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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with today’s Behind the Scenes pic!
“Is Vigo!” is a constant battle cry amongst my friends. Say what you will about Ghostbusters II… it feels a little forced, the cast seems a little less fired up, that perfect lightning in a bottle effortlessness of the original isn’t exactly there, but when you really think about it it has everything that should be in a sequel.
All the cast returns, fan favorites get more screen time (Louis Tully, I’m thinking of you), there’s a big bad villain and, of course, emotional pink goop.
But Vigo and his slimy henchman (Peter MacNichol), who just wants to fuck Sigourney Weaver, are the reason Ghostbusters II holds a special place in my heart. Wilhelm von Homburg’s Vigo is one scary-lookin’ dude. Sorry, Wilhelm. Awesome name, creepy face.
To make him a little less creepy, how about a shot of him, in full get up, smiling and wielding a broom?
If you have a pic you think should be included email me. I’m looking for the iconic, the rare or the just plain cool behind the scenes shots to feature here.
Tomorrow’s pic is gonna have a drink or three with Nick and Nora!
-Quint
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You got a busted HTML tag in your history list above. No big thing, only it drives me crazy on account of that OCD thing I have going on.
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You gotta bus your own puke!
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Loving this, man!
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...is what killed it. It was a toy movie, and a let-down.
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Nothing will beat the courtroom scene where Bill was leading moranis during the testimony. comic gold.
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I don't understand the hate Ghostbusters II gets, I fuckin love it.
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Did some time for bodily harm and prostitution involvment. Succesful professional boxer too.
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and IamHERE is correct. The courtroom scene is Murray/Moranis GOLD!
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was in the Mouth of Madness!!
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especially as when you died it would quote Yanosh...
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He's not Elephant Man ugly, but he's not attractive.
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...Paramus.
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Slimer driving the bus wasn't that bad. He was not the most terrifying ghost in the first movie; he doesn't even look human (like the librarian in the first movie). So having him drive a bus as a gag isn't a big deal. Remember, this is a series where a giant marshmallow man attacked NYC. You expect some ridiculousness in a Ghostbusters movie. That's part of why we love it. The real problem with part 2 is that nothing could live up to how great the original was.
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..arriving in New York (with a stunned Cheech and Chong watching!)..best part of GB2
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He wasv oiced by an older heavyweight actor. Max Von Sydow
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Is how everybody thinks the Ghostbusters are full of shit. I mean how do you fake a 50 ft. tall Marshmallow Man?
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I realize the second movie isn't a classic in any way like the first movie, yet I've watched it many times, and I still enjoy it. It's a very quote worthy movie amongst friends. I particularly like Venkman hosting the tv show World of the Psychic. I would watch that show due to his wry hosting.
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YOU'VE BEEN A BAD MONKEY
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GB2 is worthy of all you pitiful half-men and more.
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Acually, he put some C-4 on an office chair, strapped a big honkin' monitor on top of it, and threw it down the elevator shaft. He was one of the two terrorists blown away...or up, as the case may be.
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and people who hate it are the same people who hate Avatar and Cameron because he didnt make the new Aliens -boys with guns- movie... and the same people which will praise GB2 when the GB3 will finally be made and turns out to be awful.<br /> <p>Granted the GB2 was made less darker and more family friendly and that because the main reason it was made in teh first place,was because of the huge success of the Real GB cartoon.(thus the Slimer cameo)<br /> <p>it had a decent story with a message,a perfect mix of scares (the sewer/train scene is still frightening) and laughs and the slow "family" scenes were not enough so that they could distract from the rest of the film.yeah the protagonists looked a bit tired and not that energetic like the original,but then again they were older and that was also the main plot of the film<br /> <p>GB2 is very entertaining,a worthy successor to the original and it doesnt deserve the hate it gets from the morons.
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That's not legal.
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... but I think if you're still talking or debating about a movie 10-20-30 years later, if you can still remember the lines and scenes, it can't be all that bad. Even when it's a movie you claim you hated, you had to have had some love for it to be so disappointed about the parts you didn't like. <br><br> It's the ones you write off as not worthy of remembering, not worth seeing or being mad about, a la Caddyshack 2, the 8 latter Police Academy movies, Jaws 2 & 3 & 4, etc... that are truly bad.
