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I love that Rick was the key master even though hes always getting locked out of his apartment

During the “Dana is possessed” scene, Peter is being deliberately evasive and attempting to get a rise out of Dana, basically paying as little attention to Zuul’s spiritual psychobabble as possible. This is because he’s attempting to get Dana to break through and speak to him. This is based on actual parapsychological training when dealing with a presumably possessed person.

"Where do these stairs go?" "They go up." Still one of my favorite movie lines ever.

The thing about Walter peck is that he's completely overstepping his authority. The epa doesn't deal with nuclear. The nuclear regulatory commission would have a few words with the Ghostbusters, but not the epa

About Ray Stantz' "Sorry" sounding very Canadian, well, the actor portraying him, Dan Aykroyd, is himself in fact a Canadian.

"Gozer the Traveler wil come in one of the pre-chosen forms. Durring the rectification of the Vuldrenaii, the Traveler came as a very large and moving Torb. Then of course in the third reconciliation of the last of the Meketrix Supplicants, they chose a new form for him, that of a gaint Slor! Many Shrubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the he-depths of the Slor that day I can tell you." Vinz Clortho

Fun fact: The denim guy in the background at 13:07 wasn't an extra, he was just some random guy who got into the shot lmao

The green ghost named "Slimer", is supposed to represent John Belushi, best friend of Dan Ackroyd, who wrote the script. John had died shortly before Dan Ackroyd started the script.

Please watch "Groundhog Day" with Bill Murray! On February 2nd is the actual "Groundhog Day"!

The Green Blob Ghost would go on to be named Slimer. When the Ghostbusters got their own Saturday Morning Cartoon, Slimer became a pet, friend, and ally of the Ghostbusters. As a response to how much kids loved Slimer, he appeared in the sequel in the same role as the cartoon. He hung around the HQ and even helped during the final battle.

The "REAL GHOSTBUSTERS" Cartoon Series from the 80s did a good job on expanding on the mythology... in ways the sequels / reboots never thought to touch on, like "What's actually in the containment system" and "What else is in Tobin's Spirit Guide besides Zuul". Also, Stay Puft isn't a real brand.

The cop from Family Matters was Powell, the cop in Die Hard. “D*ckless” was the jerk reporter in Die Hard. Ghostbusters 2 is worth watching.

The cop that lets them out of the cell is also the cop in Die Hard. He also plays a cop in Chuck. Also, an interesting little fact: Louis, the guy who gets possessed by the keymaster, kept getting locked out of his apartment.

My favorite line: ‘dogs and cats, living together, mass hysteria.’ (And yes you need to see Groundhog Day.’)

"Who said sorry like that? It was very Canadian." For the record, Dan Aykroyd, Rick Moranis and Ivan Reitman are all Canadian. Also there are 2 sequels - Ghostbusters 2 (which I also love), and the now released Ghostbusters Afterlife, which is pretty much everything Ghostbusters fans have been waiting for since Ghostbusters 2

The role of Winston was originally written for Eddie Murphy, but he couldn’t do it because of other projects and they shrunk the role. I always wonder what this movie would have been with Eddie in the cast.

"The guy from Family Matters?!?!?". It was the guy from Die Hard!

Quoting Back to the Future while watching Ghostbusters - new level unlocked

Ghostbusters II is a worthy sequel, and so is Afterlife.

Also, I'd recommend "The Last Starfighter" (1984). One of my favorites from childhood! 🙂

..... "It's the StayPuff Marshmallow Man." RARRRR!!! That's one of the best reveals in movies. So great in the theaters when you had no idea what to expect. :D

LOL "I'm not sure jumpy people should have this kind of weapon." Canadians are so cute!!

"Zhuul is kinda HOT!" Some things that were true about 40 years ago are STILL true today! So glad you two have FINALLY watched one of the most quotable movies in history!

I remember being in the hospital when I was 10 with pneumonia; my Mom rented Ghostbusters and the part with the maid putting the fire out with 409 made me laugh so hard, I had an asthma attack. Good times.

Ghostbusters 2 is just as great in my opinion. You should check it out in case afterlife references anything from it and you are not totally lost. Great review!

I loved the cartoon series "The Real Ghostbusters" (1986 - 1991)!

“Dropping off or picking up?” Perfection in comic screenwriting and delivery. “Zuul looks great on her” is pretty damn good too lol

Hearing George relate with Walter Peck informs of how much ground has been lost with the youth since 1984.

