2 years ago I was babysitting a 4 year old kid every day. He was only watching Netflix stuff like Barbie or Mickey. When he started losing interest after a few days, I put some of my own cartoons a.k.a. the Real Ghostbusters. And then I realized, it had material to scare the kids shitless. The episode which I played had a terrifying boogeyman in the closet of a kid. I panicked and wanted to turn it off, but this time the kid cried and wanted me to keep it on. Yeah, cartoons back in the day,
That boogieman was one of my favorite ghosts as a kid. I think I liked him because it was so damn creepy I never thought any cartoon could be that freaky. Probably why I loved it and wished they made him into a toy.
please review extreme ghostbusters. would like to know what your thoughts are on it. it has lots of issues, but i thought is was a worthy addition to the franchise.
Extreme was a good show and still holds up for adults. I think I like both shows more as an adult than as a kid. The episode "Back in the Saddle" is really good.
Honestly, I love what they did to Winston. Gave him more of a personality, it's great. His action-focused and liking for Detective Novels are part of him in my mind.
It could of been so much worse, but hey we are getting a movie universe so cheers to that, even though sony is just now picking up the pace with others, which isnt good
Ruby Doomsday Now, let’s hire Q5 and mess it all up. And get Dave Coulier instead of Lorenzo Music to play Venkman, and Kath Soucie instead of Laura Summer to play Janine, because they won’t know the difference.
The head writer (pre "Slimer and") was award winning Joe Michael Straczynski, of Babylon 5 fame. B5 was probably the best written Sci-Fi show with possible exception of Firefly. You can see a lot of his brilliance in the top episodes. He also wrote for my other favorite 80's kids show, Captain Power
Yeah, even as a 10 year old kid I noticed the significant drop off in quality and stopped watching it completely by the "Slimer" years. And I had not learned he was behind these shows until well after my favorite show of all time, B5, was done.
+Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice I mean, I totally understand why he left. The changes they imposed on the show were abysmal, and I feel like most people with dignity wouldn't have stood for it. At least he tried to rectify some of the changes they made when we wrote a couple of later season episodes.
"Collect call of Chuthulu" is great also I loved this show as a kid until the Slimer part happened and they babified the show because wimpy kids got scared and their parents complained
@@psychoticbuzzsaw Actually as it turns out it's even worse than that. There were no complaining parents. A consulting company called Q5 demanded all the changes based on what they claimed kids wanted, but having done no actual research. Including making Janine's glasses round because they claimed "sharp shapes scare kids".
Well Murray voiced the live action garfield without reading the script... a script that was written by Joel Cohen, who Murray confused with Joel Coen, of the Coen brothers, and accepted the role, only to regret it later. Now why he thought Coen brothers would write a garfield movie.... well because he is Bill Murray.
I find it hilariously ironic that the whole reason for recasting Venkman was because they wanted him to sound more like Bill Murray, when Lorenzo sounded more like him than Dave did.
I understood that Bill Murray sort of made an off hand comment that "Egon sounds a lot like Ramis, but my character sounds like Garfield", and Lorenzo was promptly let go.
It was weird for me learning he was replaced early on, when I watched The Real Ghostbusters growing up in the 90s, the episodes were always of the Lorenzo Music Venkman, meaning the network airing it probably had sense when it came to which episodes to show, cause I don't remember seeing any episode being from the later Dave Coulier Venkman and the "Slimer and" run of the show.
One of my favorite episodes was the one where they come across fueding towns separated by a river and it turns out one town consist vampires and the other one werewolves. They would constantly turn each other than switch sides over and over again.
No, he's not extreme enough. Maybe if he did it in-character as that guy from the Big Rigs commercial the Nerd imagined. Now that fucker was pretty extreme.
I liked Extreme Ghostbusters. Not as good as the early seasons of the Real Ghostbusters cartoon, but better than the later "Slimer" seasons. Overall, Extreme is not great, but still good. Good to the point where they should have made a live action film out of Extreme Ghostbusters.