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Nov. 13, 2010, 8:40 p.m. CST
Do you think there's a connection to this Vigo character and the
by SubliminalJones
Is the atomic weight of cobalt 58.9?
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Oooh ahh ahhh yeahhhh!
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in GB1 they busted only one ghost and then they had a montage as well.<br /> <p>next complaint: Terminator2 is cartoony and less violent than the original.yep.
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My neighbor's foster kid came over to watch me do some yard work. I asked him what he'd been up to, and he said, "I went to go see the Hulk! It was awesome!" Ang Lee's Hulk had just hit theaters. I went, "Oh, okay." He asked if I was going to go see it, and I said I might, since he seemed to like it. He replied, "It sucks, though." This is what TBers sound like all the time.
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oh yeah? well I love you too!
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Who just goes over to somebody's house to watch them work in their yard? <p>"Yo Frank, what's up?" <p>"Not much. Just raking the leaves." <p>""Oh. Mind if I watch?" <P>Fucking weird.
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Louis Tully: Your Honor, ladies and gentleman of the audience, I don't think it's fair to call my clients frauds. Sure, the blackout was a big problem for everybody. I was trapped in an elevator for two hours and I had to make the whole time. But I don't blame them. Because one time, I turned into a dog and they helped me. Thank you.
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Short but pointless.
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They definitely didn't try to bust the library ghost.
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how come there's no story on Stephen King's Full Dark, No Stars, so us fans can discuss it? for shame Quint!
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When McNicol's character meets Venkman, look at the way he shakes Murray's hand-that cracks me up every time...
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Thank you, sir. You have given me my laugh for the evening. <p>That's right, I only get one.
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We be fast, and...<BR><BR>THEY BE SLOW!!!
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Nov. 13, 2010, 9:17 p.m. CST
they didnt bust the library ghost,they werent even GBers then
by KilliK
heck they didnt even know how to handle the situation when they made their first contact with the ghost.<br /> <P>NEXT.
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And hes holding a brush... theres a pun in there somwhere
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Only saw it a few times around the time it came out. From what I remember it was a pretty decent sequel when compared to an awfully terrible sequel like say..Robocop 2. Ouch! that one still hurts.
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In either movie.
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why in the movie yanoosh or whatever his name is, was dressed as the old lady that stole the baby? is there a point to that did he just wanna wear a dress
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Scared the shit out of me when I was a kid, though.
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but not many...thank you.
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NEXT baby,next.
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"you would be the mother of the ruler of the world! doesn't that sound nice? I'm sure we could have a magnificent house, car, free parking" Peter Michnicol is a genius and Quint you are the man for having the balls to post a pic from this movie which gets crapped on way way to often. This movie is hilarious. Sure not as great and fresh as #1 but 21 years after it's release I still laugh my ass off at Janosz, Louis and Peter. If only the deleted scenes would be released! Common Sony!
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LOL.
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I love you
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Michael Gross the producer posted a pic on his Facebook and check out what he has to say about the actor who played Vigo. il go fetch it and copy and past it in this TB. It's very interesting
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You would think that the events from the first movie would have caused a massive shift in the way people believed the world worked
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Michael Gross the "actor" in this was a wrestler from East Europe...an ignorant racist baboon..no one would even speak to him..he was assigned a makeup person/assistant...at one point when needed something, he said (on set) where's my nigger?...(referring to the (white) assistant)...I told him off, don't think it went through his thick skull..we were all so glad to get rid of him...shit happens...the second rudest actor I ever was in a room with is Sylvester Stallone. I copied that from his GB2 album on FB. Ya I creeped. Deal with it
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Vigo the soul sweeper ahaha
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You're short, your belly button sticks out too far, and you're a terrible burden on your mother.
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stick our heads in the toilet?" always cracks me up. Indeed there is a lot of funny stuff going on in GB2. Its worst sin, however, is that its obviously filmed in LA. Ghostbusters is one of the greatest New York movies ever made. The Big Apple is practically the fifth Ghostbuster and its absence is palpable. The other thing is that it has a baby in it and everybody hates kids.
