The description on the back of double Russian DVD (which is actually a clear sign of it being a pirated one) has some wacky texting too. "It's not a fictional movie in the strict sense of word. Spike Lee chosed 4 improvisators, who often made big halls laugh and made up their jokes on the go" That's clearly a pirated release.
Learning another languague through movies is actually a legit way. I learned english by playing games and watching movies in english with german subtitles.
I grew up with Jetlag productions and Golden films movies, the movie itself would be sychronized but the songs were still in english so I learned parts of English through that and part through Pokemon 2000 and Mewtwo strikes back that I had on VHS that was in English but had subs in my language xD
In college we were always watching Russian films and cartoons to help with our learning of the language, it definitely helps. I also have an American friend that play games in Japanese and a Japanese friend that plays them in English.
I was gonna say "why is this so interesting?" but then I remembered that variant/comparison stuff (like with the Galaxy Hole) is my favorite part of Bootleg Zones. So it makes sense I'd enjoy this, too.
I think the reason why the label on the Israeli release didn't fit the tape is that it was actually made for the beta release (which the front label saying beta confirms). Beta had a more narrow and taller label!
"So for our new Ghostbusters on Mini-SD card, we have space for another movie. What should we put?" "Youth 'n Revolt." "What's that?" "I dunno." "Didn't the make a Ghostbusters 2?" "No." "Oh okay. Youth n' Revolt it is!"
I remember that my local toy shop had a special sale on Ghostbusters toys when I was a kid. If you buy five or more Ghostbusters toys then you'll get a free video of The Real Ghostbusters cartoon. But sadly it only had one episode on it.
I had the UK double-feature VHS when I was a kid and watched it over and over again because we didn't have TV. I remember the logo on the side very clearly.
I actually had one of those PNY Ghostbusters flash drive sticks! The mock up is accurate, just a little more glossy than the real thing. Yes, it was just a normal boring stick with no Ghostbusters markings on it. As I recall, the movie took up almost the entire drive and the quality was more VHS than DVD. If I ever find mine I’ll send it your way.
As a collector myself, I get a weird sense of satisfaction seeing these kinds of collection videos. I'd love to see Phelous do more videos like this with other items in his collections.
Phelan! I still have my UK GHOSTBUSTERS two-in-one VHS cassette that I bought back in... um... 1990 or '91... I think. There's absolutely no mention of it anywhere on the inlay card or tape, but in between the two films, you get the first episode of Columbia's BATMAN & ROBIN from 1949! And that's how my black n' white superhero collection began! :) Perhaps your UK cassette includes it too!
Sony was trying to make Blu-Ray a selling point on the PS3 in the same way that the PS2 was marketed as a cheap DVD player early on in that console's life. It makes sense that Sony would allow Atari to include the Ghostbusters movie on Blu-Ray as a bonus for the PS3 version of the game.
22:37 Nice pronunciation of Portuguese, sir... and yes, they really named it "Caça-Fantasmas" here and here in Brazil the film is such a classic much because of the "classic dubbing".
I do remember seeing that strange usb drive with Ghostbusters loaded on it at a Walmart a couple years ago now, only saw it once though. If I'd known it would be so obscure I would've bought it instead of passing on it as I thought it was odd. Guess I wasn't the only one.
Except that the way Phelous pronounces it, it's actually cooler sounding than it is when it's pronounced the german way; the "j" is pronounced like the "y" in yes, year etc.
SECAM (Séquentiel couleur à mémoire) was a system that was developed by the French, hence its name, and it predates PAL and NTSC a little bit. One good thing about Japanese imports, either it be VHS or DVD, is that you can play them back on any VCR or region-free modified DVD player sold in the US without using any equipment to modify it since Japan and the US both use NTSC. Standard Blu-ray Discs are Region A for both Japan and the US, whereas DVDs sold in Japan are Region 2 NTSC, considering that DVDs sold in Europe are Region 2 PAL. Most movies released on PAL format DVD, are going to have a slightly shorter runtime, as compared to the same movie release on NTSC format DVD, meaning that the PAL format is slightly sped up a little bit. This is due to the fact that PAL format DVDs run at 25 frames per second, whereas NTSC format DVDs run at 29.97 frames per second. At least movies on Blu-ray all run at 23.976 frames per second.
