Ghostbusters 3

[Webhead2006]

oh totally that would be nice to see what they think of the idea.

 

[Man of Tomorrow]

I'm not feeling the idea of having kid Ghostbusters... kinda lame


I'd prefer the new cast to be around the age of the first cast in 1984, that way they'll be believable as scientists. There's plenty of great comedian actors in that range.


Emma Stone is cool and everything but gosh, she was conceived like 4 years AFTER the first movie came out :/

 

[Webhead2006]

oh sure i and others are probably not saying all of the new busters to be college age folks. one or two wouldnt be bad. then the rest of the new guys are slightly older in the early 30s range.

 

[Man of Tomorrow]

But what makes you think some of them will be kids and some older?

I figure the new team would have the best chemistry if they're around the same age; they really need to get something iconic along the lines of Murray/Ackroyd/Ramis' chemistry and comedic timing.


Hopefully there's no inspiration drawn from Extreme Ghostbusters, that show was an epic fail... at least from the perspective of the new characters introduced. They clearly didn't reasonate well.

 

[KenK]

Hopefully there's no inspiration drawn from Extreme Ghostbusters, that show was an epic fail... at least from the perspective of the new characters introduced. They clearly didn't reasonate well.

Not a fair rap when you consider the number of animated shows Sony produced around the same time that had runs just as short as Extreme Ghostbusters.

 

[JackIvyGB]

Personally, I don't subscribe to the idea that any and all GBs need to be scientists. It's a job.

Ideally, by the end of this film, I would like to see GB inc. up and running in full force. Egon and Ray would be in the R and D department. Peter would be the mouth and face of the company, and Winston would be the one making sure everyone has their head on straight. There's no need for everyone who joins the company to have a PhD. Egon and Ray make the gear, everyone else just uses it.

As far as the some older, some younger idea, that's just some people's idea of what could make a good team layout. I think it's a cool idea.

I think the college age is a perfect age for the new recruits. With them being younger than the originals, it allows them to carry on the series if it is chosen to do so. If not, it gives the sense, if the characters are written well, that the GB legacy is in good hands for a long time to come, and it could potentially be picked up for more films/tv series/whatever at any point in the future. Recruits in their 20s are just young enough to be impressionable by such great minds ( and characters) as Stantz, Venkman, Spengler, Zeddemore, and even Melnitz (who I hope would assist in the mentoring of any recruits. I could see her telling the newbies how things "really work" when the original GBs aren't around). However, they're just old enough to not be annoying and ill fitting teenagers. No one's saying they can't be interested in science and the paranormal. If they weren't, they wouldn't have been approached/ sought after the job.

And just cause they're younger doesn't mean they can't be funny.

As for scenarios for each character and how they come into the fray, how's this:

We at least know 2 things. Egon is in Geneva doing research and GB ceased to operate sometime between the game and now for unknown reasons.

Perhaps since then Ray has taken to doing college lectures around the country on the paranormal, based on all the new things discovered during his tenure as a GB and of course research in his personal life. Early in the film, we first see him as he is giving a lecture at a college. It's your usual crowd. Some are interested, some think it's a joke, some are just here cause they were told they'd get extra credit for going and taking notes, and some are hanging on every word. One such student could be Allison Scagliotti's character. She is eating every word Ray puts on the plate and then licking the plate, taking all kinds of notes. Her friend sitting next to her is watching her, wondering if she'll explode. He is an average looking college kid with blonde hair, who is decently engaged by the material, but is more entertained by his friend's drooling. He asks if she's gonna be ok or if he should find a defibrilator just in case, but she quickly shushes him. But there's something about the guy...he's familiar, or at least he should be.

Later on, the lecture ends and Ray asks if anyone has any questions. The girl nearly jumps out of her seat and is about to ask a question, when her friend cuts her off and proceeds to ask Dr. Stantz what ever happened to the child that they helped during the Vigo conflict. Ray squints into the lecture hall seating to see who asked. He grins when he recognizes the student: Oscar Barrett.
Later, as the students filter out of the hall, Ray greets Oscar with a warm hug. Oscar introduces his friend to Ray. She gushes. Not only is she a fan of the GBs, but also a student of the paranormal, as she impresses Ray with her knowledge, and also with the intelligent questions she asks.

