The Ghostbusters Novel is Unbelievable
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- Опубліковано 5 січ 2023
- The original novelization of Ghostbusters had a lot of weird and interesting extra bits with also deleted scenes and older script draft elements in it!
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So we got extra horniness, character growth, Egon and his Snacking addiction, curse words being removed and added, original rough cut scenes being added, Peter being an extra jerk, people are extra angry when they get mad. Sounds like a good time for a Book based on a movie.
I collect Ghostbusters merchandise and I have a lot of stuff. I even have an empty can of Heinz Pasta of The Real Ghostbusters from the 1990s. I'm going to wait a little while until I sell it. I've had it for 30 years and it's in great shape. In 2019, I had an offer of $250.00 however, I turned it down.
also i love the other girls being all "get out! out! i'll scream!" all flustered and frustrated and then Ripley is just "get. out." and he shuffles off before she can get her flamethrower.
I love the idea that Janine created the logo. It makes a lot of sense to me. Like she suggested it as a dismissive joke when Ray went to interview her for the job, but he took it as a serious suggestion. I can't imagine either Egon or Peter being that bothered about a logo at all.
If I thought they'd put in that much effort, I'd almost think that's why they had Chris Hemsworth's character pitching logos in Answer the Call, as a reference to the book.
Glad to see that scrapped idea was used in Paul Feig's Feminist crap that guest starred close approximations to Ghostbusters...
@@Shades14 THAT MOVIE IS FORBIDDEN IN THIS REALM!!! 🚫
@@TommyDeonauthsArchives cries a lot into his Underoos, which he hasn't changed since his mommy died.
@@TommyDeonauthsArchives hate it because it's bad, not because it's feminist.
Ah the Richard Mueller novel. It does give greater insight into the characters backgrounds and motivations. It's no wonder JMS hired him as a writer for The Real Ghostbusters.
"Looked at. With your eyes!"
This is somehow the first time I've ever heard this line. Boy, I wish that had made the final cut, it's such a good one.
An early example of the comedic Christopher Walken impression.
It really is all about Murray's delivery.
It takes an okay line and absolutely makes it hilarious.
@@jamesoblivionIt sounded more like John Travolta.
“READING MAKES ME FEEL GOOD”
The first scene with Dana and Peter in her apartment definitely only works because she's so clearly not really threatened by him. Props to Sigourney Weaver.
Wonder what the Q5 version of this story would be. Probably just a picture book of Slimer and the rest going on a picnic (prepared by Jeanine of course). Then Slimer eats all the food, and Peter proclaims "I love you, spud!" The last 3 pages are blank because the story was cancelled due to low interest.
It's nice when the novelization is a bit different than the film it's based on. Much like BTTF novel. They can write in some deleted scenes, ideas that were good but were either too hard to film/didn't work pace wise, and adding characters that had to be cut.
Yeah I read the novelization to Albert Pyun's The Sword and the Sorcerer by Norman Winski, liked how he added some more lore to the setting but was also kinda funny how "horny on the main" some of the writing was.
I remember reading the novelization of E.T. The Extraterrestrial as a kid a few years before I got to see the actual movie on VHS. I was very confused at how much was missing from the movie. Especially not hearing ET have full blown conversations with his potted plant.
With the "modem" science. It was probably that the reprint was made by scanning the original into a computer and the OCR fucked up. This happens with a lot of reprints where they don't bother proofreading
It’s not just novelizations. Some Kindle editions of books are scanned from a print edition, then not proofread at all. I got a Kindle version of the usual Penguin Books paperback edition of The City of God by St. Augustine. Thousands of copies of several of the same few scanning errors, plus a few each of dozens of others. They didn’t even have some unpaid intern flag the errors for correction, they just did nothing.
ah yes, the series we've all come to know and love, phelous and the books
YES😂❤
Old Man reads
Just when you thought Phelous had reviewed _Ghostbusters_ on every format known to man...
There’s still the British novelization…uh, novelisation!
@@ebwarg Ghostbustres
@@47Jaspers it’s spelt the same 😂
1:25 Joan Benji is the first person to actually "just get beyond Thunderdome."
One thing that will always make me curious about reading a novelization or the comics of a movie that has a cartoon...Whose voices do you imagine saying these lines more? The movie cast or the cartoon cast.
I go for a mix of both.
Definitely went with the movie voices in my head for this one.