I remember 'Extreme' ghostbusters back 1997, that one season. Drab imagery, no real story arcs, the characters where a bunch of pc ingrates and after seeing a review of RGB recounting their wild and varied exploits. I've concluded that "Extreme" Ghostbusters should have been called Mediocre Ghostbusters.
[5:42] And James Rolfe picked the lines that would be in character for Garfield, too. _"Satisfying and less filling."_ _"Death by slobber is not a pretty sight."_ _"Can you say "loopy"? Sure you can."_
As decent as the show was...I never got over the idea of a ghostbuster in a wheelchair. Diversity is fine and all but that shit could get your whole team killed...
James' 10 Episode Highlights (starts at 9:10) 10. Flip Side (s04e02) 9. Knock Knock (s02e01) 8. When Halloween Was Forever (s01e08) 7. Xmas Marks The Spot (s01e13) 6. Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood (s01e13) 5. Mr. Sandman, Dream Me A Dream (s01e07) 4. Doctor, Doctor (s02e14) 3. The Revenge of Murray the Mantis (s02e52) 2. Don't Forget The Motor City (s02e20) 1. The Boogieman Cometh (s01e06)
I'm beating a dead horse here... The accusations of sexism after the non-review were so off base. To anyone who's been watching Rolfe's videos over the years, they can see what a huge fan he is of the Ghostbusters franchise. There's even a review where he throws in a lesser known quote "The effect is, it's pissing me off!" So when he refused to throw money at the remake, it made sense. Then the knee-jerk reactions came, without putting any of it in perspective. Also, this was an entertaining video, per usual haha.
The best part of the people speaking out about the non-review are speaking out against him for not giving the movie a chance despite giving all the trailers a chance (which is done by everyone for every movie). YET the people are saying dumb stuff like "I couldn't even watch your entire video, it was so offensive" I wish hypocrisy was more obvious to closed minded people
It may have already been said, but the episode that I remembered throughout my life that haunted me as a child was the Bermuda Triangle episode. It may not be scary on the whole, but the thought that you could just wander into a parallel universe where everything was ghastly, always stuck with me. I always thought it might happen to my family driving in the car on the highway.
The episode that I remembered best was when they got involved in a war between werewolves and vampires. It ended with the werewolves turning the vampires into werewolves and the vampires turning the werewolves into vampires. It was the dumbest best thing. It didn't even have ghosts involved. They also had that episode where they went into the toon dimension where the world followed looney tunes rules. There was a guy that was trapped there for hundreds of years getting hit by an endless supply of pies in the face day in day out. That's scary.
I'm binge watching the entire series on Netflix now. Warning: these episodes are like potato chips, one is never enough. And five can easily become 12 or 18!
I always always liked James more when he did movie related stuff instead of Avgn or Board James. I seriously think he's the best movie reviewer on youtube and he has encyclopedic knowledge of cult movies, like Tarantino-Level knowledge. I have huge respect for him and as a movie collector myself I'm fascinated by the stuff he knows. And it's all shot in one take. These are in my opinion cinemassacre's best videos.
i wouldnt say so, it doesnt have to be reviewed. the animated series is universally acclaimed and most people who watch him have at least some exposure to it. but id still watch it :p
James as the AVGN is hilarious and iconic. However, I might just prefer James as himself reviewing other media. He's genuinely charming and informative.
The Boogieman episodes are forever engrained in me. I remember watching this as a kid and genuinely being terrified that he was going to come out of my closet. Another great video from James.
I really like James' reviews when he's not in "Angry Video Game Nerd" mode. He should be this way for the game reviews as well. He's very easy to listen to and has great opinions.
and this is why Sony should stop doing adaptations and people should stop giving Disney crap for all the stuff they buy, when they actually do good with it, meanwhile Sony is ruining everything
How can you say they killed it? They didn't, they cannot. The real ghostbusters are the real deal and they will stay there forever in our memories, no sony can erase them.
I had forgotten about the quality of this show. Oddly enough, "Doctor, Doctor" is the episode that most clearly sprang back into my memory. The stuff just taking over their bodies... yeah, that had stuck with me for a while. Anyway, I guess I'm going to go find a way to rewatch this. But only in bits and pieces. I don't feel like having the theme become a nuisance.