1:49, this is the real New York Public Library. The next scene, in the basement, was filmed in the Los Angeles Public Library.

My brothers and I (I'm the youngest of three) had a recorded VHS with Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters 2, and Beetlejuice on it, and we watched it endlessly. This movie is surely integral to my childhood.

The "Go get her, Ray!" line is Venkman getting back at Ray for when Rey got Venkman to talk to The Librarian at the film's start.

The transparency of the gargoyle in that scene was due to how the optical printers back then worked when compositing separate images into one frame(usually when matte paintings, miniatures, and live action are combined). Another famous example of something being transparent was prior to the 1997 special editions you could see through the frame of the cockpit of the snows speeders during the battle of Hoth in The Empire Strikes back.

The one who said, "I'm soory." In a very Canadian way was Dan Akroyd (Ray) and he IS Canadian.

I remember when this movie came out in the 80s, the theme song was on every radio attached to a speaker. In restaurants, gas stations and grocery stores…it was everywhere.

23:38 Fun fact: In the days before the elevator was invented, it almost never happened that buildings were made more than five stories tall. Here, we have a key illustration of exactly _why._

Fun fact: in the end when the ghostbusters were all covered in melted marshmallow stuff, Venkman wasn't nearly as much as the others. The reason for that is that the take they used in the final film was the last one they did, and at that point, Bill Murray was so sick of getting smeared with the gunk that he refused but was talked into having just a little on him.

"There is no _____, only Zuul" is still one of my go-to daily jokes.

I first saw this movie when I was 2 years old, and my mom freaked when she found out, thinking that I was going to have nightmares for weeks or be scarred from it...instead, it became the most reliable means of getting me to sit down and shut up for a couple of hours for much of my childhood. Even at that young age I thought Bill Murray was the funniest thing around, which should've been a gigantic sign that I'd grow up extremely fluent in sarcasm and dry humor (as I still point out to them to this day). Ghostbusters 2 and Ghostbusters Afterlife are absolutely worth a watch...the 2016 Ghostbusters, not so much, we prefer to act as though that one doesn't exist.

This is legit one of my favorite movies ever, so it's always nice to see people giving it some love. Interesting note: Bill Murray's part was originally meant to be played by the late John Belushi, and the green 'slimer' ghost they catch in the hotel was written in as a tribute to him.

Fun Fact: The scene at 11:15, when Dan Akroyd opened his mouth and the cigarette stuck to his bottom lip made me, a young, impressionable lad, want to start smoking so I could do that trick. After I started, it took me 17 years to quit smoking.

As soon as I saw you guys were reviewing Ghostbusters I had to stop & watch because Ghostbusters is probably my favorite movie ever...I just love it so much!!! "Call it fate, call it luck, call it karma...I believe this review happened for a reason..."👻👻👻 Also fun fact, Slimer(the famous green ghost) was inspired by John Belushi which I love 😎

A classic masterpiece of horror and comedy! Great reaction! Oh and Dan Akroyd is Canadian. That's why he had the accent, and so is Rick Moranis. This was shot in New York City and some stage work in locations and stage work in LA. Stay Puft is a fictional brand made for this movie, haha. Thanks, guys!

The producers tried to hire Huey Lewis to write and perform the music for Ghostbusters. The deal fell through, so at the last minute they hired Ray Parker, Jr. In the limited time he had, he came up with the hit that was the theme song for the movie. It was very similar to Huey Lewis's song "I Want a New Drug." Lewis sued for copyright violation and won. If you listen to the two songs you'll hear the similarity. Stay Puft Marshmallows was a fictional brand that was invented for the movie. They're now a real product. You can get them at Walmart, though for some reason they're not available on Amazon. One of my favorite lines: "It sounds like you've got at least two or three people in there already."

I also sing "It's been a while!" by Staind every time someone says those words! And "Making my way..."

A lot of people skip over this: The reason you're not supposed to look at the traps is that there was the possibility of them pulling your soul out through your eyes. Superstitious belief refer to the eyes as the "doorway to the soul." Dan Aykroyd is neck deep in Occult studies in real life, and strove to be as accurate to those beliefs as possible. Thus the concern for looking at the traps while in use (not to mention the more mundane issue of the bright light emitting from the traps that could be potentially blinding. Also, yes Dan Aykroyd is Canadian, thus his "I'm sorry" sounding Canadian.

Simone's face is so wonderfully expressive! Watching her is a show in itself! ;-)

Harold Ramis tends to write fast paced “efficient” screenplays. “Army of Darkness” is the same, just “go, go, go”, without any fluff or filler.

