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Recnetly, an issue came up concerning the external links. Apparantly, the following pages weren't considered reliable sources mostly as they're pretty much fan sites. The links involved were:
Spook Central: The home of a lot of in depth information and behind the scenes photographs of both films. Material which can't be found elsewhere. I'd consider this site worth keeping within the external links as it provides behind the scenes material not available to a site kept in such high regard such as IMDb.
GBProps: I suppose the worth of this one is up for debate... however it (and the not mentioned www.gbpropject.com) provide information for replicating the props from the movie, and for where to find reference material. An item surely to come in handy with people with Halloween approaching.
Ghostbusters.net: Sadly part of it's draw... the online episodes has thus since been removed. But it was never about drawing traffic to the site. Ghostbusters.net is one of the oldest fan forums around, one of the main fan forums around which... under rhe rulw "Links to be used occasionally: 3. On articles about topics with many fansites, including a link to one major fansite may be appropriate, marking the link as such."
This effectively justifies the inclusion of at least one major fansite.
Proton Charging: A manjor GB news outlet which has helped to break down the recent rumours where people believed Ghostbusters 3 was being made. The site also contains interviews with people involved with the films, cartoons and other materials which are not a part of the Wiki article.
Ghostbusters HQ: Similar to Ghostbusters.net in regard, it is a major fan site which contains a number of interviews and media for the cartoons and films.
I can understand the reasoning to keep the external links clean and controlled, and to vet some of the entries which get put in as some are only out there for the visitor numbers.
If you feel the links should once again be removed, please consult this section and add to the discussion before removing them again. Kingpin1055 22:21, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
the sci-fi comedy films are about three parapsychologists and their organization
Aren't there four of them? Egon, Ray, Peter and Winston? I don't want to change this without consulting since I don't know if there's a reason it says three, so... any reason it says three? -- user.lain 18:31, 9 December 2006 (UTC) Good question... well, I'm not sure if I'd call Winston a Parapsychologist in GBII, there's nothing showing he's got the certificate for it even though by rights he is an equal member in the organisation. Kingpin1055 21:55, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
I took the liberty of scooting the Trivia section over to it's own page so it doesn't get bigger then the article.
I also shifted the Plot and Cast sections so that the page format would work with the column formatting someone put on them. Kingpin1055 16:57, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
It's a shame that this article is only Start-class. There's enough interest in this page to get it up to GA class pretty quickly. Things that I have noticed about the article's structure:-
- Nreive ( talk) 08:43, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
I thought the version of the plot that was here was a little all over the place and there were also grammatical errors, so I've edited it the best I can. If anybody else wants to add more to it, go for it. 195.92.168.176 14:36, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
It should also be noted that the end credits have scenes that were cut from the film, like when Ecto-1 (2?) is being driven haphazardly. I found out it ocurred after Ray made eye contact with the painting of Vigo. He suffered a bit of road rage.
"The logo used in the movie is unique. Unlike the logo that appears in marketing materials, it is the original, lost design: the ghost has two legs stepping through the red symbol. After it was designed for the movie title intro, the design was lost, so it had to be redone. However, when it was redrawn, they forgot to add in the second leg, so it appears the ghost has only one leg, or a funny-looking tail. It is apparently meant to be a leg, as there is an indication of a foot and an ankle." - I'd like to request a source for this information. To me, the logo appears to have the ghost stepping out of it, with his right leg coming out and his left leg still behind him, as if he were pulling himself though a hole. His arm pushing out on the logo lends to this. I couldn't find anything about an art mistake, but I am willing to give it the benefit of the doubt. If no source is found, I think this should be deleted. Animedude360 09:19, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
It is fairly obvious if one watches the original opening credits and then looks at any other promotional images for the movie, the loss of the other leg is quite noticable. Despite the fact that no source is currently available that suggests a "loss" of the original image, it remains quite apparent that the two images differ considerably, and I believe this information should be reassimilated into the Trivia section.
"As the shell encasing the museum disintegrates, Louis Tully reaches the museum, exclaiming "I did it!". The Ghostbusters emerge as heroes."
The above statement is incorrect and needs to be changed as Louis Tully reached the museum and fired the proton pack for around 30 seconds to a minute before the slime shell encasing the museum disintegrated and after which he exclaimed "I did it, I am a Ghostbuster".
