Is Real Ghostbusters the "true" Ghostbusters canon?
Apr 2, 2023 18:19:14 GMT -5
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Post by Hobby Drifter on Apr 2, 2023 18:19:14 GMT -5
This is something I’ve been on about lately. While Ghostbusters is my favorite movie and an all-time classic, like most people around my age, I saw it *after* I watched the RGB cartoon.
I think that’s an extremely big reason why Ghostbusters has had such a lasting impression in pop culture, way more so than because of the movie itself.
The characters in RGB took what was established in Ghostbusters (which wasn’t a whole lot, imo) and expanded upon them to the point where I think most people (especially, again, those around my age) think of the RGB characterizations when they think of Egon, Ray, Peter, Winston, Janine, and Slimer.
And I suspect it’s also a large part of why GB2 and Afterlife (to a lesser extent, but still) didn’t have that same connection with fans. RGB expanded the characters into the ones we grew to love and GB2 and Afterlife ignored pretty much all of that. Hell, GB2 seemed to have made that choice consciously (saying the guys broke up almost immediately after GB1 explicitly says that the events of the cartoon didn’t happen). And while I enjoyed Afterlife for what it was, the way it explained how the Ghostbusters broke up (though it does suggest at least a few years of adventures after the events of the 1st movie) was really off putting.
So, yeah, I think that RGB pretty much is the *true* canon of the franchise. And it’s the reason that Ghostbusters is more well-remembered than other comedy classics of the era. And it’s kind of amazing that Sony/Paramount doesn’t seem to get that *at all*.
I think that’s an extremely big reason why Ghostbusters has had such a lasting impression in pop culture, way more so than because of the movie itself.
The characters in RGB took what was established in Ghostbusters (which wasn’t a whole lot, imo) and expanded upon them to the point where I think most people (especially, again, those around my age) think of the RGB characterizations when they think of Egon, Ray, Peter, Winston, Janine, and Slimer.
And I suspect it’s also a large part of why GB2 and Afterlife (to a lesser extent, but still) didn’t have that same connection with fans. RGB expanded the characters into the ones we grew to love and GB2 and Afterlife ignored pretty much all of that. Hell, GB2 seemed to have made that choice consciously (saying the guys broke up almost immediately after GB1 explicitly says that the events of the cartoon didn’t happen). And while I enjoyed Afterlife for what it was, the way it explained how the Ghostbusters broke up (though it does suggest at least a few years of adventures after the events of the 1st movie) was really off putting.
So, yeah, I think that RGB pretty much is the *true* canon of the franchise. And it’s the reason that Ghostbusters is more well-remembered than other comedy classics of the era. And it’s kind of amazing that Sony/Paramount doesn’t seem to get that *at all*.