The two have merged a bit in my head. Ray and Winston are total hybrids of their live action and animated selves.
I haven't even seen Ghost Busters yet, but I find myself still watching Phelous' videos just for little moments like him enunciating "Gooomph!"
Man, novelizations are awesome. Even if they're not as good as the movie, you get to see some of the previous version of the film make it onto the page. Also, impressive note taking, that's a full on clipboard there. Overall, this review makes me wanna watch Ghostbusters again. Timeless classic of a film.
The X2 novel is a great example of that, since it includes the ending where Jean Grey survives instead of being lost at Alkali Lake... and also has much more visceral descriptions of what Stryker's Anti-Cerebro does to mutants.
I haven't read the Mortal Kombat novelization in a while but I remember it had Kano surviving and being arrested by Sonya Blade at the end.
Egon wanted to take over the world.
I shouted: "Of course!!!"
If you know, you know.
Off topic, but I love how Phelan makes fun of UA-cam thumbnails in his own thumbnails. He's still king of meta humor. See, it's that little extra detail that makes this channel great.
he's the self-proclaimed Tsar of reviews
Oh gosh I never caught that😂 good eye!
@@andreasnickmann370 Man, that's a reference and a half!
BRUH I'm subscribed to you on DeviantArt! Never thought I'd see you here even if you've drawn Phelous/Good Times-centric fan art.
I'm wondering if the Baby Ruth references were meant to be a callback to the infamous scene in "Caddyshack", which starred Bill Murray and was co-written/directed by Harold Ramis. "It's no big deal!"
I love unhinged movie novelizations.
I once read a Creature from the Black Lagoon released 23 years after the movie. Where the Gill-Man was changed to a giant frog-dolphin and the doctors spend a whole chapter looking at his junk.
That's pretty amusing and frankly incredible. The stuff left in and taken out of novelizations are always fascinating to me.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu the book also gives insight into what the crew members think of the female lead.... And their thoughts are not pure....
@@UJEvans
I mean if they could spend an entire chapter about looking at this thing's dong I'm sure lascivious and lecherous thoughts are plentiful among the male characters.
I mean considering the stuff in this otherwise pretty tame Ghostbusters novelization that doesn't surprise me one bit.
I've read all three versions (the novelization and the kids versions). It is quite interesting to compare and contrast actually.
20:43 the sound cutting out makes it ten times funnier
I always enjoy novelizations that are based on early drafts and scripts. The Back to the Future novelization by George Gipe is a favorite of mine. The original ending with the DeLorean driving to a nuclear bomb test site is bookended brilliantly with the original book opening of Marty, already in school and in class where a film of the bomb test from 1955 is being shown to the class. There's a lot of odd changes and I find it interesting that the description of Marty in the book as the outfit that Eric Stoltz is wearing in his performance of Marty, including a US Patent Office T-shirt with an electric guitar on it and green sneakers.
I actually do remember reading the ghostbusters 2 novelization and being very confused about extra scenes not featured in the movie. Thanks for the memories, Phelan!
I'm glad there is no rap rap joke in the book
I'm impressed by how you made a video talking about a book so visually entertaining. I'm glad to have looked at it. . . _with my eyes!_
It's a step up from the last time Phelan did a book adaptation...
Ernie Hudson on the new Quantum Leap has aged really well. Much better than the other busters.
He probably didn’t get heavy into booze and drugs like they did.
@@5roundsrapid263 The Garfield Movies took a good 15-20 years off Bill Murray's health.
@@otakunthevegan4206 mental health?
I don't think running a Vodka company has done Aykroyd any favours.
I thoroughly enjoyed this breakdown of the novelization. Thanks man!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it, man!
19:05 - Hey, Peter actually says a VERY similar line in the Video Game. Funny that.
Is anyone else loving Phelous getting to roleplay as his heros for a video?
Novelizations of movies are fascinating in that they’re kind of like world building! I’ve also read novelizations of other 80’s films like ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ and ‘Clash of the Titans’; and they really do have the luxury of expanding on characters and settings more than a movie is allowed to within so much time given.
I once saw the kid's picture book version of George of the Jungle, and even that included a scene deleted from the movie. Had a photo of the scene and everything.