I believe the Boogieman (sp?) character and episode was also the subject matter of a collection of ViewMaster slides. I will have to dig in my collection.
"Halloween Was Forever" was my favorite episode when I was a kid. I didn't have the TV channel that showed The Real Ghostbusters, so I only had a few episodes taped to watch over and over again. Great memories from a simpler time.
AdiRaptor some crazy demonic cult performs a ceremony to summon Cthulhu who appears to be a kind of giant squid monster. Chaos ensues. The ghostbusters take care of business by utilizing a nearby rollercoaster.
Guys don't forget the episode where the busters go to Scotland and find themselves in a centuries old ghost battle between the highlanders and the lowlanders and since they don't have their stuff they turn a bunch of garbage trucks into ghost traps. Bonus: they pwn a local crooked politician.
A nice review of the series. Actually having the Boogieman episode in a distant memory from the past. Cannot recall if it was on a recorded VHS tape or did I see it right out as broadcast but the episode felt kind of like an epic nightmare to go through that did in that case end well. Though what I remember the best from VHS was the episode Banshee bake a cherry pie. I actually still love the rock song that plays in it!
Wow, couldn't believe how many of the episodes from the list of ten I actually remembered from when this show was still on tv. Great show, but damn, some of that shit was pretty fucked up.
I was thinking the same thing. It's been 25 years but many of those episodes were still tucked away somewhere in my memory. Looking back some of that seems a bit much for a kid's show.
If they had made a true third film, then you would think that Dana would have at least been trained to use a proton pack. That, or leave the city completely because she and her son are magnets for major paranormal events. She could keep a pack and trap with her at all times, just in case, you know. (LOL) Ripley Barrett: "Feig, get away from the franchise, you bitch!"
Who knows the 'Magic Window' logo animation that used to come before the VHS of Real Ghostbusters? Kid running 🏃 through a park into a window and the silhouette of other kids appears!
That episode where the guys go to a GHOSTBUSTERS movie screening,is a real meta episode because Lorenzo Music(Yup!Thats his last name) is voicing Peter Venkman while Bill Murray is in the movie on the screen Peter is watching.
Lorenzo Music was also a fairly regular television writer back in the day and wrote for the Mary Tyler Moore show among other things. He also had a very strange ongoing voice-only part as something like 'the doorman on the intercom' ...on the spin off Rhoda show.
The Real Ghostbusters took so many great elements of the movie and turned it up a notch with new scary villians, adult storylines and expand on the movie. I was scared to death of the Boogyman, Samhein and others. Just an incredible classic.
I love the fact he is reviewing each and every item that was ever in the past present and future of ghost-busters, except that live action piece of crap that was just made in 2016.
I'm glad to see you're a fan of the cartoon as well. I remembered every episode you mentioned, they were all great. I also loved some of the little details they threw in, like (I think in the one where they're in the hospital after whatever they did in the chemical plant zone) Janine bringing someone a book of Edgar Allen Poe's poems, and someone a tape of the Alan Parson's Project (both things I was actually familiar with even as a 6 year old, moreso the music), or another episode where they're dealing with Cthulu cultists who are chanting actual lines from Lovecraft. A couple of other standout episodes I still recall... 1-31 The Thing in Mrs. Faversham's Attic: A cool episode where there's a back-story, but also a chance for Venkman to show that sometimes he can have a kinder side at the end. The characters in that show really weren't flat! 1-65 The Hole in the Wall Gang: This was a really creepy one, that leaves some unanswered questions at the end. As a kid I both loved it and was frustrated it because of how much it left to the imagination: Ray gets pulled into one of those holes, but we never find out what exactly is on the other side, but it seems to be shocking, even traumatic. And what was up with that couple who owned that house?
There's also that episode where slimer was possessed by some demon and changed into a gruesome demon ghost thing and he only became this way while he was sleeping
i remember watching this show when i was little, scared the hell outta me but i still loved it, so many great episodes, i didnt realize it was seven seasons long, now in days most shows get three, im gonna have to pick this up one day and rewatch it.