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Where the quote ends seems obvious enough. Figure it out yourselves
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"I, Vigo the scourge of Carpathia, the sorrow of Moldavia command you! On a mountain of skulls in the castle of pain I sat on a throne of blood. Now is the season of evil." I feel like I should be headbanging during that.
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no wonder he didn't do anything else
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Nov. 13, 2010, 10:16 p.m. CST
"What'd I tell ya?! The phone lines are over THERE."
by Ben_Richards_Bomb_Collar
*hits Ray* Also, Egon's "Yo." is golden.
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Nov. 13, 2010, 10:18 p.m. CST
You fell for the old "man-eating toaster" trick.
by Nasty In The Pasty
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While I do dearly love GB2, my love is tempered by the difference between the novelization (which had most notably a hijacking of the Ecto-1A by a possessed Ray, which you get glimpses of during the theme song montage) and the finished film. Just a tinge of disappointment that was was once originally got chopped in the editing room. Other than that, much love.
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...but I thought I'd give us one more chance.
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Tully's reaction to Slimer driving the bus is priceless.
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yes I have been inside ILM.
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I actually prefer it to the one with Ray Parker's Ghostbusters song in the original.
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Nov. 13, 2010, 11:28 p.m. CST
You can see Vigo hanging @ ILM in the documentary "The Cove"
by ndally
I know right? Weird! but alas I've seen the movie 3 times and there is a section in the documentary at ILM and you see Vigo in the background. For real. Very cool randomness
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Never understood why people dumped on it. It's very watchable, I've seen it dozens of times over the years I'm sure and it still makes me laugh.
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Nov. 13, 2010, 11:37 p.m. CST
Death is but a door. Time is but a window. I'll be back!
by nobodycallsmcflyachicken
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all he was missing WAS his kitty
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HAHAHAHA!!!
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yeah i said it.
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sure u all agree..
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even the first time I watched it. The ghosts in the courtroom - they were cartoony blobby humanoids that the judge somehow recognized. But every other ghost in the two movies is either perfectly humanoid or a pure blob. The two characters just looked so bad for people the judge would recognize and consider to be real.
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A solid sequel that had a great villain, quality laughs and memorable sequences. No major reasons for it to be disliked.
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Nov. 14, 2010, 12:42 a.m. CST
*points to broom* -- AHH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
by Tigger Tales
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biggest flaw: sigourney weaver's baby was ugly. hehehe.
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Hey, I remember that. Did it say something like, "Now is a season of evil..." after you screwed it up for the Nth time? I think I remember the game more than the movie, descending down some shaft on a rope or somesuch. And claws grasping at you with the same repetitive "agadagadaga" sound sample. Although I may be mixing that up with Paul Gleason in The Breakfast Club.
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the montage that showed them busting dozens of ghosts, with the implication they were doing even more than that, as more than good enough. it was enough to get them on Larry King and the cover of magazines, for fuck's sake. they were busting a LOT of ghosts. [in BrainDrain's defense]<p> but the main crux of the movie was "becoming ghostbusters" (act one), "meeting dana and getting involved" (act two), and "defeating Zoul" (act three). only a TV series would show them actually going around busting random, comparatively inconsequential ghosts. <p> that said, Ghostbusters II follows a similar storyline, focusing on their comeback and one particular threat. and it's a fucking hilarious movie, and not a bad sequel [in Killik's defense]<p>Venkman to Viggo:<br> "You know, I have met some dumb blondes in my life, but you take the taco, pal! Only a Carpathian would come back to life now and choose New York! Tasty pick... bonehead! If you had brain one in that huge melon on top of your neck, you'd be living the sweet life out in Southern California's beautiful San Fernando Valley!"<p>One of the best written lines in either movie, and I'm pretty sure Bill Murray just made most of it up on the spot.
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well said.
