- April 18th, 2008, 1:07 pm#45043
If you have a moment, please feel free to check out my new video before you read this thread (some of the things I talk about here are in the video as well):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t9eWLqu9Qs
Please forgive the long thread. Thank you to anybody who actually has the patience to read it.
Has anybody else ever read "Ghostbusters: The Return" by Sholly Fisch? It was released years ago (2004, I think). I think it was around the 20th anniversary of Ghostbusters, if I remember correctly. Anyway, the book took place several years after the events of Ghostbusters 2. The Ghostbusters have continued to thrive and are beginning to face another threat the level of Gozer and Vigo.
I got this book when it first came out and read it right away. I LOVED it. I just recently decided to read it again, and loved it just as much the second time around. I could definitely read it again and again. Has anybody else every read it? What did you think?
Personally, I think it could have even made a pretty darn good Ghostbusters 3. I'm also very fond of how they used Slimer. I loved Slimer in the movies, and loved him in the cartoons as well. However, I would find it kind of corny if he was like his cartoon self in the movies. Since the book was based on the movies (not the cartoons) they had to avoid going that route. At the same time, though, a lot of people love Slimer and would want to see him. I think what Fisch did was really awesome. Slimer was given the same kind of mascot-like role that he had in the cartoons, but to a much lesser degree. He was only in a few scenes. It didn't become the Slimer show. I thought that was really cool because I love Slimer, but, let's face it, the story should be about the boys in gray, not the green spud.
One last thing I was curious to discuss (something I also talk about in the video), I was curious who, in your mind, you casted for the roles of some of the new characters. That's one of the things I always love about books. You get to cast the new roles in your mind. It can be fun to pick your favorite celebrities or even your friends and family to play out the roles in your mind as you read the book.
As far as Mayor Lapinski, I always pictured him as Danny Devito. They way they described the character as being short, fat, and bald, and just frankly the way he acts, I felt like Danny Devito would be PERFECT for the role. In fact, if they ever actually did make the book into a movie (obviously, though, that isn't going to ever happen) I really think he'd be great in that role.
When the book described Jonathan Goodraven, I couldn't help but picture him as the Undertaker. If you, just like me, are a wrestling fan (don't get me started on how much it has sucked for the past few years) and you read this book, you'd probably know what I was talking about. The way they described him as being BIG and imposing, having a deep, powerful voice, and never showing any emotion just made me instantly think of the Deadman. The further I read, when they started talking about his piercing eyes, it just made him sound like the perfect fit for the role in my mind. Of course, unlike Danny Devito, Undertaker would probably not make a very good choice in reality if they actually made the movie. He's a wrestler, not an actor. But he worked just fine in my head.
I pretty much always just use some of my favorite wrestlers or actors, or people I know in real life to fill out the roles in my head. Anybody else have interesting choices they want to share for who they pictured the new roles as? Or please feel free to share your thoughts of the book all together.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t9eWLqu9Qs
Please forgive the long thread. Thank you to anybody who actually has the patience to read it.
Has anybody else ever read "Ghostbusters: The Return" by Sholly Fisch? It was released years ago (2004, I think). I think it was around the 20th anniversary of Ghostbusters, if I remember correctly. Anyway, the book took place several years after the events of Ghostbusters 2. The Ghostbusters have continued to thrive and are beginning to face another threat the level of Gozer and Vigo.
I got this book when it first came out and read it right away. I LOVED it. I just recently decided to read it again, and loved it just as much the second time around. I could definitely read it again and again. Has anybody else every read it? What did you think?
Personally, I think it could have even made a pretty darn good Ghostbusters 3. I'm also very fond of how they used Slimer. I loved Slimer in the movies, and loved him in the cartoons as well. However, I would find it kind of corny if he was like his cartoon self in the movies. Since the book was based on the movies (not the cartoons) they had to avoid going that route. At the same time, though, a lot of people love Slimer and would want to see him. I think what Fisch did was really awesome. Slimer was given the same kind of mascot-like role that he had in the cartoons, but to a much lesser degree. He was only in a few scenes. It didn't become the Slimer show. I thought that was really cool because I love Slimer, but, let's face it, the story should be about the boys in gray, not the green spud.
One last thing I was curious to discuss (something I also talk about in the video), I was curious who, in your mind, you casted for the roles of some of the new characters. That's one of the things I always love about books. You get to cast the new roles in your mind. It can be fun to pick your favorite celebrities or even your friends and family to play out the roles in your mind as you read the book.
As far as Mayor Lapinski, I always pictured him as Danny Devito. They way they described the character as being short, fat, and bald, and just frankly the way he acts, I felt like Danny Devito would be PERFECT for the role. In fact, if they ever actually did make the book into a movie (obviously, though, that isn't going to ever happen) I really think he'd be great in that role.
When the book described Jonathan Goodraven, I couldn't help but picture him as the Undertaker. If you, just like me, are a wrestling fan (don't get me started on how much it has sucked for the past few years) and you read this book, you'd probably know what I was talking about. The way they described him as being BIG and imposing, having a deep, powerful voice, and never showing any emotion just made me instantly think of the Deadman. The further I read, when they started talking about his piercing eyes, it just made him sound like the perfect fit for the role in my mind. Of course, unlike Danny Devito, Undertaker would probably not make a very good choice in reality if they actually made the movie. He's a wrestler, not an actor. But he worked just fine in my head.
I pretty much always just use some of my favorite wrestlers or actors, or people I know in real life to fill out the roles in my head. Anybody else have interesting choices they want to share for who they pictured the new roles as? Or please feel free to share your thoughts of the book all together.
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