors in the suits. Slimer was a guy wearing a Slimer suit on his torso with black pants.
You have just witnessed my all time favorite movie. You should watch Ghostbusters II and Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire will be in theaters this week.
Trivia: the opening scene in the library was shot in a storage room of the downtown L.A., California Library with shelves and books added. Also the Biltmore Hotel downtown L.A. for "the Sedgewick Hotel." I recall they said the catalog cards flying out they did with a blower from a hole in the back.
8:40 - The eggs scene is some classic low-tech movie magic. The eggs are apparently pre-scored to crack a certain way, there's some sort of pnuematic pusher or blower under the part of the counter to push them out, and the portion of countertop they cook on is actually a ceramic hotplate. That's why the marshmallow bag isn't melting.
If you liked Ghostbusters, you’ll LOVE the 1986 comedy-horror musical, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, which starred Rick Moranis (the “bit much” guy from this flick), with Bill Murray in a featured role. Be careful though, as it exists it two versions - the original theatrical cut and the director’s cut, which have significantly different endings. Personally, I prefer the theatrical version.
I love your reaction you two. This is what we got in 80s when you get the best comedians and actors and actresses to do a film. From Signory, Annie Potts, Dan, Bill, Ernie, Harold, Rick. They made this movie. Yes, I like that you caught this was comedy, but it had a great story and lore. This is why we love it. Plus, this was different type of hero movie. Comedy and men of science becoming heroes and willing to do anything to save their city.
so great to see a newcomer "get it" and love it! Your reaction was EXACTLY mine as a 17-year old in the theater. 80s Gen X-we had the music, the partying, the movies. I wouldnt wanna grow up in any other time period.
Stay Puft was a guy in a suit, the head had hydraulics built in to the make the facial expressions and was controlled by people behind the scenes, so it looked real because it was. And the marshmallow splats at the end were a shaving foam mix.
IMPORTANT PARENTAL Tip: Ray Stance is the reason why bringing in your kids when looking for a new house or property is a bad idea for bargaining purposes..... LEAVING the kids with the Grandparents is a better idea.
I’m a huge cinephile and I love your reactions to such cool classics. You guys will love the fact that Dan Aykroyd and Rick Moranis are VERY Canadian. I hope you’ll go watch “Frozen Empire” this Friday
The marshmallow Man suits cost approximately $20,000 to $30,000 each despite the cost, they weren’t pleasant to be in, not least because the guy in the suit was on supplied air, as the foam itself was said to be toxic. Three marshmallow suits were made, and all were destroyed during filming. The Marshmallow was barrels of shaving foam, Most of which was memorably dumped on EPA lawyer Walter Peck without his knowledge. The ghost's and the streams were animated one frame at a time, so one second of ghost footage took about threes weeks to complete.
The cards flying out of the card catalog is honestly the easiest effect to pull off. You can pretty much see the mechanism. There is a shuttle with a wheel on it that spins very fast and is either pulled by a string or pushed with a spring up against the cards. The wheel flings them up in the air. The eggs were pushed with air lines under the counter.
I remember watching this movie 🎥 in cinema back in 1984 and immediately loved it. My brother who watched it with his friends loved it so much that he bought a cassette tape of Ghostbusters soundtrack which included this song, songs by other artists heard in the movie and the beautiful musical instrumental arrangement scored by Elmer Bernstein. Unfortunately both the mentioned audio cassette and the video tapes that I watched on TV with my friends a year later were pirated copies as we were too young to buy the originals. The video tape was rented by one of my friends’ cousin who loved it so much that he made an illegal copy of it then in turn rented out to me. Slick the cousin. However I enjoyed both experiences back in the ‘80s. Such were the good ole times😅
I love the call back to the beginning of the film when Venkman tells Ray to "Go get her" when dealing with Gozer. He's essentially still roasting him for his botched "plan" at the library.
"Sponges?" Yeah, sponges are a type of filter feeding animal. Typically they don't move, but they will shift to get into a better position to catch the microorganisms they feed on. Yes, sponges were the first sponges (harvested in bulk) before we found a way to make synthetic sponges.
This is such a classic! Ghostbusters is one of my top favorites and I myself am a fan for many of the same points brought out in your video. I really loved both of your reactions. It was a real joy watching this with you. Thank you so much!
Just rewatched the movie myself tonight and realised for the first time, the guard in the jail scene is played by Reginald Vel Johnson -Sgt Al Powell in Die Hard! I must have watched this 20+ times and never noticed before!
The next time someone asks if your a God you say "YES!" I still can't believe I didn't notice the irony how often the Key Master constantly locking himself out of his own apartment as a kid.
Ghostbusters 2 is more kid-friendly because of the popularity of The Real Ghostbusters cartoon . With Ghostbusters Frozen Empire premiering on Thursday, I would recommend watching it and Ghostbusters Afterlife.
My younger sister and I watched this film at the cinemas back in '84, I'm pretty sure, the first film we ever watched together without our folks (they took us to the cinema and ate nearby while we watched). It was amazing, I loved it, and it scared the hell out of me (probably a bit young to watch it alone, tbh) and I have ever since. The newest film was such a good offering as well.
Besides the Alien and Ghostbuster franchises, Sigourney Weaver most popular pictures were Gorillas in the Mist (1988), Dave (1993), Galaxy Quest (1999), and Avatar (2009). Ghostbuster (1984) grossed $295,582,480 worldwide.
Fun fact: The Ghostbusters theme by Ray Parker is very similar to the monster hit "I Want a New Drug" by "Huey Lewis and the News," released the previous year. Lewis sued Ray Parker and won. Also, did you notice the Stay Puft marshmallows on the counter next to the cooking eggs?
