- December 1st, 2021, 2:28 am#4962286
Anyone figure out that sequence of numbers Phoebe stares out upon entering the house for the first time?
mrmichaelt wrote: ↑December 1st, 2021, 2:28 am Anyone figure out that sequence of numbers Phoebe stares out upon entering the house for the first time?I don't know this for sure, but my "nerd sense" said they're maybe digits from the decimal value of pi (which being an irrational number, never ends). But I suppose that could have occurred to me because of a somewhat similar puzzle sequence in a recent episode of the anime Fire Force.
RichardLess wrote:Well there is clearly a proton pack heard and a proton beam shot up into the sky before the truck drives away. Sure we don't see Egon taking the pack back into the truck, but i would guess he did.GhostbustersZorge wrote: ↑November 30th, 2021, 1:18 pm He had one but left it behind in the crashed truck since carrying it would have slown him down too much at that moment. He was hurt and needed to get to the farm asap.Slow him down? It would’ve saved his life. Is a proton pack shown in the truck? I don’t recall seeing one.
Fritz wrote: ↑December 1st, 2021, 6:28 am I don't know this for sure, but my "nerd sense" said they're maybe digits from the decimal value of pi (which being an irrational number, never ends). But I suppose that could have occurred to me because of a somewhat similar puzzle sequence in a recent episode of the anime Fire Force.I jotted it down in the dark to the best of my ability. And granted I only got some of it "3811432150115961607178" - I plugged it into a pi sequence search and didn't get anything.
Maybe the Blu-Ray/DVD commentary track will help.
timeware wrote: ↑December 1st, 2021, 7:46 am Did anyone like Netflix's He-man? Revelations? While i'm a huge Kevin Smith fan after that debacle are we safe to say we don't want him anywhere near Ghostbusters? The reason I bring this up is he's good friend's with Jason. Would anyone be keen on the idea of Kevin writing his own Ghostbusters series?I’m a huge fan of Kevin Smith but no I don’t want him near any major projects.
jimmyjokerz wrote: ↑November 30th, 2021, 8:01 pm Even though I’m not a fan of the OGs just showing up at the end without a backstory, I can see why they did it - otherwise that surprise wouldn’t have been there. The more I watch it, it is a really cool surpriseI think it's important to keep this in mind. Of course we knew the OGs would be involved from the beginning and as fans we would have loved even just an extra scene or two with them coming together after the phone call - but it would've done this story a disservice and undercut the suspense heading into the third act. Phoebe's call with Ray ended with her thinking they were pretty much on their own with this - if it then cut to showing the guys getting together it would've been silly seeing the kids try to take on Gozer by themselves, as an audience you'd be thinking, hey just wait the Ghostbusters are on their way. Although I do think it would've been cool if Phoebe tried that number again when she got home, and you just see a ringing phone with no one there.
tylergfoster wrote: ↑November 30th, 2021, 10:51 pm 1) The film should've developed the fractured relationship between Phoebe and Callie more as a reflection of Callie's relationship with Egon, with Phoebe's similarities to Egon being part of why Callie struggles so much.Definitely. I think one of my favorite scenes is when she confronts her about her grandfather being a Ghostbuster and it really solidifies that Egon's personality and love of science really skipped a generation. I'm wondering if it would have been better if Phoebe was an only child and "Trevor" was instead another friend she makes along with Podcast (and maybe Lucky too). Or they're the cool older kids who get roped into it halfway through - either way you'd need someone to drive the car. I feel like the scenes of him at his job and the budding romance could have been replaced with more scenes with Phoebe, either at home or with Podcast or Grooberson, she could have been the one hanging out with them by the mine, etc..
Avilos wrote: ↑December 1st, 2021, 11:10 am Not sure if anyone has wondered this - everyone assume the digitally altered the year from 2020 to 2021 when the release was delayed? It would be easy to do. Along with the dialogue being altered n post production.Probably what happened. But they missed the part where someone says Shandor's been dead for "seventy-five years", which matches 1945-2020, instead of the "new" actual seventy-six (1945-2021). Might have figured "Eh, if anybody notices we'll say they were rounding off"
Avilos wrote: ↑December 1st, 2021, 11:10 am Are the numbers in Egon’s house the same as in the mine? Meaning years counting down to the 2021. We do not get a good look of those in his house. They would be different numbers at a earlier point in the sequence. It could have been him trying to decipher what those meant.Funny how they always get numbers wrong like the Tunguska Blast of 1909 which was actually on 1908 or Revelations 7:12 that's actually 6:12 and now if the Covid 19 pandemic happens in the movie universe they'll have the years different lol.
Not sure if anyone has wondered this - everyone assume the digitally altered the year from 2020 to 2021 when the release was delayed? It would be easy to do. Along with the dialogue being altered n post production.
Sometimes the dates in movies take place in near future before they actually are released.
