Ghostbusters is the film that keeps on giving. You watch it when you're a kid, and it's the best horror movie you've ever seen. Then you watch it as a teenager, and it's the best action movie you've ever seen. Then you watch it as an adult, and it's the best comedy movie you've ever seen.
@@NecramoniumVideo The 80s and early 90s would put out toys for anything. I had action figures from RoboCop and Tales from the Crypt which are both a hard R.
When I was a kid this was basically an action/super hero movie for me. A lot of the adult humor flew over my head. So the first time I rewatched it being a bit older it was like a whole new film for me. Such a great comedy. Billy Murray is fantastic in it.
I was in HS when this came out...smoked a bunch of weed beforehand...the marshnellow man sent into such a fit of laughter ny friends thought I might need help....still one of my happiest memories damn near 40 yrs later
A firepole is used by firefighters because its faster and safer than stairs when in a hurry and wearing bulky, inflexible turnout gear. Traditional firehouses always have the living quarters on the upper floor because fire engines were originally horse-drawn, and horses can't climb stairs. So firefighters didn't have to worry about horses doing their business among the bunks or in the kitchen.
"Bustin' makes me feel good" ... ok, apparently I'm old and don't know what this means to the kids. That's fine - you don't live through five decades and not lose touch. No matter - good show there. Oh: the reason why sometimes the effects look *great* and others look cheesy is because this was done back in the day of physical effects. The gargoyles were sometimes animated, but often were animatronic puppets - which was an absolute science back then. The street in front of Dana's apartment was created in Hollywood, and featured break-away sections with MASSIVE hydraulic cylinders to make the street actually break open and shift. Things looked good back then because filmmakers didn't have CGI - they actually DID things!
I love it when younger people see this movie for the first time and get shocked by Veckman's eh social skills. They are shocked, surprised and even outraged (depending on the person). They are so living in a bubble. Not a bubble bobble, just a bubble. Good reaction, thanks for sharing.
Don't know if you noticed it Blue, but when hey were guessing the cards in the beginning, the guy was getting all of HER cards exactly right and THEN finally got one of his own when he guessed the wavy lines. So technically he WAS getting guesses right, just not his own cards. He was predicting the cards that she was going to get. Every time he guessed a shape it was the card Peter showed her next. Sorry this is a poor explanation, but I tried my best.
I've never had anyone tell me they noticed the joke about the "figure 8" guess. Did you catch that (or anyone else who is seeing this comment?)? For those that don't: to do the experiment Venkman would have had to tell them what the cards were. Then, he goes through always telling the guy he hot his wrong but that she always got hers right - and then she guesses "figure 8". That moment of long pause and then making all the extra emphasis on her outcome and such was his having to make a decision on how to handle and distract from the fact that she "got right" a card that *isn't even a possibility*. Zener cards don't include an 8.
Blue: We're not going to talk about my hair. Also Blue: talks about her hair for 5 minutes. Blue: What about the living conditions in there? Me: um... the ghosts are dead there are no LIVING conditions. This movie... always makes me laugh. And the line "Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria" is still part of my slang. Blue, and another adorable reaction love to see you in new videos.
@@highstimulation2497 She does look quite nice, it's not my personal preference... but as no one has every complimented me on my style so that's probably a good thing.
There was a popular 80s cartoon series based on this film called "The Real Ghostbusters" and a sequel cartoon series from the 90s called "Extreme Ghostbusters", which is well worth checking out if you like this film.
She talked right over it. And she was drunk... and probably high. The quality of her reactions has been dropping lately. She's just slurring out "jokes" and then laughing at her own jokes. Like the cringe drunk girl at a party.
I’m 40, and Ghostbusters was HUGE when I was a kid. The movie may have had some stuff in it that wasn’t for kids (lots of PG 80’s movies did), but kids absolutely loved it. And then two years after the movie came out, there was a TV cartoon based on it, and that made Ghostbusters even MORE popular for kids (and it was a well-done show that even adults could appreciate… well, the first two seasons, at least). I was a huge fan myself. I had the action figures based on the cartoon and a toy proton pack, neutron blaster and PKE meter that I wore as part of my Ghostbuster Halloween costume in kindergarten. And everything at my 5th birthday party was Ghostbusters-themed, right down to the Ghostbusters ice cream cake.
No, it was already in the script. She wanted to run around on all fours and act like a dog, which she did when she met Ivan Reitman, completely freaking him out during her audition! He told her not to do that ever again, and had the "embarrassing" footage of her jumping up on the couch and barking destroyed!
Some fire stations had crew ready rooms in the floor above the fire engine garage. So when a fire call came in the fastest way to get from upstairs to the Fire Engines was to slide down poles.
This is also why there are multiple fire poles. They slide down the nearest pole, so that no matter where they are on the upper floor, they can quickly get to street level.
