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Ghostbusters: Scifi or Fantasy?
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 3:25 PM
DMI
Expired, forgotten, spoiled rotten.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 4:00 PM
BYTEMITE
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 5:12 PM
DREAMTROVE
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 4:45 AM
ANTHONYT
Freedom is Important because People are Important
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 6:12 AM
CYBERSNARK
Quote:Originally posted by DMI: (okay, two of them are scientists)
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 11:15 AM
LWAVES
Quote:Originally posted by Cybersnark: I'd class it more as a supernatural comedy, albeit one with not entirely unreasonable (pseudo-)science behind it.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 12:01 PM
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 12:25 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Cybersnark: Quote:Originally posted by DMI: (okay, two of them are scientists) Technically all three of the founders are scientists (Peter may not be a very good scientist, but he does have his doctorate).
Quote: In the storyboards for the film (included in a gift booklet for the Ghostbusters two disc set), the guns for the proton packs were actually wands, like magic wands. They were long sticks with a ball on the end. They fired by the Ghostbusters flicking their wrists as a magician would and pointing the wands at the ghosts. The wands were changed to laser guns to fit the idea that the Ghostbusters created their gear from practical equipment.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 1:35 PM
Quote:Originally posted by DMI: However I have to agree with Anthony that what we call ghosts doesn't necessarily have to be fantasy because they could merely be extra dimensional beings.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 2:13 PM
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 2:25 PM
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 3:31 PM
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 5:51 PM
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 6:06 PM
Thursday, March 10, 2011 2:38 AM
Thursday, March 10, 2011 4:58 AM
Quote:The last minute swap of Jack and Will didn't make sense.
Thursday, March 10, 2011 7:36 AM
STORYMARK
Thursday, March 10, 2011 7:41 AM
Thursday, March 10, 2011 7:51 AM
Quote: Of course, the reason Disney didn't do this was because Jack was a breakout character, and this was a chance to side-line or write out Will and Elizabeth in future pirate movies.
Thursday, March 10, 2011 8:18 AM
Thursday, March 10, 2011 10:04 AM
Thursday, March 10, 2011 10:45 AM
TRAVELER
Thursday, March 10, 2011 11:14 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Bytemite: Actually... The film has a number of shout-outs to actual real world paranormal phenomena that have been documented, but that perhaps depends on whether you consider the field of paranormal research a scientific field. I wouldn't be surprised if none of us here did. In any case, none of those phenomena actually apply to or shape the story. Here's an alternative: Why don't we call it speculative fiction and call it good?
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