New trailer for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire dropped a few hours ago and I've watched it a few times now. I'm getting a vibe that this might be the best film since the original. It's hitting on all the right notes. And hey, it even has the return of Walter Peck!
Watch it here:
...and, well, I'm stoked about this movie. It looks like it could be even better than Ghostbuster: Afterlife. And I loved that movie a lot.
Here's the teaser for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire that dropped yesterday:
I will definitely be wearing my Ghostbusters uniform to the theater to see this. All the more reason to upgrade my boots for it :-)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife is the movie we didn't know we needed right now, is better than we deserve, and blew away expectations. It is a MAGNIFICENT tribute to the original film while standing on its own and setting the stage for more still to come. Be sure to stick around until the end of the credits for two extra scenes.
And we had some fun with our going to see it:
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Some friends and I went to the theater wearing our finest Ghostbuster attire. That's my bestie since college Ed in the center. The whole thing was his idea :-)
Anyhoo, go see Ghostbusters: Afterlife. It's the perfect motion picture and quite fitting for this Thanksgiving season.
A few days ago I posted the start of my newest endeavor: the assembling together a Ghostbusters uniform and gear, as close to screen accurate as possible. I said then that this is going to take some time and I'm not in any particular rush to get it done, but I think that's for the best. In the end, this getup is going to kick serious paranormal boo-tay!
The jumpsuit upon which to sew my new patches is coming. That's still going to be the first element that gets some attention. In the meantime I put some Amazon gift cards received for Christmas to good use. Check out this bad boy that arrived this afternoon:
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| Ed bedecked in finest Ghostbusters attire |
You see, for the past number of years I've been watching as Ed assembled his screen-quality Ghostbusters uniform. It looks AMAZING up close and in person. The pics do it no justice. Just about every minutiae of detail has been replicated on his getup. Right down to the yellow hose, which for some reason I've never noticed before. As you can see it features the signature proton pack with neutrona wand (with modifications that make the prop light up). And as you can see Ed has even added the special goggles that we see Ray Stantz wearing in the movie.
It is an astounding piece of work. And ever since watching the results emerge from Ed's labors, I began to wonder if I could also have my own Ghostbusters costume. I realized that I did. It would be fun for the two of us to go out and bust some heads (metaphysically speaking of course). And there are "franchises" - fan groups in many geographical areas - where people with uniforms and props do things like visit children's hospitals and help with charity work. That would also be a fun use for a Ghostbusters outfit.
So on Christmas day, during a Facetime on our phones I opened the box that Ed and his family sent me for Christmas. And look what was inside:
Not only a patch of the Ghostbusters logo, but a custom-made name patch.
Did Ed have any concept of the terrible, terrible beast he has unleashed? But, there's no going back. I gotta do something with those patches. They look terrific! Especially the "KNIGHT" one.
So with the patches in hand, I have decided to embark on a new project that will be chronicled on this blog: the putting together, piece by piece, of a set of Ghostbusters uniform and accompanying tools.
It's not going to be overnight. Actually, I don't want it to be immediately. Having a Jedi Knight costume was simple. This is going to be much more intricate and involved. It's going to be a study in detail and function. It will likely take a few years before it's anywhere near complete. But it's going to be fun.
So, what I have are two patches: the very start of the project. The goal now is to build up the uniform beneath them. Until at last there is going to be a photo of me wearing my own Ghostbusters costume.
It's already begun. Since getting the patches I've spent much of the past week looking at the work of others, and catching details I'd never noticed at all before (like the "belt gizmo"). Last night I watched the original 1984 film, only this time casting a studious eye upon the costumes that Dan Ackroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson are wearing. I noticed things that I'd never given any thought to before, like the frame upon which the proton pack sits.
This is going to take at least a year, maybe two. But I think the results are going to be worth it.
First item we'll be working on: the jumpsuit. I'm about to order it. Let's see what those patches look like on real clothing. Let's also see if I can sew them on without jabbing my finger with the needle.
Stay tuned. There will be more to come.
That is absolutely insanely AWESOME!! And if you want more, GeekTyrant has this and another version of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man scene from Ghostbusters recreated in LEGO.
Variety is reporting that Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky - the producers and writers of NBC's The Office - have been tapped by Columbia to write the script for Ghostbusters III. And the aim is to bring back the original cast of Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson.Presumably this means that we could expect to see the movie coming out for the summer of 2010: twenty-six years after the original Ghostbusters premiered in 1984 and over twenty since 1989's Ghostbusters II.
Incidentally, Ghostbusters: The Video Game was supposed to be out in time for the 2008 holiday season, but corporate takeover politics has pushed it back to possibly 2009 and the quarter-century anniversary of the first movie. The Ghostbusters game features a script written by Ackroyd and Ramis, and features all four of the core Ghostbusters actors lending their voices (in addition to William Atherton and Annie Potts coming back).
I'll be keeping my eye on this new film project, 'cuz in over ten years of speculation this is the closest I've seen it becoming a reality. There was a third Ghostbusters movie being planned as far back as 1996, which would have had the Ghostbusters dealing with Hell itself and have Chris Farley playing a new team member. The first movie has held up amazingly well over the years (and Ghostbusters II seems to be more appreciated today than it was on its first release). If done right, Ghostbusters III will make for a terrifically fun transition for the franchise into the modern era.
(I just hope that Rick Moranis is up for returning...)
