Ghostbusters: First impressions

WHO YA GONNA CALL?

Catchy Halloween song, it's time for me to meet the movie that made you. Tonight we're doing it differently, with a full viewing party of seven, including my roommate and our excellent comment-filtering mademoiselle.

Tonight's forecast calls for thundershowers (no, seriously!), pizza and just a lot of fun.

So here's what I know about Ghostbusters:

• They wear sort of khaki gray coveralls, have guns and backpacks, and... bust ghosts. I don't know what "bust" entails but "destroy" sounds about right. Clearly these guns shoot force bullets.

• There's an awesome theme song.

• Seriously it's the catchiest thing.

• It's a comedy. Have you heard that song? Between that and the quotability I've been promised it's got to be a comedy. Or like the world's most lighthearted, witty horror film.

• I'm going to get more quotes stuck in my head. This has been an unavoidable trend so far. Proof? My name is Wonderful Noise. Luke killed his father. Prepare to Nay Jabba No Badda. Rush a miracle man, you get a rotten miracle.

• Five other people came over on a Tuesday night to eat pizza and watch this movie when they heard it was next.

• It's probably going to be hilarious and awesome.

• Everyone's giving me dirty looks for holding up the show so here we go! :D

Let's have a movie!

My eyes were just covered with hands. I don't understand why, especially since they were not my hands.

Apparently the DVD menu has a spoiler in it that I wasn't supposed to see. So thankful for guides.

Parental guidance is suggested. Well darn. Guess that leaves me up a tree then, doesn't it

I'm being antisocial by typing, apparently. They have their ground rules thOOOOH EERIE MUSIC STARTING

OH MY GOD NOT A BUILDING come on :P

LION WITH DRAMATIC MUSIC

the worlds creepiest library, apparently.

that lead sound is like... I don't even know. It sounds synthesized.

self sorting books. best library ever?

self-unsorting card catalogue. Yes lady, there's nothing worse than disorder. It's the power of slaad.

THE AUDIENCE IS HERE! EEK!

theme song.

well they have fans don't they

this guy's a dick.

man that's rude. kid needs his gum

every time I eat garlic bread I'm reminded why I should stop ordering it HEY he got it righOH COME ON HAHAHA

HAHA I'm sorry I shouldn't be laughting

no that's the other thing. Come on that's first year psych. that's... it's not reinforcement, I donb't remember the word well now I feel dumb

hello Ray!

Peter, you're a scuzz and LISTEN TO THE ENTHUSIASM guys forget about me, go ask Ray for his reactions to Star Wars he's like a jumpy puppy

what a euphemism that was

"mass SPONG e migration" the hell.

HAHAHHAHAHA what a dick

wait he did that

so we've got the dick, the eager one and the crazy one

Ray for the record I also have arms.

personal

"Back off man. I'm a scientist."

okay no the garlic bread is just butter with bread spread on it yoes I seaid it right

Paused

Sorry, needed paper towel. Seriously do not let me order garlic bread it was just STEEPED. I feel personally gross for having eaten half of it don';t judge me shut up.

Resume!

 SYMMETRICAL BOOK STACKING. Well boys that's the devil's calling card.

Snot.

That was the nicer of the two thoughts.

you deserve this, Peter

the soundtrack is just full of these little weird noises

HAVE A BOOKSHELF GENTS

he's just so not impressed it's great

so he's like the practical one then

also hey it's a ghost!

"Francine?" reference?

this is what you get for being a dick, Peter

don't piss off the librarian ghost that's totally going to go bad for you

this looks like a bad plan

how is this a good plan

nope HAHAHAHAHAHAHA THEY'RE IDIOTS

ugh the garlic bread is still with me. one might say it's haunting me? ;)

oh so they catch them, not explode them?

hehe "some"

that's a shit-eating grin sir

that's a full-course fecal feast right there on your grin sir

TEN FOOT POLE. IT'S CRURCIAL EQUIPMENT GET I RIGHT

Peter's got ranks in Bluff

yes you are

YES YOU ARE are all of their plans this bad?

hehehe I'll say this for them the movie gets going quick

unique whatnow

I'm with Egon

I found someone with Wis as a dump stat, can you guess who it is

this movie loves the statuary with the evil theme. statues grr, they're gonna get ya

...guy's like a skinny me I';m not onbaord with this OH MY GOD SHUT UP LEWIS

why didn't you fall off oh my god shut up

HAHAHAHAAH Egon's the wqorst actor

betcha she's got a ghost. wait till it gets dark

she's very pretty in a classic kind of way

that is... actually a little creepy, yes

the bubblign and HOLY NO WHAT

NO

the frigde?

WHAT THE FUNOOOOOOOOOOOO NONONONO

world's worst car

I have
nothing to say about where Egon just was.

nnnnnnnnothing

don';t you jusdge me.

he's just the worst I love it

"do you guys handle kitchen appliances because it's the darndest thing..."

full of crap sir

YOU DON'T SAY

could be eightyseven kinds of nionsense

do you believe in demon fridges? because your fridge is a portal to Downtown Fraz. PHRASING SIR.

weird tool. s that a real ghost thing?

bigger than our apartment, I can tell you.