The reason why I don't want to do it myself is because I am very new to Wikipedia and I am still trying to learn all the formatting and commands that is used here and don't want to make any mistake. -- Sleepless In Canada ( talk) 16:53, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
He is listed as the 5th Ghostbuster but I could not find him on IMDB. I also could not find any reference to him even being an actor on the internet at large. I think a reference may be in order. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.210.222.150 ( talk) 21:40, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
In the Sequel section, the article says:
Considering there is an announcement of Ghostbusters III ( here), shouldn't this statement be deleted, or at least rephrased? BAPACop ( converse) 05:42, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
IMO GB3 Should be given it;s own page. And also some of the info on the main artical maybe out of date saying that Bill Murray is a hold out is most likely incorect since his IMDB page shows him as announced to be in the new movie. Just a thought BXCanada ( talk) 08:04, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
===References in Popular Culture===
<i>The Sorrowful Putto of Prague </i>webcomic referenced ths film in the story 'The Faithful Witness'<ref>[http://www.theputto.com/comic/?p=334 Theputto.com]</ref> by having the hero, Xavier of the Sorrowful Snows, fight a zombie version of Saint John of Nepomuk to defend what he feels is unfair public and professional criticism of the film.
Been to the link. Where is there anything related to Ghostbusters II? For that matter, how is this webcomic Popular Culture?! Devilmanozzy ( talk) 07:23, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
Are Americans really so anti-British that Dana would have divorced her husband "when he received an offer to join the London Symphony Orchestra"? I think that is not an accurate summary of what she said Royalcourtier ( talk) 05:33, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
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My review of this article actually started several days ago and I'm really not seeing much which needs commentary in this review. I would like to see the critical reviews section cleaned up in its comparison with the lede, since the lede is calling it "mixed reviews", and I just don't see any evidence for that in the critical reviews section in this article which are on the negative side. Also, there are updates on completion dates for the 2020 sequel which is currently slated for summer, July 2020, which can be updated in this article. Once you do these, let me know and the rest generally looks fairly good. Images are all checked, and the bibliography is in good shape, showing a well edited article. Let me know when you can get to the critical reviews section. CodexJustin ( talk) 15:50, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
Is it necessary to describe the 2016 reboot as "controversial" in the lead? The lead should only contain the most important information in summarizing the content of an article and while I believe it is necessary to identify the reboot as financially unsuccessful because it better explains why the producers opted to continue the original franchise instead of a new series, also identifying it as "controversial" doesn't have that benefit. The sentence also flows better without the additional "and". Bluerules ( talk) 02:35, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
Is he Vigo's voice? The game already has him as the voice in the game. ( JoeLoeb ( talk) 05:01, 20 June 2009 (UTC))
Not in the Movie, in the game he is because the original German actor who portrayed Vigo passed away in 2004. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.105.55.188 ( talk) 16:56, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
Von Sydow did voice Vigo in the movie. They did not use the original voice of the actual actor portraying him. SummeRStorM79 ( talk) 15:07, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
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Recnetly, an issue came up concerning the external links. Apparantly, the following pages weren't considered reliable sources mostly as they're pretty much fan sites. The links involved were:
Spook Central: The home of a lot of in depth information and behind the scenes photographs of both films. Material which can't be found elsewhere. I'd consider this site worth keeping within the external links as it provides behind the scenes material not available to a site kept in such high regard such as IMDb.
GBProps: I suppose the worth of this one is up for debate... however it (and the not mentioned www.gbpropject.com) provide information for replicating the props from the movie, and for where to find reference material. An item surely to come in handy with people with Halloween approaching.
Ghostbusters.net: Sadly part of it's draw... the online episodes has thus since been removed. But it was never about drawing traffic to the site. Ghostbusters.net is one of the oldest fan forums around, one of the main fan forums around which... under rhe rulw "Links to be used occasionally: 3. On articles about topics with many fansites, including a link to one major fansite may be appropriate, marking the link as such."
This effectively justifies the inclusion of at least one major fansite.
Proton Charging: A manjor GB news outlet which has helped to break down the recent rumours where people believed Ghostbusters 3 was being made. The site also contains interviews with people involved with the films, cartoons and other materials which are not a part of the Wiki article.
Ghostbusters HQ: Similar to Ghostbusters.net in regard, it is a major fan site which contains a number of interviews and media for the cartoons and films.
I can understand the reasoning to keep the external links clean and controlled, and to vet some of the entries which get put in as some are only out there for the visitor numbers.
If you feel the links should once again be removed, please consult this section and add to the discussion before removing them again. Kingpin1055 22:21, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
the sci-fi comedy films are about three parapsychologists and their organization
Aren't there four of them? Egon, Ray, Peter and Winston? I don't want to change this without consulting since I don't know if there's a reason it says three, so... any reason it says three? -- user.lain 18:31, 9 December 2006 (UTC) Good question... well, I'm not sure if I'd call Winston a Parapsychologist in GBII, there's nothing showing he's got the certificate for it even though by rights he is an equal member in the organisation. Kingpin1055 21:55, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
I took the liberty of scooting the Trivia section over to it's own page so it doesn't get bigger then the article.