Man... I would LOVE to send you some South African versions of the film, Phelous, especially since our clamshells look completely different front any I've seen on this video (as in the plastic part, I dunno about the insert. I'd have to track it down). but I think postage would be a bitch and a half to pay for :( and I'm super bummed because I really legit would love to send you some. Maybe after I move I can poke around and see what I can do. I can't guarantee it'd get to you because our portage is such ass but I legit love these comparison videos as well as a rundown of your formats. Don't hold me to that but I'll try and maybe next year I can figure something out or something. If you're interested of course ^^; but looking at these videos I don't think you'd turn away any more Ghostbusters stuff from other countries X'D
You have an amazing collection of Ghostbusters movies! Thanks for the awesome video! I have a Ghostbusters 1 and 2 double VHS in a cardboard double VHS box.
11:30 maybe that’s where the Nintendo GameCube logo came from! 12:54 not to mention in the Ghostbusters II screenshots, there’s a Gozer battle scene from the first movie!
At the end, showing those last few sets. Especially the two movie set with the 5 Real Ghostbusters episodes. Those look really cool to have. I only have the original VHS first movie and the DVD dual set with the sketchbook. Cool collection Phelan.
What an amazing collection! You have inspired me to start my own. And now that I know the 2005 double-feature has a little booklet, I am indefinitely going to get it eventually.
That UK version of g1 and g2 also had an extra episode (possibly 2) of black and white Batman for some reason......(if that's not the one I have it on video if ya want it)
Have you ever loved a movie so much that you had to get a million variants for each different format it was released on? I don't know, I'm still trying to get over the fact that movies on flashdrive was ever a thing...
GBA video is more for me. But mostly because I saw Creepshow on there which... was a movie I didn't expect to ever be played on a Nintendo cartridge, but it happened.
It's a joint venture between 3 companies. I didn't even know that Gaumont partnered with RCA Columbia and later Columbia TriStar home video to distribute movies on VHS in France.
This is the kinda stuff I live for. I have a collection of pokemon games, but I long for the day I have a Phelous-level collection of just about anything.
19:58 Always nice to see a Polish edition get some kind of attention. In case you're looking for more regional editions like that, Phelous, I know a few places where you can get more Polish variants, like the 2005 release, the Blu-rays and even some re-releases/reissues of the 1999 release. As for the VHS releases, there weren't that many in Poland. In the early 90's the official Polish movie and home video distributor at the time, ITI Home Video basically imported the UK releases of both movies and even the first 4 volumes of the Real Ghostbusters and simply slapped some narrated translation and a few legal notices on all of those. And that was pretty much it for VHS releases in Poland, really. Also, get this. Those UK-imported first 4 volumes of RGB with a Polish narration slapped on them that we got - that was the ONLY way you could experience this cartoon in Poland before it became available on Netflix and later UA-cam. Can you imagine?
Your collection actually inspired me to find other variants of some of my favorite films. As of this comment, I have multiple variants of 101 Dalmatians, Beauty and the Beast, and The Jungle Book.
18:40 Wait... Ghostbusters '84 got released in the Criterion Collection? This movie is more inspirational than I thought it would be. And more inspirational than the Paul Feig Ghostbusters.
As you are originally from Canada, I am surprised you did not get your hand on a Canadian French-language VHS of the movie - which, IIRC, has the same design as the French one, but in North American format. Is this something you would like to have if one of your fans found it for you?
What the bothbusters VHS does reminds me on Jetlag VHS because they'd also cram all of their other covers on the inside of the cover so I always wanted them all as a kid xD
About 10 years ago, right around the height of the MP3/portable media player craze, entertainment companies were trying desperately to fight off the death knell of physical media (mostly cds, at the time). A few of them began testing the waters by putting albums on sd cards hoping that they could sell as "the best of both worlds," being digital and physical. I was working retail at the time, so I got to see how well that went (straight into a landfill). I never actually saw any of the movie flash drives, though. They must have come and gone faster than the sd card idea.
I would kill to have a nice steelbook variant that was just black with the logo (maybe with the title below) for the first one, and the poster of them posing in front of the logo for the sequel. The back sides can have the old screen grabs or just some or be black or have some other imagery but I just want two beautiful, black steelbook with just the simple poster art. No red borders though!