Ghostbusters was initially intended to be an adult comedy... smoking, swearing, sexual innuendos... this was the 80s though, when RoboCop and Aliens had toylines. --- What made Ghostbusters special was that almost everything was ad-libbed... with the cast only keeping to the written dialogue when it was absolutely necessary. This is pretty prevalent in the basement with Venkman comes in with a serious tone against Walter Peck, the Con-Ed guy and the cop. Murray keeps completely on script, because he knew the scene needed it. The cast all knew the scenes inside and out... the lead up and payoff of each scene, where each scene came from, and where it led to. Bill Murray especially would make up his dialogue as he went along, but would keep in-universe so the scene wasn't just a disjointed ramble. He knew the motivation of the scene, and would just go off script. Most of the time he would only do one take as well, as he knew that more takes wouldn't be as funny or as natural as the original one he did. His backwards and forwards with Weaver in Dana's apartment where she calls him a gameshow host, she threw that line at Murray to see if she could knock him of his stride, and he just replied with "That's the kitchen huh?" and he ended the scene with them going to the kitchen, knowing she'd caught him off guard and the scene needed to move on because Dana had shot Venkman down and put him in his place... Moranis as well... the entire party scene in his apartment, everything Moranis says about his party goers, the new arrivals at the party, their names, all the stuff he rattles off about their backgrounds... "invited clients instead of friends", his quip about cheese/brie....... Everything he says he just made it up as he went along, and the crew just followed him around with the camera. This is why some of the extras in the scene are looking both confused and amused at the same time... he just went totally off script with an energy that nobody realised he was going to do. The only thing choreographed, was his dancing with Jean Kasem, and the arrival of the two new party-goers Ted and Annette. What's more special, is that scene is just one take. When the cast did genuinely realise they had a decent, funny line... they would give it to one of the other cast. The reasoning on set, an unspoken thing between them, was that if you willingly make the person next to you look good, you'll look good as well. OH! The scene where Louis is attacked outside the restaurant and they ignore it, is what the filmmakers call a "New York Moment". Someone's screaming outside and banging on the window... and it means nothing to anyone witnessing it.
Fantastic Halloween video, Blue. I saw _Ghostbusters_ opening weekend when I was 9 and everything I know about New York City geography can be directly correlated to this movie. Luck and prosperity for your next visit to the hair salon.
31:49 There is an elevator, Louis goes down in it to try to escape from the Terror Dog. I assume the elevators are not working or they are not going to use them considering the corner of the building just exploded. There are actually four movies, at least kind of. Ghostbusters II is a direct sequel with the same main character (plus some additions). The next one is a kind of re-boot with women instead of men, it is not a similar plot but does make a number of visual references to the original. Come out just recently is Ghostbusters: Afterlife, I have not seen it yet, but I'm told it's a kind of 'the next generation' type idea.
"There's a person in danger there." That's the joke. People in New York were supposedly so aloof that they would just go on eating after a spectacle like that. By the way, I think you still look fantastic with that hair, even if it's not what you wanted.
"...but until then you will have to, umm... admire this sight for a while." Challenge accepted. Man, this movie was huge back in the day. When I was in fourth grade, four of us decided to dress as Ghostbusters for the class Halloween party. We hadn't planned it together, but we accidentally ended up with a full set of Ghostbusters. "This isn't made for children." And so my mother took us to see Gremlins, instead, and I. Was. Horrified.
11:30 I was born the year this came out... and watched many any times for years to come as a child 😆 In the 80s and 90s.... kids saw a LOT sitting right next to our parents.
Actually when Venkman asked the librarian if she was menstrating, he really wasn't trying to be creepy because it could have something to do with the paranormal sighting. You see studies have shown that 95% of paranormal activity occurs around young women, because a young woman entering puberty triggers her psychic kinetic energy, and ghosts/spirits use this energy to manifest themselves, so this is why Venkman's question was perfectly legit. Yes, Sigourney Weaver who does Dana in this, is also in Alien.
"Gozer the Traveller, he will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldronaii, the Traveller came as a large and moving Torb! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the Meketrex Supplicants they chose a new form for him... that of a Giant Sloar! Many Shubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Sloar that day I can tell you."
Fun fact: The actor who plays Walther Peck got nicknamed by people in real life as "the guy with no dick" up to today. So mean. xD Little Bonus story: When ge got hit buy the Marshmellow Remains, the crew had a big load oh Mashmellow fluff and didn´t actually know how hevy it is or dropping it on him would actually hurt. He was lucky.
For the elevating street, that was a life size set with machinery below. For NY shots it was all dressing and a police car cut in half. You can always tell which one you're looking at by the amount of damage and details on the car and ambulance.
Lol, Egon was underneath Janine’s desk wiring up her computer for her. This was a great kids movie (and still is) because most of us generally didn’t get the adult/dirty jokes. Or we did an’ were like: “Oh, those adults..!” And yes, in hindsight, one of the things that makes this entire movie an iconic classic of cinema is how everyone in it is pretty much an idiot of one sort or other (except possibly for Dana, though she’s arguably kind of an idiot for falling (kinda) for Venkman).
The guy with the beard, Walter Peck was with the EPA (Environmenal Protection Agency), a government agency. He didn’t believe in ghosts or the paranormal and thought the Ghostbusters were con artists. He was only doing his job.
Ghostbusters is secretly an anti-government, pro-capitalist movie. The EPA guy is the bad guy. And the guys give up their time in college to pursue real careers and the pursuit of making money.
This was followed by two animated shows, two direct sequels and multiple videogame adaptations. Other films by director Ivan Reitman to watch are Twins, Ghostbusters 2 and Kindergarten Cop
Actually Blue, Luis is telling people about the tax info because everyone at his house is an accountant that he works with. they aren't actually his friends. This way he can legally write off the party as a work expense on his taxes and pay very little of his own money. As far as a tax report is concerned this meeting is a company affair and whichever company he works for will pay the expenses. So, when he's giving out the money info, "these" people are more than willing to listen and share. They are all accountants after all.
This was not a kids movie, but it was the Eighties. Our parents really didn't care what we watcheed as long as we were out of the huse and pput of their hair. Plus back then theaters sold tickets without checking your age.
Kids back then watched a LOT of stuff that wouldn't fly nowadays. And they made toys of a lot of those things too! As for the lack peoples reaction when the demon dog gets Louis, the joke is that in New York city you see all sorts of crazy stuff all the time so you just start to ignore/shrug things off.
Yep, kids in the 70s and 80s were a lot more desensitized than they are today. There were a lot of toys based on R-rated movies. Everything from Aliens to Robocop had action figures marketed to kids.
Your hair is awesome! Look at it at the 10 minute mark. Flip it over the top of your head and it changes everything. When I was touring with my band in the 80s, I would have killed for that dye job. I say: KEEP IT!!!
