Ghostbusters II
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Ghostbusters II is the 1989 sequel of Ghostbusters (1984); the sci-fi comedy films are about four parapsychologists.
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Plot
It is five years after the events of Ghostbusters. They had become a joke, with Ray and Winston performing at party (which also answers the age old question - who is better - He-Man or Ghostbusters? The answer, He-Man). And to top it off, they now have a lawsuit for all the damage that they have caused.
Ray now owns an occult book shop, Winston performs at children's party with Ray, Peter has his own TV series, and Egon is now a medical scientist. And Dana, well, she and Peter never hooked up, and she had a baby named Oscar with someone else. Dana now cleans old paintings at an art museum with Dr. Janosz Poha. He is at work on a great work, Vigo. However, Vigo was an evil medieval ruler, who is brought back to life by this painting.
One day, a slime that thrives on the bad vibes of people rises up, and gets on Dana's baby carriage wheel. The ooze allows inanimate objects to now move, and the carriage goes into on coming traffic. Oscar ends up safe, but she is wondering why. She goes to Egon, who examines the baby. Eventually, the original Ghostbusters get back together, and attempt to solve the mystery.
They find out that it is caused by this slime that feeds off people's vibe, and that the slime had been accumulating underneath the city for decades. After experiementing with "Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher And Higher", they find that music makes it move. However, just as this discovery is made, the mayor issues a warrant kicking the Ghostbusters out of their office and shutting down the ghost containment unit within, causing it to explode and release all the supernatural entities trapped within.
Eventually, it's learned why Oscar was spared from harm: Vigo - with Janosz as his lackey - desires the baby as a new host into which he will be reborn. After Oscar is kidnapped and brought back to the museum where Vigo's painting lies, The Ghostbusters attempt to rescue him, but a thick dome of the 'mood slime' raises up around the building, preventing them access to it. Remembering how the slime reacted to human emotion, the 'Busters are inspired to cover the Statue of Liberty - a symbol of pureness and hope - with the slime and play music to it to get it to move. They direct the statue to the museum and, with the help of the now positively-inspired crowd surrounding the building, use it to smash through the slime shell and confront Vigo. At first their efforts to quell Vigo's attempt to possess Oscar prove to have little effect, but once again with the help of the 'mood slime' and the good vibes of the citizens outside, the 'Busters manage to trap Vigo back inside his painting. Finally recognizing their efforts in saving the city not once but twice, the mayor reinstates them to their original positions, and their business booms once again.
Interesting facts
- The original Laserdisc and VHS versions of the film were done incorrectly. Instead of being done either in the original aspect ratio of 2.35:1 or panned and scan at the aspect ratio of 1.33:1, the movie was panned and scanned in a 1.66:1 frame. Compared to the 'proper' pan and scan version at 1.33:1, width is definitely gained on the edges, though very slightly. However, the DVD version was transferred and encoded at the original aspect ratio of 2.35:1.
- There are no opening titles. The movie's title is represented by an animation of the movie's logo, but it is never displayed onscreen.
Cast
- Bill Murray (Dr. Peter Venkman)
- Dan Aykroyd (Dr. Raymond Stantz)
- Harold Ramis (Dr. Egon Spengler)
- Rick Moranis (Louis Tully)
- Sigourney Weaver (Dana Barrett)
- Ernie Hudson (Winston Zeddemore)
External links
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- Ghostbusters.net (http://archive.ghostbusters.net/)
- Proton Charging (http://www.protoncharging.com/ghostbusters/)de:Ghostbusters II