TheManEatingToaster wrote: ↑December 1st, 2021, 4:18 pm Funny how they always get numbers wrong like the Tunguska Blast of 1909 which was actually on 1908 or Revelations 7:12 that's actually 6:12 and now if the Covid 19 pandemic happens in the movie universe they'll have the years different lol.Note that in both those cases it was Ray getting those numbers wrong. Common fan conjecture is that he's a slight bit dysnumeric (like dyslexia for numbers). I know I intentionally have him get a date or number wrong every once in a while in my fan fic.
RichardLess wrote: ↑November 30th, 2021, 8:40 pmThe only thing shown in the truck with egon is the trap under a piece of cloth, the only real options i see for the opening are:mrmichaelt wrote: ↑November 30th, 2021, 5:00 pmBut…he was in the flipped truck. He wouldn’t have to go back into the truck. But I don’t think we saw a proton pack did we? I’ll have to look out for that when I rewatch it. But if your being chased by something and you have a weapon in the car, and the car flips. I’m grabbing the weapon. But again…we aren’t even sure if he had a proton pack. If he did I imagine the cops wouldn’t have known what it is when they found the flipped truck and returned it.
It would have taken too much time, which was running out, to go under into the flipped over truck in his state and retrieve it. Zuul would have killed him then and there, crushed the trap to free Vinz, and apocalypse. He needed only the Trap holding Vinz as bait to lure Zuul to the Trap field. However, thanks to the capacitors not working as they should have, the Trap field was a no-go. He likely knew he couldn't get to his lab and finish the pack in time before Zuul arrived and get back to the front and fix the power issue with the Trap field like Trevor did.
EDIT: Jason posted more bts photos
-B&W version of Ivan suited up but Jason states Ivan was used for only 1 insert shot.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CWvtqagpy_C/
-Logan and Mckenna between takes in the Turner plant
https://www.instagram.com/p/CW3VRkopHat/
-Mckenna in the dry ice in the Farmhouse.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CW6vFvvPjMk/
-Audouy (I think) trying on a Terror Dog head
https://www.instagram.com/p/CWyQ29IpgIA/
timeware wrote: ↑December 1st, 2021, 7:46 am Did anyone like Netflix's He-man? Revelations? While i'm a huge Kevin Smith fan after that debacle are we safe to say we don't want him anywhere near Ghostbusters? The reason I bring this up is he's good friend's with Jason. Would anyone be keen on the idea of Kevin writing his own Ghostbusters series?No.
timeware wrote: ↑December 2nd, 2021, 1:46 am I think Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, the guys behind Cobra Kai would also be a good fit. Maybe even the people behind Ash Vs. Evil Dead or a combination of them working together would create a good Ghostbusters Tv series. A good blend between family show and horror. Both teams are capable of bringing the funny and unexpected.
Five years ago i'd have been on board with Kevin Smith, but he's become the version of George Lucas Dante is grilling at this trial. Revelations was Kevin's Episode One.
Davideverona wrote: When you need the technical competence to fix a run down paranormal extermination business, when New York is in danger, when there is no one to turn on to..... Who Ya Gonna Call?HE-MAN!! HE-MAN!! HE-MAN!!!
What we had.... Was good. Not Oscar worthy but good. It served its purpose: reintroducing the old fans in that universe and enticing the new generations in discovering what Ghostbusters was and still is; it was a Ghostbusters 2.5.Of course Afterlife wasn't Oscar worthy they forgot all about him! Lol.
Chicken, He Clucked wrote: ↑December 2nd, 2021, 1:35 am Maybe they could pick up the phone and give J. Michael Straczynski his due?It seems like the obvious move, doesn't it? I'd love to know if JMS has seen Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and if so, what he thought of it. I'd also like to know how he'd "fan fix" some of the issues we've identified, as he was tasked with fixing Janine's drastic change in RGB.
Get Aykroyd, Straczynski, Kenan and Reitman and your lead comedic actor/director in a room with a bottle of Crystal Head vodka and let them all rattle out a universe bible and multi-movie arc.
Also Ben Schwartz would be perfect casting for a Ghostbusters movie.
Chicken, He Clucked wrote:JMS is perhaps seen as an obscure pick by the studio. Correct me if I'm wrong but we haven't seen any evidence he was contacted or involved with fan fests , new promo etc - potentially because he was considered a hired gun or exercised too much creative control over the cartoon, idk and can only speculate. He may have been contacted and isn't interested in working with the IP, but his tweets suggested he would be open to more RGB.100%. He understands the IP as well as anybody. I feel like if you put him and Aykroyd in room, you'd end up with something special. That's not to say Reitman and Kenan shouldn't be involved, but in terms of technobabble, lore, etc., Aykroyd and JMS are the way to go.
He is patently a strong writer with a proven record handling this IP, so why not get him on board given his history with the franchise? It seems like it would be a bankable decision.
RichardLess wrote: ↑December 2nd, 2021, 1:19 amBut I could see..I suspect that their reasons for turning it down in mid-2014 will still be true in 2022, but who knows.
Maybe Phil Lord & Chris Miller.
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