When I was a kid I would buy snowcones that came in a rainbow color identical to your hair. They were my favorite! Your hair is great. The movie and your video are awesome too!
The opening scene is at the New York Public Library on 5th Avenue and 42nd street. The college campus is Colombia University at 116th and Broadway. The fire station they purchased is a real working firehouse for the NYFD located in Tribeca. It is a few blocks north of the World Trade Centre. Others New York locations: Lincoln Centre peforming artsn complex -Tavern On the Green restaurant in Central Park*(The restaurant scene is a parody of the typical New Yorker reaction to bizarre things...indifference. If you have been to New York, crazy people on the street or on the Subway is viewed as "Normal" -The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man is walking up Broadway Columbus Circle -Dana's apartment is across the street on Central Park West
How can you not like Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murray)? Seriously? The guy improvised the best lines in the whole franchise. It's dark humor like electrocuting that kid to get laid but it's hilarious.
The background stuff regarding this movie is also as good as the movie itself. John Belushi (Blues Brothers, Animal House) was originally supposed to be the Peter Venkman character. But he OD'd & died so the part was re-written for Murray. Slimer is said to be an ode to the kinds of characters Belushi tended to play. If I could visit alternate Earths, I'd like to see the one where Belushi lived to play that role, I can almost guarantee that the overall energy of the film would be different. Eddie Murphy was supposed to be Winston, but had scheduling conflicts (he was working on Beverly Hills Cop). John Candy was supposed to have the role Rick Moranis wound up getting, but he wanted to play the character as a Frenchman or German for some reason. Near the end, if you pause it at just the right moment, you'll catch a glimpse of a young Ron Jeremy. Lastly, the "marshmallows" that the characters are drenched in at the end, that was actually shaving cream.
This isn't for children? I watched this as the age of 6! lol And yes that is a fire department in NYC still they just rented it out. In fact it is so close to the World Trade Center they were the first firemen on site.
"Ghostbusters II" is every bit as funny as the original movie...if not funnier! However, it's also Not the only Sequel... Last Year's "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" is a Must See too!!!
I saw this several times in 1984. No. 2 (1989) and Afterlife (2021) are must-see films. The 2016 remake shouldn't even be considered as liner for a bird cage.
This was clearly the best film of 1984 but the Best Picture Oscar went to Amadeus for some unknown reason. Love the hair, by the way. That money was well spent.
On Trixy's Comment: "The marshmellow man reminds me of the giant ginger bread man in Shrek" Where, Trixy, would the Shrek-writers have taken their inspiration in 2004 for the giant ginger bread man? I would go out on a limb and guess the already classy 1984 movie Ghostbusters!
Back in the day this was a PG when it first came out on VHS in the UK, I watched it many times as a kid. And yes I would watch a kid watch it now as the adult stuff goes over their heads as it did mine. It's sill one of my favourite movies to this day.
"He's a comedian." Yup, he is. An inner city fire department typically kept the vehicles on the ground floor, and the living spaces were on the top floor. The poles were a quicker way down, than stairs or an elevator. This allowed them to have fire crews and a garage for vehicles, in a small building footprint. I have never thought of the theme song that way, and I will likely never think of it the same again.
ghostbusters 2 came out 5 years after the first movie but there was a Saturday morning cartoon in between them that affected the 2nd movie to be more family-friendly. in 2016 there was an all-female reboot that most people like to forget, and very recently the proper third movie to the first 2 came out in 2021. called ghostbusters afterlife. they're all worth watching.
"Give me some backstory" for the guy from the EPA? You know, the earlier scene where he came in to do his job and find out about how they were storing the so-called captured ghosts? To check for environmental impact and violations of environmental law? You know, his legal job? The one he was not allowed to perform? So he came back with a court order? That backstory?
Dana's apartment is at 55 Central Park West and there is in fact an apartment up on the roof.. Granted, it doesn't look like that in real life.. The top of the building was added VIA matte paintings and effects. There's also really a church next door. (The one Mr. StayPuft steps on.)
Funny how nobody spots Egon and Venkman hustle the Sedwick Manager. Egon is rubbing his neck with 4 fingers and coughing as Venkman quickly looks his way.😂 Took me years to spot that.
I grew up with a 'taped off of TV' version (The network television premier) and for years did not know about this gag. Egon is cropped out of these shots in the 4:3 pan and scan version that ABC showed on that fateful broadcast. Also, the pan and scan cropped out Ray's reactions after the bookcase attack in the library basement as Peter is asking "This happen to you before?... oh. First time?" and put Peter in a full frame shot for the entire exchange.
8:25 I was nine years old when I saw this in the cinema back in 1984 and it's my favourite film, but then again I did watch some scary 'behind the sofa' Doctor Who stuff and other 'scarred for life' stuff on TV before I saw this film so I was probably use to it.
I was 10 when this came out so you are pretty young to me lol. My Ghostbusters tshirt was the first piece of clothing that I ever picked out for myself... it glowed in the dark... I thought it was the coolest thing Ever! Lol
Walter Peck works for the Environmental Protection Agency. It's his job to ensure that the City's power consumption or power production is not harmful to the environment. He very likely received a report that an old abandoned Fire Station is now running an INSANE amount of power through the City and he wants to know what they're doing. Since he doesn't believe in ghosts he's concerned that they are defrauding the city and he wants to stop them because it's his job.
I was a Ghostbusters kid. I lived this film and the cartoon when I was 5. There are a few aspects that haven't aged especially well but it's still a good film imo. You've just got to take it with a grain of salt.
The rainbow hair looks good on you! 🙂 This is one of my favourite movies of all time. I recommend watching the sequels soon, because there is a fourth instalment coming out next year.
If I were to talk about your hair I’d say it looks great to me. It’s going to be so fun to see Ghostbusters with you; a great movie that is deservedly iconic.