4.49 - as a lifelong (U.K. based) 'Ghostbusters' fan, I never fully knew why the 'No Ghosts' logo was sometimes flipped horizontally on merchandise. In the depths of my mind I'm sure I've seen some U.S. merchandise with the flipped logo, and always thought it was just down to 'being creative' for mercandising, though I have no doubt the "has to be the right way round" explanation is the correct one.
It seems like we get fewer variants with the modern formats. I guess cause you can now put dozens of languages on a single blu-ray compared to having multiple different VHS or DVDs.
I have the UK variant of the 2005 2-DVD combo/boxset (26:08). I feel Ernie Hudson got quite a poor treatment on this package as he isn't shown at all and his name only appear in tiny prints in the credits of Ghostbusters II... Even the summaries of the movies omit poor ol' Winston. On a sidenote I find it odd/funny that while the first film comes with quite a lot of bonus stuff like a commentary, a photo gallery and so forth, the only bonus stuff on Ghostbusters II is a couple of Real Ghostbusters episodes... Not a bad thing though IMO, Phelous talking of this series is what got me interested in the franchise in the first place and it's the only time I've come across Real Ghostbusters episodes on DVD. Now I'm curious as to what Phelous thinks of these episodes. Maybe I'll suggest reviewing them in case he ever needed ideas for yet another Ghostbusters-related video ? 😁😉
Criterion never released their discs outside of the US. So other companies would license the material for other countries. Mainly Japan. There's a few releases over there with the criterion content but released by the original distributors (Blade Runner is a notable one).
I own a different Japanese VHS with the same kind of packaging and like, I could be wrong since I'm just basing this on two VHS tapes, but I think that little plastic box was just the standard VHS packaging in Japan. IDK! Either way seeing all the different regional variants is super neat!
Ha the Russian title is pretty simple as it basically translate to "Hunters of ghosts" or Ghost Hunters. I like the catchphrase though as it says "While someone is struggling with cockroaches and insects, they are clearing the city of ghosts." 2 has "The ghosts are back and in vain!" ??? Also the age rating seems to be for all audience as it lists as "от 0" aka 0+ XD Hilariously despite Ivan being a Russian name because Russian doesn't have I, Ivan Reitman's name is translated as Айван (Ай Basically makes the eye sound meaning it's Eye-van) when Ivan is actually Иван (И makes an e sound so the name is pronounced Ee-van). It's weird but it also makes sense as Russian is more Phonetic in Russian, so they are spelling it based on how it sounds. This might explain why Dan Aykroyd's name is spelled differently on different copies of the film, because they weren't exactly sure how to spell it. The blu-rays being bootlegs isn't that surprising as they have a major bootleg problem, especially with cds.
Yeah, you kinda pronounce the last part like "jaeger" from Pacific Rim. And no I have this image of the Ghostbusters busting ghosts in giant mechas. XD
When I saw the thunbnail and saw thr Xbox 360 copy of Ghostbusters: The Video Game, I was like "why is that in the collection?", until I saw that the PS3 version (at least the international version) had a copy of the first film in it, then it struck me
I'd be curious to see the quality of The Real Ghostbusters on that japanese 4k blu-ray release. Did they clean it up at all? btw does anyone know if Real Ghostbusters got alternate-language dubs?
The description on the back of double Russian DVD (which is actually a clear sign of it being a pirated one) has some wacky texting too.
"It's not a fictional movie in the strict sense of word. Spike Lee chosed 4 improvisators, who often made big halls laugh and made up their jokes on the go"
That's clearly a pirated release.
Learning another languague through movies is actually a legit way. I learned english by playing games and watching movies in english with german subtitles.
Here in Italy they sold tapes of movies in english subtitled for the same purpose.
I grew up with Jetlag productions and Golden films movies, the movie itself would be sychronized but the songs were still in english so I learned parts of English through that and part through Pokemon 2000 and Mewtwo strikes back that I had on VHS that was in English but had subs in my language xD
In college we were always watching Russian films and cartoons to help with our learning of the language, it definitely helps.
I also have an American friend that play games in Japanese and a Japanese friend that plays them in English.
Same here mate, playing games and watching movies with subtitles definitely helped me learning English.
Ok, but you waving into the laser disc while you're talking was kind of adorable.
I tried learning English with the Ghostbusters back in the day, it didn't work. Maybe it would have helped if I knew french.
a tip: you can watch movies on kaldroStream. Me and my gf have been using them for watching loads of movies these days.
