retro trailer: ‘Ghostbusters’

Hey, where do these stairs go?

Winston: Now, are we actually gonna go before a federal judge, and tell him that some moldy Babylonian god is going to drop in on Central Park West, and start tearing up the city?

Egon: Sumerian, not Babylonian.

Venkman: Yeah, big difference.

Yes, Ray, no human would stack books that way.

I collect spores, molds and fungus.

Because he's a tubby goof, Ray Stanz doesn't get enough credit for being almost as much of a scientist as Egon Spengler.

My favorite scene is the part where Egon and Ray decide to research the building history before rushing in to battle. Just the simple fact that they do this, and so thoroughly, makes me give the thumbs up.

I think my favorite ghostbusters callback comes from part 2... anytime I'm with someone who yells out "HELLO" or "ECHO" I like to shout back

WIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNSSSTOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!

Oh but also, anytime someone asks "Is this true?" it's important to respond with

"Yes, it's true. This man has no dick."

One of my best friends is named Ray. And he's my best friend because he never gets tired of either hearing quotes from this movie ("Go get her, Ray!") or quoting it himself ("I was present at an undersea, unexplained mass sponge migration."). :D

I read an interview with William Atherton recently in which he mentioned that people still greet him on the street as "dickless" on occasion . . . ouch.

Atherton managed to get himself as the lead asshole in three of the biggest movies in the 1980s, and now has a legacy that will last his life, so I don't feel sorry for him at all.