Yet another Ghostbusters movie

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[trappedslider]

Cool story, bro.

I've watched it with 12-13 year olds, and it required some explanation. Then again- they are gifted, since they play TTRPGs.

the only thing I had to explain was the shock experiment which I was asked about and was thus summed up : "so basically it was just to see how much they would put up with it?" "Yup" along with the game show host reference....

EDIT: Found it.. Crosses the Line Twice https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrossesTheLineTwice

Essentially, a Moral Event Horizon Played for Laughs.

So sleazy it's funny.

 

[billd91]

I mean .... kind of? Yes, Venkman has to learn to less of a jerk (the, um, hero's journey, so to speak), but there's no question that-

a. He's the hero; and
b. All the good quotes and lines are his. Fun fact- this is probably because all of the lines you are so fond of were ad libbed by Bill Murray. He was basically improv'ing his whole role in terms of dialogue.


....but, I think that saying he is a "womanizer" is a wee bit of an understatement. Again, this was something that could be played for laughs in the 80s, and has not aged well. It happens (see also, Revenge of the Nerds, Sixteen Candles, pretty much all of the 80s movies to greater or lesser extents).

I don't really think it's an understatement. Venkman is a womanizer but he still doesn't cross the lines crossed in either Revenge of the Nerds or Sixteen Candles. He tries to schmooze the coed by deceiving her about how well she's doing, not by deceiving her, at this point potential, consent by having sex with her under the pretense he's actually someone else. In fact, he resists the temptation to take advantage of Dana when it's clear he could actually do so.

 

[Morrus]

I don't really think it's an understatement. Venkman is a womanizer but he still doesn't cross the lines crossed in either Revenge of the Nerds or Sixteen Candles. He tries to schmooze the coed by deceiving her about how well she's doing, not by deceiving her, at this point potential, consent by having sex with her under the pretense he's actually someone else. In fact, he resists the temptation to take advantage of Dana when it's clear he could actually do so.

I dunno. He does carry enough tranquilliser to kill a horse when on a date.

 

[Shasarak]

I just rewatched Revenge of the Nerds last night and I was pleased to find that it still holds up.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Killing has never been considered a good and desirable thing, and yet movies - be they classics or just some mindless fun or unfun movie - are full of it, and often the "cool" protagonist is the one that does a lot of killing, but it's okay, because he's the hero and fighting the good fight. Maybe for that reason it should be no surprise at all that maybe the "creepy" or "stalkery" 80s characters weren't such a big deal.

 

[Imaculata]

I dunno. He does carry enough tranquilliser to kill a horse when on a date.

That has always been one of the weirdest throw away lines in the film to me.

 

[trappedslider]

That has always been one of the weirdest throw away lines in the film to me.

I just figured he went to a pharmacy or had it delivered..he has Ph.D.s in both parapsychology and psychology. Also Thorazine was prescribed by doctors as a sedative for anxiety and sleeplessness. And her room looks ransacked...so she could have had it and the dosage was just a goof....also

The official Richard Mueller novelization describes him hunting around in her apartment for medical supplies. Quite why she has powerful sedatives on hand isn't explained in any detail although someone who lives in "spook central" could feasibly be suffering from insomnia, hearing voices, mild paranoia or migraines, all of which are treatable with Thorazine:

Dana Barrett still floated above the bed while Peter Venkman rummaged through the drawers of her dresser. "She’s an artist", he thought. "She’s got to have some Valium somewhere."

It's worth noting that Louis was buying painkillers by the bucketload to deal with his headaches.

“I have acetylsalicylic acid but I get the generic from Walgreen’s cause I can get six hundred tablets for thirty-five percent less than the cost of three hundred of the name brand. Do you have a headache?”

as an aside I need to get a copy of the movie with the trivia track,which has all kinds of bits...lol the fact that in each take the interest on the loan went up ..lol

 

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