@Brett Francisco yup, I've been watching on Flixzone} for years myself :)
Fun fact: Apparently I'm related to Jennifer Runyon somehow. I just remember my grandmother bringing it up one time when we were watching the film.
Wait, what!?
cool
But when will spook chasers get released on USB?!
"Ridiculous"? I think not. You must have meant amazingly awesome.
I was gonna say "why is this so interesting?" but then I remembered that variant/comparison stuff (like with the Galaxy Hole) is my favorite part of Bootleg Zones. So it makes sense I'd enjoy this, too.
I think the reason why the label on the Israeli release didn't fit the tape is that it was actually made for the beta release (which the front label saying beta confirms). Beta had a more narrow and taller label!
so few people remember beta. hell, people didn't remember it when it was "relevant."
tomatolicious Oh no. Beta!
"So for our new Ghostbusters on Mini-SD card, we have space for another movie. What should we put?"
"Youth 'n Revolt."
"What's that?"
"I dunno."
"Didn't the make a Ghostbusters 2?"
"No."
"Oh okay. Youth n' Revolt it is!"
westjames/notirishman Well, they did get something right: _Ghostbusters_ does not have a true sequel.
I’m starting to think this Phelous guy is some kind of Ghostbusters fan of some sort.
I would be surprised if they didn't release a version of the movie in flip book form
Being from the UK I have that Bothbusters VHS and yes it was common to have adverts for other VHS printed inside the cover label.
Random Ghostbusters fact: there's a dinosaur species named after Zuul
There is?
*_Niiiiice._*
I remember that my local toy shop had a special sale on Ghostbusters toys when I was a kid. If you buy five or more Ghostbusters toys then you'll get a free video of The Real Ghostbusters cartoon. But sadly it only had one episode on it.
I had the UK double-feature VHS when I was a kid and watched it over and over again because we didn't have TV. I remember the logo on the side very clearly.
Holy crap, that was a nostalgia trip! Beta... Gods, haven't seen something Beta in ages. Also, those VHS boxes with the imprint made me feel old.
Scorpio2074 Oh Phelous... You truly spoil us!
I'd love to see you do a video on the Ghostbusters deleted scenes.
I actually had one of those PNY Ghostbusters flash drive sticks! The mock up is accurate, just a little more glossy than the real thing. Yes, it was just a normal boring stick with no Ghostbusters markings on it. As I recall, the movie took up almost the entire drive and the quality was more VHS than DVD. If I ever find mine I’ll send it your way.
Paul Simmons What! You do!? MAHGOD!
wow, VHS as opposed to DVD quality? ..on a USB drive. (facepalm)
jbiehlable I remember when GBA video was a thing!
@@dadeleemurphy85 This is why Itunes Exists to make sure the Films have the better quality.
"What there's something strange in the miraculous merchandise zone , who you gonna call , Phelous busters"!!!
4:41 Trivia: the italian distribution was inspired by that french title of Ghostbusters for the italian title of Scrooged, which is "S.O.S. Fantasmi".
As a collector myself, I get a weird sense of satisfaction seeing these kinds of collection videos. I'd love to see Phelous do more videos like this with other items in his collections.
Phelan! I still have my UK GHOSTBUSTERS two-in-one VHS cassette that I bought back in... um... 1990 or '91... I think.
There's absolutely no mention of it anywhere on the inlay card or tape, but in between the two films, you get the first episode of Columbia's BATMAN & ROBIN from 1949! And that's how my black n' white superhero collection began! :)
Perhaps your UK cassette includes it too!
Sony was trying to make Blu-Ray a selling point on the PS3 in the same way that the PS2 was marketed as a cheap DVD player early on in that console's life. It makes sense that Sony would allow Atari to include the Ghostbusters movie on Blu-Ray as a bonus for the PS3 version of the game.
I think that marketing worked alright as I know some people who don't do a lot of gaming, but do use a PS3 as their DVD / Bluray player.
I have the 2005 American box set. The little book is pretty neat.
22:37 Nice pronunciation of Portuguese, sir... and yes, they really named it "Caça-Fantasmas" here and here in Brazil the film is such a classic much because of the "classic dubbing".
i do remember having a uk version of the two in one ghostbusters vhs which weirdly had a chapter of the 1940s batman serial inbetween the two films
How?
Wow, those steelbok covers are amazing!
