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So what did you all think about the film and the tribute....(spoilers! .....and questions!)

posted 3 years ago by orangeflava (1862)
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Just got out of a screening. The Ghostbusters are back, baby!!

What did you all think about keeping Egon in the movie albeit in ghost form? Pretty good effects on him although I understand why they didn't allow him to talk.

Nice tribute as he was protecting the world this whole time keeping Gozer/Zuul at bay and then passing the knowledge on to the next generation by literally guiding them in the right direction.

Some thoughts:

• Can someone remind me about the coin thing that Janine gave to Egon? Looked like a deleted scene from the original but the same coin was then shown in this film.
• Saw a bunch of references/easter eggs but need to rewatch to catch them all
• We got another set of possessions and arms/paws ripping through chairs! "There is no Callie only Zuul!!"
• Winston as the oldest Ghostbuster looks damn good for 75!
• Winston is listed as Dr. Wisnton Zeddemore in the imdb credits. Did he earn a doctorate too? I just though he was a financial success but maybe I missed something.
• Speaking of that he kept the fire station afloat this whole time just like Ray's book store?
• We got a who you gonna call line! Bokeem Woodbine is a great character actor.
• Podcast was the best kid to me but they all did a good job
• Love that they showed us "new" ways to use the old tech like the goggles photo printer, gunner seat, and RC trap
• Was that J. Jonah Jameson aka J.K. Simmons as Ivo Shandor?
• Was that Olivia Wilde as the return of flat top? lol
• We needed more Sigourney but fun reference to the Bill Murray testing scene
• The red flashing light in the containment center is breached? We getting another round of NYC activity? I thought the ghosts were contained in that pit in Oklahoma?

[–] triplea (3577) 3 years ago

I thought it was really good, great homage to the original but with some new life breathed into it.

[–] orangeflava (1862) 3 years ago

Same here!

[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7704) 3 years ago

Because nobody else answered it, yeah. The beginning of the end credit scene was a deleted scene that is on some of the DVDs and blurays they have released. And yeah. JK Simmons was Ivo Shandor. His role was meh. The role Ivo Shandor played in the 2009 Playstation 3 and X-Box 360 game was better. The movie was good though.