Unfortunately this isn't properly available on DVD anymore. The new DVD's are edited and missing episodes. The proper DVD series (from Time Life) is out of print. :(
Knock knock! Who's their? Dishes. Dishes who? Dishes the Ghostbuster open up! GHOSTBUSTERS!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! That scene at the airport always cracked me up as a kid.
I was a teenager when this show came out but I still watched it and still do once in awhile on Netflix. BTW thanks for mentioning Inhumanoids! That show was rediculously underrated.
Lorenzo Music was used as the voice of Vankmann, because Bill Murray was a legendary pain in the Ass to work with, and demanded a massive salary that didn’t fit the shows budget. Ernie Hudson auditioned for the animated Winston character, but was also rejected over salary demands. Lorenzo died in 2001, so the studio had no choice but to hire Murray to voice the live action Garfield, because Fans wouldn’t have accepted a radically different voice. Murray sounded so much like Lorenzo Music, That only true fans could tell the difference. Also Murray’s name helped push the film. Currently, Dave Collier from full house is the current budget Bill Murray voice actor.
Oh my god. I remember watching this show when i was lil. I'm glad you shine some light to this. I need to go see again and yes the music is tough to sit through after watching consecutively but they catch the essence of the Ghost Buster and added more to it. The boogie man was the scariest episode i saw. It makes sense why i got scared to watch the movie "It". Cartoons were meant for adults.
Why didn't you select The Collect Call of Cthulhu for your top 10? I find it to be one of the best Mythos interpretations as well as one of the best Real Ghostbusters episodes.
Burnt on everything from the reboot film, I found myself turning to The Real Ghostbusters cartoon and have been amazed at how well it holds up. The music sometimes is a bit too 80's for my taste and the animation every so often isn't as great, but on the whole I'm impressed with it. Normally great animation and excellent writing!
Bill Murray took on the Garfield role to pay homage to Lorenzo Music who had died before the movie came out. He supposedly felt bad about complaining all the years ago that his cartoon sounded too much like Garfield.
All the hysterical bedwetters hating on James' perfectly rational, 100% unsexist anti GB2016 video? Completely ignored. Impeccably played, JR. Great review, too.
I feel like TMNT 2003 is on the same level as Real Ghostbusters and Batman The Animated Series some of my favorites. I grew up far after those cartoons aired, but I found them on the internet.
My wife was watching episodes on youtube the other day, she is a HUGE Ghostbusters fan as well as Ninja Turtles. I kept asking her if she found the episode where Slimer is put into the containment unit and floats through the dimension. I seemed to remember something like that happening. She said "That Never happened." But I do remember the Dimension inside the containment unit. I new I was right take that hon!
There is an episode where Janine and Lois get kidnapped by a mobster ghost. He gives the Ghostbusters 24 hours to surrender their business to him. The Ghostbusters figure out that they have already captured one of his henchmen, so they send Slimer into the containment unit to go and find him and lure him out. Whilst in the containment unit, Slimer sees many ghosts that the Ghostbusters have already caught. Including Stay Puft for some reason. In this episode Venkman also has to disguise himself as a ghost and he uses Vigo's slime that the Ghostbusters had collected from the events of Ghostbusters 2, to do it.
My parents didn't like me watching this cartoon show they felt it was against the church to talk about ghosts or something. I would be able to sneak and see a little bit of it but very rarely.
Now i realize where my likes about girls come from: the image of Janin was engraved in my mind; now, i like redheads with glasses more than nothing, they turn me on.
Kid: Mom can we haveThe Real Ghostbusters cartoon on DVD? Mom: No, we already have a cartoon Ghostbusters at home. At Home: The filmation Ghostbusters cartoon. In all serious though. I actually like the filmation Ghostbusters but the Real Ghostbusters is far better
I had no idea how excellent this cartoon was when I was a kid. I miss my old VHS tape with the 'mantis vs stay puft' and a couple other episodes. Totally going back to watch some of these... James, not sure if you'll even see this, but you are awesome! Thanks for the insane amount of dedication and passion you have. You always seem to put out fantastic, top notch videos. AVGN is always great, the Board James series is amazing, and Dragon of My Dreams warmed my heart. I'm a fan for life, and wish you & yours all the best.