I do remember seeing that strange usb drive with Ghostbusters loaded on it at a Walmart a couple years ago now, only saw it once though. If I'd known it would be so obscure I would've bought it instead of passing on it as I thought it was odd. Guess I wasn't the only one.
“Hilarious...”
Box Office
I don't know about hilarious, but it was underwhelming.
Thanks Box Office
I just spent 30 minutes looking at Ghostbusters variants. What is wrong with me?
nothing, compared the phelous :)
we all did ur nothing special!!!!!!
Man, I should really learn German, Die Geisterjäger is so fun to say.
Dee Guy-stir-yay-grr!
Except that the way Phelous pronounces it, it's actually cooler sounding than it is when it's pronounced the german way; the "j" is pronounced like the "y" in yes, year etc.
I recorded this movie off CityTV in the 90s. They put in ads, but didn't cut the movie at all. I might still have that tape.
SECAM (Séquentiel couleur à mémoire) was a system that was developed by the French, hence its name, and it predates PAL and NTSC a little bit. One good thing about Japanese imports, either it be VHS or DVD, is that you can play them back on any VCR or region-free modified DVD player sold in the US without using any equipment to modify it since Japan and the US both use NTSC. Standard Blu-ray Discs are Region A for both Japan and the US, whereas DVDs sold in Japan are Region 2 NTSC, considering that DVDs sold in Europe are Region 2 PAL. Most movies released on PAL format DVD, are going to have a slightly shorter runtime, as compared to the same movie release on NTSC format DVD, meaning that the PAL format is slightly sped up a little bit. This is due to the fact that PAL format DVDs run at 25 frames per second, whereas NTSC format DVDs run at 29.97 frames per second. At least movies on Blu-ray all run at 23.976 frames per second.
Man... I would LOVE to send you some South African versions of the film, Phelous, especially since our clamshells look completely different front any I've seen on this video (as in the plastic part, I dunno about the insert. I'd have to track it down). but I think postage would be a bitch and a half to pay for :( and I'm super bummed because I really legit would love to send you some.
Maybe after I move I can poke around and see what I can do. I can't guarantee it'd get to you because our portage is such ass but I legit love these comparison videos as well as a rundown of your formats.
Don't hold me to that but I'll try and maybe next year I can figure something out or something.
If you're interested of course ^^; but looking at these videos I don't think you'd turn away any more Ghostbusters stuff from other countries X'D
You have an amazing collection of Ghostbusters movies! Thanks for the awesome video! I have a Ghostbusters 1 and 2 double VHS in a cardboard double VHS box.
11:30 maybe that’s where the Nintendo GameCube logo came from!
12:54 not to mention in the Ghostbusters II screenshots, there’s a Gozer battle scene from the first movie!
Huh, maybe they accidentally switched the Gozer Battle with that unused scene?
At the end, showing those last few sets. Especially the two movie set with the 5 Real Ghostbusters episodes. Those look really cool to have. I only have the original VHS first movie and the DVD dual set with the sketchbook. Cool collection Phelan.
What an amazing collection! You have inspired me to start my own. And now that I know the 2005 double-feature has a little booklet, I am indefinitely going to get it eventually.
My dad owns that. He let me use it to make a gif set of Egon to honor Harold Ramis after his sudden passing.
That UK version of g1 and g2 also had an extra episode (possibly 2) of black and white Batman for some reason......(if that's not the one I have it on video if ya want it)
How... Why?
Have you ever loved a movie so much that you had to get a million variants for each different format it was released on? I don't know, I'm still trying to get over the fact that movies on flashdrive was ever a thing...
GBA video is more for me. But mostly because I saw Creepshow on there which... was a movie I didn't expect to ever be played on a Nintendo cartridge, but it happened.
When I was a kid, I only watched Real Ghostbusters. Didn't even know it was based of a movie.
Fun fact, Phelous: The "3 companies" you mention on the S.O.S. Fantomes clamshell were actually all one company; Gaumont/Columbia/RCA Video.
It's a joint venture between 3 companies. I didn't even know that Gaumont partnered with RCA Columbia and later Columbia TriStar home video to distribute movies on VHS in France.
Hebrew is written and read from right to left which is why the clamshell was made on the opposite side.
And I thought I was overdoing it with 1 and 2 on VHS, DVD, and 1 on Blu-Ray.
You by far have the best review of Ghostbusters stuff ever... So awesome
This is the kinda stuff I live for. I have a collection of pokemon games, but I long for the day I have a Phelous-level collection of just about anything.
