Ghostbusters Containment Unit Shutdown: Putts Law in Action

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Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage and those who manage what they do not understand.
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In the film the EPA wants to shut down the laser containment unit because it is in violation of an EPA code. The Ghostbusters try to tell them it is a bad idea but they do not listen. When it is shut down all of the ghosts escape into the city and everyone is worse off. When Walter Peck sees the results he blames the Ghostbusters and asks that the cops arrest them.
As you can see from the comments the scene is a sort of Rorschach Test for whatever ill happens be occurring in large or small parts of society at any given the moment.

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@Kwendtster 10 жыл бұрын

It's awesome how Egon is ready to throw down with Peck after this. Rest in Peace Harold Ramis!

@GodImJust2Sxy 2 жыл бұрын

Literally the first Ghostbuster to get violent. Venkman was going to get the lawyers involved, but Egon was like “My courtroom is in the street.” I love it.

@ThatSlowTypingGuy 2 жыл бұрын

"These are my machines!"

@pyramidhead138 10 жыл бұрын

egon warns this guy that turning off the containment thing would result in disaster, so when it finally GETS shut off the ghostbusters end up getting blamed for the aftermath when egon told them ahead of time that it would happen! ugh, politicians i swear...they are the biggest idiots

@nicolasbugmy2794 6 жыл бұрын

They shoulda let the brothers work it out.

@fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786 5 жыл бұрын

PyramidHead138 he’s no politician, he was a bureaucrat lobbyist in the government. Environmental Protection Agency, like OSHA, are s bunch of little know-it-all busybodies that need real jobs!

@pyramidhead138 5 жыл бұрын

@@fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786 whatever the case, hes still an idiot

@gothyoda 5 жыл бұрын

but earlier in the building they give the Twinkie speech. Even if Peck hadn't shut the system down, it would have eventually have become so full that it would have combusted. Theoretically Peck delayed the inevitable.

@JackMacLupus 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah its like turning off the cooling system of a nuclear power plant ant dont expecting a meltdown.

@rossdiamondthief6627 5 жыл бұрын

2016: Paul Feig: “Forget it, Murray! You had your chance to make a third Ghostbusters, but you thought it’d be more fun to wait it out. Well now it’s my turn wise ass!” Ivan Reitman: “He wants to make an all female reboot Bill.” Bill Murray: “You make this reboot and we are not gonna be held responsible for whatever happens!”

@Jothomas214 3 жыл бұрын

True 😂😂😂😂😂

@alexanderpytko5394 10 жыл бұрын

Originally, when Peck arrived he told them that he has a court order to see what's inside the containment unit and tells them to shut off the containment unit so he can go inside and inspect it. There is a red hatch in the wall that leads right into the containment unit but it's never supposed to be opened. They were also supposed to have a tv monitor(linked to camera inside the containment unit) that would allow them to see inside the containment unit. Egon was supposed to turn on the monitor screen and say to Peck, "You can see what's inside through the monitor if you wish." But Peck just ignores it saying, "I'm not interested in TV, right now."

@PredaConvoy 3 жыл бұрын

They had the viewer in the cartoon, to monitor the captured ghosts within the grid. 👍

@lagrangewei 3 жыл бұрын

they remove the scene showing the interior in film because it was too depressing to show what is essentially a ghost jail.

@alexanderpytko5394 9 ай бұрын

@@lagrangewei That scene was never shot. All the ghosts were supposed to be glowing pink. The scene proved too difficult to make.. at the time. I think they also said that with so many ghosts inside glowing, it would've been hard to make them out too.

@AlexJamesGTV 7 жыл бұрын

the electrician was my english teacher XD

@danielwilliamson6180 8 жыл бұрын

1:59 Egon goes badass.

@theamazingandtalentedblake8296 6 жыл бұрын

Daniel Williamson I would have punched that guy in the nose

@InuKun2008 10 жыл бұрын

RIP Harold Ramis. You'll be sorely missed.