The Real Ghostbusters. I watched that so much. Though I don’t remember much, I vaguely remember a Christmas episode where they accidentally trapped the ghosts of Christmas past present and future. Also I can’t unhear Lorenzo Music as Peter Venkman. Good times.
According to the commentary track by director Ivan Reitman, the eggs cooking was done pretty simply. Half of the counter is actually a hot griddle, and that portion is slightly darker than the rest. The effect was done simply by heating the eggs. Exploding like that is just what eggs do when hot enough.
34:45 - it's shaving cream. When they dropped like 2500 gallons of shaving cream on the actor who played Peck he asked if it was safe. And the stunt crew had to test it because - no one had had 2500 gallons of shaving cream dumped on them before.
Just an FYI ... the librarian in the beginning scene also plays Ray Finkle's "crazy lady" mom in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Now, just a comment about something you asked ... When Louis got caught outside the restaurant, YES, the patrons DID see him, but this was more a social commentary about how people in New York seem cold sometimes, choosing to ignore something after seeing it because they see so much crime and weird things happening. So, once they reacted to his screams, they just went back to whatever they were doing (i.e. eating, talking, joking, etc.).
@Maplenuts React This movie made me want to live in New York since I was 10. So when I finally got to, I went to Tavern on the Green as soon as I could. It's actually right across the street from the Zuul building irl!
10:00 - that comes primarily from Dan Aykroyd's contributions to the script. His family and he have longstanding ties to the spiritism movement, and all the technical jargon surrounding how ghosts exist, what they're made of, how the ghostbusting equipment operates comes from him. The project was very much his baby and the original draft was significantly more ambitious, with the Ghostbusters operating across multiple dimensions battling gigantic lovecraftian monstrosities - the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man was originally going to be just one of the monsters they faced - but to make the movie on the budget they were given, it got pared down to what we see in the finished film.
One logistics problem with the marshmallow scene is that the explosion went outwards from the doorway and the marshmallow guy was outside of the rooftop during the blast and so marshmallow would not have gone on the rooftop, just on the street.
01:37: "This feels like a horror movie. . . did you trick me?!?" "No." But kind of yes. . . but mostly no? 01:59: "How did they DO that?" False wall, stage hand behind pushing the drawers out, then air hoses to spray the cards everywhere. Sometimes, the simple tricks are the best tricks. 02:51: "Oh my God, he's kind of slimy." Well. . . not yet. . . 10:26: The gizmo is one of many science-y props the production had, and Bill Murray picked it for this scene specifically because it was the most funny. It's actually a tool for taking air samples, hence the squeezy bulb. Yeah, Venkman's Lovable Sex Maniac pick-up artist antics have NOT aged well. Thankfully, he kind of redeems himself when Zuul is throwing "herself" at him and he refuses, legitimately trying to help and reach Dana. Showing that, while he's certainly out to "score," he's not going to take advantage. She doesn't turn up until the end, but Sigourney Weaver is in a great movie called "Cabin In The Woods."
Hi Jordan & Chandra!😊 I was just thinking yesterday I haven't seen one of your reactions for a while. Chandra's first time seeing the classic Ghostbusters. This is a big deal!🥳 I hope you guys continue with the entire trilogy as well as the oncoming 4th film. Great reactions to the classic film, Kids!!!!🎬👏👏👏👏 People with CGI fatigue are loving these older films with practical effects!🏆 "Working Girl" (1988) with Sigourney Weaver is a fun comedy.
The "dream sequence" with Ray lying in bed, wearing a Revolutionary War jacket, was part of an extended sequence where Ray and Winston go to a RW museum to find a ghost. Ray goes into a recreation of an officer's quarters, puts on the jacket, and lays down in the bed. The ghost catches him off-guard and...rattles his saber. Ahem. They deleted most of it, and just left it that one snippet.
So much fun! After you watch "Ghostbusters 2", you could play the 2009 "Ghostbusters: The Video Game" together. It's basically, Ghostbusters 3 and I think you will love it! It was remastered a couple years ago, too.
Fun fact: Bill Murray agreed to get "slimed" in the hotel in the beginning, if he didn't have to get covered in marshmallow like the other three at the end.
In the brief cuts when you see them running from cops during the song that was real because they didn't have a permit to film lol In fact the police got many calls about a strange car with a strange logo. Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray (Ray and Peter) often took the car for a drive during thier lunch break and this caused alot of confusion as many wondered what was going on as no one saw a vehicle like that before with that logo. The mayor was reportedly a little ticked off they didn't tell him they where filming but he let them go.
Venkman (the guy with a degree in psychology) could tell Peck was already out to get them; that's why he was messing with him. Lest any one thought they had any issue with the EPA, Harold Ramis appeared as Egon in an Earth Day TV special.
There were no complaints or tests showing the presence of any contaminants, which leaves two options for Peck's behavior: 1) he was corrupt and was trying to extract a bribe. 2) something much more sinister: the cult of Shandor still existed at that point and Peck was a member and knew exactly what he was doing.
@@ericomartins9794 OR...he was a dickish little busybody drunk with his moderate bureaucratic power? If the EPA had sent some one without an axe to grind, Venkman wouldn't have clocked that and messed with them, they'd have checked the containment device and verified tat it wasn't an environmental hazard, there'd have been no sign and thus no movie.
I remember going to see this late at night when it came out, must have been about 6. Then going home and going to bed and waking up in the middle of the night, looking out the window into the woods by my house, and thinking I could see a woman in white standing there in the dark.