Ghostbusters 2 is great as well, you should definitely watch that one. The 2021 movie is an entertaining new addition to the series (takes place in the same universe). The 2016 one will leave you feel disappointed about the wasted potential. Could have been a fun movie if it had a decent script and didn't ignore the earlier movies.

You guys should definitely watch Ghostbusters 2. It's a great movie, that I personally love just as much as the original, just for different reasons. Because the first movie was such a phenomenon, you're always going to have people who will say "well the sequel wasn't as good as the first", but everyone I know who has seen Ghostbusters 2 says that they like it, and I even know a few people who say they like it _more_ than the first one.

One of the best movies ever made, so creative, a kind of parody to all the horror movies at this time. The sequel is good, not so good as the first, but definitely okay to watch.

The EPA guy Peck, was the reporter in Die Hard. He got the role in Diehard from his annoyances in Ghostbusters

You should watch Ghostbusters 2, it's almost as good as the first. The 2016 reboot you can skip unless you like SNL humor over the dry humor of the first one. The newest is essentially a spiritual sequal to the first two and ignores the 2016 version.

I saw this in the theater the summer it was released (1984). It was absolutely amazing then, and looks suprisingly great to this day. It has aged VERY well.

The guy in jeans passing behind the news reporter was actually a random dude passing, who wasn't aware there was a movie in the making. The Director thought the shot rendered good and kept it.

Canadians well represented here - Ivan Reitman, Rick Moranis, Dan Aykroyd. Lots of great comedy talent in Canada in the 80s.

This was amazing! You're both so much fun!! Some random facts you might find interesting: - Eddie Murphy was supposed to be the 4th Ghostbuster, but chose to do Beverly Hills Cop instead. He had just had a hit with Dan Aykroyd (Trading Places) and I don't think they've worked together again since Eddie said no. - Bill Murray's role was written for John Belushi, who died before they could film. He was Dan Aykroyd's best friend. Slimer (the ghost that's binge eating) is supposed to be John. - The earthquake scene is actually filmed in New York City, it's not a set. The moving ground was built directly on the street. My dad was an extra.😜 The sequel lacks the dry humor and fun of this one, sadly. Still, this movie is amazing and your reaction is wonderful. Comedy suits you both.

I don't think there's anything specifically pointing to ghosts in this movie as being the spirits of the dead, although it would lend a certain 'moral complexity' to what the Ghostbusters were actually doing! Most of them are rather apparitions or phenomena, not exactly associated with ghosts as we originally think of them, except for a few (librarian, cab driver)

Fun fact: Both Dan Ackroyd & the late Harold Ramis were both very interested in the occult in real life which helped inspire the making of this movie.

Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters" song is the best recording of 1984! I even have the 45 RPM record! 😁😁

:23 - LOL . Every time anyone says "It's been awhile since ...." , that is exactly what my friend group does. Simone rocks. And George too , of course lol

I think, tho it is never spelled out, that the effect of the crossing of the streams happens inside the portal, hence destroying THAT dimension instead. It is never said in the movie, never really hinted at, but it would explain why they survive and why the portal is destroyed.

Dana's apartment is 55 Central Park West.. Course, the top of the building was extended by matte painting into how it appears in the film.. But on top of the REAL building is a rooftop apartment that once belonged to famed designer Calvin Kline..

Stay Puft isn't a real brand, as far as I know. The character's appearance was made as a combination of the Pilsbury Doughboy, the Michelin tire man and Bob's Big Boy. Earlier in the movie, there is a package of Stay Puft marshmallows in Dana's groceries.

Dan Aykroyd's family has a history with ghosts and the occult. His father wrote a book called, "The History of Ghosts" and was a reviewer of psychic acts.

Yes, GB2 is worth watching. I saw GB: Afterlife a week or so ago. I know some people don't like it, but I thought it was pretty good. As long as you stop expecting it to be another clone of the first two GB movies and accept it for what it is, it's worth seeing.

First generation National Lampoons and SNL cast members and writers (Ramis and Akroyd) wrote this. Which explains why this was so clean. I actually love Ghostbusters II and it's soundtrack is incredible, I feel it's underrated. Ghostbusters Afterlife filled me with joy. I cried.

