Ghost Ride It
Posted on January 31, 2007
When a community knows the guy loaning out his Ecto-1 replica to a music video, it’s always a long wait until the final results hit the airwaves. In this case, Hip Hop artist Mistah F.A.B. has been working on a new video for his hit, Ghost Ride It, and it’s finally made its premiere on MTV.
Keep an eye out at 58 seconds for community member Craig Chen (secrecyguy), who got a walk-on, and scope Sean Bishop’s sweet sweet ride - word has it the video antics resulted in some damage to the vehicle, but the production team paid for repairs.
Besides the blurry YouTube version, you can check it out at MTV’s website.
By the way, don’t try this at home kids. Jackass is so 2002.
Filed Under MUSIC, ECTOMOBILE | 7 Comments
The bathtub tried to eat Oscar!
Posted on January 31, 2007
And now the bathtub can try to eat you too! Well, no, but a UK company is selling a coloured powder that will absorb a massive amount of water, turning a bathtub into a lot of slime. When playing in slime gets boring, a simple packet of solvent dissolves the goopy mess.
One would think the addition of ice-cubes would make the tub the worlds greatest house-party bottle cooler at Halloween (provided you can cope with slime getting tracked everywhere - PC takes no responsibility for stained carpet. I’m just saying. Oh wait, the website says it won’t stain and the dissolver is table salt.)
The hilariously named Gelli-Baff comes in what I like to call Ghostbusters Green, Almost Ghostbusters 2 Red, Test Run Blue, and Just One More Test Run Orange. You can get all four, for approximately $40US, plus shipping.
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Ecto-1 replica for sale… again.
Posted on January 28, 2007
In 2003, a George Barris Ecto-1 replica from a Florida auto museum was sold to the Historic Auto Museum in Roscoe, IL. And now, another Ecto-1, attributed to George Barris, is for sale by the Volo Auto Museum, slightly to the East of Roscoe, in Volo, IL. At this time, it doesn’t appear that they’re the same car, but it seems a strange coincidence.
The Roscoe vehicle was a sad case, one part Ecto-1, one part Ecto-1a, and various strange design choices. Plus, the museum listed it as a 1960 Cadillac. The Volo vehicle is very close to the movie, and lists it as a 1959 body. The only thing they seem to have in common is that they’re both in Illinois and they were both apparently made by George Barris. If any of the Ecto-experts out there can help clarify, please contact me.
The listing doesn’t outright call the vehicle a screen-used vehicle, but neither does it call it a replica, choosing instead to comment on it’s previous life as a vehicle used in In The Heat of the Night. It’s not a bad looking vehicle if you’ve got the dough… a lot of dough. If it’s the same vehicle, it sold in 2003 for $55,000, but is listed now for nearly $150,000.
Thanks to Andy for the heads-up.
[UPDATE Jan. 29th]
There is some discussion at GBProps (and if any group would know, it would be some of those guys) that this car is a private replica that Barris is taking credit for. Classy. If you’re going to make an ecto replica, make sure to weld some initials onto the chassis or something. Thanks Nick.
Filed Under ECTOMOBILE | 6 Comments
EGB commercial
Posted on January 25, 2007
In transfering the Leo Zahn interview from the old system to the new system (he directed an Extreme Ghostbusters toy commercial) I discovered it needed some cleaning up - old pictures no longer existed, etc. And in the process, I found this;
It was so keen, I thought I’d dig it up for the front page. Enjoy!
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I got mine - C.I.Boys
Posted on January 24, 2007
If you’ll recall back, we reported on a series of these strange little vinyl figures from Hong Kong that were modeled after characters from the 80s, including a Mr. Stay-Puft. Well, Voltage, a store here in Vancouver, had just gotten a box in and I managed to snag on after only three blind boxes, one of which also included a Tron figure, which is rare compared to the others. So, yay me! Anyone looking to buy one should look around for the nearest store carrying merch from Kid Robot (or just find a Kid Robot store.)
Ghostbustour
Posted on January 24, 2007
I know I’ve seen this before, and I thought I posted about it, but when their new logo popped up on Flickr (on the nav bar on the left), and I couldn’t find it in the archives, I decided it was worth mentioning again. It was December, it was busy. Maybe I forgot. I dunno. Anyhow, here it is again.
Basically, this group is creating a walking video tour of New York - Ghostbustour. You load the video onto your iPod, PSP, cellphone, or what-have-you, and it guides you around New York, stopping from time to time to talk about various filming locations from the film. The last trailer I saw, I thought it even had them super imposing modern New York scenes over scenes from the movie, for comparison.
Ambitious, but keen as hell. Here’s hoping they get it finalized soon.
More Zootfly interview
Posted on January 23, 2007
Zootfly’s Tibor Klajnscek answered some questions for FiringSquad.com. There is some great new stuff, including some descriptions of how they see the game operating.
FiringSquad: In terms of gameplay will the Ghostbusters game allow you to play as all four characters in a tactical action game a la Rainbow Six or would you control each team member individually?
Tibor Klajnscek: We were thinking more along the lines of Gears of War where you would only control one character. You’d get to decide which one in the start. The other three would be AI sidekicks. A setup like this would enable us to have much more fast paced action in the game.