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we really didn't think anyone would notice
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...It was really made for the kids who were apeshit over the cartoon. I mean why else would they stick "Slimer" in the credits. Mind you I was one of those kids...anyway, the movie is good, but not great. It doesn't stand up over time as well as the original. Ghostbusters I was just classic. Ghostbusters II was...well, it had its moments. They pumped up the FX, had a few more ghosts and lots of slime, but otherwise it does suffer a mild case of sequelitis. They improve on the immediately marketable aspects while letting certain plot and character points wither. Someone above pointed out Dan Akroyd's possession in the novelization (I read it in the comic book adaptation). That shit would have been so awesome in the movie. But hey, whatever. The ending was a copout, too. "Villain beaten by good vibes." Ooooookaaay! Sorry, that shit was gay when I was ten and it hasn't gotten any better. At least Zuul and Gozer were beaten by zappy proton guns and giant explosions. Viggo was beaten by happy thoughts. But there were redeeming qualities. I loved the bit where the Titanic arrives. The subway scene, the drilling sequence, McNichol and Homburg, Annie Potts trying to fuck Rick Moranis...All that stuff makes the film generally worth watching, but it's just not as memorable. On a related note, this is also why they should never ever ever touch this series ever again. Ghostbusters III would be a complete and unmitigated disaster. I've heard concepts thrown about and they all suck. Ghostbusters in hell? Sorry, that's stupid. Passing of the torch? To who? A new cast of hip, diverse and completely unrelatable characters? Fucking please! Anything they do should just be subtitled "Cynical Cash Grab Cause We're All Out Of Ideas," cause that's exactly what it would be. Leave well enough alone, there are no more stories left to tell.
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Dancing statue of liberty? Fuck off.
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All of it.
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Bill Murray is at his best hosting a talkshow for psychics in which he just makes fun of his guests because he doesn't believe any of it. And hairless pets on a talkshow for psychics? LOL
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Couldn't have said it better. The Prinz von Homburg-documentary is one of the best docus i know and has won a few prices iirc. But, as you also stated, it is very sad toward the end, seeing him obviously in poverty, desperately trying to learn english and struggling with his acting-skills and just belying himself about his situation is painful.
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Gangs, prostitution, assault, racism, just because someone chose to get beat up in the ring doesn not excuse them of these crimes.
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in the sequel at the time because the concepts and references of the toon were superior, though I still like part 2, for what it is...
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asshole or not, he sure played a scary looking Vigo! you are like the buzzing of flies to him!
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is that the role of Venkman was originally written with John Belushi in mind. No telling if it would have worked as well, but it certainly would have been different. Trying to imagine a Belushi Venkman is kind of like trying to imagine a Murray Blotto in Animal House.
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I liked the more serious tone of the first as opposed to the fruitiness that was part 2...negative pink slime, a walking statue of liberty...GAY!
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I'm gonna have to call you on that. Sigourney Weaver holds the distinction of being just about the only woman on the planet who looked hotter in her 40s than she did in her 20s. With maybe Jennifer Connelly coming in a close second. Sigourney's looks probably peaked around Galaxy Quest, and that was when she was 50...Christ, she's in her 60s now and she's still bangable.
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...is that they tried to make Annie Potts look like the cartoon version of Janine Melnitz with a ridiculous red wig. Hey, I had a crush on 'toon Janine as a kid (still kinda do), but that was a pretty big indication the sequel was targeting kids who liked the cartoon series more than adult fans who loved the first movie.
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. . . was only 1 walking Statue of Liberty away from being a decent sequel.
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It's not as good as the first film but then to be fair, Ghostbusters was one of the very best movie experiences of the eighties - the sequel was never going to be as good. That said, it is a genuinely great sequel - not a let down to me in any way. Great laughs, great atmosphere, great story and some brilliant set-pieces. Love Ghostbusters II. People moaning about it, well personal taste is one thing I guess and that's fair enough but picking it apart for what they see as faults? Don't see it myself. Great film. Roll on Ghostbusters III.
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Nov. 14, 2010, 8:07 a.m. CST
I thought it was solid. Some of the FX were dodgy though.
by Mr Nicholas
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I can't even watch it. "We be fast.... AND THEY BE SLOW!' Wow , try harder to sell T-shirts, you fucks!
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They were doing paranormal research. The library ghost indicating increased spiritual visitation, along with losing their research endownment, is what causes them to start bustin'!
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You can see Vigo's painting stored in the GB's firehouse. If you stand in front of it, it talks to you.
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back in the day they were both playing at my local cinema together. I chose Batman, but it was a hard fucking decision. Looking back I don't regret it. GBII is a decent movie, but doesn't come close to the original.