9:57 - Annie Potts, AKA Sheldon's Meemaw, Connie. 20:58 - And also a really obscure movie you've probably never heard of, called Die Hard. Back in the 80s, it used to take forever for a film to come to the pay channels (HBO, etc) after it played in theaters. HBO also used to do an unannounced movie at midnight on Christmas eve as a gift to subscribers. One year (probably 1984), they did Ghostbusters, months before its normal cable premiere. I had stayed up to see what movie they were showing, while my parents went to bed. So I got to watch Ghostbusters, alone in our darkened living room way ahead of anyone else. Good times!

Simone and George: “How’d they break up the street like that? They had to build a whole set right?” New Yorkers who drive in those roads every day: “They could have shattered the roads like a dropper base and not a soul would notice…”

If you want more Akroyd you should do one of my favourite movies, “The Blues Brothers”. Probably the best Belushi as well.

What astounds me about this film, is that, Peter Venkman, is one of my favourite film character of all time, and the fact that the role was written with John Belushi in mind, but Bill Murray plays him so well, I now cannot imagine anyone else in the role. Also, The actress playing Janine Is Annie Potts, who does the voice to Bo Peep in the Toy Story films

Dan Ackroyd is a Canadian so his Candian-sounding "sorry" shouldn't be too surprising. So is Rick Moranis ("the Keymaster"). Moranis was a member of the Second City comedy troupe from Toronto that went on to create a Canadian television sketch comedy show called SCTV ("Second City Television") that ran between 1976 and 1984. SCTV is where Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas created their iconic, beer-addled, Canadian brothers, Bob and Doug McKenzie (who would later be the main characters of the awesome cult movie, "Strange Brew"). Other members of SCTV that you might know from some of the movies you've reacted to would be Harold Ramis (Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters), John Candy, and Catherine O'Hara.

It was so nice seeing a modern audience actually appreciate Bill Murray's humor here. Every time I've seen people on youtube react to this movie, they all seem to get creeped out by Bill. So it was refreshing to see people actually understand that its just supposed to be harmless flirty humor.

Part 2 is great too!

This movie came out when I was a kid. A bunch of us went to see it shortly after it opened. It was an experience. The Ghostbusters theme and other songs topped the charts for a long time and for years you could see people wearimg Ghostbuster t-shirts, I even had one for a while.

One detail I just noticed. The news anchor mentions a "ghost locomotive" his grandmother used to talk about. In the sequel, that actually makes an appearance.

This is still one of my all time favorite movies, and one of my earliest movie theater memories. Seeing that initial library ghost freaked out my 4-5 year old self, but I wound up loving the movie so much that I must have watched it a couple hundred times in the 80s-90s. So glad you guys got to watch it! I wish I could see it again for the first time.

You can tell this was an American movie made in the 1980s because the antagonist is a government agent concerned about the environment.

Summer of '84: I was 10 and my family went out to see this masterpiece at the Tivoli theatre. My crush on Sigourney developed from that moment on... Thank you for this one, folks! ;)

That is THREE mortgages at 19%, THREE. That is what makes Egon's line about the amount of the annual payments hammer home...he would have been better off selling the house. Also this movie has one of my favorite, most in character lines of dialogue of all the films I have seen. Dr. Egon Spengler 'Sorry, Venkman, I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought.' Reginald Van Johnson in addition to Family Matters was John McClaine's LA cop buddy in Die Hard 1 and 2. Ms Weaver's building does have an elevator...with the gate opening and all that jazz apparently the power cut out or the damage to the top of the building put them out of order. Thus the stair scene.

Man that "I collect spores molds and fungus" line really hits different after the 2020 lockdowns.

One of those almost perfect comedies. A blue collar comedy about regular Joes doing an extraordinary job.

The green ghost that popped up a lot was called Slimer. The design was inspired by the look of a person who would have been a member of the cast. When Dan Ackroyd was writing the screenplay, he imagined the role of Peter Venkman not with Bill Murray, but with John Belushi. Ackroyd, Murray, and Belushi were all members of the original cast of 'Saturday Night Live', but most of Ackroyd's most famous and loved sketches were done with Belushi including Jake and Elwood Blues...The Blues Brothers (which they made a film of together). Unfortunately, as Ackroyd was working on the screenplay with Harold Ramis, Belushi died of a drug overdose. It was one of the big deaths in the comedy world that had serious ripples because of how many people loved John Belushi. They brought in Bill Murray, who had worked with Reitman and Ramis on ''Meatballs' (1979) and 'Stripes' (1981)...and with Ramis (as a director) on 'Caddyshack' (1980). The new people were everyone else. SIgourney Weaver wanted to try her hand with comedy. Ernie Hudson (Winston) was pretty new to the buisness. Rick Moranis (Lewis) was becoming more and more popular having done SCTV (Canadian!!!!)...by the beginning of the 1990s, Moranis was a huge star. This was the biggest movie the year it came out, and I went to see it in the theater probably six times...of course, I was 12 years old at the time! I didn't care for 'Ghostbusters II', the 'Ghostbusters' re-boot with Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones was vilified (although, I didn't hate it. It was actually fun). I have yet to see the new 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' with Paul Rudd, written and directed by Jason Reitman (Ivan's son)...but I really want to!!!

