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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaculata" data-source="post: 8356231" data-attributes="member: 6801286">Judging by the trailer, they might also be paying hommage to the cartoon and the toys. I don't know if the cartoons are considered canon, but I hope they are. Because as mentioned, they expanded the lore of GB in all directions.Also, in case you missed this:[MEDIA=youtube]43CTgfwoa3Y[/MEDIA]The original GB seems pretty tightly scripted. As far as I know, there was a lot of adlibbing by especially Murray. But they only kept whatever they thought was the best take, and they didn't let improv fill unscripted scenes, nor let characters ramble on and on.For example, a few years ago Reitman shared a few outtakes from the scene where Venkman confronts Peck in the mayor's office. He showed takes, in which Murray always stuck to the script, but adlibbed one or two words. There was one take that was arguably even better than the one they ended up using in the film, which had a crowd of fans in stitches, but I think it was written, not adlibbed. I'll see if I can find it.Found the clip:[MEDIA=youtube]kmAwzIyKThI[/MEDIA]There were other takes where Murray mostly improvised his actions, like with Venkman's awkward initial visit to Dana's apartment. Weaver improvised the word "gameshow host", instead of what was in the script. But again, tightly scripted jokes and good writing.I think improv comedy can only get you so far. For a movie, I don't think it is enough to just have characters ramble. Good comedy scenes don't write themselves, and not all improv is guaranteed to be good improv.</blockquote>

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