@Psychology 4 жыл бұрын

Peter cracks jokes in every single scene in the movie except this one. Goes to show how much of a threat the ghosts' releasing was.

@mileslewis1984 8 жыл бұрын

This is pretty much the current Apple iPhone/FBI feud.

@DaStayPuftFluff 12 жыл бұрын

i always loved the way egon snapped (Your mother!) it shows that underneath all of that sciencey braniac stuff, he is just as normal as the rest of us.

@pytko3 11 жыл бұрын

Egon says that turning off the containment system would be like detonating a bomb. True, because their storage facility is a system that's keeping high amounts of energy contained, if it's shut off, all that energy would be released all at once. All ghosts are behind that wall, where the energy field keeps them contained. They were supposed to have a monitor allowing them to see inside the containment unit. They were supposed to see ghosts floating around or leaning against the walls.

@Killerjosh89 12 жыл бұрын

"You shut that thing down and we are not gonna be held responsible....no we wont be held responsible!"- Venkmen (thumps up if you love gb quotes)

@anthonybraeckman3960 2 ай бұрын

Peck's dad became a criminal violation of the Environmental Protection Act by impregnating his mother meaning that Peck's mom became a criminal violation of the Environmental Protection Act by giving birth to him, which makes sense for Egon to say "YOUR MOTHER!".

@kirawedderburn 6 жыл бұрын

Egon is the most patient member of the Ghostbusters. But once you push his buttons to far, you better stay the hell away.

@ShonaSoF 11 жыл бұрын

the funny thing is that there is no violation. Peck is simply being spiteful and wants to damage Venkman's business.

@kylec391 10 жыл бұрын

In the DVD commentary, Ivan Reitman says he received a call from William Atherton complaining that the movie ruined his life. The character of Walter Peck was so hated that people would talk Atherton as if they were giving the character Peck a piece of their mind. Apparently more than once, physical fights had been started with Atherton in bars

@scrappmutt2 9 жыл бұрын

Actual footage of what happened at the Animas River in Colorado.

@BenJabituya 7 ай бұрын

Egon was ready to pick a fight with Peck, but the police were on the scene!

@InuKun2008 10 жыл бұрын

The funny thing is that whilst the exterior firehouse is in Brooklyn, the interior scenes were filmed in LA at a decommissioned fire station which is currently being restored by its new owner. The brass poles are gone at the moment whilst they renovate, but will be reinstalled afterwards.

@smill1985 9 жыл бұрын

Cool. Gotta have the brass poles there! :)

@IndyCrewInNYC 8 жыл бұрын

+InuKun2008 The exterior of the firehouse is in TriBeCa in Lower Manhattan. It's on Moore Street. I know because it's right across the street from the No. 20 bus which I often take. It looks exactly the same and is instantly recognizable to even a casual stroller.

@vitoguttilla2926 6 жыл бұрын

InuKun2008 Wrong Dude. Hook and Ladder 8 is in Tribeca, 14North Moore and Varick. Not Brooklyn. Interior is station 23 in L.A.

@BaronOfAnarchy 2 жыл бұрын

It amazes me that in the universe, there's a supernatural phenomenon taking place and the whole city goes up not once but twice... And yet the Ghostbusters are still regarded as con artists lol.

@pytko3 11 жыл бұрын

In the original script, Walter Peck wanted it shut down so he could go inside it to see what's inside, which would not be possible. The ghostbusters were supposed to have a monitor that allowed you to see what's inside the containment unit on a screen. Egon was supposed to turn on the monitor and say,"You can see what's inside through the monitor if you wish," but Peck was supposed to ignore it and say,"I'm not interested in tv, right now." I guess the monitor scenes were too difficult to make.