*(The green goober looking thing)* the audience members named *SLIMER* & it became a big hit merchandise & all

Your perception of this movie being efficient is quite correct. It's the genius of the writing behind it. What needed to be said was said, and when things didn't need to be said, actions were used to convey the message, and everything just flows without useless fluff. The 2016 reboot sucked, because it followed none of those things.

Great movie. You should watch the sequel it is good . A great Rick Morrines movie is Honey I shrunk the kids. Also a great fun horror movie is Tremors.Also watch Groundhog day in February 2

They used a real hotel ballroom (in LA) but covered the walls with duplicate panels to destroy. The Gozer building street front was also duplicated at the studio with fake erupting road sections.

There are 2 direct sequels now and one that we'd all like to forget. There was also a cartoon back in the 80s.

You guys need to react to “Black Sails”, a great TV show about a combination of fictional and real life pirates, that is just amazing storytelling… technically a prequel to the novel Treasure Island…

The “been a while” riff (and the many D&D references) make me wonder if Simone may be a Critical Role fan… 😁

This is probably the best Ghostbusters reaction I've seen. You guys seemed to really understand the tone and get the humor better than other reactors I've watched.

Back in 83, posters started to appear on hoardings everywhere, showing the 'No ghosts' logo (as used as the letter 'O' of 'Ghostbusters' in the poster). There was no other info, just the logo - and it went on for months. As there was no internet back then, in ye olden days, there was nowhere to find out any more info and so soon everyone was asking each other about it and making guesses as to what it might mean. A very clever advert campaign.

Love your reaction videos, you both are great at it. Please check out, if you have not seen it yet, "The Whole Nine Yards". It's a great dark comedy, star-studded cast and was filmed in Canada.

Please watch Ghostbusters 2 & Afterlife After this. Please?

Ghostbusters was 'Lightning in a bottle'. The movie wasn't intended the way it ended up as and right until the end it wasn't even sure whether or not it was going to be called Ghosbusters. There was another property with another studio that already had the name. But the director did the big crowd scene and had everyone chant 'Ghostbusters' and folks went 'well, now we GOT to use the name'. So, with the cards. Did anyone notice that the guy got more and more cards correct the more he got frutstrated about it? First he started predicting the cards the woman would get and the last one was spot on ;) When discussing the price for capturing 'Slimer' at the hotel, you can see Egon subtly stroke his cheek with a few fingers where Venkman could see them. Giving him a hint to up the price. The commercial is a funny goof kept in as print. Harold Raimis (Egon) wasn't all that used to acting and they taped crosses on the floor for the crew as marks to move for the advert. Harold kept looking down to see where he needed to go. They figured Egon would also have no idea how to do this kind of thing so kept it in as a bit of a character thing. For the final scene they used gallons upon gallons of shaving cream to simulate the marshmallow. The reason Venkman was so clean is that they started to spackle it on the others and Bill just flat out refused. They got to dab a few dollops on for looks but he just refused to be covered in it.

Back in 1984 when this movie first came out. The Halloween every kid dressed up as either a ghost or a ghostbuster. It was a big hit in my neighborhood. All the parents I think had more fun than us kids did lol. Thanks for the movie reaction

Thanks for the reaction! It's one of the most interesting ones personally, since I've never really "gotten" Ghostbusters. I still don't, but at least it was fun for me to watch what you guys see in it.

The next movie (Ghostbusters 2) is great as well -- it's a little more 'adult' (romantic) , so when it first debuted, some kids didn't enjoy it as much . The 2016 "re-imagining" w/an all female cast is an abomination . And the latest one ... I have not seen it yet, but heard good things .

The Onionhead ghost also called Slimer was a nod to Jim Belushi. Dan wanted him in the movie but Belushi died before filming so they made the ghost.

Recognize the EPA Guy? He's REALLY good at playing a complete jerk-think tall buildings and Christmas. Also, the cop in the jail was from Family Matters, and the same movie with tall buildings and Christmas.