[Digital Gonzo 2013]
Welcome to the movie that started it all… for me anyway. Ghostbusters was the first trip to the cinema for me, aged four. In effect, considering our twelve inch, wooden, push-button telly, it was the first experience that made me understand what a film could be. And what a way to start a lifetime of being besotted with this medium. It has everything a young lad could want; eye-popping effects, hilarious dialogue from a really tight script, mythology and science hinting at a wider world and believable, lovable heroes facing off against a dark god in the center of New York.
We clean up the town, taking you guys from creepy Columbia logo through to Slimer’s final charge, along the way we talk about balancing comedy with horror, abandoned concepts and casting choices, the secrets of the special effects, the theoretical science of busting ghosts and for one loopy tangent… The Shining.
Next week we’re talking Ghostbusters II, The Real Ghostbusters, Extreme Ghostbusters, the 2009 Ghostbusters video game and the prospect of Ghostbusters III. This ended up being in the top three most quotable movies reviewed by Gonzo, up there with Aliens and Predator. We came, we saw, we kicked it-
Guests:
Joshua Garrity of Cane and Rinse
Neil Taylor of TheKidDogg
Gary Blower of GameBurst
Matt Ramsey of GamerDork
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Zootopia
Logan
Coraline
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Book of Life
L.A. Confidential
Watership Down
Swiss Army Man
Wonder Woman
Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2
Doctor Strange
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Hero
The Thief and the Cobbler
Brazil
The Lego Batman Movie
Mulan
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