Nominated for Best Visual Effects and Best Original Song. It made $295 million dollars against a $30 million dollar budget. It's now considered to be one of funniest movies ever made. John Belushi was going to play Peter Venkman but passed away from a heart attack in 1982. Fellow SNL actor Bill Murray was cast in the role. Eddie Murphy was going to play Winston Zeddmore but turned it down in favor of Beverly Hills Cop. Jeff Goldblum was going to play Egon Spengler but turned it down thinking that he wasn't the perfect fit for the role. Harold Ramis (1944-2014) was cast instead.
It's a great movie for sure, but claiming it is the "Funniest movie ever made" I mean... How do you even quantify funniness? Is it based on frequency of jokes? Or Laughter? Or their Intensity? And what if the crowd is laughing less than usual one day: does it affects its Laughing score? Does it only include the original English version or every other dubbed V.O. as well?
Harold Ramis even wound up co-writing the movie with Dan Aykroyd. It’s hard to believe Dan was the same guy who played Elwood Blues. Elwood and Ray Stantz couldn’t be more different from each other! Elwood was Mr. cool bluesman, and Ray was like a big nerdy kid.
A) Belushi died of heroin overdose B) Winston was originally supposed to be for Eddie Murphy and had a lot more lines. He turned down the move so Winston's character was pared down and a lot of his lines to to Murray
the bit about the librarian menstruating comes from research that stated that if a woman had a heavy period the loss of blood would cause them to hallucinate into seeing things that weren't there. so from a scientific point of view, it made sense to ask her if she was on her period.
Agreed, Ghostbusters 2 was a good movie in it’s own right. The first movie CRUSHES it of course, but when not compared to the first movie, the sequel was good 🙂 Just avoid the reboot lol
"Okay, so.. shes a dog". Back in the day, "a Dog" was slang for an "ugly woman". The year this movie came out a song / music video came out called "Dog Police", using this phrase as the premise.
The irony was always lost on me, that the Key Master constantly locked himself out of his own apartment.
I understand a lot of that was improvised by Rick Moranis, like the whole spiel about inviting clients instead of friends to his party.
Wow, see this movie SOOO many times and never realized this. :D
No doubt using his classically trained Broadway skills to bring theater based acting into film. I love that little fella
How in the world... have I never made that connection?
I loved that...and the "No Smoking" sign on the elevator when they go on their first job (Summer of 1984 was interesting for me)!
"this isn't for children". It came out when I was 7 and I loved it. Saw it at a friend's birthday party and then many times after.
and they released a shit ton of toys for the brand as well.
It was the very early 90s (commonly referred to as the 80s), nobody gave a crap back then.
Ghostbusters is the film that keeps on giving.
You watch it when you're a kid, and it's the best horror movie you've ever seen.
Then you watch it as a teenager, and it's the best action movie you've ever seen.
Then you watch it as an adult, and it's the best comedy movie you've ever seen.
Lived it as a kid. That decade were not sheltered as much as todays kids
@@NecramoniumVideo The 80s and early 90s would put out toys for anything. I had action figures from RoboCop and Tales from the Crypt which are both a hard R.
RIP Harold Ramis
RIP Ivan Reitman
Some fans don't consider Ghostbusters 2 to be as good, but me personally... I love it
When I was a kid this was basically an action/super hero movie for me. A lot of the adult humor flew over my head. So the first time I rewatched it being a bit older it was like a whole new film for me. Such a great comedy. Billy Murray is fantastic in it.
I saw it as a child too, and missed a lot of the more adult jokes.
I had an opportunity to watch it when I was quite young, but the librarian ghost was too much for me at the time.
I was in HS when this came out...smoked a bunch of weed beforehand...the marshnellow man sent into such a fit of laughter ny friends thought I might need help....still one of my happiest memories damn near 40 yrs later
A firepole is used by firefighters because its faster and safer than stairs when in a hurry and wearing bulky, inflexible turnout gear.
Traditional firehouses always have the living quarters on the upper floor because fire engines were originally horse-drawn, and horses can't climb stairs. So firefighters didn't have to worry about horses doing their business among the bunks or in the kitchen.
"Bustin' makes me feel good" ... ok, apparently I'm old and don't know what this means to the kids.
That's fine - you don't live through five decades and not lose touch. No matter - good show there.
Oh: the reason why sometimes the effects look *great* and others look cheesy is because this was done back in the day of physical effects. The gargoyles were sometimes animated, but often were animatronic puppets - which was an absolute science back then. The street in front of Dana's apartment was created in Hollywood, and featured break-away sections with MASSIVE hydraulic cylinders to make the street actually break open and shift.
Things looked good back then because filmmakers didn't have CGI - they actually DID things!
I love it when younger people see this movie for the first time and get shocked by Veckman's eh social skills. They are shocked, surprised and even outraged (depending on the person). They are so living in a bubble. Not a bubble bobble, just a bubble.
Good reaction, thanks for sharing.
Don't know if you noticed it Blue, but when hey were guessing the cards in the beginning, the guy was getting all of HER cards exactly right and THEN finally got one of his own when he guessed the wavy lines. So technically he WAS getting guesses right, just not his own cards. He was predicting the cards that she was going to get. Every time he guessed a shape it was the card Peter showed her next. Sorry this is a poor explanation, but I tried my best.
I always found it interesting that the more the guy got shocked the mire accurate his guesses
@@blazinjedi2008 Well, that was the point of the experiment. Negative reinforcement on psychic ability. It was actually working. That's the joke.
@@ravenwind1062 yes I know. I just didnt know if other people noticed also
I've never had anyone tell me they noticed the joke about the "figure 8" guess. Did you catch that (or anyone else who is seeing this comment?)?