I also shifted the Plot and Cast sections so that the page format would work with the column formatting someone put on them. Kingpin1055 16:57, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
It's a shame that this article is only Start-class. There's enough interest in this page to get it up to GA class pretty quickly. Things that I have noticed about the article's structure:-
- Nreive ( talk) 08:43, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
I thought the version of the plot that was here was a little all over the place and there were also grammatical errors, so I've edited it the best I can. If anybody else wants to add more to it, go for it. 195.92.168.176 14:36, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
It should also be noted that the end credits have scenes that were cut from the film, like when Ecto-1 (2?) is being driven haphazardly. I found out it ocurred after Ray made eye contact with the painting of Vigo. He suffered a bit of road rage.
"The logo used in the movie is unique. Unlike the logo that appears in marketing materials, it is the original, lost design: the ghost has two legs stepping through the red symbol. After it was designed for the movie title intro, the design was lost, so it had to be redone. However, when it was redrawn, they forgot to add in the second leg, so it appears the ghost has only one leg, or a funny-looking tail. It is apparently meant to be a leg, as there is an indication of a foot and an ankle." - I'd like to request a source for this information. To me, the logo appears to have the ghost stepping out of it, with his right leg coming out and his left leg still behind him, as if he were pulling himself though a hole. His arm pushing out on the logo lends to this. I couldn't find anything about an art mistake, but I am willing to give it the benefit of the doubt. If no source is found, I think this should be deleted. Animedude360 09:19, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
It is fairly obvious if one watches the original opening credits and then looks at any other promotional images for the movie, the loss of the other leg is quite noticable. Despite the fact that no source is currently available that suggests a "loss" of the original image, it remains quite apparent that the two images differ considerably, and I believe this information should be reassimilated into the Trivia section.
"As the shell encasing the museum disintegrates, Louis Tully reaches the museum, exclaiming "I did it!". The Ghostbusters emerge as heroes."
The above statement is incorrect and needs to be changed as Louis Tully reached the museum and fired the proton pack for around 30 seconds to a minute before the slime shell encasing the museum disintegrated and after which he exclaimed "I did it, I am a Ghostbuster".
The reason why I don't want to do it myself is because I am very new to Wikipedia and I am still trying to learn all the formatting and commands that is used here and don't want to make any mistake. -- Sleepless In Canada ( talk) 16:53, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
He is listed as the 5th Ghostbuster but I could not find him on IMDB. I also could not find any reference to him even being an actor on the internet at large. I think a reference may be in order. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.210.222.150 ( talk) 21:40, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
In the Sequel section, the article says:
Considering there is an announcement of Ghostbusters III ( here), shouldn't this statement be deleted, or at least rephrased? BAPACop ( converse) 05:42, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
IMO GB3 Should be given it;s own page. And also some of the info on the main artical maybe out of date saying that Bill Murray is a hold out is most likely incorect since his IMDB page shows him as announced to be in the new movie. Just a thought BXCanada ( talk) 08:04, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
===References in Popular Culture===
<i>The Sorrowful Putto of Prague </i>webcomic referenced ths film in the story 'The Faithful Witness'<ref>[http://www.theputto.com/comic/?p=334 Theputto.com]</ref> by having the hero, Xavier of the Sorrowful Snows, fight a zombie version of Saint John of Nepomuk to defend what he feels is unfair public and professional criticism of the film.
Been to the link. Where is there anything related to Ghostbusters II? For that matter, how is this webcomic Popular Culture?! Devilmanozzy ( talk) 07:23, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
Are Americans really so anti-British that Dana would have divorced her husband "when he received an offer to join the London Symphony Orchestra"? I think that is not an accurate summary of what she said Royalcourtier ( talk) 05:33, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
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My review of this article actually started several days ago and I'm really not seeing much which needs commentary in this review. I would like to see the critical reviews section cleaned up in its comparison with the lede, since the lede is calling it "mixed reviews", and I just don't see any evidence for that in the critical reviews section in this article which are on the negative side. Also, there are updates on completion dates for the 2020 sequel which is currently slated for summer, July 2020, which can be updated in this article. Once you do these, let me know and the rest generally looks fairly good. Images are all checked, and the bibliography is in good shape, showing a well edited article. Let me know when you can get to the critical reviews section. CodexJustin ( talk) 15:50, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
Is it necessary to describe the 2016 reboot as "controversial" in the lead? The lead should only contain the most important information in summarizing the content of an article and while I believe it is necessary to identify the reboot as financially unsuccessful because it better explains why the producers opted to continue the original franchise instead of a new series, also identifying it as "controversial" doesn't have that benefit. The sentence also flows better without the additional "and". Bluerules ( talk) 02:35, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
Is he Vigo's voice? The game already has him as the voice in the game. ( JoeLoeb ( talk) 05:01, 20 June 2009 (UTC))
Not in the Movie, in the game he is because the original German actor who portrayed Vigo passed away in 2004. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.105.55.188 ( talk) 16:56, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
Von Sydow did voice Vigo in the movie. They did not use the original voice of the actual actor portraying him. SummeRStorM79 ( talk) 15:07, 18 February 2020 (UTC)