My favourite was the novelisation of The League of Extraordinary Gentleman (not as good as the comics but superior to the crap movie in every way)
That made it a book based on a movie based on a comic based on a series of books
And, IIRC, Yoda is blue in the "Empire" novelization, just as Slimer is yellow in the "Ghostbusters" book.
same with the novelization of the Fifth Star Trek film, it adds a lot that would be difficult to depict onscreen
Novelizations are better than people give them credit for. Like the Revenge of the Sith novelization. Vader's reaction to his surgical transformation is the most haunting thing I've ever read. That said, I've put off reading the rest of my Ghostbusters Novel, so I can't watch the rest of the video yet, but as far as I'm concerned, I'm extra-happy today that you got to reading it. Your Ghostbusters content is my go-to when I'm in a bustin' mood. I recommend the IDW stuff if you haven't yet.
It's like all the weird parts of adapting a novel in reverse. Instead of having to cut out sub plots to fit within 2 hours of film you need to add them in to make 2 hours of film fit 500 pages of book!
honestly the unused "Later, man!" scene with winston is incredibly fucking funny. i dunno if it would've killed the pacing in the montage, but the delivery is ace.
“I have seen Jazz that’ll boogle your mind.” Much as I enjoy a good curse, that’s a pretty creative workaround.
Amazing video Phelous. Novelizations are kind of becoming a lost art, replaced more and more by things like Disney’s kind of reimaginings like UnBirthday and what have you, so it’s interesting to see media like this discussed. Loved it.
Does it include the chapter where Ray and Egon capture the Wabuu ghost while Peter Coulier and Old Man scarf food?
17:40
Maybe they just changed the design of the prop, but I'd imagine that "trinocular goggles" are supposed to have three lenses rather than two. Either it refers to a different piece of a equipment or they just made regular goggles and changed the name because they didn't want to deal with that.
This sounds exciting. It reminds me of the Ghostbuster 2 comic book adaptation, which was done in the Real Ghostbusters artwork. Even includes the Ray gets possessed side plot.
What about the frog ghost in the subway scene???
someone that gets the "serious" aspect of Ghostbusters. finally.
I remember reading the book version of Gremlins and it was interesting since it went into the thought of gizmo and stripe
Potato face, huh? Well I guess now we know why Peter loves to call him "Spud" so much in RGB.
I actually found a children's Ghostbusters book recently called "Lights Out For Ghosts: An Adventure with The Real Ghostbusters" The art is pretty bad and I wouldn't be surprised if it was done by the same people who did the illustrations in the Ghostbusters joke book from a while back. A highlight is Winston left at the station sorting receipts, and Ray apparently has no face.
I'm glad that whenever I come back to your channel from time to time, you still make videos about things I would never have heard of even if I tried to find them. I also like how you still post consistently after all these years. Even though you didn't gain that many subscribers throughout time on youtube, nor are you getting many subscribers today, which you certainly deserve, you still do what you love.
As a young kid, I used to not like Ghostbusters for a very odd reason - at the time, I didn't realize other people could be named Ray. Certain parts, like when Venkman encounters Slimer - "It's right here, Ray, it's looking at me" - I used to think Venkman was talking to ME. That weirded me out so much.
Anywho, I'll do what Phelous says at 8:07. He was totally talking to me when he said that.
I love how you do an approximation of Lorenzo Music whenever you do Peter's voice, I always get a kick out of it.
I agree novelizations are interesting. Take for example the Dragon Ball Super: Broly light novel which reveals Broly achieved his Super Saiyan form not due to rage but intense sorrow over Paragus' death. I personally like the idea as losing someone can make one feel a variety of emotions as I imagine Krillin's death made Goku feel other emotions besides intense rage (guilt over failing to finish Frieza off & sorrow over losing his best friend & not having a way to resurrect him as Krillin had already died once before & the Namekian Dragon Balls were a no go at the time)! One could argue that Kale achieved her LSSJ form due to her intense jealousy brought on by her fear of abandonment. Sure it may seem counterintuitive to make a light novelization of a Dragon Ball film, but I think it can be interesting & besides anything that might get a person to read is a plus!
Nice to hear that they hired Ricard Mueller to work as a writer on the Real Ghostbusters cause he did the novelization of the films, as its good to have writers already familiar with the characters & setting. Also, the fact he gave Janine credit for the NO GHOST LOGO is a good call as far as I am concerned!