For those that don't: to do the experiment Venkman would have had to tell them what the cards were. Then, he goes through always telling the guy he hot his wrong but that she always got hers right - and then she guesses "figure 8". That moment of long pause and then making all the extra emphasis on her outcome and such was his having to make a decision on how to handle and distract from the fact that she "got right" a card that *isn't even a possibility*. Zener cards don't include an 8.
Blue: We're not going to talk about my hair.
Also Blue: talks about her hair for 5 minutes.
Blue: What about the living conditions in there?
Me: um... the ghosts are dead there are no LIVING conditions.
This movie... always makes me laugh. And the line "Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria" is still part of my slang.
Blue, and another adorable reaction love to see you in new videos.
she looks quite nice to me, don't know what the trip is.
@@highstimulation2497 She does look quite nice, it's not my personal preference... but as no one has every complimented me on my style so that's probably a good thing.
@@highstimulation2497 im guessing it was meant to be layered not just done in coloured bands, but thats a guess. You're right tho, still looks good
I don't know what the original intention was with the hair, the actual result looks good to me!
@@highstimulation2497 - The 'trip' is whatever drugs she did before this reaction.
There was a popular 80s cartoon series based on this film called "The Real Ghostbusters" and a sequel cartoon series from the 90s called "Extreme Ghostbusters", which is well worth checking out if you like this film.
I’m 41 and it’s so fun seeing today’s generation enjoying this!
"I Feel Like the Floor of a Taxi Cab". Easily one of the best lines in the movie..
She talked right over it. And she was drunk... and probably high. The quality of her reactions has been dropping lately. She's just slurring out "jokes" and then laughing at her own jokes. Like the cringe drunk girl at a party.
Busting as in Ghostbusting and busting some heads meant to destroy or to stop someone from doing evil in 1984, not what it means today.
The exterior shot of the Ghostbusters HQ, is a real New York city Fire house that is still used today. The interior was shot on a sound stage.
Spends 5 minutes dissing on the hair (looks quite good btw)
and minutes later discovers it gave her telepathy - lol quite the win!
"It looks like your gates are all open" made me laugh so hard and I'm going to say that every time I watch this from now on.
I’m 40, and Ghostbusters was HUGE when I was a kid. The movie may have had some stuff in it that wasn’t for kids (lots of PG 80’s movies did), but kids absolutely loved it. And then two years after the movie came out, there was a TV cartoon based on it, and that made Ghostbusters even MORE popular for kids (and it was a well-done show that even adults could appreciate… well, the first two seasons, at least). I was a huge fan myself. I had the action figures based on the cartoon and a toy proton pack, neutron blaster and PKE meter that I wore as part of my Ghostbuster Halloween costume in kindergarten. And everything at my 5th birthday party was Ghostbusters-themed, right down to the Ghostbusters ice cream cake.
The possession angle in this story was actually Sigourney Weaver’s idea. Director Ivan Reitman got it from her audition.
No, it was already in the script. She wanted to run around on all fours and act like a dog, which she did when she met Ivan Reitman, completely freaking him out during her audition! He told her not to do that ever again, and had the "embarrassing" footage of her jumping up on the couch and barking destroyed!
Love it!
"We thought you were someone else." That line cracks me up every time!
Can't wait to see you react to Ghostbusters 2!
Now your going to have that song stuck in your head forever. great movie!
Wait till she see's the NeverEnding Story. When that track starts going in your head, it never ends!
Some fire stations had crew ready rooms in the floor above the fire engine garage. So when a fire call came in the fastest way to get from upstairs to the Fire Engines was to slide down poles.
The difference between a paid fire dept. and a volunteer one.
And it was just fun.
NYC firehouses to this day. (Which is what that is in this movie.)
This is also why there are multiple fire poles. They slide down the nearest pole, so that no matter where they are on the upper floor, they can quickly get to street level.
Where they slept.
Crossing-The-Streams apparently causes a Thermonuclear Explosion but the portal on top of the building absorbed most of the explosion.
Ghostbusters was initially intended to be an adult comedy... smoking, swearing, sexual innuendos... this was the 80s though, when RoboCop and Aliens had toylines.
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What made Ghostbusters special was that almost everything was ad-libbed... with the cast only keeping to the written dialogue when it was absolutely necessary.
This is pretty prevalent in the basement with Venkman comes in with a serious tone against Walter Peck, the Con-Ed guy and the cop. Murray keeps completely on script, because he knew the scene needed it.
The cast all knew the scenes inside and out... the lead up and payoff of each scene, where each scene came from, and where it led to.
Bill Murray especially would make up his dialogue as he went along, but would keep in-universe so the scene wasn't just a disjointed ramble. He knew the motivation of the scene, and would just go off script.
Most of the time he would only do one take as well, as he knew that more takes wouldn't be as funny or as natural as the original one he did.
His backwards and forwards with Weaver in Dana's apartment where she calls him a gameshow host, she threw that line at Murray to see if she could knock him of his stride, and he just replied with "That's the kitchen huh?" and he ended the scene with them going to the kitchen, knowing she'd caught him off guard and the scene needed to move on because Dana had shot Venkman down and put him in his place...
Moranis as well... the entire party scene in his apartment, everything Moranis says about his party goers, the new arrivals at the party, their names, all the stuff he rattles off about their backgrounds... "invited clients instead of friends", his quip about cheese/brie.......
Everything he says he just made it up as he went along, and the crew just followed him around with the camera. This is why some of the extras in the scene are looking both confused and amused at the same time... he just went totally off script with an energy that nobody realised he was going to do.
The only thing choreographed, was his dancing with Jean Kasem, and the arrival of the two new party-goers Ted and Annette.
What's more special, is that scene is just one take.
When the cast did genuinely realise they had a decent, funny line... they would give it to one of the other cast. The reasoning on set, an unspoken thing between them, was that if you willingly make the person next to you look good, you'll look good as well.
