Busting makes me feel nothing

I knew this episode was edited by Jay because there were 0 cutaways to Wesley Crusher whenever Mike said “nobody likes the genius kid that can do anything”

Bill Murry doesn't need this shit. He has to fly to 8 different countries to film bit parts in 3 different Wes Anderson movies next year and then photobomb some kids selfie in a Denny's at 4am.

I love that Jay instantly knew what story Mike was going to tell. Truly a beautiful elderly couple.

"Nothing against old people" - like we don't watch Best of the Worst.

>it is 1984, I buy tickets to see Ghostbusters and Dune >it's 2021, I buy tickets to see Ghostbusters and Dune >it's 2024, I buy tickets to see Ghostbusters and Dune I'm tired of Earth. These people.

the black void always guarantees a Mike moment of melancholic existentialism regarding the future of cinema

"No one likes kids and no one likes family" - Mike Stoklasa 2024

"somehow Zuul has returned."

"Let's make movies for people that don't go to movies and not for the people who would". Brilliant!

The image of Mike sitting in a theater and realising halfway through watching yet another Ghostbusters legacy sequel that cinema is dead is simultaneously heartbreaking and hilarious.

I can see it now. Millie Bobby Brown and her family moves to an old house in Hill Valley. Brown stumbles into the garage and finds an old car covered by a dusty tarp. She pulls the tarp off to reveal the Delorean while the theme starts playing on a piano...

"Plausible deniability, the scariest ghost of all," is one of the quotes of the year.

I loved in the original how they talked about how dangerous the proton packs were, it always felt like they were in over their heads but somehow making it work. Now they just play around with them like they're toys and it doesn't matter.

Rich immediately insisting "it's fine" whenever they bring up a continuity issue will never be not funny.

"the family that BUSTS together" is CRAZY

_"I'm glad Walmart wasn't in this movie."_ - Mike Stoklasa, giving the highest praise he can

The absolute highlight of seeing it in the theatre was right at the end where Phoebe and her lesbian ghost crush separated, some total legend sitting in the back rows yell's "What!? No ghost scissor?! and 98% of the theatre cracked up..

I laughed so hard at the “Haunt Me” story that when I tried to use my face to log into my phone, I was not recognizable to my phone.

I like how each one of them is dressed like a holiday. Jay is Christmas, Mike is Halloween and Rich is Star Wars.

My favourite part of the video is when Jay thinks 2016 was 5 years ago.

I forgot how much I enjoy the way Mike says "Ghost".

We have this big roman amphitheater in my hometown where they would play the Blues Brothers movie every year. It was just great. Everybody dressed up, threw they beers when the bar scene came up, and afterwards there was always a cover band, dancing, drinking. I went there every year, because it was so much fun. Then the Blues Brothers 2000 movie came out and they showed it. That night the tradition died and it never happened again.

I never watched any Ghostsbusters movies after #2 and no Indiana Jones films after The Last Crusade. This video makes me happy that I did that.

imagine being in a dark movie theater with 3 middle aged gay guys sitting together in the middle and then out of the blue, like an angel flying into the room, you hear Rich Evans laughter just echo over Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.

The thing I love about Ghostbusters is that it's about family, and that's what's so powerful about it.

I clapped butterfly stomachs when Rich did his AT-AT dance

Mike's Haunt Me story is so relatable. I once got physically removed from Tate Gallery in London because, when I was there, they had this one room that was just painted red from floor to ceiling. And on one wall in this room was a large canvas, also completely red, in a slightly different shade. I think I stared at it for a good five minutes before something in my brain just snapped. This was supposed to be art. Stuff like this was created by the supposedly most creative minds on the planet, and discussed in classrooms at prestigious universities. I just couldn't take it. I thought, if this is art, then nothing matters and existence is a joke. The sudden nihilism overwhelming me manifested as maniacal laughter I _could_ not suppress. I choked and I wheezed, and the thought of dying from laughter in a snooty, pretentious art exhibit cracked me up even more, until someone called security. That experience changed my outlook on life forever.