Ahha, so I was right all along! Ray's ghost BJ was a wet dream all along! As a kid, that scene thankfully went over my head, though I always felt it was a weird dream Ray was having & as an adult I could always accept Ray might have a ghost fetish (consciously or subconsciously) & that it was just a wet dream resulting from said fetish. My other theory was that Ray had an interaction with a SUCCUBUS as its a supernatural entity (demon) that preys on men sometimes in their dreams. Personally, I think it works best as a dream sequence rather than something that actually happened!
Still, the writer could have gone with the SUCCUBUS angle as some versions depict them as invading the dreams of men! I assume it was meant to be a dream in the script, or that is how the writer interpreted the scene!
I didn't even see that scene until I was in my 20s, the copy we had never had it. It was really weird seeing that out of nowhere.
My best friend has never seen ghostbusters not once in his life but somehow can recall that entire scene to me and it frightens me
11:17 it’s kinda sad when the TV edit works better with jokes than the novelization.
i admire your restraint in not adding tasha yar saying "i don't belieeeeeve this!" at denise crosby's audition/read bit. also i hate thinking too deeply about the proton packs but man does the fridge logic of the guys getting radiation poisoning from those fuckin proton packs strapped to them for ages really get to me, especially in the novelization's descriptions lol
Fridge horror.
Thank you for this latest dose of awesomeness, Phelous! You have the happiest knack for finding the oddest yet most fascinating things. I loved this look at the Ghostbusters novelization. Do you think you'll go over the novelization of Ghostbusters II? That reminds me; I should re-watch that movie. It's been so long since I've seen it that I barely remember it!
Glad you made it through the hurricane safely! But ugh, being without power for so long must have been just dreadful. So happy you're back to normal! Stay awesome, Phelous. ❤
I don't think there are as many interesting differences in the GB II novel but if I find I'm wrong about that I might go over it. I'd like to possibly go over the comic The Real Ghostbusters in Ghosbusters II at some point though.
That would be so awesome! I'd love to hear your thoughts on the comic - you've always got the most interesting and unique takes on things!
...I thought I imagined this book but some of these excerpts were like a slap to the face
It's nice to know that Janine and Egon's relationship came from somewhere, and how it was expanded upon in both cartoon series. I always hated how they pawned her off on Louis in the sequel, and then turned them into morons for some reason.
I always wondered what the novelization was like. Thanks for making this video
This is the stuff I like about these books adaptations of movies. More specifically the ones based on earlier scripts before finalizing them. The differences in favorite quotes, the deleted scenes, reordered scenes, inner monologues, all of that is great to discover.
So the Ghostbusters novelization is like either an expansion pack or a parallel dimension version with extra content?
7:49 That reminds me of a scene from an episode of a show on Fox in the 90s called Bakersfield, P.D.. A cop is really exited because his new partner is black, just like in the movies!
15:31 - Random New Yorker side-bit, we say the area code as “Two One Two”.
11:07
When Charlie realized that he can't catch the sunlight, he cursed: "oh jazz, raw!"
12:00 Science has nothing to do with breasts. Science is, when Oro flies. SCIIIIIIIENNNNNNCE
12:55 Coca Cola warehouse? What about Aldi?
Man, we really need Dingo's version of Ghostbusters
5:31 - Now this is a meme worthy image if I’ve ever seen one!😂
This episode was brought you by Baby Ruth
It's funny to hear Ramis and Aykroyd portray Venkman in these auditions.
I appreciate the dedication of the handwritten notes! The power was gone for so long!
Yeah, I was glad reading and taking notes on this novel gave me something to do during part of the black out at least.
We need more movie novelization reviews on UA-cam.
Seeing older cinematic snapshots of famous places like New York City makes me sad. Good review though!
Great video. I love novelizations that add extra backstory, scenes, and dialogue. As a few other people have said, the Gremlins novelization by George Gipe is great and definitely worth a read if you enjoy weird movie novelizations.
Those Baby Ruth references plus your caricature voicing of a more dumbed down Egon (and probably the 80's connection) and I couldn't help but think of Chunk in The Goonies.
Great video! I love the silly lil non canonical details you can get outta novelizations.
The novel is like listening to a very water down version of the movie, it's a curious take on the characters as well as adding in some delete scenes, as well as the characters acting out of character.
The cheery receptionist was probably q5 Janine
1:31 Oh come on, can't we all just get...Beyond Thunderdome?