So that's how we'd meet those 2 characters.

Maybe another could be a someone that Ray hired at some point to take over at Ray's Occult book shop when he could no longer successfully balance his duties as both GB and shop keeper. Also having an interest in the paranormal, Ray gives him sort of the "Ultimate Promotion" when the time comes to assemble the new team.

Anyone else have any ideas?

PS
Extreme Ghostbusters was an epic win. I loved the animation in both it and the MiB cartoon.

 

[Man of Tomorrow]

Impressionable youngsters as Ghostbuters is strange enough but bring a grown up Oscar into the mix? Not feeling those ideas.

This is GB, not Harry Potter..

To me, actors around the age of Ryan Reynolds would be ideal here as opposed to GB kids.

I think a sizeable amount of the fanbase would be turned off if they went too young with these actors.

I'd prefer actors born in the late 70s... as opposed to the late 80s


The Ghostbusters have always been identified as mature adults.

 

[JackIvyGB]

Impressionable youngsters as Ghostbuters is strange enough but bring a grown up Oscar into the mix? Not feeling those ideas.

This is GB, not Harry Potter..

To me, actors around the age of Ryan Reynolds would be ideal here as opposed to GB kids.

I think a sizeable amount of the fanbase would be turned off if they went too young with these actors.

I'd prefer actors born in the late 70s... as opposed to the late 80s


The Ghostbusters have always been identified as mature adults.

Firstly, I don't want Potter aged teenagers either. College student age at least. I could even see a job contract stipulating new recruits had to be 21 or older to operate a nuclear accelerator.

Second, I was never a big fan of Oscar as a GB either, but Dan Aykroyd did indeed do a video interview where he mentioned that Oscar would be in his early 20s by now and that he could see him being among the new generation of GBs.

I much prefer college students becoming GBs, being of an age that they are looking for a solid direction after their education, willing to learn, and definitely up to the task physically, rather than guys in their 30s and even 40s who may already have careers elsewhere, maybe families, and slightly bigger intentions for themselves, possibly having a bigger ego that could combat with the already established characters.

Lastly, GBs=Mature adults? Did we watch the same film? Maybe Egon and Winston, but half the comedy in the film came from Peter and Ray's lack of maturity. In fact, other than acting professional when there was a camera around and Ray's scientific mind (both things that an actor in their 20s could pull off just as well), I would say that Ray and Peter acted like the youngsters you want to keep so far away from this. Peter with his anxiousness to charge out the wazoo for jobs and make money, plus oogling/going after anything with 2 legs and breasts. Then Ray who is excited by almost everything. The scene when they buy the firehouse springs to mind (YOU HAVE TO TRY THIS POLE!!!) And that's only the first film.

I guess though it comes down to personal preference. You want older GBs and that's your thing. I was born in 87, loved GB since before I could walk (I've got the photos and home video to prove it), I've been writing and drawing GB stories since I could hold a pencil and spell (though some stuff from when I was younger pre-dates the "learning to spell era ), I can recite episodes of the cartoon as well as the 2 films, bought the RGB boxset, got all the comics, the toys, got the game at midnight, have a movie style suit with my name on it, built a pack and trap from scratch, and I even joined the Arizona Ghostbusters charity group so I could use my love for GB to do some good (we just finished our Ecto and I get to see it saturday morning! EXCITEMENT!). You say that a large portion of the fanbase would be turned off by younger GBs, but I know tons of huge GB fans (not just people who like the movie, I mean like building props and such), both online and in person, who I've had plenty of conversations about GB3 with and they all tend to enjoy my ideas, including casting choices.

Not trying to say you're any less of a fan than me in any way, just trying to show I'm a big fan too. I don't want to start an "older vs newer recruits" debate though, so I'm just chalk differences up to personal preference and leave it at that.