@engliCH9ball 4 жыл бұрын

Watch this and tell me Egon would just randomly leave equipment for his family to find after he dies

@singletona082 4 жыл бұрын

There is probably a very good reason he did what he did. The question is given the containment unit looks to be about bank vault sized how would he have relocated it?

@MrBoboFace 12 жыл бұрын

So was Ray, actually. Winston - "You believe in God?" Ray - "Never met him."

@NaiTaiDai 12 жыл бұрын

Aw. I wanted to see the scene where all the ghosts run rampant all over the city.

@MrRichards555 10 жыл бұрын

This is what makes Ghostbusters great. The dialogue is fantastic, and quick moving.. Perhaps the most quotable movie of all time..

@nbuehster 3 жыл бұрын

The EPA-holes are accusing the Ghostbusters of being criminals, when they were the ones who caused all the chaos. irony?

@mikehorn7613 3 жыл бұрын

This will be the same moment in DC on January 20, 2021

@doerpholz 11 жыл бұрын

There are no ConEd guys that would shut off a disconnect with a Do Not Operate Tag hanging on it. He would have lost his job for that one.

@kchishol1970 13 жыл бұрын

When I saw this scene of Mr. Pecker blaming the Ghostbusters for a disaster he himself caused after he was thoroughly warned against it, I SO wanted to deck that bastard!

@williamfincher2260 Жыл бұрын

Walter Peck's mistake mistake was that he jumped to conclusions and didn't have the decency to listen to the Ghostbusters' warnings or his technician's concerns of being unfamiliar with the equipment. Shutting off the protection grid was against the technician's better judgement, but Peck didn't listen. He didn't know what he was doing at all.

@AlexanderMartinez-kv3qu 3 жыл бұрын

If venkman would've cooperate with peck instead of playing they would still be in business

@singletona082 8 жыл бұрын

Peck had my support for asking the right questions about the equipment, but he was being an asshole to people that'd just gotten off working a double with next to no sleep. He didn't come there to help. He came there to make a name for himself by pushing people around who were in the spotlight of the moment.

@kamenfann8880 8 жыл бұрын

+Andrew Singleton agreed

@psifla99 4 жыл бұрын

Right questions... wrong motive. It’s made quite clear to Venkman, and us, that Peck’s fragile ego has been chipped away at.

@Graeystone 12 жыл бұрын

To the older posts saying Venkman was wrong because he refused to let Peck inspect the device - Peck didn't have a warrant the first time around and he isn't even an officer of the law. He's just a pencil pushing bureaucrat. If anything Peck should have been told to get lost long before they got to the matter of the containment unit.

@waynemacfarland1546 Жыл бұрын

The Ghostbusters did warn Peck about the consequences of shutting down the containment unit, but no, he wouldn't listen!

@andyorwig 6 жыл бұрын

This is what is brilliant about this script. Harold Ramis wanted the audience to of course support the Ghostbusters, while at the same time creating characters that were real (Peck), who in the end, was doing his job and had every right to question, audit and in the end, prosecute the GB for failure to cooperate. His job is to protect the environment, and the GB clearly were ignoring safety and environmental law.

@singletona082 4 жыл бұрын

The problem is this is painting the epa as meddling pencil pushers who rush in impeding people doing their jobs. Now had it shown others at the agency raising pecks questions but then immediately facepalming at oh, THAT gloryhound asshole... Yea no wonder you don't like us

@jimmio3727 2 жыл бұрын

@@singletona082 Except this is exactly what governmental agencies do -- stop you from getting shit done and delaying things with 8 years of red tape. How is it a problem to show truth?

@albee1000 12 жыл бұрын

IMO, Peck suffers a shameful loss here. Fond as I am of the boys in gray, Peck had every right to investigate their tech and, if deemed necessary, shut them down. He didn't do that, however. Instead, he just stormed in with a policeman, a warrant, his ego, and his beard, and demanded that the experienced Con Ed guy with misgivings simply shut down the power after a cursory glance. He had his opportunity to sniff out a bomb, yet instead, he set it off.