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The scene where Louis is attacked outside the restaurant and they ignore it, is what the filmmakers call a "New York Moment".
Someone's screaming outside and banging on the window... and it means nothing to anyone witnessing it.
You’ve been on an awesome tear this month with your film choices!! One banger after another! 🙌
The fact you nailed the circle card and your response was absolutely fantastic.
Fantastic Halloween video, Blue. I saw _Ghostbusters_ opening weekend when I was 9 and everything I know about New York City geography can be directly correlated to this movie.
Luck and prosperity for your next visit to the hair salon.
The real estate lady was in Total Recall. Arnie was disguised as her in the Martian airport.
31:49 There is an elevator, Louis goes down in it to try to escape from the Terror Dog. I assume the elevators are not working or they are not going to use them considering the corner of the building just exploded.
There are actually four movies, at least kind of. Ghostbusters II is a direct sequel with the same main character (plus some additions). The next one is a kind of re-boot with women instead of men, it is not a similar plot but does make a number of visual references to the original. Come out just recently is Ghostbusters: Afterlife, I have not seen it yet, but I'm told it's a kind of 'the next generation' type idea.
If you visit NYC, all the key buildings (the firehouse, the apartment building/temple) are still there.
"There's a person in danger there." That's the joke. People in New York were supposedly so aloof that they would just go on eating after a spectacle like that.
By the way, I think you still look fantastic with that hair, even if it's not what you wanted.
Only difference now is people in New York will film a person when their in danger.
you have similar scenes in two other Dan Aykroyd films which Blue should ABSOLUTELY WATCH:
The Blues Brothers
Trading Places
NYC: In the 70's a woman was screaming for help while being stabbed, but neighbors did nothing because they said they "didn't want to get involved."
"...but until then you will have to, umm... admire this sight for a while."
Challenge accepted.
Man, this movie was huge back in the day. When I was in fourth grade, four of us decided to dress as Ghostbusters for the class Halloween party. We hadn't planned it together, but we accidentally ended up with a full set of Ghostbusters.
"This isn't made for children."
And so my mother took us to see Gremlins, instead, and I. Was. Horrified.
That's quite the option. 😊
I remember not many parents were keen on their kids seeing Gremlins. My mom sure wasn't.
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@@Newramsin To scare them out of wanting a pet.
Louis Tully : *constantly locks himself out of his apartment*
Also Louis Tully : *becomes Keymaster*
The irony.
11:30 I was born the year this came out... and watched many any times for years to come as a child 😆
In the 80s and 90s.... kids saw a LOT sitting right next to our parents.
"My name is Blue... Or Rainbow!" - aww, but I wanted to make that joke...
Well played Blue, you win this round.
We didn’t need to hear that little lecture she gave us about life 🙄
Actually when Venkman asked the librarian if she was menstrating, he really wasn't trying to be creepy because it could have something to do with the paranormal sighting. You see studies have shown that 95% of paranormal activity occurs around young women, because a young woman entering puberty triggers her psychic kinetic energy, and ghosts/spirits use this energy to manifest themselves, so this is why Venkman's question was perfectly legit.
Yes, Sigourney Weaver who does Dana in this, is also in Alien.
You really think Venkman is that knowledgable about the paranormal? No, he was just being Venkman.
@@asterix7842 Venkman has doctorates in both psychology and parapsychology, so yeah directly in his lanes.
@@asterix7842 Back off man he's a scientist!
@@asterix7842 Yes I do.
It also affects the emotions, implying she could have been imagining seeing something.
I saw this at the theater when I was 7 going on 8. Most of the naughty stuff went waaaay over my head.
"Gozer the Traveller, he will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldronaii, the Traveller came as a large and moving Torb! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the Meketrex Supplicants they chose a new form for him... that of a Giant Sloar! Many Shubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Sloar that day I can tell you."
My son - Born in 85 - watched this daily. Then watched pt 2 daily - after watching this one.
Fun fact: The actor who plays Walther Peck got nicknamed by people in real life as "the guy with no dick" up to today. So mean. xD Little Bonus story: When ge got hit buy the Marshmellow Remains, the crew had a big load oh Mashmellow fluff and didn´t actually know how hevy it is or dropping it on him would actually hurt. He was lucky.
For the elevating street, that was a life size set with machinery below. For NY shots it was all dressing and a police car cut in half. You can always tell which one you're looking at by the amount of damage and details on the car and ambulance.
Lol, Egon was underneath Janine’s desk wiring up her computer for her.
This was a great kids movie (and still is) because most of us generally didn’t get the adult/dirty jokes. Or we did an’ were like: “Oh, those adults..!”
And yes, in hindsight, one of the things that makes this entire movie an iconic classic of cinema is how everyone in it is pretty much an idiot of one sort or other (except possibly for Dana, though she’s arguably kind of an idiot for falling (kinda) for Venkman).
The guy with the beard, Walter Peck was with the EPA (Environmenal Protection Agency), a government agency. He didn’t believe in ghosts or the paranormal and thought the Ghostbusters were con artists. He was only doing his job.
Ghostbusters is secretly an anti-government, pro-capitalist movie. The EPA guy is the bad guy. And the guys give up their time in college to pursue real careers and the pursuit of making money.
This was followed by two animated shows, two direct sequels and multiple videogame adaptations. Other films by director Ivan Reitman to watch are Twins, Ghostbusters 2 and Kindergarten Cop
It's a good thing she's not bitter about her hair.
If a guy doesn't collect fungus, then he's a fun-guy.
Fun Fact: Janine, the secretary is now the grandma in Young Sheldon
This was 100% a kids movie in the 80's.
