JoDaNa1281
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Jun 16, 2019 15:17:09 GMT -5
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Post by lildude8218 on Jun 16, 2019 15:17:46 GMT -5
Here's my story.
I think the reason I always leaned more towards Ghostbusters 2 is strictly nostalgia. I was born in 82 so by 89 I had seen the original movie and the cartoon series but Ghostbusters 2 was the first one where I was part of the whole buildup. The posters, the commercials, the sneak peeks on random news broadcasts. The wait. I was even convinced as a young idiot that Young MC was saying "Ghostbusters movie" in "Bust a Move" and thought it was on the soundtrack.
My dad took me to see it at the Whitestone Cinema Multiplex in the Bronx. The theater we'd only go to for special occasions since the one on Allerton Avenue was easier to get to via public transportation. The funny thing is the multiplex in the Bay Plaza shopping center had already been opened but maybe they didn't get Ghostbusters 2? I really don't know. But my point is the whole thing was just made special.
I have no idea if we went opening night, opening weekend, or even a week or two later but the theater was pretty full. That scene came when Egon and Ray get locked in and the room on fire happens. It was so tense. Then suddenly....black.
The movie just shut off right there. I had no idea what was going on. It took a good 10 minutes for them to get it back up while we stood in the lobby but it felt like an eternity.
The following season the cartoon got tweaked to reflect things that had happened in part 2. And I think it was around that time that our local ice cream man started carrying Ghostbusters Logo and Slimer ice pops. Even though after that first week he never bothered restocking the Logo ones.
Was it better than part 1? Probably not, but I lived the whole hype train of part 2 and because of that I'll always look back more fondly on it.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Jun 16, 2019 15:38:42 GMT -5
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MiLB Fan
Fry's dog Seymour
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Post by MiLB Fan on Jun 16, 2019 18:19:12 GMT -5
To this day, I cannot hear Higher and Higher without thinking of a dancing toaster and the Statue of Liberty coming to life.
Remember when Dana and Peter are eating dinner and she says “why don’t you give me a jingle in the year 2000”? I was six when the movie came out, and the year 2000 sounded so futuristic to me.
That subway scene with the severed heads scared the shit out of me as a kid; anytime I watched the video I always left the room when it got to that part.
Also, this bit of dialogue flew right over my head until I got older:
Peter: “Bet those science chicks really dig that brain of yours, huh?”
Egon: “I think they’re more interested in my epididymis.”
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Post by thegatewaydrug on Jun 16, 2019 18:19:39 GMT -5
I still think Winston looks weird without his moustache. Instead of looking five years older, he looked fifteen years younger. This man was 44/45 at the time:  |
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Post by horsemen4ever on Jun 16, 2019 18:22:51 GMT -5
This movie is very special to me, and always hold a place in my heart. This was the first movie I ever saw in a movie theater, you never forget first.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jun 16, 2019 18:31:54 GMT -5
The female guest on World of the Psychic always cracks me up. The male guest's prediction though almost came true.
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Paul
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Post by Paul on Jun 16, 2019 20:44:37 GMT -5
This movie is very special to me, and always hold a place in my heart. This was the first movie I ever saw in a movie theater, you never forget first. That's awesome! A great first theater movie!  |
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Post by edgestar on Jun 16, 2019 21:07:51 GMT -5
I rock out to this song, with zero shame. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2019 21:08:10 GMT -5
83 child here. So I grew up watching both movies about the same amount.
I probably liked the second one more than the first since it was more cartoony. Now that I’m an adult, I see what a masterpiece of the first one is. But the second still has a big place in my heart.
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Ultimo Gallos
Grimlock
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Jun 17, 2019 14:19:12 GMT -5
Sometimes I feel like the only person that was a kid/teen in the 80s that isn't a huge Ghostbusters fan. I enjoyed both films and the cartoon. But might have seen the movies 3 or 4 times tops.
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Dean-o
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Haha we're having fun Maggle!
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Post by Dean-o on Jun 17, 2019 23:23:31 GMT -5
Everything you are doing is bad, I want you to know this.
I love Ghostbusters II.
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Paul
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Post by Paul on Jun 17, 2019 23:38:21 GMT -5
This makes me laugh every single time.
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agent817
Fry's dog Seymour
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Post by agent817 on Jun 18, 2019 11:27:15 GMT -5
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Jun 18, 2019 19:08:09 GMT -5
Sometimes I feel like the only person that was a kid/teen in the 80s that isn't a huge Ghostbusters fan. I enjoyed both films and the cartoon. But might have seen the movies 3 or 4 times tops. I'm with you, except I didn't watch the cartoon. The original was a good movie but when people describe it as one of the great comedic masterworks of cinema, I simply politely nod and slowly inch towards the door. |
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