@moviebuffshatto7375 3 жыл бұрын

I Really Love How Bill Murray Acts in this scene. Throughout the Whole Movie Venkman is seen as a Skeptic, Lovable Asshole, and doesn’t seem to give a Shit about anything. But when he realizes the Grave Danger of Gozer and knowing the knowledge of Walter Peck shutting down the Grid, he changes and actually gets serious about the situation and doesn’t even joke once throughout it. But he still says his lines with his “Bill Murray Charm”

@jaggass 4 жыл бұрын

What happened to the all of the ghosts that released after the Ghostbusters destroyed Gozer?

@coringraham1294 3 жыл бұрын

Walter Peck demands the Ghostbusters to shut off their System. Allowing all the Ghosts that are captured to run free.

@alexanderpytko5394 10 жыл бұрын

All the captured ghosts are behind that wall. There's an energy field that keeps them contained behind that wall but if it's shut down, they can escape. Plus, the containment unit is also keeping ghost energy contained. If it's shut down, all that energy is released at once.

@Konform2zoidberg 13 жыл бұрын

Respond to this video... ......Also, please keep in mind, he originally didn't necessarily say he wanted to shut it down, just that he wanted to "see" it. Venkmen was, however, unnecessarily hostile even after the guy said he wanted " to assess any possibility of dangerous and possibly hazardous waste chemicals in your basement". Venkmen just threatened him back with a lawsuit for "wrongful prosecution". Nothing he's requesting seems unreasonable to me...

@PinstripeShirt 13 жыл бұрын

I want that alarm sound effect badly.

@monkeysackskin 12 жыл бұрын

Anyone ever notice that Ron jeremy is a bystander outside watching the aftermath lol

@waynemacfarland1546 Жыл бұрын

Everyone reaches their boiling point every now and then. Egon tried to be patient, but Peck having the Ghostbusters arrested after shutting down their containment unit, that was the last straw.

@Mortazus 12 жыл бұрын

Anyone knows where can i get .wav or .mp3 file of the Containment Unit Shutdown alarm?

@johnbell3621 3 жыл бұрын

That con Edison man looks like that student at the beginning of the film.

@home3407 11 жыл бұрын

This is the best part of this movie. Love it!

@TheSydLexic 11 жыл бұрын

Sips sent me. RIP in peace, SIMCity.

@symonsan 11 жыл бұрын

You are right. And the theory of egon shows that there is more than a laser based conteinment field that held those specters since he had to cut their connection with the physical world.

@nsputnik 12 жыл бұрын

@raptorjesus11 There are so many things you can apply it to. It's a timeless lesson.

@nsputnik 12 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I edit it down to make it as short as possible to include the points I am making in the description.

@user-zg2yg8kw6t 6 ай бұрын

I think that the special effects was beyond cool when the Ghostbusters used their nuclear incinerating equipment when zapping, executing the ghost, abnormal beings the special effects to that as a boy blew my mind i mean who you gonna call it's a classic.

@MrBoboFace 11 жыл бұрын

That Con Ed guy was entirely responsible for what happened. His job was to determine exactly how to safely turn that machine off and then do so. And Peck forgot that's why an expert was hired. Like that nice officer said, "Don't tell me how to do (my job)!" Mr. Con Ed shouldn't have forgotten his first duty is to public safety, not Peck's blustering ego.

@mackilla199 10 жыл бұрын

The real guy, The best guy

@Agent1W 13 жыл бұрын

@Konform2zoidberg Peck didn't truly believe that the Ghostbusters actually caught real ghosts either. He already had a disbelief about their unique "trade".

@Shanethefilmmaker 11 жыл бұрын

Actually Ray was Agnostic, since he while he doesn't know whether or not god exists, he doesn't deny hunting ghosts.

@Asarelah 11 жыл бұрын

Whats the song that starts playing at 2:01?