Actually Blue, Luis is telling people about the tax info because everyone at his house is an accountant that he works with. they aren't actually his friends. This way he can legally write off the party as a work expense on his taxes and pay very little of his own money. As far as a tax report is concerned this meeting is a company affair and whichever company he works for will pay the expenses. So, when he's giving out the money info, "these" people are more than willing to listen and share. They are all accountants after all.
I thought the party guests were Louis’ clients.
@@crescentfreshbret Yeah, that too. I remember that as well. It would make sense given the tax write off angle for the party.
This was not a kids movie, but it was the Eighties. Our parents really didn't care what we watcheed as long as we were out of the huse and pput of their hair. Plus back then theaters sold tickets without checking your age.
Don't forget Gremlins, Critters, and the TMNT movie (1990)
Kids back then watched a LOT of stuff that wouldn't fly nowadays. And they made toys of a lot of those things too! As for the lack peoples reaction when the demon dog gets Louis, the joke is that in New York city you see all sorts of crazy stuff all the time so you just start to ignore/shrug things off.
Yep, kids in the 70s and 80s were a lot more desensitized than they are today. There were a lot of toys based on R-rated movies. Everything from Aliens to Robocop had action figures marketed to kids.
Your hair is awesome! Look at it at the 10 minute mark. Flip it over the top of your head and it changes everything. When I was touring with my band in the 80s, I would have killed for that dye job.
I say: KEEP IT!!!
When I was a kid I would buy snowcones that came in a rainbow color identical to your hair. They were my favorite! Your hair is great. The movie and your video are awesome too!
The opening scene is at the New York Public Library on 5th Avenue and 42nd street. The college campus is Colombia University at 116th and Broadway.
The fire station they purchased is a real working firehouse for the NYFD located in Tribeca. It is a few blocks north of the World Trade Centre.
Others New York locations: Lincoln Centre peforming artsn complex
-Tavern On the Green restaurant in Central Park*(The restaurant scene is a parody of the typical New Yorker reaction to bizarre things...indifference. If you have been to New York, crazy people on the street or on the Subway is viewed as "Normal"
-The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man is walking up Broadway Columbus Circle
-Dana's apartment is across the street on Central Park West
How can you not like Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murray)? Seriously? The guy improvised the best lines in the whole franchise. It's dark humor like electrocuting that kid to get laid but it's hilarious.
You know that hair actually suits your personality and it looks good. 👌
The background stuff regarding this movie is also as good as the movie itself. John Belushi (Blues Brothers, Animal House) was originally supposed to be the Peter Venkman character. But he OD'd & died so the part was re-written for Murray. Slimer is said to be an ode to the kinds of characters Belushi tended to play. If I could visit alternate Earths, I'd like to see the one where Belushi lived to play that role, I can almost guarantee that the overall energy of the film would be different. Eddie Murphy was supposed to be Winston, but had scheduling conflicts (he was working on Beverly Hills Cop). John Candy was supposed to have the role Rick Moranis wound up getting, but he wanted to play the character as a Frenchman or German for some reason. Near the end, if you pause it at just the right moment, you'll catch a glimpse of a young Ron Jeremy. Lastly, the "marshmallows" that the characters are drenched in at the end, that was actually shaving cream.
All trhe scenes from this movie that you've "seen before" originate from this movie. That is how popular it has been over the years.
This isn't for children? I watched this as the age of 6!
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And yes that is a fire department in NYC still they just rented it out. In fact it is so close to the World Trade Center they were the first firemen on site.
The ghost unzipping his pants, was Donna Dixon...his real life wife! They were both also in a very funny movie, Spies Like Us!
Excuse me, sir, that’s Kymberly Herrin, she plays the Dream Ghost and she sadly passed away on October 28th due to breast cancer.
"Ghostbusters II" is every bit as funny as the original movie...if not funnier! However, it's also Not the only Sequel... Last Year's "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" is a Must See too!!!
There's three Ghostbusters movies. 1, 2, and Afterlife. Technically 4 with the 2016 all female movie.
I saw this several times in 1984. No. 2 (1989) and Afterlife (2021) are must-see films. The 2016 remake shouldn't even be considered as liner for a bird cage.
This was clearly the best film of 1984 but the Best Picture Oscar went to Amadeus for some unknown reason. Love the hair, by the way. That money was well spent.
On Trixy's Comment: "The marshmellow man reminds me of the giant ginger bread man in Shrek"
Where, Trixy, would the Shrek-writers have taken their inspiration in 2004 for the giant ginger bread man? I would go out on a limb and guess the already classy 1984 movie Ghostbusters!
Back in the day this was a PG when it first came out on VHS in the UK, I watched it many times as a kid. And yes I would watch a kid watch it now as the adult stuff goes over their heads as it did mine. It's sill one of my favourite movies to this day.
"He's a comedian." Yup, he is. An inner city fire department typically kept the vehicles on the ground floor, and the living spaces were on the top floor. The poles were a quicker way down, than stairs or an elevator. This allowed them to have fire crews and a garage for vehicles, in a small building footprint. I have never thought of the theme song that way, and I will likely never think of it the same again.
Two from back in the day, a remake with female Ghostbusters, and the latest which continues from the first two, Ghostbusters afterlife.
Childhood me burned through four copies of this. I watched it at least once daily for years.
ghostbusters 2 came out 5 years after the first movie but there was a Saturday morning cartoon in between them that affected the 2nd movie to be more family-friendly. in 2016 there was an all-female reboot that most people like to forget, and very recently the proper third movie to the first 2 came out in 2021. called ghostbusters afterlife. they're all worth watching.
You have just witnessed my all time favorite movie. Now, you should watch Ghostbusters II and Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
"Give me some backstory" for the guy from the EPA? You know, the earlier scene where he came in to do his job and find out about how they were storing the so-called captured ghosts? To check for environmental impact and violations of environmental law? You know, his legal job? The one he was not allowed to perform? So he came back with a court order? That backstory?