I could not be less enthusiastic about a movie

Finn Wolfhard's character having nothing to do in the sequel because he was in the original is a recurring theme for him

"Nobody likes kids, nobody likes family." -Mike Stoklasa, 2024

I don't watch 99% of the shit coming out these days but I watch these guys review it 🤷‍♂️

Jay: nothing against old people… Mike: *shifts around in his chair a bit*

Aubrey Plaza was a "modern teenager" 20 years ago LOL 😂😂😂

God that, “Haunt me” story was so funny

The fact that the demon guy’s whole plot of destroying the world depended on a teenage girl falling in love with a teenage girl ghost was ridiculous. So dumb

Damn. I've gone from not caring about big franchise movies to not even knowing that they've come out.

If Mike's "Screenwriting I" class stories are more interesting than modern movies, we're not winning teens back to the theaters

Proud of the Screenwriting I lady for bringing 'Haunt Me' to the big screen. Follow your dreams, kids.

I like them bringing up the “hidden consequences” of Eternal Sunshining yourself from having seen the Indiana Jones sequels, when that was literally the plot of that movie. If you remove a moment in time that affects you deeply and causes you grief, you are dooming yourself into repeating those circumstances again, whether its entering a doomed relationship or seeing Crystal Skull for the first time.

I love how they're wearing holiday sweaters for no reason

Mike’s Bill Murray impression is spot on, who would’ve thought that Mike could play an old depressed alcoholic?

I can't believe Mike and Rich didn't make a Star Trek call back to when Data has to keep the Enterprise crew from discovering an alien race by trying to prevent them making the same decisions and mistakes after their memories erased. Just picturing Rich trying to prevent a mindwiped Mike from watching Picard or Discovery.

The fact rich isn't just dressed as the Easter bunny bothers me

The maddening part to all of this is that the video game made by atari in like 2007 may be the most true to form and charming continuation of the original lore and characters .

Ghostbusters Half in the Bag should be a national holiday

Mike: I didn't hate this movie Also Mike: This movie is the death of cinema

I concede that Ghostbusters II is not great compared to the first but it does contain one of my favourite Egon lines: "We had part of a Slinky. But I straightened it." I still laugh to myself at this joke.

To be absolutely fair to this movie: I didn't know this was out or even being worked on.

One of my favorite lines from the original. Ray: "I think we should split up." Venkman: "Good idea! We can do more damage that way!"

A cinematic ice age where movies get made less would actually heal the world a bit

A Walmart commercial literally played for me after the video ended.

Jay is a humanitarian. Giving his hair away to make blankets for the needy. Kudos

I think I got it. Afterlife and Frozen Empire are not movies based on Ghostbusters, they're movies based on what the pop culture perception of Ghostbusters has now become. The 2009 game was essentially Ghostbusters 3, everything after that was "OMG, REMEMBER GHOSTBUSTERS!?!?!?". Also, Jay's idea of having a giant ghost trap on the roof of the car was already done before, it was called the super slammer and they used it in the 2009 game.

I love how it's the end of March, and Mike is wearing a Halloween shirt, Jay is wearing a Santa coat, and Rich is wearing what seems to be a Star Wars Christmas sweater 😂

Just saw the original again, right after having seen the new one. My GOD, what a world of a difference in overall movie-making!! The original is so damn great, and so well structured. It’s both hilarious and pretty creepy, when it’s called for. It reaches legit epic heights in the last act, and you truly feel the dread and scale of the smack-down in New York! The characters are so definable, charming and funny, and no one is expendable (not even Winston, cause he’s quite frankly US) They all feel like REAL people, whereas people in the new film comes off way more cartoonish. Just look at how they portray Jenine in the original, and then look at her in the latest one. The original movie is so well written and paced PERFECTLY, just like Back to the Future. It has a great story and great build-up. Everything is tied together in the end, unlike in the new one. The overall FEEL is just on point in the original (everything feels weirdly real) and there’s legit BUSTING in it! Last but not least, the original doesn’t feel like a half-assed studio production. It’s a real FILM. The new one, sadly not so much 🤷‍♂️ Ps. Shocker! I still kinda like the new one, but my God does it suck when compared, on so many levels.

Take a sip of Crystal Head vodka every time there's nostalgia bait.

"Passive progressive" is unironically a genius term to describe Disney and other corporate entities and their view towards representation in movies. It's actually so perfect. I'm definitely using that!

The wildest thing was I had no idea this movie existed. I was looking at tickets for dune and suddenly “holy shit a new ghostbusters” out of absolutely nowhere Did they even attempt to advertise it?

"I wonder what movie they will do a 'Creative Reset' of next." Alien: Romulus has entered the chat

Back in the black void… such comfort.