I really think that Webhead's idea of a mix of 20 somethings and 30 somethings is a great solution though. I could see someone as James Roday or Bill Hader as the character I mentioned that could be running Ray's Occult Book Store. I could even see him saying a cheesy line when one of the younger team members asks who he is:

"I helped Ray run his bookstore when the GB action got hot and heavy after the 'Shandor Island' incident awhile back. I bring a little bit of that elder GB wisdom in a...slightly younger and better looking package." (said with that certain James Roday/Shawn Spencer-William Shatner style, slight pause in the middle, ending in a goofy grin).

Early thirties and 20s are close enough in age that to have both on the team together wouldn't seem too awkward. I could see someone like Roday, Hader, or even Ryan Reynolds as you mentioned alongside Stone and Scagliotti, though Aykroyd did mention they'd be going for unkowns, and I'd say Reynolds is pretty big, if not now, then definitely after Green Lantern.

 

[scifiwolf]

You know, I was just thinking that this economic climate is perfect for the blue-collar element that the original Ghostbusters had. There are a lot of highly skilled professionals, like me, right out of college with bachelor and master degrees in engineering and technical fields with no work. The Ghostbusters would be a great place for those graduates to go to at least have a job until they find something more career-oriented. That way, you get recruits in who are more scientifically inclined, but ignorant about the paranormal. Totally works.

 

[Arbiter]

i think having the new team be students studying the same subjects that the old team teaches would work great. james roday isnt a kid at all, allison may be young but she is college age. just make her a prodigy, something akin to egon.

and i hated the extreme(ly pc) ghostbusters.

 

[Man of Tomorrow]

Lastly, GBs=Mature adults? Did we watch the same film? Maybe Egon and Winston, but half the comedy in the film came from Peter and Ray's lack of maturity. In fact, other than acting professional when there was a camera around and Ray's scientific mind (both things that an actor in their 20s could pull off just as well), I would say that Ray and Peter acted like the youngsters you want to keep so far away from this. Peter with his anxiousness to charge out the wazoo for jobs and make money, plus oogling/going after anything with 2 legs and breasts. Then Ray who is excited by almost everything. The scene when they buy the firehouse springs to mind (YOU HAVE TO TRY THIS POLE!!!) And that's only the first film.

I was referring to mature in age, not behavior. I'd prefer if this wasn't a franchaise aimed at kids/teens with undergrad Ghostbuters. The franchaise deserves better than to be lowered to that after the original cast.

I could see someone like Roday, Hader, or even Ryan Reynolds as you mentioned alongside Stone and Scagliotti, though Aykroyd did mention they'd be going for unkowns, and I'd say Reynolds is pretty big, if not now, then definitely after Green Lantern.

I mentioned someone around Ryan's age range, not Ryan himself.

 

[Man of Tomorrow]

i think having the new team be students studying the same subjects that the old team teaches would work great. james roday isnt a kid at all,allison may be young but she is college age. just make her a prodigy, something akin to egon.

and i hated the extreme(ly pc) ghostbusters.

Hell no to child geniuses.


James Roday would be fine. Allison Scagliotti sucks however. Born in 1990?


I hated the GB extreme characters too, such boring, bland stereotypical characters.


The only way I'd accept Allison Scagliotti is if she was playing Egon and Janine's daughter or something.. considering she was born a year after Ghostbusters II. But I'd prefer her more as a techie/side character than one of the GB.

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

who the hell thought up the idea of kids, the average age of the new group should be 24-28

 

[Webhead2006]

i liked your ideas jack. Man of tomorrow i know some here dont like the idea of younger busters or even oscar being apart of the next film. But its likely going to happen either him being just some regular character in the film or being invovled with ghostbusting. It would be a nice idea if he was a buster now from what happened to him as a baby. And then you can thrown in wevear if she does a cameo saying she doesnt want him to have any part in the ghost stuff. And for that allison girl i have liked what i have seen of her in drake on josh on nick and warehouse 13 on syfy. she is a nice young talent. And whos to say if they had one or two college age folks as busters they couldnt be a super smart young person and all that. Yes i dont want 13-18yr old teens running around as busters. That wouldnt be a smart idea. But i see no probably throwing in one or two busters who are 21-24 yrs old could be very smart young adults or know alot about ghosts and monsters and all that. Then the rest of the new crew could be a mix of scientists/engineers/regular joes between 28-36yrs old.