Yeah! You made my morning Phelous. Love it when you go, go Ghostbusters!
These are awesome! I'm kinda a sucker for this stuff. I find it really interesting.
19:58 Always nice to see a Polish edition get some kind of attention. In case you're looking for more regional editions like that, Phelous, I know a few places where you can get more Polish variants, like the 2005 release, the Blu-rays and even some re-releases/reissues of the 1999 release.
As for the VHS releases, there weren't that many in Poland. In the early 90's the official Polish movie and home video distributor at the time, ITI Home Video basically imported the UK releases of both movies and even the first 4 volumes of the Real Ghostbusters and simply slapped some narrated translation and a few legal notices on all of those. And that was pretty much it for VHS releases in Poland, really.
Also, get this. Those UK-imported first 4 volumes of RGB with a Polish narration slapped on them that we got - that was the ONLY way you could experience this cartoon in Poland before it became available on Netflix and later UA-cam. Can you imagine?
*rips open 30 year old plastic* Oh, my heart!
Impressive collection Phelan.
Your collection actually inspired me to find other variants of some of my favorite films. As of this comment, I have multiple variants of 101 Dalmatians, Beauty and the Beast, and The Jungle Book.
wow just wow, i'm a pop culture collector too and this video really had me glued to the screen...bravo!
18:40
Wait... Ghostbusters '84 got released in the Criterion Collection? This movie is more inspirational than I thought it would be. And more inspirational than the Paul Feig Ghostbusters.
As you are originally from Canada, I am surprised you did not get your hand on a Canadian French-language VHS of the movie - which, IIRC, has the same design as the French one, but in North American format. Is this something you would like to have if one of your fans found it for you?
What the bothbusters VHS does reminds me on Jetlag VHS because they'd also cram all of their other covers on the inside of the cover so I always wanted them all as a kid xD
I DEMAND MORE OF THESE VIDEOS! THESE ARE THE BEST!
04:03 not sure why, but I'm picturing Phelous watching Ghostbusters II on VHS JUST so he could make this joke. 🤣🤣🤣
4:59 Wow I didn't know Gaumont still existed. They basically go back to the beginning of film itself!
Yes another Phelan video! Made my day!
I think the shocked looking ghost on the Israeli label might be a still from The Real Ghostbusters' commercial break idents?
Being from the UK I would like to apologise for the bad ghostbusters VHS joke
About 10 years ago, right around the height of the MP3/portable media player craze, entertainment companies were trying desperately to fight off the death knell of physical media (mostly cds, at the time). A few of them began testing the waters by putting albums on sd cards hoping that they could sell as "the best of both worlds," being digital and physical. I was working retail at the time, so I got to see how well that went (straight into a landfill). I never actually saw any of the movie flash drives, though. They must have come and gone faster than the sd card idea.
that japanese ghostbusters blu ray would be a nice birthday present for a ghotbusters fan
I would kill to have a nice steelbook variant that was just black with the logo (maybe with the title below) for the first one, and the poster of them posing in front of the logo for the sequel. The back sides can have the old screen grabs or just some or be black or have some other imagery but I just want two beautiful, black steelbook with just the simple poster art. No red borders though!
I just watched half an hour of packaging reviews and loved it. How is this a thing that can happen?
4.49 - as a lifelong (U.K. based) 'Ghostbusters' fan, I never fully knew why the 'No Ghosts' logo was sometimes flipped horizontally on merchandise. In the depths of my mind I'm sure I've seen some U.S. merchandise with the flipped logo, and always thought it was just down to 'being creative' for mercandising, though I have no doubt the "has to be the right way round" explanation is the correct one.
Ah yes, the Hebrew VHS with that weird Atari Computer demo reel at the end
OH NO, BETA! XD The master collector has a ever growing collection indeed
not sure how i missed this one....odd
10.8.22
possibly saw in 2019 (?)
Nice vid, Phelan.
So when are vhs tapes coming back? Cassettes and records made a comeback but where are my clam shells!?
When the bootleg zones theme played at 28:10 I had a stroke
He must really love those movies to want to own the same film on every platform
It seems like we get fewer variants with the modern formats. I guess cause you can now put dozens of languages on a single blu-ray compared to having multiple different VHS or DVDs.
A movie on a USB drive? That sounds cool!