Interestingly, the videos have been removed from YouTube, at Sony’s request. Given Sony’s firm grip on controlling materials, whether it was pulled just because, or if it’s related to their ongoing, supposed discussions with Zootfly, who knows?
Thanks Darren! Cheers on the YouTube spot, Ben.
[update] Two of the videos are back up, for the time being, at GameTrailers.com.
Various site stuff
Posted on January 22, 2007
Hi - time to bring people up to speed on a few things.
RSS
First off, when the site moved to its new state and format, anyone using the RSS feed link got left behind. I posted one last post, directing people to here, but it didn’t make it into the RSS feed, and as a result, a number of people thought I hadn’t updated the site since early December. I can understand this, as sometimes I really don’t update for a month. In any case, I’ve amended the old RSS feed (boy I hope it works now) and I’d like to direct anyone interested in the new feed to the RSS link on the sidebar.
Old News
If you’ll notice, the Old News page is gone, and a PC Features page now exists. This is because I’ve moved a large amount of that old news to the new format, including old features and interviews. There are still many more to go, but if you’ve never read the old material, please check it out - I even rescued some old materials from other, long dead websites (including a couple of keen GB RPG compaigns.)
Patrick
Every time I report on GB3, I get comments from Patrick. In particular, when I completely debunked the lazy, sensationalistic, and journalistically corrupt news wire story that made it sound like GB3 was being made and Ben Stiller would star, Patrick decided I was The Evil One. He continues to do so.
To All GB Fans!!!
Listen up!!! There will be a Ghostbusters 3 there are proof GB3 articles and Proof GB3 posters for 2008! GB3 is even on the news it said that Dan Aykroyd has written a new script and Ben Stiller WILL replace Bill Murray! Castewar is a jerk he has OLD GB3 news tell him straight there WILL be a GB3 in 2008! GB Fans had made some cool GB3 trailers too Check it out! PS. Why would someone makeup a false article about GB3 Castewar is a FRAUD about this not me or the GB Fans!
This seems like a good time to lay out a few facts.
PC isn’t here to report every scrap of information as fact. I report it at face value, and then in many cases I will apply my caveats - a simple example would be that I’ll never report that a GB game is in production until it’s actually in production. I will cover the attempt to get it into production however.
Similarly, I will not report every fan poster and off-handed remark about GB3 as proof that it is being made - it is not proof that it is being made, it is proof that there is still interest, either by the fans or certain filmmakers. And I’ve seen over ten years of this. I’ve seen a lot of stuff that really really really made it seem like a third movie was close - and it’s still not here. Even this last debacle, if you ignore my report that the news was bogus, it’s over a year old… and GB3 is not in production.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again one last time, for everyone to read, the minute someone credible says, “GB3 has been green-lit and begins filming next fall” I will report it, complete with “Woo-hoo!” in the headline. But until then, I will continue to report whatever comes along with a grain of salt.
Keep on keepin’ on, Patrick!
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Wired posits shenanigans - MC Chris flys GB flag.
Posted on January 19, 2007
Wired blogger Chris Kohler pointed out the elephant in the corner, that possibly Zootfly’s move was simply to create some buzz and establish some name recognition for TimeO.
Speculation: after the licensing deal fell through, and with the opportunity to put themselves on the map fading away, ZootFly decided to leak what they had. They figured that when journalists came a-knockin’, they’d direct them to their other project, TimeO, which nobody would have cared about otherwise.
The response from most people would be, “Well, no duh. Quit pooping on our cake.” It’s true that if this is the motivation behind Zootfly posting the videos to the web, and that regardless of their assertions otherwise, their shot at a GB game is dead in the water, it would suck, but since we’ll never know for sure, we might as well dream. Thanks to CrazyMrTibbs for spotting the link.
King of the white-boy rappers (don’t let Eminem tell you otherwise) and the reigning 800 pound gorilla of Nerdcore Rap, MC Chris spotted the Zootfly videos and expressed his love for the GBs. He also hinted that his new album is drawing inspiration from Ghostbusters, which likely means some solid references to the movie.
the ghostbusters is one of the many muses of the new album. that and whodini’s haunted house of rock.
and there is no gorilla in the ghostbusters.
Filed Under MISC, FANS, MUSIC, ZOOTFLY | 5 Comments
OXM talks to Zootfly! So does Gamespot!
Posted on January 18, 2007
The Official Xbox Magazine podcast has pinned down Tibor Klajnscek of Zootfly (the website lists him as a programmer on the project) to talk about the game; what are it’s chances, what they’re hoping to down, and how they plan to do it.
You can download the podcast tomorrow at oxmpodcast.com or subscribe to podcast via iTunes (free.) Sign up now so you don’t miss out tomorrow! Big thanks to Dan!
[update] Direct Link to episode in question.
This comes in the wake of Zootfly’s CEO Bostjan Troha answering some questions for Gamespot. Thanks to Adam Nutter for the tip.
As diehard Ghostbusters fans we somehow felt obliged to share the early prototypes with the public. Also, we hoped to show that the fan base is enormous and that there’s a wide and genuine interest for a next-gen Ghostbusters game.
Filed Under GAMES, ZOOTFLY | 6 Comments
