while I love the movie, have you noticed there are barely any ghosts in it? The only ones I remember are Slimer, the librarian and the ghost trying to rape Ray Stantz. That's one reason I also like sequel since it actually had a lot of supernatural beings in it. The Titanic scene for example is highly memorable
sharethe ones coming out of the subway, the taxi driver, gozer, the stay puft marshmallow man.
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I did sixty in five minutes once...
Quality, not quantity. Wins out every time.
shareGood point.
Theres a lot of implied ghosts off screen. Their containment grid is almost full and they are local celebrities in NYC for catching ghosts, not something you achieve just by catching one slimer.
You can see dozens flying in the air after the containment unit is hut off. ; ]
shareI preferred the sequel over the original as a kid for this very reason--I too was entertained by bright, shiny objects (proton packs, ton of ghosts, etc.)
Then I revisited the original when I was older and wiser and finally recognized the awesome dynamic between the main characters, the class Sigourney Weaver brought to the role of Dana Barrett, the subtlety and slow burn the film manages all the way thru.
Sure the original film had less ghosts, but at least it wasn't watered down like the sequel--a pitiful and contrived rehash of its predecessor that had lost its bite.
All the pretty ghostbusting tech and phantoms are just useless window dressing if there is nothing substantial to hang them on. That's why the OG '84 film is, and always will be, the best.
I love this movie too, but I always wished that it had more ghosts.
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