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

uk ghostbuster fans be afraid be extremely afraid

November 04
Jedward: If There's Something Strange?

If there's something strange...
In your neighbourhood...
Who you gonna call?

Jedward..?

Er... No.

Sadly it seems that we are going to be 'treated' to another huge production from Louis and the boys on Saturday night. While the other acts are all rehearsing their big movie ballads and warbling away like they should, John and Edward have selected Ghostbusters and are trying their best to learn the infamous Ray Parker Jnr 'walk' - speaks volumes doesn't it?

http://xfactorblog.spaces.live.com/default.aspx?GT1=61503

 

[Man of Tomorrow]

Well I wouldn't be opposed to Oscar being involved in this, just don't think it's overly necessary. Though technically there could be story potential due to him likely being 'Oscar Venkman' ... since Peter and Dana got together by the end of GB2.


As far as the girl ghostbuster of the team goes, I think they can do better than Allison Scagliotti...

 

[Webhead2006]

oh well they probably could man of tomorrow jack was just throwing us a name to talk about. We have no clue as of yet what the plot is fully, what ages/backgrounds the new busters will be. So we shouldnt freak out to we have some more details.

 

[Mike_D202]

You know who'd I like to see in a GB movie? The Boogyman.

 

[Octoberist]

i wanna see Sam Hein, the pumpkin headed dude.

 

[The Apatow Crew]

i wanna see Sam Hein, the pumpkin headed dude.

That's what I am talking about. He was great in those two eps of real ghostbusters. I think there is great potential in that.

 

[Webhead2006]

Oh it would be great to see alot of cool ghosts and monsters next go around. Just think what they could do now visually for the ghosts.

 

[JackIvyGB]

I actually came up with a pretty cool story for a live action version of the Grundel. I went into his origins and just brought it into a more intense and dramatic situation as far as the obstacles and the situations, but it still had that classic GB humor.

 

[Webhead2006]

Ok i brought up this chat a few months ago. Lets say if the new ghost busters team isnt driving around in the film in the classic ecto-1 vehicle:

What are some other cars you think would be best subsituation for a new ecto car?

1. A Chevy HHR(a nice newer car with style simular to the original):

2. a Modern hearse(if you want to stay a bit more classic looking):

3. Dodge sprinter van:

4. Ford E-350 Van (Nice big size plently of room for busters and gear):

5. An Ambulance Truck(Nice size vehicle plently of room for busters/equip and maybe some computer tech):

 

[JackIvyGB]

Well, Harold did come out in a video interview and say that he realizes the fans would hunt and kill everyone involved if they didn't keep the original car. I could see Ray and Winston being uncomfortable with the newbies taking their baby out for joyrides though.

If I recall correctly, Aykroyd had all manner of vehicles converted into Ectos in his "Hellbent" draft. The one I always wished we could have seen was his "Ecto-50", which was apparently a truck based mobile containment unit.

I wonder if we'll get a nod to Ecto-8 from the game.

Just for giggles, I'd have to think about it though. I've heard the HHR suggested before and for some reason it never sat well with me as a good replacement. It doesn't seem big enough. In contrast, a more modern large ambulance lacks the sleekness of the classic Ecto. I saw a few suggestions for a new Ecto on another site, I don't remember the car types though. Let me go double check. In the mean time, for anyone just wants to know what an HHR may look like as an Ecto...

Here's a link with a bunch of people's different car conversions into Ectos.:
http://www.gbfans.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=10949&start=0

 

[Halloween]

Oh it would be great to see alot of cool ghosts and monsters next go around. Just think what they could do now visually for the ghosts.

Definately.