Ghostbusters: Behind Closed Doors Review – THE UPDATED EXTENDED CUT!
RE the new deleted scene. The excerpt from the Naha novel appears to originate from the 11-27-88 draft on page 53. So it seems at one point, they kept Peter’s line about the boutique but jettisoned the gaudy costumes and added Winston and Ray working on a Slime Blower except now it seems post-montage since Winston is in the charcoal suit and Ray is in the lab coat. It’s not in the Feb. 27 1989 draft. It could be a case it being in another draft in between or one after February 27 – and they weren’t sure so they took it out, put back in, took it out, filmed it since we know’s there a bunch of drafts from December up to February 8.
[tried to add a screencap of p. 51 of the 11.27.88 script but it got flagged as spam]
I like the original scripted dialogue about slapping the logo on cheap merchandise from overseas, and how the marketing of some breakfast cereal grosses even Venkman out.
Paired with some of their other interview comments from around this time, such as Ramis saying he didn’t believe in sequels back in ’84 or Aykroyd talking about how they didn’t want to be perceived as sellouts, I have to feel that the original intent of the boutique dialogue was to skewer themselves for becoming exactly what they once deemed ripoffs.
Thanks MrMichaelT and Alex, for finding the script origin of the scene and the thoughts on it.
I don’t know what the issue is with the image being flagged as spam, but it’s not a big deal. I have the script (obviously) and when I get around to adding it to the GB2 Deleted Scenes section, I’ll convert the script excerpt into text/html and add the scene footage around it as I did for the other scenes that are in the script(s).
At least, for now, the scene is on this page and available for all to enjoy. The new 4K/Blu set is the big thing to tackle at the moment 🙂
— Paul
Thank you, This was a fantastic watch.
Really a shame how Dan talks down to the fans because we hated the 2016 propaganda film.
No I don’t hate a female ghostbuster!!
I do hate feminist propaganda, poor writing, and reboots. I have no problem with a female Ghostbuster but if “I’m a woman” is all you bring to the table.. then see yourself out the nearest exit.
attacking the fans was a disgraceful thing by Dan.
All of the hack actors and their wimpy director attacked the fans and still do to this day and they wonder why we hate it.
I would have still hated it even if it was an all male cast..
Besides that bothering me, the Reels video was great.
Learned something new about the reverse filming on the library ghost. Never noticed it before.
Thank you, sorry for the rant… just gets to me.
I hear you loud and clear, Brendan.
It makes me sick to hear Dan (and Al Roker) spew the venomous lies just because Sony doesn’t want to admit that the film has a lot of problems, none of which have to do with the gender of the cast.
They like to tow the company line and say that “fanboys” hated it, but what about all of the fanGIRLS who hated it, too? The woman who works at my pharmacy, who’s in her 50s or 60s and isn’t a “Ghosthead”, saw my No Ghost Logo hat and told me that she didn’t like the female Ghostbusters movie. I guess Sony doesn’t want us to know that females like her, and the rest who dislike the film, even exist.
What Sony (and Dan) doesn’t realize is that continuing to spew the venomous lies, and insulting their fanbase, actually make THEM look bad. And in turn, makes the film look even worse.
— Paul
The 2016 movie was an insult to the fans. Putting aside the feminist propaganda that Paul Feig was going after what we all wanted was a third movie. If Sony had got their act together they could have got it out back in 2008 or 2009. Had we had a third movie a female lead movie spin-off would of been fine if moronic. What we got was both moronic and a travesty.
Unfortunately GB Fans.com saw fit to ban me because I didn’t have anything good to say about it. I guess the mods there were toeing the company line as well?
Dan can say I live in a basement all he likes (wish I had one), the point is it was everything Ghostbusters SHOULDN’T have been.
Pedro
A 2002 Today Show clip is shown of Bill Murray and Al Roker outside 55 Central Park West. Bill provides me with a lovely soundbyte for my website when he says, “This is Spook Central right here.” (46:50 mark)
I believe that’s Roker’s voice, not Murray’s.
No, it’s definitely Bill. If you watch the video (46:50 mark), you’ll notice that Bill is replying to a comment Al made:
* Al: “Here we are. This is… this was Spook Central.”
* Bill: “This is Spook Central right here.”
— Paul
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