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"You just get out!" <p> *blows off head with shot gun* <p> Love ItMoM.
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And yes, like another poster said, how does the world forget what the Ghostbusters did and think they're all frauds? Did Superman fly around the Earth or something?
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I like Caddyshack 2. Chase has some classic Ty Webb lines... <p> "Do you have a twin sister?" <p> "Have any of you ladies ever seen a crisp fifty dollar bill?" <p> "Ah mom and dad(it's a picture of Chase as an old man and woman) they're gone now." <p> "Dead?" <p> Noo, noo, moved to Florida...wait, you know what, I think they are dead." <p> And Ty fumbling with the pool sticks is classic Chevey.
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lol, that's some funny shit.
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Not as good as the first, but still a great movie. So many funny moments and lines. I just scratch my head trying to figure it out when people hate on this film.
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Nov. 14, 2010, 10:55 a.m. CST
next week, people who shave their own pets. weird.
by LookWhosTalkbackingNow
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...bummer."
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well, its a free country and i respect your input.hungrily yours, Edna.
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awesome. you were trying to hurt npbody? you were just helping out a friend who was scared. oh and when bill murray, whats' he say... when they're like any further questions and he tells rick moranis "no, i think we've helped them enough"
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my two favorite shows.
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as Caddyshack but, like I said, Chase has some classic lines. <p> And while were talking Chase and Aykroyd why is Spies Like Us not recognized as the classic it is? That movie is comedy gold.
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Nov. 14, 2010, 11:29 a.m. CST
people forget and turn their backs on people all the time
by nobodycallsmcflyachicken
and forget all the good things they once did for them. once a hate bandwagon starts most easily influenced people will jump right on it. only a handful of people were there to witness the Stay Puft Nightmare, everyone else just heard about it,
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and I wouldn't call the entire city of New York a "handful of people". <p> And fuck those kids who wanted He-Man!
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and I wouldn't call the entire city of New York a "handful of people". <p> And fuck those kids who wanted He-Man!
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Nov. 14, 2010, 11:46 a.m. CST
He-Man always bothered me becuse it was already
by nobodycallsmcflyachicken
out of style by then.
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That bothers me too. I just chalk it up to adults(the film makers) being out of touch with what real kids were into then. They should have said Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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Nov. 14, 2010, 12:08 p.m. CST
The courtroom scene was one of the best scenes from either movie
by Smoke Monster Loves Kate
It was the best non-Ghostbusting scene, hands down.<p>"There are so many holes in 1st Avenue, we really didn't think anyone would notice."<p>"Shit happens, someone has to deal with it, and who are you gonna call?"<p>That was also one of the best effects scenes. The Ferrelli brother ghosts looked genuinely scary and the scene transitioned seamlessly from comedy to sci-fi.<p>And it's a testament to how shitty the ending of the second movie was, when the courtroom scene seemed way more authentic "New York" than the damn Statue of Liberty walking around Manhattan.
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Scaleri brothers, not Ferrelli.
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Nov. 14, 2010, 12:11 p.m. CST
"And you don't want us... exposing ourselves!"
by Smoke Monster Loves Kate
That pause in the middle, fucking great timing and delivery by Murray. I just watched it again and started laughing out loud.
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Nov. 14, 2010, 12:12 p.m. CST
"Dohhh..." "Rayyy...." "Egoonnnnn..." "..."
by Smoke Monster Loves Kate
ahahah
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In some other universe, it is regarded as a worthy sequel.
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released in '89 so no He-Man in very apt
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Unless those kids were huge fans of the shitty movie, which no one was, you're wrong.
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Nov. 14, 2010, 12:46 p.m. CST
Never had a problem with GH2, not every movie has to be Citizen
by lowpassat
Loved Ghostbusters as a kid, loved the cartoon had some of the toys, never had a problem with GH2. Now that I'm older its not as good as it could have been or anywhere near the original but if you can't laugh at that movie then you have no sense of humor. The cartoon is creepier than either movie if you ask me! I've been visiting this site for a long time and only participated in a few talkbacks but for the love of god people not every movie is going to be or even needs to be as good as the standard you people hold it up to. Why does EVERY sequal have to live up to the original, why does every character in every movie have to be fully fleshed out to make you "care" about what happens to them, why does Transformers have to be at the same level of Grapes of Wrath? Sometimes you just have to sit back and enjoy the ride! And Killik, Avatar sucks all on its own, theres no need to compare to to anyhting else Cameron has name of will make. End of incoherent rant.