HAHAHAHHAA ahhh Pete you're a dick but you're fun

TOLD.

It's not gonna be there.

Won't be there.

Will not be in there.

writhing?

HAHA "I think so" good job Pete

HAHAHAHAHHAHA TOLD AGAIN I like her

AND AGAIN she's the best

oh come off it

folks just for the record don't do that you all know that but I'm just saying it's so awkward and bad don't do that.

oh not you again you're not even talking and I want you to shut up

your logic is faultless except for all its faults

oh here we go

that's a call

OH SHIT IT'S ON

I don't know what IT is but IT sounds enjoyable

Egon looked terrified right there

HAHAHAHHAAH THAT CAR IS AMAZING

WAAAH WAAAAH WAAAAH

real subtle Peter

13 man, you mean 13. 13's the bad number.

look at the getups. They are ARMED.

"It'll bite your head off, man" :D

HAHAA

an unlisenced whatnow

oh that sounds cheerful and not at all TOTALLY DEADLY

Peter. So unimpressed

HOLY MOTHER OF don't do that guys.

HAHAHAHAHAA Peter, sometimes you're just... right about things.

really? Her doesn't strike me as the smoking type

ohoho

it's just this big green snot

MOTHER OF come on Ray you can do better than that HAHAHAHAHAH

Egon, you're just the worst. Personal space please?

you know what? I think he's just braincrashed when he sees it. he's clearly not unstressed

oh and now it's going to eat him

Ray, that's the definition of not great. Egon you'reno better

EXCELLENT JOB MORONS

I have come to the conclusion that all fo their plans are bad

yes Ray it is your fault

don't whatnow

"bad"

Well yes that does sound like just the thing you want to never do.

I hope all that decor was just for show and not, you know, needed for something

like that I mean holy shit guys you're worse than the ghost

what's that?

of course you did

cool

so that's cool. but it seems like just the worst possible way to accomplish I don't even know. Anything ever.

again with the discretion. good job gents

Egon totally just signaled him on that

business is picking up :D

TO THE SOUND OF A THEME MUSIC I LOVE IT

HAVE SOME DUCKS

gotta say, I didn't expect it to be like this it's so... out in daylight. In the public eye. It's pretty awesome really.

heh is it just a mist so now this is like a real deal

Elvis hehehehe

what

OKAY THEN

oh don't Lando me

my face says no, my need for employment says fine whatever

that was fast. I should have applied.

oh right! funny how fast I forgot about her and she was even in the whole theme music part

"I've got hundreds waiting to abuse me!" alright I like Peter I admit it

PHRASING. give it you you in private indeed

HEY IT'S THE HITTITES

Zul and Gozur. Gozer? These sound important.

manit's a good thing she finds you charming because just nobody else would

everyone smokes now

TOLD BY A DICK.

hahaha the slime

guy when someone says he's a doctor you don't call him mister right away it's rude

so this fellow is some sort of rectum.

it's PLEASE. :D

you're still calling him Mr look he's got a PhD in psychology he's a doctor

do ghosts count as chemicals? cause they're definitely noxious

well he's gonna be back.

well then. that is INDEED a big Twinkie. You know, I don't like Twinkies. I should but I don't.

WHAT ABOUT THE TWINKIE INDEED

oh here we go again

always with ther statues are they gonna come to life?

yes it's a gargoyle I get it YES HEY I'M RIGHT

would someone just make him not be here

right so Lacy just made an unfunny joke about my current situation but we'll give her the courtesy laugh because yes I probably wouldbe goot ad Twister right now

oh don't tell me it's in her place

oh don't tell me this is supposed to be funny nope

the light is creeping me out

NO NO NO NO NO I DO NOT ACCEPT THIS

HOLY HELL SHIT GOD NO WHAT\

they're all laughing at me right now WAIT THERE WERE TWO STATUS

Oh SHUT UP I hope it eats you NOVA SCOTIA :D THAT'S ME!

he's still talking send it to eat him

HOSHIT okay eat him

the effect when it moves isn't great but otherwise I DO NOT LIKE IT KEEP IT OFF MY SCREEN

even less convincing but I'll be nice and shut up now

guy come on it's made of glass how will this help you

keep running you moron

eat him

see? nobody likes you.

I want to make so many cougar jokes right now

yes I'm very juvenile :D

huh

possessed. yep.

Red Dress has NO TIME FOR YOUR SHIT

maybe she does well then she's just an idiot

OHO

Guys I am now very interested this is moving out of just comedy GOZER EH?

guys

guys this is so interesting and I really appreciate his lack of stress because I'm kind of on the other side I don't want to see the hands again HAHAHAHA

"There's at least two people in there already" HSAHAHAHAH alright Ptere you have redeemed yourself

hey he actually knows what he's doing

I thought he was just a con.

WELL THEN. OKAY. That's like Vader's older brother levels of NO LET'S NOT BE MAKING THOSE NOISES

worst orgasm ever.