This is relevant to my intrests.
I have VHS screeners for Ghostbusters 2 and the 1999 Ghostbusters release. Have the Deluxe Criterion LD too.
Lol the Australian version of the special edition ghostbusters set I bought didn’t even came with an metallic case and I’d bought it brand new.
I have the UK variant of the 2005 2-DVD combo/boxset (26:08). I feel Ernie Hudson got quite a poor treatment on this package as he isn't shown at all and his name only appear in tiny prints in the credits of Ghostbusters II... Even the summaries of the movies omit poor ol' Winston.
On a sidenote I find it odd/funny that while the first film comes with quite a lot of bonus stuff like a commentary, a photo gallery and so forth, the only bonus stuff on Ghostbusters II is a couple of Real Ghostbusters episodes...
Not a bad thing though IMO, Phelous talking of this series is what got me interested in the franchise in the first place and it's the only time I've come across Real Ghostbusters episodes on DVD.
Now I'm curious as to what Phelous thinks of these episodes. Maybe I'll suggest reviewing them in case he ever needed ideas for yet another Ghostbusters-related video ? 😁😉
Criterion never released their discs outside of the US. So other companies would license the material for other countries. Mainly Japan. There's a few releases over there with the criterion content but released by the original distributors (Blade Runner is a notable one).
I own a different Japanese VHS with the same kind of packaging and like, I could be wrong since I'm just basing this on two VHS tapes, but I think that little plastic box was just the standard VHS packaging in Japan. IDK! Either way seeing all the different regional variants is super neat!
Ha the Russian title is pretty simple as it basically translate to "Hunters of ghosts" or Ghost Hunters.
I like the catchphrase though as it says "While someone is struggling with cockroaches and insects, they are clearing the city of ghosts."
2 has "The ghosts are back and in vain!" ???
Also the age rating seems to be for all audience as it lists as "от 0" aka 0+ XD
Hilariously despite Ivan being a Russian name because Russian doesn't have I, Ivan Reitman's name is translated as Айван (Ай Basically makes the eye sound meaning it's Eye-van) when Ivan is actually Иван (И makes an e sound so the name is pronounced Ee-van). It's weird but it also makes sense as Russian is more Phonetic in Russian, so they are spelling it based on how it sounds. This might explain why Dan Aykroyd's name is spelled differently on different copies of the film, because they weren't exactly sure how to spell it.
The blu-rays being bootlegs isn't that surprising as they have a major bootleg problem, especially with cds.
My Aus DVD boxset didn't come with the metal sleeve. I feel like I was ripped off knowing that was an option.
cool das du "Die Geisterjäger" mit drin hattest.
Now you just need to get Ghostbusters the video game remaster for PS4 Xbox One and the switch.
wheres all the ghostbusters 2016 stuff? thats what i was waiting for.
oh sweet crossover :D
I have the promotional GB2 VHS, like the VHS that would play at a rental store for advertising. Can't find a lot of info in it though.
I don't recall it in the last video, and I didn't see it in this video, but do you have the 1996 VHS boxed set of the two movies?
This guy is really into Ghostbusters...
Wow, those last Steelbook releases had beautiful covers...
Die Geister Jäger is pronounced Dee Gaistayega. At least that's as close as possible ;-)
Yeah, you kinda pronounce the last part like "jaeger" from Pacific Rim. And no I have this image of the Ghostbusters busting ghosts in giant mechas. XD
I have always wondered what the French phrase for "aim for the flattop" was...
When I saw the thunbnail and saw thr Xbox 360 copy of Ghostbusters: The Video Game, I was like "why is that in the collection?", until I saw that the PS3 version (at least the international version) had a copy of the first film in it, then it struck me
I'd be curious to see the quality of The Real Ghostbusters on that japanese 4k blu-ray release. Did they clean it up at all? btw does anyone know if Real Ghostbusters got alternate-language dubs?
Really interesting video! I love obscure media formats. Was the Wii version of the game different from the PS3 and Xbox versions story-wise?
I actually learned to speak English by watching movies and tv with subtitles. Playstation 1 videogames also helped.
It's Ghostbusters! On glorious 8 track!
Brit version offered for rental at Porcupine Mall in Timmins, Ontario? (At least that’s the Porcupine Mall that shows up first on a search.) Strange.
oh ok. i thought you did this already, but that was the FORMATS.