@VampireButcher 11 жыл бұрын

My Favorite Scene in Ghostbusters!

@RocNRoe27 12 жыл бұрын

The person who pulls the lever looks like Lional Messi lol!

@symonsan 11 жыл бұрын

I theorise, that with certain modifications, the containment facility would be self-powered by the energy of the ghost since the movies and the game showed that their radiation is easy to manipulate into other waves, when they are trapped of course.

@symonsan 11 жыл бұрын

This also seemed to make possible the turning of the ghost's own negative pke signature into a neutral one. In other words, an imprissionment that redeems and purifies the prisioners.

@cirian75 12 жыл бұрын

its edited, not the full version, there's about 20 seconds missing when the red alarm goes off.

@MikeDunn 13 жыл бұрын

Nice vid quality. Thanks much!

@SauerkrautSandwich93 11 жыл бұрын

i always wondered what was said at 1:39 and who it was that said it

@jaggass 10 жыл бұрын

sounds like a jet engine in the studio set

@symonsan 11 жыл бұрын

I have to admit that Egon's storage facility is perfect since it contains not only the essence of the spirits but also cuts them from the physical plane of existence leaving them without any chance of affecting the world. Unless the containment unit is shutted down which leaves them vulnerable to external circuitry like Shandor's interdimmensional anthenna that obliged many of the most powerful ghosts to function as energy to create a stable wormhole.

@under88Me 11 жыл бұрын

Walter Peck was one of the first movie villains that had a great impact on me : he is strict but funny at the same time and also has a funny name

@rustyshackelford2349 Жыл бұрын

What part if the EPA code covers laser containment systems?

@azraiel1984 6 жыл бұрын

To this day I am still wondering why peck is on a witch hunt towards them.

@Abr022575 5 жыл бұрын

AZRAIEL 1984 He wants to make a name for himself. Fame.

@gfox9295 5 жыл бұрын

Because writers.

@singletona082 4 жыл бұрын

Glory hound wanting to tear down the darling of the moment

@Longshot_NYC 3 жыл бұрын

The matte on the roof moved at 1:45. That's pretty cool they left it alone, unlike that putz George Lucas.

@minicle426 2 жыл бұрын

Okay...

@breacat 10 жыл бұрын

He played a similar jerk, Dick Thornburg, in the first 2 Die Hard movies so at worst he was typecast for the rest of his career.

@peterp21 12 жыл бұрын

That's right. And Venkman was able to pretty easily scare him off by getting tough with the "I'll sue your ass for wrongful prosecution!" comment. If Peck had any right to inspect the containment unit the first time, he would have.

@Shanethefilmmaker 11 жыл бұрын

You know this is exactly what the sopa bill would have done to the net.

@DevilMaster 11 жыл бұрын

If "science and logic" cannot explain something, there are 2 possibilities: either 1) the current model of science and logic is flawed and a new model must be constructed to analyze what obviously is an aspect of reality, or 2) what seems to be happening is not what is really happening, andthe current model of science and logic can explain what is going on just fine

@FenderGibsonSounds 11 жыл бұрын

6 people got their asses sued for wrongful prosecution

@Quillz06 12 жыл бұрын

Epic parody of this scene from Channel Awesome!

@Steveman27 5 жыл бұрын

"Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage and those who manage what they do not understand." is there such a thing type, where it's those who manage what they understand? is that somehow not possible?

@jaggass 8 жыл бұрын

I think Peter Venkman was some sort of a Sovereign Citizen.

@nsputnik 12 жыл бұрын

@dokkles Yes, Peck is the government, Venkman is the users who know how the internet works, and the ghosts are Anons.

@bobpage6597 3 жыл бұрын

They should have listened to the ConEd guy too - he was the only one reluctant to touch anything because he didn't know what he was dealing with. Peck obviously pulled rank on him however.

@eangsyerbic6942 3 жыл бұрын

Don't shut it off! I'm warning you.