"It's about those little moments." One of my favorite ones is Ray and Winston driving through NY at night and wondering whether the world is ending.

"It's just a series of things." "That's all anything is..."

Rich Evans laugh is one of the greatest things in the world

"this movie needs to be a series of 700 Tiktok videos" fucking got me 😂

Ah yes. Everyone managed to forget that new York nearly got destroyed TWICE! And was openly saved by the ghostbusters.

The main takeaway I've learned is the people near their theater have no idea how to pick seats.

"This is all going to end soon, isn't it?" Mike feels the spectre of death creeping up on him...

41:28 When Jay says "Nothing against old people" Mike looks down to the side in disagreement.

I remember when i first saw ghostbusters when i was a kid, I always wished there was more than 2 movies. So i just want to apologize to everyone for causing all of this.

NOOOOOOO JAY CUT HIS GLORIOUS KURT RUSSELL HAIR. Sigh the only way this is acceptable is if it was harvested to make a wig for Rich.

46:20 Petition to put Blues Brothers 2000 on all future Plinketto boards

My favorite scene in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire was when they walk into the old firestation and you see Egon's pink bike still on the ground from when he left decades ago.

Super-agree about the kids. When I was a kid, I liked adult Ghostbusters. And adult characters in general. As an adult, as soon as there are a bunch of kids in something, it becomes an actual children’s movie.

The last section where they just talk about how great the original movie is was cathartic.

30:00 alternative idea, Ernie Hudson is the Ghostbusters regional manager working out of the firehouse, and he is like covering the business and going over training and stuff while the rest off the characters are actually dealing with the drama. The rest did it for science, he did it to start a chain of businesses.

"No one likes kids, and no one likes family." - Mike Stoklasa ("Half in the Bag: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire," Milwaukee: Red Letter Media, 2024)

Good to see this trivia quiz channel branch out into movie reviews.

There was a Back to the Future animated series, which was basically what Mike is talking about but animated and starring Jules and Verne, Doc Brown’s sons.

So the movie was "What if the Goonies were ghostbusters?"

"Quibi was ahead of its time" oh god I think he's right

I'm grateful for three things : 1. 'Back To The Future' is under contract 2. Rob Zombie hasn't remade 'A Clockwork Orange' 3. They've made only two 'Terminator' movies

Jay's idea about having a ghost trap on top of Ecto-1 was actually a thing in the 2009 videogame. That game is the best Ghostbusters sequel so far.

the chemistry is just off the charts with these 3..

Mike “They need to have, you know, representation” Jay “but also plausible deniability”

I had NEVER even heard a single mention of this movie prior to today.

41:12 You MUST do a Re:View of Dark City!!

Mike is the voice of my generation. (I’m 92 years old.)

“It’s a form of energy” - Rich Evans, Prometheus, and Oppenheimer on What Fire Is

The pumpkin hoodie, the Santa jacket and the Star Wars sweater. The real holiday here is Jay’s Haircut!!

You want the REAL Ghosbusters 3? Play the videogame. You want the REAL Terminator 3? Play the videogame "Terminator: Resistance". You want Back to the Future 4? Play the videogame by telltale games. Boom. Done.

I am personally devastated that y'all got to this before dune 2. Never change.

I don't know what these guys are talking about. I loved the scene where Slimer said, "I am ALL the ghosts", and then Bill Murray shouted, "And I am all the busters!" Then everyone busted together and saved the day.

Rule #1 for shooting a "black void" video: Acknowledge that you, in fact, are in "the black void".

39:43 it's my favorite bit of the movie, and Jay's "McBain" reference isn’t going unnoticed by me.

Jesus of Christ, that ad I got right after this video was done was for Beetlejuice 2, complete with a slowed down depressing version of the Daylight-o theme song. I want to die.

We just need Jack dressed as an Easter bunny and we’ll have the whole action figure set.

12:30 the giant pulverizer that we seem to be floating into here killed me lmao

Santa. Pumpkin. Christmas jumper. March. I love this.

The 2009 Ghostbusters videogame remains the best Ghostbusters sequel. It had a tone consistent with the first movie, it had all the original characters, acting like the original characters. It referenced the original 2 movies, but managed to do new things with them. It was dry, self deprecating, and FUNNY. And while the gameplay did get a little old by the end, it was still a consistently fun game.