:D
I didn't know Denise Crosby auditioned for Dana Barrett
I love how the book gives a backstory to the Frightened Librarian Lady from the first movie about her love life sucking and how the last date she had the guy stole her TV... Richard Mueller is funny as hell
How sad is it that the Superman discussion immediately made me think "Yeah, that's right since Krypton had a red sun he would've been little different from a human."
I own this book and have never read it…
Now I will.
I loved the original novel. Read it several times until I had to tape the already shoddy cover back on. Before the advent of the internet and all the deep-dive wikis, this book had the most information we'd ever gotten on the guys--whatever remained canon or not. Love that they finally reprinted it for a whole new era of GB fans to discover.
This was so fun. I'd love more videos like this.Phelous should going over more novelizations of films.
I love your Egon voice
His Wabuu voice: "his Egon voice is sooooooooooooooo stuuuuuuuuuuuuuuupid"
His Old Man voice: "his Egon voice is completely useless now"
His Baltard voice: "but Baltard (voice)..."
His Vegeta voice: "too bad it's Friday. His Vegeta voice is even better on Sundays."
His Egon voice: "shut up, guys! You're just jealous because @limalepakko6074 said she loves me."
One of Dingo's Dalmatian puppies: "what does that mean?"
His Egon voice: "just that: She loves me."
His Wabuu voice: "was... Was Dalmatians 3 supposed to be dubbed in English?"
Great video, I'd love to see you do more novel 📖 adaptations of classic movies like:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1990
Gremlins
Transformers
Masters of the Universe
etc
I got the book and read both movies and I was thinking the whole time was this: So these are all the deleted/alternate scenes we didn't sees:
How’d I miss this upload?! I find the idea of novelisations of movies interesting, never read any myself but watched UA-cam videos like this on them. I love the little differences in the story from the original script and random ideas from the authors minds
Keep up the awesome work! Love the channel.
Cool. I hope this new series continues, and you eventually review the Resident Evil novel series by S.D. Perry.
Oh that shit is gonna be hilarious.
I'd guess the Baby Ruth was a winking reference to when Bill Murray ate the one from the emptied pool in "Caddyshack".
I love my copy as it had stills from the movie halfway through. It's a bit dog eared these days though but it's a book that I'll never get rid of no matter what state it's in
Honestly, the book makes me appreciate the final films all the more. :) Now, about the Twinkies… how much spores, mold and fungus can they grow?
It's interesting when the novel differs from its movie a bit.
Great video! I often wondered how a novelization would read, when one of the lead actors famously improvised most of their lines.
I always thought the bums would be stand-ins for eventually having Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy reprise their roles as Mortimer and Randolph Duke from Trading Places (which had Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy), since they had also appeared as them as bums in Coming to America (which also had Eddie Murphy).
Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy would have been hilarious as the bums, particularly when one of them starts referencing Chuck Wepner.
i'm listening to the audiobook of GhostBusters, the narrators voice for Lewis is spot on rick morannis
R.L Stine (creator of Goosebumps) wrote the Ghostbusters 2 novelization.
He wrote the one aimed at younger kids, the full GB II novelization was written by Ed Naha.
@@phelous Whoops. My poop.
The Baby Ruth maybe a reference to Murray's character in Caddyshack with the pool scene?
I remember starting but never finishing the novelizations of Batman and Back to the Future Part II. The BTTF novel had the deleted scene of Marty meeting Dave outside if Biff's casino. I gotta find those and buy them and finish them.
Seeing the storyboard and then seeing the novelization, I for one would've loved to have seen ghosts of The Three Stooges appear in the Ghostbusters film, lol.
Awesome video
my headcanon is that the character of Mr. David is actually Dave Saville who is down on his luck after the Chipmunks had a bitter split.
I suspect that Baby Ruth was a reference to Caddyshack, directed by Ramis, specifically a scene involving Ackroyd.
And Egon said print is dead.
I always love these reviews of somewhat esoteric media of otherwise famous properties. I eat them right up. Gooomph!
Great meta with that upload game. 😀
And great video, as always - I wish, we could see you more often! ;)
There's a new video almost every Friday.
@@phelous Damn YT! I rarely get notifications, although following you for years now and hitting the bell icon every time... even twice! :p
Just for you, I will go back to the good old days, make an entry in Google Calendar to remind me and then I check manually from now on! And yes, I will do this! :)
Greetings from Germany and have a great new year! ;)