Jul 23 2008
Bloggin’ makes me feel good!
If you’ve seen this symbol before, you know of all the buzz behind it. I was watching the overrated “Be Kind Rewind” the other day and they did a poorman’s remake of this movie, and it got me thinking about why this film is #1 in my all-time favorite movies.
The film’s title is Ghostbusters, and I have been a fan long since I can remember. How? I’ll never know.
These next few blogs are in memoriam of pretty much everything Ghostbusters in honor of the highly awaited video game coming in the fall.
The phenomena started on SNL with John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd traveling through time and space under the name Ghost Smashers, and that didn’t work out too well because of John Belushi’s passing.
The name Ghostbusters was already in use by a live action series, and it’s nothing like the guys with the proton packs. This one followed two guys and their gorilla, going around and stopping werewolves and other mythical beasts. It wasn’t bad actually, the intro was kinda catchy too.
How the name got licensed is still a mystery to me. Because the name went on with that company. But I’m not going to get into that.
The year was 1984, the month was June, and a comedy with an all star cast came out. Supposedly, this was to be one of the highest profitted comedies to rake in during opening week.
The film is about 3 college drop-outs who go into business eliminating paranormal. Combine the comedic talents of Harold Ramis, Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd poking fun at what would be scary to a majority of us, and it’ll do. Ernie Hudson didn’t get enough credit though, Winston happened to be my fave ‘buster. I quote a good majority of the lines to this day as well.
Next blog will be about the aftermath of this movie: the sequel(s), cartoons, merchandise, and lastly, the games.
Catch ya on the flipside
Remember: Don’t cross the streams!
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