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Reitman and Home Theater Magazine on GB (briefly)
Ivan Reitman was interviewed by Chris Chiarella in a recent issue of Home Theater Magazine, in which (as you’d expect) Ghostbusters comes up – the interview was about the DVD release of My Super Ex-Girlfriend, but GB kind of dominated. GhostDiva kindly sent a transcript of the the GB bits.
Q: With Ghostbusters, did you feel you introduced a new genre? It was a great fantasy/adventure, but I don’t anyone had blended those with comedy so successfully before.
A: Well, thank you. I don’t know if it was “new.” I think there’d been versions of it. I don’t think anyone had done it where the tone was quite so…right. The comedy is pretty pure and very contemporary, the scary parts are legitimately scary, and the science fiction, even though it’s a bit spoofed, plays on this grand scale.
Q: I’ve heard some creative people say that success can be a trap. Was there any downside to the Ghostbusters phenomenon?
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Who ya gonna call? Bell Canada!
My buddy Taylor just forwarded me this billboard he spotted here in Vancouver – for the last month, Bell Canada has been pushing its new movie feature, which allows you to view a full length, honest to gosh movie on your Bell cell phone. Which never made sense to me, since the battery life of your phone is barely enough for two hours of movie… plus you might want to make a phonecall at some point. And cell phone screens are small.
HOWEVER! That was before they started offering Ghostbusters. Now I have all the same reservations, but at least it’s a movie I’d watch. The service costs $5.99CDN a movie, plus you have to have a particular phone, and subscribe to an unlimited browser package deal. Pricey, but I guess if you really really really have to watch Ghostbusters and your trapped in a well or something…
GB3 = video game
I should learn to go with my first instinct – given how close together Dan Aykroyd was talking about GB3, a GB video game, and how GB3 would be CGI, I initially assumed that he might have meant GB3 would be a video game. After hearing him on the radio interview, I second quessed myself.
And now, I’m going back to my original supposition – according to more talk from Aykroyd, GB3 will be a video game.
[UPDATE]
Go to the 6 minute mark for Dan’s comments on Ghostbusters.
“More of a chance to see the video game in ’08.”
Aykroyd expands on the rumours, suggesting that it is in production, and will be available in “all formats.” Though I doubt the all formats part, it’s certainly well understood that GB game needs to be on most major platforms to succeed as best possible. I run a GB website, and even I’m not prepared to buy a PS3 to play a GB game.
Clip on YouTube (for anyone having trouble with the Windows Media version above)
GB Props Archive re-launches
PC has been featuring a link to a new message board for awhile, but is super happy to report that after a lot of hard work over several months, AJ Quick has launched the newly revamped gbprops.com, instantly turning it into one of the best GB sites going.
Maintaining its original focus of supplying prop builders with all the information they could ever want about replicating packs, traps, and goggles, GB Props has expanding to include a Wiki, a store (complete with all the hard to find widgets and whatsits that are needed to make a perfect prop replica), a message board (comprised of both prop builders and general fans), and a front page featuring news headlines and links from your’s truly.