I don't understand the point of levitating at him. It's the most tepid threat imaginable. Eerie? Absolutely.

oh well why didn't you eat him

This is Vince the Keymaster and he's looking for a Gatekeeper. I'm sensing a sexual motif

 HAHAHAHHAHA I love that that's a legitimate question at their office

gotta say, Zul's a lot more scary than Vince.

although the scanner image

he's pretty agreeable for a demon gargoyle.

we're getting a demon lord in downtown New York aren't we

I'm mostly super excited to see this but the rest is NO THANK YOU.

no, not what you said

yes, what Egon said

I mean of course it's going to happen now it has to but they all have such bad plans.

Dumping Wis across the board. Good thing you guys weren't the possession targets.

...I don't like that thought but it's so COOL guys this is like an awesome campaign idea I want to play this game

If it isn't the chief rectum.

HAHAHHAHA he keeps imitating people what kind of demon is he

man I'm sorry Peter but you need a promotion because this guy? This guy is a dick

just casually get out of the blast radius

no don'tswitch to the possessed demon lady oh here we go

ohhhh here we goo

AND THERE'S THE FRIENDLY MUSIC AND THE XPLOSION

YOU DON'T SAY

oh good job.

he's back! :D

they're coming for her aren't they

I find the two often go together, don't you?

so it's a door to Hell. Cool.

can they make it look good, though? I'm on the fence. Zul good, Vince very very clumsy.

I appreciate how the new guy's the levelheaded everyman.

looks like Vince and Zul are about to make with the supernatural bow chicka wow wow

figuratively speaking

LITERALLY speaking okay nevermind me

staircases with evil music and possessed people this bodes so well.

We're going to the top of the tower aren't we

no, YOU caused it.

HAHAHAHAHHHAHAHHHAHAHAH haqhaha oh oh that's just the best line your delivery is just splendidly deadpan

bout time they showed up. This is supposed to be your ballpark

phrasing, Winston. not such a big selling point for him. Just saying

we get the point


DOGS AND CATS HHAHAHA way to break it down for the normals Peter

fruit basket indeed :D

WAAAAAa WAAAAAAA WAAAAAAAA

that was an army truck :D

ARMY VS GHOSTS I want to see that movie give that one to me

"saving the day" is being sung right now. Funky beat too

only these guys would do celebrity antics before confronting the end of the world

dungeon crawl time? :D

tell me it's filled with spooks

OH WELL THAT'S A POSITIVE SIGHT

it's like there's this big rift right into Hell opening in the sky.

and the ground well how about that then


HAHAHA I thought I'd prefer action and ghosts but this is just... perfectly tedious

that's a lot of leg

they totally did. You know.

AWESOME.

NOW THAT IS A DOORWAY TO HELL.

guys I'm actually excited now I think they're going to pull this off :D

helpful answer.

RITUAL TO OPEN THE HELL DOOR

OH HERE WE GO

reminds me of the Emperor's lightning

which never did that okay then

he';s taking it well

Pausing. I just want to talk about how surreal that sight is for a moment. It's like... I don't even know. There's this light burning beyond vision at the crown of a pyramid thing on top of crystal steps with mist EVERYWHERE and thw two demons are flanking this door or gate in front of it all. It's just so... it reminds me of some art from the old D&D books that my cousin had. I was expecting a vision of maybe fire, darkness, torture... I don't know what to say about what they went with except someone had a great imagination. The fact that it's none of those things at all is somehow so much better because now I have no context for what comes next and it's thrilling. Also I';m getting dirty looks again so we're gonna resume

the pinkish rippling "sky" inside the rift is so alien

what's happening

something's there

what

Again with the excellent plans. I like it. Peter, never change

It's almost heavenly in a way. IT's like an off, alien version of heaven. I think that's why it's fascinating and creepy

"Are you a god?" Sure let's go with that WRTONG ANSWER

WELL THEN. They stole that from star wars

"If someone asks if you're a god, say YES" I LOVE IT. I NEED MORE CONTEXTS TO QUOTE THAT IN BECAUSE I WANT TO SAY IT TO EVERYBODY.

no seriously she's like covered in foam

she's going to change into somthing much bigger and scarier, isn't she

it's not over

the end of the world, it's coming

well of course it does there are still two demon dog things there

AGAIN with the statues

giant statue comes out and comes to life and tries to kill them. That's it

pick a mouse. easy.

who did it

Ray. Of course.

oh what is it come on

it big

wait what

is that the Michelin man

WHAT

WHAT THE WHAT IN THE I DON'T EVEN HAVE A

HAHAHAHAHA OH MY GOD YES IT'S A GIANT MARSHMALLOW TITAN OF DOOM

NO INDEED YOU DO NOT SEE THAT EVERY DAY

yes, marshmallows have that effect on me as weell Egon. MELT IT OR SOMETHING

well that didn';t work. Apparently I ALSO have the worst plans


not helping Peter

annnd now it's King Kong

well that's very reassuring

IT'S SO SURPRISED AND HORRIFIED :D

yeah you deserved that

oh why are you still talking

"sounds great!" "okay!" man don't let Egon get his crazy on you

That's it? I wanted more.

Alright guys, that was a pretty funny movie. Going to hang out with the guests for a bit, then second thoughts. Also I'm not sure what's next to watch. I liked this, though. :D