@027220 12 жыл бұрын

@IncredableDrE I never blamed Egon 'personally' for this.

@verlinden80 9 жыл бұрын

RIP Harold Ramis

@qetoun 11 жыл бұрын

Those were the days when 'this is private property' was a valid defense.

@JamesLee-sw6ss 2 жыл бұрын

And this right here is why the main antagonist of this movie and the 2nd wasn't the ghosts, or Gozer, it was the EPA. The most libertarian movie out there that didn't throw it in your face.

@SteelWolf13 2 жыл бұрын

There is nothing libertarian about the EPA. Remember it was Obama that allowed the EPA to purchase rifles.

@JamesLee-sw6ss 2 жыл бұрын

@@SteelWolf13 Yes..... That's why the EPA is the antagonist... and the movie has a libertarian message.... AKA, government sucks at everything it does, causes problems for everyone and solves nothing. Hell, even at the end, NYC was powerless to stop it and had to rely on the private sector to solve their problem.

@richardbhaenson 11 жыл бұрын

An year after GHOSTBUSTERS, Reitman met William Atherton: he was expecting something like a hug and Atherton almost punched him. He explained that playing Walter Peck almost ruined his life: it seemed that the role of the son of a bitch in a very popular movie meant almost attracting the people's rage.

@MrBoboFace 11 жыл бұрын

I'd quibble a bit that atheism has only to do with believing or disbelieving in a god or gods. Spiritualism/paranormal belief is a separate thing. But, you're right: his statement, "Never met him," definitely implied a "not yet" agnostic attitude than a "no way" atheist one.

@freezefly87newyt 10 жыл бұрын

Peck is a wise @$$! Not Venkman.

@Shanethefilmmaker 11 жыл бұрын

Now that I think about it, it's kind of an in betweener. The Agnostic side is discovering things that science and logic cannot explain whilst the Atheist part is being able to combat said things with scientific equipment and weaponry.

@bloke_19xx33 3 жыл бұрын

William Atherton...the guy people love to hate (ex. GB, Die-Hard, Bio-Dome, just to name a few). I guess it's the sign of a good actor/actress when the viewing public hates the characters they portray.

@raptorjesus11 12 жыл бұрын

@nsputnik That or peck is the New Zealand anti-terrorist unit and Venkman is the guy with the equally badass last name

@sonrouge 4 жыл бұрын

Technically, wouldn't the Con Ed man saying he's not comfortable shutting it down pretty much mean it doesn't get shut down? He's the only one legally able to shut the unit down, so doesn't that mean he has the final word?

@contrapasta2454 2 жыл бұрын

I'm apt to agree with you. I've dealt with power companies before and no one fucks with them. Whatever they say always goes.

@yeoldeseawitch Жыл бұрын

@@contrapasta2454 I don't know if in that situation if faced with a piece of technology beyond their understanding that they would listen to the EPA officer.

@JustinShafer 9 жыл бұрын

Who does Moranis symbolize?

@rorycoco122 11 жыл бұрын

god damn it sips

@vibraphonics 11 жыл бұрын

Sips brought me here :)

@Abr022575 5 жыл бұрын

At ease, officer lol

@J1A8son 11 жыл бұрын

Atari is Peck in this situation. Even in Atari's message about turning off the servers for The Ghostbusters game, they refer to it as turning off the containment unit! Peck let out a bunch of ghosts, and Atari let out a bunch of pissed off gamers who weren't done playing online!!!

@Konform2zoidberg 13 жыл бұрын

@kchishol1970 Really? I always kind of sympathized with the guy. I mean he showed up at their seemingly scam-my business, showed his credentials as an EPA guy, (more than even Winston bothered to do, and they trusted him with an actual nuclear weapon that they themselves state could end life as we know it), and asked to see the nuclear powered device that they built in the middle of a densely populated area. Not to shut it down, just to INSPECT it.