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Nov. 14, 2010, 1:26 p.m. CST
Yeah new episodes but it was still in syndication and still on
by ndally
it was still popular. Plus most kids loved masters of the universe. What strange world did you grow up in?
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I loved He-Man as a kid (god, the 80's were SO BAD for quality TV animation...), but I sure as shit wasn't watching or even THINKING about it in 1987. Just like how in 13 Going On 30, Jennifer Garner's character was 13 in 1987, yet was all obsessed about Thriller. THRILLER?! In 1987? What "cool" kids were still doing the Thriller dance moves in 1987?
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I liked it too but like Nasty said no one gave a shit about He-Man in 1988. It wasn't a show or action figure line that endured like GI JOE or Transformers.
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Nov. 14, 2010, 2:42 p.m. CST
The cartoon was definitely creepier. Sam Hain scared the shit ou
by Smoke Monster Loves Kate
He'd better be the villain in any new Ghostbusters film.
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There are funny moments in GB2, but it is no match for the original. I think the villain was weak (though Peter McNichol was great) and the Statue of Liberty and the slime was stupid. I felt like they took the things that were catchphrases from the 1st movie and the cartoon and amped them up. Oh, you liked the whole slimed thing the first time around? Well, in this movie, we slime EVERYTHING! And it makes a toaster dance! Lame. Boo. (But some of it is good.) My buddies and I used to have a bar of measuring how bad a movie was. It all came down to would you rather rewatch the said bad movie once, or watch Ghostbusters 2 10 times in a row?
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urrrn't you guing to introduczzze me to yurr frendt?
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My lazy ass is THIS close to going to Walmart to see if they still have the 2 disc set with both movies for $9.
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Egon: "We had part of a slinky...but I straightend it." One of the funniest lines ever. Oh, and Childs...I am growing to like you quite a bit my man, very well said.
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Max Von Sydow was the voice of Vigo?? <p>HOW THE FUCK DID I MISS THIS ALL THESE YEARS!?!
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where hath you gone?
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for years and years I always thought GB 2 was a well regarded sequel, I always liked it, I never knew it wasn't till I saw people talking shit about it on AICN, glad to see it has it's defenders though
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I played it last year and it's fucking awesome, but I made the mistake of getting the PS3 version, which has awful graphics compared to the other versions (I didn't know that till after the fact though), thankfully a few months ago I bought the PC version on Steam, I need to play it again soon
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He is VIGO! Give him de childe!
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Vigo was a very powerful magician, Dr. Venkeman.
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The ps3 version of ghostbusters runs in 1080 Rez and looks fan fucking tastic. You are some kind of retard who can't hook up his gear. And the reason Ghostbusters 2 sucks is mainly because they destroyed the love interest completely by giving sigourney some douchebag's kid. I'm still reeling from the depression I felt watching that mundane life scenario play out. And Bobby brown's "music"
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"Oh, but I 'woo'." Cracks me up every time!
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Didn't he play a villain in the original "Die Hard". Hint Hint: Bruce Willis dropped plastic explosives on him.
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I think it's good, but not great. The first was perfect. And I'll be honest, the worst part of GB2 to me is the score and the song choices. The score was very ordinary and cheesy unlike the GREAT score of the original, and the songs reflected the times, I guess, but the original Ghostbusters theme and the other songs used in that movie helped give it the right tone. But mainly, yeah, I hate the GB2 score, and feel it makes the movie seem goofier than it really is. I like the pic of Vigo cleanin' up the town though.
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As people have said, it pretty obviously was basing itself partially on the cartoon instead of just the original film. I didn't like that at the time, and I was a kid who watched the cartoon. In one episode they actually explained the original live action film in the cartoon universe, as a Hollywood version of the "real" Ghostbusters from the cartoon, which was kind of clever. The second movie adopting elements of the toon was less clever.
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