22:35 --- Welcome to NYC in the 80s ... (shrug)
Dana's apartment is at 55 Central Park West and there is in fact an apartment up on the roof.. Granted, it doesn't look like that in real life.. The top of the building was added VIA matte paintings and effects. There's also really a church next door. (The one Mr. StayPuft steps on.)
Foreshadowing in the movie. Dana has a bag stay puff marshmallows in her groceries. You can see the bag on the counter next to the eggs.
That's how the cookie crumbles.
Firefighting poles are quicker to go down than stairs. Of course modern fire departments prefer slides.
Funny how nobody spots Egon and Venkman hustle the Sedwick Manager. Egon is rubbing his neck with 4 fingers and coughing as Venkman quickly looks his way.😂 Took me years to spot that.
I grew up with a 'taped off of TV' version (The network television premier) and for years did not know about this gag. Egon is cropped out of these shots in the 4:3 pan and scan version that ABC showed on that fateful broadcast.
Also, the pan and scan cropped out Ray's reactions after the bookcase attack in the library basement as Peter is asking "This happen to you before?... oh. First time?" and put Peter in a full frame shot for the entire exchange.
I'm glad I waited for your Ghostbusters's reaction, even if there was a few already on UA-cam, that was great !
8:25 I was nine years old when I saw this in the cinema back in 1984 and it's my favourite film, but then again I did watch some scary 'behind the sofa' Doctor Who stuff and other 'scarred for life' stuff on TV before I saw this film so I was probably use to it.
Idgaf if I'm supposed to ignore it, your hair looks amazing😋🙌
"is that the pope?" Most likely a local bishop or cardinal.
Back in the retro days, family movies could get away with almost any type of adult joke!
I was 10 when this came out so you are pretty young to me lol.
My Ghostbusters tshirt was the first piece of clothing that I ever picked out for myself... it glowed in the dark... I thought it was the coolest thing Ever! Lol
Walter Peck works for the Environmental Protection Agency. It's his job to ensure that the City's power consumption or power production is not harmful to the environment. He very likely received a report that an old abandoned Fire Station is now running an INSANE amount of power through the City and he wants to know what they're doing. Since he doesn't believe in ghosts he's concerned that they are defrauding the city and he wants to stop them because it's his job.
I was a Ghostbusters kid. I lived this film and the cartoon when I was 5.
There are a few aspects that haven't aged especially well but it's still a good film imo. You've just got to take it with a grain of salt.
I think the film aged very well; society, on the other hand, has aged terribly
The rainbow hair looks good on you! 🙂
This is one of my favourite movies of all time. I recommend watching the sequels soon, because there is a fourth instalment coming out next year.
11:45 "If your man don't collect spores and fungus...he ain't the one."
Well, I haven't cleaned my fridge out in a really long time, am I sexy yet?
Next would be Ghostbusters 2 and Ghostbusters Afterlife Disregard the 2016 Ghostbusters SNL parody
If I were to talk about your hair I’d say it looks great to me. It’s going to be so fun to see Ghostbusters with you; a great movie that is deservedly iconic.
Nominated for Best Visual Effects and Best Original Song.
It made $295 million dollars against a $30 million dollar budget.
It's now considered to be one of funniest movies ever made.
John Belushi was going to play Peter Venkman but passed away from a heart attack in 1982.
Fellow SNL actor Bill Murray was cast in the role.
Eddie Murphy was going to play Winston Zeddmore but turned it down in favor of Beverly Hills Cop.
Jeff Goldblum was going to play Egon Spengler but turned it down thinking that he wasn't the perfect fit for the role.
Harold Ramis (1944-2014) was cast instead.
It's a great movie for sure, but claiming it is the "Funniest movie ever made" I mean...
How do you even quantify funniness? Is it based on frequency of jokes? Or Laughter? Or their Intensity? And what if the crowd is laughing less than usual one day: does it affects its Laughing score? Does it only include the original English version or every other dubbed V.O. as well?
Interestingly, Goldblum worked with Ghostbusters co-writer/co-star Dan Aykroyd in the rarely seen noir comedy "Into The Night".
Harold Ramis even wound up co-writing the movie with Dan Aykroyd. It’s hard to believe Dan was the same guy who played Elwood Blues. Elwood and Ray Stantz couldn’t be more different from each other! Elwood was Mr. cool bluesman, and Ray was like a big nerdy kid.
A) Belushi died of heroin overdose B) Winston was originally supposed to be for Eddie Murphy and had a lot more lines. He turned down the move so Winston's character was pared down and a lot of his lines to to Murray
I've never heard anyone refer to a PKE meter as a "penguin" before. 😄
the bit about the librarian menstruating comes from research that stated that if a woman had a heavy period the loss of blood would cause them to hallucinate into seeing things that weren't there. so from a scientific point of view, it made sense to ask her if she was on her period.
Awesome film score by Elmer Bernstein.
Next, Ghostbusters 2 & Ghostbusters Afterlife. Also Afterlife have Mid & Post-credits scenes don't forget to watch those 😉.
Agreed, Ghostbusters 2 was a good movie in it’s own right.
The first movie CRUSHES it of course, but when not compared to the first movie, the sequel was good 🙂
Just avoid the reboot lol
The cartoon was the real reason the Ghostbusters became as iconic as it did.
@@subliminallime4321 mmm 🤔 I don’t know about that
Don’t ever forget! Busting makes us feel good!
9:52 Sigourney Weaver
There's Ghostbusters 2 and Ghostbusters: Afterlife (released last year) that are sequels to this one, really worth watching and reacting to.
Blue, your hair looks GREAT! Love your reactions!
"Okay, so.. shes a dog". Back in the day, "a Dog" was slang for an "ugly woman". The year this movie came out a song / music video came out called "Dog Police", using this phrase as the premise.