In-movie reason for Ghostbusters II logo
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I'm willing to accept the statue of liberty thing, I just don't think it's entertaining or funny 
On the other hand, I still like most of Ghostbusters II. The courthouse scene is about as good as anything in the first film.
On the other hand, I still like most of Ghostbusters II. The courthouse scene is about as good as anything in the first film.
Are you telling me you didn't laugh just a little when the Statue crushed that police car?
Funny or not, I still enjoy the Statue scenes for the reason outlined by Christopher above. That the mood slime around the Museum is effectively dealt with because of all the good will by the New Yorkers.
Funny or not, I still enjoy the Statue scenes for the reason outlined by Christopher above. That the mood slime around the Museum is effectively dealt with because of all the good will by the New Yorkers.
Yeah. Sure, I recognize that the impetus behind the Statue sequence was basically about saying, "Okay, how do we top the Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man?" But it ended up being something more meaningful, or at least a lot less cynical, than that.
Wait...maybe I'm forgetting something, but aren't there spirits embedded in the slime. I seem to recall it wailing and making noise at one point. doesn't a ghost bust out of it at some point?
I'll also remind you that the slime did cause a fur coat to sprout arms heads etc.
It's possible the slime contains ghosts or is means through which a spirit can manifest itself into a physical form. And, yeah the slime did animate the fur coat but I say again it animated it much in the same way it "animated" the toaster. You could probably argue it "zombified" the minks the coat was made out of which could give the coat a degree or two of "intelligence."
That, again, is very different than mortals spraying the inside of statue with it and getting the statue to walk (again with joints it does not have) using a Nintendo controller.
That, again, is very different than mortals spraying the inside of statue with it and getting the statue to walk (again with joints it does not have) using a Nintendo controller.
Actually, what am I thinking...the slime IS possessed by actual spirits. That's exactly what happens in the courtroom. The judge got angry enough to release the spirit brothers from the slime.
It did more than animate the coat...it caused it to sprout arms, legs and heads....something that would NOT have been in the original mink coat.
Once you accept that the slime is not just animating an object, but actually possessing it...all bets are off. I guess I grew up watching The Real Ghostbusters where ghost frequently possessed objects causing them to occasionaly sprout arms, legs, eyes and mouths...and start running amok. So having the SoL get possessed by spirits and get up and walk around is not all that odd. Its just what happens in the world of the Ghostbusters.
Eh, I guess I always figured the coat already had those things.
Right. There were plenty of much more extreme transformations of matter in that show. There was even an episode ("Janine Melnitz, Ghostbuster") where a ghost possessed the statue of Atlas at Rockefeller Center and animated it, making it throw its globe at Ecto-1.
It was a cartoon, reality can usually be stretched further there. 
Yes, because all Mink coats have a bunch of heads already in there.
What do I know about Mink coats? I've never seen nor had one. And maybe there's a very niche, esoteric, market for minks coats with the heads still attached. Don't they make shoals that have heads?
Anyway, if the slime/spirits manifested the heads out of thin air... okay I see that as just as silly on par with the SoL thing but, again, done by ghosts and not men so not as silly.
considering a shoal is a crowd of fish, no they don't make 'shoals' with heads. shoals naturally have laods of heads.
if you mean a fur stole then you might be right.
if you mean a fur stole then you might be right.
I always thought a shoal was a shallow area in a body of water like a sandbank or sandbar. But apparently it can also mean “a large school of fish or other marine animals.” So I just learned something new.
Perhaps Trekker meant shawl, though he was probably thinking of a mink stole. Vintage fur stoles used to be made with the full pelt including the head, tail and feet. But they look pretty grisly today.
A shul is a Jewish synagogue.
Nice to see a lot of people saying they like the sequel. Sure its not as good as the original but its not bad either.
I am kind of concerned.... I have noticed a lot of things that are usually dismissed and complained about being defended on this forum lately!!!???
Did I wake up in a parallel universe of something?????
I am kind of concerned.... I have noticed a lot of things that are usually dismissed and complained about being defended on this forum lately!!!???
Did I wake up in a parallel universe of something?????
I agree. I mean, Ghostbusters II is far from a terrible movie. It's pretty enjoyable, plot holes in all. But, it IS a huge step down in quality from the first flick.
I'm afraid if they make another one, especially after all these years, it'll be Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull all over again, with everybody looking old and cranky.
If they make a sequel, I'd rather see a new team, perhaps set in Los Angeles or Washington, DC, a franchise team with new people having new adventures with their proton packs.
I think that was the idea behind the third movie for at least part of the development process, to have the old guard handing over the reins to a new team, like the Extreme Ghostbusters cartoon.
